Contact UsBoston UniversitySummer Term High School ProgramsAcademic Immersion program (AIM)755 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 105Boston, MA 02215Phone: 617-353-5124Fax: 617-353-5532

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AIM: Global Studies: Security, Statecraft, and Spycraft

July 26–August 13, 2021

AIM: Global Studies: Security, Statecraft, and Spycraft is an exciting, three-week program for rising high school juniors and seniors. Developed in partnership with the Pardee School of Global Studies, this program gives students the unique opportunity to learn the truth about the ways the United States conducts foreign policy and manages national security concerns from instructors with real-world experience as former ambassadors, former overseas CIA officers, and a former US Air Force general.

for worldly rising high school juniors and seniors

Pre-College Programs at BU Summer Term

In the mornings, you will learn from leading practitioners in a dynamic, discussion-based, interdisciplinary environment. Afternoons will be devoted to challenging simulations and real-world exercises that give you the chance to play the part of national security official, diplomat, and spy. The program culminates with a team project in which student-led briefings dealing with foreign policy and national security issues lead to research and the analysis of alternatives, before you present your findings and suggested course of action to a panel of experts, who question and examine your work. These final presentations will be attended by your peers, families, and members of the BU community.

Security, Statecraft, and Spycraft

With some 650 courses on global topics, faculty research on every continent, students from more than 100 countries, and alumni living in over 180 of the world’s countries, BU ranks among the world’s top universities. The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is BU’s newest initiative to advance human progress. It is dedicated to improving the human condition through rigorous and creative education, path-breaking interdisciplinary research, and innovative initiatives to make a real-world difference in the critical challenges humanity faces.

With many exciting and challenging options, Pre-College Programs at BU Summer Term give high schoolers the chance to push themselves academically while experiencing college life—earning college credit, making new friends, and engaging in social activities.

over the course of this program, you will:

• Gain valuable insight into how the US conducts its foreign policy and manages its national security concerns.

• Study with faculty that have real-world military, diplomatic, and espionage experience.

• Practice policymaking, diplomacy, and intelligence work while gaining valuable insight into how these processes operate.

• Learn and practice effective oral communication and teamwork skills.

Visit bu.edu/summer/aim after December 15, 2020 and learn more about AIM: Global Studies.