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Cognitive Psychology
While you read this sentence, your eyes alone are transmitting approximately 10 million pieces of data per second to your brain. Nevertheless, your attention remains focused on these words, you ...
Sessions:

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18
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Jul 20-Aug 08

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Crafting the Essay
This immersive and collaborative course will introduce you to great essayists including Annie Dillard, Charles Simic, and Richard Rodriguez, and help you find your own distinctive narrative voice. You ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Loyola Marymount University:

Jul 13-Aug 01

Grades 7-11

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Fiction and Poetry
Saul Bellow said, "A writer is a reader moved to emulation.” This course draws inspiration from the published works, journals, and drafts of writers such as Alice Munro, John Updike, Rita Dove, and Li ...
Sessions:

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Dickinson College:

Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Fundamentals of Microeconomics
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 ...
Sessions:

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Johns Hopkins University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Great Cases: American Legal History
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes stated that the law is both a mirror and a motor for society. Landmark cases frequently have an impact well beyond the courtroom, reflecting deeper truths ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Reasoning, logic, and critical thinking are the building blocks of intellectual inquiry. This course will help develop your skills in these areas through problem-solving and exposure to a wide range ...
Sessions:

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Mirman School:

Jul 13-Aug 01

Grades 5-6

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Introduction to Astronomy
In the 17th century, Galileo looked into the sky with a simple pair of lenses and saw the moons of Jupiter. Modern times have had similarly profound discoveries. This course investigates light, optics ...
Sessions:

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Introduction to Robotics
In the field of robotics, computer science and engineering interface to create interdependent systems that can perform a variety of tasks, from manufacturing microchips to exploring Mars. In this ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 5-6

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Logic: Principles of Reasoning
Lawyers, doctors, and mathematicians use logic while building arguments, diagnosing diseases, and proving theorems. This course explores the techniques of logic while developing your analytical ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Mathematical Logic
Have you ever wondered what real mathematicians spend their time doing? This course will teach you the art of proving and disproving conjectures, and techniques for writing formal proofs and ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Grades 7-11

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Paradoxes and Infinities
This course explores conundrums and analyzes a range of mathematical and philosophical paradoxes. You’ll consider Zeno’s paradoxes of space and time, such as The Racecourse, in which Achilles ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Persuasion and Propaganda
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 ...
Sessions:

Johns Hopkins University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Grades 7-11

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Philosophy
Do we have free will, or do our brains automatically respond to stimuli? What, if anything, distinguishes right from wrong? Philosophers relentlessly pursue fundamental questions of life, and their ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Skidmore College:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Principles of Engineering Design
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 ...
Sessions:

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Johns Hopkins University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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The Mathematics of Money
Why are round-trip fares from Orlando to Kansas City higher than those from Kansas City to Orlando? How do interest-rate adjustments affect the real estate market? How does one calculate the price-to ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Johns Hopkins University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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The Physics of Engineering
Can a concrete boat float? How do you build the strongest bridge with the lightest materials? Physics—the science of matter and its motion—provides answers to questions like these. In this course, you ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Mirman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 5-6

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The Physics of Sports
How does a pitcher get a baseball to curve mid-pitch? Why does an ice skater spin faster when she pulls in her arms? How can Tony Hawk land a “900,” a skateboard trick involving the completion of two ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Writing and Imagination
Writing is an act of imagination built from the raw materials of life and language. In this course, you’ll learn to approach writing as a craft and discover processes and techniques that writers in ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 5-6

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