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ENGL S1026 (CRN: 30069) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Jonathan Kramnick
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
ENGL S2461 (CRN: 30258) | Syllabus | 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.)
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
In-person Course. 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. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. 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
In-person Course. 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. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.
HIST S2252 (CRN: 30244) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Sergei Antonov
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This seminar is about Russia’s most memorable and influential political leaders – princes, tsars, general secretaries, and presidents, from Ivan IV (1530-1584) to the present day. Their personalities are often said to encapsulate their entire epoch. Their power of life and death was and is enormous. They are often also said to have been frustrated, deeply conflicted, even tragically helpless to respond to the challenges of their day. To make sense of this enduring appeal, we will examine Russia’s historical tradition of political leadership. We’ll begin with medieval Eastern Slavic conceptions of kingship and chart the development of the unlimited autocratic monarchy as a key political institution in Russia, its demise in the early twentieth century, its forceful regeneration in the Soviet Union, and its survival of the latter’s collapse. Each session will discuss the ways in which rulers structured their power through institutions and personal networks; the ways they presented themselves to their subjects through larger-than-life images and narratives; and also the ways in which ordinary individuals responded to these myths and images. No previous knowledge of Russia or the Russian language is expected, but students must be able to keep up with the readings and to quickly look up unfamiliar information: the course is not meant to serve as an entry-level narrative of Russian history, but rather to focus on several key themes. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
HIST S3768 (CRN: 30228) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Elli Stern
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TWTh 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the history of right-wing political thought from the late eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the role played by religious and pagan traditions. This course seeks to answer the questions: what constitutes the right? What are the central principles and values of those groups associated with this designation? And what are the defining features of what is commonly referred to as the “global right?” It will do so by examining primary tracts written by theologians, political philosophers, and social theorists as well as secondary literature written by scholars interrogating various movements and ideologies associated with the Right in America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Though touching on specific national political parties, institutions, and think tanks, its focus will be on mapping the intellectual similarities and differences between various right-wing ideologies. The “Right” emerged alongside its counterpoint, the "left," as early as 1692 to describe the congregation patterns surrounding the French Monarch, but it was not until the Revolution of 1789 when it gained its current political meaning. As the French Chamber of Deputies debated the rights of man and royal veto powers it was suggested that opponents to these measures sit du côté droit, while supporters place themselves du côté gauche. The division, many complained, was too absolute and left no room for nuance or political idiosyncrasies. Yet the arrangement held, the terms stuck, and by mid-century the right had begun to be a catchall for a host of political groups, including conservatives, traditionalists, authoritarians, royalists, nationalists and papists. By the twentieth century the term would be stretched to include movements ranging from Fascism to Populism and would be used to describe the political position of political parties in the Middle East and Asia. Though primarily associated with European and parliamentary politics, increasingly the designation of the right has been applied to Evangelical and Judeo-Christian groups in the United States. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
HSAR S4372 (CRN: 30092) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Nana Adusei-Poku
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. In 2001, “Freestyle”, a survey exhibition curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem, introduced a young generation of artists of African descent and the ambitious yet knowingly opaque term post-black to a pre-9-11 pre-Obama world. Post-black stirred much controversy 24 years ago, because it was used for a generation of artists that seemed to distance themselves from previous generations, who utilized the term Black to define their practices as a form of political resistance. This seminar utilizes the term post-black as a starting point to investigate the different ways Black Artists identified themselves through the lens of their historical contexts, writings, and politics while engaging with key debates around Black Aesthetics in exhibitions and theory. Consequently, we will discuss changes in artistic styles and Black identity discourses from the beginning of the 20th century into the present. However, the claims that the post-black generation made, and the influence of their work, are part of an ongoing debate in African Diasporic Art, which has refreshed and posed new questions for art-historical research as well as curation. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.
