Course List

Intensive English Program

SUMR S011 (CRN: 30240) | Learn More

Instructors: Alan Gibbons
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. This is a full-time program designed for international college students who want to improve their academic English language skills among a diverse, dynamic group. This summer, build the fluency, skills, and confidence needed to communicate effectively in English, while gaining a deeper understanding of cultural diversity in the U.S. See the website for a sample daily schedule. No credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5325.

Postgraduate Seminar

SUMR S012 (CRN: 30241) | Learn More

Instructors: Anne Thalheimer
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. The Postgraduate Seminar is an intensive English program designed for international students currently enrolled or planning to attend graduate school in the U.S., as well as for mature students and professionals seeking an academically-focused English study experience. This program prepares you for the rigorous demands of graduate-level coursework by refining your academic writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. For college students and beyond. No Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5325.

Business Seminar for International Students

SUMR S014 (CRN: 30242) | Learn More

Instructors: Enrique Juncadella
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. The Business Seminar is a transformative program crafted to equip you with the essential skills for thriving in professional roles or excelling in graduate business studies. It prepares you to succeed in today’s competitive global business environment by honing your communication abilities, expanding your international network, deepening your cross-cultural understanding, and developing hands-on experience with real-world business case analysis. This is a full-time program. See the website for a sample daily schedule. For college students and beyond. No credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $6520.

Law Seminar for International Students

SUMR S015 (CRN: 30243) | Learn More

Instructors: Robin Esposito
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. The Law Seminar offers an immersive introduction to the American legal system, crafted to prepare you for law school in the U.S. or a career in international law. Build global connections, gain a strong foundation in U.S. legal principles, and sharpen the specialized legal English skills essential for success in this field. This is a full-time program. See the website for a sample daily schedule. For college students and beyond. No credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $6520.

Public Speaking

THST S343 (CRN: 30050) | Learn More

Instructors: Elise Morrison
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. Development of skills in public speaking and in critical analysis of public discourse. Key aspects of rhetoric and cultural communication; techniques for formulating and organizing persuasive arguments, engaging with an audience, and using the voice and body effectively. Enrollment limited to 16 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Urban Education & Housing Policy

URBN S317E (CRN: 30109) | Learn More

Instructors: Riché Barnes
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Online Course. Blends urban history with educational and housing policy to explore how spatial relationships have shaped opportunity since the groundbreaking supreme court decision, Brown V. Board of Education. Investigates a range of historical, legal, and contemporary issues relevant to both the segregation and desegregation of American cities and their public schools in the twentieth century. Uses Atlanta, GA as a case study in how race, cities, schools and space have been differently understood in the South as compared to the North, and to Atlanta as compared to other “Deep South” cities.  Enrollment limited to 25 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion

WGSS S254 (CRN: 30342) | Learn More

Instructors: Minh Vu
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
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). Enrollment limited to 12 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.

Rye: Cultural History and Embodied Practice

WGSS S263E (CRN: 30171) | Learn More

Instructors: Maria Trumpler
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-2.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. Based in methodology from gender and sexuality studies, we use the grain rye as a focal point to offer a highly interdisciplinary exploration of the biology, agriculture, changing cultural importance, culinary practice and mythology around “rye.”  Part of a collaboration with the Bread Lab at Washington State University, this class will include an examination of when, how and where desire for rye food products flourished and waned, how different knowledges co-exist about “rye” including the embodied practices of women who bake with rye as well as the knowledge that rye itself might contain. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.