How to Join a Community

Registering for a learning community is simple. In the online Freshman Guide to Academic Programs and Registration, locate the worksheet entitled Preferred Class Schedule. Then using the drop-down menu, locate the course subject (for example, LIT Literature). Once you have selected the course prefix, you may enter the specific course number and section number. All learning community courses have the designation LC at the end. See the chart at right for the specific learning community courses and section numbers.
 
Note that each learning community course fulfills the regular major, General Education, and/or university requirements fulfilled by a non–learning community section of the same course. To join any learning community, you must also keep an open slot from 3:30 to 5:25 p.m. on Wednesdays. Your advisor will register you for a weekly noncredit community lab that occupies that time, and it will appear on your final fall schedule.
 
The learning communities are open to all first-year students, except those planning to participate in the University College or the University Honors Program. However, space is limited and communities will be populated on a first-come, first-served basis.

 "What I've loved about being in such a small classroom is that we've been able to bond really well as a class.  As students, we help each other study for tests and work through the homework together, and feel comfortable enough to interact with the professor in and out of the classroom.  Because of this, I know that not only will I be able to turn to this professor for recommendations, but that I'll probably keep in contact and come back to visit him in ten years."

- Kaia Range, from Portland, OR