Great Books is excited to announce we are returning for another literary voyage of a lifetime for senior program students. Working with a renowned provider of world-class sailing education, we are proud to present Tales of the Sea: a Tall Ship Adventure. Students will take to the sea in an experiential learning program off the beautiful coast of Maine.

Under the direction of choral conductor and clinician, Jason Vodicka, the two-week Vocal Institute at Westminster draws students from across the country and around the world. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

Understand games from inside out and develop the core design and creative storytelling expertise and gain an in-depth understanding of the writing, art, gameplay, audio, music and animation skills needed to create immersive and interactive games.

Composition Week provides aspiring young composers with concentrated study in the fundamentals of composition. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

Experience what it is like being a student in the nationally recognized programs in Acting and Musical Theatre at Rider. Enrollment is open to high school singers, actors and dancers entering the 10th grade through those who have just completed their senior year.

An excellent opportunity for the dedicated young classical singer to explore the many facets of developing the singer’s art through daily private lessons and master classes. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

Join acclaimed organists and guests for the two-week institute for high school organists. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year. Organ Institute students take part in many of the Vocal Institute activities, including their final concert.

Under the direction of choral conductor and clinician, Jason Vodicka, the two-week Vocal Institute at Westminster draws students from across the country and around the world. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

Under the direction of choral conductor and clinician, Jason Vodicka, the two-week Vocal Institute at Westminster draws students from across the country and around the world. Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

During this three-week session, students will gain an understanding of the “tricks of the trade,” storyboard development and character development. The class will also dig into contemporary topics such as collaborative storytelling and navigating multiple animation techniques within a single production. This will offer insight to the process used by professional studio animators.

We like to say we value crativity but truthfully we fear it--especially in school. In this course, we will read and write in order to study how to be a more effective and creative writer. You'll never go back to the five paragraph essay again!

How does Dietary Behaviors Impact Human Body Function and Health? The field of nutritional science explores the interactions between living organisms and food. Exploring nutritional science concepts is applicable to everyday life and a variety of professions that includes medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant, dietetics, education, policy, and the food, retail, and restaurant industry. Taking this course will give you an advantage about how what we eat or drink impacts the functioning of the human body and a person's health.

This course will provide students with an overview of the entire drug development process. We will start with how pharmaceutical companies determine what disease they want to target and work our way through the entire discovery process over the one-week course, ending with post-approval monitoring by the FDA. Along the way, we will answer a variety of specific topics including the following: what is a lead compound, what are drug-drug and drug-food interactions, and how do clinical trials work. Much of our discussion on these topics will revolve around the development of currently used drugs such as Lipitor (high cholesterol), Januvia (type II diabetes), and Harvoni (hepatitis C).

Our Human Anatomy and Physiology course is the perfect starting point for students interested in entering medical or related health-care fields. In this in-depth look at systemic human biology, you will explore how the cardiovascular, pulmonary, musculoskeletal and nervous systems all work together to help you function. In UConn’s new, state of the art Human Anatomy Learning Lab, you will learn how the body is assembled and how the major organs relate to body function. This hands-on experience will provide an inside-out look at human anatomy and physiology and is an opportunity that most students who are interested in the medical field are not afforded until graduate school.

Through lectures, readings, demonstrations, hand-on exercises, and project presentations students will examines the relationships among photography, audio, video, and digital media within the intersectional context of media production. Additionally, this course will provide students with the chance to explore the production of electronic sound and image. The course has an emphasis on video field production, but will include a variety of fundamental aesthetic strategies, including framing, composition and articulation with light and acoustics through the production of digital video and sound exercises. Students will create a final project that establishes a foundation for a basic video production coursework. Emphasis will be placed individual and collaborative work, pre- production, production and post-production techniques as well as the development of conceptual approaches necessary for students to effectively communicate their vision and message.