<p>[Summer</a> Programs](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/intensivestudies.html]Summer”>http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/intensivestudies.html). This is where the catalog will be listed but they won’t post the courses until later but the courses and course descriptions for bio and game theory usually don’t change much year to year. The dates for 2012 have been posted already though:
First session: June 24 - July 13
Second session: July 15 - August 3</p>
<p><a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/k/f/game_2.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/k/f/game_2.pdf</a> This is a sample syllabus for game theory.
<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/q/a/biol_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/q/a/biol_1.pdf</a> and this is a sample syllabus for bio.
I can only speak for Carlisle, but both classes have been well taught and have a great curriculum. My biology class not only covered a full year of HS bio, but we discussed many topics more in depth than a HS bio class would and we learned some AP bio stuff. Bio has A LOT of material and my class had very long lectures everyday. My teacher said it had the most course material out of all the CTY FPHS science classes. We learned new things everyday including on the day we took the final exam. So bio is challenging in the aspect that it has a lot of material. I can’t say as much about game theory but the kids I’ve spoken to at Carlisle who have taken it say that it is challenging and intellectually stimulating and that their class is pretty laid back. Their teacher gave them tips on counting cards for casino night also. However, game theory is not as challenging as Lancaster’s highly sought after number theory course which has a prerequisite of geometry and algebra II. <a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/g/z/theo_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/g/z/theo_1.pdf</a></p>
<p>Both classes are pretty challenging. It depends on what your son is interested in so you should probably read the syllabi. The benefit with bio in my opinion is that some schools will let you skip it in high school (you might want to check if they’ll let you do this first) and it also gave me a window into what a high school AP science class would be like. But if he really likes math and isn’t really into life science, he should probably go with game theory and maybe look at the cryptology course <a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/e/b/code_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/e/b/code_1.pdf</a> since a lot of my friends who enjoy math took it loved it.</p>