Pre-College Program on the Campus of UCLA

This program is designed to increase your overall fluency through real experiences with American culture. Improve your vocabulary and pronunciation, review proper grammatical structures, and practice your writing skills. Beyond the classroom, guided field trips provide you many opportunities to practice your English in the real world. If attending a university in the USA is one of your future goals, then this is the program for you!

* A supplementary fee of $220 applies.

This hands-on, workshop-based course helps students become comfortable, confident, and persuasive communicators. Blending the core principles of public speaking with the art of debate, students will develop essential skills for success in both professional and everyday settings. Students will learn how to structure and deliver compelling presentations, build strong arguments, think critically under pressure, and engage in respectful, evidence-based discussion. Through brief speeches, debates, and constructive feedback, students will overcome communication barriers and gain the tools to speak with clarity, confidence, and conviction.

This course introduces basic concepts in psychology including behavioral, cognitive and clinical psychology. Through the use of discussion, film and in-class activities, explore topics such as how to improve emotional intelligence, limitations in perception, cognitive distortions and how to improve memory. Other topics included are mental illness, stereotyping and prejudice.

This course provides students with an overview of business for professional sports including finance, marketing and technology. Learn about professional sports entities that make billions of dollars entertaining people around the world. Through lectures, case studies and guest speakers, explore topics such as producing live events, broadcasting rights, athlete marketing, sponsorship, the fan experience, and sports law.

This interactive course combines an introduction to the framework of the U.S. legal system with an exploration of special topics in public policy and legal debate. Students will explore the legal foundations of political decision-making by participating in discussions, case studies, evidence-based exercises, and simulations. Learn about the scope of laws, how they evolve, and apply these lessons to current legal debates.

Perform meaningful service in the communities in and around LA as a course option. Projects are finalized in the spring and currently planned is several days working with the children at a youth club. A letter recognizing the hours of service and detailing the projects accomplished will be issued after the summer.

Plan your workout regimen including weight training and cardio to help meet your fitness goals.

This intensive hands-on entrepreneurship program focuses on all facets of business plan development. Learn to assess the competitive entrepreneurial environment, develop a venture concept and growth strategies, create marketing approaches, build a cohesive management team, launch operations and develop financial projections. During the program, participants work as a team to create a business and on the final day, each team presents their business plan and participates in a friendly “shark tank” type competition.

Experience the world of forensic science through hands-on training exercises and theoretical lessons. Examine CSI procedures along with forensic anthropology, biology and bloodstain pattern analysis. A scenario is staged and you work in investigative teams to identify, collect and interpret the evidence before you act as a forensic expert witness and testify in a mock-court setting.

There are few better places to master the art of photography than in the bright and sunny city of L.A. With your digital camera in hand, this photography course will discuss fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of digital photography. Students will learn about the camera’s basic and advanced settings in an effort to make beautiful photographs, all while having fun. The class will cover ISO, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, image quality, and compositional methods to help students develop their vision as budding photographers. Two local field trips to the Getty and a traditional darkroom will also be arranged. The course culminates with post-production discussion and demonstration including digital printing and Adobe Photoshop, with each student walking away with at least one print of their best work!

*A DSLR or bridge camera with manual functions having at least a 12.0 megapixel sensor is required.

Examine the dynamic world of international business, globalization and how global markets work. You will learn about the international flow of goods and services, trade agreements, investment, foreign currency and regulation. You’ll be introduced to business problems and work on strategies to resolve them in the context of current events, both in the U.S. and abroad.

This course looks at the channels of marketing, advertising and communication that make up social media platforms, exploring how these tools fit into a company’s integrated marketing strategy. Using real-world examples from large corporations and small businesses, students explore how marketing professionals embrace online social networks, user-generated content and content sharing to create brand awareness. Learn tips and techniques to successfully leverage your own social media marketing.

Want to hang ten and ride the waves like a pro? This course heads to Santa Monica Beach where you learn how to improve balance and technique and perfect your form in no time. All levels of ability are welcome.

* A supplementary fee of $220 applies.

Perform meaningful service in the communities in and around LA as a course option. Projects are finalized in the spring and currently planned is several days working with the children at a youth club. A letter recognizing the hours of service and detailing the projects accomplished will be issued after the summer.

Plan your workout regimen including weight training and cardio to help meet your fitness goals.