SCUBA is a free, six-week program that provides high school students with a laptop and a $500 stipend upon successful completion, while teaching valuable coding and entrepreneurial skills.
Summer Coding @ UChicago: Builders Academy (SCUBA) is a free, six-week in-person summer program for high school students. The program focuses on combining design thinking, analytical problem-solving, and mentorship with Python programming and entrepreneurship. Students gain practical skills by building a web application as their final product. The curriculum includes hands-on projects, such as creating graphical user interfaces, platformer games, networking applications, and cooking-related projects. Upon successful completion, students receive a laptop computer and a $500 stipend. The program aims to provide a well-rounded interdisciplinary experience, fostering both technical coding abilities and entrepreneurial thinking.
A typical day involves in-person meetings, likely a mix of instructional sessions on Python programming, design thinking, and entrepreneurship, along with hands-on work on individual and group projects, culminating in the development of a web app.
This program is best for high school students entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grade in the fall who are interested in learning Python programming, design thinking, and entrepreneurship with no prior coding experience required.
University of Chicago campus
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