CTY: 7th Grade & Above
Sample Syllabi

Below you will find links to sample syllabi for all courses offered in the CTY summer program for students in 7th grade and above. By putting syllabi that have been used in the past on-line, we are hoping to give parents, students, and teachers an idea of what has been done in these courses in the past. Actual lessons, readings, and activities for these classes this summer may be different. These syllabi can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat.

Humanities Courses

Ancient Greek
Sample 1
Sample 2

Latin 1
Sample 1
Sample 2

Etymologies
Sample 1
Sample 2

Logic: Principles of Reasoning
Sample 1
Sample 2

Ethics
Sample 1
Sample 2

Existentialism
Sample 1
Sample 2

Philosophy of Mind
Sample 1
Sample 2

History of Western Art
Sample 1

Music Theory
Sample 1

Russian History
Sample 1

The Sixties
New course; no syllabus available.

Law and Politics in US History
Sample 1
Sample 2

International Politics
Sample 1
Sample 2

The Asian Pacific Rim
Sample 1

Cognitive Psychology
Sample 1
Sample 2

Youth and Society: Service Learning
Sample 1

Politics of the Modern Middle East
New course; no syllabus available.

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Writing Courses

Crafting the Essay
Sample 1
Sample 2

Introduction to Creative Writing
Sample 1
Sample 2

The Critical Essay: Literature and the Arts
Sample 1
Sample 2

The Critical Essay: Popular Culture
Sample 1
Sample 2

The Critical Essay: Film
Sample 1

The Crafting of Fiction
Sample 1
Sample 2

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Math Courses

Cryptology
Sample 1
Sample 2

Probability and Game Theory
Sample 1
Sample 2

Mathematical Logic
Sample 1
Sample 2

Number Theory
Sample 1
Sample 2

Individually Paced Mathematics Sequence
No syllabus available. For more information, visit the Math Sequence page.

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Computer Science Courses

Fundamentals of Computer Science
Sample 1
Sample 2

Theory of Computation
Sample 1
Sample 2

Data Structures and Algorithms
Sample 1
Sample 2

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Science Courses

Introduction to Biomedical Sciences
Sample 1
Sample 2

Paleobiology
Sample 1
Sample 2

The History of Disease
Sample 1
Sample 2

Fast-Paced High School Biology
Sample 1
Sample 2

Neuroscience
Sample 1
Sample 2

Genomics
Sample 1
Sample 2

Genetics
Sample 1
Sample 2

Fast-Paced High School Chemistry
Sample 1
Sample 2

Fast-Paced High School Physics
Sample 1
Sample 2

Electrical Engineering
Sample 1

Investigations in Engineering
Sample 1

Oceanography: The Hawaiian Pacific
Sample 1
Sample 2

Volcanoes: Hawaii

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