Rutgers Learning Communities

Choose Your Learning Community!

Non-Residential Learning Communities
Living-Learning Communities
Special Interest Housing/Themed Communities

Note: Communities highlighted in RED are recommended for first-year students.

Non-Residential Learning Communities

Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Commuter Program

Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) is a learning community for SAS/SEBS first-year students considering studies in science, math or technology. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of sharing common academic experiences, making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a community of peers. This learning community allows commuter students to participate in academic enrichment activities and become part of an academic community. Students will benefit from special meetings and events with faculty, alumni, and upper class students who will share information about scientific innovation that will profoundly affect our lives.

For additional information, click here.
Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Multi-Campus Program
for Residential Students

Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) is a learning community for SAS and SEBS first-year residential students considering studies in science, math or technology. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of sharing common academic experiences, making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a community of peers. This learning community allows residential SAS/SEBS students to participate in academic enrichment activities and become part of an academic community. Students will benefit from special meetings, trips and events with faculty, alumni, and upper class students who will share information about scientific innovation that will profoundly affect our lives.

For additional information, click here.
Beyond the Cineplex Learning Community

The Program in Cinema Studies, with generous support from the Office of Undergraduate Education, invites current first-year students to join us next year in creating the inaugural "Beyond the Cineplex" Learning Community. This Learning Community will bring together cinema enthusiasts from across Rutgers to spend a year viewing and engaging in serious discussion of a broad range of films together (on campus, in weekly screening and discussion sessions, as well as at major off-campus venues such as Film Forum or the MOMA in New York City), and working as a group to conceptualize and implement a common project centered on film. An information session will be held on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:00 PM. in the Rutgers Student Center, Room 411C.

For an application and additional information, e-mail cinema@rci.rutgers.edu.

Note: Applications are due Friday, March 14.

Downloads
- Flyer
- Application
First-year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS)

A First-year Interest Group Seminar (FIGS) is a one-credit course graded Pass/No-Credit. It is offered to first-year students for 10 weeks in the Fall semester to provide opportunities to explore an interest area, topic or field of study. Under the guidance of a trained Peer Instructor, students in each FIGS explore options within a major or topic and meet faculty, staff, and alumni working or performing research in that area.

Additionally, students in each FIGS practice problem-solving skills, gain insight into the pursuit of academic/career interests, and learn how to tap into the resources of the University. Each FIGS section is limited to 25 students in order to facilitate an intimate educational experience, lively participation in class, trips/tours around campus, and group projects.

For additional information, click here.
Byrne Family First-year Seminars

Mr. Jack Byrne, a highly successful Rutgers graduate, has funded these new seminars so that today's RU students might have the powerful learning experience he had here in the 1950s, when he connected with his mathematics professor and found his academic direction.

Taught by top Rutgers professors, these special seminars are limited to 20 students per class. Faculty members share with students their curiosity, their intellectual energy and their research. In turn, students experience the excitement and challenge of working in a small setting, exploring important issues and possible majors.

You may find your mentor in a Byrne Seminar; at a minimum, you will learn about the many research opportunities available at RU. Among 65 seminars for fall 2008, we offer: The Language of Advertising, How Beethoven Composed, Baseball and Literature, U.S. Supreme Court 2007-08, What is Mental Illness? Political and Social Attitudes in the Films of Walt Disney, Lasers and Fiber Optics in Medicine, How Will 9 Billion People Be Fed? and a number of courses related to global warming and climate change. Your seminar may visit a New York City museum, attend a play, share a meal at the Rutgers Club, or visit unusual sites in New Jersey. The Byrne Seminars are only available during your first year at Rutgers; they are elective, one-credit, discussion-based courses that typically meet once a week for only ten weeks. Graded pass/no credit; you may take one per semester.

