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UCLA Emerging Filmmakers offers students an unparalleled opportunity to gain hands-on experience and work closely with entertainment industry professionals to develop their portfolios and gain the tools they need to take their creative work to the next level. ..(more)
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture Summer Programs offers transformative experiences across visual arts, architecture, design, and media arts—all within a leading research university in Los Angeles, the world's creative capital. Whether you want to push boundaries in contemporary studio arts, create games, explore the creative potential of AI and software within the arts, or design the buildings of the future—UCLA Arts summer programs have something for everyone. ..(more)
The Department of Design Media Arts (DMA) at UCLA is one of the nation's top design departments offering a comprehensive, multidisciplinary education in media creation, which fosters individual exploration and innovative thinking. Geared specifically for high school students, the department offers the DMA Summer Institute, a two-week program with morning and afternoon classes introducing design practices in the contexts of type, net, worlds, and video. Find out more!..(more)
In this intensive program, students will explore theme park history, and the evolution of the relationship between moving image media (film, television, and video games) and theme parks. ..(more)
Study at the world-renowned UCLA Department of Art this summer! The Summer Art Institute is designed for talented and highly motivated high school students. Each two-week session carries three units of UCLA college credit and is structured around a combination of daily, focused studio work, artist lectures, group critiques, and one-on-one meetings with faculty. Find out more!..(more)
Pre-college students are immersed in the creativity and technique of cinematic storytelling through lectures and a hands-on overview of the production process...(more)
This program explores the social impacts and possibilities of making with software. Led by renowned software artists Lauren Lee McCarthy and Casey Reas, students explore the impact of technology on their lives and the world around them, while finding creative ways to engage with software to tell personal and meaningful stories. ..(more)
Introduction to College Writing for High School Students is a non-resident writing course for English-speaking high school students who seek to strengthen their writing and discussion skills. For over twenty years, UCLA Writing Programs has helped undergraduates successfully meet the challenges of a university education. ..(more)
This one-week workshop welcomes motivated high school students (grades 9–12) to explore the art of cinematic lighting. Through lectures and hands-on exercises, participants learn composition, framing, blocking, lens choice, camera movement, exposure, lighting techniques, shot design, and set protocol while developing technical and creative skills...(more)
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute is a two-week online program that introduces high schoolers to game design. By the end of the program, students can earn up to 4 units of course credit. Find out more!..(more)
The Emerging Filmmakers TV Writing Track immerses students in the world of episodic television. In this two-week (on-campus) or three-week (online) program, students write under the guidance of a TV Writing industry professional, engage in screenings, discussions, and writers’ groups, and participate in professional development workshops focused on equipping students with the tools needed to pursue a career in the TV Writing Industry. On-Campus and Virtual sessions offered...(more)
At The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, there are no musical boundaries. Rigorous classical training intersects with an open-minded exploration of the contemporary musical landscape. ..(more)
The UCLA Acting and Performance Summer Institute is a three-week, UC credit-bearing, intensive program for high school students in theater arts, encompassing performance training classes, movement-based techniques, and a final showcase where students create their own content through the devised theater process. Find out more!..(more)
The UCLA Economics Precollege Summer Institute is offering a three-week-long introduction to Python for Economists. Python is a commonly used programming language for data science. It is a powerful and easy-to-learn tool that can be applied to make simple histograms or fit complicated machine-learning models. This course is a basic introduction to Python for basic data exploration, analysis, and visualization...(more)
The UCLA Film and Television Summer Institute shapes the filmmakers of tomorrow from the heart of Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world. The Film and Television Digital Filmmaking Summer Institute gives high school students from across the country and around the globe an unparalleled opportunity to study filmmaking at one of the most prestigious film schools in the world. ..(more)
As the premiere public arts school in the nation, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) plays a vital role in the cultural and artistic life of the campus and the broader community...(more)
During this 5-day program, students have the unique opportunity to explore technologies similar to those currently investigated by the scientific community through hands-on experiments that give students a survey of diverse topics, including bio-toxicity, supercapacitors, and photolithography. These experiments teach students the key concepts of nanoscale phenomena that make nanoscience and nanotechnology one of the most exciting fields of research today...(more)
The UCLA Introduction to Investments Summer Institute is a three-week program designed to provide a broad introduction to investments to explore career paths related to investing and gain the tools to begin a personal financial plan- all while earning college credit at one of the top-ranked economics departments in the world...(more)
The UCLA Film and Television Cinematography Summer Institute gives high school students an unparalleled opportunity to study cinematography at one of the most prestigious film schools in the world. Students are immersed in the concepts, creativity, and technique of cinematic lighting through a combination of lectures and hands-on lighting exercises. ..(more)
The UCLA International Development Summer Institute is a program for high school students passionate about developing innovative strategies to address some of the most critical issues the world is facing today. Through rigorous coursework, guided discussions and debates, an immersive project incubator lab, and workshops led by experts, students will be trained to develop policy memos and design interventions that are economically, environmentally, and culturally sustainable...(more)
The Engineering Experience an introduction to engineering design while building teamwork and communication skills and examination of engineering majors offered at UCLA and of engineering careers. Completion of hands-on engineering design projects, preparation of short report describing projects, and presentation of results. Specific project details and relevant majors explored vary with instructor...(more)
UCLA's primary purpose as a public research university is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. Learning and teaching at UCLA are guided by the belief that students and their teachers belong to a community of scholars...(more)
The UCLA Mock Trial Summer Institute is a week-long program is a great way to broaden your knowledge base, explore college and career options, boost your self-confidence and powers of persuasion - all while making new friends and having fun. Find out more!..(more)
The Computer Science Intermediate Track provides a unique combination of coding boot camp, and lab touring experiences, as well as UCLA coursework covering critical concepts and skills in computer programming related to statistical inference, in conjunction with hands-on analysis of real-world datasets, including economic data, health data, geographical data, and social networks...(more)
The Startup UCLA: Social Entrepreneurship Summer Institute will introduce students to social entrepreneurship, including starting social enterprises and non-profits. In this hands-on program, students will design their own social good organization. They will learn the basics of starting, building, and running non-profit organizations and social impact businesses...(more)
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) offers an innovative curriculum that integrates the study and creation of live performance, film, television and the digital arts...(more)
Nanoscale Microscopy is a one-week, hands-on, science learning opportunity for high school students on scientific imaging, a topic that is typically only accessible in an advanced college-level course. Specifically, students will be able to explore three essential microscopy techniques for nanoscience research: fluorescence microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and electron microscopy. ..(more)
The UCLA Economics Precollege Summer Institute is a three-week-long program designed to help you expand your knowledge of critical economic issues affecting the United States and the world. Students in this program will learn about economic policy issues and principles of financial analysis. Students will complete the program with the necessary foundation to apply these methodologies and better understand the problems of economic institutions and policy...(more)
The Computer Science Introductory Track provides a unique combination of coding boot camp, and lab touring experiences, as well as UCLA coursework designed for high school students interested in computer science and related majors. Students will learn how to use computers as tools for problem-solving, creativity, and exploration through the design and implementation of computer programs. ..(more)
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