CASP Once-A-Week Learning Communities (OLCs)
About OLC Seminars
Once-A-Week Learning Communities (OLCs) are 50-minute learning community seminars that give students an opportunity to engage with peers on topics ranging from transitioning into college to utilizing on-campus
As a reminder, OLCs are only required and open to first-year CASP students, both freshmen,
Winter Quarter Meeting Times
CASP OLCs meet every other week
- If you entered as a freshman, your OLC will meet Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.
- If you entered as a transfer student, your OLC will meet Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
You will sign up for one of the times below when OLC registration opens.
We are still waiting on confirmation of the room availability of the times and days below, so please keep in mind that these times are tentative. Most OLC's will meet on the 3rd floor of Center Hall.
- Mondays, 9 am
- Tuesdays, 4 pm
- Wednesdays, 4 pm
- Thursdays, 9 am
- Fridays, 11 am
- Fridays, 12 pm
Registration
Registration will open Week 8 and close Week 10. You will not need to sign up through WebReg; the link will be sent to your UCSD email address. You will also be able to access the link though this site.
Community Guidelines
Community Guidelines are guidelines that are made to create a safe space within the OLC. Each OLC has a different set of community guidelines, and the list is always changing!
Here are the CASP OLC community guidelines:
- Be Respectful (Attack the idea, not the individual) - those that share ideas should be respected and if need be the idea should be broken down, not the individual.
- Listen to each other - respect includes active listening. Students must show full attention to their OLC leaders as well as their peers.
- One mic, one star - When someone else is speaking there should be no one else speaking.
- Embrace the silence - Silence is ok! Everyone processes information differently and this needs to be respected.
- "I" Statements - Be accountable for what you say. Students should not assume for their peers or other groups.
- Inclusive Language - Practice inclusive language for all identities.
- Vegas Rule - Whatever is said in the space, stays in the space. However, whatever is learned in the space leaves it!
- Lean into your discomfort - Practice trying to challenge yourself to share or contribute to the OLC. Everyone is part of this learning community!
- Have fun! - Self-explanatory :)
Thank you to California Coast Credit Union for making our 2018–2019 academic year OLCs possible!
