Summer Opportunities for High School Students
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Summer Sessions student
Summer Sessions at UH Mānoa are less hectic, with smaller class sizes and more opportunities for interaction with instructors and fellow classmates.
Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
July 8 – 12, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
If you are currently in grades 10-12…
This week-long summer program provides an engaging learning opportunity for students interested in health professions. Through gross anatomy laboratory demonstrations, clinical skills laboratories, computerized manikin simulations and standardized patient interactions, students will learn how to:
- describe the epidemiology signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses common in Hawai‘i;
- perform basic clinical skills such as measuring vital signs and listening to the heart and lungs with a stethoscopes; and
- interview and counsel patients.
Cost: $525 (Click here for information about need-based scholarships.)
Number of students: 84 (max.)
This course is not graded and not for college credit.
To apply, complete and submit the Medical Diagnosis and Treatment High School Program application. Application deadline: May 31, 2024.
To contact us, call (808)956-9246 or email summer.programs@hawaii.edu.
Marine Science Investigations at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
June 3 – 7, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
If you are currently in grades 9 – 12…
This week-long summer program provides an engaging, hands-on learning opportunity for students interested in marine science research. Weather permitting, activities planned include a marine bioacoustics laboratory, sea urchin spawning and fertilization laboratory, ocean acidification laboratory, reef transects and data analyses, a science walking tour of the island and an in-water swim assessment.
The program will take place at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology at Moku o Lo‘e (Coconut Island) in Kāne‘ohe Bay, part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at UH Mānoa. Students will take a shuttle boat ride (approximately 3 minutes) from the Lilipuna Pier to Moku o Lo‘e.
Cost: $500 for Hawaii residents; $1,000 for non-residents
Number of students: 24 (max.)
This course is not graded and not for college credit.
To apply, complete and submit the Marine Science and Investigations Application form. Application deadline: April 19, 2024.
To contact us, call (808)956-9246 or email summer.programs@hawaii.edu.
Summer Scholar Program
Application deadline: April 15, 2024
Session 1: May 20 – June 28, 2024
Session 2: July 1 – August 9, 2024
Midsummer Session: June 10 – July 19, 2024
If you are currently in grades 10 or 11…
Join the Summer Scholar Program and earn college credits during six weeks in the summer. Upon acceptance to the program, qualified high school sophomores and juniors can register for University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Summer 2024 courses and experience the college environment while still in high school.
Early Start Program
July 1 – August 9, 2024
If you are currently in grade 12 and coming to UH Mānoa in Fall 2024…
Get an early start on your college experience with the Early Start Program. Ease in to college with one or two classes in the summer and take advantage of additional resources and activities designed specifically to make your transition from high school to college a smooth one.