For Summer 2025, students will be able to choose one program from six different options for their weeklong SAIL experience.
Each program is multidisciplinary, allowing students to dip their toes more fully in higher education by engaging with UO faculty from different academic fields throughout their week on campus.
Take a look at the six program options below and register fast to ensure you can enroll in one of your top choices.
Psychology & Linguistics
Psychology
Learn the science that seeks to understand humans by examining their behavior, brains, personality, and emotions. You 'll have firsthand access to how psychology researchers look inside the brain, study how humans develop over their lifespan, and seek to explain the complexity of human interactions!
Linguistics
Learn about how researchers and students study society and language. Sociology provides analytical and methodological tools to study social life, inequalities, and social change, with an emphasis on race, gender, class, environment, organizations, communities, and health. Linguistics uses analytic and computational tools to characterize language, to investigate how different groups of people use language, and to understand how use changes over time.
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Physics & Physiology
Physics
Are you thinking about a career related to human health, technology, or even art? Explore STEM, medicine, and biomedical research and visit UO anatomy labs and Rock-Climbing wall with our Physics and Physiology departments. Rock Wall Waiver Required.
Physiology
Are you thinking about a career related to human health, technology, or even art? Explore STEM, medicine, and biomedical research and visit UO anatomy labs and Rock-Climbing wall with our Physics and Physiology departments. Rock Wall Waiver Required.
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Business, Economics & Math
Business
Have you ever considered how businesses could lead to positive change in the world? Join us for this year's program, business for a Better World, where you'll gain insights into how businesses can address pressing global challenges in areas such as sustainability, social responsibility, and community empowerment. You will leave with a deeper understanding of how businesses can contribute to a more equitable, just world.
Economics
Economists and mathematicians love to bring abstract reasoning to bear on such important topics as how to win at rock, paper, scissors and how to cut a pizza. Come and share our joy for these subjects via interactive games and activities.
Mathematics
Economists and mathematicians love to bring abstract reasoning to bear on such important topics as how to win at rock, paper, scissors and how to cut a pizza. Come and share our joy for these subjects via interactive games and activities.
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English, Journalism and Communication, & Art, Architecture, Design
English
Are you having trouble writing your college and scholarship essays? Workshop your ideas and enhance your work with feedback from UO English faculty which includes published authors! Rising High School Juniors & Seniors only.
Journalism & Communication (SOJC)
Learn how to increase your creativity with communication and the importance of creating your personal brand through the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC). Explore the world of Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations, and Media Studies!
Art, Architecture, and Design
Explore your creativity by visiting our Art, Design and Architecture programs. Get hands-on experience by creating a 3D product, dive into Architecture and visit our studios which include ceramics, metal smithing, jewelry creation, and more!
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World Cultures, Latinx & Sociology
World Cultures
Are you ready to experience the adventure of a lifetime? Join the UO School of Global Studies and Languages for a week-long language learning and cultural immersion program! With our esteemed faculty as your guide, you will explore different cultures and try on different language lenses to peek into worlds you’ve never seen before.
Latinx Studies
Learn about culture, individual family histories, and more by cross-examining the importance of diverse Latinx communities in the U.S and Latin America and how this applies to your professional career path.
Sociology
Learn about how researchers and students study society and language. Sociology provides analytical and methodological tools to study social life, inequalities, and social change, with an emphasis on race, gender, class, environment, organizations, communities, and health. Linguistics uses analytic and computational tools to characterize language, to investigate how different groups of people use language, and to understand how use changes over time.
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Computer Science, Environmental Studies & Education
Computer Science
From competing with your peers, to programming a robotic car, to creating a computer game, to finding your match using Artificial Intelligence (AI) – explore the world of computer science to expand your creative mind.
Environmental Studies
Join us as we explore the many ways to get involved in addressing environmental issues. Whether you are interested in climate change, sustainable food, green cities, or environmental justice to name just a few, this camp will provide insights into different approaches to make a difference. In addition, you’ll get to nurture your own connections to nature with field trips and campus excursions.
Education
Education isn’t just teaching. Learn how Communication Disorders and Sciences, Family and Human Services, Education Studies and UO Libraries can create positive change - a more equitable, educated, and healthy tomorrow. Also, learn how writing is a form of communication through time while exploring hidden treasures of the UO.
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