Imagine You’re a Star

What if you could embody, just for a moment, the life of a blue straggler star? Assistant Professor of Physics Natalie Gosnell and Innovator-in-Residence Janani Balasubramanian are in the process of developing an immersive, participatory experience that explores blue straggler stars and the physics of mass transfer, while challenging participants to consider connections, communities, and their place within the universe.

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Instead of taking multiple classes at a time, CC students study
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8 Blocks Per Academic Year

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Featured Courses

Introduction to JournalismNon-Departmental Studies

Introduction to Journalism

American journalism is rapidly changing as technology, economics, and culture increasingly disrupt the ways in which people produce and consume the news. Students in this class will learn about the history and elements of journalism and acquire the skills journalists use to produce accurate, engaging, and responsible journalism.
Cryptography: Theory and PracticeMathematics & Computer Science

Cryptography: Theory and Practice

Analyze theory and the implementation of modern cryptosystems with this interdisciplinary mathematics/computer science course! Topics will include the RSA and Diffie-Hellman algorithms, discrete logarithms, elliptic curve cryptography, the TSL protocol, the Signal protocol, and cryptocurrencies.
Race and the Judicial ProcessPolitical Science

Race and the Judicial Process

Where race is concerned, the courts have figured prominently in some of the nation’s proudest and most shameful moments. Slavery, segregation, affirmative action, political representation, and the criminal justice system are some of the topics that will be addressed in this course.
GeofluidsGeology

Geofluids

Investigate how fluids on Earth both control and are controlled by biologic, tectonic and climatic processes. This course will explore the impact these processes have had on Earth’s evolution as a whole, their relevance to us as inhabitants of this planet, and the fundamental thermodynamic laws that govern geochemical behavior.

CC Stories

President Tiefenthaler Contributes to Book on Women Leaders in Academia News

President Tiefenthaler Contributes to Book on Women Leaders in Academia

Five New Members Named to Board of Trustees News

Five New Members Named to Board of Trustees

NSF Grant Sends Professor, 2 Students to Alaskan Arctic Organismal Biology & Ecology

NSF Grant Sends Professor, 2 Students to Alaskan Arctic

Untold Stories: Ellis Ulysses Butler Jr. ’40 Untold Stories

Untold Stories: Ellis Ulysses Butler Jr. ’40

'Use Your Life in Service,' Oprah Winfrey Tells Graduates Commencement

'Use Your Life in Service,' Oprah Winfrey Tells Graduates

Alumni Film ‘July Rising’ Soars to Success, Brings Graduates Home Film and Media Studies

Alumni Film ‘July Rising’ Soars to Success, Brings Graduates Home

Professor Amy Kohout Addresses Problematic Nike Ad History

Professor Amy Kohout Addresses Problematic Nike Ad

Summer Music Festival Celebrates 35th Anniversary News

Summer Music Festival Celebrates 35th Anniversary


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Colorado College recognizes and honors the original inhabitants who first settled in the area and who called the nearby highest mountain “Tava,” the original name given by the Ute people to what is now known as Pikes Peak. At CC, we respect all peoples and strive to grow as a unique and welcoming community.