PROGRAM DATES:
ELIGIBILITY: Any current U.S. high school student who will be a sophomore, junior or senior in the Fall of 2025.
COST: $2,000 — Up to 90% of the cost will be covered by financial aid for qualifying students. If you are an Earlham employee, ask about our employee discounts.
LOCATION: Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2025
What’s included
Join us for Earlham Summer, a weeklong pre-college summer camp for high school students. Students will have the chance to try on college life while earning a college credit and building lifelong friendships with their new classmates. You will also become eligible for a $500/year scholarship if you choose to attend Earlham after completing your session.
Throughout the week, you’ll get:
You’ll leave Earlham’s campus more prepared for college and the journey you’re about to embark on.
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Your unique pre-college program course options
Game Design
Yunting Yin
Students will learn the fundamentals of game design through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops. Students will learn about game engines, design principles, the game industry, the growing esports economy, and the role of music in gaming experiences.
How Rivers Work
Andy Moore
More than half of the world’s population lives within two miles of a river, and over 80 percent meets its daily need for water from a lake or river. Rivers are vital to our past, present and future. In this class we’ll use our local river to study how they work from a historical, geomorphological and ecological perspective.
A week at the museum
Ann-Eliza Lewis
A Week at the Museum is a five-day introduction to how museums work. Students will be introduced to what goes on behind the scenes to preserve and interpret art, objects and specimens for the general public. Students will work hands-on in the collections of the Joseph Moore Museum, develop tours or programs, and conduct a small research project with museum data.
Metalsmithing
Lauren Darrouzet
Students will create art forms using a variety of metalsmithing techniques. Students will demonstrate skill in techniques such as sawing, piercing, filing, sanding, object setting and patinas. They will diversify their knowledge of art and art-making by exposure to contemporary and historical artists from a global perspective.
Psychology of Food
Maggie Thomas
Food is an essential component of the lives of every living thing, but many humans only think superficially about how food influences their lives or how their lives are influenced by food. In this course, students will focus on food from the perspective of psychology. They will analyze and discuss individual behavior and how individual behavior varies, all within the context of food.
Interested in learning more?
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