They say two heads are better than one. Here, we think a whole bunch of heads are
better than one.
students work on building robots in INSS100: Computer Information Systems.
Inside our learning communities
So we've developed learning communities, a set of two or three thematically linked courses in which you can learn and develop
skills along with your classmates during your freshman year.
Here's how it works:
Two days a week you'll attend classes with the students and professors in your learning
community. From day one, you'll get to know your teachers and classmates—small-college
contact in a professional university setting.
Your learning community classes are thematically linked and provide an integrated
approach to interdisciplinary education, mirroring how knowledge works in the real
world.
These classes will satisfy some of your freshman year requirements, including social
sciences, humanities, information literacy and oral communication.
Depending on your schedule and your life responsibilities, you'll have time to interact
with other freshmen outside of your learning community, see professors, do service
projects, go to the library, participate in community engagement initiatives and more. In
other words, you'll connect with the campus around you.
Your classes will be interactive and flexible. You might:
take a bus to the Inner Harbor and have a class in a new setting
enjoy a movie or participate in a group discussion
pair your skills with those of other students to collaborate on a group project
find yourself putting the textbook aside to experience hands-on learning.
