Living and Learning Communities
Residential Life at UMBC offers a number of Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) that connect students with shared academic interests in culture, academics, or community service. Students within LLCs live together within a residential community and participate in academic and community programming especially designed for them. The ultimate goal of a LLC experience is to integrate learning from the classroom into the overall UMBC experience.
Top Reasons to Live in a LLC
- Integration of academics interests with community engagement
- Connection to students and faculty with related interests
- Make friends for life!
LLCS Available at UMBC
- Center for Women in Technology (CWIT)
- Discovery Scholars
- Honors College
- Humanities
- Intercultural Living Exchange (ILE)
- Individualized Study (INDS)
- Shriver – Service Learning
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL)
Benefits of Living-Learning Communities
- Students involved in an LLC at UMBC self-reported:
- They were more satisfied with their overall academic and learning experience on campus than students not involved in a LLC.*
- They were more engaged and involved on campus than students not involved in a LLC.*
- They interacted with more university faculty and staff members than students not involved in a LLC.*
- They had a greater understand of diversity and multiculturalism than students not involved in a LLC.*
*This data was compiled through the annual Educational Benchmarking Incorporated (EBI) Resident Satisfaction Survey in November and December of 2016