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.
E&EB S464 (CRN: 30055) | Learn More
Instructors: Eric Sargis
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Science, Social Sciences
In-person Course. A lecture and laboratory course focusing on the characteristics of the human skeleton and its use in studies of functional morphology, paleodemography, and paleopathology. Laboratories familiarize students with skeletal parts; lectures focus on the nature of bone tissue, its biomechanical modification, sexing, aging, and interpretation of lesions. Enrollment limited to 23 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
EALL S212 (CRN: 30073) | Learn More
Instructors: Mick Hunter
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 9.00-11.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
In-person course. An introduction to the foundational works of ancient Chinese thought from the ruling ideologies of the earliest historical dynasties, through the Warring States masters, to the Qin and Han empires. Topics include Confucianism and Daoism, the role of the intellectual in ancient Chinese society, and the nature and performance of wisdom. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
EALL S260 (CRN: 30253) | Learn More
Instructors: Kurtis Hanlon
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
In-person Course. This course explores the art forms of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese animation), examining their unique media characteristics and intermedial connections. Students view and analyze manga and anime, not merely as stories but as narratives shaped by specific visual languages and technological mediation. Major course units incorporate themes of "play," examining how narrative content and media-specific conventions invite interaction and reflection. The course is organized into three thematic units: Adaptation – Playing with the past; Who am I? – Playing with identity; War Games – Playing with the future. Enrollment limited to 35 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
EALL S374E (CRN: 30325) | Learn More
Instructors: Xueli Wang
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Online Course. The Hong Kong New Wave (1980s-2000s) was an intensely creative period of film and cultural production whose influence continues to reverberate through the world today. This course will survey key figures, works, trends, and contexts of the Hong Kong New Wave movement, beginning with proto-New Wave developments in the 1960s and 70s and ending with its afterlives in recent Hollywood productions. Sessions will be structured around ten films by directors including Wong Kar-Wai, Tsui Hark, Patrick Tam, Tang Shu Shuen, Angie Chen, Stanley Kwan, and Ann Hui. We will examine their works formally, through shot-by-shot analysis, as well as in relation to broader cultural and political developments, such as the 1967 anti-colonial riots, the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising, the 1997 handover, the formation of new ciné-clubs and film magazines, the rise of television and piracy, and recent pro-democracy movements. We will also consider pertinent questions of genre, stardom, reception and fandom, history and memory, gender and sexuality, protest and dissent, and what constitutes “Hong Kongness” in relation to postcoloniality, globalization, and nationalism. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S115E (CRN: 30103) | Learn More
Instructors: Tolga Koker
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-2.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
Online Course. Introduction to the principles of microeconomics, supply and demand, consumer theory, and competitive markets. Applications to contemporary policy issues such as rent control, minimum wage, antitrust policy, pollution, and income inequality. May not be taken after ECON 108 or 110. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S115E (CRN: 30141) | Learn More
Instructors: Tolga Koker
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-2.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
Online Course. Introduction to the principles of microeconomics, supply and demand, consumer theory, and competitive markets. Applications to contemporary policy issues such as rent control, minimum wage, antitrust policy, pollution, and income inequality. May not be taken after ECON 108 or 110. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S116E (CRN: 30104) | Learn More
Instructors: Marnix Amand
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Online Course. An introduction to basic macroeconomic concepts and theories, such as national income accounting, theories of growth, inflation, unemployment, business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, banking, finance, and economic crises, with special emphasis on the recent financial crisis. Prerequisite: ECON 108, 110, 115 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S116E (CRN: 30142) | Learn More
Instructors: Marnix Amand
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Online Course. An introduction to basic macroeconomic concepts and theories, such as national income accounting, theories of growth, inflation, unemployment, business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, banking, finance, and economic crises, with special emphasis on the recent financial crisis. Prerequisite: ECON 108, 110, 115 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S117E (CRN: 30105) | Learn More
Instructors: Helen Pushkarskaya
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.45-11.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
Online Course. Introduction to data analysis from the beginning of the econometrics sequence; exposure to modern empirical economics; and development of credible economic analysis. This course emphasizes working directly and early with data, through such economic examples as studies of environmental/natural resource economics, intergenerational mobility, discrimination, and finance. Topics include: probability, statistics, and sampling; selection, causation and causal inference; regression and model specification; and machine learning and big data. Prerequisites: ECON 108, 110, 115, or equivalent, or completed AP Microeconomics with a score of 4 or 5. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S117E (CRN: 30143) | Learn More
Instructors: Helen Pushkarskaya
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.45-11.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
