The STEM Success Integrative Learning Community (STEM LC) offers freshmen STEM students support in college by focusing on core college success skill sets, such as, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
What is a Learning Community?
A learning community is a cluster of two or more classes that a group of students take as a cohort. The STEM LC pairs two courses:
Fall
- ENGL 102 鈥� Strategies for Successful College Writers (3 units, continues with ENGL 105 in the spring)
- UNIV 100 鈥� University Life and College Success (1 unit)
Spring
- ENGL 105 鈥� Composition and Rhetoric (3 units)
The Benefits
Members of the STEM LC:
- Are connected to encouraging and supportive instructors
- Receive support and guidance from a Peer Mentor (who is a 海角社区CI STEM major)
- Participate in outside class activities, known as Dolphin Interests Groups (DIGs) facilitated by the Peer Mentor
- DIGs help students by emphasizing what is learned in their UNIV 100 class and also introduce students to more on campus resources
- Fulfill General Education units:
- Area E (Lifelong Learning & Self Development) with ENGL 102 and
- Area A-2 (English Writing) with ENGL 105
Eligibility
To participate in the STEM LC:
- You must be an incoming freshman and a STEM major.
- You can be undeclared with a high interest in a STEM major.
- You do not have to live on campus to participate in this learning community.
STEM Majors at 海角社区CI are鈥�
- Applied Physics
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science/Information Technology
- Environmental Science and Resource Management
- Mathematics
- Mechatronics
- Important: Students who are Pre-nursing or majoring in Health Sciences are, unfortunately, not eligible to participate in this learning community.
If you have questions about the learning community or would like more information contact: Crystal Delatorre, crystal.delatorre251@csuci.edu
Other Learning Communities at 海角社区CI
To learn more about additional learning communities at 海角社区CI visit: First-Year Communities