Learning Communities
- Connects a section of UNIV 101 to a set of residence halls with a shared dining facility
- UNIV 101 course explores the university through a particular theme (sports, leadership, service, well-being, global culture, and creativity)
- Each learning community includes a peer mentor, a continuing KU student who helps to facilitate course activities and connect new students to resources
- 2-credit hour experience for incoming freshman students
- Connects a section of UNIV 101 or a First-Year Seminar to a second course that satisfies a KU Core requirement
- Explore a topic or theme across two courses
- Get to know other new students in your seminar course who will also be in the same linked course—provides support for navigating larger courses
- Each learning community includes a peer mentor, a continuing KU student who helps to facilitate course activities and connect new students to resources
- Open to students living on or off campus
- 5-6 credit hour experience for incoming freshman students
