First-Year Learning Communities

Navigating change is hard! This Learning Community will help you understand life transitions and better manage this transition to college. The stages and phases of human growth provide a context as you learn skills to navigate the ups and downs of your first year at Weber State. As you study the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional developmental changes of a healthy individual over the lifespan, you will learn the skills and attitudes needed for success in college and life.

Are you wondering about the impact of climate change? In this learning community, you will understand how to separate climate change myths from realities and focus on economic solutions to environmental problems. Learn about the impacts of climate change, climate justice, and communication, and consider feasible solutions. You will also learn to evaluate economic solutions to environmental problems and economics' role in designing environmental policy.

Earn Social Science AND Physical Science General Education credits and the Sustainability attribute!

Global environmental challenges seem overwhelming. But interdisciplinary approaches can provide solutions, and you can be part of them in this new Learning Community! Discover the foundations of environmental science while understanding critical global issues. Get a firm grounding in the modern science of understanding our environments while exploring global economic, social, and environmental issues. The classes address how we respond to problems related to threats to our biological life-support system, including exciting lab activities relevant to environmental science. Earn credits for Social Science, Life Science, EDI General Education and the Sustainability attribute!

Great for potential Environmental Science majors.

Thinking about a future in Business? Understanding the historical background of American economic systems and practicing critical communication skills in this Learning Community will set you up for success. Whether you are interested in owning or working for a business, having skills to communicate with individuals and small groups and background knowledge of American economic history are assets you will need.

Complete 2 General Education courses (American Institutions and Humanities) and advance toward a Business degree or any other major.

Analyze and create media! This Learning Community provides an extraordinary opportunity to develop a critical eye and effective multimedia delivery. These courses allow you to develop knowledge and skills that are in great demand in many careers. Through examination and analysis of film and film techniques, students will develop a critical awareness of film as an artistic, social, and cultural phenomenon. At the same time, they will develop the basic digital communication skills necessary to be successful in today’s multimedia environment.

Complete a Humanities and a Creative Arts General Education requirement.

Solving big problems requires clear thinking! This Learning Community addresses both with an approach that empowers students to learn and apply key life skills central to understanding and solving complex issues. Study major social problems in contemporary society (e.g., age, gender, family, race, ethnicity, wealth and poverty, politics, education, public safety, health care, substance abuse and environment) while focusing on issues of standards of good and bad reasoning and argumentative writing. Great for Social Science majors!

Complete a Social Science and a Humanities General Education requirement.

Connect social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences in a learning community that focuses on understanding human-nature relationships, emphasizing forms of traditional and emerging energy sources, their problems, and solutions. The LC provides students an opportunity to better explore connections between the science of sustainability and the broader implications of understanding and communicating about humans' place in nature. Great for Environmental Science majors! Complete 3 General Education requirements: Physical Science, Humanities and Social Science.

Health, the Weber way! In this Learning Community, you will learn how to make healthy habits a part of everyday life to start you off on the right foot for college. You receive a holistic look at the detailed physical, mental, and social aspects of health, including healthy eating. Together, these courses provide a systematic approach to being your healthiest self by promoting better, disease-preventative behaviors. By focusing on personal and community health, these courses will provide skills and knowledge to last a (long) lifetime. Complete a Social Science and a Life Science General Education requirements in this flexible, hybrid Learning Community.