The Penn Summer Prep Program offers the challenge of college-level academics within an exploratory, non-credit environment. Students enroll in two immersive modules from across disciplines while benefiting from the rich educational resources of the University.
Summer 2021 modules will be posted in February 2021
The Penn Summer Prep Program has traditionally been an on-campus, in-person experience. Because of COVID-19, the program was delivered entirely online during the summer of 2020, with great success! No decisions regarding delivery (on-campus or online) have been made yet about the summer of 2021.
Explore the exciting modules that were delivered online during the summer of 2020:
| Module Name | Subject Area |
|---|---|
| Creative Launch Pad: Intro to Making Things Up and Writing Them Down | College Prep, English and Writing |
| DNA & Human Society | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| Education & Inequality | English and Writing, Philosophy and Society |
| Fantastic Politics: Modern Political Issues Illustrated through Fantasy Worlds | English and Writing, Philosophy and Society |
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | Sciences |
| Introduction to Economics | Philosophy and Society |
| The Ethics of Neuroenhancements: Should We Create Smarter, More Virtuous People? | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| The Human Skeleton in Bio-Archaeology and Forensic Anthropology | Sciences |
| Module Name | Subject Area |
|---|---|
| Consequence, Choice, and an Introduction to College Philosophy through Video Games | College Prep, Philosophy and Society |
| DNA & Human Society | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| Fine Art Photography | The Arts |
| Human Evolution and its Modern Relevance | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| Introduction to Economics | Philosophy and Society |
| Introduction to the Philosophy of Race | Philosophy and Society |
| Module Name | Subject Area |
|---|---|
| A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cosmology | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| Chasing the Cloud: An Introduction to Network Infrastructures | Communications, Computer Science |
| Conservation Biology | Sciences |
| Creative Launch Pad: Intro to Making Things Up and Writing Them Down | College Prep, English and Writing |
| Digital Media, Inequality, and Cyber-Civil Rights | Communications, Philosophy and Society |
| Fantastic Politics: Modern Political Issues Illustrated through Fantasy Worlds | English and Writing, Philosophy and Society |
| Introduction to Economics | Philosophy and Society |
| Migration in Global Perspective | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| Think Like a Scientist: Genetics, the Scientific Method, and Science Communication | Communications, Sciences |
| Module Name | Subject Area |
|---|---|
| Consequence, Choice, and an Introduction to College Philosophy through Video Games | College Prep, Philosophy and Society |
| Exploring Linguistics | Communications, Sciences |
| How to build an organism: Intro to Development and Stem Cell Biology | Sciences |
| Media, Activism, and Social Movements | Communications, Philosophy and Society |
| Migration in Global Perspective | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
| The Battle for Your Brain: Thinking Like a Philosopher | English and Writing, Philosophy and Society |
| Thinking Like an Anthropologist | Philosophy and Society, Sciences |
