SUMMER BLOCKS AWAY: 2026 INFORMATION
APPLICATION & FINANCIAL AID: Apply on the Global Education SUMMIT site between December 4 and January 15 for full aid consideration. Apply early as many programs use rolling admissions and only students approved for a program by January 15 will be included in the principle aid review process.
While some programs may accept late applicants, many may fill their rosters and waitlists from the initial pool and late applicants risk not be approved for the program or for aid. Aid awards can range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program cost, which includes the program fee and anticipated airfare charges.
For the 2-block Spain program, aid can also apply to the 2nd block of tuition billed for the program if students have 2 aid awards to be applied to this 2-block program.
TUITION & THE WILD CARD: All summer courses have a summer tuition charge in addition to program fee for the off-campus course. In 2025 this charge was $6,000 per course. We anticipate the same rate for 2026. If a summer 2026 course is the first summer course taken by a student at CC, the Wild Card will automatically be applied to the student's account. This grant offsets the tuition charge for one block of summer coursework, acting essentially as one tuition-free summer course. The Wild Card does not impact the program fee for the course and cannot be applied to any charges other than CC summer tuition for the first summer course in which a CC student enrolls.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students who apply to, and are accepted into a summer block away may withdraw up until March 1st with no financial commitment to the program. After that date a withdrawal can result in a portion of the program fee being charged to the student. Nonrefundable or Billed charges will increase closer to the program's departure date. See our Billing & Finances page for full details.
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SUMMER IN SPAIN: The Spain program, due to its requirements for a group flight, will have an earlier withdrawal date than the standard March 1st requirement. Interviews are also required for application. These can be conducted prior to the December 4 application window opening date.
The Wild Card is a unique tuition waiver designed to assist students with completion of their degree within 4 years by allowing for one tuition-free summer course at the College. Essentially the Wild Card waives the first CC Summer Course into which any student has registered and enrolled. This means that whether it is an on-campus course at our Colorado Springs campus or one of the many off-campus "study away" courses which the College operates each year, if it is a student's first summer CC course, there will be no tuition charge.
Who is eligible for the Wild Card?
After one completed semester of study at Colorado College, each degree-seeking Colorado College student is eligible for the Wild Card, which can be used once before graduation to cover the tuition for one summer block of regularly scheduled classes.
Do I have to apply for the Wild Card?
Students do not need to complete an application or notify student accounts to use the Wild Card, it is applied to the student account automatically after the student has registered for their first CC summer course.
How does it appear on my CC Billing Statement?
The summer tuition charge and an equal credit will appear on the student's CC billing statement, showing that summer tuition has been billed and then removed. The Wild Card will not impact, reduce, or remove the program fee associated with an off-campus summer study away block.
Can the Wild Card be applied to Study Away Program Fees for summer courses?
No. The Wild Card is exclusively a waiver of the tuition charge for the summer course (on campus or off) and does not apply to any additional charges for field study, lab fees, or the program fee and airfare charges associated with off-campus summer blocks.
Can I use the Wild Card for study at another university or on a non-CC summer study away/abroad program?
No. The Wild Card is exclusively for CC summer courses and cannot be transferred to cover costs at another university or study away provider program.
Can I use the Wild Card towards the program fees associated with study abroad during the school year?
No. The Wild Card applies only to the tuition fee for a students first CC summer course and cannot be applied to cover other expenses related to summer study away or study away courses throughout the school year.
Can I request a second Wild Card for a second summer course?
No. Each student at CC is eligible for one Wild Card grant, so a second grant is not available. Students who enroll in a second summer course will be expected to pay the summer tuition charge.
Can I use the Wild Card to enroll in summer courses in the summer after my May graduation or if I am transferring out of the college the next fall semester?
