Vanderbilt Summer Academy

At Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth, we believe that all children are entitled to an appropriate education. We believe that providing acceleration as well as challenging, inquiry-based educational opportunities best serve the intellectual needs of gifted children; that being able to work alongside true academic peers provides a sense of community and belonging that helps to meet the social and emotional needs of gifted children; and that crafting authentic creative learning experiences best allows gifted students to develop their full capacities as thinkers, problem-solvers, and compassionate people. We also believe that these developments do not emerge in a vacuum but involve deliberate research initiatives, quality professional development, and outreach programs that inform families, educators, and policymakers of the special needs of gifted individuals. Available Courses: Agents of Change: Strategies for Societal Transformation Computational Thinking and Machine Learning Decoding the Human Genome Engineering the Human Body: From Health to Disease Exploring Health: An Anthropological Journey Exploring the Human Mind: An Introduction to Psychological Research It’s an Invasion: Invasive Species’ Relationships with Native Ecosystems Urban Transportation & Data Analytics