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Explore the Summer 2026 Course Offerings

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.

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Intermediate and Advanced French I

FREN S1300 (CRN: 30081) | Learn More

Instructors: Matuku Ngame
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.

Intermediate and Advanced French II

FREN S1400 (CRN: 30082) | Learn More

Instructors: Soumia Koundi
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.

Age of Cathedrals

FREN S3040 (CRN: 30239) | Learn More

Instructors: R Howard Bloch
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: N/A
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.

Belle Époque France

FREN S3690 (CRN: 30083) | Learn More

Instructors: R Howard Bloch
Dates: Learn more on the Yale Study Abroad program page
Course Mode: Study Abroad
Meeting Times: N/A
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.

French for Reading

FREN S9999 (CRN: 30084) | Learn More

Instructors: Rachel Watson
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-12.00
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will offer an online, non-credit French for Reading course to assist students in satisfying their degree requirements. Students will acquire skills for reading French language texts of any difficulty with some fluency. Study of syntax and grammar; practice in close reading and translation of texts in different genres in the humanities and sciences. The class will meet live online each week and will not appear on transcripts issued by the University. Grades will be available in Yale Hub one week after the conclusion of the course. Open to Yale doctoral and visiting graduate students. Non-Credit. Session A: May 25 - June 26. Yale doctoral student Tuition and Technology Fee are funded by GSAS. Visiting students, Tuition: $885. Technology Fee: $85.

Culture of Southeastern Europe

GLBL S2110 (CRN: 30158) | Learn More

Instructors: N/A
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.

Game Theory

GLBL S2159 (CRN: 30262) | Learn More

Instructors: Zvika Neeman
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only

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 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.

Chinese Foreign Policy

GLBL S3129 (CRN: 30225) | Learn More

Instructors: Daniel Mattingly
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. Study of the international relations and foreign policy of contemporary China. Topics include war, diplomacy, grand strategy, the military, cyber security, finance, trade, domestic politics, nuclear weapons, and international crises. There are no formal prerequisites, but some basic knowledge of China is assumed, so a background equivalent to having taken one of the introductory courses on China is recommended. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.

Disinformation and Democracy

GLBL S3430 (CRN: 30085) | Learn More

Instructors: Asha Rangappa
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-10.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. This course explores the evolution of information warfare as a national security threat to the United States. Beginning with the KGB’s use of “active measures” during the Cold War, the course looks at how propaganda and disinformation campaigns became central to the Putin regime and how social media has facilitated their expansion and impact. Using Russia’s efforts in the 2016 election as an example, students will examine how the First Amendment places limitations on the U.S.’s ability to counter such operations in the United States and explore how strengthening critical thinking and American social capital might be effective prophylactics against these efforts. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.

Challenges to Democracy in Contemporary Europe

GLBL S3700 (CRN: 30086) | Learn More

Instructors: Bonnie Weir
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.

Intermediate German I

GMAN S1300 (CRN: 30087) | Learn More

Instructors: Theresa Schenker
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.

Intermediate German II

GMAN S1400 (CRN: 30088) | Learn More

Instructors: Karoline Kiefel
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.

The Logic of Dreams

GMAN S1900 (CRN: 30211) | Learn More

Instructors: Paul North
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. The nature, history, and possible meanings of dream experience, with reference to Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. Works from film and literature about dreams and dreaming, as well as major texts in dream theory. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.

German for Reading

GMAN S9999 (CRN: 30089) | Learn More

Instructors: Theresa Schenker
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online course. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will offer an online, non-credit German for Reading course to assist students in satisfying their degree requirements. Students will acquire skills for reading German language texts of any difficulty with some fluency. Study of syntax and grammar; practice in close reading and translation of texts in different genres in the humanities and sciences. The course is self-paced but has daily or weekly deadlines for assignments. These courses do not have live online class meetings and will not appear on transcripts issued by the University. Grades will be available in Yale Hub one week after the conclusion of the course. Open to Yale doctoral and visiting graduate students. Non-Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Yale doctoral student Tuition and Technology Fee are funded by GSAS. Visiting students, Tuition: $885. Technology Fee: $85.

Russian Rulers in History and Myth: From Ivan the Terrible to Putin

HIST S2252 (CRN: 30244) | 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.

History of Southeastern Europe

HIST S2299 (CRN: 30090) | 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: 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.

China's Role in Modern Wars and Conflicts

HIST S2455 (CRN: 30091) | Learn More

Instructors: Junyi Han
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 9.00-11.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Online Course. In this course we will study five major wars grappling China in the twentieth century: WWI, WWII, the Chinese Civil War, Korean War, and the Sino-Vietnamese War. This course employs recent paradigms and new sources to examine the impact of global and regional conflicts on society, environment, and everyday life in modern China. Situating China’s warfare within the global context, this course rethinks war not only as a time of upheaval and rupture, but also a critical condition for state building and global integration. No prerequisite or language requirement. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.

Technology and American Medicine

HIST S3174 (CRN: 30209) | Learn More

Instructors: Deborah Streahle
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. This course explores the material culture of American medicine. From instruments like thermometers and scalpels to imaging tools like X-rays and MRIs to everyday aids like glasses, prosthetics and fitness tracking apps—technology suffuses medicine today. In this course, we will analyze particular technologies as both physical and cultural objects in historical context. In addition to investigating the definition of medical technology, we will also consider a range of themes and questions, among them: why do some technologies succeed and others fail? What is the relationship between medical technology and power? How do race, class, gender, and sexuality impact the creation and use of medical technology? We will pay particular attention to the themes of expertise, authority, and identity. In addition to reading primary and secondary sources, we will work closely with materials from the Medical Historical Library. Students can expect to emerge from the course prepared to analyze medical technologies and place them in historical context in American medicine. The course will culminate in a student-run exhibition of medical technologies. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.

The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection

HIST S3768 (CRN: 30228) | 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.

Visual Approaches to Global Health

HLTH S3350 (CRN: 30200) | Learn More

Instructors: Jonathan Smith
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.

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