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Summer Academy Programs
Separate applications required
Engineering Summer Academy
The Engineering Summer Academy is a three-week program consisting of 72 hours of classroom and laboratory instruction (Monday through Saturday). Students are expected to devote their study hours to the mental discipline of a concentrated academic experience.
The academic experience includes problem solving and introduction to computer systems, including CAAD, spreadsheets, and editors. The course, Engineering H191, includes methods of problem solving, algorithmic development, and introduction to three-dimensional orthographic and pictorial visualization and presentation.
To be selected for this program, students must have completed their junior year in high school. Additionally, it is recommended that students rank in the top 10 percent of their class and show strength in mathematics as demonstrated by the PSAT.
For more information and an application, please contact Frank Croft, 240 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1275; (614) 292-6230. Deadline: June 8, 2008. Preference will be given to early applicants.
Stone Laboratory Summer Program
This selective program consists of six different intensive one-week courses offered at F. T. Stone Laboratory, Ohio State’s biological field station on Lake Erie. Located on Gibraltar Island in the harbor of
Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Stone Lab offers the following courses: Introduction to Local Flora, Introductory Aquatic Biology, Introductory Insect
Biology, Field-Based Introduction to Oceanography, Introduction to the Study of Birds, and Lake Erie Sport Fishing. Students will receive three college credit hours for each course taken. Each course meets daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and may also meet in the evenings. By combining laboratory, lectures, and field experiences on research boats and in a variety of habitats around the Lake Erie islands, the program emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning.
To be considered for selection, students must be at least 15 years
of age by July 1, 2008, and have completed their sophomore year
in high school and one year of high school biology by June 2008.
For more information and an application, contact Arleen Pineda, pineda.2@osu.edu, Stone Lab, The Ohio State University, 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212-1156; (614) 292-8949, or visit stonelab.osu.edu.
Priority deadline: March 21, 2008. Applications received after this deadline will be considered on a space-available basis.
Ross Math Program
This prestigious program is an intensive eight-week residential
honors course for students age 14 to 18 with special interests in mathematics. First-year participants investigate topics in number theory through daily problem sets emphasizing experimentation, conjecture, and proof. Other courses are available for more experienced students. Further details and application materials are available at www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross.
For more information, please contact the Ross Program, Department of Mathematics, 231 West 18th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43210; (614) 292-5101.
Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC)
SPEAC Programs are intensive summer courses in Chinese and Japanese language offered by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. SPEAC Chinese is offered at the beginning level; SPEAC Japanese is offered at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Beginning level classes are designed to take a person with limited or
no ability in the chosen language to a level of basic communicative competence while providing an introduction to the reading and
writing systems. Intermediate and advanced level classes offer students with a proven command of the language a chance to move toward greater fluency. For further information and an application, please visit
deall.osu.edu/programs/summerPrgm or contact the SPEAC Program at speac@osu.edu. |
