Courses to engage and inspire
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14 Courses
Advanced Topics in Physics: Special Relativity
Grades 9–12
Science and Engineering
If a woman travels to a nearby star system at close to the speed of light, she will return much younger than her twin sister, who stayed home. This is just one of the discoveries revealed by Albert...
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In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
Anatomy and Physiology
Grades 7–8
Science and Engineering
One look at classic anatomical sketches such as Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, created from the artist's meticulous observations of dissected cadavers, can inspire a deep interest in the body and...
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
Astrophysics
Grades 7–11
Science and Engineering
When the sun runs out of fuel, will it explode in a giant supernova or fade into a white dwarf? Does every galaxy revolve around a supermassive black hole? Will the universe keep expanding or...
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Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - Advanced CTY-Level
Cryptology
Grades 7–11
Mathematics
Cryptology is the study of the codes and ciphers used to create secret writing. This math course explores many early techniques in cryptology, such as cipher wheels, the Caesar shift, polyalphabetic...
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Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
Epidemiology
Grades 9–12
Science and Engineering
From Covid-19 to HIV to malaria, infectious diseases remain one of the world's leading causes of death. How do scientists compile and use statistics to combat outbreaks? In this course, you and your...
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Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
or Verbal - CTY-Level
Fundamentals of Microeconomics
Grades 7–11
Mathematics
How much are you willing to pay for ice cream on a hot summer day? Who is responsible for the cost of pollution? Is there such a thing as a perfectly competitive market? Microeconomics provides...
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Waitlist Available
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - Advanced CTY-Level
or Verbal - Advanced CTY-Level
Global Politics: Human Rights and Justice
Grades 9–12
History and Social Science
More than 920 million people are undernourished worldwide, despite the fact that there is more than enough food for everyone. Numerous countries rank national interests above global concerns, leading...
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
or Verbal - CTY-Level
Human Nature and Technology
Grades 9–12
History and Social Science
This philosophy course explores questions of human nature in light of recent technological breakthroughs in communication, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and modern warfare. You will consider...
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
or Verbal - CTY-Level
Investigations in Engineering
Grades 9–12
Science and Engineering
Engineering is an art that requires ingenuity, the ability to understand the components of a problem, facility in design, and the capacity to find creative solutions. This course introduces you to the...
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
Number Theory
Grades 9–12
Mathematics
Called "The Queen of Mathematics" by the great mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, number theory is the study of the natural number system from which all others are derived. Despite the simplicity of...
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Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
Persuasion and Propaganda
Grades 7–11
Language Arts
Comic book heroes punching dictators in the face and aircrafts papering the ground with pamphlets, these types of propaganda are easy to recognize, but what about contemporary ones, like bot-generated...
Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Verbal - Advanced CTY-Level
Principles of Engineering Design
Grades 7–11
Science and Engineering
Humanity's unending quest to find the most efficient and cost-effective means to make life better has created engineering marvels,from the world's tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the...
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Modality
In Person
Identification Level
Quantitative - CTY-Level
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