Residential Learning Communities
Residential learning communities create a more academically supportive environment for students in the residence halls. Residence halls at Syracuse University range in size from 250-600 students, with eight out of the twelve North Campus residence halls housing over 400 students each. To enhance the residential experience, Syracuse University has developed several academic and interest specific learning communities where students live together in a residence hall and take one or more courses together. This creates smaller and more unifying communities in the residence halls.

Non-Residential Learning Communities
Members of non-residential learning communities take two or more courses together and do not live together. Students in these communities meet students from across campus, have the opportunity to participate in some additional programming, and learn in an environment that is both supportive and social.

Both types of learning communities strive to achieve the following goals:

• Support student academic and social success.
• Help students meet new people on campus.
• Connect in-class and out-of-class experiences.
• Provide opportunities for students to interact with a diverse group of students, faculty, and staff.
• Make the transition to college easier by making SU smaller.
• Increase student involvement in the SU community.
  

Interest Housing
Interest housing brings together students with a common life-style interest. These community options have no academic requirements.There are three interest housing options:

• quiet atmosphere
• substance free
• transfer student housing