Explore our diverse range of academic offerings designed to inspire, challenge, and expand your intellectual horizons. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise in a specific field, explore new areas of interest, or engage with world-class instructors, our courses cater to a variety of academic goals. Browse through our list to discover the opportunities awaiting you this summer, and take the next step in your academic journey at Yale.
ENGL S2417 (CRN: 30071) | Learn More
Instructors: Colleen Kinder
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: MTWF 11.00-1.00
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to college students only
This course is part of a Yale Summer Session Program Abroad and cannot be taken independent of the program. Interested students must apply to Yale Study Abroad by January 20th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, instructors, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
ENGL S2461 (CRN: 30258) | Learn More
Instructors: Tara McKelvey
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This course teaches the craft of writing nonfiction. Students learn how to produce features, essays, and profiles, and develop skills in critical thinking. Through close readings of exemplary reportage, students acquire a deeper understanding of narrative structure. Above all, this class shows students how to see the world as a writer. It is an exhilarating experience, one that will expand your horizons, and it comes in part from being out and about—visiting places, talking to people, and taking notes. By the end of the course, students will have a new language for understanding the world, a richer, more literary one, and will be able to tell stories with verve and confidence. Students will tackle contemporary works of journalism and earlier pieces, including nineteenth-century dispatches and investigative articles. Students will look at ways that news organizations have served to fortify democratic principles such as freedom of expression and the rule of law, then and today. Students will grapple with real-life ethical questions and will leave the class with a better understanding of the role of the media in a liberal democracy. 2 Credits. Session B: June 29 – July 31. (This course is part of the YSS Program in Journalism. Program Cost: $10,805. Please refer to the program website for more details.)
ENGL S3442 (CRN: 30072) | Learn More
Instructors: Jacob Halpern
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
This course is part of a Yale Summer Session Program Abroad and cannot be taken independent of the program. Interested students must apply to Yale Study Abroad by January 20th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, instructors, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
ENGL S3630 (CRN: 30073) | Learn More
Instructors: David Kastan
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. The class is is designed to explore examples of Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies, trying to see what makes them great in the way that almost all readers and audiences have recognized (and also to think about what the generic distinction means and how useful it might be). The course attempts to discover the reasons for Shakespeare’s unparalleled success, not in some fantasy of his timelessness but by seeing the plays as deeply embedded in the history of their own moment, as well as in later histories, including our own, which they in some part are responsible for. We will think about these as plays to be performed, as drama to be read, and as texts that have been constructed by the activities of various people, Shakespeare of course the first among them. There will be a short writing assignment for each session and a final project. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EP&E S2270 (CRN: 30221) | Learn More
Instructors: James Mahon
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Introduction to contemporary philosophical debate about the nature of lies and deception. Definitions of lying and deception, including whether all lies necessarily aim to deceive; moral justifications for lying and deceit and their counterarguments; ways in which the moral arguments against deception of others can apply to self-deception. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
EP&E S3306 (CRN: 30074) | Learn More
Instructors: Karen Goodrow
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 10.00-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This course will address the First Amendment and freedom of speech, focusing on the ethical implications of restrictions on free speech, as well as the exercise of free speech and contemporary issues involving free speech. Course topics and discussions will include the "fighting words" doctrine, hate speech, true threats, content regulated speech, freedom of speech and the internet, and the so-called "right to be forgotten". By the end of the course, students will be able to recognize the role free speech plays in American society as analyzed through competing societal interests. Students will be able to analyze how these competing interests are weighed and measured in the United States as compared with other countries. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EP&E S3470 (CRN: 30205) | Learn More
Instructors: Bonnie Weir
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: MTWTh 11.00-3.00
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
This course is part of a Yale Summer Session Program Abroad and cannot be taken independent of the program. Interested students must apply to Yale Study Abroad by January 20th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, instructors, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
EP&E S4399 (CRN: 30175) | Learn More
Instructors: Julian Posada
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the phenomenon of digital platforms – intermediary infrastructures that connect end-users and complementors. These platforms have emerged in diverse socio-economic contexts, including social media (e.g., Instagram), video streaming (e.g., Twitch), digital labor (e.g., Uber), and e-commerce (e.g., Amazon). The course offers a multidisciplinary perspective on studying these platforms, viewed as an amalgamation of firms and multi-sided markets, each with their own distinctive history, governance, and infrastructures. Throughout this course, we will delve into the transformative role of these platforms in areas such as culture, labor, creativity, and democracy. Our discussions will draw upon comparative cases from the United States and abroad. In addition, the seminar aims to facilitate an in-depth dialogue on contemporary capitalism and the process of cultural production. We will engage with pertinent topics like inequality, surveillance, decentralization, and ethics in the digital age. Students are invited to contribute to these discussions by bringing examples and case studies from their personal experiences. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EPS S1030 (CRN: 30293) | Learn More
Instructors: Catherine Pomposi
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Climate variability and climate change impact many aspects of society, as well as ecosystem health and well-being. In order to best account for the many ways in which climate variability and change can impact places, people, and ecosystems, it is important to consider climate information that is available, accessible, and appropriate for a particular regional geography. This course will focus on building student understanding of the dynamics of climate variability and change at regional spatial scales, as well as consider different types of climate information available for use in decision-making contexts, including for climate adaptation and resilience-building.
