Taking It One Course At A Time

Colorado College offers a kind of intense, hands-on learning that the typical college lecture course rarely has. But at Colorado College it is common because of an unusual, 35-year-old system of teaching. Typically, full-time college students take four or five courses simultaneously, over two or three terms per year. Colorado College is one of just a handful of places where students take one course at a time, giving it their full attention for 3 1/2 weeks. They'll spend most of the day in class or on extended field trips like this one. Then, after a long weekend, they move on to the next course. Read more at:
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