Past Blocks Away

WHY LOOK AT PAST PROGRAMS?

While many Academic Year (AY) Block Away courses do not repeat every year, there is often a rotation within departments or fields of study.  We hope this look at the programs offered in recent years helps you to understand the scope and diversity of offerings typically provided by Colorado College.  Using this information, you can get a sense of the variety of programs offered as well as the price range for the various program fees.  As inflation has been a factor in travel and lodging costs, we would typically recommend expecting a 3%-5% cost increase per year for any repeated programs.  

 When will the 2025-2026 Block Away Options Be Announced?

Off-Campus Blocks for the 2025-2026 Academic Year will be announced in mid-December.  At that time a new webpage will be added with information on each program.  The Semester & Block Study Away Fair is scheduled for Thursday, January  30th, and we would recommend that all students interested in study away attend the fair.  February 1 will also be the first day when online applications will be open. They will remain open through March 15.  Students are encouraged to apply on Summit during this period to maximize their potential to earn a Block Away financial aid award.  Late applicants are far less likely to obtain an aid award due to demand for the limited pool of block away aid. 

2023-2024 BLOCK AWAY COURSES

Course Full Name: 19th Century Paris: Art & Cultural History

Course Number:  AH285/HY200/FR316

Faculty Leader(s): Gale Murray (AH) & Tip Ragan (HY)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: Fulfills 1 unit of Art History in the Art Major, or 1 unit of electives within the History major

Course Location: Paris, France


Course Fee: $3,500

This course explores the development of French philosophy from the interwar period to the present. Using the city of Paris as its context, the course examines how social and political challenges influenced the paths of French philosophical reflection, moving thinkers to question the foundations of knowledge, morals, and politics, leading ultimately to what might be called a “decentered” cosmopolitanism. Topics covered include existentialism and the dramatic events of the interwar and Second World War periods; feminist and postcolonial theories and the liberation struggles of colonial Indochina, Algeria, and the “Third World” more generally; structuralism and the ideological and practical battles of the Cold War; poststructuralism and the 1968 student and worker uprisings; and contemporary multicultural and cosmopolitan philosophies and the developments associated with globalization, postcolonial immigration, populism, and terrorism. Taking full advantage of all that Paris has to offer—countless museums, a diverse cultural life, streets marked by historical events, and an ongoing intellectual tradition in which philosophy is expected to have a direct impact on how people live and in which philosophers themselves often become cultural “stars”—this course will survey the intertwining of 20th and 21st century French philosophy with the recent social, political, and cultural history of Paris.


Course Full Name: French Philosophy in Context

Course Number:  PH205

Faculty Leader(s): Dennis McEnnerney (PH) and Jonathan Lee (PH)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: Major: Meets 1 Modern European or AMerican Course requirement under Historical and Cultural Perspectives within the Philosophy Major. This course can also be counted towards the Philosophy minor or the European Studies minor. 

Course Location: Paris, France


Course Fee: $4,300

You will live and learn ecology hands-on in the primary and secondary rain forests, and small coffee farms in the Tilran Mountains near Monteverde, Costa Rica. The class will cover a standard ecology curriculum ranging from ecophysiology and animal behavior to co-evolution, population interactions, and ecosystem science. We will also consider some socio-ecological questions of human impacts on the rainforests with respect to tropical agriculture, deforestation, and conservation biology.


Course Full Name: Ecology & The Environment

Course Number:  EV209

Faculty Leader(s): Miro Kummel (EV)

Prerequisites: EV 128 and MA126, or CH107 and 1 course from BE105/BE106/BE107/GY130/GY140

Major and/or College Requirements Met: This course counts towards the EV Science, EV Studies, and OBE Majors

Course Location: Monteverde, Costa Rica

PROGRAM WEBSITE: https://sway.office.com/Onu9RoYL5Imhiv9N?ref=Link


Course Fee: $3,700

An interdisciplinary study of the history and politics U.S. film through an immersive exploration of New York City and films about or set there. We approach the urban setting as a dynamic landscape where different peoples, interest groups, political movements, and other forces vie for power, wealth, recognition, and representation. Topics include race, class, gender, immigration, gentrification, infrastructure, counter-publics, underground art, comedy, and more. For each topic, we will examine key films in the history of New York City filmmaking. Representative screenings include The Apartment (1960), The Pawnbroker (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1968), Shaft (1971), Born in Flames (1983), She’s Gotta Have It (1986), Man Push Cart (2005), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Joker (2019).

