Cool Classes

Each year between the fall and spring semesters, enterprising students return to campus a little early to participate in Intersession, a weeklong course dedicated to an interesting subject not typically offered during the regular semester.

In small classes, big things happen. Through open discussion, hands-on learning, and close-knit mentorship from faculty who know your goals and dreams, you emerge as a confident critical thinker ready to make your mark.

From madmen to witches, we’re taking a look at some of the spookiest courses on offer at Rollins and how they’re challenging students to look beyond the surface of cultural ideas that have shaped societies for generations.

Students in this independent study course experienced firsthand one of the many practical career applications of a math degree: working together to analyze data and find innovative solutions for real problems.

Tough conversations are the most meaningful in this community engagement class that offers a lifetime of takeaways.

A new course for first-year students culminates with an exhibition at Rollins’ Cornell Fine Arts Museum.

This honors course pairs students with preschoolers to explore the fine art of children’s literature—and the takeaways extend far beyond the creative process.

Hammers in hand, Rollins students are exploring big concepts by building a tiny house.

This Intersession course taught Rollins students that just like there’s more to a recipe than a list of ingredients, there’s more to a population than statistics.

Rollins students explore the history of diversity and inclusion in education and at Rollins through the Pathways to Diversity grant.

Inside the innovative Rollins course that fuses biology, technology, sculpture, and abstract thinking in unconventional ways.