OK – I’m sold. How do I choose LCs that are good for me?
There are no "bad choices" among these learning communities, but depending on your background and your intended major, some choices may be better than others.
The first 13 LCs combine English 123 – Freshman Writing – with another course and are good choices for those who need to take English 123. They are NOT good choices for those anticipating AP credit for English or for Honors students.
LCs 1-2 pair English 123 with an introductory science course designed for non-scientists that satisfies half of the “Investigating the Natural World” Area of Inquiry (AofI) requirement. These are good choices for everyone except science majors.
LCs 3-5 pair English 123 with another course that satisfies one of the AofI requirements. Choosing among these is simply a matter of selecting which of the other courses seems most interesting to you.
LCs 6-7 pair English 123 with Statistics and Economics and work well for all students, especially Business majors.
LC 8 pairs English 123 with Business Calculus, and is designed for Business majors who are ready for Calculus.
LCs 9-10 pair English 123 with Spanish 200. All CNU students must demonstrate foreign language fluency at the 200 level. These are good choices if you are not going to be a Spanish major but have taken three or more years of Spanish in high school.
LCs 11-13 pair English 123 with a First-Year Seminar. All incoming freshmen are required to take a First-Year Seminar, and the only way to get into these particular seminars is to be in these LCs. If they sound interesting to you, go for it!
All of the remaining LCs, with the exception of LC-28 (reserved for commuters), do not include English 123 and are suitable for students anticipating AP English credit. Several of these have been developed to meet the needs of specific majors.
LCs 14-16 pair a First-Year Seminar with Psychology, Economics or Theater, and are good choices for most students, as well as for these majors.
LC 17 pairs Math 125 with Biology for non-scientists, and is a good choice for most students except certain science majors.
LC 18 combines two music courses, and is only recommended for music majors, for whom it is perfect!
LCs 19-20 combine physics and computer science and are good choices for Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science and Physics majors.
LCs 21-24 pair a Biology course and a Chemistry course and are only recommended for Biology or certain Chemistry majors (for whom these are excellent choices).
LCs 25-27 are “themed” LCs, which combine two closely related classes. All of these classes meet the liberal learning requirements at CNU, and any of these are good choices for most students. Each is also especially good for certain majors.
LC 28 pairs English 123 and Statistics and is reserved for commuter students. If you plan to commute to CNU and need to take English 123 and Statistics, and many students do, this is a great choice.
LCs 29-30 are reserved for Leadership students.
For additional help in selecting courses, please refer to the First-Year Student Course Selection Guidebook 2009-2010
. If you are uncertain about which LC to choose, please give us a call at (757) 594-8848.
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