Academics

Summer 2013 Clusters

1. Computers in Everyday Life
2. Engineering Design & Control of Kinetic Sculptures
3. Living Oceans and Global Climate Change
4. When Distaster Strikes: Earthquake Engineering
5. From Lasers to LCDs: Light in Action
6. Biodiesel from Renewable Sources
7. Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering: The Amazing Red Blood Cell
8. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

UCSD COSMOS students enroll in one of eight academic core content courses called "clusters" for the duration of the four- week program. There are 18-24 students per cluster who take one topical science and/or math courses and one Science Communication course. Each course topic is designed and instructed by UC San Diego faculty, lecturers, researchers and graduate students. The Science Communication course is instructed by COSMOS Teacher Fellows (who are local high school teachers) and provides students with a curriculum that enhances presentation skills, both oral and written, and assists students with researching and presenting their final group projects. During the four-week program, COSMOS students research and prepare a final group project which is presented at the end of the COSMOS program to an audience of peers, faculty, staff and families on COSMOS Closing Day.