Session A

At Texas Quiz Bowl Camp each student will be scheduled to participate in five sessions: study skills, lecture, bonuses, tossups, and discussion. Additional options will be available for students who wish to take advantage of an extra session.

Options for 2017 Session A include:

  • Study Skills (Choose 1 or 2**):
    • Study Skills: Classical Mythology
    • Study Skills: Geography
    • Study Skills: Physics
    • Study Skills: Military History
    • Study Skills: Shakespeare
  • Lecture (Choose 1* or 2***)
    • American History: Political Cartoons (Flowers)
    • Classical Music: Ubiquitous Tunes (Magee)
    • Current Events: Groups in the News (Keogh)
    • Elementary Geography: Scavenger Hunt (TBA) [grades 4-7]
    • Physics: Electricity & Electronics (Romero)
    • World History: China and Japan (Escandell)
  • Bonuses (Choose 1)
    • Arts
    • History
    • Literature
    • Popular Culture
    • Science
  • Tossups (Choose 1 or 2**)
    • American History I (Flowers)
    • Art I (Thapliyal)
    • Biology I: Animals (TBA)
    • Biology II: Other (TBA)
    • Classical Novels (Thapliyal)
    • Computational Math (Mindle)
    • Computer and Data Science (Ewbank)
    • European History I (Huff)
    • Popular Culture (TBA)
    • World History (Escandell)
  • Discussion (Marshall)

*Students are not required to take a lecture. Students have the option of replacing their lecture period with another tossup period.

**Students may choose an extra course (for an additional $75) from either the tossups or study skills categories in place of their regularly scheduled break period.

***Double lectures are available only to students who are registered for both session A and session B. For more information about special options available to student who attend both sessions, please see this link.