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Many students here at Saint Louis University have found academic opportunity as part of a learning community. Students sharing a common purpose live in communities where their coursework, service, and social activities are all designed to enhance the experience of living on campus and promote a learning lifestyle.
The program has been so successful that portions of the learning community experience are even available for commuter students. Follow the links below to learn more about any of our communities.
Freshmen
Business and Service Leadership
Careers and Majors Exploration
Micah Program - Faith & Social Justice
Goals and Outcomes
Learning Communities
- Students will develop successful patterns academically and socially through connections with faculty, staff, and students.
- Students will discover the connections between in and out of classroom experiences.
- Students will express a greater understanding of their personal and professional goals.
- Students will participate in programs and use reflective thinking on their experiences.
First-Year Interest Groups
- Students will experience a smooth transition from high school to college.
- They will have a well-designed introduction to the Jesuit process of “educating of the whole person” and living out the Five Dimensions of the SLU Experience.
- They will explore with members of the faculty and staff connections between experiences inside and outside the classroom.
- They will inquire into areas of personal academic interest in ways that are designed to be helpful in settling on a major and in taking the first steps toward a calling or career.
- They will discover the value of intentional communities in developing habits of reflection and in reconciling people of different personalities, backgrounds, and social groups.
- As a preparation for collaborative endeavors in later life, they will experience the support, creativity, and dynamism that such communities are able to foster.
