Center for Talent Development (CTD) Online Programs at Northwestern University

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Center for Talent Development (CTD) Online Programs at Northwestern University

Center for Talent Development (CTD) Online Programs at Northwestern University

Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University offers educational programs and resources for gifted students (from elementary school through 12th grade) and their families, including for-credit courses.

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The CTD (Center for Talent Development) at Northwestern University offers a broad range of online and in-person courses and experiences, including summer intensives, weekend accelerators, and year-round multi-week college-level (for-credit) courses across departments and disciplines for students ranging from elementary through 12th grade. The teen-geared courses are academically rigorous, but include high-quality instruction, interactive opportunities for students to communicate with global peers, and explore topics in depth to foster deep comprehension, a resume booster, and in some cases college credit.

Course subject matter areas available span the language arts to humanities, sciences, math, technology, engineering, service, soft skills like leadership, and more.

Offerings include:

1-day, live online explorations of unique topics
4-week courses with activities families can engage in together
6-week, live online Saturday or Sunday courses
9-week flexibly paced enrichment and core essentials courses
Flexibly paced Honors and Advanced Placement courses for credit through CT

Our unique courses are designed to ensure that each student gets the opportunity to find what works best for them. Our courses are broken up by age and area of focus:

9-Week Core Topic Courses for 3rd to 8th graders:

- Advanced Reading: Literature (3 to 4)
- Advanced Grammar & Academic Writing I (6 to 8)
- Anatomy & Physiology (6-8)
- Persuasive Writing and the Constitution (6-8)
- Introduction to Pre-Algebra: Numbers & Algebraic Thinking (4-6)

9-Week Online Enrichment Courses for 3rd to 10th graders:

- Classical Mythology: Myths of Ancient Greece & Rome (3 to 5)
- Online Writing Workshop (9 to 10)
- Astrobiology (6-8)
- Introduction to Chinese (6-8)
- Mysteries of the Deep (3-5)

A few of the online Honors and AP or for-credit courses offered from 6th to 12th grade:

- Algebra I
- Algebra II/Trigonometry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Creative Writing
- Effective Essay Writing
- English Vocabulary I & II
- Geometry
- Java Honors: From Beginner to App Builder
- Physics
- Pre-Calculus
- Programming C++