Make friends, engage with faculty, and achieve your goals in a Learning Community Seminar. The Seminars are 3-credit, college-level courses open to first-time to college, full-time students. Each Learning Community Seminar explores a different theme. Choose a section based on your general interests or choice of major. The Seminars count as electives in many programs and majors. |
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What is the role of popular culture in our lives? What lies does it tell? What truths does it reveal? Consider elements of popular culture in TV, film, magazines, the world of music, sports, video games and the Internet.
Open to new, full-time students interested in the theme of popular culture.
M,W 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Professor Michael Dubson
Interested in a career in health care? This course introduces you to the challenges, responsibilities and choices encountered by health care professionals. It will help you to identify your personal goals and construct an action plan for achieving them.
Open to new, full-time students interested in Allied Health profession careers.
M,W 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Dr. Ellen Schwab
Are you facing the challenges of juggling work, school and life responsibilities? This course provides a supportive environment in which to practice the skills needed to overcome barriers to learning and achieve personal, college and career goals.
Open to new, full-time students with significant responsibilities outside of school.
T, TH 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Professor Lauren Maguire
3 credits
Using Boston subway’s “Orange Line” as a metaphor for life, this course will explore the many critical issues faced by urban males. Much like a sometimes bumpy subway ride, this class will take you on a challenging journey that leads to success in college.
Open to new, full-time students interested in issues faced by urban males.
T,TH 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Professor Lloyd Sheldon Johnson
Discover mathematical ideas through real and thought-provoking situations. Explore the many ways in which math skills are useful to daily living, and learn to recognize and overcome barriers to learning math.
Open to new and returning students placing into MAT-091 who have faced challenges in traditional math courses. This Seminar is part of a six-credit Learning Community Cluster. Students must co-enroll in MAT-091-10C.
LCS-507-01C: T,TH 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
MAT-091-05C: T/TH 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Professor Elizabeth Seabury
What do the various health professions do? What are the qualifications? What credentials are needed? Explore health professions such as medical imaging, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and surgical technology.
Open to new, full-time students interested in nursing and other health profession careers.
TH 10:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Professor Mary Folan
Learn a step-by-step approach on how to run your own business and become your own boss. From writing a business plan to hiring employees, you will learn from experts on how to take your dreams and make them a reality.
Open to new, full-time students interested in starting and running a small business.
M 8:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Instructor: Maria Doucette
Explore energy use in industrial societies; the impact of this usage on emerging economies, the use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy; nuclear energy with its promise and challenges; and air pollution and global environmental effects. Open to first-time, full-time students interested in the topic of energy and the environment.
M,W 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Professor Yenamandra Rao
Use online tools to explore critical and creative thinking, build on each other’s insights and energies, and collaborate and cooperative in this web-based Seminar. Open to first-time, full-time students interested in developing constructive thinking habits.
Web-based
Instructor: Allyn Bradford
Examine what it means to be a psychologist or sociologist. Stand on the spot where the Boston Massacre occurred, cheer on the runners of the Boston Marathon, and explore what motivates individuals and groups of people to participate in these and other actions. Career options in the behavioral science field will be explored. Open to new and returning students interested in the behavioral or social science fields. This Seminar is part of a six-credit learning Community Cluster. Students must co-enroll in PSY101-20C.
M 10:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Professor Aurora Bautista
