2024-2025 Off-Campus Block Applications are Open!
Applications for all 2024-2025 Blocks Away, from Block 2 all the way until Block 8
are now open on Summit.
The application window closes on March 16.
It is highly recommended that students interested in any Off-Campus Block for next year apply on Summit by March 16 as rosters and aid can close after that date.
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BK 2: Greek Archaeology:
Prof. Sanjaya Thakur & Prof. Henry Fricke
The course examines the geologic history of the eastern Mediterranean basin and examines the impact of geologic and other environmental changes and events on cultures in ancient Greece and in the modern period through several case studies.
BK 2: Mathematical Symmetry in Spain: MA340, Prof. Molly Moran
The study of symmetry from a mathematical perspective. Symmetry groups of bounded figures, frieze patterns and wallpaper patterns in the Euclidean plane will be classified using the Mosaics, tiling, art, and architecture in Southern Spain as motivation.
BK 3: Gazing in Italy: PY130: Prof. Tomi-Ann Roberts
In both a classroom and in the “laboratory” of the museums, chapels, galleries, gardens and squares of Florence and Siena Italy, this course will examine how we “see,” “look,” “gaze,” “behold” works of art, theories and research on facial and bodily expression and embodiment, notions of individualism and identity. the role of empathy in aesthetic experience, and gender and sexuality, objectification, "the male gaze", and power.
BK 4: In the Footsteps of Bach (Germany): MU398, Prof. Ofer Ben-Amots
With study at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, in Eisenach, Weimar, Arnstadt, Köthen and Leipzig we will focus on and analyze related compositions, while exploring both the historical and social aspects of Bach's time as we attend many concerts of Bach’s music.
BK 4: Performance Away-India: DA/TH232, Prof. Pallavi Sriram
This course introduces students to dynamic contemporary arts scenes in India. Scheduled around the Kochi Biennale – Asia’s largest interdisciplinary contemporary arts festival – as well as a residency with a contemporary theater company or traditional performance institution,
JUST ADDED: COP29 IN AZERBAIJAN: AN380/EV360, Prof. Sarah Hautzinger
Colorado College will send a small delegation to the annual United Nations global climate conference Engaging COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan within a special schedule block. Qualified students may submit applications to join a team of COP ethnographers, working through the broader Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education* the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Special Schedule:
This course is part of 2-block series, but with the ordering changed around, so we have a block within another block. The (AN380/EV360) "COP29 Block" runs from Nov. 4-Dec 6, (at COP 11/8-11/22). The "Bookends Block" runs from from Oct. 21-Nov 1 (two weeks, early B3) and Dec 9-18 (1.5 weeks, late B4). (independent studies &/or AN270/EV260-Anthropocene). Students interested in this program should consult with Prof. Hautzinger about the 2nd course which will "bookend" the COP29 experience for students.
BK 5: History Senior Seminar in Chicago: HY410, Prof. Jake Smith
This course travels to Chicago’s Newberry Library so that senior history majors may gather materials for their final research projects in a world-class library.
BK 5: Greek For Beginners (Athens): CL101, Prof. Sanjaya Thakur
Introduction to reading Attic Greek, the language of ancient Athens in its political, literary, and philosophical prime. We will also learn about the history of the Greek language and its considerable influence on English’s scientific vocabulary and literature.
BK 5: Martyrs & Saints (Italy): RE200, Prof. Pamela Reaves
Encounter the history of Christian martyrdom and sainthood in Rome, Italy. Examines the beginnings of martyrdom in the early church, particularly in the context of the Roman Empire, and the legacies of the apostles Peter and Paul as well as the emergence of later saints, especially in the Catholic tradition.
BK 5: Musical Crossroads (Panamá): MU228, Prof. Liliana Carrizo
An immersive musical and culture-based learning experience, the course is a hands-on exploration of the rich sonic and culinary tapestries that make up Panama's music and foodways, where the sounds and cuisines of Panama’s Indigenous populations and African immigrants combined with the music of its Andalusian settlers to create a unique set of soundscapes and culinary cultures.
BK 7: Voice & the Non-Human (Ecuador): EV261/PH203/IT320, Prof. Amanda MInervini
This course interrogates anthropocentrism and human/nonhuman animal relations through a specialized, ecocritical and ecofeminist analysis of theoretical, visual and literary texts.
BK 7: Linking Literacy, Language, and Linguistics (UK): ED110, Prof. Lynne Fitzhugh
This course is an introduction to the science of comprehensive literacy instruction and linguistics.. designed to enhance teaching abilities, especially for those working with struggling beginning readers and writers who require targeted or intensive intervention, as well as English Language Learners. It will travel in both England and Scotland.
BK 7: Politics, Film & Culture in New York City: FM200, Prof. Scott Krzych
The city, in all its myriad forms, is the classroom as this course intersects topics of film, culture, and the politics of the largest city in the nation.
BK 7: Art of Insurgency in Serbia & Bosnia: TH239/PS239, Prof. Shawn Womack
Investigates the arts’ relation to narratives of power--those stories that justify why certain structures dominate, and why alternatives do not. An examination into those arts that expose these narratives, reveal silenced alternatives, and present challenger stories that aspire to power themselves.
BK8: Kinesiology-Nordic Research: HK260, Prof. Anthony Bull
The course is a combination of lectures and student presentations on campus in week 1, and presentations by Nordic researchers and tours of historically famous research institutes in Denmark, Sweden and Finland in weeks 2-4.
BK 8: Turkish German Cinema (Berlin/Istanbul): GR220/GR320/FM205,
Prof. Ane Steckenbiller & Prof. Baran Germen
Visit both Berlin and Istanbul as the course examines the intersection of arts, culture, and politics for the Turkish population in Germany as well as Turkey itself.
BK 8: Gusto: Italian Food as Art, Culture, and Tradition: IT320, Prof. Amanda Minervini
This course includes readings on the cultural history Italian cuisine, and a hands-on part, in Abruzzo: in the kitchen with professional chefs, in a winery, and in a cheese-making facility. During our itinerant class, we will discuss, analyze and unravel a complex tapestry of taste and the history behind them.
For more course and process info, visit us on our Global Education Website.
