ILLC Overview Video
Integrated Learning-Living Communities
Want to have fun, make friends and earn higher grades? Then join an integrated learning-living community (ILLC).
What is that you ask? It is a group of people who live in the same residence hall and take classes together. Approximately a thousand students each year, about half of the incoming class, select to live in an ILLC.
Why? Because as part of an ILLC, students make lifelong friendships, earn higher GPAs, and are more involved with campus activities. Plus, studies show that ILLCs help new students successfully transition into college life during both the first and second years. There is an ILLC for you! But, act quickly. They fill up fast.
As a first year student at the University of Dayton, you may be invited to select an Integrated Learning-Living Community as part of your course preferencing process.
An ILLC is a community of learners who take classes together and live in the same residence hall. ILLCs will give you a strong support network to help your first semester in college start off great. In 2013, there are three types of ILLCs from which to choose:
ILLCs open to all majors:
- Building Communities for Social Justice
- CORE: Human Values in a Pluralistic Culture
- Cross Cultural
- Writing and the Arts
ILLCs for specific majors:
- Curiosity in the Classroom (select Teacher Education majors)
- Self and Community in the 21st Century (Social Science majors)
- Women in Science and Engineering (female science and engineering majors)
Honors designated ILLCs:
- Business and Marianist Values
- CORE: Human Values in a Pluralistic Culture
- Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment
Find the best fit for you. Your ILLC will help you make friends, have fun, and survive college.
ILLCs focus on establishing connections and achieving success both inside and outside the classroom. As part of an ILLC, you’ll develop relationships that will strengthen and support your learning experiences. By participating in engaging activities outside the classroom, you will realize your talents, focus on your goals, and successfully navigate the transition into college life.