2020 PENN SUMMER PREP PROGRAM

2020 Penn Summer Prep Program

2020? 賓夕法尼亞大學暑期預備項目

項目介紹

Penn Summer Prep Program賓大暑期預備項目為賓大眾多高中生暑期項目之一，共分兩期，每期兩周，主要為學生提供了一個在常春藤充滿活力的學習環境中探索一系列liberal arts and science人文和科學領域。賓大鼓勵所有在這方面有強烈興趣的學生在賓大豐富教育資源的環境下，參與這個大學本科水平的課程學習。不僅可以體驗賓大充滿歷史的校園，還可以探索充滿活力的費城。

在課程中，賓大為那些世界各地有才華又對知識充滿渴望的學生設計了一系列多樣嚴謹的沉浸市學習模塊（modules），均由賓大講師授課。雖然整個課程都沒有學分，但是學生把他們的激情完全釋放在他們感興趣的領域上，而不是為了分數學習。在深入學習的過程中，很多學生會對跨學科的話題游樂更深入的了解，有望成為下一代批判性思想家和全球公民，并在我們的幫助下，磨煉學術成長的必要技能。所有完整參加完該項目學生都將收獲Certificate of Completion，更有可能得到賓大教師的推薦信。

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2020 Summer Prep課程

Penn Summer Prep Program項目共分為Session A和Session B兩期。錄取后的學生將會在課程顧問的指導下，在每期中分別選擇參加上午和下午兩個模塊的學習，每個module都是從各個學科中精心挑選出可以代表賓大本科課程的深度和廣度的課程。每天，每個module都需要學生參與兩個半小時，可能在上午也可能在下午，課后會有老師布置閱讀、寫作或者作業等內容。不過學生要做好花更多的時間在課外學習上的心理準備。2020年不同Session的課程選擇大致如下：

Session A

Morning modules

Module Name	Subject Area(s)
Chasing the Cloud: Introduction to Networked Infrastructures	Communications；Computer Science
Creative Launchpad: Intro to Making Things Up and Writing Them Down	English and Writing
Critical Approaches to Popular Culture	Communications
The Extraordinary Student	College Prep；Sciences
Fine Art Photography	The Arts
Genomics and Bioinformatics	Computer Science；Sciences
Introduction to Data Visualization in R	Computer Science
Public Speaking, Debating and Persuasion	College Prep
The Biology of Antidepressants	Sciences

Afternoon modules

Module Name	Subject Area(s)
Anthropology: The Study of Culture and Society	Philosophy and Society
Introduction to Film Studies	The Arts
Living in a Science Fiction World	English and Writing
Media, Activism, and Social Movements	Communications；Philosophy and Society
Public Argument in the Age of Hashtags	Communications；English and Writing
Puzzles and Patterns in Language: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis	Communications；English and Writing
Reading Plato’s 'Republic'	Philosophy and Society
Urban Justice: Race, Politics and Protest in Literature and Culture	English and Writing；Philosophy and Society
Writing the College Admissions Essay	College Prep；English and Writing

Session B

Morning modules

Module Name	Subject Area(s)
Chasing the Cloud: Introduction to Networked Infrastructures	Communications；Computer Science
Climate Change on the Blue Planet	Sciences
Creative Launchpad: Intro to Making Things Up and Writing Them Down	English and Writing
Critical Approaches to Popular Culture	Communications
The Extraordinary Student	College Prep；Sciences
Fine Art Photography	The Arts
Introduction to Geochemistry and Environmental Science	Sciences
Plants and their Environment, with lab	Sciences
Politics of Nature	Philosophy and Society；Sciences
SciArt: The Intersection of Science and Art	The Arts；English and Writing；Sciences
The Biology of Antidepressants	Sciences

Afternoon modules

Module Name	Subject Area(s)
Anthropology: The Study of Culture and Society	Philosophy and Society
Climate Change on the Blue Planet	Sciences
Genomics and Bioinformatics	Computer Science；Sciences
Introduction to Avant-Garde Cinema	The Arts
Introduction to Data Science using R	Computer Science
Media, Activism, and Social Movements	Communications；Philosophy and Society
Poetry, Performance, and Politics	Philosophy and Society；The Arts
Reading Plato’s 'Republic'	Philosophy and Society
The Fault in Our Star(t)s: Writing YA	English and Writing
Think Like a Scientist: genetics and the scientific method	Sciences
Virality and Information Diffusion	Communications
Writing the College Admissions Essay	College Prep；English and Writing

 

選課成功后，會收到類似下面兩張圖一樣的課程表：

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項目時間

夏校時間：

• Session A：2020年7月12日- 7月24日
• Session B：2020年7月26日-8月7日

申請截止日期：

• Session A：2020年5月1日
• Session B：2020年6月1日

 

錄取通知：先申先審，錄滿為止。

 

申請要求

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以上內容摘自官網

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/high-school/summer-prep