Distinctions & Opportunities

Academic Opportunities

Living-Learning Centers
Course Descriptions for Collins Living-Learning Center (CLLC)
  • CLLC–L 100 Collins Seminar (1–3 cr.) Topical or "hands-on" introductions to specific disciplines. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 102 Supplementary Component in Environmental Learning (1 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Supplementary course that connects academic content with environmental projects. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 110 Collins Seminar: Text, Image, Sound (3 cr.) CASE A&H Topical introductions to analysis of creative expressions. Subjects are not normally covered by individual departments and vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 115 Collins Seminar (3 cr.) CASE A&H Topical or "hands-on" introduction to specific disciplines. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 120 Collins Seminar: Politics, Identity, and Resistance (3 cr.) CASE S&H Topical or "hands-on" introduction to social and historical issues not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 125 Collins Seminar (3 cr.) CASE S&H Topical or "hands-on" introductions to specific disciplines. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 130 Collins Seminar: Science and the Universe (3 cr.) CASE N&M Topical or "hands-on" introduction to biological and physical sciences not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 135 Collins Seminar (3 cr.) CASE N&M Topical or "hands-on" introduction to specific disciplines. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 200 Collins Colloquium (1–3 cr.) Interdisciplinary courses on subjects not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 210 Collins Colloquium: Culture, the Arts, and Society (3 cr.) CASE A&H Interdisciplinary courses on the arts in socio-cultural context. Subjects are not normally covered by individual departments and vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 215 Living Learning Center Sophomore Colloquium (3 cr.) CASE A&H Interdisciplinary courses on subjects not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.
  • CLLC–L 220 Collins Colloquium: Uses of the Past (3 cr.) CASE S&H Topical introductions to the ways in which past events are remembered and those meanings contested. Subjects are not normally covered by individual departments and vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 225 Living Learning Center Sophomore Colloquium (3 cr.) CASE S&H Interdisciplinary courses on subjects not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.
  • CLLC–L 230 Collins Colloquium: Life—Concepts and Issues (3 cr.) CASE N&M Topical courses on subjects in the life sciences not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 235 Living Learning Center Sophomore Colloquium (3 cr.) CASE N&M Interdisciplinary courses on subjects not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.
  • CLLC–L 300 Collins Symposium (1–3 cr.) The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 310 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) CASE A&H The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 320 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) CASE S&H The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 330 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) CASE N&M The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 400 Independent Group Study (1–3 cr.) For Collins residents only. Groups of two or more students may put together their own course of study on a topic of common interest, under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member. This course may be repeated with different topics, for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  • CLLC–L 402 Independent Study in Local Environmental Stewardship (1–3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor and junior/senior status. Independent research project in environmental issues. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours.
  • CLLC–Q 199 Residential Learning Workshop (1 cr.) Small discussion groups led by undergraduate students of the Living-Learning Center will consider the topics of community, cooperation, and interactive learning as well as the structure and operation of the center in relation to the university as a whole. Students will complete a project contributing to the purpose of the center.
  • CLLC–Q 299 Peer Instructor Workshop (1 cr.) Trains undergraduate peer instructors to prepare and teach Q199 Residential Learning Workshop at the Collins Living-Learning Center.