JDST S3451 (CRN: 30229) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Elli Stern
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TWTh 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the history of right-wing political thought from the late eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the role played by religious and pagan traditions. This course seeks to answer the questions: what constitutes the right? What are the central principles and values of those groups associated with this designation? And what are the defining features of what is commonly referred to as the “global right?” It will do so by examining primary tracts written by theologians, political philosophers, and social theorists as well as secondary literature written by scholars interrogating various movements and ideologies associated with the Right in America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Though touching on specific national political parties, institutions, and think tanks, its focus will be on mapping the intellectual similarities and differences between various right-wing ideologies. The “Right” emerged alongside its counterpoint, the "left," as early as 1692 to describe the congregation patterns surrounding the French Monarch, but it was not until the Revolution of 1789 when it gained its current political meaning. As the French Chamber of Deputies debated the rights of man and royal veto powers it was suggested that opponents to these measures sit du côté droit, while supporters place themselves du côté gauche. The division, many complained, was too absolute and left no room for nuance or political idiosyncrasies. Yet the arrangement held, the terms stuck, and by mid-century the right had begun to be a catchall for a host of political groups, including conservatives, traditionalists, authoritarians, royalists, nationalists and papists. By the twentieth century the term would be stretched to include movements ranging from Fascism to Populism and would be used to describe the political position of political parties in the Middle East and Asia. Though primarily associated with European and parliamentary politics, increasingly the designation of the right has been applied to Evangelical and Judeo-Christian groups in the United States. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MATH S1120 (CRN: 30107) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Bailey Heath
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Limits and their properties. Definitions and some techniques of differentiation and the evaluation of definite integrals, with applications. Use of the software package Mathematica to illustrate concepts. No prior acquaintance with calculus or computing assumed. Prerequisite: Math Placement Exam results for Yale College students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MB&B S2510 (CRN: 30112) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Ghazia Abbas
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.30-5.30
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-Person Course. This course is a CURE (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience) that provides a hands-on opportunity to design, build, and test mutant enzymes using modern molecular biology and biochemistry technologies. This is a wet-lab class where students learn to read primary literature, model protein structures, perform DNA mutagenesis, transform bacteria, and conduct protein purification and characterization assays. Students analyze enzyme kinetic and thermal stability data and contribute to a real-world research mission of designing novel enzyme catalysts. Prerequisites: BIOL 1010 or equivalent. Interested high school students must show score of 4 or 5 on AP Biology or a 6 or 7 on IB Biology. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
MENG S2050 (CRN: 30290) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Ronald Adrezin, Marcus Johnson
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 6.00-9.15p
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. Aspects of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM). The computer's role in the mechanical design and manufacturing process; commercial tools for two- and three-dimensional drafting and assembly modeling; finite-element analysis software for modeling mechanical, thermal, and fluid systems. Prerequisite: ENAS 1300 or equivalent. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MENG S2311 (CRN: 30115) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Michael Murrell
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. Elements of statics; mechanical behavior of materials; equilibrium equations, strains and displacements, and stress-strain relations. Elementary applications to trusses, bending of beams, pressure vessels, and torsion of bars. Prerequisite: PHYS 1800 or 2000, and MATH 1150. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MENG S3323 (CRN: 30116) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Corey O'Hern
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 6.00-9.15p
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and systems of particles. Relative motion; systems with constraints. Rigid body mechanics; gyroscopes. Prerequisites: PHYS 1800 or 2000, and MATH 1200 or ENAS 1510. MATH 2220 recommended but not required. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
PLSC S3464 (CRN: 30230) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Elli Stern
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TWTh 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the history of right-wing political thought from the late eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the role played by religious and pagan traditions. This course seeks to answer the questions: what constitutes the right? What are the central principles and values of those groups associated with this designation? And what are the defining features of what is commonly referred to as the “global right?” It will do so by examining primary tracts written by theologians, political philosophers, and social theorists as well as secondary literature written by scholars interrogating various movements and ideologies associated with the Right in America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Though touching on specific national political parties, institutions, and think tanks, its focus will be on mapping the intellectual similarities and differences between various right-wing ideologies. The “Right” emerged alongside its counterpoint, the "left," as early as 1692 to describe the congregation patterns surrounding the French Monarch, but it was not until the Revolution of 1789 when it gained its current political meaning. As the French Chamber of Deputies debated the rights of man and royal veto powers it was suggested that opponents to these measures sit du côté droit, while supporters place themselves du côté gauche. The division, many complained, was too absolute and left no room for nuance or political idiosyncrasies. Yet the arrangement held, the terms stuck, and by mid-century the right had begun to be a catchall for a host of political groups, including conservatives, traditionalists, authoritarians, royalists, nationalists and papists. By the twentieth century the term would be stretched to include movements ranging from Fascism to Populism and would be used to describe the political position of political parties in the Middle East and Asia. Though primarily associated with European and parliamentary politics, increasingly the designation of the right has been applied to Evangelical and Judeo-Christian groups in the United States. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
PSYC S3450 (CRN: 30139) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Fred Volkmar
