Program News

Ah, summer. Hiking in the mountains, lazing around on the beach, going to class. Going to class? Sure, why not? Choosing a summer class or two from the more than 300 that Penn Summer offers is a great way to fulfill some of your requirements, take a course in a field about which you’ve always been curious, or ease your schedule for the rest of the academic year. 

Dr. Dave Bieber has been appointed Executive Director of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. As Director of LPS Programs in the Natural Sciences for the last four years, he has had responsibility for the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program as well as four master's degrees, in Environmental Studies, Applied Geosciences, Medical Physics, and Applied Positive Psychology.

It is unclear to me whether my parents even know which University I attended, so I have had to check my agenda when writing this post.

If you are a student who has already completed your undergraduate degree and are entertaining the idea of more education, in this instance the Post-Bac Pre-Health Program, then please read on.

Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies isn’t just for adult students.  Each summer, high school students from around the U.S.—and from around the world—get their first taste of college life in the Summer High School programs administered by LPS. Whether they enroll in the non-credit four-week academies in Biomedical Research, Experimental Physics Research, English Language, or Archaeology, or take courses for college credit in the Pre-College Program, they im