Benefits of Joining an FLC
All of the communities transform The University of Alabama, a major research university of more than 25,000 students, into a small group of friends and mentors who share a desire to learn in a special, interesting, and challenging way during the important freshman year.
The undergraduate core facilitates the learning communities concept by both providing the most ideal selection of core courses for various interest groups and simultaneously fulfilling the general education requirements for most majors.
Other benefits of learning communities include:
- FLCs enable you to take responsibility for academic and personal development early making college easier to manage.
- FLCs connect you with faculty and other students in mentoring and friendship relationships that may extend over your lifetime.
- Students use learning strategies from the program to improve their performance in their other classes.
- FLCs provide you with ready-made study groups and assist in the mastering of course materials.
FLCs encourage you to be an active learner in your own right and to collaborate with other students and faculty in learning. All communities engage you in projects and activities that extend learning outside classrooms, whether this is through field work, laboratories, community service, or campus student organizations.
