Mathematics
Our Mathematics courses span elementary through college-level curricula and cover a wide range of topics, from geometry and data and chance to robotics, cryptology, economics, game theory, and number theory. Guided by expert instructors, you and your classmates will develop your problem-solving and reasoning skills while learning and working on fun projects together. Whether you're looking for pure math fun and enrichment, to do challenging math with other kids who love problem solving, or to dig deep and prepare for advanced-level high school and college math, there’s a course that's right for you.
Explore the study of shapes
Many of our courses allow students to describe the world around them in basic and profound ways. Younger students build foundational skills by exploring shape, scale, and proportion in Geometry and Spatial Sense. Middle School students delve into real-world applications of lines and analyze data with curves that follow uniform, symmetric, bell-shaped, or skewed patterns in Data and Chance. Advanced students unveil the deep interplay between numbers and shapes, investigating how triangular, square, and polygonal numbers create patterns that bridge geometry and algebra in Number Theory. By examining these elegant number patterns and symmetries, students discover how mathematics captures the intricate beauty and underlying structure of the natural world.
Dive deep into logic and reasoning
Our courses in formal logic give you the tools to question the world around you. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning introduces younger students to different types of reasoning, as well as the strengths and weaknesses inherent in various forms of critical analysis. Older students explore how logical reasoning can explain (or fail to explain) counter-intuitive results in Paradoxes and Infinities, or take a more rigorous approach to formal logic in Mathematical Logic.
Meet our instructors and staff
The students are so bright, interesting, and often willing to try some of the most silly and unique activities that the RAs create.
Rebecca Somer
Resident Assistant
I love being able to connect with such talented students; each and every one has changed my life for the better.
Meg Gantzer
Program Assistant
CTY is one of the highlights of my year. Even though it’s the summer, the immersive learning in a subject where these students truly excel and shine is invigorating for me as a teacher.
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Writing Instructor