Summer Immersion:
New York City (3-Week)

Courses

Immersive, Collaborative Classes for Outstanding Students

Explore your course options below. General information about program academics can be found on our FAQ page.

= Session 1 (June 24–July 12)

= Session 2 (July 16–August 2)

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Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies

Introduction to Architectural Design and Theory

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New York Experienced: An Urban Case Study

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Arts

Creating Original Theater: Playwriting, Directing, and Acting

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Creating Television: Pitching, Writing, and Producing (New!)

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Critical Focus on the Visual Arts: Art and Architecture

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Digital Filmmaking: From Initial Concept to Final Edit

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Drawing: Eye and Idea

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Experiencing Theatre in New York

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Introduction to Digital Filmmaking

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Painting: The Painted Image

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Photography: The Camera Craft

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Understanding the Arts: Art History and Architecture

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Business and Economics

Big Data, Machine Learning, and Applied Analytics

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Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, AI, and Beyond: An Introduction to the Future of Financial Technology (New!)

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Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Changing the World via Venture Creation

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: New Product Development

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Globalization: Challenges in International Economics and Politics

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Introduction to Business, Finance, and Economics

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Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Introduction to Global Economics and Public Policy

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Investment Portfolio Management (New!)

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Mind and Markets: Finance, Economics, and Psychology

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The Economics of Financial Crises

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The Stock Market

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Core Skills

Core Skills for College and Beyond

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Core Skills Fundamentals

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Creative Writing and Journalism

Crafting the Novel (New!)

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Creative Writing: Advanced Workshop

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Creative Writing: Introductory Workshop

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Creative Writing: Journalism & Nonfiction

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Creative Writing: Master Class in Fiction

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Introduction to Creative Writing

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Introduction to Journalism and Nonfiction

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Video Journalism in the Digital Age: A Hands-On Approach (New!)

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Engineering and Computer Programming

Big Data, Machine Learning, and Applied Analytics

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Biomedical Engineering: Physical Effects on Cells

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Computer Programming for Beginners: Coding in Java

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Introduction to Materials Science and Nanotechnology

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Introduction to Programming in C

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Introduction to Robotics

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Law and Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution: Negotiation, Persuasion, and Mediation

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Constitutional Law

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Contemporary Debates in American Law and Society (New!)

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Exploring Careers in Law

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Human Rights in the 21st Century: Challenges in International Law and Advocacy (New!)

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Introduction to Trial Advocacy

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Law and Social Justice

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Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing

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Marketing, Media, and Communications

Communicating with Consumers: The Basics of Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations

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Conflict Resolution: Negotiation, Persuasion, and Mediation

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Creative Writing: Journalism & Nonfiction

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Introduction to Journalism and Nonfiction

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Introduction to Marketing Communications: How Companies Reach Consumers

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Language and Identity: A Linguistic Exploration of Accents, Dialects, Slang, and Grammar

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The Media and Politics

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The Media and Politics in Global Perspective

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Mathematics

Mathematical Boot Camp for Budding String Theorists

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Survey of Modern Mathematics

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Thinking and Problem Solving: A New Look at Mathematics

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Thinking and Problem Solving: Math in the Real World

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Philosophy and Humanities

Democracy and Competing Political Ideologies (New!)

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Introduction to Philosophical Enquiry: Ethics

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Introduction to Philosophical Enquiry: Love, Human Excellence, and Existential Freedom

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Understanding America: Narratives and Counter-Narratives of U.S. Culture and Society (New!)

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Physical Sciences

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Biomedical Engineering: Physical Effects on Cells

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Conservation Biology and Sustainability: Preserving the Planet

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Explorations in Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Explorations in Physics: Special Relativity (New!)

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Fundamentals of Neuroscience

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Intensive Seminars in Modern Chemistry

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Introduction to Materials Science and Nanotechnology

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Introduction to Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain

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Introduction to the Physical Sciences

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Investigations in Theoretical and Experimental Physics

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Physics and Technologies of the Future

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Politics and International Affairs

Constitutional Law

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Contemporary Debates in American Law and Society (New!)

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Debating the Ethics of War and Political Violence

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Democracy and Competing Political Ideologies (New!)

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Globalization: Challenges in International Economics and Politics

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Human Rights in the 21st Century: Challenges in International Law and Advocacy (New!)

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Introduction to Global Economics and Public Policy

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The Media and Politics

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The Media and Politics in Global Perspective

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The United States Presidency in Historical and Global Perspective

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Social Sciences and Psychology

Introduction to the Science of Psychology

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Language and Identity: A Linguistic Exploration of Accents, Dialects, Slang, and Grammar

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Mind and Markets: Finance, Economics, and Psychology

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New York Experienced: An Urban Case Study

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The Science of Psychology

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Understanding America: Narratives and Counter-Narratives of U.S. Culture and Society (New!)

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