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Survey of current understandings and treatment of autism from infancy through adulthood. Topics include etiology, diagnosis and assessment, treatment and advocacy, and social neuroscience methods. Focus on ways in which research findings are integrated into diagnosis and treatment practices. Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 or completed AP Psychology with a score of 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
PSYC S4340 (CRN: 30140) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Melissa Ferguson
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-10.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. When and how do we change our minds? We are constantly learning information about other individuals, groups, objects, ideas, and so on, but this new information does not always influence what we think and how we feel. What determines when we update our beliefs and feelings? This course will review cutting-edge psychological science to answer this question, with special attention to social and cognitive research on how we change our minds about other individuals and groups. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
RLST S3240 (CRN: 30141) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Elli Stern
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TWTh 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the history of right-wing political thought from the late eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the role played by religious and pagan traditions. This course seeks to answer the questions: what constitutes the right? What are the central principles and values of those groups associated with this designation? And what are the defining features of what is commonly referred to as the “global right?” It will do so by examining primary tracts written by theologians, political philosophers, and social theorists as well as secondary literature written by scholars interrogating various movements and ideologies associated with the Right in America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Though touching on specific national political parties, institutions, and think tanks, its focus will be on mapping the intellectual similarities and differences between various right-wing ideologies. The “Right” emerged alongside its counterpoint, the "left," as early as 1692 to describe the congregation patterns surrounding the French Monarch, but it was not until the Revolution of 1789 when it gained its current political meaning. As the French Chamber of Deputies debated the rights of man and royal veto powers it was suggested that opponents to these measures sit du côté droit, while supporters place themselves du côté gauche. The division, many complained, was too absolute and left no room for nuance or political idiosyncrasies. Yet the arrangement held, the terms stuck, and by mid-century the right had begun to be a catchall for a host of political groups, including conservatives, traditionalists, authoritarians, royalists, nationalists and papists. By the twentieth century the term would be stretched to include movements ranging from Fascism to Populism and would be used to describe the political position of political parties in the Middle East and Asia. Though primarily associated with European and parliamentary politics, increasingly the designation of the right has been applied to Evangelical and Judeo-Christian groups in the United States. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
RUSS S3032 (CRN: 30245) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Sergei Antonov
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This seminar is about Russia’s most memorable and influential political leaders – princes, tsars, general secretaries, and presidents, from Ivan IV (1530-1584) to the present day. Their personalities are often said to encapsulate their entire epoch. Their power of life and death was and is enormous. They are often also said to have been frustrated, deeply conflicted, even tragically helpless to respond to the challenges of their day. To make sense of this enduring appeal, we will examine Russia’s historical tradition of political leadership. We’ll begin with medieval Eastern Slavic conceptions of kingship and chart the development of the unlimited autocratic monarchy as a key political institution in Russia, its demise in the early twentieth century, its forceful regeneration in the Soviet Union, and its survival of the latter’s collapse. Each session will discuss the ways in which rulers structured their power through institutions and personal networks; the ways they presented themselves to their subjects through larger-than-life images and narratives; and also the ways in which ordinary individuals responded to these myths and images. No previous knowledge of Russia or the Russian language is expected, but students must be able to keep up with the readings and to quickly look up unfamiliar information: the course is not meant to serve as an entry-level narrative of Russian history, but rather to focus on several key themes. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
SLAV S3032 (CRN: 30246) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Sergei Antonov
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This seminar is about Russia’s most memorable and influential political leaders – princes, tsars, general secretaries, and presidents, from Ivan IV (1530-1584) to the present day. Their personalities are often said to encapsulate their entire epoch. Their power of life and death was and is enormous. They are often also said to have been frustrated, deeply conflicted, even tragically helpless to respond to the challenges of their day. To make sense of this enduring appeal, we will examine Russia’s historical tradition of political leadership. We’ll begin with medieval Eastern Slavic conceptions of kingship and chart the development of the unlimited autocratic monarchy as a key political institution in Russia, its demise in the early twentieth century, its forceful regeneration in the Soviet Union, and its survival of the latter’s collapse. Each session will discuss the ways in which rulers structured their power through institutions and personal networks; the ways they presented themselves to their subjects through larger-than-life images and narratives; and also the ways in which ordinary individuals responded to these myths and images. No previous knowledge of Russia or the Russian language is expected, but students must be able to keep up with the readings and to quickly look up unfamiliar information: the course is not meant to serve as an entry-level narrative of Russian history, but rather to focus on several key themes. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
TDPS S3001 (CRN: 30167) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Kimberly Jannarone
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This seminar reads illustrative texts of dramatic literature from the Anglo-European world in, roughly, the twentieth century and the two adjacent "turns of the century." We will read with an eye toward discovering the unique ways authors adjusted theatrical form, content, and event to new conditions of modernity. Our specific focus will be close-reading plays, looking at how playwrights create worlds through devices such as plot, characterization, imagery, etc., as well as through the conception of the audience/performer relationship; considerations of time, tempo, musicality; visual dramaturgy; non-linearity and repetition; coding and transcribing; and other dramaturgical devices that took on unique importance and new forms in the modern era. We will read one play a week, establishing its historical context and examining different approaches of playwriting and world-making. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
