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Summer Intensive Research Program

This summer intensive research program offers students the opportunity to work intensively on a group-based Research Program during a 2-week period. During this time, students will participate in all 6 Faculty Advisor meetings and 4 out of 6 Teaching Assistant meetings. Additionally, students are required to complete 1 TA meeting before and 1 TA meeting after the intensive period. This pre-and-post program structure aims to prepare students for the intensive period and provide guidance on final paper/project drafts and publications.

 

Target Students: 9-12th graders

Program Details

✓ 6 Faculty Advisor group meetings

✓ 3 recorded research method and citation courses

✓ 6 meetings 1-on-1 with a teaching assistant

✓ Daily office hours and Study Hall during intensive period

✓ Daily progress tracking from Progress Manager during intensive period

✓ Thesis writing, revisions, and publication guidance

Program Structure:

  • Subject lectures and methodology courses

  • Individual project topic discussion and selection

  • Thesis outline completion

  • Professor feedback on project outline

  • Research project or paper draft completion

  • Draft review, feedback, and revisions 

  • Project completion with feedback and advice for publication submission

Program Schedule

This calendar is for reference only. The exact time for each session will be determined a few weeks prior to program start date.

Group Meeting with Faculty Advisor (FA)

1-on-1 Meeting with Teaching Assistant (TA)

Current Programs

  • Program Schedule: June 25, 2024 - July 5, 2024

    Music as Medicine: the Connections between Musical Sound and Science

    Faculty Advisor: Former Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine; Fellow of the Royal Society of Music; Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine

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  • Program Schedule: July 1 - July 12, 2024

    Astronomy: The Pursuit of the Unknown - Exploring Time and Space

    Faculty Advisor: Post doctoral researcher, UCLA and CSUN; Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, HarvardAstronomy: The Pursuit of the Unknown - Exploring Time and Space

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