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As part of the preparation for the CfAO Maui Akamai undergraduate internship, interns attend a 5-day short course in general optical principles and adaptive optics taught at Maui Community College.
The Observatory Short Course is a multi-disciplinary course to prepare undergraduate interns for a range of summer research projects at observatories on Hawaii Island.
As part of the preparation for their CfAO Mainland Internships, interns attend a 5-day short taught at UC Santa Cruz.
The Astronomy Short Course takes place at Hartnell Community College (Salinas, CA) for entering students as well as continuing students with science majors. It is designed to teach general astronomy and optic principles through inquiry based teaching as well as attract students to the astronomy major early-on at the community college level.