Virtual Summer Programs

BASIS Independent students must be either rising or incoming grade 6 and have advancement approval for FOR-CREDIT to be eligible to take this course. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Pre-Algebra: This course includes concepts typical of this type of course and also topics from geometry, discrete mathematics, and probability and statistics. At the end of the course, students are well-versed in areas of: fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, positive and negative numbers, order of operations, percentages, proportions, ratios, divisibility, rounding, place value, unit conversions, scientific notation, and data representation, algebraic representation, and solving real-world problems.

Required Materials:
SAVAAS eBook will be provided

Course Session:

June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Final Math Exam: July 28

Fee:
$3,160

BASIS Independent students must have completed Pre-Algebra or its equivalent and have advancement approval for FOR-CREDIT (this requirement does not apply to non-BASIS Independent students). This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Algebra and Geometry I: This course covers all of the traditional first-year algebra topics while helping students build higher-order thinking skills, real-world application skills, reasoning, and an understanding of interconnecting math strands. The class focuses on multiple representations of algebraic thinking: verbal, numerical, symbolic, and graphical. Topics covered include: algebra foundations; basic geometric concepts; functions and relations; linear equations; polynomials; rational expressions and functions; inequalities; systems of equations and inequalities; radical expressions and functions; quadratic equations; absolute-value equations and inequalities; and probability and data analysis. Real-world applications and continual practice/review are fundamental parts of the class and are important for mastery of the material.

Required Materials:
SAVAAS eBook will be provided

Course Session:

June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Final Math Exam: July 28

Fee:
$3,160

BASIS Independent students must have completed Algebra I/Geometry or its equivalent and have advancement approval for FOR-CREDIT. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
This is the second part in a series of algebra and geometry courses. Students will continue working on concepts introduced in Algebra 1/Geometry, but more in-depth. After mastering topics introduced in this course, students should be able to solve equations and inequalities with absolute value quadratic and logarithmic equations, and work with complex numbers and trigonometric functions of right triangle. Also, geometry will be incorporated and the equivalent of formal geometry will be concluded. Students will be introduced to proofs in geometry with similar and congruent figures, circles and their parts, lines, and planes.

Required Materials:
SAVAAS eBook will be provided

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)
Final Math Exam: July 28

Fee:
$3,160

For students entering grades 10 – 12 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
The summer economics course will introduce students to the concepts of economics. This includes learning about many of the basic models in economics such as supply and demand and how specific markets and economies behave. The course will take some key elements from both microeconomics (individual and firm analyses) and macroeconomics (nationwide analyses). By the end of the course, students will be economically literate. They will be able to understand how our world works from the viewpoint of an economist.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 7* (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$1,580

For students entering grades 10 – 12 in the fall of 2023. High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description:
Film Studies provides an overview of film history from the invention of motion picture technology to the present day. This course is broad, both chronologically and geographically, incorporating many foreign language films while focusing on the history of the American motion picture as a frame of reference. There are six major components engaged throughout the year: the evolution of the technology and its connection with major historical movements; analysis of film utilizing key terminology from films studies and theory; critique of social issues such as gender, class, race, and politics in film; creative production of a short film and exhibition in a festival; publication of a contemporary film review; and a film exhibition and discussion with an audience. In summary, film studies students will acquire language to critique historical, theoretical, technical, and social issues in film, create a short film for exhibition in a campus film festival, and generate a film review blog shared with the campus community. This course meets the UC A-G criteria for a Visual and Fine Arts credit.

Required materials:
A Netflix streaming account
“The Big Screen” by David Thomson; ISBN 13: 978-0374534134.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$3160

For students entering grades 10 – 12 in the fall of 2023. High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Introduction to Business provides an overview of starting a business, the types of businesses that exist, and the challenges that businesses face in our current economy. This course will teach students the basics of starting a business by having them write a startup business plan. They will have to name their business, create a marketing plan, hire employees and figure out how to pay them, court investors, and plan for a sustainable future. Students will be required to purchase or rent the college introductory book Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future 12th Edition (ISBN-13: 978-0134324821 / ISBN-10: 013432482X), along with corresponding workbook, in order to learn and practice business terminology. By the end of the course, the students will have a completed and fully-designed business plan. They will be versed in subjects such as business ethics, sustainability, marketing, and finances; and they will understand and appreciate many of the most common difficulties new businesses face.

