TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s department of computer science will host a series of camps this summer for students interested in the field.
The four weeks of computer science camps will be July 9 through Aug. 3.
Students will be trained in aspects of computer science while learning to program a computer in several exciting contexts. Training will include game programming at the middle school camps, with the addition of robotics control and smartphone apps at the high school camps. These camps encourage self-exploration across the multiple projects.
The camps are separated by age and theme. The camp for students entering seventh through ninth grade will focus on game programming and is July 9-13.
High school camps, for rising sophomores through seniors, are as follows:
July 16-20, introduction to programming with Java
July 23-27, robotics programming
July 30 – Aug. 3, smartphone programming
The camps are open to students across the United States and will be taught by UA professors in the College of Engineering labs. Both commuter and dorm-based options are available to applicants. However, dorms are only available during the high school camps.
The deadline to register is April 27. Seating is restricted to 25 students per week. For further information, or to register for a camp, visit http://www.cs.ua.edu/outreach/camps/ or contact Dr. Jeff Gray at gray@cs.ua.edu.
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has more than 3,300 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last eight years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz and Truman scholars.
Contact
Adam Jones, engineering public relations, 205/348-6444, acjones12@eng.ua.edu
Source
Dr. Jeff Gray, associate professor of computer science, 205/348-2847, gray@cs.ua.edu