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Click on a course name to see a detailed course description for courses offered in the 2008 Summer Institutes.

The EPGY Summer Institutes involve intensive study in a single subject. Participants in the program attend only one course, and applications are reviewed for the particular courses to which the student is applying (in order of preference indicated on the application).

Course information subject to change.

 

1 Session 1 (June 22-July 11)  1 Session 2 (July 14-Aug. 2)   2E Session 2E (July 14-Aug. 9)
Mathematics
Logic and Problem Solving (grades 8-9)
Number Theory (grades 9-11)
Topology: Knots and Surfaces (grades 10-11)
1 Non-Euclidean Geometry (grades 10-11)
1 Math Olympiad Problem Solving (grades 9-10)
1 Discrete Mathematics (grades 9-11)

Legal Studies
11 Introduction to Legal Studies (grades 9-11)

Business
1 Introduction to Business (grades 9-10)
2E Investigations in Business (grades 10 -11)

Computer Science
1 Java and Robotics (grades 8-9)
1 Artificial Intelligence (grades 10 -11)
      Automata and Computation Theory (grades 9 -11)
Humanities
1 Humanities: Classical Era (grades 9-11)
1 Humanities: Contemporary Art (grades 9-11)
1 Humanities: Renaissance Era (grades 8-10)
1 Humanities: 20th Century (grades 9-11)

Writing
1 1 Expository Writing (grades 8-9)
1 1 Creative Writing (grades 8-9)
1 1 Expository Writing (grades 10-11)
1 1 Creative Writing (grades 10-11)

Science & Engineering
1 Cosmology (grades 9-11)
1 Introduction to Engineering (grades 9-10)
1 Introduction to Bioscience/Biotechnology (grades 9-10)
1 Relativity (grades 10-11)
11 Geology (grades 8-10)
1 Quantum Mechanics (grades 10-11)
2E Investigations in Bioscience/Biotechnology (grades 10-11)
1 Particle Physics (grades 9-11)
    2E Investigations in Engineering (grades 10-11)