EPS S1050 (CRN: 30187) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TWTh 9.30-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Seminar that covers the technology, use, and impact of energy on the environment, climate, security, and the economy. Emphasis on what drives people's choices and how to transition to renewable energy. Tours of energy facilities on the Yale campus. Prerequisite: completion of high school physics and chemistry. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
EPS S1050 (CRN: 30183) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TWTh 9.30-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Seminar that covers the technology, use, and impact of energy on the environment, climate, security, and the economy. Emphasis on what drives people's choices and how to transition to renewable energy. Tours of energy facilities on the Yale campus. Prerequisite: completion of high school physics and chemistry. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
ER&M S2810 (CRN: 30157) | Learn More
Instructors: Jasmina Besirevic Regan
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
This course is part of a Yale Summer Session Program Abroad and cannot be taken independent of the program. Interested students must apply to Yale Study Abroad by January 20th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, instructors, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
ER&M S3626 (CRN: 30171) | Learn More
Instructors: Minh Vu
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This seminar examines Asian American history and culture through the lens of affect. Whether the political demands of revolutionaries and rebels in the 1970s, the broken English of stereotyped Asian immigrants on TV, or the melancholic musings of “cut fruit” diaspora poets, affect—in other words: emotion, or etymologically, the capacity to “move” or be “moved”—generates social constructs around Asian American race, gender, and sexuality. Historically, affect has worked with and through the economic, the political, and the cultural to generate categories including (but not limited to) the orient, the indebted refugee, and the model minority. By studying a range of contemporary cultural representations—across poetry, literature, film, and music—students will consider how Asian Americans reproduce and/or trouble these reductive tropes by exhibiting and embodying their own dis/affective poetics and politics. Example texts and themes include but are not limited to: Yoko Ono, Ocean Vuong, Crazy Rich Asians, Beef, Kim’s Convenience, nerds, rave culture, “sad girl music,” and YouTube personalities (nigahiga, Lilly Singh, and Wong Fu Productions). 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
ER&M S3695 (CRN: 30176) | Learn More
Instructors: Julian Posada
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the phenomenon of digital platforms – intermediary infrastructures that connect end-users and complementors. These platforms have emerged in diverse socio-economic contexts, including social media (e.g., Instagram), video streaming (e.g., Twitch), digital labor (e.g., Uber), and e-commerce (e.g., Amazon). The course offers a multidisciplinary perspective on studying these platforms, viewed as an amalgamation of firms and multi-sided markets, each with their own distinctive history, governance, and infrastructures. Throughout this course, we will delve into the transformative role of these platforms in areas such as culture, labor, creativity, and democracy. Our discussions will draw upon comparative cases from the United States and abroad. In addition, the seminar aims to facilitate an in-depth dialogue on contemporary capitalism and the process of cultural production. We will engage with pertinent topics like inequality, surveillance, decentralization, and ethics in the digital age. Students are invited to contribute to these discussions by bringing examples and case studies from their personal experiences. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EVST S1000 (CRN: 30188) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TWTh 9.30-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Seminar that covers the technology, use, and impact of energy on the environment, climate, security, and the economy. Emphasis on what drives people's choices and how to transition to renewable energy. Tours of energy facilities on the Yale campus. Prerequisite: completion of high school physics and chemistry. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
EVST S1000 (CRN: 30184) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TWTh 9.30-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Seminar that covers the technology, use, and impact of energy on the environment, climate, security, and the economy. Emphasis on what drives people's choices and how to transition to renewable energy. Tours of energy facilities on the Yale campus. Prerequisite: completion of high school physics and chemistry. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
EVST S1030 (CRN: 30294) | Learn More
Instructors: Catherine Pomposi
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Climate variability and climate change impact many aspects of society, as well as ecosystem health and well-being. In order to best account for the many ways in which climate variability and change can impact places, people, and ecosystems, it is important to consider climate information that is available, accessible, and appropriate for a particular regional geography. This course will focus on building student understanding of the dynamics of climate variability and change at regional spatial scales, as well as consider different types of climate information available for use in decision-making contexts, including for climate adaptation and resilience-building.
FILM S1210 (CRN: 30076) | Learn More
Instructors: Charles Musser
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 6.00-8.30p
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. A study of the interrelations among popular sport, cinema, television, radio, print, and social media. Explores topics of identity, commerce, and civics through contemporary texts (Hunger Games, Senna, Invictus), and introduces the history of sport in media culture. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
FILM S1440 (CRN: 30077) | Learn More
Instructors: Sahraa Karimi
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: M-F 10.00-4.00
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to college students only
This course is part of a Yale Summer Session Program Abroad and cannot be taken independent of the program. Interested students must apply to Yale Study Abroad by January 20th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, instructors, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
FILM S1601 (CRN: 30078) | Learn More
Instructors: John Williams
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This course is an introduction to the long history of media as understood in classical and foundational (and even more recent experimental) theories. Topics involve the technologies of modernity, reproduction, and commodity, as well as questions regarding knowledge, representation, public spheres, and spectatorship. Special attention will be given to philosophies of language, visuality, and the environment, including how digital culture continues to shape these realms. The primary themes analyzed in this course will include tools, memory, writing, cinema, and digital technologies. We will be approaching these topics by way of an eclectic array of literary, visual, philosophical, and theoretical texts. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