For additional information, click here.
Institute for Research on Women (IRW) Learning Community Scholars

The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) invites juniors and seniors to apply for a unique learning community (LC) that builds on the IRW's 2008-09 theme—The Culture of Rights/The Rights of Culture. The IRW LC Scholars Program will create opportunities for students to meet with faculty and learn from leaders in the field as students develop their own ideas and projects related to community research and activism. IRW LC Scholars will participate in group discussions, attend special lectures, and develop mentor relationships with faculty and other professionals while earning 1.5 credit hours either Fall 2008 or Spring 2009.

For an application and additional information, click here.

Note: Applications are due Tuesday, April 1st at 4:30 PM. Information sessions will be held March 6th at DCC Meeting Room D at 6:00 PM and March 26th at the RSC Room 402 at 6:00 PM.
Institute for Women's Leadership: Leadership Scholars Certificate Program

The Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) invites first year students and sophomores to apply for the Leadership Scholars Certificate Program, a two-year selective, interdisciplinary certificate program in women's leadership. The Leadership Scholars Certificate Program, offered through the IWL and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, is a 19-credit program that includes small seminars, career-building internships, one-on-one advising and mentoring, and funding for social action projects that connect theory and practice. The program explores women's leadership and contributions to social change, and offers the opportunity to enhance students' own leadership abilities as well as their critical thinking about leadership and gender.

For an application and additional information, e-mail Sasha Taner or click here.

Note: Applications are due Tuesday, April 1 for Fall 2008. All majors and college affiliations are welcome; there is a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement.
Science Success Fast Track — Transfer Program

Science Success Fast Track is a learning community for incoming transfer students who have declared a science related major. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of enrichment activities with faculty, alumni, and upperclass students who will share information about scientific innovation and career options.

For additional information, click here.
Wellness Learning Community

Student selected for the Wellness Learning Community will explore wellness at a personal, institutional and community level. It will provide students with opportunities for research, peer education, community outreach training, small-group learning with faculty and administration from various departments (academic and student services) throughout the University, networking with alumni and field trips. Students will have a shared academic experience in two courses: Principles of Health and Wellness Education and Advanced Health Promotion in the Community.

For additional information, e-mail Francesca M. Maresca or call 732-932-7402, ext. 273.

Downloads
- Flyer
- Application & Information Packet
Writers House

Writers House provides a gateway to the experience of creativity and serves as a laboratory for developing expression in all the media of the twenty-first century. At Writers House, students can work on poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, autobiography, grantwriting, nature writing, and screenwriting. They can also collaborate on documentary filmmaking, multimedia composition, and web design. The goal of Writers House is to give our students direct access to writing's constructive powers.

The entrance to Writers House has no doors. All are welcome.

For additional information, click here.

Living-Learning Communities

Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Program — Residential Program
(Busch Campus, First-year Community)

The AIMS Program is a unique Rutgers University, SAS/SEBS Living-Learning Community at the Busch campus. Small, select groups of first-year students enjoy the benefits of sharing common residential and academic experiences while making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a close community of peers. The AIMS program creates purposeful links among the academic, residential, and social elements of the undergraduate experience during the first year.

Students considering studies in science, math or technology will benefit from living in Davidson Hall on the Busch campus and taking a cluster of three shared courses with the same cohort of peers.

For additional information, click here.
Douglass Residential College and Living-Learning Communities
for Women on the Douglass Campus

Douglass Residential College is the perfect place for women who are interested in a collegiate experience that includes a focus on women's success and leadership. Douglass is a place where your connection to students, deans, staff and alumnae starts before your first semester at Rutgers. From the very beginning, you are a part of a supportive, cohesive community that affords individualized attention to help you find your own path. Douglass women are fully integrated into the larger Rutgers University co-educational academic and student life. They simultaneously belong to a smaller community of about 1,700 students who benefit from a dynamic curriculum that links in class learning with experiential learning.

For additional information, click here.
Discovery Houses Living-Learning Communities
(Livingston Campus, First-year Community)

Discovery Houses are unique Rutgers University, School of Arts & Sciences Living-Learning Communities at the Livingston campus. Small, select groups of first-year students enjoy the benefits of sharing common residential and academic experiences while making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a close community of peers. Discovery Houses create purposeful links among the academic, residential, and social elements of the undergraduate experience during your first year.

