{"id":17304,"date":"2021-08-10T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=17304"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T22:13:33","slug":"summer-session-is-back-at-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2021\/08\/summer-session-is-back-at-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Session is Back at CC!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the benefits of the Block Plan is the versatility it offers, including in the summer. CC under-\u2028graduates and visiting undergraduates from other schools have the opportunity to participate in courses during summer blocks A, B, and\/or C. Because of the upheaval caused by the pandemic during the 2020-21 academic year, CC undergraduate students were offered the opportunity to earn 10 blocks instead of the usual eight.<\/p>\n

Director of Summer Session Jim Burke says this summer the program is absorbing multiple academic-year courses that couldn\u2019t be taught in the fall or were moved \u2014 in hopes of having fewer COVID restrictions \u2014 to the summer. This year Summer Session is offering 68 courses, more than double the 33 courses offered last year, with nearly 1,100 students enrolled. The classes offered are a combination of in-person, hybrid, flex, and fully remote.<\/p>\n

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Students in the Block A Printmaking class share their work and lead creative activities for the CC community. \u2028Photo by Chidera Ikpeamarom \u201922<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Additionally, the summer pre-college program is vibrant, with a 20% increase in enrollment from 2019. \u201cCC is one of the few institutions offering in-person pre-college programming this summer, which our students are definitely excited for. Many have been in remote learning all academic year, so they are eager to engage with their peers and experience everything the Block Plan has to offer,\u201d says Burke.<\/p>\n

The program draws students from all over the country, with many coming from California, Washington, Oregon, New York, and Texas, he says, to take classes such as Biology of Epidemics, Marketing for Entrepreneurs, and Freedom and Empire: The Drama of Ancient Politics.<\/p>\n

And while it\u2019s academic, it\u2019s not all<\/em> academics. Summer Session partners with Student Life and the Colorado College Student Government Association to provide a range of activities for students in the summer term, including:<\/p>\n