Spring 2016 Learning Communities
Contents
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Getting a Clue LC (ENG 111 & SDV 100)
Everyday American History LC (ENG 242 & HIS 122)
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What Does It Mean to Be an American? LC (ENG 112 & HIS 122)
Global Boundaries-Global Connections II LC (ENG 112 & HIS 112)
Making History LC (ENG 241 & HIS 121)
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Surviving College LC (ENF 2 & SDV 100)
The Auto LC (AUT 111 & SDV 100)
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Hollywood & History: Screening 20 Century America (CST 152 & HIS 122)
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Personal Development LC (HLT 115 & SDV 100)
How to Register for a Learning Community
Getting a Clue LC
This learning community will help you learn to make those critical life choices (like
picking a major, a career, or a transfer college) by teaching you how to set goals,
improve productivity, and develop the habits needed to ensure success in school and
in life. “Getting a Clue,” which links ENG 111 and SDV 100, has been awarded the
Virginia Community College System’s first-place honors for Excellence in Education.
Students interested in this learning community must register for both course sections
listed. You have three clues to choose from.
CLU E #1 pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
51519
52421
ENG 111-01CP, Mon & Wed, 1-2:15 pm
SDV 100-01CP, Wed, 12-12:50 pm (first 8 weeks)
CLU E #2 pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
51617
54376
ENG 111-02CP, Thurs, 1-2:15pm (50% meetings online)
SDV 100-02CP, Tues, 1-2:30 pm (first 8 weeks)
CLU E #3 pairs the follow ing classes at D TC:
51704
52219
ENG 111-01CD, Tues & Thurs, 9:30-10:45 am
SDV 100-01CD, Thurs, 11-12:30 pm (first 8 weeks)
Everyday American History LC
This learning community offers students a unique opportunity to learn how major
historical events and policies impacted the everyday life of Americans. Questions to
be explored: How did the Comics Code Authority influence how people perceived
comic books for the next fifty years? Absent Reaganomics, what would have
happened to American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)? How did the literature of the
hippie counterculture give rise to an entire film sub-genre? Students will tackle these questions, and
more, with guidance from Labor historian Dr. Jason Sampson (History) and Prof. Josh Watson (English)
through a series of linked assignments that bring students an immersive experience in history and
literature! Students interested in this learning community must register for both course sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
51499
54312
ENG 242-01CP, Mon, Wed & Fri, 10-10:50 am
HIS 122-01CP, Mon, Wed & Fri, 11-11:50 am
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What Does It Mean to Be an American II? LC
This learning community will examine the formation and development
of what it has meant to be “American” from Reconstruction to the
present. Students will explore questions such as, What are the
defining characteristics of American culture and society? Who can be
an American? What does it take to go from being an immigrant and
foreigner to becoming “red-white-and-blue?” Why do some groups
have an easier time of it? Is it possible to be “American” in an age of
“multiculturalism” and “diversity”? Using government documents,
personal letters and diaries, poetry, fiction, political cartoons, and
even modern Hollywood cinema, we will read and write about how
Americans have shaped, defined, and defended their identities. Students interested in this learning
community must register for both course sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
51514
52408
ENG 112-02CP, Mon, Wed & Fri, 11-11:50 am
HIS 122-02CP, Mon, Wed & Fri, 10-10:50 am
Global Boundaries-Global Connections II LC
College is all about finding your place in the world. Here’s the venue for those of you who want to gain a
wider understanding of different cultures, and who want to improve your ability to overcome the
boundaries (whether based on geography, language, culture, economics, etc.) which can separate you
from others. We help you make connections, and through exploring history, we help you explore and
understand the web of connections between yourself, the place where you live, and the world around you.