Discovery Houses are available in four interest areas: Business, Heath & Medicine, Law & Leadership and Psychology. Students considering studies in these areas will benefit from living in Quad 2 on the Livingston campus and taking a cluster of three shared courses with the same cohort of peers. If you want to be a part of a unique community while gaining insight into one of the four interest areas, living in a Discovery House may be for you!

For additional information, click here.
Livingston Social Justice Living-Learning Community
(Livingston Campus, First-Year community)

This community provides an exciting opportunity for 20 first-year students to become the next generation of social justice advocates and activists. Whether your career goals lie in education, medicine, law, politics, public policy, public health, the arts, or business, social justice can be part of who you are and what you do. This 12 credit, two-year interdisciplinary program with a first-year residential requirement includes curricular, co-curricular, independent study, and community service activities under the mentorship of faculty, staff, and residential peer counselors.

For additional information, e-mail Cheryl Clarke, call 732-932-1711 or click here.

Downloads
- Flyer
RU-tv Living-Learning Community
(Busch Campus)

The RU-tv Living-Learning community offers special benefits to its student residents who want to learn about broadcast communications and video production. Located in Winkler Hall on Busch campus, this community provides the opportunity to work and learn in the field while living with students who share common interests. These residents have use of an in-hall professional television studio!

Students in this community will be required to participate in a 1.5-credit course offered through the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) for both fall and spring semesters during their first year of residence on the floor. The course will focus on media messages and the creative aspects of producing television and will involve discussions of media literacy, story-telling, popular culture including reality television, and historical perspectives on visual images, among other topics. The course will count towards graduation credit for School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and for the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS).

Returning RU-tv Living-Learning Floor participants will have other curricular opportunities made available to them upon their second, third, or fourth years.

All Rutgers University-New Brunswick students are welcome to apply and must submit an application that can be found by clicking here.

To answer general questions you may have about the RU-tv Living-Learning community, please visit their Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

For additional information, e-mail Rashel Carnefix, Manager of Staff Development, or call 732-932-9342, ext. 2602.

Downloads
- Flyer
French Culture & Language Living-Learning Community
(College Avenue Campus)

Students in this community range from first-year students through seniors, who are interested in developing their knowledge of French language and culture. It is open to all Rutgers students with a strong interest in French who have completed one year of college French or the attainment of the equivalent level on the placement exam. Students are required to participate in the 1.5 credit French Cultural Experience course taught in residence. Activities are offered that take place in and outside the residence creating extensive opportunities for immersion in the French language, an experience that helps to prepare students for further study abroad.

For additional information, e-mail Mary Shaw or call 732-932-8223.

Downloads
- Flyer
German Culture & Language Living-Learning Community
(College Avenue Campus)

Students in this community are immersed in German language and culture, while living with peers, ranging from first year students through seniors. This community is open to all Rutgers students. Students are required to take the 1.5 credit course Contemporary German Media and Society taught in residence. The prerequisite for the course includes successful completion of German 102 or German 122, or placement exam. The community offers numerous events and activities that introduce students to contemporary German culture.

For additional information, click here.

Downloads
- Flyer
School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
(College Avenue, Douglass, Busch and Livingston Campuses)

Note: This option is only available to students who have been admitted to the SAS Honors Program.

All students in the SAS Honors Program are eligible to live in Honors Housing, and the Honors Program highly recommends that all first year students choose this residential option. These are vibrant communities where students live and learn together and will have access to many special programs and events run by the Honors Program and Residence Life Office. Honors housing is available on Busch, College Avenue, Douglass, and Livingston Campuses.

