Harvard Summer School

Harvard Summer School

The Harvard Summer School, founded in 1871, is the oldest academic summer session in the United States. While Colorado College Summer School is younger, it makes a distinction in that it has been continuous whereas Harvard has not. Each summer more than 5,000 students arrive at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, from across the U.S. and nearly 80 foreign countries. Students used to enroll in the program to study for four to eight weeks with faculty from Harvard University and other major American and foreign universities; for 2009 the summer session will be seven weeks long instead of eight, and the four-week sessions have been discontinued. The Summer School offers approximately 200 daytime and evening classes in over forty disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, and engineering. The summer school also consists of an Institute for English Language Programs (IEL), the Ukrainian Summer Institute [ [http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html HURI Program Website] ] , and an extensive study abroad program. [ [http://www.summer.harvard.edu/ Harvard Summer School Website] ] The Summer School is one of the principal programs within the Harvard Division of Continuing Education and is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Academics

The amount of reading for humanities courses can be demanding. Moreover Math and science courses are also notoriously fast-paced. The considerable time and effort required by this academic program can prove to be valuable in preparing students for higher education or graduate education.

Campus Life

High school students have to follow some rules others do not. High School sophomores (rising juniors) have a curfew, which is strictly enforced. Summer students have access to most facilities available to full-time students, such as the libraries and the science center.

References

External links

* [http://www.summer.harvard.edu/ Harvard Summer School website]
* [http://www.ssp.harvard.edu/ Harvard Summer School Secondary School program website]
* [http://www.the-way.com/ Once More Unto the Breach - the blog of a 2007 Harvard Summer School student]


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