Additional Academic Opportunities . . . . More Undergraduate Info. Learning community students take their courses together as a group during the fall semester, with no more than 25 stu-dents enrolled in each class. Normally, learn-ing community students have room in their class schedules to take one or two additional courses outside their community. Enrollment in learning communities is an optional first-year experience offered exclusively during the fall semester.
Enrollment is limited to entering freshmen.
They also arrange supplemental learning activities that high-light the themes of the community. Since the inception of the learning communities pro-gram in the fall of 1997, a wide variety of themes have been explored. A partial list of topics includes business communication, leadership, international issues, self-esteem and wellness, the world of public education, engineering, the medical professions, art and design, and the environment. New communities are developed each year. Learning communities also offer entering students easier class registration and the opportunity to more closely interact with faculty.