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Dorms get specialized
At universities and colleges, students with shared interests are increasingly funneling into shared living spaces called thematic housing.
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<p>Interesting article. DS is a fine arts major at a huge university. His freshman dorm was on the end of campus nearest to the College of Fine Arts. Guess what?? Almost everyone on his floor was a fine arts major. It was convenient. Sophomore year, he moved into the next building (same style, but DS said it was nicer...???). His wing of the floor had 15 students. Ten of them were his music major friends who had all decided to live together. BU does have "theme" housing for fine arts and music...but these are smaller dorms with limited spacing. However, those with similar interests live together...duh...doesn't this make sense??? DS is living off campus this year with...yes, you guessed it....music majors.</p>
<p>My D is a fine arts major at MICA. If schools can come up with specialized housing, why can't a fine arts school come up with a work space for fine arts majors?</p>
<p>Each student has to bring his/her own desk! Made for fun packing...</p>
<p>i like the typical college dorm experience for freshman year at least...you get to meet alot of people with different backgrounds, experiences, majors. Why do you need to hang around people with the same major as you all the time? You get to see them in class and other major related activities...lets expand our circle of friends</p>
<p>hrm, we have an international dorm (but US students can live there too), and language houses (Spanish, German, etc). Other than that... just the normal dorms.</p>