USC Summer Programs is a prestigious pre-college initiative at the University of Southern California that invites outstanding high school students to take college-level courses taught by USC faculty and experienced professionals over four weeks. Known as "Summer Trojans," participants choose from diverse offerings across ten subject areas, including architecture and design, business, engineering, performing arts, pre-health, pre-law, and writing. The program combines lectures, hands-on workshops, labs, and guest speakers to deliver an authentic college experience. It is one of the most immersive and reputable summer programs available to high school students seeking to explore their academic passions at a world-class university.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Gathering and evaluating information systematically to answer a question.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Delivering ideas clearly and confidently in front of an audience.
Crafting original stories, poems, or scripts that express ideas and imagination.
Turning an idea into a real venture, from planning through execution.
Course on Exploring Entrepreneurship directly teaches business creation and development fundamentals.
Analytics and data-focused courses teach students to extract insights from business data.
Communication and Journalism courses cover digital storytelling, multiplatform reporting, and media literacy.
Engineering and technology courses introduce programming and problem-solving in digital systems.
Public Policy and Global Studies courses develop research and argumentation skills for policy work.
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