NYU Schack Institute: Real Estate NYC (From Design to Development)
A one-week NYU pre-college course where students who have completed grades 9-11 study how real estate projects are conceived, designed, financed, and managed, through lectures, site visits, and applied assignments in New York City.
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UC San Diego: Envisioning and Designing Sustainable Cities of the World
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Boston Leadership Institute: Real Estate Investing
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Cooper Union: Introduction to Architecture Online
A live-online summer architecture course from Cooper Union's School of Architecture, where high schoolers work through design fundamentals, architectural history, and digital techniques in daily synchronous studio sessions with faculty critique, earning a certificate of completion.
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A residential aviation-themed STEM academy aboard a simulated aircraft carrier in Florida, where students in grades 6-12 fly missions in simulators and learn navigation, meteorology, aerodynamics, and leadership skills over multi-day sessions.