For additional information on SAS Honors Housing, e-mail Karen Dentler, Assistant Dean, or call 732-932-2011.
School of Environmental & Biological Science (SEBS) Living-Learning Communities
& Special Interest Housing
(Cook Campus)
- Helyar House
  
  Heylar House is a cooperative living community, where members have a greater responsibility of self-government than in traditional residence halls. Undergraduate students enrolled at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences or Mason Gross with financial need are eligible to apply.
  
  For additional information, e-mail Joseph Ventola, Assistant Dean, in the Office of Academic Programs and Research, call 732-932-3000, ext. 512 or click here.
- SEBS Honors Program
  
  Students in the general honors program have the option of living with the other honors students on a designated floor of Nicholas Hall on the Cook Campus.
  
  For additional information, e-mail Dr. Tim Casey or call 732-932-9162.
- Seeing Eye Puppy Raisers
  
  For additional information, e-mail Alyssa Procaccino.
School of Engineering Living-Learning Communities
(Busch Campus)

For 2008-2009, incoming members of the School of Engineering Honors Program have the opportunity to live in Honors Housing on Busch Campus. These students are housed on the Honors floor in the Barr or Mattia Engineering Residence Halls in traditional living arrangements with two students per room. A strong academic community and social interaction are encouraged within this group through shared curricular and extra curricular support and activities.

For additional information, click here.

Special Interest Housing/Themed Communities

Known for their active and vibrant communities, these programs have often been viewed by students as one of the most pleasant and satisfying residential experiences at the university.

Demarest Communities
(College Avenue Campus, Demarest Hall)

Creative Writing and Literary, Music Appreciation, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Culture Studies, History and Political Science, Philosophy, Sex, Sexuality and Gender, Cinema Studies and Religion and Spirituality.
Latin Images Special Interest Section
(College Avenue Campus)
The Paul Robeson Special Interest Section
(College Avenue Campus)

For additional information, e-mail the Office of Residence Life or call 732-932-7209.
Recovery Housing

For additional information, e-mail Lisa Laitman, call 732-932-402, ext. 233. or click here.

For a more information on special interest/themed communities, click here.



