Whidbey Island Campus Learning Community Classes

Winter 2012 Classes

Writing for College Success (7 credits) - ENGL 97/99 & CSS 100

Students will sharpen their writing skills as they learn the secrets of college success and explore their growth as students.  All students enrolled in CSS 100 must enroll in ENGL 97 or 99.

Writing by the Book (6 credits) – Engl& 101/Read 107

All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught online.

English 104 Learning Communities (10 credits)–Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines. Students must enroll in one of the English 104C sections and the corresponding course listed below.

  • BUS& 201 (Online class)
  • ECON& 202 (Online class)
  • SOC& 101 (Online class)
  • HIST& 121
  • PSYC& 200
  • SOSC 100

Spring 2012 Classes

Writing by the Book (6 credits) – Engl& 101/Read 107 (online options)

All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught online.

English 104 Learning Communities (10 credits)–Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines. Students must enroll in one of the English 104C sections and the corresponding course listed below.

  • SOC& 101 (Online class)
  • ECON& 202 (Online class)
  • PHIL 215
  • BUS& 201
  • PSYC& 100
  • PSYC& 200

You are Whom You Eat  (10 credits) –ANTH& 206/NUTR& 101

Chopsticks, fingers, or forks? Feasts, fasts, famines and festivals are all food for thought in the You Are Whom You Eat learning community. An appetizing blend of food with culture, anthropology and nutrition combine to examine social, religious, political and environmental connections to people. This course offers a broad and comprehensive platform to study the science of human nutrition, dietary habits, food preparation and consumption, biology and health from a cultural perspective while learning about the influences of food and nutrition on social order, development, rituals and linguistics.

Summer 2011 Classes

Summer Solutions (7 credits) ENGL 97/CSS 104 online

Master online learning and English skills by combining College Success Skills and English 97. All work is online, using Blackboard to complete your English assignments! You'll finish this Learning Community prepared to walk through the college doors with confidence, already in possession of the tools you need to succeed.


English 104 Learning Communities (10 credits) – Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines.  Students must enroll in one of the English 104C sections and the corresponding course listed below.

  • HIST& 126
  • PHIL 215
  • SOC& 101
     

Fall 2011 Classes

Writing for College Success (7 credits)-ENGL 97/ENGL 99 & CSS 100
 
Students will sharpen their writing skills as they learn the secrets of college success and explore their growth as students.  All students enrolled in CSS 100 must enroll in ENGL 97 or ENGL 99.
 
Writing with Psychology (10 credits) – Engl& 101/Psyc& 100

Students practice their writing skills within the context of a general psychology class. All students in ENGL& 101C WL2 must also be in PSYC& 100P WL2. Optionally, Psychology students can link with ENLG 104C WL6 in the ENGL 104 Learning Community.

Writing by the Book (6 credits) – Engl& 101/Read 107

All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught online.

English 104 Learning Communities (10 credits) – Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines. Students must enroll in one of the English 104C sections and the corresponding course listed below.

  • BUS& 201 (Online class)
  • HIST& 146
  • PSYC& 100
  • SOC& 101 (Online class)
  • ECON& 202
  • PHIL 215 (Online class)
  • NUTR& 100

Controlling the Chaos: Art and History in the Modern Era (10 credits) – art 141/hist& 118

Goya, Picasso, Dali...Napoleon, Hitler, Kennedy.  This learning community explores the birth and development of the "modern" sensibility of the western world amidst the chaos of the 19th and 20th centuries.  Students must enroll in both ART 144 and HIST& 118 to receive learning community credit.

 

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