Design + Build Bootcamp

In this intensive design/build day camp for rising 10th and 11th grade high school students, you’ll collaborate on a small team to create one mini golf hole. Get creative with themed environments, tunnels, bridges, buildings, windmills, tubes, ramps, characters and other engaging elements and obstacles. The sections will be joined together and installed in the CED courtyard, creating a complete course for you to play with family and fellow campers on the final day. It’ll be a “hole” lotta fun!

The program emphasizes a hands-on learning experience in CED’s 4,000-square-foot industrial wood and metal shop and the adjacent state-of-the-art digital fabrication lab. It’s a unique opportunity for high school students to get experience with professional-grade equipment, including table saws; welding, machining, and casting equipment; Prusa 3D printers; Universal laser cutters; and a CNC router. Highly skilled fabrication specialists will instruct you on how to safely and effectively use these tools to bring your design ideas to life.

Location
The Design + Build Bootcamp is offered in person on the UC Berkeley campus. It takes place in Bauer Wurster Hall, the home of the College of Environmental Design.

Program cost
The camp fee is $2,900. This fee includes:

A small number of need-based stipends are available. The general financial aid guidelines for other CED Summer Programs apply (see CED Summer Program Deadlines & Fees page, toward the bottom of the page).

Schedule
The camp meets daily from July 14 to July 25, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Final celebration: July 25 (parents invited)

Attendance
This is a fast-paced class with important instruction in every class session. Therefore, there are no excused absences at the Design + Build Bootcamp. Students are expected to attend every day and be present for the full class session. There are no exceptions. Students who anticipate missing too much class time will not be allowed to attend the program. Anticipated absences not addressed prior to the refund deadlines will not be considered for an exception.

Registration and Enrollment
This is a non-credit-bearing commuter camp for students entering 10th or 11th grade. To register, parents and students complete an online registration together. Registration opens mid-December, 2024.

Registration processing fee: $50

Students' admission will be confirmed by an email including details on the next steps. (Please check your spam folder if you don’t hear from us after five business days.) The next steps are signatures via DocuSign ("enrollment") and payment.

The camp has rolling admissions, i.e., we confirm registration for eligible students in the order in which we receive their registrations, usually within less than five business days. The camp size will be capped at 30 students.

NOTE: A space in the program is only confirmed after the student is fully enrolled, i.e., parents have signed pertinent forms via DocuSign, including liability, waiver, code of conduct, and confirmation that students commute from home or from a trusted and responsible relative, and have paid all camp fees.

Deadlines and Refunds

NOTE: If you enroll after the respective cancellation deadlines, you will be financially responsible for the fees as indicated above.

Check out our other CED Summer Programs: