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Gender Inclusive Learning Community
The purpose of this learning community is to provide gender inclusive housing and increase students’ sense of belonging, while also introducing students to Purdue’s campus and assisting them in becoming engaged in the university and learning communities. Participants will explore topics related to gender, sexuality, identity and history through engaging activities, lectures, and excursions. The community is led by a faculty member in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and a staff member in the LGBTQ Center. Participants have an opportunity to take a fall course, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, which meets a University Core Curriculum requirement and fulfills part of the Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies major/minor and the LGBTQ Studies minor, as well as an additional upper-division spring course in Interdisciplinary Studies. This learning community is the only one at Purdue that focuses on topics related to gender and sexuality. Through a variety of classroom experiences and exciting on-and-off-campus activities, students will explore the various meanings attached to gender and sexuality across time and around the world.
Note: As part of the Gender Inclusive housing environment, gender will not be used as a factor when making housing assignments for this learning community.
For specific questions regarding the Gender Inclusive LC, please email chapma21@purdue.edu.
Eligibility
- Any classification of student admitted to any college/school/major
- Students willing to live-in and support a gender inclusive residential community
Residential Component
- Required. The location of learning community housing will be determined based on the incoming size and needs of the learning community.
- A signed housing contract is required to apply to this learning community. Once a housing contract is completed, you will indicate your learning community housing preference within the learning community application. Applications received by the priority deadline will be considered first.
- If you want to be placed with a preferred roommate and be admitted to a learning community with a required residential component, both you and your roommate must apply (and be accepted) to the same learning community. Students admitted to learning communities with a required residential component cannot be paired with students admitted to learning communities with an optional residential component.
- For specific question regarding learning communities, email learningcommunities@purdue.edu.
- Completing a housing contract is a separate process from applying to a learning community. If you have questions about housing, contact University Residences (https://www.housing.purdue.edu/) at housing@purdue.edu.
Duration
Fall and Spring semesters
*You may become a peer mentor in the community after your first year as a member of the community
Associated Courses and Information
Fall:
- WGSS 28200 (3 credits) Introduction to LGBT Studies
Spring:
- WGSS 48200 (3 credits) Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality: Scholarship on Lesbian and Gay Issues
Every fee eligible student involved with a learning community (LC) at Purdue will be assessed the $200 LC fee to their university account. These funds support activities and travel, signature LC events, housing assignments and/or course registration and instructor stipends.
Events and Activities Included:
- Presentations on Leadership, Professional Development and Campus Resources
- Game Nights
- Movie Nights
- Gallery Exhibitions
- Weekly Lunches
- myStrengths Workshop
- Field Trips
- Dinners with Faculty Fellows
Information above is subject to change. If you are placed in the LC, the associated courses will be on your schedule prior to you registering for the rest of your courses.
