COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SCIENCE HONORS PROGRAM
2007-2008
The Columbia University Science Honors Program (SHP) is a highly
selective program for high school students who have exceptional
talent in mathematics and the sciences. The SHP holds classes at
Columbia from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. on Saturdays throughout
the academic year. Courses are primarily in the physical,
chemical, biological, behavioral, and computing sciences; and
instructors are scientists and mathematicians who are actively
engaged in research at the University. During the past few years,
the SHP has offered the following courses:
- Organic Chemistry
- Computer Visualization in Chemistry
- Experiments in Genetics and Molecular Bacteriology
- Eukaryotic Genetics and Genomics
- Principles of Immunology
- Human Physiology
- Neurobiology of Development and Disease
- Psychology of Memory
- Mind and Brain
- Comparative Psychology
- Computer Programming in Java
- Number Theory
- Groups and Symmetry
- Topics in Topology
- Calculus in the Complex Plane
- Chaos and Fractals
- Fossil Fuels and Global Change
- Concepts in Biological Physics
- Optics and Lasers
- Electronics and Circuit Theory
- Solid-State Physics and Engineering
- From Nanoscience to Nanotechnology
- Relativity and Cosmology
- Quantum Theory and Its Applications
- Elementary Particles - The Basic Building Blocks of Matter
- Experiments in Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Introduction to Astrophysics
- Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
The program and its courses have no tuition charges; however,
families of SHP participants are asked to consider making
voluntary contributions to help support the program.
To contact the director of the program, you may write to:
Professor Allan Blaer
Science Honors Program
Columbia University
Pupin Laboratories Mail Code 5256
550 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
or you may telephone the SHP office at:
(212)
854-3354