Fall'09 LC Descriptions

EOP Learning Community #1:
Adventures in Effective Communication (click here for more details)
Our learning community provides the opportunity for you to enjoy learning collaboratively with others while developing specific communication competencies. You will appreciate how tolerance and trust underlie not only successful relationships but also the achievement of personal goals. As you master the knowledge you need to succeed in college you will look deeply into yourself as a learner, as a leader and as a member of your community. You will explore the role of culture and diversity in your present and future life and learn how they can impact your decisions, your career, and your educational goals. This community experience will better prepare you for your next semester.

EOP Learning Community #2 and 2a (Various English Levels):
The Migrant Experience and Communication (click here for more details)
In Communication Studies 5, you will enjoy learning collaboratively with others while developing specific communication competencies practicing informative and persuasive speaking, learning to organize, support, and clearly state ideas. In first year seminar, students will be introduced to the nature and meanings of higher education, and the functions and resources of the university. You will explore the role of culture and diversity in your present and future life.
Pre-requisites: You must be an admitted College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Student for Fall 2009.

EOP Learning Community #3 and 3a (Various English Levels):
The Art of Acting, Voice, Movement, and Character (click here for more details)
Our learning community provides the opportunity for students to enjoy learning collaboratively with others while developing an appreciation of acting. Students will be provided with experiences and discussions that will help them better understand the diversity of the human community. As they master the knowledge they need to succeed in their college life, they will look deeply into themselves as learners, as leaders and as members of their communities. Students will also choose and perform a monologue that expresses their world view or their cultural influence. They will explore the role of culture and diversity through discussion of the Stanislavsky Method of Acting. The marriage of both the Theater 9 course and the Freshmen Seminar course assists the student in developing a healthy understanding of themselves culturally, academically, and serves to prepare them for the challenges of their next semesters.
Pre-requisites: You must be an admitted College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Student for Fall 2009.

EOP Learning Community #4:
The World of Business through Economic and Accounting System (click here for more details)
In Economics 1A, as a course to be taken by Business majors, the primary focus is on total production and its distribution, employment and price levels, and the forces influencing them. You will be introduced to and learn to inquire into the workings and interrelationships of the economic system. In Management 21, students will be introduced to the nature and meanings of higher education, and the functions and resources of the university.
Pre-requisites: This community is reserved for students going into the Business Administration field of study.

EOP Learning Community #5:
Exploring Development and Communication From conception to adolescence (click here for more details)
The Obama Administration is invested in the Promise of Education, which will expand educational services to children and ensure America’s economic competiveness in the global economy. As you envision America’s educational future, how will this federal law contribute to your success... and what hinders it? How does your brain, body, emotions and social development contribute to academic and personal success? This learning community provides interested students with insights into the cognitive, social, and physical development of children and adolescents. With integrated activities and assignments, students will gain a better understanding of the role of development leading to personal growth and school success. The Freshman Seminar will fulfill required elements to integrate students into higher education, as well as explore how government regulations impact the development of infants, children, and adolescents (up to young adults). Students will also gain skills for college success in LS-39b.
Pre-requisites: This community is recommended for students with interests in education, liberal studies, or child development. Students not intending to enter into these majors should not enroll in this community.

EOP Learning Community #6:
Public Speaking Techniques for Engineers and Computer Scientists (click here for more details)
This Learning Community is comprised of: Communication Studies 5 – Communication Experience, Engineering 1A- Fundamentals of Engineering and the lab and Learning Skills 39B – Group Tutorial. This community was created to help new freshman students, who may have an interest in these fields, adapt to the university and all its processes, clarify their educational goals and get to know the classmates they will work with, hopefully, until graduation. Students will have opportunities to meet engineering faculty and students in the major. Students will also conduct career searches looking at the employment outlook, pay scales and preparation for the technology and engineering fields. Communication Studies will provide you with theory and techniques as well as practice in public speaking—important skills in today’s economy. The 39b course will provide you with the study strategies and academic support to promote academic success. Other social activities in the community will be designed to enrich your learning experience.
Pre-requisites: This community is recommended for students with interests in the engineering and computer science.

EOP Learning Community #7:
Human Development and Communication across the Lifespan (click here for more details)
This learning community will allow you the opportunity to learn about development over the course of the lifespan. Students in this community will uncover the mysteries of development from birth to old age. In addition to learning about the interplay of socio-cultural and emotional factors in development, as a community of learners you will acquire enhanced oral communication skills through the Communication Studies course. This learning community experience will be coupled by communication activities and exercises that will promote your interpersonal skills, as well as your informative and persuasive public speaking skills. An umbrella of support will abound in your group tutorial course to support and foster your college success needs.
Pre-requisites: This community is recommended for students with interests in Nursing, but also works for students needing to complete basic GE requirements.

EOP Learning Community #8:
The Science Educational Equity Learning Community: Promoting Success in the Health Professions (click here for more details)
This learning community will help prepare students for careers in the sciences and the health professions. Students will acquire skills in effective communication and will learn approaches to a variety of communication experiences. This community will also focus on developing skills and values needed to become scientists and health care providers who will contribute to society. How do you find out what interests and strengths will lead to success in the sciences or the health professions? How do you begin to master all the information that a scientist or health provider must understand? How do you become aware of society’s needs? How do you decide which needs are most important and which ones you can best help others to meet? As a community we will work together to answer these questions.
Pre-requisites: This community is recommended for students who are in a science major or with plans to enter the pre-health professions. Students who are not majoring in the sciences will not be allowed to enroll in this learning community.

