Learn about yourself and how you relate to Colorado's environment in the Colorado Living & Living Learning Community!

What's your special outdoor place in Colorado Springs? Why do the rocks in the Garden of the Gods look the way they do? How do you and the people around affect our environment? If these are the questions that you ask yourself the Colorado Living and Learning Community is for you. The learning community is a combination of the Colorado Living section of Freshman Seminar and GES 101: Landforms. This learning community will combine an introspective look at how you fit into the outdoors of Colorado and an examination of the environmental factors that shape the physical environment of Colorado. The learning community will include field trips and outdoor activities, including overnight camping trips. There is a service-learning component to the classes. A variety of in-class activities will include readings, discussion, and the presentation of a creative work in order to generate deeper reflection about our place in Colorado and how we, and others, interact with it.

Linked Courses

ID101: Colorado Living
Meets Wednesdays 1:40 to 4:20pm
Location: Breckenridge 101

Steve Jennings
Associate Professor
Geography & Environmental Studies
(719)255-4056   sjenning@uccs.edu

Daniel Bowan
Coordinator, Campus Recreation
Student Outdoor Leadership Expeditions
(719)255-3429   dbowan@uccs.edu

Eric Billmeyer
Lecturer
Geography & Environmental Studies
ebillmey@uccs.edu

This course will examines the relationship between self and the environment. How does the place we live affect us? What makes Colorado Springs a special place? How have people changed the environment of Colorado Springs? "Colorado Living & Recreation" will be organized around field trips and outdoor activities, including an overnight camping trip. Readings, discussion, and the presentation of a creative work will be used to generate deeper reflection about our place in Colorado and how we, and others, interact with it.

An introductory survey primarily concerned with the agents and processes of landform shaping and soil genesis. Major emphasis is on the genesis, distribution, and utility of surface features in a variety of learning situations, including lecture, Web-based, laboratory, tutorials, and field trips.

Housing

The Colorado Living and Recreation learning community has a residential component. To participate in this learning community you must live on-campus. To submit a housing application go: http://www.uccs.edu/~residence/booknow.htm