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About Passion Academies Courses

Passion Academies allow students to explore, ignite, and cultivate their passions through interactive and interdisciplinary project-based courses, guest lectures from industry professionals, case studies and partnerships with real-world organizations, and research and design activities.

In the program, students learn by doing. Increasingly, skills demanded in the digital age include creativity, empathy, critical thinking, innovation, systems analysis, technology design, leadership, social influence, and problem-solving to tackle complex global problems. These skills are best cultivated through problem-based learning approaches that ask students to design solutions to real-world problems in collaboration with students from around the world.

Students may take Passion Academies courses in a variety of ways. Whether it's taking for-credit year-long courses, exploring short-term workshops, or joining an event, there are abundant opportunities to participate in our program.

Current Passion Academy Offerings

Current Offerings
Passion Academy Courses

Passion Academy Courses

Passion Academy
Courses

Redemptive Entrepreneurship Academy
  • Redemptive Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship 
  • Finance: Business Economics 
  • Finance: Investments 
  • Finance: Philanthropy
  • Sports & Entertainment Management
  • Digital Marketing: Internship
  • Biotechnology
Ethical Tech Academy
  • Redemptive Entrepreneurship
  • International Space Station Program
  • Engineering Innovation & Design 
  • Computer Programming
  • Blockchain 
  • Data Science & Cognitive Computing
  • Game Design
  • Biotechnology
  • Digital Marketing
  • Ethics of Technology
Faith, Culture, and the Arts Academy
  • Redemptive Entrepreneurship
  • Graphic Design
  • Advanced Digital Art
  • Film Studies 
  • Media & Broadcasting 
  • Sports & Entertainment Management
  • Sustainability & Architecture
  • Game Design
  • Ethics of Technology
  • Digital Marketing: Design
Passion Academy Certificate

Full-time or part-time students can obtain the Passion Academy Certificate with a specialty designation by completing six trimesters of Passion Academy coursework, equivalent to two full-year courses and activities, at least five of which must come from one area of specialization: Redemptive Entrepreneurship, Ethical Tech, or Faith, Culture, and the Arts. Courses are offered during the academic day and as after school programming.

Passion Academy After-School Activities

Passion StartUp Lab is an after-school program designed as an incubator and accelerator for students interested in taking their passion project ideas to the next level. Students meet as a cohort that meets daily after school in a variety of ways – large cohort workshops, small project group gatherings, live guest lecturers, asynchronous self-paced lessons – to go from ideation to launch of real-world products or services that provide solutions to existing problems. Gravitas Passion Academy will provide guidance, mentorship, networking, and lessons to help students on their entrepreneurial journey. Each Passion StartUp Lab runs for a trimester, coinciding with the three sports seasons most schools follow. Students do not have to be fully enrolled in the Gravitas program to participate in this program. 

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