The College of Arts & Media (CAM) offers two Living Learning Communities (LLC's) at the CU Denver City Heights residence hall for the 2025-26 academic year. The LLC's are for first year students majoring in a program in either our Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) Department or our Visual Arts Department.
CAM LLC members have distinct academic, residential, and co-curricular
experiences to enhance community and connections for first year students. The CAM LLC students take two first semester courses together and have rooms that are clustered together at the City Heights Residence Hall. Incoming freshmen for the 2025-26 academic year may opt-in to applying for one of the CAM LLC's through when completing the 2025-26 CU Denver Housing Contract. We anticipate having about 30 students in each of the CAM LLC's.
The Learning Learning Community is a way for CAM freshmen in Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) and Visual Arts (VA) programs to connect with other CAM students, faculty, and staff on campus. Any CAM freshmen studying in MEIS or VA programs who will be staying at the City Heights Residence Hall for the 2025-26 academic year can opt-in to applying for the CAM LLC. Students who are selected for one of the LLC's receive:
Incoming CAM freshman for Fall 2025 should first accept their CU Denver admission in their application portal. They can then apply to CU Denver Housing. On the housing contract, students can opt-in to applying for one of our CAM LLC's. Applicants will write a short statement describing why they'd like to be in a LLC. Students will be selected for a LLC and notified on a rolling basis beginning in April.
Once students have completed the housing contract and applied for a LLC, they should check their email regularly for information from CU Denver Housing & Dining Services and the College of Arts & Media. If an incoming student did not intitially indicate that they'd like to join a CAM LLC when they completed their Housing contract, they can still apply to join a LLC by applying here. Interested students are encouraged to apply by May 15th.
First-Year Experience (FYE) courses are designed to ease students transition to university life and guide them towards college success. Members of CAM LLC are required to register for a CAM UNIV 1110 classes specific to their LLC. Admitted LLC students will be notified about how to register for their specific CAM UNIV 1100 course section. The CAM-UNIV is a required, one-credit course for all LLC members. This is a tuition free first semester, one credit hour course!
Each CAM LLC student will be matched with a College of Arts & Media Faculty Mentor from the MEIS or VA departments. The faculty mentors are additional resources for students entering their first year of college. Students in the LLCs are encouraged to meet with their faculty mentor once a month to check-in. Our faculty mentors regularly reach out to their LLC students with on and off campus happenings, ways to get involved, and more.