Get Connected!

Learning Communities at Lane

SPRING TERM 2012

This SPRING, take a Learning Community and get connected!

Learning Communities are linked courses with the same students and connected content (scroll all the way down to learn more).  You'll make new friends and learn more deeply by taking a learning community this term!

If you are a student looking into Learning Communities, click on the links below to find out more about the classes and how to register. Find out about the new STAGED REGISTRATION SCHEDULE HERE.

FOR NEW STUDENTS!

Are you new to Lane this year? Choose one of Lane's First Year Experience Learning Communities. Click on one of these links to learn more:

Fast Lanes to Success: Writing and College Success
College Success and Writing 115, or Writing 121


Math Success: You Can Succeed in Math!
Math 20 with College Succes or Math 60 with Effective Learning

Success in College and Career
Career and Life Planning CG140 with College Success CG100

FOR BUSINESS MAJORS

Power Write! Ethical Business Leadership Through Critical Reading and Writing
Introduction to Business BA 101 and Introduction to Academic Writing WR121

FOR WOMEN

Women in Transition
Career and Life Planning, Life Transitions and Optional Classes

FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS MAJORS

BioBonds
Chemistry and Biology for Health Occupations

So what are Learning Communities?

Learning Communities are a great way to learn! They help you stay engaged and motivated while you pursue your college and life goals.

Learning Communities classes can be linked in several ways:

• Around a theme , such as learning about yourself and your career and life plans.
• Around a question , such as, "How can I better understand the connections between nature, politics and religion?"
• Or around a goal , such as, "How can I successfully make a life transition?"

Students enroll in two or more classes together, creating a common cohort or "community." Faculty also work together, often attending the different classes too. Your learning experiences are enhanced by this sense of community and common understanding across disciplines. National research shows that students who take learning communities succeed at higher rates than students who take stand-alone courses. And learning communities classes fulfill the same degree and certificate requirements as stand-alones!

The actual structure of Lane's learning communities vary among classes and instructors. Some learning communities have very closely integrated curricula, so that the classes seem to "talk" to one another throughout the term. Other learning communities are more loosely organized, and the "community feel" comes from getting to know classmates well and investigating a theme across disciplines.

Learning Communities help students to:

• learn more deeply
• get to know peers
• fully engage in the learning process
• achieve college and life goals
• fulfill the same degree and certificate requirements as stand-alones!