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THE CATEGORIES
(for specific competition details, click
on the category heading)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Refers to owning, organizing,
and managing your own business by providing a necessary product or service.
THE HUMANITIES
MUSIC
COMPOSITION
The science or art of arranging
music by ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination or in
temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and
continuity.
ORIGINAL
ESSAY
A brief examination of a subject in
prose usually expressing a personal view or interpretation of a subject
or topic.
PLAYWRITING
A literary composition developed
for the stage.
POETRY
A composition, marked by language
chosen for its sound, beauty and evocative power.
THE PERFORMING ARTS
DANCE
To perform a series of rhythmic and
patterned bodily movements usually performed to music.
DRAMATICS
The art of staging or acting plays.
MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL/CLASSICAL
The art of performing with a device
used to produce music with tones of the late 18 th
and 19th centuries characterized by an emphasis on
balance, clarity, and moderation.
MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL/CONTEMPORARY
The art of performing with a device
used to produce music with the tones of the present.
MUSIC VOCAL/CLASSICAL
The art of performing with the
human voice rhythmic tones or sounds of the late 18 th
and 19th centuries characterized by an emphasis on
balance, clarity, and moderation.
MUSIC VOCAL/CONTEMPORARY
The art of performing with the
human voice rhythmic tones or sounds to produce music with the tones of
the present.
ORATORY
The art of speaking in public
eloquently and effectively. (This is not a dramatic presentation.)
THE SCIENCES
BIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY
The science of life or of the origin, structure,
reproduction, growth and development of living organisms collectively.
CHEMISTRY/BIOCHEMISTRY
The science that deals with the composition, structure
and properties of chemical processes and phenomena of substances and the
transformation that they undergo.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
The science that deals with the theoretical aspects of
computers including storage and the transformation of data using
computers.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES
The body of sciences that include geology, mineralogy,
physiography, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, astronomy,
speleology, seismology, geography, etc.
ENGINEERING
Technology. Projects that directly apply scientific
principles to manufacturing and practical uses.
MATHEMATICS
The science of numbers and their operations,
interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions of
spaced configurations and their structure. Development of formal logical
systems or various numerical and algebraic computations and the
application of these principles.
MEDICINE AND HEALTH
The study of diseases and health of humans and animals.
PHYSICS
Theories, principles and laws governing energy and the
effect of energy on matter.
THE VISUAL ARTS
ARCHITECTURE
The science, art or profession of
designing buildings or outdoor spaces.
DRAWING
The art of representing forms and figures on a surface
by means of lines.
FILMMAKING
The art and process of making motion pictures.
PAINTING
The art of laying on paints with a brush or a knife.
PHOTOGRAPHY
The process, art and technique of
taking images recorded by a camera and reproducing them on a
photosensitive surface.
SCULPTURE
The art of making three-dimensional figures or
designs.
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