Dynamic Half Block
Register for non-credit offerings in SUMMIT: Student Life via Single Sign-In
Register for January's for-credit offerings in BANNER via Single Sign-In
The non-credit offerings of Dynamic Half Block provide a unique opportunity for students to explore interests and gain professional knowledge and skills. Participation in many of these offerings will increase your competencies, making you more competitive for internships, graduate/professional schools, and full-time jobs.
Build your Competencies, Complement your Transcript, and Develop your Career Readiness.
Wall Street Prep registration will open on September 30th at 9:00AM MT and close on December 2nd, 2024 at 5:00PM MT. Deposits due December 2nd, 2024. Cancellations after December 2nd, 2024 will not receive a refund.
Kaplan Test Prep
Changes for Kaplan Test Prep
Exciting news! Colorado College has now partnered with Kaplan to offer All-Access to current students. This means that Kaplan Test Prep will no longer be offered during Half Block. Instead, students will be able to register themselves for all Kaplan Test Prep through CC’s direct link and select their own schedules. This is free for all students! Learn more about Colorado College's Kaplan All-Access.
Directions: Students will need to create an account with Kaplan using your student CC email address. Follow this link to access CC’s page and create your account.
Guidelines for registration:
- Please note that all class times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Pay close attention to the times to ensure it works for your schedule.
- You may only enroll in one class at a time.
All students pursuing professional health school and law school should be working with the pre-health and pre-law advisors when considering preparation. Students requesting entrance exam prep have access to Kaplan prep products for 12 months. Therefore, students must ensure they are ready to test and apply to their respective programs within those 12 months.
Specific Course Guidelines:
DAT: students must be enrolled in or have completed Organic Chemistry II with BIO I/II and CHEM I/II.
GMAT: Recommended only for senior business students pursuing competitive b-school admissions. Determine if you need this exam based on schools you are applying to.
GRE: Recommended between junior and senior year only when applying to graduate programs that require the exam. (All PA and Veterinary programs require the GRE; most OT and PT programs require the GRE.)
LSAT: Junior or senior pre-law students only; recommended that all pre-law applicants completed before September of their application year.
MCAT: Recommended when students have completed BIO I/II, CHEM I/II, OCHEM I/II, PHYS I/II. Students should try to complete the MCAT by June of the year that they are applying.
OAT: Recommended when students have completed BIO I/II, CHEM I/II, OCHEM I/II, PHYS I/II, and through Calc I.
2025 Non-Credit Half-Block Courses
Dates & Time: 2 days - Thursday, Jan 16 - Friday, Jan 17, 2025. 9am-5pm MT each day.
Delivery: In person
Class limit: 30 students
Description: Accounting & Financial Statement Modeling Liberal Arts Seminar: 2-day intensive training program where liberal arts students learn financial accounting, financial modeling in Excel, and technical interview prep using a hands-on, case-study approach. This course would cost over $1899 if taken on your own. It is offered for a $100 deposit through Dynamic Half Block. Upon completion of the entire course, you will be reimbursed $95.
Curriculum/Wall Street Prep Advantage:
- Required Pre-Work: Excel and Accounting online crash courses
- Day 1: Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statement Modeling in Excel
- Day 2: Introduction to Valuation; and Technical Interview Prep
All Level Clay Wheel Throwing Class
Dates & Time: January 6, 2025 - January 16, 2025, 9am-12pm, optional open studio time 1pm-3pm.
Delivery: In Person
Class limit: 10 students max
Description: Learn and/or refine the skills necessary to create, alter, glaze, and fire wheel thrown vessels and sculptures. This not-for-credit class is fast-paced, with rigid deadlines in place to ensure timely kiln firings. Class is taught by Jeremiah Houck from the Bemis School of Art.
Innate Mindfulness: Exploring our Inner Ecology for Thriving on a Changing Planet
Dates & Time: January 5, 2025 - January 16, 2025, 1pm-3pm MT each day.
Delivery: In Person
Class limit: 12 students
Description: We all hold basic – although often unconscious – assumptions about the very nature of reality, including our relationship with what is commonly called “nature” or “the environment.” As well, we have assimilated a variety of sensorial habits or filters that affect the way we perceive the world. These assumptions – together with sensorial and cognitive habits – may influence our ability to perceive the problems we face and also limit our imagination, making it more difficult to conceive of a path toward ecological sustainability and social well-being. As Albert Einstein noted, “the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” We may need a new vision of reality, or even a new modality of consciousness – a more ecological worldview – in order to address our most urgent crises and to create a more just and sustainable human society.
This experiential course is an introductory exploration into Mindfulness as innate within humans. Through it, students will discover the innate somatic sentient intelligence within every human that is the rudimentary basis of Mindfulness. In this workshop, exposure to one's own sensorial doorways are utilized to open into the innate power within to explore the corresponding ecology within that connects every human to the ecosystems in which they live.
With Nature as a companion, students will learn strategies to skillfully work with thoughts, emotions, and sensations, while developing their capacity to enhance mind-body awareness of present-moment experience to enhance connections to self, community, and the Earth.
Class is taught by Myra L Jackson and sponsored by Creativity & Innovation at CC.
For-Credit Career Center Course
This year, the Career Center will be offering one for-credit half block 2025 course. Students can enroll through BANNER via Single Sign-In.
Internship and Job Search Strategies for the Liberal Arts Student
January 6th-16th, 2025 9am-12pm
This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of planning and organizing your job/internship search strategies. We will begin with understanding individual talents, reflecting on your own motivated skills, values and interests. Organizations hire because they have talent needs, you will identify an industry of interest, research, and critically analyze the alignment between your individual talent and the organizational needs of the industry.
This class will empower you to explore careers with confidence. Understanding your talent profile will help you identify opportunities that you align with and prepare for them by developing compelling personal marketing materials. You will also gain deeper insights into additional factors that influence career/job choice like individual budgeting, location, living standards, and salaries.
Contact the Career Center
719.389.6893
Physical Address: 1130 N. Cascade Avenue, Morreale House, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
