Learning Communities

Art provides us with language and techniques to express personal insights and analyze visual culture. Sociology helps us interpret our experiences within the collective social world, and provides a greater understanding of how that world is built. This Learning Community explores these interdisciplinary connections on an exciting pathway to the self within society.

Courses

SOC 105*02LC: The Sociological Imagination

TTh 2–3:50 p.m.

ART 106*01LC: Drawing, Inquiry, and Expression

M/W 2–4:40 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Fine Arts and Humanities
• Diversity Emphasis

This Learning Community explores love and sexuality through philosophy and folklore asking, “What is love, what is sex, and how are they related?” Bringing together philosophical readings, analyses of popular culture, and folklore, together you and your classmates will ask “How can love change the world?"

Courses

WCSBS 131*01LC: Folklore of Many Americas

M/W 4–5:50 p.m.

PHIL 208*01LC: Philosophy of Love and Sex

T/Th 2–3:50 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Fine Arts and Humanities
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Research Emphasis
• Writing Emphasis

Utah is renowned for its red rock country, which is simply due to a chemical reaction. Geochemistry is an interdisciplinary subject that requires a sound knowledge of geological and chemical principles to interpret the history of the Earth. In this Learning Community, you will couple fundamental chemistry with geology while exploring America’s National Parks.

Courses

CHEM 111*03LC: Principles of Chemistry I and Lab

MWF 12–1:50 p.m.

GEOL 111*01LC: Natl Parks Geology

TTh 12–1:50 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Science and Mathematics
• Quantitative Emphasis

Everything you do involves a complex interplay of chemicals in your brain. This Learning Community explores the activity of chemicals inside and outside the nervous system. As you learn about chemistry concepts, you will be able to explain how chemicals affect the brain and behavior.

Courses

CHEM 111*04LC: Principles of Chemistry I and Lab

M/W/F 2–3:50 p.m.

NEURO 205*01LC: Intro to Brain and Behavior

M/W 12–1:50 p.m.

This Learning Community introduces the dynamic areas of business while giving you a strong foundation of the skills required for a business major. Students will form a company, determine a set of products to sell to the Westminster community, manage the business areas, and ultimately influence the use of firm profits (focused on a service project). In the process, students will take a real-world approach to learning and come to understand how rewarding business can be.

Courses

BUSI 101A*02LC: Business Fundamentals I: Communicating

TTh 10–11:15 a.m.

BUSI 101B*02LC: Business Fundamentals I: Calculating

TTh 12–1:15 p.m.

BUSI 101C*02LC

The BUSI 101C*02LC lab is also required for this Learning Community.

This Learning Community explores the intersections of art and technology in visual effects and design. Using a variety of media and technologies, you will learn about the design process, 3D modeling and printing, digital tools involved with image processing, 2D and 3D computer graphics, and special effects. If you are interested in the intersection of art and technology to design creative visual works, this LC is for you.

Courses

ART 128*01LC: Maker's Lab

TTh 2–4:40 p.m.

CMPT 150*01LC: Math and Technology of the Entertainment Arts

MW 2–3:15 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Fine Arts and Humanities
• Science and Mathematics
• Quantitative Emphasis

Mathematics and psychological science can help people become better thinkers. This Learning Community explores how probabilistic reasoning can help us understand why people make risky decisions, why games of chance are often counterintuitive, how decision-making is often biased by our personal intuitions, and how probability applies to cognition and behavior. You’ll learn how to apply mathematical concepts in a variety of real-world situations, as well as debunk common myths about people and behavior.

Courses

WCSAM 113*01LC: Probability, Risk, and Reward

M/W 12–1:50 p.m.

PSYC 105*01LC: Bust That Psych Myth

T/Th 10–11:50 a.m.

WCore Emphases

• Science and Mathematics
• Research Emphasis
• Quantitative Emphasis

Some say that the best geologist is the one who has seen the most rocks, but how do you get to them? In this Learning Community, you will gain confidence to hike to some of Salt Lake’s most interesting rock formations—and the scientific knowledge to understand what those rocks tell us about geological history. You will learn about how your body and the earth work, and how energy and force can shape them both.

Courses

GEOL 107*02LC: Geology of the American West

M/W 2–3:50 p.m.

HPW 250*03LC: Fitness for Life

M/W 4–5:15 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Science and Mathematics
• Quantitative Emphasis

The fight for social justice continues. How do we keep momentum going for racial justice, environmental justice, and LGBTQIA justice without the excitement and exposure from an election? This Learning Community explores how using a data-focused lens connected to political theories, institutions, and events can help you become a great citizen and leader.

Courses

WCSBS 220*01LC: Social Justice by the Numbers

MW 4–5:50 p.m.

PLSC 106*02LC: Explorations in Politics

M/W 2–3:50 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Social and Behavioral Science (x2)
• Quantitative Emphasis
• Writing Emphasis

From ancient stargazers to science fiction visions of space travel, humans have tried to make sense of our place in the cosmos. This Learning Community examines the relationship between science and culture through astronomy, history, and film. How do films reflect the anxieties of their time and how does an evolving understanding of science influence pop culture?

Courses

HIST 124*01LC: Film and Memory

TTH 2–3:50 p.m.

WCSAM 116*01LC: Introduction to the Universe

M/W 2–3:50 p.m.

WCore Emphases

• Science and Mathematics
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Quantitative Emphasis
• Research Emphasis