Colleges with Block Scheduling Becoming More Popular
Here's an update for students who are looking for a different college or university experience:
Block scheduling became popular several years ago, with Colorado College leading the pioneering idea of students taking only one class for a 3 1/2 week period, then taking the next class, and so on...so you still get your ten courses, just one at a time.
Thanks to NY-based educational consultant Allen Tinkler for this list of schools in North America that have block schedules:
Colorado College (Colorado)
Cornell College (Iowa)
Maharishi University (Iowa)
Tusculum College (Tennessee)
University of Montana Western (a U Sphere Fave)
Prescott College (Arizona)
Quest University Canada (British Columbia)
Evergreen State College (Washington State)
(One Interdisciplinary Program each quarter)
Hofstra University (NY)
(First year only for New College division)
Block scheduling became popular several years ago, with Colorado College leading the pioneering idea of students taking only one class for a 3 1/2 week period, then taking the next class, and so on...so you still get your ten courses, just one at a time.
Thanks to NY-based educational consultant Allen Tinkler for this list of schools in North America that have block schedules:
Colorado College (Colorado)
Cornell College (Iowa)
Maharishi University (Iowa)
Tusculum College (Tennessee)
University of Montana Western (a U Sphere Fave)
Prescott College (Arizona)
Quest University Canada (British Columbia)
Evergreen State College (Washington State)
(One Interdisciplinary Program each quarter)
Hofstra University (NY)
(First year only for New College division)
Labels: block, college admissions, colorado, cornell, hofstra, maharishi, montana, prescott, quest, tusculum, university
posted by Dave Van de Walle at
8:32 PM
3 Comments:
Nice, and thanks for mentioning my alma mater - I got a degree there 2 yrs ago and really liked the block sked.
This list is really helpful. I've been looking into block study colleges for a while. Thanks!
Friends,
I am an Environmental Science professor at the University of Montana Western, and ran across this site! Thanks for listing the block campuses. If you are not familiar Montana Western, we are located about 2 hours west of Yellowstone National Park, and are surrounded by 11,000' mountains and blue-ribbon trout streams.
The Environmental Sciences and Environmental Interpretation programs at UMW are taught primarily in the field. We use the natural lab that is southwest Montana to have our students work on field projects, many of which are done in cooperation with the USFS, BLM and other agencies.
Students in my Environmental Field Studies class, for example, just concluded an 18-day study of restoration efforts on the upper Big Hole River for the purpose of generating habitat for the fluvial Arctic Grayling. The class produced a 150-page report and did not sit through a single lecture!
If you want to be a land manager, environmental scientist or naturalist, Montana Western is the place to be. If interested, send me an e-mail at r_thomas@umwestern.edu.
Thanks again for posting this information!
Rob Thomas
Professor of Geology
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Montana Western
Dillon, Montana
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