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The OU Summer Academies provide students with hands-on experiences in Math, Science, Engineering and Technology while exposing them to life on a college campus.
All expenses including room (except Sky High), board, supplies and books will be provided for each academy student. Travel expenses to and from the academy location and incidental personal expenditures are the responsibility of the academy student.
Click on a class for dates, description and application form.
Dates: Session I: July 1-13, 2012
Session II: July 15-27, 2012
Available to: Rising 9th through 12th grade Oklahoma students
Location: OU Biological Station, Lake Texoma
Thirty (30) students will be accepted for each session. Students must submit application, student essay and two recommendation letters. Please refer to student application for specific guidelines.
The OU Summer Academy, Field Studies in Multidisciplinary Biology, focuses on two disciplines in the life sciences, botany and zoology. Students will study organisms in their natural habitats and participate in lectures and discussions on research methodology, the philosophy of science, ethics in science and laboratory based experiences, attend seminars on designing field projects. Students will participate in extensive field studies utilizing nature as the "classroom".
Download Field Studies Application
Download Teacher Recommendation Form
(may be used in leu of recommendation letter)
Dates: June 24-29, 2012
Available to: Rising 11th and 12th grade Oklahoma students
Location: OU Norman Campus
Thirty (30) students will be accepted. Students must submit application, student essay and two recommendation letters. Please refer to student application for specific guidelines.
The Going Green Summer Academy offers a one-week opportunity to study the process for “designing and building green” within the five built environment programs in the University of Oklahoma’s College of Architecture. Students will be exposed to all five areas of study including Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Science, Landscape Architecture and Regional and City Planning.
Download Going Green Application
Download Teacher Recommendation Form
(may be used in leu of recommendation letter)
Dates: Session I: July 15-20, 2012
Session II: July 22-27, 2012
Available to: Rising 11th and 12th grade Oklahoma students
Location: OU Norman Campus
Twenty-five (25) students will be accepted for each session. Students must submit application, grades, student essay and two recommendation letters. Please refer to student application for specific guidelines.
Bridges to College Math, Science and Engineering Summer Academy will provide students with hands-on experience in some basic areas of mathematics that undergird the college study of physics, engineering and mathematics. These areas include probability, logic, statistics and calculus. The academy will emphasize the use of extensive symbolic notation required to represent mathematical ideas. In each week-long session, students move from concrete examples to more abstract ones in those areas of math using hands-on methods. They will compare the use of technology for undergraduate physics, math and science students at OU.
Download Teacher Recommendation Form
(may be used in leu of recommendation letter)
Dates: July 16-27, 2012
Available to: Rising 8th and 9th grade Oklahoma students
Location: OU Max Westheimer Airport, Norman
Thirty (30) students will be accepted. Students must submit application, student essay and two recommendation letters. Please refer to student application for specific guidelines.
The Sky High Academy is designed to give students an experiential learning opportunity in the field of aviation and aeronautical engineering. This program will be hands-on which will expand each student’s problem solving skills and ignite an interest in science and technology. All activities will activate higher order thinking skills and increase the student’s decision making and critical thinking skills while building self confidence. Students will explore the math and science behind aviation through hands-on learning.
Download Teacher Recommendation Form
(may be used in leu of recommendation letter)
POSTMARK APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR SUMMER ACADEMIES IS APRIL 23, 2012.
Applicants will be mailed written notification on the status of the application no later than May 4. Only complete applications will be considered.
2012 Summer Academies Brochure
For more information, please contact Precollegiate Programs
at University of Oklahoma Outreach.
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