Online Course. Introduction to data analysis from the beginning of the econometrics sequence; exposure to modern empirical economics; and development of credible economic analysis. This course emphasizes working directly and early with data, through such economic examples as studies of environmental/natural resource economics, intergenerational mobility, discrimination, and finance. Topics include: probability, statistics, and sampling; selection, causation and causal inference; regression and model specification; and machine learning and big data. Prerequisites: ECON 108, 110, 115, or equivalent, or completed AP Microeconomics with a score of 4 or 5. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S159 (CRN: 30075) | Learn More
Instructors: Zvika Neeman
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
In-person Course. An introduction to the theory of multi-person decision problems and its application in economic analysis. Discussion of static and dynamic noncooperative games with particular attention to the notions of Nash equilibrium and sub-game perfect equilibrium. Prerequisite: knowledge of basic calculus and probability recommended. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ECON S225E (CRN: 30258) | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Online Course. This course introduces students to the economics of environmental protection and management of natural resources, and various topics in this area of study. Is climate change real or a myth? How much would you pay to protect tigers from poachers? How can governments protect the world’s marine reserves or regulate energy markets? Can we prevent the killing of dolphins resulting from tuna fishing? What are the environmental effects of economic growth and international trade? The course will begin with an overview of relevant economic concepts such as cost-benefit analysis, efficiency, market failure, externalities, and public goods. Using a basic pollution model, the course will demonstrate the impact of economic activities on local and global environmental outcomes and teach students how economists analyze alternative policy options for reducing environmental damages that stem from human activities. Course topics include management of nonrenewable and renewable natural resources, open access resources and tragedy of the commons, methods of valuing ecosystems, energy efficiency, the relationship between trade and global environmental problems, and global climate policy. Prerequisite: ECON 115. Calculus recommended. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S276 (CRN: 30176) | Learn More
Instructors: Sarath Sanga
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: MTWTh 9.00-1.00
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
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 February 4th. For more detailed information about the program, including a description of the courses, housing, excursions, and budget, visit the Yale Study Abroad program page.
ECON S281E (CRN: 30106) | Learn More
Instructors: Bonnie Palifka
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Online Course. Corruption, a manifestation of the principal-agent problem, is an obstacle to economic efficiency. Corruption occurs where fundamental institutions are weak or poorly designed, while situation-specific incentives make corruption tempting, and personal ethics are malleable. This course examines the economic, cultural, and political causes and consequences of corruption; cross-country comparisons of corruption levels; and examples of successful reforms and policies to combat corruption in bureaucracy and business. Prerequisite: ECON 110, or 115, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S328 (CRN: 30076) | Learn More
Instructors: Miguel Ramirez
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
In-person Course. Recent developments in international economics. Trade policy and market structure; the economics of trading blocs such as the EU and NAFTA; the economic consequences of continued U.S. external deficits; globalization and inequality; exchange rates, interest rates, and volatility; speculative capital flows and exchange rate policies; and financial crises and the prospects for the European Monetary Union. Prerequisites: intermediate microeconomics (ECON 121 OR ECON 125) or equivalents and macroeconomics (ECON 122 OR 126) or equivalents. Econometrics (ECON 117) recommended, but not required. Enrollment limited to 16 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ECON S365 (CRN: 30209) | Learn More
Instructors: Dylan McKay
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 10.00-11.15, TTh 1.00-2.00
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
In-person Course. Paradigms for algorithmic problem solving: greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and network flow. NP completeness and approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems. Algorithms for problems from economics, scheduling, network design and navigation, geometry, biology, and optimization. This course provides algorithmic background essential to further study of computer science. Prerequisite: CPSC S202 or equivalent and CPSC S223. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
EDST S151E (CRN: 30261) | Learn More
Instructors: Tycie Coppett
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Online Course. This course is designed to explore the question, “Have We Lost Faith in Higher Education?” by first understanding the foundation and mission of higher education and the varying sectors that encompass the complexities of higher education. This course also introduces students to the organization, administration, and governance of higher education. With this foundation, students critique current higher education policy issues, debates and trends at the state and federal level with a concentration on six key issues: 1) student access, 2) financial aid and affordability, 3) technology and digital transformation, 4) accreditors and DEI, and 5) NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) and college sports, and 6) leadership retention. The course is intended to provide a broad overview of higher education and aims to cover the breadth of the sector and not the depth. Through research and one’s intellectual curiosity, individual student groups will explore the depth of one key issue aforementioned within higher education. Additional assigned readings are offered for close reading if desired. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
EDST S255E (CRN: 30107) | 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
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.
ENAS S120 (CRN: 30057) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
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. Enrollment limited to 30 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ENAS S120E (CRN: 30094) | Learn More
Instructors: Daniel Prober
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Online 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. Enrollment limited to 30 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