Main Menu Home Communities For Faculty & Staff Douglass Residential College Contact Us Quick Links Undergraduate Education Housing & Residence Life Undergraduate Admissions School of Arts & Sciences University College Community Washington Center RU-info		Choose Your Learning Community! Non-Residential Learning Communities Living-Learning Communities Special Interest Housing/Themed Communities Note: Communities highlighted in RED are recommended for first-year students. Non-Residential Learning Communities Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Commuter Program Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) is a learning community for SAS/SEBS first-year students considering studies in science, math or technology. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of sharing common academic experiences, making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a community of peers. This learning community allows commuter students to participate in academic enrichment activities and become part of an academic community. Students will benefit from special meetings and events with faculty, alumni, and upper class students who will share information about scientific innovation that will profoundly affect our lives. For additional information, click here. Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Multi-Campus Program for Residential Students Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) is a learning community for SAS and SEBS first-year residential students considering studies in science, math or technology. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of sharing common academic experiences, making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a community of peers. This learning community allows residential SAS/SEBS students to participate in academic enrichment activities and become part of an academic community. Students will benefit from special meetings, trips and events with faculty, alumni, and upper class students who will share information about scientific innovation that will profoundly affect our lives. For additional information, click here. Beyond the Cineplex Learning Community The Program in Cinema Studies, with generous support from the Office of Undergraduate Education, invites current first-year students to join us next year in creating the inaugural "Beyond the Cineplex" Learning Community. This Learning Community will bring together cinema enthusiasts from across Rutgers to spend a year viewing and engaging in serious discussion of a broad range of films together (on campus, in weekly screening and discussion sessions, as well as at major off-campus venues such as Film Forum or the MOMA in New York City), and working as a group to conceptualize and implement a common project centered on film. An information session will be held on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:00 PM. in the Rutgers Student Center, Room 411C. For an application and additional information, e-mail cinema@rci.rutgers.edu. Note: Applications are due Friday, March 14. Downloads Flyer Application First-year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS) A First-year Interest Group Seminar (FIGS) is a one-credit course graded Pass/No-Credit. It is offered to first-year students for 10 weeks in the Fall semester to provide opportunities to explore an interest area, topic or field of study. Under the guidance of a trained Peer Instructor, students in each FIGS explore options within a major or topic and meet faculty, staff, and alumni working or performing research in that area. Additionally, students in each FIGS practice problem-solving skills, gain insight into the pursuit of academic/career interests, and learn how to tap into the resources of the University. Each FIGS section is limited to 25 students in order to facilitate an intimate educational experience, lively participation in class, trips/tours around campus, and group projects. For additional information, click here. Byrne Family First-year Seminars Mr. Jack Byrne, a highly successful Rutgers graduate, has funded these new seminars so that today's RU students might have the powerful learning experience he had here in the 1950s, when he connected with his mathematics professor and found his academic direction. Taught by top Rutgers professors, these special seminars are limited to 20 students per class. Faculty members share with students their curiosity, their intellectual energy and their research. In turn, students experience the excitement and challenge of working in a small setting, exploring important issues and possible majors. You may find your mentor in a Byrne Seminar; at a minimum, you will learn about the many research opportunities available at RU. Among 65 seminars for fall 2008, we offer: The Language of Advertising, How Beethoven Composed, Baseball and Literature, U.S. Supreme Court 2007-08, What is Mental Illness? Political and Social Attitudes in the Films of Walt Disney, Lasers and Fiber Optics in Medicine, How Will 9 Billion People Be Fed? and a number of courses related to global warming and climate change. Your seminar may visit a New York City museum, attend a play, share a meal at the Rutgers Club, or visit unusual sites in New Jersey. The Byrne Seminars are only available during your first year at Rutgers; they are elective, one-credit, discussion-based courses that typically meet once a week for only ten weeks. Graded pass/no credit; you may take one per semester. For additional information, click here. Institute for Research on Women (IRW) Learning Community Scholars The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) invites juniors and seniors to apply for a unique learning community (LC) that builds on the IRW's 2008-09 theme—The Culture of Rights/The Rights of Culture. The IRW LC Scholars Program will create opportunities for students to meet with faculty and learn from leaders in the field as students develop their own ideas and projects related to community research and activism. IRW LC Scholars will participate in group discussions, attend special lectures, and develop mentor relationships with faculty and other professionals while earning 1.5 credit hours either Fall 2008 or Spring 2009. For an application and additional information, click here. Note: Applications are due Tuesday, April 1st at 4:30 PM. Information sessions will be held March 6th at DCC