Learning by Doing
At DU, you'll find chances to learn that you won't see anywhere else. That's because we're constantly challenging ourselves to find new ways to make education relevant to the real world.
Hands-on education
Students in the HRTM program gain hands-on experience in areas such as event planning and hosting.
A DU education means you'll learn through experience. For example:
The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM)—Students in HRTM learn by working in our new 46,000-square-foot building featuring a full-production kitchen, a beverage management center fashioned after a Tuscan wine cellar, a 126-person dining hall, a front-desk operations center and model hotel rooms.
HRTM students manage all events held at the facility from beginning to end. Students are even responsible for monitoring the facility's finances.
At the Lamont School of Music, students have the opportunity to record their work.
The Lamont School of Music—students in Lamont's Jazz and Commercial Music Program create compositions from a wide range of musical styles.
In the depths of the building, students record their work in a fully operational recording studio, complete with more than $250,000 worth of equipment and computer programs. The state-of-the-art studio is decked out with a rock-studded room for recording drum tracks.
Interterm courses—Between quarters, students can take one-of-a-kind courses that take them out of their out of their comfort zone, or even out of the country.
Students in interterm courses have found their inner horse whisperer on a ranch in the central Colorado mountains and spent a week at Mesa Verde National Park discovering the ancient lives of cliff dwellers. Some interterm courses offer an international twist, taking students as far as Costa Rica or Fiji.