Who the Odyssey Immersion Program is for
Rising juniors and seniors who are ready for college-level learning and eager to explore ideas across disciplines.
What you’ll experience
Over three weeks, you will:
- Earn college credit from ĂŰĚŇAV.
- Travel with the Lawrence faculty to three distinct destinations, including London.
- Experience hands-on, place-based learning, where each city is your classroom.
- Strengthen college-ready skills like critical thinking, writing, collaboration, and problem-solving.
- Build your story for what’s next, with experiences you can highlight in applications and interviews.
Where you’ll go
Your learning doesn’t stay in one place. The Odyssey Immersion Program takes you from the shoreline of Lake Michigan to the energy and history of London, with additional destinations that highlight culture, community, and the natural world.
In each location, you’ll connect what you’re studying with what you’re seeing—whether that’s analyzing art in a museum, reflecting on local history in the places where it happened, or exploring environmental themes outdoors. This global approach, combined with ĂŰĚŇAV’s liberal arts excellence, gives you a powerful blend of academic challenge and real-world perspective.
Courses
As part of the application process, you'll select your first and second choice from the four courses below. Learn more about each one to find the best one that matches your interests.
July 12-August 1, 2026 | Grades 11-12
Explore the interconnected worlds of Gödel’s mathematics, Escher’s art, and Bach’s music to uncover the “strange loops” at the heart of creativity, consciousness, and paradox—through geometry, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and more.
July 12-August 1, 2026 | Grades 11-12
Across multiple arts disciplines, explore how collaboration, creativity, and reflective practice shape your artistic voice—from managing performance anxiety to refining skills, engaging in critique, and building a compelling portfolio.
July 12-August 1, 2026 | Grades 11-12
Through labs, fieldwork, site visits, and historical reenactments, investigate how microbes shape health, environments, and societies—past, present, and future.
July 12-August 1, 2026 | Grades 11-12
Drawing from physics, literature, and art, explore evolving ideas about the structure and origins of the cosmos—and our place within it.
Application Fee
Fee | $300.00 |
Important Dates
Application Opens | Now |
Application Deadline | March 1, 2026 |
Decision Sent | by March 8, 2026 |
Registration Rates
| Registration Type | Rate | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | $9,799 | Ends March 15 |
| Regular | $10,799 | Begins March 16 |
Deposit Schedule
| Registration Type | Deposit | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | $2,000 | March 15 |
| Regular | $2,000 | April 1 |
Summer 2026 Odyssey Programming
Invisible Worlds, Visible Impacts
Through labs, fieldwork, site visits, and historical reenactments, explore how microbes shape and have shaped health, environments, and societies.
Stardust Memories
Drawing on perspectives from physics, literature, and art, explore evolving ideas about the structure and origins of the cosmos and our place within it.
Illuminate
From multiple arts disciplines, explore how collaboration, creativity, and reflective practice shape your artistic voice from managing performance anxiety to honing skills, giving and receiving critique, and building a compelling portfolio.
Strange Loops
Explore Gödel's mathematics, Escher's artwork, and Bach's music to unravel "strange loops" at the core of consciousness through fugues and canons, geometry, Zen Buddhism, paradoxes, ant colonies, artificial intelligence, computer languages and more.