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UPDATE: Application deadline extended

We have extended our application deadline until Friday, May 16 for select programs. See our Program status page for more information.

Eligible students must have completed their sophomore, junior, or senior year of high school by June 2008. Individual programs have specific eligibility requirements as outlined on the table below and in the program descriptions.

For instance, to be eligible for a program open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, you must have completed your sophomore, junior, or senior year of high school by June 2008.

To be eligible for a program open to juniors and seniors only, you must have completed your junior or senior year of high school by June 2008.

Program + Date Number of Weeks Average Credits Eligibility
  1 3 4 6 1 3 4 6 Soph Jr + Sr
Architecture
Introduction to Architecture [6/21-8/2]              
Art
Art as Experience* [6/21-7/12]              
Business
Hotel Operations Management* [6/21-7/12]            
The Business World [7/13-8/2]              
CollegeSuccess
CollegeSuccess [6/21-8/5]            
Engineering
Topics in Engineering [6/21-8/5]              
Film
On Camera: Studies in Film Analysis* [6/21-7/12]            
Humanities
Focus on the Humanities [6/21-8/5]              
Law and Politics
Democracy and its Discontents** [7/13-8/2]              
Freedom and Justice* [6/21-7/12]            
Literature
Genius and Madness in Literature* [7/13-8/2]              
Program + Date Number of Weeks Average Credits Eligibility
  1 3 4 6 1 3 4 6 Soph Jr + Sr
Life, Environmental, Agricultural, and Applied Social Sciences
College to Career (One-week CALS)** [7/13-7/19]            
College to Career (Three-week CALS Program)** [7/13-8/2]              
Medicine, Science, and Biological Research
Biological Research and Health [6/21-8/5]              
Body, Mind, and Health* [6/21-7/12]            
Focus on the Sciences [6/21-8/5]              
RABS [6/21-8/2]              
Psychology
The Individual in the Social World* [6/21-7/12]
             
Veterinary Medicine
Introduction to Veterinary Medicine** [7/13-8/2]              
Writing
Focus on Writing [6/21-8/5]              
Dual Programs
Four-week Combinations*/** [6/21-7/19]            
Six-week Combinations*/** [6/21-8/2]            
Career Explorations Program

The "Career Explorations Program" is tailored to local students or other students who will be on campus in the summer, and would like to explore one of several career fields without the added academic workload of a regular Summer College program.

*/** Juniors and seniors may combine a one-asterisk program with a two-asterisk program for a four- or six-week Dual Program, contingent upon the individual program lengths.

 
 
 

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