Many of CU’s most popular and sought-after courses are offered during Summer Session. Students can earn credits, keep up with major requirements, improve their GPAs, and still enjoy summer.

Summer Session offers a wide range of courses, throughout a series of terms. Maymester is a three-week intensive term offered May 14-June 1. Session A, C, and D begin June 4 and Session B begins July 10. The courses are rigorous yet the schedule is flexible, so students can learn on their terms.

Summer Session was featured in the May 17 editions of the Daily Camera and Colorado Daily.

CU student Fredrico Gomez is taking Maymester and summer classes to keep up with the requirements for his three majors. He told the Colorado Daily his summer credits will help him stay on track to graduate in four years.

“One of the biggest reasons I wanted to graduate in the four years was so I could walk with my class,” Gomez said in a Colorado Daily article. “So, I came up with a plan that would help me finish with them.”

The Daily Camera sat in on a course with Terry Mills, FIRST scholar and professor of sociology from Morehouse College. FIRST (Faculty-in-Residence Summer Term) brings prestigious, world-class faculty to the CU campus to offer one-of-a-kind courses. This is Mills’ second time at CU as a FIRST scholar. This summer, he is leading a Maymester course, “Environment and Society,” and collaborating with CU sociology faculty on research projects, which further strengthens relations between CU-Boulder and Morehouse College.

For more information, about Summer Session visit http://www.colorado.edu/summer/.

The rigorous program is designed for “career changers” who were academically successful as undergraduates and have completed a bachelor’s degree but have not completed the prerequisite courses needed to apply to medical and other healthcare-related professional schools. The requirements for admission into medical and health science programs are steep, and this program helps students prepare with course work, MCAT support, individual advising, and more.

Pre-Med Post-Baccalaureate student Brendan Culverwell followed in his father’s footsteps when he chose a degree in mathematics as an undergraduate.

“Math was the easy choice, since I didn’t really know what I wanted to do at the time,” Culverwell told the Daily Camera. ”One day I realized I didn’t love math so I decided to go into the medical field,” he said.

To recognize their accomplishments, Culverwell and his classmates will receive certificates of completion from CU-Boulder Continuing Education. The Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Program will welcome 20 new students in June 2012.

To learn more about the program, visit the Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Program.

Read more about the program in the Daily Camera article.

Read more about the Best of Boulder 2012  awards in Boulder Weekly…

The summer scholarship applications are due April 27 by 5 p.m. Submit a scholarship application online.

Make the most of your summer. Many of CU’s most popular and sought-after courses are offered during the summer. Learn more about summer courses on the Summer Session website.

mine how science can help to inform land management decisions and resource challenges in he San Juan Mountains. This three-week Maymester course is based in Durango and Silverton, Colorado and is offered by theMountain Studies Institute in partnership with the San Juan Collaboratory and CU-Boulder Continuing Education.

The course will examine natural resource management through a field-based case-study approach. Topics will include land management policy; management of natural resources of air quality, water, forests, and wetlands; and address issues such as forest ecosystem health, recreation, wildfire, oil and gas development, air and water pollution, and climate change. Due to the many logistics and planning requirements of this program, participation requires cooperation and a “spirit of adventure.”

ENVS 2100 prerequisites include two courses (six credits) in natural sciences, and completion is worth three, CU-Boulder credits.  The class begins May 14 and concludes June 1. Tuition is $1,600.

A portion of this course will be based at the Fort Lewis College campus in Durango and the other portion of the class will take place at the Mountain Studies Institute in Silverton. For students not based in Durango or Silverton, please refer to the course syllabus for accommodations information or contact Emily Olson.

Scholarships

The Mountain Studies Institute offers a limited number of $200 scholarships to course participants who have a need for financial assistance and who will contribute 10 volunteer hours assisting course instructors with planning, logistics, set-up/clean-up, etc. Download a scholarship application and submit your application to Emily Olson by April 27, 2012.

Registration

Download the registration form.
–Email the registration form to Emily Olson
–Mail it to Mountain Studies Institute – Emily Olson, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango CO 81301.

