Business & Law Track

Do you love to create videos? Do you dream of telling stories and developing ideas that can help shape our world? Communication is critical when it comes to moments of crisis and conflict. Learn how to think and navigate your thoughts and ideas strategically in an ever-changing world. Focus on coursework that best matches your interest and helps you bring your creative vision to life. You will tackle real-life stories and learn the process from a professional in the field, talk with experts in different subject areas of communication and practice what you learn by creating and presenting a portfolio/project.

The Business & Entrepreneurship course introduces students to basic business fundamentals to provide a solid foundation. The purpose of this summer course is to provide a broad overview of key concepts in business. It is not a deep immersion into a specific aspects of business. Students gain exposure to business topics unique to entrepreneurship such as business plan development and strategy.

Discover how individuals, businesses, and governments make decisions about the use of scarce resources in a world of unlimited wants and needs, and what implications economic issues can cause, such as tax and inflation, interest rates and wealth, inequality and emerging markets, and energy and the environment. The Economics course will provide the structure required to understand the way our world operates, from the choices we make in our everyday lives to how businesses or governments achieve their desired objectives.

Students will break into teams with each team selecting a promising stock that the team will research throughout the course and ultimately pitch to a group of investors. Faculty will provide hands-on help to students throughout this process. Along the way; students will be introduced to core investment concepts including the characteristics of different asset classes, public vs private equity, the workings of the stock market, company financials, company valuation and portfolio design. By using an experiential learning approach, students will quickly engage in the topic, and the instructor introduces the underlying theory and concepts as students proceed with their project.

Join the Green Tech course at Summer Springboard and put your interest in climate change and the depletion of natural resources to good use. Even though the market for green technology is quite young, it has accumulated a significant amount of investor interest. Gain a better understanding of green technology and how it uses of tech and science to reduce human impacts on the natural environment. The main goal is to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in order to prevent climate change. Solar power is one of the most successful green technologies and is now cheaper to deploy than fossil fuels in many countries. Debate and unravel together the best way to create products and services that are environmentally friendly.

Are you interested in learning how the world works, what causes war, and the conditions of peace?

This summer, immerse yourself in international affairs by learning how the world works. You will receive an introduction to the world of politics and the social-historical impact of global development by exploring topics such as foreign policy, international Law, diplomacy, human rights, and environmental issues, among others.

In this class, students will focus on the current American judicial politics involving the U.S. Supreme Court. Fewer Americans are expressing confidence in the highest court than ever before in American history. Since trust is vital to any democratic system, any loss of confidence and trust in the nation's highest court would be a crisis. Students in this course will explore why rebuilding trust is more important than the outcome of a single ruling. Students will learn about the internal politics of the legal profession, examine law school admissions and teaching methodologies while reviewing issues and challenges within the profession. They will explore how judges are selected, analyze the economic realities of dispute resolution, and the influences on judicial decisions with particular attention on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Marketing is a rewarding, exciting, and challenging field. Not only will you learn what drives a business, but you will also learn what drives you and how to promote yourself and your skills. Marketers are always in high demand as it is vital to any business. In this course, you will learn how to understand customer needs by creating effective marketing strategies. Using real world-case studies, students will also develop branding and promotion for a specific product or service for a business and launch their own marketing campaign/website.

This course is THE course for any student who is interested in starting their own online business. In this course students will learn how to create a campaign to market products in any industry of their choosing. In this marketing bootcamp, students will cover all of the core concepts of marketing. They will begin with the creative process (ideation), discuss all of the various distribution channels to market their product, create their consumer persona, determine what the Total Available Market (TAM) size is for their business, and perform the necessary targeting analytics. Their work will culminate in producing some highly personalized marketing materials using Adobe InDesign and variable data/personalization campaigns.

By using an experiential learning approach, students will quickly
engage in these topics, and the instructor introduces the underlying
theory and concepts as students tackle these issues while pushing
their political agenda.

The government today can affect all aspects of our lives. Curious to find out more about issues addressed by public policy such as public health, criminal justice, gun rights, immigration, reproductive rights, drug use, education, and disaster preparedness. Learn and discuss the system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives. This course aims to create conditions for learning, opportunity and experience, which enable young people to develop knowledge, skills and competences.

Master courtroom processes as you defend a challenging case from start to finish. Research the evidence, craft and deliver your opening statement, prepare and cross-examine witnesses, craft your arguments, and have a strong closing statement to impress and win over the judge and jury.