Yale Summer Session Course Syllabi
[Note] The syllabi included on this page are for courses offered during Summer 2025. The list of courses that will be offered in 2026 will be updated in December, and we will begin posting syllabi in early spring 2026.
These syllabi are provided as a reference for students; they are subject to change prior to the start of the course. The instructor will provide the official course syllabus upon the first day of class.
[FAQ]African American Studies (AFAM)
[FAQ]American Studies (AMST)
AMST S220 - Cultural Politics of Cumbia Music & Dance
AMST S248E - Asian American Drama
AMST S254 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
AMST S259E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
AMST S283 - Race and Slavery in Yale's Archives
[FAQ]Anthropology (ANTH)
ANTH S110 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH S324E - Urban Education & Housing Policy
ANTH S412 - Ethnographies of Struggle
ANTH S423 - The Anthropology of Possible Worlds
ANTH S441E - Gender & Citizenship in the Middle East
[FAQ]Applied Mathematics (AMTH)
[FAQ]Applied Physics (APHY)
APHY S120 - Energy, Environment, and Policy
APHY S120E - Energy, Environment, and Policy
APHY S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
APHY S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications
[FAQ]Archaeological Studies (ARCG)
[FAQ]Architecture (ARCH)
[FAQ]Art (ART)
ART S111 - Visual Thinking
[FAQ]American Sign Language (ASL)
[FAQ]Astronomy (ASTR)
ASTR S110E - Planets and Stars
[FAQ]Biology (BIOL)
BIOL S105 - Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Cell Biology
[FAQ]Chemical Engineering (CENG)
CENG S105E - Introduction to Green Energy Systems (GES)
CENG S150E - Engineering Improv: An Introduction to Engineering Analysis
CENG S300E - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
[FAQ]Chemistry (CHEM)
CHEM S101 - Chemistry in Context
CHEM S134L - General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM S136L - General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM S161 - General Chemistry I
CHEM S165 - General Chemistry II
CHEM S220 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM S221 - Organic Chemistry II
[FAQ]Child Study (CHLD)
CHLD S350E - Autism and Related Disorders
[FAQ]Classical Civilization (CLCV)
CLCV S202 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
CLCV S244E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity
[FAQ]Cognitive Science (CGSC)
[FAQ] Comparative Literature (LITR)
[FAQ]Computer Science (CPSC)
CPSC S112 - Introduction to Programming
CPSC S123 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
CPSC S134 - Programming Musical Applications
[FAQ]Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
EPS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
[FAQ]East Asian Languages and Literature (EALL)
EALL S212 - Ancient Chinese Thought
[FAQ]Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (E&EB)
[FAQ]Economics (ECON)
ECON S115E - Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON S116E - Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON S117E - Introduction to Data Analysis and Econometrics
ECON S225E - Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management
ECON S281E - Causes and Consequences of Corruption
[FAQ]Education Studies (EDST)
EDST S151E - Have We Lost Faith in Higher Education?
