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Information below is for Summer Institutes 2009. Information for Summer Institutes 2010 will be posted in December.

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 list for the 2009 Summer Institutes High School Program.


1 Session 1 (June 21 - July 10)  1 Session 2 (July 13 - August 1)  1 Session 2E (July 13 - August 8)
Computer Science
s1 Artificial Intelligence (10-11)
s2 Automata and Computation Theory (9-11)
1 1 Java and Robotics (grades 8-9)

Mathematics
 s2 Logic and Problem Solving (grades 8-9)
Number Theory (grades 9-11) 
s1 Topology: Knots and Surfaces (10-11)
1 Math Olympiad Problem Solving (grades 8-10)
s2 Discrete Mathematics (9-11)
1 Non-Euclidean Geometry (grades 10-11)

Science & Engineering
1 Cosmology (grades 9-11)
1 Relativity (grades 10-11)
1 Particle Physics (grades 9-11)
1 Quantum Mechanics (grades 10-11)
1 Topics in Bioscience/Biotechnology (grades 9-10) 
1 Investigations in Bioscience/Biotechnology (grades 10-11) 
1 Topics in Engineering (grades 9-10)
1 Investigations in Engineering (grades 10-11)
Business & Economics
1 Topics in Business (grades 9-10)
1 Investigations in Business (grades 10-11)
1 1 Topics in Economics (grades 9-11)

Humanities & Philosophy
1 Humanities: Renaissance Era (grades 8-10)
s1 1 Humanities: 20th Century (grades 9-11)
1 Humanities: Classical Era (grades 8-10)
1 s2 Topics in Philosophy (grades 9-11)

Legal Studies
1 s2 Legal Studies (9-11)

Writing
1 1 Expository Writing (grades 8-9)
1 1 Expository Writing (grades 10-11)
1 1 Creative Writing (grades 8-9)
1 1 Creative Writing (grades 10-11)
1 Playwriting and Critical Drama (grades 9-11)