Registration for coursework at CC the following fall is a prerequisite for Wild Card eligibility, so transferring students lose their Wild Card Eligibility. The same is true of students scheduled to graduate in May, however, in the event that the student requires the summer course to complete their degree program (32 units of study, completed major, completion of all graduation requirements), the student may petition the Dean of the College for permission to waive the Fall Enrollment requirement and complete their degree using the summer course to which the Wild Card would be attached. This is most commonly used when a student has completed 31 units of credit and requires only 1 more unit of CC coursework to meet all degree requirements.
2025 SUMMER AWAY FAIR
2025 SUMMER APPLICATION WINDOW
2025 SUMMER WITHDRAWAL DEADLINES
SUMMER IN SPAIN: Withdrawal Date will be announced prior to the Dec. 4 application window opening date. Students may withdraw from the 2025 Summer in Spain program by the announced date and incur no program fee charges. Later withdrawals are charged a fee equivalent to 25% of the program fee. See the Billing & Aid Website for full details on withdrawal policy & fees.
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SUMMER 2026 OFF-CAMPUS BLOCK COURSES
Dr. Heidi R. Lewis took students to Berlin for the first time in 2014. In the tradition of Black radical intellectuals like Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Dr. Angela Y. Davis, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Audre Lorde, students examine the experiences of marginalized people in Germany, particularly how they resist and reproduce oppression through multidisciplinary critical perspectives—namely Black Feminism, Transnational Feminism, and Critical Race Theory.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Hidden Spaces, Hidden Narratives: Intersectionality Studies in Berlin
COURSE NUMBER: FG214/RM200/GR220
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Heidi Lewis
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: FG214: 200-level elective within Feminist & Gender Studies major/minor. GR220: elective course within German major/minor. RM200: elective course within REMS Major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: EPG: Equity & Power: Global Context
COURSE LOCATION: Berlin Germany
COURSE DATES: Block A-- Exact Travel Dates TBD
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: Program requires extensive walking or hiking to explore sites or participate in course activities. Program also features immersion in unfamiliar community settings, intensive exploration of identity or cultural difference, housing types unfamiliar to students, limited dietary options, or other potentially heightened-stress scenarios which may produce challenges to student mental health. Students who may require support due to these expectations should speak with Prof. Lewis prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in Berlin will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
This course is an intensive introduction to Portuguese language for both students who have some prior (elementary) knowledge of Portuguese language as well as those students who have no prior experience with Portuguese but have a keen and dedicated interest in the language. Through accelerated language study in the four modalities—speaking, listening, reading, and writing—students will gain elementary level skills.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Accelerated Portuguese Language
COURSE NUMBER: PG298
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Naomi Wood
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: Please consult with Prof. Wood depending on your chosen major within Spanish & Portuguese.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: CEL:Lang
COURSE LOCATION: Salvador, Brazil
COURSE DATES: Block A-- Exact Travel Dates TBD
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: Students who may require support due to environmental or physical expectations of this course should speak with Prof. Wood prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in Brazil will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
Borderlands are not only geographical but also political and social spaces. Boundaries blur, cross-cultural exchanges evolve, cultures interlayer in these contact zones. Borderlands introduce complex matrices of identity and power negotiated across time through historical and literary memory. This course will explore both historical and literary texts that tell the story of “borderlands cultures” in contact zones between England and Wales during the High Middle Ages (1100-1400): colonial historical narratives in conversation with miracle legends, bestiaries, mystical texts, and Arthurian tales. We’ll consider the politics, social experiences, and resulting constellations of gender, class, race, and religious inter-connectedness that these texts reveal. How do these texts give voice to different histories of invasion, colonization, immigration, assimilation? What theologies and political systems do they explore? How do they (re)imagine and (re)present identities across time, including how human and non-human bodies interact? Because British colonialism in early modernity is paradigmatic for later global encounter and post-colonial histories and literatures, examination of its origins will undergird students’ understanding of subsequent periods and regions.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Topics in Literature/Topics in History: Medieval Colonialisms: History and Fantasy in the British and Celtic Borderlands
COURSE NUMBER: EN280/HY200
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Re Evitt
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: Elective within the English or History major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: AIM, HP, & EPG (All pending approval)
COURSE LOCATION: London, Oxford, Hereford, Exeter, Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Holyhead/Holywell, UK
COURSE DATES: Block A-- Exact Travel Dates TBD
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: This course will include daily walking: between public transportation hubs and overnight accommodations; to course sites in urban and rural or natural environments (museums, contemporary castles and churches, trails in the Peak District). It will also include light hiking to visit archaeological sites, ruins. Additionally, Wales is bilingual, but students will need to adjust to a country where they may not understand road/highway signs, maps, and on occasion the language spoken around them. Students who may require support due to these expectations should speak with Prof. Evitt prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in England & Wales will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
As valuable portals into the values and anxieties of the cultures that created them, fairy tales and folklore are more than just stories for children. In this course we will study French fairy tales—from the original versions of familiar stories like “Cinderella” to lesser-known tales like “The Pig King”—to bring to life the grandeur and the contradictions of 16th and 17th-century France. By the time Charles Perrault was writing about a sleeping princess awoken by a kiss, real French explorers and colonizers had been seizing their own magical kingdoms in a place they called the New World. The genre of French fairy tales and short stories will serve in this class as a laboratory in which to explore how fantasies of “happily ever after” conflict with the dangers lurking in dark forests, giving us new insights into the French Renaissance, a time of revolutionary technologies and amazing artistic innovation, but also of bloody wars of religion and emerging authoritarian régimes.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Topics in French Culture Taught in English: Fairy Tales and the French Renaissance
COURSE NUMBER: FR316
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Alistaire Tallent
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: Please consult with Prof. Tallent regarding requirements within the French or Romance Languages major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: AIM and EPG (Both pending approval)
COURSE LOCATION: Tours, France
COURSE DATES: Block B-- Exact Travel Dates TBD
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: Program requires extensive walking or hiking to explore sites or participate in course activities. Program also features immersion in unfamiliar community settings, housing types unfamiliar to students, limited dietary options, or other potentially heightened-stress scenarios which may produce challenges to student mental health. Students who may require support due to these expectations should speak with Prof. Tallent prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in France will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
What does it mean to be “religious” in the ancient Mediterranean? How do myth and ritual operate in this context? How did Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians understand and express their relationship with the divine realm? To address these questions and others, this course explores various aspects of religious life in the ancient world through study and exploration of sites in Greece, including relevant literary and material evidence. As we examine diverse beliefs and practices, we will attend to how religion intersected with political, social, and economic facets of ancient life.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Myth and Ritual in Ancient Mediterranean Religions
COURSE NUMBER: RE200
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Pamela Reaves
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: 200 Level elective within Religion major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: None
COURSE LOCATION: Athens, Thessalonike, and Litochoro, Greece
COURSE DATES: Block A-- Exact Travel Dates TBD
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: Some days include significant walking; one day may include a more substantial hike that is moderate, but may be more challenging for those who do not typically hike. The latter hike could be optional for participants. Students who may require support due to these expectations should speak with Prof. Reaves prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in Greece will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
This course offers an in-depth exploration of Irish and Scots Irish history and culture, with a focus on how these traditions have significantly influenced American folk music, including bluegrass. Through a combination of historical study, cultural immersion, and musical exploration, students will trace the roots or key musical elements and practices that shaped the development of these genres in America. This course will also provide opportunities to examine the migration of people, stories, and sounds from Ireland and Scotland to the American Appalachian region, fostering a deeper understanding of their cultural legacy. This class fulfills the performance-oriented course requirement in the music major. 1 unit.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Advanced Topics in Music: Traditional Irish & Scot-Irish Abroad
COURSE NUMBER: MU398
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Keith Reed
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: 1-unit of the Performance Oriented Course requirement in MU Major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: None
COURSE LOCATION: Dublin, Ireland and Glasgow, Scotland
COURSE DATES: Block B & C. Exact travel dates TBD, however, we anticipate that this course will begin during Block B and continue into the early weeks of Block C.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD--All program fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
Survey of the archaeology, art, and history of ancient Greece and Rome and their influence from antiquity to the modern period. This course surveys the art, architecture, archaeology and history of Greece and Rome from their origins in Bronze Age to their transformation in the late Roman Empire using methods of history, art history, archaeology and literary studies.
Includes the study of ancient Greek cities and sanctuaries, the spread of Hellenism, and the formation of an imperial visual language under Alexander the Great and Roman emperors. In addition, the influence of Etruscan and Greek art in the Roman Republic will be investigated, as well as Imperial monuments in the city of Rome and throughout the empire as instruments of power. The class will consider political and social factors in the formation and utilization of Classical forms in both ancient and modern times.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Art of Greece & Rome
COURSE NUMBER: CL223/AH207/HY220
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Sanjaya Thakur & Prof. Amanda Pavlick
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: CL223: Classics electives within the major/minor. AH207: Elective within Art History or Art Studio major (concentration) and minor. HY220: Elective within History major or minor
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: CP: Critical Process
COURSE LOCATION: Rome, Italy
COURSE DATES: Block A: Exact travel dates TBD
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD-- All program fees will be announced before the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
"All the world's a stage," laments Jacques in As You Like It, "and the men and women merely players." It's a statement that presents us with the question of the place of the stage not just within Shakespeare's London but in ours as well. This course will take you across the Atlantic to London and Stratford-upon-Avon to explore just that. What is the place of the stage today? Are players merely players (in Shakespeare's time and ours, in Shakespeare's London and ours)? What is the place of Shakespeare in the globalized, digitally-mediated, international world of today? These are just some of the questions we will be considering as we read, watch, and perform Shakespeare this summer. This class will introduce students to the work of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries, by experiencing productions of his works, and by exploring the cities and the countryside where he lived and wrote. In addition to introducing students to the particular constraints and demands of the theatrical medium and to the cultural particularities of early modern England, we will attend a number of productions and thus seek to raise the question of how a dramatic text has (and can be) adapted. What kind of an interpretation of a text is a dramatic production? Are there limits to interpretation? What are the particular challenges to editing the early modern dramatic text? What is lost when a scene is cut? What are the politics of a performance? How do performances differ and how are they the same? Are they ever the same? These and other questions will serve as the lens through which we consider the questions of performance and performativity in general, alongside a detailed discussion about the historical and cultural positioning of the theatrical representational space.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Shakespeare and London
COURSE NUMBER: EN225/EN405
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Steven Hayward
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: Historical Period Course within English major/minor
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: None
COURSE LOCATION: London & Stratford, England
COURSE DATES: Block A. Exact travel dates TBD.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD--All program fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
Withdrawal Charges: Due to the nonrefundable nature of many program bookings, should a student withdraw after the March 1st deadline, they will be charged 25% of the full program cost, not the reduced fee. Withdrawals during Block 8 will require a charge of 75% of the total program fee cited above.
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
This course is for students interested in exploring the role of teachers and P-12 students in international contexts worldwide. Centers critical analysis of the dispositions, knowledge, and skills of successful educators in diverse global classrooms. By being in southern Spain, a hub for various international educational initiatives, students will visit different schools, teaching and learning contexts, gaining firsthand experiences with how diverse cultures, languages, and communities inform responsive, critical, multicultural, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices. Students will develop an enhanced global mindset, cultivate dispositions for equity and inclusion in multicultural and multilingual contexts, and explore strategies for collaborating with diverse colleagues and effectively partnering with students and families from around the world.
COURSE FULL TITLE: International Teaching & Learning in Spain: The Intersections of Culture(s), Language(s), and Communities.
COURSE NUMBER: ED250
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Tina Valtierra
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: Elective course within the Education major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: None
COURSE LOCATION: Granada & Sevilla, Spain
COURSE DATES: Block A. Exact travel dates TBD.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD--All program fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is not included in the program fee, but is accounted for within aid awards. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty for arrival and departure dates.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
The CC Summer in Spain program has its base in Soria in collaboration with the Centro Internacional Antonio Machado and offers 3 levels of Spanish: Beginner (SP111), Intermediate (SP 211) and Advanced (SP 305 and SP 306). Soria is a culturally rich and traditional small city that is off the beaten tourist path in the region of Castile—birthplace of the Spanish language. Soria is the perfect setting to develop your Spanish quickly when you fully immerse in the language and culture from the first day you arrive. Students live with host families and participate in the city life during 2 blocks of classes. In addition, the program incorporates multiple excursions to learn about the history and cultures of Spain to places such as Madrid and San Sebastian.
NOTE: DUE TO HIGH DEMAND, THE SUMMER IN SPAIN PROGRAM REQUIRES STUDENT INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THESE CAN BE ARRANGED WITH PROF. RUIZ PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION WINDOW OPENING ON DEC. 4.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Beginner (111), Intermediate (211), or Advanced (305/306) Spanish
COURSE NUMBER: SP111/SP211/SP305/SP306
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Carrie Ruiz
PREREQUISITES: SP111: None, SP211: Spanish 101 or equivalent, SP305/306: Spanish 201 or equivalent.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: 305 and 306 are core requirement courses for the Hispanic Studies or Romance Languages Major. SP201 is the prerequisite for the Spanish Minor.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: CEL/LANG: Critical Engagement-Language
COURSE LOCATION: Soria, Spain
COURSE DATES: Blocks A & B. This is a 2-block, 2-unit program and both blocks are required for participation. Exact travel dates TBD.
Heightened Physical & Psychological Requirements for All Study Away: Study Away or Abroad can be a very different experience than an on-campus course, requiring both physical and mental adjustments which may not be typical for your on-campus experience. This includes requirements for physical activity such as more extensive physical movement (walking, touring, extended sedentary time during travel, etc.), requirements to manage luggage, often on uneven terrain such as cobblestone streets or buildings without elevators, or locations with limited medical facilities, potential extremes of weather and temperature. Housing options are also significantly different from an on-campus experience. Some programs will use family homestays while others will require students live in pairs, triples, and quads. Travel is also inherently a stressful alteration to your normal routines, with greater flexibility, adaptability and resilience required, whether it is dealing with distinct cultures, language differences, feelings of “otherness” or lack of belonging, or simply greater ambiguity and unfamiliarity with surroundings. We recommend that all students consider these realities of study away and abroad as they consider programs. Below we will list any known expectations which the faculty have identified for their specific course.
Expectations for Study on this Program: Living with a host family is a requirement for this program, requiring flexibility and adaptability to new living dynamics and new cultural norms. Additionally, students must abide by host family rules. The program also requires extensive walking in all weather conditions (rain, heat). Students who may require support due to these expectations should speak with Prof. Ruiz prior to application to ensure that appropriate support in Spain will be possible.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD--All program fees will be announced ahead of the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, ground transportation, and international health & travel insurance coverage. Airfare is included in the program fee, using a voucher system, but does require all students to include a mandatory group flight to Madrid as part of the arrival routing. Students are responsible for booking their own airfare within parameters set by the course faculty.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 per unit of credit. $12,000 total for the 2-unit program. Wild Card may apply to 1 block of tuition (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. The Wild Card can cover the first unit of tuition, but the second would still be billed to the student. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge for both blocks.
AID USE FOR THE SPAIN PROGRAM: Students who receive need-based aid to attend Colorado College are eligible for 2 Block Away Aid Awards, ranging from 20%-90% of the estimated program total cost. To receive aid for both the program fee and the 2nd unit of summer tuition, students would use both of these awards.