EDST S255E - Race, Inequality, and Urban Education and Housing Policy
[FAQ]Energy Studies (ENRG)
[FAQ]Engineering and Applied Science (ENAS)
ENAS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
ENAS S120E - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
ENAS S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
ENAS S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications
[FAQ]English (ENGL)
ENGL S114 - Writing Seminars I: The Art of Time (30024)
ENGL S114 - Writing Seminars I: Nostalgia (30025)
ENGL S120E - Reading and Writing the Modern Essay
ENGL S121 - Writing about Politics
ENGL S121E - Writing about Cities
ENGL S123E - Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL S126 - Readings in English Poetry II
ENGL S127E - Readings in American Literature
ENGL S128 - Readings in Comparative World English Literatures
ENGL S201E - Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies
ENGL S287E - Literature and the Future
[FAQ]Environmental Studies (EVST)
EVST S121 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
[FAQ]Ethics, Politics and Economics (EP&E)
EP&E S399E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production
EP&E S404 - Ethnographies of Struggle
[FAQ]Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ER&M)
ER&M S120 - Cultural Politics of Cumbia Music & Dance
ER&M S168E - Asian American Drama
ER&M S295E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production
ER&M S315E - Asian American Foodways
ER&M S326 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
ER&M S340E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
ER&M S387E - Migrants and Borders in the Americas
ER&M S391 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University
[FAQ]Film & Media Studies (FILM)
FILM S205 - Japanese Anime and Manga: Critical Approaches
FILM S208E -The Business of Film
FILM S247 - Film, Video, & American History
[FAQ]French (FREN)
[FAQ]German (GMAN)
GMAN S190 - The Logic of Dreams
GMAN S999E - German for Reading
[FAQ]Global Affairs (GLBL)
GLBL S275 - Approaches to International Security
GLBL S313E - The United Nations on the Ground
[FAQ]Global Health Studies (HLTH)
HLTH S225E - Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management
[FAQ]History (HIST)
HIST S108E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
HIST S173 - Race and Slavery in Yale's Archives
HIST S174J - Technology and American Medicine
HIST S179E - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History
HIST S187 - Film, Video & American History
HIST S268E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
HIST S282E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity
[FAQ]History of Art (HSAR)
[FAQ]History of Science and Medicine (HSHM)
HSHM S428 - Technology and American Medicine
HSHM S455 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University
HSHM S461E - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History
[FAQ]Humanities (HUMS)
HUMS S221 - The Logic of Dreams
HUMS S225E - Medicine and the Humanities: Certainty and Unknowing
[FAQ]Italian (ITAL)
[FAQ]Judaic Studies (JDST)
JDST S351E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Latin (LATN)
LATN S110E - Beginning Latin: The Elements of Latin Grammar
LATN S120E - Beginning Latin: Review of Grammar and Selected Readings
[FAQ]Latin American Studies (LAST)
[FAQ]Linguistics (LING)
[FAQ]Mathematics (MATH)
MATH S112E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable I
MATH S115E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable II
MATH S120E - Calculus of Functions of Several Variables
[FAQ]Mechanical Engineering (MENG)
MENG S280E - Mechanical Engineering I: Strength and Deformation of Mechanical Elements
[FAQ]Modern Middle East Studies (MMES)
[FAQ]Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
[FAQ]Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
[FAQ]Music (MUSI)
MUSI S110E - Elements of Musical Pitch and Time
MUSI S152 - The Cover Song: Remaking Musical Meaning
MUSI S207 - Commercial Popular Music Theory
MUSI S290E - Electronic Dance Music: Fundamentals
[FAQ]Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)
[FAQ]Neuroscience (NSCI)
[FAQ]Philosophy (PHIL)
PHIL S110 - Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life
PHIL S160 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL S178 - Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHIL S183E - Philosophy and Technology
[FAQ]Physics (PHYS)
PHYS S102E - Hollywood Astrophysics
PHYS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
PHYS S120E - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
PHYS S165L - General Physics Laboratory
PHYS S166L - General Physics Laboratory
[FAQ]Political Science (PLSC)
PLSC S111 - Introduction to International Relations
PLSC S113E - Introduction to American Politics
PLSC S167 - International Human Rights and Politics
PLSC S203E - Women, Politics, and Policy
PLSC S227E - The United States Congress
PLSC S240 - U.S. State and Local Politics
PLSC S270E - Disinformation and Democracy
PLSC S275 - Approaches to International Security
PLSC S351 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
PLSC S384 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PLSC S466E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Psychology (PSYC)
PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session A)
PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session B)
PSYC S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life
PSYC S180E - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
PSYC S350E - Autism and Related Disorders
[FAQ]Religious Studies (RLST)
RLST S324E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Sociology (SOCI)
SOCY S101 - Introduction to Sociology
[FAQ]Spanish (SPAN)
[FAQ]Statistics and Data Sciences (S&DS)
S&DS S100E - Introductory Statistics
S&DS S123 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
S&DS S230E - Data Exploration and Analysis
S&DS S363E - Multivariate Statistics for Social Sciences
[FAQ]Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
[FAQ]Theater Studies (THST)
THST S343 - Public Speaking
[FAQ]Urban Studies (URBN)
[FAQ]Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
WGSS S204E - Women, Politics, and Policy
WGSS S254 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
WGSS S263E - Rye: Cultural History and Embodied Practice
WGSS S294E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity