The focused three-and-a-half-week course style of the block plan 使我们的OBE教师能够设计在传统学校环境中不可能实现的实地/实验室课程和研究机会. In this context, 我们创造积极的学习环境，重视所有的声音，促进生物科学的多样性和包容性.

Lab 课程: 我们研究生物结构和功能的方法的多样性体现在一系列实验室密集型课程中，为学生提供了大量的研究机会. OBE重视实验技能在综合背景和分子生态学等课程中的重要性, population genetics, comparative animal physiology, and biogeography expose students to a range of lab skills. Molecular and physiological techniques, as well as computational methods, are taught as collaborative faculty-student experiences, providing skillsets for futures in professional biology.

Field 课程: 我们独特的地理位置毗邻丰富多样的生态系统，位于许多植物和动物物种的范围极限. In an east-west direction, the elevation changes from roughly 6,000 to over 14,000 feet on top of Pikes Peak, resulting in a mosaic of ecosystems spanning plains, 森林, and tundra; in this wondrous mosaic, we greatly value the indigenous history embedded in the landscape. 许多课程需要一整天，一夜或几天的旅行来探索远近的地点. Many of these experiences are local day trips, but some of these are camping trips; we also utilize the CC Cabin in the montane pine 森林 of the Pikes Peak foothills an hour from campus as well as the CC Baca Campus in the San Luis Valley three hours to the southwest. We also offer regular block-long field courses to Belize! 在所有这些实地考察中，我们努力适应学生的各种实地经验水平.

Small Class Size: Colorado College limits class sizes to a maximum of 25 students; most field and lab courses have even smaller sizes. 这使得每个学生都能得到个人的关注，甚至在他们的第一堂生物课上就能做调查项目.

Re搜索 opportunities: 我们的教师有活跃和多样化的正在进行的研究，也可以帮助学生开发自己的项目, e.g. 学生最多可以在教授指导的两个研究模块中获得学分. 我们鼓励和财政支持合作的学生和教师的研究项目. 这些机会为那些对研究生院感兴趣的学生或那些计划在毕业后成为研究团队一员的学生提供了极好的体验. 我们的有偿研究经验常常以学生出版物以及在地区和国家科学会议上的演讲而告终.

多样性 & 包容

In our department, we believe everyone is welcome in the classroom, 我们的目标是创造支持和尊重所有种族学生的学习环境, 性别, 身份, 能力, 信条, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In an ideal world, science would be objective; however, 很多科学都是主观的，历史上都是建立在一小部分享有特权的声音之上的. In our classes, 我们的教师认为，整合不同的经验是学习过程的核心，也是对科学更全面的理解. 因此, 我们努力放大声音的混合-当然来自每个学生以及来自不同背景的研究人员. Discrimination is not tolerated, and accountability is essential to an inclusive learning environment. 我们坚定地致力于积极维护没有歧视的学习环境，支持思想的多样性, 视角, and experiences.

Land Acknowledgement

We recognize that, 在科罗拉多州, 我们学习, 教, and live on or near the ancestral homelands of the Apache, 阿拉帕霍, 夏安族, 科曼奇族, 普韦布洛, 休休尼人, and Ute tribal nations. 我们赌博正规的十大网站特别位于南尤特民族的传统领土上, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Northern Ute 人s. 我们有责任承认我们与土著的联系- -以及本机构赖以建立的被剥夺财产和被迫迁离的历史. Without the sacrifice of these indigenous peoples, 我们将没有机会在赌博正规的十大网站追求知识和体验式学习.

Photos from Summer Student Re搜索 and Classes

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Prospective 学生

应用 to the full tuition 玛格丽特·T. Barnes Scholarships in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics