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Housing That's More Than Just Housing
A Living-Learning Community (LLC) offers a unique opportunity for students with common interests and/or identities to live together — connections that help guide students through their academic and social transitions. Some communities are connected specifically to colleges and/or majors; others are designed for students with a shared background.
While current Covid-19 occupancy limits make it impossible for all LLC participants to live on the same hall, UCR Housing and Residential Life will still be providing specialized programs and initiatives around our various LLC communities throughout the year.
Request a Living-Learning Community
To request an LLC, be sure to select the community you're interested in when you submit your Residence Hall Contract in the MyHousing portal.
Academic Living-Learning Communities
Spend the year with students with similar academic majors, and share academic experiences with peers and faculty. Available programs help residents develop academically, professionally and personally. They can also connect residents to campus partners and student organizations. Additionally, the programs can help guide future academic and employment options.
Click each image below to get more information on the Academic Living-Learning Communities.
CHASS
Designed exclusively for students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Recent Programs
Under the theme of Social Justice, programs included:
- Tie Dye Diversity
- Dia de los Muertos
- Diversi-Tree (learning about intersectionality through art)
- Alcohol and Injustice
Community location:
- Aberdeen-Inverness
- Room assignment is same gender.
Enginuity
Designed exclusively for students enrolled in the Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE).
Recent Programs
- Annual Enginuity Showcase
- Sundae School (the chemistry of ice cream)
- Egg drop
Community location:
- Lothian
- Room assignment is same gender.
Honors
Freshmen admitted into University Honors and living on campus are required to live in the Honors LLC; it's optional for Continuing and Transfer students. Honors residents get support from a faculty mentor from the Faculty-In-Residence program.
Recent Programs
- Getty Museum College Night
- Fall Faculty Mixer
- Harry Potter Dinner
- Spring Service Carnival
To Apply
Learn about Honors requirements
Community location:
- Freshmen only: Pentland Hills
- All others: Glen Mor
- Room assignment is same gender.
Pre-Business
Offers space to explore the business world – and valuable networking opportunities – as residents progress through UCR's two-year preparatory Pre-Business program.
Recent Programs
- Pre-Business Conference
- Let's Talk Business
- Meet and Greet with SoBA Ambassadors
- Spring Prep for 2nd Year of Pre-Business (SoBA Ambassadors helped residents create academic and career plans for their second year)
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is same gender.
SiMS
The Students in Math and Science (SiMS) LLC is designed exclusively for students enrolled in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS).
Recent Programs
- CNAS Peer Mentor Q & A Session
- How to get involved in professional activities
- Finals study tips for CNAS majors
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is same gender.
Theme Living-Learning Communities
Students with a similar background can choose to live together in these student-driven communities. They can also work with the respective ethnic, cultural and/or gender offices on campus to celebrate and encourage their identity development. Available programs increase residents' knowledge of the group's common history and contemporary issues. They help develop residents academically, professionally and personally. These programs also connect residents to relevant campus partners.
Click each image below to get more information on the Theme Living-Learning Communities.
Markaz
Founded by students in 2018, this LLC works to expand the understanding residents have of Middle Eastern culture including its many ethnicities, religions, nationalities and traditions. Markaz is affiliated with the UCR Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC).
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is same gender.
Mundo
Established by students in 2004 to help their Chicano/Latino peers have a smooth transition to life at UCR, Mundo aims to build a sense of comunidad and familia. This LLC partners and collaborates with UCR Chicano Student Programs (CSP) and its affiliated campus organizations.
Recent Programs:
- Chicano/Latino Orientation Week
- Si se Puede! Tips and Motivation for Thriving Through Midterms
- ¡ADELANTE! Success Series: Passport Program
- Participation in World AIDS Week
- Mundo End of the Quarter Celebration with Chicano Link Peer Mentors
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is same gender.
PATH
Reestablished in 1992, the Pan-African Theme Hall (PATH) celebrates and affirms the experiences of students of the African diaspora. Programs aim to provide students with a structured academic support system, a social network and increased cultural awareness. This LLC is affiliated with African Student Programs.
Community features:
- PATH Meet & Greet with the Academic Resource Center, Career Center and Black Faculty & Staff
- PATH Presents: "Good Hair"
- LinkedIn + LinkUp w/ professional headshots
- Participation in World AIDS Week
- PATH 25th Anniversary Celebration, co-hosted by ASP with PATH alumni
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is same gender.
Transfer
The Transfer Living and Learning Community is a unique, community living experience for incoming and continuing transfer students. The purpose of this community is to help you, as a transfer student, navigate the UCR culture as well as grow and develop at a personal and professional level so you can become an effective leader.
Community location:
- Dundee
Stonewall
Celebrates the cultural experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual students, while welcoming the diverse and complex identities of every resident.
The name "Stonewall" comes from the landmark riots in New York City in 1969 when LGBTQIA patrons of the Stonewall Inn clashed with police and kicked off the modern liberation movement. This LLC works closely with the LGBT Resource Center.
Community location:
- Q-Camp: An orientation for LGBTQIA students and allies
- Exhibition of Pride: The History of the LGBTQIA Equal Rights Movement
- Participation in World AIDS Week
- Get The Tea: Queer Intersectionality
- Healthy Heart: a discussion about love and loved ones
Community location:
- Pentland Hills
- Room assignment is not gender based.
Second Year Experience
Do you want to continue building connections with other second year students at UCR? If so, then our SYE LLC was built for you! You will be part of a larger community with other second-year students as you engage in the topics of leadership & engagement, major & career, and community & connection.
Community location:
- Dundee