A student who has two aid awards available to them and are selected for aid will receive both aid awards, one applying to the program fee and the other applying to cover the same percentage of the 2nd unit of tuition, with the expectation that the Wild Card would cover the first unit of tuition.
Students who have already utilized one of their 2 Block Away Aid Awards can receive only 1 Block Aid award, which will support 20%-90% of the program fee, but will not remove the charge for the 2nd unit of tuition. Again, students who also have already utilized their Wild Card for an earlier summer course will be billed for both units of summer tuition ($12,000) without support from their aid award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
THE SUMMER IN SPAIN PROGRAM REQUIRES INTERVIEWS WITH PROF. RUIZ BEFORE APPLICATION. PLEASE CONTACT PROF. RUIZ TO SCHEDULE A BLOCK 3 INTERVIEW DATE.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Due to its use of group flights, the Spain program may have a withdrawal deadline earlier than the standard March 1st date. Please ask Prof. Ruiz about this earlier deadline as late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
This course explores the roots and branches of folk music in the U.S. with an emphasis on the bluegrass tradition. The musical roots of folk and bluegrass originate from a diversity of influences including, Irish, Scottish, and African cultures as well as musical genres such as blues, gospel, country, jazz, and in recent decades rock, pop and funky eclectic sounds. We will explore these influences on folk and bluegrass, which have broadened, narrowed, and combined over the decades. Given the inherently social nature of the subject, students consider music of the past and present through a combination of performance, readings, and listening assignments. Instrumental and vocal tutorials provide both music instruction and a sense of the development of the tradition over time. Emphasis is placed on composition, arrangement, and performance of folk and bluegrass music. This class fulfills the performance-oriented course requirement in the music major. 1 unit.
COURSE FULL TITLE: Advanced Topics in Music: On the Road
COURSE NUMBER: MU398
FACULTY LEADER(S): Prof. Keith Reed
PREREQUISITES: None
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS MET: 1-unit of the Performance Oriented Course requirement in MU Major.
COLLEGEWIDE REQUIREMENTS MET: None
COURSE LOCATION: This course travels to a variety of music festivals in Colorado,
COURSE DATES: Block A-- Exact travel dates TBD.
COURSE COSTS
Program Fee: TBD--All program fees will be made available before the Dec. 4 Application Window start date.
Fee includes all lodging, meals (group & individual), excursions, guest speakers, and ground transportation. Students should plan to depart from Colorado Springs for this course, with no flights required by the program.
Summer Tuition: $6,000 or use of the Wild Card Grant (see below)
WILD CARD: All students enrolling in their first CC summer course automatically receive a Wild Card grant which offsets (removes) the summer tuition charge. Students who have already utilized their Wild Card should anticipate paying the full summer tuition charge as other summer aid does not impact this cost.
SUMMER BLOCK AWAY AID: All students approved to join a CC Summer Block Away are automatically reviewed for aid eligibility. Aid awards range from 20% to 90% of the anticipated program travel cost (program fee + estimated airfare). Students who receive a block aid award will be notified of the coverage total for their award.
For full details on block aid award selection, the Wild Card Grant, and aid limits, please visit the Summer Billing & Financial Aid website.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Apply on Summit, within the Global Education option. The main application window for this program is between December 4, 2025 and January 15, 2026.
Global Education highly recommends submitting applications early as programs often use rolling admissions and may close before January 15. Students who apply and are approved for a program by January 15 will be reviewed for eligibility for an aid award to cover up to 90% of the program fee and anticipated airfare costs. Aid is limited and may not be available to students accepted into this program after the January 15 deadline.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: Students accepted to this program may withdraw by March 1, 2026 with no financial commitment to the program. Late withdrawals have financial obligations to the program based upon the date of withdrawal. See our Billing & Finance page for details.
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