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  • The EPGY Summer Institutes involve intensive study in a single subject.
  • Participants in the program attend only one course.
  • Applications are reviewed for the particular courses to which the student is applying (in order of preference indicated on the application).
  • Grade level refers to the student's current grade at the time of application submission (in Winter/Spring).
  • Course offerings are subject to change.
  • Please note that certain classes are full for 2012, and applications are being accepted for the waitlist only, as indicated below.

2012 High School Program Course Offerings
1 Session 1 (June 24 - July 13)  1 Session 2 (July 16 - August 4)  1 Session 2E (July 16 - August 11)
Business
1 Topics in Business & Entrepreneurship (9-10) Full
1 Investigations in Business & Entrepreneurship (10-11)

Computer Science
 s2 Artificial Intelligence (10-11) Waitlist only
1 1 Java and Robotics (8-9) Waitlist only

Mathematics
Cryptography (10-11) NEW!
Logic & Problem Solving (8-9)
Topics in Number Theory (grades 9-10) 
s1 Topology: Knots and Surfaces (9-11)
s2 Discrete Mathematics (10-11)
s2 Game Theory & Decision Analysis (9-10) Waitlist only
s2 Mathematical Puzzles & Games (8-9) NEW!
s2 Non-Euclidean Geometry (9-10)
1 Investigations in Number Theory (10-11)

Social Science
1 Topics in Legal Studies (9-10) Waitlist only
1 Topics in Political Science (9-10)
 s2 Topics in Anthropology (9-11) NEW!
 s2 Topics in Psychology (9-11)
1 International Relations (10-11)
1 Investigations in Legal Studies (10-11)
Science & Engineering
1 Cosmology (9-11) Waitlist only
1 Particle Physics (9-11) Waitlist only
1 Theory of Relativity (10-11)
1 Topics in Bioscience & Biotechnology (9-10) Waitlist only 
1 Topics in Engineering (9-10) Full
 s2 Environmental & Earth Science (9-11) Full
 s2 Topics in Physics (8-9) Full
s2 The Frontiers of Physics (9-10)
1 Investigations in Bioscience & Biotechnology (10-11) 
1 Investigations in Engineering (10-11)
1 Quantum Mechanics (10-11)

Writing & Humanities
s1  20th Century Science,Technology & Culture (9-11)
1  How Music Works (9-11)
1  The Graphic Novel (9-11)
1 Playwriting and Critical Drama (9-11)
1 1 Creative Writing (8-9) Waitlist only
1 1 Creative Writing (10-11) Waitlist only
1 1 Expository Writing (8-9)
1 1 Expository Writing (10-11)
1 s2

Topics in Literature (8-9)

1 s2

Topics in Philosophy (9-11)

s2  20th Century Art, Culture & Aesthetics (10-11)
s2  Journalism (9-11) Waitlist only
s2  Screenwriting (9-11) NEW!