Living and Learning at UNC

Our residence halls are not just a place where you can eat and sleep, they are a place where you can live and learn. We offer a variety of Residential Learning Communities and Special Living Options. These communities offer a chance to develop important skills and values such as leadership, service to the community, and academic success.

RESIDENTIAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Many students join both a Residential Learning Community and an Academic Learning Community, but most communities don't require you to participate in both. Students in an academic learning community share a set of courses linked to a theme. Residential Learning Communities have similar themes such as elementary education or the arts and bring students together outside the classroom. The residential communities have a Resident Assistant who also shares the academic interest of the students on the floor. You'll hear more about Academic Learning Communities when you attend the UNC New Student Orientation session or you can read more online at http://www.unco.edu/asa.

Residential Learning Communities are special floors that are co-sponsored by the Department of Housing & Residence Life and a student service or academic department.

 

  • BIOTA, for students who have applied and been accepted to the University BIOTA Program. (Biology Is your Opportunity To Achieve). Other students that are accepted into this community are Pre-Medicine, Pre-Veterinary, Pre-Pharmacy and Pre- Nursing majors.
  • Business, for students admitted to, or are pre-majors in, the Monfort College of Business
  • Cumbres, for Education students with an emphasis in English as a Second Language or Bilingual Education
  • Elementary Education, for students who would like to be elementary school teachers
  • English, for students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Honors, for students accepted into the University Honors Program
  • Leadership, for students interested in developing their leadership abilities
  • Natural Health & Sciences, (formerly the ASCENT program) for students studying health sciences, natural sciences, math or pre-nursing
  • Pathways or University College, for students who have not declared a major
  • Performing & Visual Arts, for students in the College of Performing and Visual Arts

OTHER SPECIAL LIVING OPTIONS

Additionally we have several other living options that may interest you, including:

Would You Like to Join a Community? If you wish to join one of these communities, please visit the community's page through the links at the top of this page. Also, make sure to mark this community on your Housing Application when you submit it to Housing & Residence Life. To notify the Housing & Residence Life Office that you want to live in the community, please call 970-351-2721. The Housing & Residence Life Office will verify that your major matches the community and then assign you into that housing option.

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