Intensive Courses

Intensives gave me the chance to realize my passion: art, and that I want to pursue it in college. I realized I could paint for six hours a day and still want to continue even when school ended." –Upper School student

During UPrep's intensive period, which occurs each January between semesters one and two, UPrep students take one class every day for three weeks. Our intensive courses are academic, interdisciplinary, and collaborative, and include student-designed projects, day trips across Seattle, and overnight travel.

These experiences provide students with opportunities to explore and understand concepts in a deep and meaningful way.

Our intensive courses promote student leadership, collaboration, and community engagement and de-emphasize homework, solitary study, and isolated subjects. Learning like this helps our students attain the knowledge, skills, and thinking dispositions needed to successfully navigate our rapidly changing world.

As an aspiring electrical engineer, everything I learned in the Electricity and Magnetism intensive felt like a step into my future!” –Jack Basinski '23

During intensives, students and teachers can take full advantage of the freedom of time and space afforded by all-day classes, allowing Seattle and other parts of the world to become their learning laboratories.
 

I love that UPrep teaches intensive courses. It's so important for students to bridge the gap between the classes they enjoy and the major they ultimately declare in college. As a guest speaker, I enjoy getting the chance to tell Engineering intensive students the story of how my passion for engineering grew into a career at Boeing.” –Emily (Sylvester) Sanchez '09