Please find here the "Tech Savvy First Year" story about how some FLCs are using iPads or Flip cameras in their courses. Click here for iPad/Flip camera documentation.
Want to make friends? Want to take courses that interest you? Want to succeed in college?
Then look into Freshman Learning Communities (FLC), an innovative and successful approach to your first semester at Georgia State University.
In 2011, and for the ninth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report listed the FLC program at Georgia State University among the “outstanding examples of academic programs that are believed to lead to student success.”
In 2005, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia recognized the Freshman Learning Communities program with a “Best Practices” award for Academic Affairs.
What are Freshman Learning Communities?
Why should you consider an FLC?
Freshman Learning Communities (FLC) offer first-year students an opportunity to connect with Georgia State University and each other during the fall semester. The program started in 1999 with 11 learning communities and is now offering 71 learning communities in the fall of 2011.
FLCs link clusters of courses, usually four or five, from the Core Curriculum with the GSU 1010 New Student Orientation course. Each FLC is built on an academic theme that brings together students who share an interest in the theme. Through their involvement in an FLC, students form a small, friendly community within a large, research university.
Each FLC is designed around general education Core Curriculum courses that will apply to any major. In other words, FLCs are not restricted to particular majors, nor do you have to declare a major in order to register for an FLC. If at the end of the first semester you decide to select a major in a different area, you can be sure that your courses will count as part of your general education requirements.
For more information on FLCs, e-mail FLC@gsu.edu, contact Nia Haydel, Academic Professional for Freshmen Learning at 404/413-2052 or nhaydel@gsu.edu, or Nikolas Huot at 404/413-2052 or nhuot1@gsu.edu. Or feel free to drop by the Office of Undergraduate Studies in 224 Sparks Hall.