Regular excursions include walking tours of the Downtown (Lower East Side) and Uptown (Harlem), museums, live theater, public film screenings, and other cultural events. 


Course Full Name: Topics in Film: Politics, Film, and Culture in New York

Course Number:  FM200

Faculty Leader(s): Scott Krzych (FM)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: This course counts towards the Equity & Power graduation requirement

Course Location: New York City, New York


Course Fee: $3,500

For centuries Vienna has been considered 'Music Capital of the World.' It has been a residence to some of the greatest composers in music history including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, among others. The unique characteristic of openness, multinationalism and diversity has enabled Vienna to turn into a place of tremendous cultural wealth. The class will explore this city and its surroundings as a focal point for artistic, literary, and scholarly exchange.


Course Full Name: Experiencing Music in Vienna from Classical to Modernist

Course Number:  MU227

Faculty Leader(s): Ofer Ben-Amots (MU)

Prerequisites: MU199

Major and/or College Requirements Met: Music History course requirement within Music Major

Course Location: Vienna, Austria


Course Fee: $4,500 

Course Full Name: Topics in Computer Science at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Course Number:  CP341

Faculty Leader(s): Danielle Ellsworth (CP)

Prerequisites: CS275 is required.  Students who have also completed CS274 and CS307 will be prioritized for this course.)

Major and/or College Requirements Met:  300-level elective within the CS major.

Course Location: Livermore, California (Bay Area)


Course Fee:  $500 (Reduced Cost thanks to Gift & Endowed Funds)

Colorado College will send a small delegation to the annual United Nations global climate conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during block 4. Qualified students submit applications to join a team of COP civil-society observers, participants and ethnographers, working through the broader Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education* and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). -- 1 unit.


Course Full Name: Community-Based Field Study: Engaging COP28 in Dubai as Ethnographers

Course Number:  AN380

Faculty Leader(s): Sarah Hautzinger (AN) and Myra Jackson (Innovation)

Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor

Major and/or College Requirements Met:  TBD

Course Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Course Fee: $1,200  (This program is subsidized by several grants and funds from across the college to allow for a smaller group size and full-coverage of on-site costs.)

The Mattel Company has a long history of creativity and economic impact, bringing toys from concept through creation and marketing for nearly 80 years. Their brands include Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, and American Girl, demonstrating generation-spanning appeal to children and parents alike,

This half-credit course will spend nine days on site at Mattel in Los Angeles with two Colorado College faculty, learning from company experts about the toy development process, from ideation through retailing. We will explore: how Mattel collects insights about consumer trends, play patterns, and shoppers; how designers and engineers create toys with desirable features based on those patterns; and how sales/marketing teams work with retail customers. Learning will be hands-on, in small teams based on student interest, with curricular support from our multidisciplinary faculty, and informed by recent college graduates who can advise on the career path ahead. As a culmination, faculty will advise students as they to complete team-based consulting projects to present to Mattel executives. 


Course Full Name: When the Work is Fun: Creativity & Innovation at Mattel

Course Number:  GS222

Faculty Leader(s): Dan Johnson (EC) and Ryan Banagale (MU)

Prerequisites: Sophomore status and declaration of a major. 

Course Location: Mattel Headquarters, El Segundo, CA


Course Fee: $1,650

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.


Course Full Name: History Senior Seminar

Course Number:  HY410

Faculty Leader(s): Carol Neel (HY)

Prerequisites: Senior Status, HY399

Major and/or College Requirements Met: This course is one option for the History Senior Project within the Major.

Course Location: Chicago, Illinois


Course Fee: $1,200

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. Historical study is attentive to ways in which Christian communities construct and memorialize—through literature, art, and space—martyrs and saints. In Rome, explore imperial spaces, ancient catacombs, and the Vatican; beyond Rome, we'll venture to Sicily to experience the Feast of St. Agatha.