Meeting Room D at 6:00 PM and March 26th at the RSC Room 402 at 6:00 PM. Institute for Women's Leadership: Leadership Scholars Certificate Program The Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) invites first year students and sophomores to apply for the Leadership Scholars Certificate Program, a two-year selective, interdisciplinary certificate program in women's leadership. The Leadership Scholars Certificate Program, offered through the IWL and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, is a 19-credit program that includes small seminars, career-building internships, one-on-one advising and mentoring, and funding for social action projects that connect theory and practice. The program explores women's leadership and contributions to social change, and offers the opportunity to enhance students' own leadership abilities as well as their critical thinking about leadership and gender. For an application and additional information, e-mail Sasha Taner or click here. Note: Applications are due Tuesday, April 1 for Fall 2008. All majors and college affiliations are welcome; there is a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. Science Success Fast Track — Transfer Program Science Success Fast Track is a learning community for incoming transfer students who have declared a science related major. Students in this program will enjoy the benefits of enrichment activities with faculty, alumni, and upperclass students who will share information about scientific innovation and career options. For additional information, click here. Wellness Learning Community Student selected for the Wellness Learning Community will explore wellness at a personal, institutional and community level. It will provide students with opportunities for research, peer education, community outreach training, small-group learning with faculty and administration from various departments (academic and student services) throughout the University, networking with alumni and field trips. Students will have a shared academic experience in two courses: Principles of Health and Wellness Education and Advanced Health Promotion in the Community. For additional information, e-mail Francesca M. Maresca or call 732-932-7402, ext. 273. Downloads Flyer Application & Information Packet Writers House Writers House provides a gateway to the experience of creativity and serves as a laboratory for developing expression in all the media of the twenty-first century. At Writers House, students can work on poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, autobiography, grantwriting, nature writing, and screenwriting. They can also collaborate on documentary filmmaking, multimedia composition, and web design. The goal of Writers House is to give our students direct access to writing's constructive powers. The entrance to Writers House has no doors. All are welcome. For additional information, click here. Living-Learning Communities Achievement in Math and Science (AIMS) Program — Residential Program (Busch Campus, First-year Community) The AIMS Program is a unique Rutgers University, SAS/SEBS Living-Learning Community at the Busch campus. Small, select groups of first-year students enjoy the benefits of sharing common residential and academic experiences while making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a close community of peers. The AIMS program creates purposeful links among the academic, residential, and social elements of the undergraduate experience during the first year. Students considering studies in science, math or technology will benefit from living in Davidson Hall on the Busch campus and taking a cluster of three shared courses with the same cohort of peers. For additional information, click here. Douglass Residential College and Living-Learning Communities for Women on the Douglass Campus Douglass Residential College is the perfect place for women who are interested in a collegiate experience that includes a focus on women's success and leadership. Douglass is a place where your connection to students, deans, staff and alumnae starts before your first semester at Rutgers. From the very beginning, you are a part of a supportive, cohesive community that affords individualized attention to help you find your own path. Douglass women are fully integrated into the larger Rutgers University co-educational academic and student life. They simultaneously belong to a smaller community of about 1,700 students who benefit from a dynamic curriculum that links in class learning with experiential learning. For additional information, click here. Discovery Houses Living-Learning Communities (Livingston Campus, First-year Community) Discovery Houses are unique Rutgers University, School of Arts & Sciences Living-Learning Communities at the Livingston campus. Small, select groups of first-year students enjoy the benefits of sharing common residential and academic experiences while making new friends, exploring common interests and being a part of a close community of peers. Discovery Houses create purposeful links among the academic, residential, and social elements of the undergraduate experience during your first year. Discovery Houses are available in four interest areas: Business, Heath & Medicine, Law & Leadership and Psychology. Students considering studies in these areas will benefit from living in Quad 2 on the Livingston campus and taking a cluster of three shared courses with the same cohort of peers. If you want to be a part of a unique community while gaining insight into one of the four interest areas, living in a Discovery House may be for you! For additional information, click here. Livingston Social Justice Living-Learning Community (Livingston Campus, First-Year community) This community provides an exciting opportunity for 20 first-year students to become the next generation of social justice advocates and activists. Whether your career goals lie in education, medicine, law, politics, public policy, public health, the arts, or business, social justice can be part of who you are and what you do. This 12 credit, two-year interdisciplinary program with a first-year residential requirement includes curricular, co-curricular, independent study, and community service activities under the mentorship of faculty, staff, and residential peer counselors. For additional information, e-mail Cheryl Clarke, call 