What is a Living-Learning Community?
Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) are immersive learning experiences designed to bring students with common academic interests together for heightened intellectual and social success. LLCs assist students by placing them in close-knit living environments that support scholastic success, cultivate safe and supportive environments, encourage personal growth, and foster social responsibility. The ultimate goal is to help students mature into the best version of themselves, both personally and professionally, so they can become leaders at ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®and beyond. Â
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The is now open for the 2024-2025 academic year. The regular reservation deadline is Monday, May 6, 2024; however, late reservations are welcome while spaces last! Students must deposit to ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®to confirm their placement in the program.If you have questions email universitycollege@american.edu.
Living-Learning Communities
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Honors
The ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Honors Program brings together a diverse community of students and faculty to learn in experiential and inquiry-driven ways.
DC Community Impact Scholars
The DC Community Impact Scholars engage in community-based service learning with local non-profits.
University College
UC fosters community at ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®through residential experiences that support first-year students socially and academically in their transition to college.
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Cornerstone DC
Cornerstone DC students gain substantive real-world skills and acquire valuable workplace experience to gain an edge to compete in the job market.
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Cornerstone Greece
Cornerstone Greece students experience cities and cultural sites throughout the Greece while supported by ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®and international partners.
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Cornerstone Madrid SIS Scholars
A first semester fall program at the ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Madrid Center offered exclusively to ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Cornerstone students majoring in SIS.
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Compass
¹ú²úСßÏÅ®Compass allows sophomore students to explore their academic pathway and/or post-graduation plans in a tight-knit living and learning environment.  
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Spotlight on AU’s Living-Learning Communities
number 12
for first-year experience12 to 1
ratio of students to faculty100 percent
of LLC Students Participate in Experiential Learning in Washington DC