Required materials
Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future 12th Edition; ISBN-13: 978-0134324821, along with corresponding workbook

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$3,160

For students entering grades 10 – 12 in the fall of 2023. BASIS Independent students must have completed Introduction to Business. High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
This course is designed to empower entrepreneurial literacy among high school students.

Students will synthesize the aspects of entrepreneurship in teams by working with their instructors and local entrepreneurs. Students will be required to purchase or rent the college introductory book Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future 12th Edition (ISBN-13: 978-0134324821 / ISBN-10: 013432482X), along with corresponding workbook, in order to learn and practice business terminology. Upon completion of this course, students will be ready to successfully apply concepts such as collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking to any situation; concepts which are vital for entrepreneurial thinking in a global 21st century world. The units in this course were aligned to the Career & Technical Education standards.

Required materials
Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future 12th Edition; ISBN-13: 978-0134324821, along with corresponding workbook

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$3,160

For students entering grades 9 – 12 in the fall of 2023. High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
This elective course serves as a pre-AP Java programming course. Students are introduced to the Java development cycle, object-orientation, and control structures. Students learn about primitive data types and their wrapper classes, operators, data structures such as arrays and lists, and special topics. The course also emphasizes the problem solving aspects of programming. Concepts covered in this course are further developed as students progress through the computer science discipline. Completion of this course fulfills the prerequisite to enroll in AP Computer Science A class.

Topics include:

• Introduction to the Java development environment
• Primitive data types
• Arithmetic and relational operators
• Conditionals and flowcharts
• Iterations – for, while, and do loops
• Testing and debugging
• Arrays and array lists
• Implementing methods
• Variable scope
• Introduction to object-orientation – objects and classes

Text Book: Big Java Early Objects, Cay S. Horstmann (ISBN:  978-1-119-4990)

Link to rent/buy E-textbook: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Big+Java%3A+Early+Objects%2C+7th+Edition-p-9781119499091

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM-5:00 PM (EST) for-credit students only
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)
Break/Independent Study: 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (PST) | 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (EST)
Live Office Hour: 12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST) | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$3,160

For students entering grades 9 – 12 in the fall of 2023. High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in-person at the BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper Campus. (1290 Parkmoor Ave, San Jose, CA 95126)

Description
This program focuses on learning technical skills in various sports. The students will rotate through a daily schedule that includes running, exercise, skill development, and competition. Throughout the summer, students will build confidence in their technique and play various sports. They will learn about the importance of sportsmanship and teamwork in all aspects of their training and physical play. By the end of the summer, the students will have learned proper mechanics, teamwork, sportsmanship, and high-level skills.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–1:00 PM (PST) for-credit students only

Fee:
$3,160

For students entering grades 10 – 12 in the fall of 2023.  High School credit will only be awarded to students who take this course when they are in rising grade 10 or higher. This course will be offered in-person at the BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper Campus. (1290 Parkmoor Ave, San Jose, CA 95126)

Description
Students will investigate and develop their 2D and 3D art-making skills using Digital Software.

The course will focus heavily on foundational art skills and how it applies to a digital platform. Students will explore the pros and cons of doing art digitally and have an understanding of how it applies to the current trends of art. Students must have at least one drawing software (Photoshop, Procreate, Sketchbook, etc.) installed and hardware for means of drawing digitally (Graphics/Drawing Tablets, iPads with stylus/Apple Pencil, etc.). Students can work on Laptops and/or iPads. The course projects will involve realism as well as more stylized and abstract forms of expression. This course is approved to meet the UC A-G criteria for a Visual and Fine Arts credit.

Required materials
There are many options for software and hardware, and any combination will work for the class. Some software will be subscription based (For example, for Photoshop, you could subscribe to Adobe’s single app price which would be about $15/month for a year). There are also free software and free trials out there as well. As for hardware, the lowest graphics/drawing tablet to connect via USB, runs about $20, but that is well below the average.  IPads and various tablets will also have a stylus and apps that will work for the class. Please check for compatibility with your devices before purchasing.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–1:00 PM (PST) for-credit students only

Fee:
$3,160

BASIS Curriculum students must be either rising or incoming grade 6 to be eligible to take this course (this requirement does not apply to non-BASIS Curriculum students). This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Pre-algebra includes topics from geometry, discrete mathematics, and probability and statistics. At the end of the course, students are well-versed in areas of: fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, positive and negative numbers, order of operations, percentages, proportions, ratios, divisibility, rounding, place value, unit conversions, scientific notation, and data representation, algebraic representation, and solving real-world problems.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST) for enrichment students
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$2,495

