Spring 2012
CGCC Learning Communities (LCs)
Learning communities integrate two or more courses in ways that meaningfully connect the knowledge of each course. At CGCC, learning communities can be comprised of fully integrated classes or linked courses in three basic areas: General Education, Professional Careers or College Success.
CGCC Learning Communities offer the following benefits:
- A deeper understanding of course material
- Pairing courses with your field or career area
- Personal growth among others in your major
- Active participation in one's own learning, class and community
Click to view LC's for business students, nursing students, engineering students, health majors, etc.
Click to view LC's for composition (101 or 102), math, business, ESL, study skills, literature, psychology, history courses, etc.
If you want:
- Classes that use examples for your career, professional, or special interest, rather than general lessons:
- Courses that often meet two or three graduation requirements in one shot;
- Courses that reduce "busy work", overlap, unnecessary textbooks and repetition because they are designed by partnered professors to "fit" together;
- Classes that are small and full of other students interested in your SPECIFIC field or special interest, taught by professors who will give you deeper understanding of how the content plays a role in our field, the "real world" and the topic of interest;
...you need to consider enrolling in a learning community to complete courses you need anyway for degree and/or transfer, in the most effective teaching approach possible.
Questions? Email an LC instructor