The Block Plan Colorado College, ranked one of the top 30 independent liberal arts colleges in the nation, is known for its unique academic program, the Block Plan.
Students concentrate on one subject at a time.
Courses are taught as seminars with an average class size of 15. Because students and faculty participate in only one course at a time, there is tremendous freedom for students to complete independent research and off-campus field work. Distinguished visiting faculty enhance and supplement 152 full-time faculty. Graduates regularly win prestigious honors such as the Rhodes, Truman, Luce, Watson, and Fulbright. Through such collaboration students develop the ablility to adapt, be flexible, and to solve problems creatively.