The Summer Liberal Arts Institute (SLAI) is built for academically motivated 9th-11th grade students to explore a liberal arts education at one of the nation’s top colleges.
Carleton’s residential summer programs are designed to give you exposure to innovative courses taught by the nation’s best professors and a college experience like no other!
1-Week Non-Credit Programs:
Session 1
- Eat! The Anthropology of Food
- Gender Matters: A Global Perspective
- Scoring the Screen: Exploring Music’s Role in Film
Session 2
- Sports Analytics: How Data Informs Preparation and Play
- Stitching Resistance: Remembrance and Repair
- Music: Love & Theft
3-Week For-Credit Programs:
- Field Science in Action: Geology, Ecology, & Ornithology
- Computer Science: Programming & Beyond
- Humanities: The Arts of Power and Knowledge in the Renaissance
- Thinking about Feelings: The Science of Emotions
- Movements That Matter: Activism from Theory to Action
- Between Worlds: Narratives of Home, Borders, and Belonging
At SLAI, you will connect with like-minded peers from all over the nation and world, with multiple programming options, including 3-Week For-Credit Programs, 1-Week Non-Credit Programs, and the option to expand one-week courses into a two-week experience!
Students who attend SLAI come away from the program with improved college-level reading, writing, and research skills, an increased knowledge of topics and majors they may want to study in the future, and a preparedness for college.
During the program, students spend their mornings and afternoons in collaborative class discussions and in hands-on labs. After class, a variety of social activities are available every day, from frisbee to beading to making s'mores. Weekend field trips to attractions in surrounding cities are also included in the program. Past destinations have included amusement parks and museums.
Visit our website for more details! Our application opens on December 15th.
We have three rounds of application review:
February 2: 1st Round Application Deadline
March 2 : 2nd Round Deadline & Final Deadline for 3 week programs
March 16: Final Deadline for 1 week programs
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