EOP Learning Community #9, 9a, 9b, and 9c:
Discovering the Diversity in Our World (click here for more details)
This community will include three classes: Ethnic Studies 11 (a GE course), the First Year Seminar and the Group Tutorial course. Ethnic Studies 11 will introduce the student to the diverse institutional, cultural, and historical issues relating to the past and present life circumstances of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano/Mexican Americans, and Native Americans. The First Year Seminar will provide students with an introduction to the nature and meanings of higher education, and the functions and resources of the University. The Group Tutorial course will provide students with an opportunity to interact with fellow students and their seminar leader to build a community of academic and personal support.

EOP Learning Community #10 and 10a:
Pan Africanism: Where the Past and Present Come Alive (click here for more details)
You are invited to be a part of the Educational Opportunities Program’s Pan-African Learning Community. Pan-Africanism is a movement of solidarity among the nations of Africa, most particularly Black Africa. The Pan-African perspective is one of common cause with citizens of other African nations, as a result of shared history and shared struggle against a number of threats and challenges, among them: racism, white supremacy, slavery, colonialist exploitation, neocolonialism, and imperialism. The community consists of a cohort of classes including: Freshman Seminar (ETHN 21), Introduction to Pan African Studies (ETHN 70), an English course and the group tutorial for the ETHN 70 (LS39B). As a participant in this exciting EOP learning community, you will build community and develop goals in an environment with students of similar backgrounds such as: family upbringing, cultural values, socio-economic status and educational experience to foster long-term academic and career success. This learning community will extend from your fall Ethnic Studies 21 course (Freshman Seminar) through the spring Ethnic Studies 98 course (Transitions). In the fall courses you will develop and exercise fundamental learning strategies, to improve basic learning skills, and to develop as an integrated social and psychological individual. In the spring you will develop skills needed for career, academic and personal transition into college. Through these courses, which includes class activities, research, interviews, co-curricular activities, program activities and personal appointments, your experiences should result in a comfortable goal for yourself academically and professionally.
Pre-requisites: You must score into LS-15 in order to be in community 10. Students not in LS-15 wishing to enroll in this community that have a higher EPT score placement should elect community 10A.

EOP Learning Community #11:
A Journey through Native American History and Culture (click here for more details)
This community brings together two fascinating areas of study – “Native American Studies” and “Becoming an Educated Person.” These courses provide a unique look at Native American culture and the popular imagery, philosophy and social issues that make up our own everyday life. Through the exploration of Native American culture and our own cultures, the concept of becoming an educated person can be viewed from different perspectives thus giving greater meaning to the concept of education as a whole. The perceptions we have of our roles as learner/teacher, citizen, person of culture and “human being,” as Native Americans know themselves, will be examined critically as we explore the process of making thoughtful and informed decisions about college education and life itself.

EOP Learning Community 12:
The Geology of Mexico and the Chicano/Latino Experience (click here for more details)
This learning community combines Geology and Ethnic Studies to create an understanding of how both the physical world and the sociological world affect our lives. The Geology of Mexico course explores the structure of the Earth and the physical processes that created the Mexican landscape, that produced Mexico's metal and oil wealth and that cause natural hazards such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies explores the Chicano/Latino experience in the U.S. by providing an overview of the diverse and multiple experiences of the people of Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Central and South America.
Pre-requisites: You must be an admitted College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Student for Fall 2009.

EOP Learning Community 13:
A Journey through Asian American Culture (click here for more details)
The community will include the following three classes: Ethnic Studies 14 Introduction to Asian American Studies, Anthropology 2, and the LS 39b Group Tutorial. Ethnic Studies 14 is a course on the historical experiences of Asians in America. The focus of this course will be from the 1850s up to the 1970s concentrating on Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos and the Asian Indian experience and post-1965 groups including a brief overview of Southeast Asian experiences. The cultural anthropology course will enable students to gain knowledge about anthropology and the cultural underpinnings of our society and will address such issues as globalization and cultural practices of people around the world. LS 39b is a course designed to support Ethnic Studies 14 and help students develop study strategies to promote their academic success.

EOP Learning Community #14:
Leadership and Politics: Ethnic Relations in America (click here for more details)
The Government Learning community will include three classes: Government 1, Learning Skills 39b, and Ethnic Studies 11. Government 1 will review the history and development of government and politics in America; designed so that you can understand why things are the way they are in our political system today. The class will be emphasizing civic engagement and service since this is a core theme of our current administration. The Ethnic 11 course will emphasize acquisition of a broad cultural knowledge set through the exploration of various cultural groups in America. Current race relations in the US in conjunction with tools for college success within systems of higher education will be explored. Students will also acquire skills for leadership in college and beyond.

EOP Learning Community #15:
Men and the Justice System- The Intersection with Higher Education (click here for more details)
This learning community will be comprised of Criminal Justice 1, First Year Seminar, and LS-39b, a college success course. This community will explore the problem of crime in society and the ways in which institutions deal with criminals, victims, and the larger impact on the society as a whole. Given the ongoing trend of men of color populating our prison systems in lieu of taking the higher education path, the intersection of the justice system with higher education will be examined. Students will also be provided with an introduction to the nature and meanings of higher education, and the functions and resources of the University. The seminar course is designed to help students develop and exercise fundamental learning strategies, to improve basic learning skills, and to develop as an integrated social and psychological individual in the college setting. The 39b group tutorial course will serve as a platform for enhancing students’ skills in core student development areas.

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