National Scholars Academy (NSA)

July 13-18, 2008

Journaling: Life on the Page: People have kept journals or diaries throughout history for many reasons: to record thoughts or dreams or images for themselves; to leave a mark of their passage through the world…
The Law: Trial, Justice and Society: Students will play the role of a lawyer in a litigation firm assigned to a high-profile civil case…
Modern Approaches to Biomedical Research: Students will be exposed to a sampling of the many scientific questions and methodological approaches that are currently being pursued by investigators at The University of Iowa College of Medicine…
Materials Engineering (A partnership with the UI College of Engineering): We are surrounded by a world of materials but we often don't appreciate why a particular material is chosen for a given application or how it is shaped, molded or processed into its given form…
Video Editing: This course introduces video editing with Apple Final Cut Express…