Examples of Learning Communities
Linked or Paired Courses
- Students co-register in paired classes.
- Faculty work to coordinate syllabi and assignments but teach their classes separately
- Often skill courses and content courses are linked together
- A cohort of students enroll in all classes
- Faculty coordinate syllabi and assignments
- Often includes an integrative seminar
Models
Examples
- Culture, Conflict, & Community: Anthropology and Peace Studies
- Dancing Through Time - From the Cave to Krump: Dance and English Composition
- Framing the World: Media Arts and English Composition
- Shark Tank Talk: Management and Public Speaking
- The Trail of Time - New Mexico Geology: Geology and Public Speaking
- The 21st Century Physician: Freshman Seminar and English Composition
- What's Up with People?: Psychology and Public Speaking
Example
- African Folk Tales & Proverbs: Composition/Africana Studies and English and Public Speaking
Examples
- Debating Civilization: History and Public Speaking
- Intimate Encounters with the Past: Spanish and History of Early Latin America
- Words, Music, & Creativity: Music Ensemble and English Literature
Example:
- Music & Spoken Words in Politics: Chicano/a Studies and Introductory Studies Reading, Accelerated English Composition, Composition III, and Public Speaking
- Philosophy of the Mind and the Meaning of Life: Philosophy and Critical Thinking and Reasoning
These are some configurations, but do not exhaust the possible forms of linking classes.