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Whidbey Island Campus Learning Community Classes

Summer 2010 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.


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 (8-10 credits) – Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

Students enrolled in English 104 are strongly encouraged to co-enroll in a class that requires a research paper or project.


Hist& 126

MUSC 127

PHIL 215

Psyc& 100

Soc& 101






Fall 2010 Classes

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 (8-10 credits) – Engl 104 with one of the courses below:

Students enrolled in English 104 are strongly encouraged to co-enroll in a class that requires a research paper or project.

Bus& 201

Econ& 202

Hist& 146

PHIL 215

Psyc& 100

Soc& 101


Math Success Skills
(7 credits) – CSS 100C/Math 096-099

Students will discover the secrets of college success as they explore learning strategies to succeed in mathematics and online courses. All students enrolled in CSS 100C must enroll in Math 096C, Math 097C, Math 098C, or Math 099C based on test scores or previous classes.

 

Winter 2011 Classes

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:

Students enrolled in English 104 are strongly encouraged to co-enroll in a class that requires a research paper or project.

Bus& 201

Cmst& 220

Econ& 201

Hist& 147

PHIL 215

Psyc& 200

Soc& 201

Sosc 100


The Music of Spheres
(10 credits)-HIST& 127/ASTR&100

This learning community explores the era that took humans from the Middle Ages to the Age of Reason. Several themes will run throughout – the global setting of the Renaissance, the changing concept of time, our altered view of the cosmos, ancient vs. modern astronomy, and the invention of experimental science.


Math Success Skills
(7 credits) –CSS 100C/MATH 096-099

Students will discover the secrets of college success as they explore learning strategies to succeed in mathematics and online courses. All students enrolled in CSS 100C must enroll in Math 096C, Math 097B, Math 098C, or Math 099D based on test scores or previous classes.

Spring 2011 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:

Students enrolled in English 104 are strongly encouraged to co-enroll in a class that requires a research paper or project.

Cmst& 220

Bus& 201

Econ& 201

PSYC& 100

PHIL 215

Psyc& 200

SOC& 101

 


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.