Three-Week Non-Credit Institutes

Students enrolled in this selective three-week institute will spend the first two-weeks in the Session B Infectious Diseases: Causes and Cures course and will participate in several afternoon workshops in preparation for their third week experience.

Students enrolled in this selective three-week institute will spend the first two-weeks in the Session B Infectious Diseases: Causes and Cures course and will participate in several afternoon workshops in preparation for their third week experience.  During the final week of the institute, students will be highly engaged through hands-on work in a human pathogens laboratory, learning to use cutting edge laboratory equipment and techniques to answer questions about the etiology of disease, mechanisms of virulence and other intriguing infectious disease and public health questions.

Prerequisites: High School Biology, Chemistry and Algebra

NOTE: Students applying for the institute must submit a recommendation from a high school science teacher.

Students must be 16 years old by the session start date to take this lab course.

*This course is full, and we are no longer accepting applications for this Institute. Space is available in both two-week Infectious Diseases courses.

The College Prep Institute is a three-week academic and residential program for international high school students preparing to attend a US college or university for their post-secondary study.

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The College Prep Institute is a three-week academic and residential program for international high school students preparing to attend a U.S. college or university for their post-secondary study. Students will experience college-level course work, learn what it's like to be a college student and the academic rigors and the expectations in the US classroom. Students will gain a better understanding of the U.S. admission process and application process.

• This course gives students from around the world who are considering an American college education the opportunity to enroll in an American college-level course and to explore the many opportunities and learning experiences an American college education offers. 
• Using a rigorous set of readings, lectures, discussions and experiences, the course will offer an introduction to American culture in general and to American college culture more specifically. 
• In addition, this program provides a strong linguistic support component (reading and listening comprehension, developing speaking skills), which is built into the daily course schedule and a series of co-curricular activities that relate to and support the materials discussed in class. 
• This program also offers international high school students the unique opportunity to interact with U.S. Pre College students during evening and weekend activities.

A Typical Day

• 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Dobbs University Center (DUC)
• 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Class
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
• 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Academic Culture Topics/University Resource Sessions/Co-Curricular Field Trips
• 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Dinner in the DUC
• 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Free/study time: There will be optional activities, co-curricular programming (movie screenings, etc.), and group outings (Braves game, etc.) available to students during this time.*
• 11:00 p.m. Weekday curfew, students must be in the dorms (curfew is midnight on weekends).

Co-curricular and extracurricular evening and weekend activities may include: service projects at the Atlanta Community Food Bank or Project Open Hand, movie nights, campus concerts, sports and arts exhibits on campus, the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, a tour of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), a tour of the Yerkes Research Center, talent shows, lunch and/or dinner at famous Atlanta restaurants, an Atlanta Braves game, and/or visits to Atlanta attractions such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, the Atlanta History Center, the Carter Center, the Margaret Mitchell House, Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola.  A full day of Atlanta-area activities is planned for all Pre-College students on Saturdays.  Sundays are typically more relaxed days with many optional activities available. 

Students must have above average to advanced English language proficiency (writing and speaking) and be at least 15 years old. Preferred application deadline is  May 10, 2013.