CC in Berlin

2026-27

Welcome to the CC in Berlin program! Email us anytime if you have questions related to the program @ csteckenbiller@coloradocollege.edu or hpb@coloradocollege.edu. Applications are due in Summit by March 1. You should also check out this blog about the program: https://www.humboldt-institut.org/en/blog/a-semester-abroad-at-a-language-school-part-1/ 

The CC in Berlin program will take place in blocks 1 through 4 in Fall 2026. There are no prerequisites for students who want to participate for the full semester or for blocks 1+2, so students at any level of German can participate! Students who wish to participate for blocks 3+4 only are required to have completed GR101 (at CC or elsewhere). Students who wish to join us for the whole semester will be given preference in the application process.

If you participate for the whole semester you will take two German language classes at your level (from complete beginner to advanced, fulfills the two blocks of the all-college language requirement). In addition you will take classes on the cultural history of Berlin called German Cultural History/Global Berlin I and II (GR120/CO121 and G121). GR120/CO121 fulfills the all-college AIM and HP requirements, Analysis and Interpretation of Meaning and Historical Perspectives. GR121 fulfills AIM and EPG, Analysis and Interpretation of Meaning and Equity and Power Global.

Students participating for two blocks only (blocks 1+2 or blocks 3+4) will only take one German language class and one cultural history class. They will be able to fulfill general education requirements but cannot complete the two blocks of language requirement (they will take one block abroad and either have to take a block of German before they go or after they come back). 

Schedule for fall 2026:

August 17: Mandatory pre-departure orientation over Zoom to go over last-minute items and answer questions

August 23: Arrive in Berlin

Block 1 (August 24 - September 16)

Weeks 1-2: GR121: German Cultural History II (fulfills AIM & EPG) w/ Prof. Ane Steckenbiller         
Weeks 3-4, starting on Sept. 7: Intensive language class 1, including field trips (at your appropriate level, fulfills LANG)
*No Block Break--classes will continue until Friday, September 18*

Block 2 (September 21 - October 14)

Weeks 1-3: Intensive language class 1 (continued)

*For students returning to CC after block 2, the last day of the block is Friday, October 9. You must check out of the Humboldt Institute by Sunday, October 11*

*For students staying the whole semester, you will have Fall Break from October 10-October 18*

Block 3 (October 19 - November 11)

Weeks 1-4: GR120/CO121: German Cultural History I (fulfills AIM & HP) w/ Prof. Bill Davis
November 12-15: Block break

Block 4 (November 16 - December 16)

Weeks 1-5: Intensive language class 2 (fulfills LANG)
No Fall Break, classes continue (block break on Nov. 26 & 27) 

Wednesday, December 16: Last day of classes, official end of program   

           
Friday, December 18: Must be moved out of Humboldt Institute by this date

 Program Fee Information

When students study on a CC Semester Off-Campus (full semester, 4 blocks), the tuition remains the same as the standard CC tuition for that semester, and a program fee is charged to cover room & board, RT airfare, field trips, international health & emergency insurance, and the like. This program fee is charged in lieu of any CC on-campus housing placement and meal plan, which will not be assigned or charged for that semester.

Reasonable round-trip airfare between Colorado and your program destination and back is always covered for every CC Semester and Half-Semester abroad, and students will be able to book that covered airfare through our partnership with ScholarTrip, once you are accepted to the program and confirm your participation spot.

When a student participates in a CC Half-Semester (two-block) program, the tuition remains the same as the standard CC tuition for that semester, and the program fee charge varies, based on the student's on-campus housing assignment and meal plan choice for that semester.

Please consult the following page for detailed information on billing, deadlines, withdrawals, and other important information.