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.
UPDATE: Kaplan registration will close on November 18, 2022. Deposits are due November 30, 2022. Cancellations after November 30, 2022 will not receive a full refund. The deposit deadline for Kaplan has been moved to November 30, 2022 in order for the books to be shipped and arrive prior to Winter Break.
Wall Street Prep registration will close on December 9, 2022. Deposits due December 9, 2022. Cancellations after December 9, 2022 will not receive a full refund.
2023 Non-Credit Half-Block Courses
Dates & Time: Jan 16-26 (No class on the Jan 20), 9am-12pm MT
Delivery: Online
Class limit: 30 students max
Description: You’ll find three types of sections on the GRE as you begin your test prep: Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing. Kaplan offers ways to customize your GRE prep around the sections where you need to focus most. This Half Block consists of seven three-hour sessions to prepare you for every aspect of the GRE. Registered students receive twelve months of free access to Kaplan’s online test resources, which include 180+ hours of content, 7 full-length computer tests, and over 5,000 practice items. With 21 hours of live virtual instruction and 35 hours of elective online instruction, this in-person experience would cost over $1,300 if taken on your own. It is offered for a $250 deposit through Dynamic Half Block. Upon completion of the entire course, you will be reimbursed $245.
Students are eligible to take the KAPLAN GRE Half Block offering once during their Colorado College Experience. Seniors and Juniors who are applying to graduate school in 2023 will receive priority, followed by Seniors applying a year or more post-graduation and then Juniors. Sophomores and First Year Students are not eligible. Students also must be committed to enrollment at CC for Spring 2023 Blocks.
Dates & Time: Students will select a GMAT schedule beginning January 4. These classes will continue throughout the spring semester. Students can register through Summit.
Delivery: Online
Class limit: 10
Description: You’ll find four types of sections on the GMAT: Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Verbal, and Quantitative. Kaplan offers ways to customize your GMAT prep around what is on the test. This Half Block consists of six three-hour sessions to prepare you for every aspect of the GMAT. Registered students receive 9 full-length computer adaptive GMAT practice tests and over 5,000 practice questions that drive personalized recommendations based on your performance. With 18 hours of live virtual instruction and 30 hours of elective online instruction, this in-person experience would cost over $1,500 if taken on your own. It is offered for a $250 deposit through Dynamic Half Block. Upon completion of the entire course, you will be reimbursed $245.
Dates & Time: Jan 16-26, 9am-1pm MT
Delivery: Online
Class limit: 20 students max
Description: As you begin your LSAT prep, you’ll find three types of multiple-choice questions on the exam: Reading Comprehension questions, Analytical Reasoning questions, and Logical Reasoning questions. Kaplan offers ways to customize your LSAT preparation around the sections where you need to focus most.
The course will include core instruction and personalized instruction: The LSAT Channel = 120+ hours of supplemental, elective instruction Half Block focusing on strategies for each test section. The course includes a strategy review to prepare for exam day. Registered students receive twelve months of free access to Kaplan’s online test resources, which include a complete PrepTest library (80+ exams) and every released LSAT question (7,500+) with detailed explanations for each question and every answer choice. This course would cost over $1,400 if taken on your own. It is offered for a $250 deposit through Dynamic Half Block. Upon completion of the entire course, you will be reimbursed $245.
Students are eligible to take the KAPLAN LSAT Half Block offering once during their Colorado College Experience. Seniors and Juniors who are applying to law school in 2023 will receive priority, followed by Seniors applying a year or more post-graduation and then Juniors. Sophomores and First Year Students are not eligible. Students also must be committed to enrollment at CC for Spring 2023 Blocks.
Dates & Time: Jan 16-26, 9am-12 pm MT; 1pm-4:30pm MT
Delivery: Online
Class limit: 30 students max
Description: Build the stamina and skills necessary to tackle the MCAT. The MCAT has 4 sections: Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems; Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS); Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems; and Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior. Kaplan offers ways to customize your MCAT preparation around the sections where you need to focus most.
The course will offer a Half Block comprised of twelve sessions, including a diagnostic exam (which will be a full length exam - 7.5 hr), instruction on how to best tackle the four test sections, and strategies to prepare for the sit-down exam. Registered students receive twelve months of free access to Kaplan’s online test resources, which include 14 full-length exams and over 10,000 MCAT practice items. With 36 hours of live virtual instruction, this course would cost over $2,500 if taken on your own. It is offered for a $250 deposit through Dynamic Half Block. Upon completion of the entire course, you will be reimbursed $245.
Students are eligible to take the KAPLAN MCAT Half Block offering once during their Colorado College Experience. A student must be registered or planning to take the MCAT in the spring or summer of 2023. Seniors and Juniors who are applying to medical school in 2023 will receive priority, followed by Seniors applying a year or more post-graduation and then Juniors. Sophomores and First Year Students are not eligible. Students also must be committed to enrollment at CC for Spring 2023 Blocks.
Dates & Time: 2 days - Thursday, Jan 26 - Friday, Jan 27, 2023. 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:
- Pre-Seminar: Excel and Accounting online crash courses
- Day 1: Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statement Modeling
- Day 2: Financial Statement Modeling (continued); Introduction to Valuation; and Technical Interview Prep
Innate Mindfulness: Exploring our Inner Ecology for Thriving on a Changing Planet
Dates & Time: 9 day - January 16-26, 2023, 1pm-3pm MT each day.
Delivery: Hybrid format, in person, when possible, virtual attendance available.
Instructor: Myra L. Jackson
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.
Dates & Time: 4 day - January 23-26, 2023, 1pm-3pm MT each day.
Delivery: In Person
Instructor: Professor Jane HilberryDescription: Rest, restore, and rejuvenate through creativity! Join us for an immersive experience to awaken your creativity! Lose yourself for a few days in the world of creative exploration and emerge with tools that will prepare you to think and act creatively throughout your whole career and life.
Creative Confidence builds on the premise that everyone is creative (no artistic ability is required!) and that creativity is a skill that can be cultivated. Creativity is a crucial capacity for work (and play) of all kinds. The World Economic Forum identifies Creativity, Originality, and Initiative” as the top three skills most in demand by employers for 2022.
The Creative Confidence Lab involves hands-on making, deep conversation, play, and perhaps an afternoon excursion or two.
“At its core, creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you. It is the conviction that you can achieve what you set out to do. We think this self-assurance, this belief in your creative capacity, lies at the heart of innovation.”
--David Kelley and Tom Kelley, Creative Confidence
Taught by Jane Hilberry and special guests
Jane Hilberry, professor of Creativity & Innovation at Colorado College, co-designed and taught the Banff Centre’s Art of the Executive Leader, an arts-based leadership development course. She has worked with college students, children, executives, artists & scientists & bankers to cultivate creative capacities that contribute to working well and living a dynamic and fulfilling life.
Students who complete this course will have the opportunity to take part in a Creative Confidence Lab pilot throughout second semester and will receive a stipend for participating. Contact Jessica Hunter for details jhunter@coloradocollege.edu.
New for-credit Career Center courses
This year, the Career Center will be offering two (2) for-credit half bock 2023 courses. Students can begin enrolling through BANNER via Single Sign-In October 24th at noon.
Designing Your Life: Exploring the Academic and Professional Journey through the Lens of Design Thinking
January 16-26th 9-12pm
During this course you will identify work views, life views, and their intersections. Using the principles of design thinking you will develop odyssey plans and prototype ways to test your paths. You will leave confident in your ability to make career-related decisions using the design thinking process and mindsets within the Liberal Arts context and beyond.
Internship and Job Search Strategies for the Liberal Arts Student
January 16-26th 9-12pm
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.