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Spend your summer immersed in the world of architecture, urban design, and sustainable city planning on the UC Berkeley campus. embARC is an engaging college-level course that offers you the chance to study at the top-ranked public university for architecture and the built environment alongside students from all over the world. Challenging design assignments, one-on-one reviews with instructors, field trips around the Bay Area, and a design/build project for a community nonprofit introduce you to the skills, ideas, and culture of an environmental design education. You’ll leave the program with a strong portfolio for your college applications in any area of environmental design and credit on an official UC Berkeley transcript. In this fun and challenging four-week program you will: explore architecture, urban design, and city planning as possible college majors and careers, develop technical and time-management skills through college-level coursework, work with fellow students with similar interests, build a design portfolio to use when applying to college, be exposed to public policy issues that empower you to make a real impact on your community, earn college credit on an official UC Berkeley transcript and receive a certificate of completion, and take part in building a project for a local nonprofit organization. As an embARC student, you’ll have the chance to work on realistic design projects and be a part of developing solutions to real-world urban planning issues. embARC’s multidisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive framework for “placemaking.”