Course Full Name: Martyrs & Saints

Course Number:  RE200/HY200

Faculty Leader(s): Pamela Reaves (RE)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met:  Historical Perspectives

Course Location: Rome, Italy


Course Fee: $3,600

WWII presented a number of hardships for Japanese Americans, as they navigated challenges to their identity, legal status, safety, and freedom. These social forces were quite different in Hawaii compared to the mainland US, given proximity to Pearl Harbor, racial demographics, and martial law. We will examine these forces and their effects on Japanese Americans in Hawaii. The first half of the course will be on campus and the second half will take place in Honolulu. We will visit Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, and other relevant sites on our trip.

Course Full Name: From Pearl Harbor to Honouliuli

Course Number:  PY178/PA250

Faculty Leader(s): Jason Weaver (PY)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: This course 

Course Location: Honolulu, Hawai'i


Course Fee: $2,250

An examination of contemporary French society through the sociological analysis of structures, culture(s), and everyday life, especially as compared to the United States. Topics include: religion/secularism, taxation and welfare, education, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, immigration, commerce, politics, the environment, families, work, health, leisure, food, and time. Taught in France; conducted in English. 1 unit. COI.

Course Full Name: Contemporary French Society

Course Number:  SO270/FR317

Faculty Leader(s): Gail Murphy-Geiss (SO)

Prerequisites: Any 100-level SO Course or Consent of Instructor

Major and/or College Requirements Met: College-Wide: Global, Equity & Power.  Major: 

Course Location: Toulouse, France


Course Fee: $3,700

Spend Block 7 exploring the artistic legacy of the city of Florence and Italy as a whole.  The relationship between artistic production and its connection to various forms of power tied to commerce, faith, and political power will be explored. 
This course can be taken as a stand-alone block or can be paired with Block 8 in Italy, IT320:Gusto, to create a half-semester program. 

Course Full Name: Art & Power

Course Number:  HY200/IT320

Faculty Leader(s): Susan Ashley (HY)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: TBD

Course Location: Florence, Italy


Course Fee: $3,300

Two Block Option: Students who enroll in both HY200 (Bk 7) and IT320: Gusto (Bk 8) are enrolled as a half-semester and may be able to waive the program fee (see the "Billing for CC-Led Semester & Half-Semester Programs" on our Semester Abroad Billing webpage for more information on this option.)  The half-semester option also includes a meal allowance and airfare voucher, which the 1-block option does not. 

An introduction to Freudian psychoanalytic theory with forays into object relations theory, self-psychology, Lacanian theory, intersubjective psychoanalysis, and complexity theory. Course sections also survey the influence of psychoanalytic theory on Hollywood film from the 1930s to the present, the influence of behavioral/cognitive psychology on screenwriting and approaches to storytelling, and other topics regarding subjectivity, media marketing, and the visual arts. Course sessions will meet regularly at the Contemporary Institute for Psychoanalysis, including Q&As with practicing analysts and therapists about their research and techniques.


Course Full Name: Topics in Film: Cinema & Psychoanalysis

Course Number:  FM200

Faculty Leader(s): Scott Krzych (FM)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met:  

Course Location: Los Angeles, California


Course Fee: $4,000

This course is an introduction to comprehensive literacy instruction and the relation between literacy, language, and linguistics.  Topics covered include oral language, phonology, systemic phonics, the history of both Spanish and English, dyslexia, assessment, and the political impact of language. 

Course Full Name: Linking Literacy, Language & Linguistics

Course Number:  ED110

Faculty Leader(s): Lynne Fitzhugh (ED)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: Society & Human Behavior graduation requirement. 

Course Location: Various sites in Spain


Course Fee: $5,400

Meet and study with important psychoanalysts who share their work and talk about case studies.  We also explore the art, architecture and city life of Chicago.


Course Full Name: Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Course Number: CO200/PH263
Faculty Leaders: Prof. Marcia Dobson (CL) and Prof. John Riker (PH)
Prerequisites:
Major and/or College Requirements Met:
Course Location: Chicago, Illinois

Course Fee: $1,800
Join us to explore Berlin as a global city through its long-standing vibrant film culture! This course offers a journey through Berlin’s fascinating cinematic history and examines its far-reaching effects beyond borders and across time. In addition to our select films and readings, this journey will take us all over the city with visits to filming locations, historical landmarks, film infrastructures, and institutions of cinema to trace the lasting impact of film history on the makeup and identity of Berlin today.

