Your time outside of class is yours to manage. Residential students will be housed on campus in Brown University residence halls with other Leadership Institute students to build a strong learning community. Students living on campus eat their meals in Brown’s dining halls. Students who commute to campus for their class will be able to swipe for one meal per day for the duration of their course. All students enrolled in on campus courses have access to the University’s libraries, study centers and Writing Center. Although your free time will be limited, you’ll also have the opportunity to engage with other pre-college students in a range of activities that help you grow as a person. See Life on the Brown Campus for more information.
A Typical Day
| 7:30 to 9 a.m. |
Breakfast in the dining hall |
| 9 to 11:30 a.m. |
Class and Leadership Workshops* |
| 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch in a dining hall |
| 12:30 to 3 p.m. |
Class and Leadership Workshops* |
| 3 to 6 p.m. |
Free time for homework or co-curricular activities |
| 6 to 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner in a dining hall |
| 7:30 to 10 p.m. |
Free time for homework or co-curricular activities. Students will have 1 to 3 hours of homework each day. |
| 10 p.m. |
Curfew |
*Past summer topics include: Introduction to Leadership Styles, Exploring Identity and Privilege
Participating in the Leadership Institute online will involve learning both asynchronously (students complete course work and participate in discussion at different times) and synchronously (students complete course work and participate in discussion at the same time). Your engagement includes reading and studying content asynchronously and twice-weekly required synchronous workshops with classmates and 1 on 1 meetings with your instructor, as well as optional webinars with guest speakers. In these asynchronous and synchronous course components, you have the opportunity to further enhance your leadership skills, explore socially responsible leadership and work to develop a meaningful Action Plan. Studying online gives you the freedom to decide how and where you learn and entrusts you with the responsibility to manage your out-of-class work. With time to reflect, read and write, you can enhance important critical thinking skills. You also have the opportunity to strengthen your capacity for self-discipline and personal responsibility; skills necessary to excel in all learning environments. By taking an online class you will become more comfortable with online learning—a format that is becoming increasingly important both in and out of school.
A Typical Day
Plan to spend a couple of hours each day (about 15 to 20 hours per week) on a variety of activities related directly to the course you are taking. Most days will include independent reading, engaging in written discussion sessions with classmates, listening to a guest lecturer or a video from your instructor and working on your Action Plan. Twice a week your classmates will come together for required synchronous workshops. You will also meet virtually with instructors for one-on-one support and throughout the course engage with students in a community of learners all committed to effecting positive change in their communities and in the world.
Outside of class, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with pre-college students participating in other programs that help you grow as a student and as a person. See Your Virtual Community for more information.
