Summer Enrichment
Other Niche Areas of Study
Exciting programs exist for a myriad of disciplines and interest areas – the sky’s the limit. Some popular niche areas of study are addressed on this page: Architecture | Aviation | Classical Studies | Environmental Science & Sustainability | History | Language Immersion | Literature | Marine Science | Outdoor Skills | Paleontology | Psychology & Social Sciences | Real Estate | Sports Analytics, Medicine, and Management | Study Abroad | Veterinary Science.
Also explore the Summer - Multidisciplinary page, where these same niche areas (and dozens more) are included in university-specific pre-college programs on campuses across the U.S.
ARCHITECTURE
Berkeley embARC Summer Design Academy
Cal Poly SLO CAED Summer Career Workshop
Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Architecture Program
Drexel University Discovering Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Experiment in Architecture
LSU Pre-College Architecture Camp
Pratt Institute Summer Pre-College Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Architecture Career Discovery Program
Roger Williams University Summer Academy in Architecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Design Immersion Days
Tulane Pre-College Architecture Program
UMass Amherst Pre-College Summer Design Academy
USC Summer Program Architecture Courses
WUSTL Sam Fox School Architecture Discovery Program
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
AVIATION
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Scholarship Program
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Aviation Careers Education (ACE) Academy
National Business Aviation Association Student Membership
Rice University Aerospace & Aviation Academy by Envision WorldStrides
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
CLASSICAL STUDIES
Lukeion Project Classical Workshops
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY
Broadreach Wildlife Biology Summer Travel Programs
Brown Pre-College Environmental Leadership Labs
Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains
Drexel University Environmental Science Leadership Academy
LOOP Abroad Costa Rica Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Summer Program
North Carolina State Horticultural Science Summer Institute
North Carolina State Resource Conservation Workshop
Smith College Sustainable Futures Program for Women
Stanford Sustainability Young Investigators
University of Nebraska Global Challenges Summer Camp
WUSTL Environmental Studies Institute
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
HISTORY
Gettysburg College American Civil War Camp
William & Mary Pre-College Program in American History
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
LANGUAGE IMMERSION
Amigos International Summer Service & Language Immersion Programs
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) High School Summer Abroad
LITA Spanish Summer Language Immersion Programs
US Dept of State National Security Language Intensive for Youth (NSLI-Y) (competitive, very early deadline)
See also Summer - Community Service page
See also Study Abroad (below)
LITERATURE
Dickens Universe at UC Santa Cruz
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
MARINE SCIENCE
Broadreach Marine Biology Summer Travel Programs
Catalina Sea Camp Marine Biology
Cornell Pre-College Shoals Marine Laboratory
Oregon State Summer Scholars Sea Grant
Sea Education Association (SEA) Summer High School Programs
The Island School Cape Eleuthera Institute
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
OUTDOOR SKILLS
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
PALEONTOLOGY
University of Chicago Stones & Bones Paleontology Program
PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Boston University Academic Immersion (AIM) Intro to Experimental Psychology
Oxford Royale Experimental Psychology Summer School
Summer Program for Applied Rationality and Cognition
UT Austin Developmental Positive Psychology
Wake Forest Pre-College learn the Science of Human Nature
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
REAL ESTATE
Fordham Real Estate Summer Institute
LEADing for Life Global Summer Learning Institute (GSL) REEX (Commercial Real Estate)
Real Estate Exchange (REEX) Summer Programs
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
SPORTS ANALYTICS, MEDICINE, AND MANAGEMENT
Fordham Sports Business Institute
LMU Global Sports & Entertainment Business
Longhorns Sports Medicine Camp
UCLA Anderson Summer Discovery Sports Business Academy
UMass Amherst Pre-College Program
University of the Pacific Pre-College Sports Analytics Camp
UPenn Wharton Global Youth Program - Moneyball Academy
UPenn Wharton Global Youth Program - Sports Business Academy
See also Summer - Business page
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
STUDY ABROAD
Brown Pre-College Location-Based Studies
International Summer Schools (ISSOS) in St. Andrews, Cambridge & Yale
Oxbridge Academic Programs by WorldStrides
SAI Partner Schools for High School Study Abroad Programs
School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
See also Language Immersion (above)
VETERINARY SCIENCE
Boston Leadership Institute Veterinary Medicine Program
Broadreach Veterinary Summer Travel Programs
LOOP Abroad Australia High School Pre-Vet Wildlife Medicine Summer Program
LOOP Abroad Thailand High School Pre-Vet Medicine Summer Program
Michigan State 4-H Animal & Veterinary Camp
Mississippi State Veterinary Camp
Oregon State Summer Veterinary Experience
UC Davis Pre-College Equine Science Program
UCONN Pre-Vet Marine Animal Health & Veterinary Science
UMass Amherst Pre-College Program
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page