Course Full Name: Global Berlin: Film, City and Identity

Course Number:  GR220/GR320/FM200

Faculty Leader(s): Christiane Steckenbiller (GR) and Baran Germen (FM)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: College-Wide: Global, Equity & Power.  Major: 

Course Location: Berlin, Germany


Course Fee: $4,000

Experience Italian regional cuisines while learning the history of some Italian recipes and traditions related to food. Cook traditional dishes of the Abruzzo region with the help of local chefs.  Learn how taste is related to local traditions and cultural histories while visiting some of hte most beautiful regions in Central and Southern Italy. 
This course can be taken as a stand-alone block or can be paired with Block 7 in Italy: HY200, to create a half-semester program.

Course Full Name: Gusto: Italian Food as Art, Culture, and Tradition

Course Number:  IT320

Faculty Leader(s): Amanda Minervini (IT)

Prerequisites: None

Major and/or College Requirements Met: 

Course Location: Rome & various sites, Italy


Course Fee: $3,350

Two Block Option: Students who enroll in both HY200 (Bk 7) and IT320: Gusto (Bk 8) are enrolled as a half-semester and may be able to waive the program fee (see the "Billing for CC-Led Semester & Half-Semester Programs" on our Semester Abroad Billing webpage for more information on this option.)  The half-semester option also includes a meal allowance and airfare voucher, which the 1-block option does not. 

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2022-2023 BLOCK AWAY COURSES

Explore politics, cultural, and social history in Paris from 1900-1940.  The radical years prior to the First World War, the apocalyptic war itself, the anxieties of the interval years, and the impacts of ongoing industrialization, colonialism, and ideological positioning serve as the backdrop for the most shocking artistic and literary movements of the era.  Using the city of Paris as our laboratory, we will study artistic movements such as Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism, novels by French and expatriate American writers, avant-garde music and film.  Visits to major museums, including the Orsay, Centre Pompidou, the Musée Picasso, and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoy will prove central to this exciting intellectual odyssey. 

COURSE NAME: Paris on a Precipice
COURSE NUMBER:AH275/HY200
COURSE LOCATION: Paris, France
FACULTY: Prof. Gale Murray (AH) and Prof. Tip Ragan (HY)

PROGRAM FEE: $3,350 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: April 15, 2022

An exploration of the development of French philosophy from the interwar period to the present.  Using the city of Paris as its context, the course examines how dramatic social and political challenges influenced the paths of French philosophical reflection, moving thinkers to question the foundations of knowledge, morals, and politics, leading ultimately to what might be called a "decentered" cosmopolitanism.  This course meets the Critical Learning AIM requirement. 


COURSE NAME: French Philosophy in Context: 1900 to the Present
COURSE NUMBER: PH205
COURSE LOCATION: Paris, France

PROGRAM FEE: $4,000 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: May 1, 2022
Colorado College will send a small delegation to the annual United Nations global climate conference COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.  Qualified students may submit applications to join the team of CC_COP ethnographers, chronicling both progress and protest, working through the broader Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education, and grounded in the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  Prerequisite: AN270/EV206 Anthropocene, or COI. 

COURSE NAME: Community-Based Field Course: Engaging COP27 in Egypt as Ethnographers
COURSE NUMBER: AN380
COURSE LOCATION: Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt
FACULTY: Prof. Sarah Hautzinger (AN) and Prof. Myra Jackson (Creativity & Innovation)

PROGRAM FEE: This program is grant funded and will have no program fee. The program includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and limited meals.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: July 1, 2022
This course explores questions around performance, place, and politics of contemporeity/future.  IT takes place in three cities and introduces students to three dynamic art scenes: Chennai during the heart of classical and folk performance festivals; the port city of Kochi for its Biennale, one of Asia's biggest interdisciplinary contemporary arts festivals; and seaside Pondicherry for a unique 5-day workshop with a contemporary theater company.  We will see performances, talk with artists, have critical readings and discussions, and do embodied work. 

