You can choose from over 70 week-long Career and Adventure Explorations, explore careers, participate in activities that may not be available in school, and experience a mini-version of college life. Explore through laboratory, classroom, and field experiences.
The Michigan Technological University Summer Youth Program will introduce you to careers and allow you to develop new skills through laboratory, classroom, and field experiences. The program includes more than seventy one-week explorations, scheduled over multiple weeks. You may attend only one exploration per week, but can register for multiple weeks. Last summer, almost 900 students attended SYP from all over the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Columbia, Monaco and Spain.
We offer 4 different types of programs:
* Summer Camps: Explorations for current 6th - 8th graders
* Career and Adventure Explorations: current 9th - 11th graders
* Competitive Scholarship Programs: current 9th - 11th graders
* Courses for College Credit: current 10th - 11th graders
An exploration is an intensive week-long look at a particular field or area of interest and is offered in six different categories designed to introduce you to a world of opportunities. Explorations allow you to learn to use a computer, rappel, or perform diagnostic chemical tests. In other explorations you could fly a plan, backpack through a scenic wilderness area, or cast molten metal. Each exploration is led by a Michigan Tech faculty member, graduate student, or other specialist in that particular field. You will spend approximately thirty-two hours investigating your area of interest through classroom activities, hands-on laboratory exercises, field trips, and discussions with your instructors and other students.
Enrollment is open until each class reaches seating capacity. Classes are limited to 20 students or less.
Activities and Features
Religious Emphasis
None
Academic
General Academics Math English Science Reading
Outdoor Activities
General Outdoors Mountaineering Climb and Rappel Ropes Course Backpacking Hiking Rock Climbing
Performing Arts
Dance Drama Music
Computers
Computers
Individual Sports
Golf Tennis
Water Sports
Recreational Swimming Canoeing Fishing Rowing Kayaking
Arts and Crafts
General Arts and Crafts Ceramics Jewelry Design
Miscellaneous
General Miscellaneous Actvities Mountain Biking Environmental Farming Leadership Skills Photography Radio Video/TV Go-Carting
Other Activities
Engineering Sciences & Technology Computing Business Environmental Studies & Outdoor Humanities & Social Sciences Robotics Space Science Genetic Engineering Video Game Programming Flash Animation Wilderness Backpacking Alternative Energy Sources much more
Camp Address
Winter Address
Youth Programs
1400 Townsend Dr Houghton MI, 49931 USA
906/487-2219 or 1-888-PRECOLLEGE (tel.) 906-487-1136 (fax.)
Youth Programs
1400 Townsend Dr Houghton, MI, 49931 USA
906/487-2219 (tel.) 906-487-1136 (fax.)
