Learning Communities for Health Sciences

What is a Learning Community?

 

Learning Community (LC) is simply a group of students who
are co-enrolled in two or more courses linked by a common
theme.

HCC is launching six new LC in the Fall of 2011 for students
going into health care professions. The focus of these LC is
to make learning relevant to students life and their preparation
for professional schools.

How?

• Case studies will be used as individual or group projects
  to bring together the material from the two linked courses,
  to help students practice how to do case studies for their
  advanced clinical courses.
• Students will work on real-life problems that deal with
  common course content. This is called problem-based
  learning and is used widely in health care institutions.
• Computer skills will also be relevant to keeping up with the
  digital age. All LC courses will be web-enhanced. Students
  will access course material, email and video from HCC
  e-learning platform of Moodle or Blackboard.

Health Science LC Advantage

Why be part of the Health Science Learning Community?

• Study with the students who have the common goal of
  pursuing health sciences careers.
• Find common bonds between the paired courses that
  will make the material more interesting and relevant to
  your major.
• Experience a greater emphasis on the clinical  aspects. 
• Contact a designated counselor who will provide
  up-to-date information on health careers.
• Join the "Science Club at Central" for extended learning
  and leadership activities.
• Take advantage of special interest program like TEAS
  boot camp, PCAT preparation and interviewing tips.
  Free TEAS Prep & no registration required:
  9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon, LHSB 100 at Central College
  *Doors open at 8:30 AM for admission on a first come/
  first served basis
  May 16th - Math
  May 19th - Reading Comprehension
  May 21st - Science
  May 23rd - Grammar

Faculty Team

Following professors are part of the Learning Communities Team:

Ms. Mary Puccini Director, Chancellor\'s Innovation Grant Nutrition Professor mary.puccini@hccs.edu	Dr. Denise Boyd Psychology Professor denise.boyd@hccs.edu
Dr. Pramila Sen Biology Professor pramila.sen@hccs.edu	Dr. Jyoti Wagle Biology Professor jyoti.wagle@hccs.edu
Dr. Renu Jain Biology Professor renu.jain@hccs.edu	Ms. Laura Renee Psychology Professor laura.renee@hccs.edu
Dr. Claire Kageyama English Professor claire.kageyama@hccs.edu	Dr. James Jabbur Biology Professor james.jabbur@hccs.edu
Dr. Shuhsien Batamo Chemistry Professor shuhsien.batamo@hccs.edu	Mr. Rajamanthri Ariyaratna Math Professor raj.ariyaratna@hccs.edu
Dr. Sharon Klander English Professor sharon.klander@hccs.edu	Mr. Nathan Poage Philosophy Professor nathan.poage@hccs.edu

Courses Linked

The Health Science Learning Community requires you to
co-enroll in courses so that you can

• Learn together
• Study together
• Apply together 

Following courses are paired and must be taken concurrently:

SPRING SEMESTER, 2012

FALL SEMESTER, 2011

SUMMER SEMESTER, 2011

SPRING SEMESTER, 2011