COURSE NAME: Performance Away - India
COURSE NUMBER: DA230
COURSE LOCATION: Chennai, Kochi, and Pondicherry, India
FACULTY: Prof. Pallavi Sriram (DA)

PROGRAM FEE: $3,850 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: August 1, 2022
This course is an introduction to comprehensive literacy instruction and the relation between literacy, language, and linguistics.  Topics covered include oral language, phonology, systemic phonics, the history of both Spanish and English, dyslexia, assessment, and the political impact of language. 

COURSE NAME: Linking Literacy, Language, and Linguistics
COURSE NUMBER: ED110
COURSE LOCATION: Barcelona and Sevilla, Spain
FACULTY: Prof. Lynne Fitzhugh (ED)

PROGRAM FEE: $4,350 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: August 1, 2022
HY410 is an advanced senior seminar on selected topics and themes in historical study.  ONce section of HY410 will take place in Chicago, at the Newberry Library, where students will conduct research and begin writing their capstone projects.  HY420, the following block, is focused on independent research and writing.  Students pursuing hyphenated majors that include History are welcome to participate in these courses as well. 

COURSE NAME: Senior Seminar in History
COURSE NUMBER: HY410
COURSE LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY: Prof. Amy Kohout (HY)

PROGRAM FEE: $1,200 includes lodging and full access to the Newberry Library resources.  
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: October 1, 2022
Examine the vital role of recent Latin American collective struggles from the late 20th century to the present day.  What alternative visions have grassroots movements in Latin America articulated in the context of government neoliberal policies and resulting socio-economic inequality?  We will engage in conversations with grassroots movements, government officials, and academics, to assess the possibilities for transformative social change in the context of the recent election of a left of center president and the writing of a new constitution.  Spanish language is not required. Any 100-level Sociology or social sciences course equivalent required. 

COURSE NAME: Development & Grassroots Resistance in Latin America

COURSE NUMBER: SO267

COURSE LOCATION: Santiago, Chile

FACULTY: Prof. Eric Popkin (SO)


PROGRAM FEE: $3,800 includes lodging, ground transport, most meals, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and limited meals.   
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: November 1, 2022
Encounter the history of Christian martyrdom and sainthood in Rome.  Explore Roman imperial spaces, ancient catacombs, and the Vatican, with excursion to Assisi and Florence.  Discover the legacies of the apostles Peter and Paul as well as the making of historical saints.  The course will meet for the initial week on campus and travel to Rome, Italy for the remaining 2 weeks.  This course provides a Historical Perspective credit towards graduation requirements. 

COURSE NAME: Martyrs & Saints
COURSE NUMBER: RE200/HY200
COURSE LOCATION: Rome, Italy

PROGRAM FEE: $3,250 includes lodging, ground transport, group meals, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and some meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
A field-based course exploring ecology, evolution, and conservation of island systems. Specifically, students will apply ecological and evolutionary theories to understand the natural, geologic, and cultural history of the California Channel Islands.  Students will discuss primary literature relating to island systems, develop and execute independent field research projects across islands, and practice effective scientific writing and communication.

COURSE NAME: Island Ecology
COURSE NUMBER: BE440
COURSE LOCATION: Channel Islands, California

PROGRAM FEE: This program is department-funded and has no program fee.  Program includes lodging, ground transport, and excursions.
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
Meet and study with important psychoanalysts who share their work and talk about case studies.  We also explore the art, architecture and city life of Chicago.

COURSE NAME: Contemporary Psychoanalysis
COURSE NUMBER: CO200/PH263
COURSE LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY: Prof. Marcia Dobson (CL) and Prof. John Riker (PH)

PROGRAM FEE: $1,700 includes lodging, ground transport, group meals and excursions. Students who do not require lodging can pay a greatly reduced fee. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
Spend Block 7 exploring the artistic legacy of the city of Florence and Italy as a whole.  The relationship between artistic production and its connection to various forms of power tied to commerce, faith, and political power will be explored. 
This course can be taken as a stand-alone block or can be paired with Block 8 in Italy, IT320:Gusto, to create a half-semester program. 

