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Take your summer to the next level. At Illinois Tech, we offer middle and high school students an opportunity to elevate their summer through Elevate College Prep. Through our one-of-a-kind program, you can take part in more than just a summer college prep programs—you’ll broaden your knowledge and skills through an array of academic offerings, hands-on experiences, and mentorship...(more)
The objective of the program is to provide an introductory experience to the field of robotics. Students will learn how to work with robotic kits and the Arduino platform to design their own automated system. Students, working in teams, will be presented with several authentic design challenges. The program also provides students with the opportunity to experience what it’s like to study and play at Illinois Tech...(more)
Illinois Tech Esports is hosting its first formal gaming camp. This camp is focused on League of Legends players who are looking to start climbing the learning curve! This camp will teach students the basics of League of Legends, while getting them acquainted with healthy gaming habits...(more)
The Stuart School of Business is hosting an engaging and relevant business-focused, week-long summer program for high school students called Running A Small Business: Food for Thought. Students will explore five pillars of business: economics, operations, entrepreneurship, finance, and marketing through the lens of owning, opening, managing, and operating a food truck. ..(more)
This bootcamp provides a more in-depth look at cybersecurity and is targeted at students with prior knowledge of basic cybersecurity concepts. Like the Introduction to Offensive Hacking and Introduction to Defensive Hacking programs, students will practice hands-on offensive and defensive hacking techniques while in a lab environment...(more)
This camp will introduce the student to the basic defensive cybersecurity skills that are essential in protecting a system's resources from cyberattacks. This will be accomplished by having the student play the role of a "Blue Team" member. Blue teams are typically made up of professional threat hunters and cyber defenders. They are charged with fighting off cyberattacks and protecting an organization's network, systems, and assets...(more)
The Illinois Tech Summer Pre-Law Institute offers motivated high school students the opportunity to experience what law school courses are like and learn about the law by practicing the work that lawyers and judges actually do. This program will challenge students to think critically, analyze legal issues, and present oral arguments. With a focus on a current hot topic, such as the First Amendment and student speech, students will read actual cases and construct arguments...(more)
The objective of the program is to provide an introductory experience to the field of robotics. Students will learn how to work with robotic kits and the Arduino platform to design their own automated system. Students, working in teams, will be presented with several authentic design challenges. The program also provides students with the opportunity to experience what it’s like to study and play at Illinois Tech...(more)
Accurate spatial measurements are necessary for any major project involving natural and human-built systems, from tracking tectonic plate shifts along the Mississippi River, to making accurate flood plain maps. Fully digital total stations have supplanted the traditional theodolites for measuring distances and angles on the earth’s surface. Similarly, laser-based point-cloud generators are efficiently used to portray objects in a 3D formation, inside and outside. ..(more)
This bootcamp provides a more in-depth look at cybersecurity and is targeted at students with prior knowledge of basic cybersecurity concepts. Like the Introduction to Offensive Hacking and Introduction to Defensive Hacking programs, students will practice hands-on offensive and defensive hacking techniques while in a lab environment...(more)
Are you an advanced high school student who is interested in science, math, and computation? Learn about these topics in exciting and unconventional ways by enrolling in Illinois Tech’s Computational Science course for high school students. The course will integrate math and science, with computation as a unifying concept...(more)
This summer program will give students an opportunity to learn about new food processing technologies, develop processes for food products, and understand how to validate those processes. Students will:Understand the basic principles of thermal and non-thermal food processing technologies Apply basic principles of food packaging, process and product parameters, sensory and quality analysis, and project management to a new sample food product ..(more)
This camp will introduce the student to the basic offensive cybersecurity skills that are essential in identifying a system's security vulnerabilities in an ethical manner. This will be accomplished by having the student play the role of a "Red Team" member...(more)
Mathematics is about more than numbers, equations, and rules yet most people have not seen a well-constructed mathematical proof on the infinitude of primes, or know how it can be used to solve problems ranging from optimizing web searches to taking a picture of a black hole in the center of the galaxy (M87). Changing the inaccurate perceptions of mathematics and introducing students to mathematics that are not typically seen in school are the main objectives of this program...(more)
Students will learn to use digital fabrication and carpentry tools to develop the next big thing for man’s best friend...(more)
This summer program that gives students the opportunity to design and create a game through the Twine coding platform. Students will examine “Choose Your Own Adventure” games and games with themes in social justice, as well as the methods and forms of interactive storytelling. Students will refine their writing skills by crafting characters, worlds, and the game hero's journey. ..(more)
