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Major shifts in American culture are a challenging, inspiring and vital part of our lives. Join us for an exploration of some of the sweeping changes from America's past and how those changes continue to evolve and affect our lives today. We'll take a look at issues important to American culture including immigration, race, gender and globalization. This learning community is a great choice for all students as it fulfills two core requirements: Social Sciences and History.

Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am - 10:45am & 11:00am - 12:15pm.

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Learn how Math skills can help you succeed in understanding a variety of Chemistry concepts. This learning community is back by popular demand and was the first to fill two semesters in a row! This learning community is especially helpful for students in the Nursing program who usually require these courses as part of their degree plan.

Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am - 10:45am & 11:00am - 12:15pm.

Great for students pursuing various allied heath technical programs.

Are you trying to decide which class to take first, Anatomy & Physiology or Medical Terminology? You don't have to ponder the 'chicken or egg' debate any longer with this 7-credit learning community!

Understanding MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY is an important skill in successfully learning HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, so these courses are a natural pair. Learn about medical terms in one class and then apply them in the next, reinforcing what you just learned!

Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30pm - 1:45pm & 2:00pm - 3:15pm.
Lab component meets Wednesdays from 3:30pm - 4:45pm.

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Peace and Conflict Studies provides with you with a “life skill” that will allow you to relate to the world from others’ perspectives. Develop your conflict resolution skills and learn how to become an engaged citizen in your local and global community. EVERY VOICE COUNTS!

This learning community fulfills both a “Humanities” and “Additional Communication” core course requirement for most degree plans.

Classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 - 1:45pm & 3:30pm - 4:45pm.

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Back by popular demand, this learning community is a lively and entertaining way to complete two core requirements in Government and the Social Sciences! Real world case studies will be used to explore how government responds to relevant social problems. Guaranteed to be fun and inspiring as we explore such issues as inequality, war, and terrorism.

Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00am - 12:15pm & 12:30 - 1:45pm.

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This learning community is only offered in the fall, and is back by popular demand! Open to both women and men, you’ll explore women’s role and depiction of art in this writing intensive learning community. Read and research women and art, submit responses to readings and critiques of art online, learn how to develop organized essays, and participate in class discussions online. Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid schedule, meeting for a three-hour block on Tuesdays, sometimes in local museums. Then for an equivalent three-hour period during the week, research and complete your assignments online.

This learning community is for anyone who would like to satisfy both an English and a Visual and Performing Arts core component in the same semester.

Classes meet in person on Tuesdays from 12:30pm - 3:15pm and also online.

Great for students pursuing an Associate of Arts (AA) with a Business Administration concentration!

This learning community is perfect for students pursuing an Associate of Arts (AA) with a concentration in Business Administration as it fulfills 2 of the 6 “additional requirements” courses for your degree plan! Learn real world and practical applications through the use of Accounting practices and Economic principles, by way of mathematical approaches and analytical analysis of either public or private sectors. Students in this learning community will enjoy visits to local businesses to supplement classroom knowledge.

Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am - 10:45am & 11:00am - 12:15pm.

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In addition to colonial Mexican American history, themes and topics will include various Latino/a issues pertaining to race, gender, politics, popular events and culture. You will have the opportunity to participate in field trips and film presentations about the Mexican American experience. This learning community is for anyone who would like to satisfy both an English and History core component requirement in the same semester.

Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am - 10:45am & 11:00am - 12:15pm.

Great for all students who need an English and Creative Arts course!

This learning community is for anyone who would like to satisfy both English and Creative Arts core component requirements in the same semester. You don’t have to be a dancer to participate — a body that moves and a pen that writes is all that you need! Dance majors who would like to use dance to improve their ability to communicate in writing will benefit especially.

We will explore writing and dance-making as an intertwining process, using dancing and writing in developing a vivid “embodied” personal voice. You will learn strategies for moving ideas forward beyond binaries through accommodation in counterargument, audience appeal, “performative writing” strategies, and the relationship between narrative and gesture.

Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30 - 1:45pm & 2:00pm - 3:15pm.