Completion of Pre-Algebra or its equivalent is required. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Algebra and Geometry I: This course covers all of the traditional first-year algebra topics while helping students build higher-order thinking skills, real-world application skills, reasoning, and an understanding of interconnecting math strands. The class focuses on multiple representations of algebraic thinking: verbal, numerical, symbolic, and graphical. Topics covered include: algebra foundations; basic geometric concepts; functions and relations; linear equations; polynomials; rational expressions and functions; inequalities; systems of equations and inequalities; radical expressions and functions; quadratic equations; absolute-value equations and inequalities; and probability and data analysis. Real-world applications and continual practice/review are fundamental parts of the class and are important for mastery of the material.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST) for enrichment students
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$2,495

Completion of Algebra I/Geometry or its equivalent is required. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
This is the second part in a series of algebra and geometry courses. Students will continue working on concepts introduced in Algebra 1/Geometry, but more in-depth. After mastering topics introduced in this course, students should be able to solve equations and inequalities with absolute value quadratic and logarithmic equations, and work with complex numbers and trigonometric functions of right triangle. Also, geometry will be incorporated and the equivalent of formal geometry will be concluded. Students will be introduced to proofs in geometry with similar and congruent figures, circles and their parts, lines, and planes.

Course Session:
June 20 – July 28 (Class will not be held on July 3 & 4)
8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST) for enrichment students
Live Lecture: 8:30 AM–11:30 AM (PST) | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$2,495

For students entering grades 7 – 8 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description:
This one-week biology course covers grades 6 and 7 and introduces students to the cellular world, specifically how cells come together in billions of different combinations to produce the enormous variety of life on this planet. After learning what it means to be a biologist – to not only ask questions about the living world around oneself, but within oneself as well – students will explore and explain the underlying mechanisms that govern the functioning of all living organisms. By the end of this course, students should not only have a baseline knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, but also understand how humans compare and contrast with our distant relatives, the Plant Kingdom.

Course Session:
June 20 – June 23
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST) | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$224

For students entering grades 9 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description:
This one-week biology course covers grade 8 and will further students’ comprehension of cells by learning about the cellular processes in-depth and -the maintenance of homeostasis. This course will dive into the details of the biochemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. Cellular transport and membrane structure are emphasized. Plant processes like photosynthesis are studied at a molecular level. Students will learn all basic reactions occurring in the process of cellular respiration. Cell division, Genetics, DNA structure, DNA replication, transcription, and translation are studied in depth. Evolutionary and ecological concepts will be reinforced especially in the context of genetics. This course is an excellent preparatory course for Honors Biology.

Course Session:
June 26 – June 30
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST) | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$280

For students entering grades 7 – 9 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
In the summer chemistry program, students will be introduced to measurements and significant figures, atomic structure, types of matter, physical and chemical changes, bonding and chemical reactions. They will learn how to read the periodic table, name simple ionic and covalent compounds and do chemical calculations involving moles and Avogadro’s number. The instruction will be a mix of hands-on activities, guided inquiry, lecture, and lab experiments.

Course Session:
June 20 – June 30
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST) | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$625

For students entering grades 7 – 9 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
First Time Physics teaches the essential definitions and descriptions of classical physics in the areas such as motion, forces, Newton’s laws, momentum, energy and electrostatics.  Mathematically, our course will primarily use three variable equations with basic algebra. Students must clearly solve these equations for missing variables and use proper units and notation.  The core focus of First Time Physics is building fluent verbal descriptions of physical systems as well as learning fundamental rules for solving problems in classical physics.  The course prepares students for the coming year’s most challenging topics such as 2-D vectors, 2-D kinematics, 2-D force analysis, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum and electrostatics.

Course Session:
July 10 – July 21
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST) | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM (EST)

Fee:
$625

For students entering grades 5 – 8 in the fall of 2023. This course will be offered in an online format.

Description
Writing is an essential skill for all middle school students to use in their classes.  This Essay Writing Blueprint course offers younger students a chance to develop their writing skills in a fun week-long writing course.  Students will practice writing paragraphs and even short essays about different topics, including many topics of their own choosing!  Our time will be spent on building students’ abilities, confidence, and enjoyment in writing of all kinds.

Course Sessions:
July 24 – July 28
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PST) | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM (EST)

Fee:
$490