{"id":1596,"date":"2026-09-17T09:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:09:18","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Mini-Courses Program"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Design-13-1600x700.png); background-position: 42% 0%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Carleton&#8217;s Mini-Courses Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, over 100 mini-courses are offered to students from Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais region. Take a week to explore a subject that interests you, spend a few days on campus, and get a taste of life at university!<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"flex p-4 rounded-md cu-alert cu-alert--info not-prose\">\n\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-8 h-8\">\n            <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m11.25 11.25.041-.02a.75.75 0 0 1 1.063.852l-.708 2.836a.75.75 0 0 0 1.063.853l.041-.021M21 12a9 9 0 1 1-18 0 9 9 0 0 1 18 0Zm-9-3.75h.008v.008H12V8.25Z\"><\/path>\n        <\/svg>\n    \n    <div class=\"w-full ml-3\">\n        <p class=\"text-base md:text-lg mt-0.5 font-semibold\">\n            Mini-Course Student Registration\n        <\/p>\n                    <p class=\"text-sm md:text-base text-cu-black-900\">\n                To register for the program, your school or board will send a link to access the registration page for your school. Registration open on <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">January 18, 2027<\/strong>, and must be completed\u00a0<strong>by 5:00 p.m. on February 19, 2027.\u00a0<\/strong>\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"flex p-4 rounded-md cu-alert cu-alert--success not-prose\">\n\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-8 h-8\">\n            <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M9 12.75 11.25 15 15 9.75M21 12a9 9 0 1 1-18 0 9 9 0 0 1 18 0Z\"><\/path>\n        <\/svg>\n    \n    <div class=\"w-full ml-3\">\n        <p class=\"text-base md:text-lg mt-0.5 font-semibold\">\n            Instructor Proposal Application \n        <\/p>\n                    <p class=\"text-sm md:text-base text-cu-black-900\">\n                Mini-Course instructor applications are now Open! Submissions close <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Friday, December <\/strong><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">4<\/strong><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">, 2027.<\/strong>  \n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"cu-testimonial md:py-8\">\n        <div class=\"bg-cu-black-50 rounded-xl\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col-reverse md:pl-8 md:pr-12 md:flex-row items-center gap-5 mx-auto max-w-7xl md:gap-10 lg:gap-16 md:items-stretch\">\n                <div class=\"w-full md:-my-8 hidden md:block md:flex-[0_0_30%] bg-cu-black-25 rounded-lg bg-cover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Design-14-768x1152.png); background-position: 4% 57%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"w-full px-6 py-6 md:max-w-none md:flex-auto md:px-0 md:py-16 lg:py-20\">\n\n                                            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Mini-Course Program at Carleton, I was able to explore my interests in psychology and science in an environment that encouraged me to challenge myself. I also met a new group of friends who I stayed connected with long after the program ended. MCP remains a memorable part of my journey that eventually led me to study Health Sciences at Carleton!<br><br>&#8211; Parker H. <br>MCP 2018: <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Me, Myself and Science<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"cu-testimonial md:py-8\">\n        <div class=\"bg-cu-black-50 rounded-xl\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col md:pr-8 md:pl-12 md:flex-row-reverse items-center gap-5 mx-auto max-w-7xl md:gap-10 lg:gap-16 md:items-stretch\">\n                <div class=\"w-full md:-my-8 hidden md:block md:flex-[0_0_30%] bg-cu-black-25 rounded-lg bg-cover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2026\/10\/Study-ON-1-1000x7000-2-768x538.jpeg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"w-full px-6 py-6 md:max-w-none md:flex-auto md:px-0 md:py-16 lg:py-20\">\n\n                                            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really loved my experience as a Mini-Course Program student because it gave me a real idea of what it could be like to be a student at Carleton. The instructor was very passionate about her research and it made me confident that I would have the same experience with professors once I enrolled as an undergraduate student at Carleton!<br><br>&#8211; Savannah L. <br>MCP 2016: <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Neuroscience: How food affects your brain<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-1596","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1596\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}