732-932-1711 or click here. Downloads Flyer RU-tv Living-Learning Community (Busch Campus) The RU-tv Living-Learning community offers special benefits to its student residents who want to learn about broadcast communications and video production. Located in Winkler Hall on Busch campus, this community provides the opportunity to work and learn in the field while living with students who share common interests. These residents have use of an in-hall professional television studio! Students in this community will be required to participate in a 1.5-credit course offered through the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) for both fall and spring semesters during their first year of residence on the floor. The course will focus on media messages and the creative aspects of producing television and will involve discussions of media literacy, story-telling, popular culture including reality television, and historical perspectives on visual images, among other topics. The course will count towards graduation credit for School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and for the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS). Returning RU-tv Living-Learning Floor participants will have other curricular opportunities made available to them upon their second, third, or fourth years. All Rutgers University-New Brunswick students are welcome to apply and must submit an application that can be found by clicking here. To answer general questions you may have about the RU-tv Living-Learning community, please visit their Frequently Asked Questions webpage. For additional information, e-mail Rashel Carnefix, Manager of Staff Development, or call 732-932-9342, ext. 2602. Downloads Flyer French Culture & Language Living-Learning Community (College Avenue Campus) Students in this community range from first-year students through seniors, who are interested in developing their knowledge of French language and culture. It is open to all Rutgers students with a strong interest in French who have completed one year of college French or the attainment of the equivalent level on the placement exam. Students are required to participate in the 1.5 credit French Cultural Experience course taught in residence. Activities are offered that take place in and outside the residence creating extensive opportunities for immersion in the French language, an experience that helps to prepare students for further study abroad. For additional information, e-mail Mary Shaw or call 732-932-8223. Downloads Flyer German Culture & Language Living-Learning Community (College Avenue Campus) Students in this community are immersed in German language and culture, while living with peers, ranging from first year students through seniors. This community is open to all Rutgers students. Students are required to take the 1.5 credit course Contemporary German Media and Society taught in residence. The prerequisite for the course includes successful completion of German 102 or German 122, or placement exam. The community offers numerous events and activities that introduce students to contemporary German culture. For additional information, click here. Downloads Flyer School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program (College Avenue, Douglass, Busch and Livingston Campuses) Note: This option is only available to students who have been admitted to the SAS Honors Program. All students in the SAS Honors Program are eligible to live in Honors Housing, and the Honors Program highly recommends that all first year students choose this residential option. These are vibrant communities where students live and learn together and will have access to many special programs and events run by the Honors Program and Residence Life Office. Honors housing is available on Busch, College Avenue, Douglass, and Livingston Campuses. For additional information on SAS Honors Housing, e-mail Karen Dentler, Assistant Dean, or call 732-932-2011. School of Environmental & Biological Science (SEBS) Living-Learning Communities & Special Interest Housing (Cook Campus) Helyar House Heylar House is a cooperative living community, where members have a greater responsibility of self-government than in traditional residence halls. Undergraduate students enrolled at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences or Mason Gross with financial need are eligible to apply. For additional information, e-mail Joseph Ventola, Assistant Dean, in the Office of Academic Programs and Research, call 732-932-3000, ext. 512 or click here. SEBS Honors Program Students in the general honors program have the option of living with the other honors students on a designated floor of Nicholas Hall on the Cook Campus. For additional information, e-mail Dr. Tim Casey or call 732-932-9162. Seeing Eye Puppy Raisers For additional information, e-mail Alyssa Procaccino. School of Engineering Living-Learning Communities (Busch Campus) For 2008-2009, incoming members of the School of Engineering Honors Program have the opportunity to live in Honors Housing on Busch Campus. These students are housed on the Honors floor in the Barr or Mattia Engineering Residence Halls in traditional living arrangements with two students per room. A strong academic community and social interaction are encouraged within this group through shared curricular and extra curricular support and activities. For additional information, click here. Special Interest Housing/Themed Communities Known for their active and vibrant communities, these programs have often been viewed by students as one of the most pleasant and satisfying residential experiences at the university. Demarest Communities (College Avenue Campus, Demarest Hall) Creative Writing and Literary, Music Appreciation, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Culture Studies, History and Political Science, Philosophy, Sex, Sexuality and Gender, Cinema Studies and Religion and Spirituality. Latin Images Special Interest Section (College Avenue Campus) The Paul Robeson Special Interest Section (College Avenue Campus) For additional information, e-mail the Office of Residence Life or call 732-932-7209. Recovery Housing For additional information, e-mail Lisa Laitman, call 732-932-402, ext. 233. or click here. For a more information on special interest/themed communities, click here.

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