Courses

CTY offers a wide range of courses. The following list has been compiled from the course descriptions listed in CTY's Summer Programs Catalog:

CTY Courses

Humanities Courses

• Beginning Ancient Greek: GRK1
• Latin I: LAT1
• Linguistics: LNCS
• Logic: Principles of Reasoning: LOGC
• Ethics: ETHC
• Existentialism: EXIT
• Philosophy of Mind: MIND
• Law and Politics in US History: LAWP
• International Politics: POLY
• Cognitive Psychology: COGN
• History of Western Art: HART
• Music Theory: MUST
• Islam: ISLM
• American Studies: The Sixties: AMST
• Politics in the Middle East: PLME
• The Asian Pacific Rim: PRIM
• Taking Action: Leadership and Service: SERV

Writing Courses

• Creative Nonfiction: WRT3
• Fiction and Poetry : INCW
• Freaks and Geeks in Popular Media :
• The Critical Essay: Literature and the Arts: WR4A
• The Critical Essay: Popular Culture: WR4B
• The Critical Essay: Film: WR4E
• Utopias and Dystopias: TOPI
• Advanced Fiction: FICT

Math Courses

• Cryptology: CODE
• Advanced Cryptology: COD2
• Probability and Game Theory: GAME
• Mathematical Logic: REAS
• Set Theory: SETM
• Number Theory: THEO
• Individually Paced Mathematics Sequence: MATH
• Fundamentals of Microeconomics :
• Macroeconomics and the Global Economy :

Computer Science Courses

• Fundamentals of Computer Science: FCPS
• Data Structures and Algorithms: DATA

Science Courses

• Introduction to Biomedical Sciences: INBS
• The History of Disease: HDIS
• Paleobiology: PBIO
• Fast Paced High School Biology: BIOL
• Neuroscience: NEUR
• Genetics: GENE
• Genomics: GNIC
• Fast Paced High School Chemistry: CHEM
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry :
• Electrical Engineering: EENG
• Fast Paced High School Physics: PHYW
• Investigations in Engineering: IENG
• Astrophysics :
• Fast-Paced High School Physics :
• Advanced Topics in Physics: Special Relativity: SREL
• Investigations in Engineering :

Defunct Courses

Not every course lasts forever. If the course you took long ago is not listed above, it might have undergone a name change, or it might have been phased out. Here are some of the courses that are no longer offered:

• Great Revolutions: HIST
• Modern European History: EUHI
• Women and US Social Reform: AWOM
• American Studies: The Harlem Renaissance: HREN
• Gandhi's India: GAND
• Goodwives and Witches: Women in Colonial America: GOOD
• Newton, Darwin, and Einstein: NEDE
• The Critical Essay: Shakespeare: WR4C
• The Crafting of Poetry: POET
• The Crafting of Drama: PLAY
• Calculus: CALC
• Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science: CPS1
• Digital Logic: DIGI
• Introduction to Laboratory Sciences: ISCI
• Selected Topics in Advanced Biology: ABIO
• Selected Topics in Advanced Chemistry: ACHM
• Scientific Investigations: St. Mary's River: RIVR
• Life Cycle of an Island: LCIS
• Intermediate Ancient Greek: GRK2
• Twentieth Century Art: TWEN
• Dissent: DISS
• The Critical Essay: Science Fiction: WR4D
• Mathematical Modeling: MODL (changed to CAA)
• Advanced Mathematical Modeling: AMOD
• Archaeology: ARCH
• Memoirs of War: ????
• Statistics: STAT?
• Geography: GEOG
• Readings in Western Culture: ????
• Mathematical Reasoning: MARS
• Writing and Imagination: WRIT
• Civil War Studies: ????
• Mathematical Problem Solving: MPSE
• Russian History: RUHI

CTY CAA Courses

These courses are CTY's lower verison called Academic Exploration courses. These courses are mostly intro level courses and require lower scores to get into then CTY Intensive Studies.

Humanities Courses

• Introduction to Logic :
• Philosophy :
• Foundations of Psychology : PSYC
• Great Cases: American Legal History:
• Bioethics :
• Etymologies : ETYM

Writing Courses

• Crafting the Essay:
• Writing by the Bay :
• Whodunit?: Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film :
• The Graphic Novel :

Mathematics Courses

• The Mathematics of Money :
• Mathematical Modeling :
• Geometry through Art :
• Paradoxes and Infinities :
• Discrete Math :
• Game Theory and Economics :

Science and Engineering Courses

• Principles of Engineering Design:
• Anatomy and Physiology : ANPY
• Zoology : ANSC
• Biotechnology :
• Chemistry in Society :
• The Physics of Sports :
• Introduction to Astronomy :
• Volcanoes :
• The Chesapeake Bay :
• Whales and Estuary Systems :

Computer Science

• Foundations of Programming :

CTY Princeton Courses

• Epidemiology, Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, and Pandemics: EPID
• Global Politics: Human Rights and Justice: GPOL
• Human Nature and Technology: HTEC
• Memoirs of War: ????
• Politics and Film: POLF

CTY CLI

The Civic Leadership Institute course is offered at Johns Hopkins (session 1) and Berkeley (session 2).

• Service, Leadership & Community Transformation