Living-Learning Centers
Here at the University of Alabama, we believe that students should be provided with every possible opportunity to succeed. Therein lies the purpose of our many Living-Learning Communities. These programs allow students to live in our residence halls for the same cost, but to also have access to educational programs and classes exclusive to each Living-Learning Community. Each community is unique, with specific requirements and living arrangements. You may request a living-learning community when you complete the online housing application. If you would llike to participate in the Honors College or the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, you will need to complete the program application in addition to the housing application. Please read the information carefully, and contact your specific Living- Learning Community or the HRC office if you have any questions.
The Arts on Campus Living-Learning Community
This program is for students who are interested in the arts, regardless of the major that they plan to pursue. The program involves courses in which students reflect and write about the arts and have hands-on experiences with the arts. Out-of-class experiences focus on creating a vital presence for the arts within the residence hall. For more information, please contact Dr. Ann Webb at awebb@as.ua.edu or Ms. Julia Gibler at jggibler@as.ua.edu. To apply for the Arts community, click here.
Arts and Sciences Freshman Living-Learning Community in Parker-Adams Hall
The Parker-Adams Living-Learning Program serves incoming freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program creates a residence hall experience that emphasizes and supports students' learning. Participants enjoy taking some of their classes with students with whom they live, and encourages students to get to know faculty through a mentorship program. Students become knowledgeable of campus activities and develop successful academic competencies. Friendships formed in Parker-Adams enrich the entire University career of the participants. Academic advising is available in the residence and help is available for students who need assistance in defining their interests. Click here to visit the Parker-Adams Living Learning Community site. To apply for the Parker-Adams community, click here.
The Arts and Sciences Living-Learning Community in Byrd Hall
This living-learning community is for students who enter as freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. As a living-learning community, the program blends the students' academic and residential experiences. Academic advising and faculty-student interaction occur in the residence hall, and students take some of their courses with friends with whom they share living space. The program emphasizes involvement in the cultural life of the campus and the development of successful academic behaviors. The Byrd community particularly seeks to attract students with interest in the pre-professional areas such as pre-med, pre-dentistry, pre-optometry, and pre-law. To apply for the Capstone community, click here.
Blount Undergraduate Initiative
The Blount Undergraduate Initiative is a specialized living-learning environment for Arts and Sciences majors. Located in one of our newest facilities built specifically for the purpose, Blount Hall, 180 scholars reside within a building containing most of their classes, dining areas, computer facilities, and faculty mentors. For tour information call Brenda Montgomery 205-348-1706. To complete an application for admission to the Blount program, please go to http://www.as.ua.edu/blount/application/index.html.
Capstone Communication and Information Sciences Community in Harris Hall
The Capstone C&IS Community brings together students from this field of study to live in Harris Hall and share academic, social, and out-of-class growth experiences. Participants in this living option take a compass course, which serves as a useful introduction to the University. Interested students should complete a living-learning community application as well as an on-line housing application. To apply for the CIS community, click here.
Capstone Human and Environmental Sciences Community in Harris Hall
The Capstone HES Community brings together students from this field of study to live in Harris Hall and share academic, social, and out-of-class growth experiences. Participants in this living option take a compass course, which serves as a useful introduction to the University. Interested students should complete a living-learning community application as well as an on-line housing application. To apply for the HES community, click here.
Capstone Nursing Community in Harris Hall
The Capstone Nursing Community brings together students from this field of study to live in Harris Hall and share academic, social, and out-of-class growth experiences. Participants in this living option take a compass course, which serves as a useful introduction to the University. Interested students should complete a living-learning community application as well as an on-line housing application. To apply for the Nursing community, click here.
Commerce And Business
The C&BA Living Option for men and women, located in Friedman Hall, will provide a personal, caring and supportive environment through increased student/faculty interaction. A C&BA faculty member lives in Friedman, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) student serves as a Hall Director overseeing the operation of the building. This option will expose residents to a variety of perspectives, knowledge and information by involving C&BA faculty and staff, and business leaders in programs presented in the residence hall.
Residents will benefit from the mentoring, advising and peer counseling that takes place in the building. Group study areas will provide excellent opportunities for collaboration on papers, projects and business team requirements. You must be a C&BA major to live in this option.
Click here to visit the C&BA website.
Emerging Scholars Living-Learning Community
This program is an option for freshman students who are admitted to the Emerging Scholars Program. This program involves first-year students in research and creative activities with University faculty. Students interested in the Emerging Scholars Living-Learning Community should complete the Emgerging Scholars Program application form in addition to the Emerging Scholars Living-Learning Community application form. For additional information about this living-learning community, please contact Dr. Ann Webbat awebb@as.ua.edu or Ms. Julia Gibler at jggibler@as.ua.edu. To complete an application for the Emgerging Scholars Living-Learning Community, please click here.
For more information about the Emerging Scholars Program (including application information), contact Professor Shane Sharpe at ssharpe@cba.ua.edu.Engineering
Engineering living options are available for both men and women. These options provide an environment where students can exchange ideas, experiences, skills, and even class notes. The interaction between students with similar interests, and sometimes the same classes, is one of the main advantages of this living option. Students who apply for this option should be majoring in Engineering. These options are located in Bryant for men and Lakeside East for women. To apply for the women's living option, click here.
The French House
This program is for any UA student who is interested in French language and culture. This living-learning community affords students with opportunities for language study and out-of-class experiences that bring some of the feel of Paris to Tuscaloosa. For more information, please contact Dr. Ann Webb at awebb@as.ua.edu or Ms. Julia Gibler at jggibler@as.ua.edu. To apply for the French community, please click here.
German House
If you wish to enhance your German skills in a fun and relaxed environment, the German House right on the campus of the University of the Alabama is the place to live for you! The Hans und Sophie Scholl Haus constitutes a unique living-learning program. Students who live in the house agree to speak German as much as possible, and also have the option of enrolling in a conversation course exclusive to German House residents. The program is supervised by a student director, who is a native speaker and lives in the house with the other residents. In most years about half of the residents are students from Germany or Austria and half are U.S. students.
Currently the Scholl Haus is housed in several apartments in the Bryce Lawn apartment complex on Bryce Lawn Lane. Click here to visit the German house site.
Honors College
The Honors College living option in Riverside West, Lakeside West, and Ridgecrest West is available to members of the University Honors Program, International Honors Program, and/or Computer-Based Honors Program. These coed living-learning facilities form the center of the University's tightly-knit honors community. Because of the demand for Honors Housing, only incoming Honors College freshmen and current residents of Honors Housing can be accommodated. Space does not permit Honors College participants living in other residence halls to move to Honors Housing. For more information about the Honors College call (205)348-5500. To apply, please go to http://honors.ua.edu/home.shtml.
The Mallet Assembly
Mallet Assembly, located in Palmer Hall, is an independent living option with the following goals:
-to recognize extraordinary scholastic achievement through its admissions process;
-to encourage further scholastic development through a comprehensive system of in house programs designed as learning activities that are enjoyable;
-to encourage the development of leadership skills through the self-government of the program and encouragement of individual and collective involvement throughout all areas of campus life; and
-to gather students to these ends with high scholastic and achievement records into a unique environment encompassing academics, recreation, unity, and fellowship.
For more information about applying to the Mallet Assembly, visit www.mallet-assembly.org.The Rotary House
Rotary House offers a small, coed atmosphere for international students and other UA students who are interested in interacting with students from other nations. Students are selected for participation based on their interest and ability to be contributing community members.
To apply for the Rotary House community, please click here.
I believe that the most meaningful way I’ve made a difference in the lives of my residents is by being part of that bridge over the gap between high school and college. I strive to encourage my residents to use me for the resource I am, especially the 95% of my residents that are freshmen. I am the one of the people they can come to not only to find what academic services are available, but also some social events that Tuscaloosa and the university have to offer. This way they can create their own balance between work and play.
Jesmond Fair, Junior, Major: Psychology Minor: Music, RA at Riverside West