COURSE NAME: Art & Power in Italy
COURSE NUMBER: HY200/IT320
COURSE LOCATION: Florence, Italy
FACULTY: Prof. Susan Ashley (HY)

PROGRAM FEE: $3,700 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions, most breakfasts and dinners, and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and some meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
An interdisciplinary and immersive study of New York City from 1969 to the present, examining the urban setting as a dynamic landscape where different peoples, interest groups, political movements, and other forces vie for power, wealth, recognition, and representation.  Topics include race, class, gender, immigration, gentrification, infrastructure, counter-publics, underground art, comedy, and more. Regular excursions to prominent neighborhoods/boroughs, museums, live theater, and other cultural events. 

COURSE NAME: Politics, Film, and Culture
COURSE NUMBER: FM200/PS203
COURSE LOCATION: New York City, New York
FACULTY: Prof. Scott Krzych (FM)

PROGRAM FEE: $3,200 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and group meals.
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
What was the Holocaust, who were its victims, how have survivors described their experiences, and how has the history and meaning of this event been understood?  What limits do art, language, and history confront when remembering and representing genocide?  What can studying the Holocaust teach us about strategies, theories, and practices that challenge systems of oppression?  Our class will address these questions and more by engaging deeply with texts and other cultural materials in and out of the classroom as we travel to museums, public memorials, and other public sites in Germany and Austria.

COURSE NAME: Understanding & Representing the Holocaust
COURSE NUMBER: GR220/GR320/CO200/FG206/RM200/HY200
COURSE LOCATION: Berlin and multiple cities in Germany & Austria
FACULTY: Prof. Chet Lisiecki (GR)

PROGRAM FEE: $4,000 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions, group meals and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 15, 2022
Experience Italian regional cuisines while learning the history of some Italian recipes and traditions related to food.  Cook traditional dishes of the Abruzzo region with the help of local chefs.  Learn how taste is related to local traditions and cultural histories while visiting some of the most beautiful regions in Central and Southern Italy.   This course may be taken independently as a block away or paired with Block 7 in Florence (HY200/IT320) to form a half-semester program. 

COURSE NAME: Gusto: Italian Food as Art, Culture & Tradition
COURSE NUMBER: IT320
COURSE LOCATION: Rome, Sorrento, and Abruzzo, Italy

PROGRAM FEE: $3,350 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and international health & travel insurance. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 15, 2022
This course allows aspiring filmmakers to leave campus and explore narratives in a new, and possibly foreign environment.  During the first few days of the course, we will study films that take direct inspiration from specific locations.  Then we will travel to a location, study our surroundings, write scripts inspired by the environment, and shoot films over a 2-week period.  THis course will conclude with a film screening of final projects at CC.  Prerequisite: FM102 or Consent of Instructor. 

COURSE NAME: Destination Filmmaking
COURSE NUMBER: FM310
COURSE LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
FACULTY: Prof. Arom Choi (FM)

PROGRAM FEE: $3,000 includes lodging, ground transport, excursions and group meals. 
ADDITIONAL COSTS: Airfare and individual meals.  Students on the CC standard mealplan receive a refund for 1 block, providing funding for on-site meals. 
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: December 15, 2022

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2021-2022 BLOCK AWAY COURSES

Psychology 130 or Italian 320
Prof. T. Roberts
Program Fee: $3,325

 

Psychology 263
Prof. J. Riker & Prof. M. Dobson
Program Fee: $1,700
Music 397
Prof. O. Ben-Amots & Prof. M. Grace
Program Fee: $3,600
Film & Media Studies 200
Prof. S. Krzych
PRogram Fee: $2,900
Environmental Studies 209
Prof. M. Kummel
Program Fee: $3,500
Psychology 178 or Asian Studies 250
Prof. J. Weaver
Program Fee: $1,850
Sociology 270
Prof. G. Murphy-Geiss
Program Fee: $3,500
Comparative Literature 300 or English 380
Prof. L. Hughes & Prof. B. Sarchett
Program Fee: $3,200
History 200 or Italian 320
Prof. S. Ashley
Program Fee: $3,700
Portuguese 316
Prof. N. Wood
Program Fee: $3,200
Italian 320
Prof. A. Minervini
Program Fee: $3,300
Italian 204
Prof. C. Cornette
Program Fee: $3,300
Human Biology & Kinesiology 260
Prof. A. Bull
Program Fee: $2,600

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