This learning community provides a great follow up to “Connections I,” but new students are also
welcome.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
51707
51463
ENG 112-01CP, Tues & Thurs, 1-2:15 pm
HIS 112-01CP, Tues & Thurs, 2:30-3:45 pm
Making History LC
Extra-credit opportunities abound for students in this
learning community. There just isn't a better, more fun
place to study early America than Virginia and
Richmond. Think about it: Where else can you spend a
day visiting one of the first English settlements, stop by
an early plantation to see life of the rich and poor, visit
where Tom Jefferson went to school, sit in the
graveyard where Poe's love is buried, stand where
Patrick Henry said (we think), "Give me liberty, or give
me death," and see where the fate of the Civil War was
decided. Much of the history of early America took place
in our own back yard, and this class brings together a
chance to study this history alongside the writing that
helped produce it. Students interested in this learning
community must register for both course sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
52058
52162
ENG 241-01CP, Tues & Thurs, 11 am-12:15 pm
HIS 121-01CP, Tues & Thurs, 9:30-10:45 am
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Surviving College LC
You deserve a break today that will result in a unique experience that will
help you reach your goals faster. If you received a recommendation for ENF
2, this may be the learning community for you. Save nearly $300 in tuition
and books (over the previous system) and possibly finish your developmental
English study in only ONE semester! You also gain earlier than usual access
to SDV 100 so that you can hone your study skills while brushing up on your
English. This combo is a win-win for ensuring future academic success!
Students interested in this learning community must register for both course
sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
53697
51370
ENF 2-04CP, Mon & Wed, 1-2:50 pm
SDV 100-04CP, Mon, 11-11:50 am
The Auto LC
This learning community is for students who have been accepted into the automotive program at
Reynolds Goochland Campus. It is designed to help students get off on the right foot and closer to
graduation. Assignments and activities in both subjects are designed to create a synergistic effect leading
to a better understanding of the material. Students interested in this learning community must register for
both course sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at Goochland:
50899
52043
AUT 111-01CG, Tues & Thurs, 8-10:45 am
SDV 100-01CG, Tues, 11-11:50 am
Hollywood and History: Screening 20th Century America
In this learning community, students will combine
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the study of 20 Century America with significant
films Hollywood created to entertain and influence
a mass audience. Students will come to
understand that modern American history is not
only the record of what governments do, but also
the way in which a growing American film industry
interpreted and presented historical events, social
trends, societal issues, and political challenges.
Neither HIS 122 nor CST 152 are sequential
courses. The only prerequisite for both courses is
placement in ENG 111 or in co-requisites ENG
111 and ENF 3. CST 152 is the most recent
course to be added to those that can be used to
fulfill a Humanities elective. Students interested in
this learning community must register for both
course sections listed.
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
54420
54315
CST 152-03CP, Wed, 1-3:40 pm
HIS 122-03CP, Mon, 1-3:40 pm
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Personal Development LC
Start your day right and learn how to be a healthier, happier student in the Personal Development LC
while you complete the Virginia Community College System’s minimum degree requirements for health,
physical education, and student development courses for all AA, AS, and AAS degrees. The instructors of
HLT 115 and SDV 100 combine and connect the content of their disciplines to give you a seamless and
engaging academic, social, and personal experience. Taking HLT 115 and SDV 100 together will provide
you with a great introduction to what Reynolds and the greater Richmond community have to offer you as
a student and a whole person. The Personal Development LC is a great way to take two credits in a
single time slot during an eight-week session—all with the same group of students!
This LC pairs the follow ing classes at PRC:
52057
51422
HLT 115-02CD, Tues, 8-9:50 am (first 8 weeks)
SDV 100-02CD, Thurs, 8-9:30 am (first 8 weeks)
How to Register for a Learning Community
1. Read above to find the LC you’re interested in.
2. Write down the 5-digit course numbers for the paired classes
3. In your Student Center, add both classes to your schedule by following these steps:
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Click Enroll, then click Add.
Type the 5-digit number for Class #1, then click Enter.
Type the 5-digit number for Class #2, then click Enter.
Click Proceed to Step 2 of 3.
Click Finish Enrolling.
That’s it!
NOTE: If you get a “requisites not met” message, make sure you meet the prerequisites and
BOTH classes are in your shopping cart! If you continue to have problems, just visit the
Student Success Center.