Programs offered as part of the Cornell University Summer College for High School Students 2009 http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php Subject: Architecture, Dates: 6/20-8/1, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- If you're contemplating a career in architecture, or if you'd simply like to indulge your passion for it, then this intensive program is for you. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=arch&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=arch&s=Overview Subject: Art, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- Art is more than the techniques of its making. To be an artist is to think about ways of communicating meaning through images and mediums, and "Art as Experience" will help you better understand these connections. This three-week program combines studio work in a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation art, and collage, and book binding with readings, discussions, and field trips. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=art&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=art&s=Overview Subject: Medicine and Science, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- Biological research and the health professions are the hottest fields in science. From biotechnology to rediscovering ancient methods of healing and making brand-new medical breakthroughs—all of these careers and much, much more are part of biology and life sciences. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=biol&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=biol&s=Overview Subject: Medicine and Science, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- In this program you'll spend three weeks exploring the fascinating past, present, and future of disease, illness, health and medical care in America. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=body&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=body&s=Overview Subject: Business, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- Learning about business management can be a great investment in your future. It can help you better manage your life, your career, and your own business (if you ever want to own one). It also could help you begin to solve some of the world's most pressing issues. In this program, you'll discuss the basics of business and business management in today's fast-paced and fascinating business world. You'll learn about issues such as: business organization, leadership, human resources, strategic management, marketing, and finance http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=busi&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=busi&s=Overview Subject: CollegeSuccess, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- Looking ahead, you know that college is going to be different from high school: new friends, more freedom, exciting social and extracurricular opportunities, and harder coursework. The skills you'll develop in CollegeSuccess can help you balance these responsibilities. This six-week program is designed to introduce you to the critical thinking, effective reading, analytical writing, and research skills necessary for success in college. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=coll&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=coll&s=Overview Subject: Law and Politics, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- In this program, you'll explore these "truths," and the evolution of democracy and dissent in America, as you focus on some of the most dramatic and important episodes in American history, including: The struggles over the emancipation of slaves in the nineteenth century Expanded rights for women and working people in the twentieth century Free-speech issues The civil rights movement Religion-based critiques of American culture, and Conservative critiques of American liberalism http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=demo&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=demo&s=Overview Subject: Info Science, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- Digital music, Web technology, digital cameras, robots, artificial intelligence, computer games, biotechnology, human/computer interaction, the creation and use of information, privacy issues . . . These are just some of the topics you'll explore in this cutting-edge program developed by Cornell University's Department of Computer Science. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=digi&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=digi&s=Overview Subject: Engineering, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- If you're skilled in math and science and would like to use your talents to improve the world, then engineering could be the career for you. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=engi&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=engi&s=Overview Subject: Humanities, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- Are you interested in a million things and just can't wait to get to college to study them? Are you fascinated by subjects from international relations to animation history? Do you wish you could write more clearly and think more critically? In this program, you can choose any two of the more than sixty courses on this Web site and visit another course for non-credit. Some students tell us that this "visitor program" was the best-kept secret at Summer College. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=foch&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=foch&s=Overview Subject: Medicine and Science, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- "Focus on the Sciences" is designed especially for students who are passionate about subjects from astronomy to biology and who just can't wait to get to college to undertake in-depth scientific exploration. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=focs&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=focs&s=Overview Subject: Writing, Dates: 6/20-8/4, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- This program is offered with the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, one of the nation's oldest and most comprehensive writing-across-the-curriculum programs. Its excellence was recognized when the Time/Princeton Review chose Cornell as its private research university "College of the Year" on the basis of its teaching students "how to use writing as a way to learn and think." You'll gain intensive writing experience while considering a variety of topics. Previous years' topics have ranged from Shakespeare and film to civil disobedience and personal experience. The four courses highlighted below feature small sections (eighteen students or fewer) and personalized instruction by faculty in the planning, composition, and revision of papers based on assigned readings and discussions. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=focw&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=focw&s=Overview Subject: Law and Politics, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- Concern with law and political order has deep roots in the Western tradition. The foundations of contemporary jurisprudence and of modern political systems have their origins in the Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment concepts of right and wrong, and of a just order. This program, for students interested in law, politics, and government or in the history of political ideas, will introduce you to the rich intellectual heritage, especially related to the ideals of freedom and justice, on which the modern legal and political systems is based. Under the leadership of Professor Isaac Kramnick, one of Cornell's most distinguished faculty members, you'll discuss: Law, community, and wisdom in Greco-Roman thought Plato's alternative to the rule of law Law and God in the Judeo-Christian tradition Liberal notions of rights, law, and the state, and Inequality and the law, with a focus on gender, class, and race http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=free&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=free&s=Overview Subject: Literature, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- If you’ve ever thought that great achievers—such as famous statesmen, artists, heroes, and scientists—also exhibit a touch of madness, you’re not alone! For thousands of years philosophers have contemplated the close kinship between madness and genius and have engaged in lively discussions about whether creativity is ingenuity, inspiration, or insanity. In this program you’ll read and analyze philosophical and medical treatises, novels, poetry, and historical accounts from antiquity to the present day and learn about authors from Germany, France, Britain and the U.S. Readings will include texts by European and American writers such as Aristotle, Plato, Goethe, Kant, Foucault, Freud, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Buechner, Nietzsche, Wagner, Elinek, Ibsen, Kafka, Paul Auster, and Thomas Mann. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=geni&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=geni&s=Overview Subject: Business, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- This first-class introduction to hotel operations is taught at Cornell's world-renowned School of Hotel Administration, currently ranked number one in the world for hospitality management. During the program, you'll: explore the world's largest and most dynamic industry, develop your business, management, and leadership experience; and refine your computer, communication, and analytical skills. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=hote&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=hote&s=Overview Subject: Psychology, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- This intensive introduction to psychology has long been a favorite with Summer College students. It explores how we, as individuals, understand and get along in the broader social world. Humans are a social species and our connection to one another is a core element of our experience. In this program we'll examine how and why people act differently in the same situation—sometimes as a result of the culture in which they were raised, the family in which they grew up, or the genetic make-up they inherited. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=indi&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=indi&s=Overview Subject: Environmental Studies, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- What do Sponge Bob, Robin Hood, Bambi, gladiators, and boxing cats have to do with environmental ethics, ecology, animal rights, and wilderness preservation? In this program we'll answer that question and many more as we explore the intriguing history of human-environment relationships, from Ancient Rome to the present day. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=natu&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=natu&s=Overview Subject: Film, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- During this program, offered in cooperation with Cornell's acclaimed John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, you'll develop creative and critical ways of analyzing film. Through lectures, regular film screenings, discussions, and writing exercises, you'll discover new ways of analyzing film techniques and genres. Questions you'll consider include: What is the relation of one scene to another? What meanings are created by camera position and distance? How does the duration of a shot or the angle of the lighting underline meanings? Why does the camera tilt and pan, say, instead of zoom? How does a film draw us in, making us collaborators or voyeurs? http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=onca&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=onca&s=Overview Subject: Medicine and Science, Dates: 6/20-8/1, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- If you're a serious, research-oriented student with a passion for science, this innovative, highly selective program will give you the rare opportunity to join a top-notch laboratory at one of the world's leading research institutions. You'll interact with Cornell professors, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, be responsible for an investigative project, prepare a research report suitable for publication, and give an oral presentation. In addition, you'll earn six college credits for a minimum of forty laboratory hours per week. http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=rese&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=rese&s=Overview Subject: Dual Programs, Dates: 6/20-8/1, 6 weeks, 6 credits, Open to: Soph, Jr, Sr -- Can't choose just one program, major, and/or career? You don't have to. Depending upon your eligibility, you can combine a program in Session 1 below with a program in Session 2 for your own "Dual Program." http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=sixw&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=sixw&s=Overview Subject: Veterinary Medicine, Dates: 6/20-7/11, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- This program, offered at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, will help you gain realistic and exciting insights into modern veterinary medicine. Through speakers, laboratories, and demonstrations, you'll: Discover what roles modern veterinarians play and what they find rewarding Explore the variety of disciplines and specialties within the field of veterinary medicine, including zoo animal medicine, marine mammal medicine, animal behavior, anatomy of domestic species, emergency medicine, pathology, and many more Experience hands-on opportunities to work with live animals such as production animals (cows, sheep, or goats), athletes (horses), companion animals (dogs and cats), raptors, and everything in between Meet with veterinary professors, practitioners, and students Prepare for acceptance to a vet college http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=vetf&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=vetf&s=Overview Subject: Veterinary Medicine, Dates: 7/12-8/1, 3 weeks, 3 credits, Open to: Jr, Sr -- This program, offered at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, will help you gain realistic and exciting insights into modern veterinary medicine. Through speakers, laboratories, and demonstrations, you'll: Discover what roles modern veterinarians play and what they find rewarding Explore the variety of disciplines and specialties within the field of veterinary medicine, including zoo animal medicine, marine mammal medicine, animal behavior, anatomy of domestic species, emergency medicine, pathology, and many more Experience hands-on opportunities to work with live animals such as production animals (cows, sheep, or goats), athletes (horses), companion animals (dogs and cats), raptors, and everything in between Meet with veterinary professors, practitioners, and students Prepare for acceptance to a vet college http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=vetr&s=Overview http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=vetr&s=Overview