At Florida State, a Living–Learning Community (LLC) is a small group of students who live together, share an interest, and take one or two of their classes together — usually in a small classroom inside their residence hall. Designed primarily for first-year students, an LLC is a great place to plug into a supportive network of students and distinguished faculty as soon as you arrive at FSU.
If you're admitted to FSU as a First Time in College student, there's an LLC for you — regardless of your major, career goals, or accelerated credit earned in high school. Once you've submitted your Fall/Spring housing contract, consider applying for one or more LLCs. Selection is competitive and based on the quality of a brief LLC application. To learn more about each community and how to apply, explore the links on this page or contact University Housing.
Coordinating Faculty Director for Living-Learning Communities: Courtney Barry
Living-Learning Coordinator: Denise Mercier
Business
Location: Azalea Hall
Theme: Maximizing your potential by providing engagement, networking and early exposure in business careers
Number of Students: 152
Features Include: Courses that help students complete pre-business requirements; career opportunities; engagement. with business faculty; networking with industry professionals and alumni; extensive mentoring; early exposure to resources; and a supportive environment with other business students.
Eligible Applicants: Pre-business majors or students intending to major in business
Faculty Director: Jared Miller
Engineering
Location: Magnolia Hall
Theme: Launching your engineering career while learning about the grand challenges engineers can help solve
Number of Students: 30
Features Include: Courses that help students complete pre-engineering requirements and improve engineering-related skills; opportunities to become a National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholar; leadership, research, and community engagement opportunities
Eligible Applicants: Pre-engineering majors or students intending to major in engineering preferred
Faculty Director: Kassie Ernst
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Location: Deviney Hall
Theme: Developing creative, technical and practical entrepreneurial skills to turn ideas into action
Number of Students: 36
Features Include: Presentations by guest entrepreneurs; start-up site visits; team projects; design thinking workshop; competitions; class in FSU's Innovation Hub
Eligible Applicants: Any first-year student
Faculty Director: Britain Dwyre Riley
Exploration and Discovery
Location: Bryan Hall
Theme: Exploration and discovery of interests, majors, and career paths
Number of Students: 60
Features Include: Organized exploration of interests, academic majors, and career options; interactions with campus leaders and distinguished faculty; professional mentorship option
Eligible Applicants: Exploratory majors
Faculty Director: Ladanya Ramirez Surmeier
FGEN Noles
Location: Wildwood Hall
Theme: Pathways to academic and professional success for first-generation college students from all majors
Number of Students: 76
Features Include: Personal and career development opportunities; courses in academic success strategies; community events; interaction with faculty; access to college life coaching, skills support, alumni mentors, and scholarship opportunities.
Eligible Applicants: Any first-generation and first-time-in-college student
Faculty Director: Austin McDonald
Global and Public Affairs
Location: Dorman Hall
Theme: Understanding and impacting society at local, state, national, and global levels
Number of Students: 38
Features Include: Interaction with social science faculty; group discussions of politics, culture, and public policy; presentations by experts in global and public affairs; opportunities for global engagement through the Global Citizenship Certificate program.
Eligible Applicants: Social science majors or minors preferred
Faculty Director: Eric Coleman
Health Professions
Location: Reynolds Hall
Theme: Exploring and preparing for careers in the health professions
Number of Students: 44
Features Include: Guided exploration of the health care field, academic majors, and career options; interactions with campus leaders, advisors, and distinguished faculty in health care; professional shadowing option
Eligible Applicants: Health-related majors only
Faculty Director: Angela Sehgal
Music
Location: Cawthon Hall
Theme: Exploring and preparing for careers in music
Number of Students: 200
Features Include: Concerts, jam sessions, and guest artists; practice and performance spaces; Spring Break study abroad option
Eligible Applicants: Music majors or minors only
Faculty Director: Michael Buchler
Nursing
Location: Wildwood Hall
Theme: Exploring nursing as a major and a profession
Number of Students: 30
Features Include: Interactions with nursing faculty, nursing advisors and upper-division nursing majors
Eligible Applicants: Nursing majors preferred
Faculty Director: Marsha Hartline
ROTC
Location: Wildwood Hall
Theme: Building leadership, collaborative, and tactical skills in community with fellow cadets
Number of Students: 28
Features Include: Shared course in leadership; peer mentors; guest speaker forums; student-led activities
Eligible Applicants: Students intending to enroll in an ROTC program and to pursue a commission in the US military
Women in Math, Science, & Engineering (WIMSE)
Location: Cawthon Hall
Theme: Academic and career development for women in STEM field
Number of Students: 33
Features Include: Required colloquium class focused on STEM career development, paid student research option, and leadership opportunities spanning all four years at FSU.
Eligible Applicants: Math, science, or engineering majors only
Faculty Director: Olivia Mason