• How can I be assigned
to a Living-Learning Community?
• I'm applying to
one or more Living-Learning
Communities. Should I select the locations of those communities
as preferred residence halls on my Fall-Spring Housing Agreement?
• Can I be assigned to Cawthon,
Wildwood, Reynolds or DeGraff Hall even though I was not invited
to be part of a learning community there?
• I was invited to be a part
of a learning community but my roommate preference was not. Can we
still be roommates?
• Am I eligible to apply
for the Music Living-Learning Center before my audition?
• Does it hurt my chances
to get into a learning community if I apply to more than one?
• Are learning communities
limited to certain majors?
• What's the difference
between the Pre-Health Professions Learning Community and the Reynolds
Hall Wellness Community?
• Can I be part of the University
Honors Program as well as a Living-Learning Community?
• Tell me about the course requirements
for Living-Learning Communities.
• Are Living-Learning
Community courses conducted in residence hall classrooms?
I'm applying to one or more Living-Learning
Communities. Should I select the locations of those communities as
preferred residence halls on my Fall-Spring Housing Agreement?
Doing so will not affect your assignment to a
Living-Learning C ommunity (LLC). If you receive and
accept an invitation to the LLC, you'll be assigned
there regardless of which hall preferences you've identified
on your Housing Agreement. Two suggestions: (1) Think
of the hall preferences on your Housing Agreement as
your fall-back halls, or where you'd like to live if
you DO NOT receive the LLC invitation, and (2) Don't
select Bryan Hall on your Housing Agreement, because
assignment there depends on your receiving and accepting
a Bryan Hall Learning Community invitation. ( Bryan
is the only FSU residence hall occupied entirely by
LLC residents.)
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How can I be assigned to a Living-Learning
Community?
No. Only those students who are invited and accept
the invitation to the learning community in Bryan Hall
are eligible for an assignment there. If you are not invited to be a part
of the learning community, you can update
your hall preferences on-line.
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Can I be assigned to Cawthon, Wildwood,
Reynolds or DeGraff Hall even though I was not invited to be part
of a learning community there?
Yes. Learning communities will be housed on designated floors
of these halls, but other floors are open to non-community residents.
To be eligible for assignment to Reynolds Hall, you must submit a completed Reynolds
Hall Wellness Agreement by mail or fax.
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I was invited to be a part of a learning
community but my roommate preference was not. Can we still be roommates?
No. Only those students who are invited and accept the invitation
are eligible for an assignment in the learning community. If you are
invited to be part of the community, you will need to decide which
is more important to you – to be part of the learning community or
to be with your preferred roommate. Keep in mind that University Housing
cannot guarantee placement with your preferred roommate.
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Am I eligible to apply for the Music
Living-Learning Center before my audition?
Yes. However, only those students who successfully audition
into the College of Music will be eligible to receive Music Living-Learning
Center invitations in April. First-year music majors are neither required
to live in the Music Living-Learning Center nor guaranteed an assignment
there or elsewhere in Cawthon Hall. For more information, please
contact the College of Music Admission Office at (850) 644-6102.
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Does it hurt my chances to get into a
learning community if I apply to more than one?
Not at all. In fact, the more programs you apply to, the better
your chances of getting into one of them.
Each learning community has a separate academic director and selection committee.
The individuals making the selection decisions have no knowledge of your list
of preferences or of other applications you have submitted.
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Are learning communities limited to certain
majors?
Only the Music, Nursing, and Women in Math, Science and Engineering
communities are strictly limited by major. The Pre-Health Professions
Learning Community is open to a variety of health-related majors. The
Social Science and Public Affairs; Bryan Hall; and Social Justice learning
communities are open to all first-year students. If you have questions
about your eligibility for a learning community, please contact the
director of that community directly. You'll find contact information
on each learning community's website.
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What's
the difference between the Pre-Health Professions Learning Community
and the Reynolds Hall Wellness Community?
One is a subset of the other. All residents of Reynolds Hall are expected
to sign the Reynolds
Hall Wellness Agreement, making them members of the Wellness Community
which occupies all of Reynolds Hall. The Pre-Health Professions Learning
Community (PHPLC) is a small group of residents assigned to their own
area of Reynolds Hall. Like all other Reynolds residents, each PHPLC
member must sign the Wellness Agreement.
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Can I be part of the University Honors
Program as well as a Living-Learning Community?
Yes, you may be part of the Honors Program while living in a learning community;
however, you may not be part of a learning community while living in a designated
Honors residence hall. Some students, recognizing that their only chance to
be part of a learning community will be in their first year, choose the learning
community as freshmen and Honors housing as sophomores, and participate in
Honors both years.
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Tell me about the course requirements
for Living-Learning Communities.
Each Living-Learning Community (LLC) requires its residents to take
a 1-credit-hour colloquium, and most require one or two additional
courses. LLC Colloquium typically meets one evening a week and
explores topics related to the theme of the LLC. Other required
courses are carefully selected for each LLC and, in many cases, apply
either toward residents' Liberal Studies requirements or, as in the
Music and Nursing Learning Communities, toward their major.
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Are Living-Learning
Community courses conducted in residence hall classrooms?
Not always. Most Living-Learning Community (LLC) courses are
offered inside the residence halls, in classrooms designed especially
for that purpose, but a few are offered elsewhere on campus. Regardless
of their location, all LLC courses are limited to LLC residents.
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