For more information, visit the Mountain Studies Institute website, call 970.382.6908, or email Emily Olson or Marcie D. Bidwell.

For questions regarding CU-Boulder credit, application of other scholarships, or GI benefits towards the cost of the course, contact Silvie Kilworth.

From the top, Pedro de Paiva Romeiro, Lucas Gustavo, and Victor Sabioni.

CU-Boulder is hosting 19 students from Brazil this semester as part of the new Science Without Borders Program and Brazil’s initiative to place and fully fund outstanding students abroad to supplement their studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

The students are among approximately 650 Brazilian undergraduates who have been selected to study on U.S. campuses with funding from the Brazilian government. Science Without Borders Program, announced last year, provides scholarships to Brazilian undergraduates for one year of study. After two semesters and an on- or off-campus internship, the students will return to Brazil to complete their degrees.

The Science Without Borders Program at CU-Boulder is offered through a partnership between the Division of Continuing Education, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Engineering and Applied Science. This first cohort of  students are studying with their peers, living in university housing, and adjusting to life in Colorado and the U.S.

Here, a few of the Science Without Borders students reflect on their experiences at CU so far.

Pedro de Paiva Romeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

“I was expecting a good university and was very happy after choosing CU. I was grateful the IIE matched me with this opportunity, and I was especially pleased with the beautiful campus. I am looking forward to possibly working in a mechanical engineering lab as a lab assistant. It couldn’t be better. One thing I would bring to my home country and university is the culture of donation that Americans have here and this culture that every person is linked to the university for the rest of their lives. For me this tradition is amazing.”

Lucas Gustavo
Universidade Federal de Alagoas

“I was interested in studying abroad and when Science Without Borders became available, I took advantage of the opportunity. It’s been cold here but the mountains are a great sight. I had never seen snow before. I am taking two engineering courses at CU Boulder and have spent more time studying by myself then I had at home. The classes are great, and I am appreciating my other classes too. I am looking forward to being involved in research and an internship and other different kinds of experiences.”

Victor Sabioni
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

“Science Without Borders interested me because I wanted to know what it was like to study and live on campus and to learn in a different environment. CU is better than I expected. The campus is amazingly beautiful and everyone has been so welcoming and polite. I chose subjects that interest me. Not all of the courses are within my aerospace engineering major, but they relate to my major. I am taking two classes that are not offered at home, and everything is great so far. CU couldn’t be better. It’s like heaven with homework.”

Read more about the Science Without Borders program in the Daily Camera…

This new online course will introduce you to creative nonfiction, an exciting and vibrant genre that includes memoir, travel writing, essays, and narrative journalism. In this course, titled Publish or Perish: The Art of Writing and Publishing Your Creative Nonfiction, you will read popular and successful examples of creative nonfiction, develop practical skills such as how to write an effective query letter and story proposal, and write a work of creative nonfiction with the goal of publication.

Publish or Perish: The Art of Writing and Publishing Your Creative Nonfiction, ENGL 3081, will be offered online through Independent Learning from June 4- July 27.  Enroll now!

The Division of Continuing Education and the Center for Asian Studies are proud to be able to offer the following courses this summer:

Tuition per one 5 credit course: $1,725 – regardless of your residency!

Two 5-week courses: $3,450

Registration online through MYCUInfo. Call Continuing Education at 303-492-5148 with any questions about registration.

FOR FLAS STUDENTS ONLY: 

*Center for Asian Studies is a FLAS grantee, and these courses satisfy the requirements for summer FLAS fellowships. Graduate students can use FLAS fellowships from their home institutions.

Contact: cas@colorado.edu
Telephone: 303.735.5122
www.colorado.edu/cas

“While deployed in Iraq, I decided I wanted to finish my degree and contacted Continuing Education,” he said. “They helped me find a flexible program with online Independent Learning classes, so I could attend school while being deployed. When I returned to Colorado, I became a regular student on the main campus.”

Kudos to John-Patrick, and the Student Veterans Association!