Online Courses

Online courses do not participate in Gateway Days

Please Note: This course is recommended for non-traditional students including Military; This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

This course is designed to help you transition smoothly into college, adjust gradually to the demands and rigor of university life, stay in college, and succeed, not only in college, but as you transition into a career field. As we approach our topic from many vantage points and speakers’ varied expertise and experiences, the emphasis is on holistic learning about higher education and UCCS.

ONLINE / Section 3010 OL1 / Instructors: Rhea Taylor / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24

Please Note: This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

Welcome to "Nature and the Arts: A Creative Exploration," an engaging online course designed to orient you to college life while immersing you in the beauty of nature as expressed through various artistic mediums. Over the course of 16 weeks, we will explore the intersection of nature and the arts, delving into music, visual art, photography, film, and self-care practices. This class will also introduce you to essential campus resources, helping you navigate your college journey with confidence. Through a combination of lectures, interactive discussions, and creative assignments, you will gain a deeper appreciation for how nature influences and inspires artistic expression.

ONLINE / Section OL3 / Instructors: Michelle Prose / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24

Please Note: This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

This course surveys and critically analyzes a major popular culture influencer, Disney. Beginning with the origins of Walt Disney and Disney Pixar and ending with Banksy’s 2015 critical theme park, Disneyland, this course enlightens multiple perspectives and interpretations of Disney and Disney’s sociocultural influence since the 1930s. This course allows learners to engage and analyze with Disney films through a historical perspective. Using fairy tales, myths, and literature, the true origins of Disney’s inspirations are revealed, and some are quite different than the story Disney animated for mass American consumption.

ONLINE / Section OL5 / Instructors: Sydney Pearson / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24

Please Note: This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

Quicksand can be hard to spot and can trap and hold the unsuspecting. What are the moments in your life when you have felt stuck? Caught in a narrative that does not work for you? Through an interactive and dialogue-based approach, this class will challenge you to explore social power dynamics in America. This class looks at how societal norms are created and maintained in this culture. Students will use their personal voice and story to make meaning on the ways dominant narrative shapes their lives.

ONLINE / Section OL7 / Instructors: Claire Ami / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24

Please Note: This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

This interactive course investigates the potential of fine arts as a catalyst to expand individual creative thinking and introduces art strategies as tools of grounding, connecting, reflecting, and opening one's own creative potentials. We will take a hands-on approach as we work through select art methods used to unlock the subconscious. Utilizing a process for process's sake, for the experience of the process itself rather than as a means to an end, unlocks a world of possibilities. We will examine artworks known to be transformative and consider them through lenses of self, participation, community, culture, and paradigm (current and potential).

ONLINE / Section OL4 / Instructors: Amy Anderson / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24

Please Note: This course does not participate in Gateway Days.

Looking for something to do this weekend? How about a trip with friends next summer? This course will explore fun things to do in Colorado Springs but also along the Front Range corridor of Colorado. This area has so much to offer, from hiking, biking, camping and white water rafting to museums, art galleries, amusement parks and entertaining festivals. This class will explore things to do with friends, family or even by yourself. Through research opportunities, group activities, service learning projects and sharing personal experiences you will discover how to LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!!

ONLINE / Section OL8 / Instructors: Rhea Taylor / 8/26/24 - 12/21/24