All first-year liberal arts students at Purchase College participate in smaller intellectual communities designed to appeal to students’ different academic interests and learning styles. Students may choose from three different types of intellectual communities.
Students in Non-Residential Learning Communities take a minimum of two courses together but may live in any freshman residence hall or off campus.
These Learning Communities are a particularly excellent way for both residential and commuter students to participate in the intellectual community at Purchase College.
So choose your Learning Community now! Places are limited.
Learning Communities are designed for the bright and highly motivated students who will benefit from collaborative and concentrated learning. They are NOT remedial groups.
Students in Non-Residential Learning Communities:
- have a minimum of two courses and faculty in common
- work closely with the faculty teaching these courses and have a special advisor
- are given specially selected peer mentors and tutors
- have an opportunity to participate in a community that will include residential and commuter students
Why Participate?
- To get extra attention from faculty, staff, and peer mentors who will help you excel and find informal ways of studying inside and outside of the traditional classroom
- To get to know other students who share similar interests
- To join a community that lasts throughout your undergraduate years
- To feel more bonded, more quickly, to the College and its academic and social life
2007-08 Non-Residential Learning Community:
Environment, Society, and Transformation (Non-residential Learning Community)
The Environmental Transformation and Society Learning Community brings together students to explore the interactions between society and the environment that impact the physical and economic well-being of humans. Courses for this learning community stress the social and scientific perspectives needed to understand the environmental transformations wrought by humans. The learning community also stresses activism: make a difference in a local problem by doing something positive. Students from all majors - and those without a declared field of study - are invited to enroll in Introduction to Environmental Science and the Freshman Seminar (both taught by Professor George Kraemer, Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology), and a nature-themed section of College Writing. Several off-campus field trips, including the local shore and nearby forests, are planned. For further information, e-mail: george.kraemer@purchase.edu
Updated October 23, 2007