Learning Community
- Agronomy Freshman Learning Community
A learning community for new first-year students in Agronomy that includes common courses, peer and faculty mentoring, field trips, linked English and Agronomy courses, social activities, and service learning.
- AgPAQ Upperclass Learning Community
A learning community for upper class agriculture students who enroll in a cluster of courses and work in consulting teams with a real client and precision agriculture tools to prepare a complete crop and soil management plan.Being part of a learning community helps you:
Agronomy Freshman Learning Community
Being part of a learning community helps you:
Connect with students who have similar academic goals.
Course-based learning communities are small groups of students in the same major who take classes together.
Interact more closely with peers and faculty.
Smaller groups taking classes together typically result in students getting to know each other and their teachers better. This creates a smooth transition to the college environment.
Simplify your registration.
Courses offered on a learning community schedule fulfill core major and university requirements. You will register for a block of classes that has been reserved especially for you.
Components of the Agronomy Learning Community include:
All new freshmen in Agronomy are invited to participate in the Agronomy Learning Community. Students will receive more information during summer orientation sessions. For more information contact: Bradley Miller, Agronomy Undergraduate Coordinator, 1126 Agronomy Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011-1010, (515) 294-3273, miller@iastate.edu.