Begin your first year at Purdue with confidence!
Get acquainted with the Purdue campus, your Polytechnic professors and college advisors this summer before the August rush of students, classes and activities at STEM Summer Program. STEM Summer Session students usually achieve higher GPAs than the first-year class average!
At STEM Summer Session, you can:
- Get a head start on college courses for credit!
- Learn your way around Purdue’s campus at your own pace before the August rush of students.
- Get to know your professors and college advisors.
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Meet distinguished leaders of Purdue Polytechnic.
- Become acquainted with the college’s interesting departments and the exciting opportunities they hold, such as international travel opportunities in the Office of Globalization.
- Make lifelong friends with the Purdue Polytechnic students and Early Start students in your classes!
This program is made possible by gifts from ArcelorMittal, Boeing, Eli Lilly, Caterpillar, Duke Energy and John Deere.
Take up to three classes for college credit!
As a STEM Summer Session student, you can get a head start on completing your 120 hours of college credit by taking up to three 3-credit courses this summer.
Available courses:
- COM 11400 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- EAPS 10500 - The Planets
- EDCI 28500 - Multiculturalism and Education (open to all students, but required for education-related majors)
- EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Listening (open to all students, but required for education-related majors)
- ENGL 23800 - Introduction to Fiction
- HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877
- MA 15800 - Precalculus - Functions and Trigonometry
- MA 16010 – Applied Calculus
- MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting
- PHIL 11005: I Play, Therefore I Am: Introduction to Philosophy Through Video Games
- POL 22300 - Introduction to Environmental Policy
- PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology
- SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication I: Antiquity to Modernity
- SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World
- SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
- SOC 22000 – Social Problems
- TECH 12000 - Design Thinking in Technology (Polytechnic Institute students and Exploratory Studies only)
- TECH 19900
Camp Dates
July 8 - August 9, 2024
Accommodations
While official programming doesn't begin until July 8, participants will move in on July 6.
Cost
Indiana residents: $3,748 - $3,998 total for two or three 3-credit courses (for a total of 6-9 credit hours).
Out-of-state residents: $8,448.50 - $8,698.50 total for two or three 3-credit courses (for a total of 6-9 credit hours).
Pricing includes a stay in a Purdue residence hall, meals in a campus dining hall and academic fees. Textbooks fees are additional and are not included.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available to students who qualify!
- Indiana residents: qualifying students can receive a full tuition and fees scholarship.
- Outside-Indiana residents can receive a $2,500 scholarship to apply to their tuition.
Registration
Apply NOW to take advantage of these significant tuition savings!
If additional information is needed or you require an accommodation or special assistance due to a disability, email techrecruit@purdue.edu or call 765.494.4935.
Contact
Toni Munguia
Director of Recruitment, Retention and Diversity
765-494-7522
amunguia@purdue.edu
Individuals of all races, genders and backgrounds are welcome.