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2024 Summer Session Course Syllabi

Note: Summer 2025 syllabi will be added to this page as they are received from the instructors, typically beginning in March. We have provided syllabi from 2024 as a reference until then.  

These syllabi are provided as a reference for students, but are subject to change prior to the start of the course. 

[FAQ]African American Studies

AFAM S310E - African and Afro-Diasporic Liberation Movements: The Black Radical Tradition

AFAM S312E - Geographies of Freedom: Race, Space, and Gender in the Caribbean

[FAQ]African Studies

AFST S310E - African and Afro-Diasporic Liberation Movements: The Black Radical Tradition

[FAQ]American Studies

AMST S221 - What is Law?

AMST S310E - Geographies of Freedom: Race, Space, and Gender in the Caribbean

AMST S348 - Space, Place, and Landscape

AMST S350E - Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance

AMST S365E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production

[FAQ]Anthropology 

ANTH S110 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH S264E - Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory

ANTH S308E - Feminist & Queer Ethnographies: Dystopia, Catastrophe, Extinction

ANTH S324E - Race, Inequality, Urban Education and Housing Policy

ANTH S423 - The Anthropology of Possible Worlds

ANTH S462 - Global Health Ethnography

ANTH S464 - Human Osteology

ANTH S473E - Climate Change, Societal Collapse and Resilience

[FAQ]Applied Physics

APHY S120 - Energy, Environment, and Policy

APHY S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers

APHY S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications

[FAQ]Arabic

ARBC S110E - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I

ARBC S120E - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

[FAQ]Archeological Studies

ARCG S264E - Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory

ARCG S464 - Human Osteology

ARCG S473E - Climate Change, Societal Collapse and Resilience

[FAQ]Architecture

ARCH S242 - Globalization and Architecture in and through China

[FAQ]Art

ART S111 - Visual Thinking

ART S115 - Basic Drawing

ART S138 - Introduction to Digital Photography (Session B)

ART S138E - Introduction to Digital Photography (Session A)

ART S167 - Introduction to Interactive Design: WWW

[FAQ]American Sign Language

ASL S110 - American Sign Language I

ASL S120 - American Sign Language II

[FAQ]Astronomy

ASTR S110E - Planets and Stars

ASTR S120 - Galaxies and the Universe

[FAQ]Biology

BIOL S105 - Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Cell Biology

BIOL S106 - Genes, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology

BIOL S300 - Biochemistry

[FAQ]Chemical Engineering

CENG S105E - Introduction to Green Energy Systems (GES)

CENG S150E - Engineering Improv: An Introduction to Engineering Analysis

CENG S300E - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

[FAQ]Chemistry

CHEM S101 - Chemistry in Context

CHEM S134L - General Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM S136L - General Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM S161 - General Chemistry I

CHEM S165 - General Chemistry II

CHEM S220 - Organic Chemistry I

CHEM S221 - Organic Chemistry II

CHEM S222L - Lab for Organic Chemistry I

CHEM S223L - Lab for Organic Chemistry II

[FAQ]Child Study

CHLD S350E - Autism and Related Disorders

[FAQ]Classical Civilization

CLCV S125E - Introduction to Ancient Philosophy

[FAQ]Cognitive Science

CGSC S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life

[FAQ]Computer Science

CPSC S100 - Introduction to Computing and Programming

CPSC S112 - Introduction to Programming

CPSC S202 - Mathematical Tools for Computer Science

CPSC S365 - Algorithms

[FAQ]Earth and Planetary Sciences

EPS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy

EPS S130 - Global Climate Change and the Carbon Cycle

[FAQ]East Asian Languages and Literature

EALL S212 - Ancient Chinese Thought

EALL S270E - Introduction to East Asian Cinema

[FAQ]Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

E&EB S464 - Human Osteology

[FAQ]Economics

ECON S115E - Introduction to Microeconomics

ECON S116E - Introduction to Macroeconomics

ECON S117E - Introduction to Data Analysis and Econometrics

ECON S159 - Game Theory

ECON S281E - Causes and Consequences of Corruption

ECON S328 - Topics in International Economics

ECON S365 - Algorithms

[FAQ]Education Studies 

EDST S255E - Race, Inequality, and Urban Education and Housing Policy

[FAQ]Energy Studies

ENRG S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy

[FAQ]Engineering and Applied Science

ENAS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy

ENAS S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers

ENAS S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications

[FAQ]English

ENGL S114 - Writing Seminars I (30690)

ENGL S114E - Writing Seminars I (30771)

ENGL S114E - Writing Seminars I (30772)

ENGL S120E - Reading and Writing the Modern Essay

ENGL S123E - Introduction to Creative Writing

ENGL S127E - Readings in American Literature

ENGL S256 - Writing about Family

ENGL S287E - Literature and the Future

ENGL S404 - Reading Fiction for Craft

ENGL S409E - Introduction to Poetry

ENGL S410 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

ENGL S421 - Writing About Cities

ENGL S434E - Writing Dance

ENGL S456 - Investigative Journalism

[FAQ]Environmental Studies 

EVST S121 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy

EVST S234 - Global Climate Governance

EVST S304 - Space, Place, and Landscape

EVST S473E - Climate Change, Societal Collapse, and Resilience

[FAQ]Ethics, Politics and Economics

EP&E S270 - Lies and Deception

EP&E S306E - First Amendment and the Ethics of Law

EP&E S399E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production

EP&E S421E - Death Penalty, Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Through the Lens of Film

[FAQ]Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

ER&M S295E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production

ER&M S305 - Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Asian Perspectives

ER&M S310E - African and Afro-Diasporic Liberation Movements: The Black Radical Tradition

ER&M S312E - Geographies of Freedom: Race, Space, and Gender in the Caribbean

ER&M S319E - Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance

ER&M S369 - Cultural Politics of Borderlands Literatures and Sounds

ER&M S381 - Space, Place, and Landscape

ER&M S391 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University

[FAQ]Film & Media Studies

FILM S188E - Sports and Media

FILM S190E - Introduction to East Asian Cinema

FILM S208E - Money and Media: The Business of Hollywood

FILM S268E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production

FILM S321 - Radical Cinemas in the Global Sixties

FILM S348E - Peak Television

FILM S350 - Screenwriting

[FAQ]French

FREN S999E - French for Reading

[FAQ]German 

GMAN S190 - The Logic of Dreams

GMAN S221 - What is Law?

GMAN S999E - German for Reading

[FAQ]Global Affairs

GLBL S343E - Disinformation and Democracy (2023 syllabus)

[FAQ]History

HIST S118E - What Didn't Make it into the Bible

HIST S154E - Early Modern Travel Narratives of the Americas

HIST S179J - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History

HIST S268J - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection

HIST S420 - Global Warming - The Historical Context of Climate Change

[FAQ]History of Art

HSAR S207E - Classicism and Its Controversies

HSAR S223E - Art Since 1945

[FAQ]History of Science and Medicine

HSHM S455 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University

HSHM S461 - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History

[FAQ]Humanities

HUMS S106 - Archive, Book, Record: An Introduction to Yale's Special Collections

HUMS S199 - What is Law?

HUMS S221 - The Logic of Dreams

HUMS S225 - Medicine and the Humanities: Certainty and Unknowing

HUMS S332 - Trust - and Mistrust

[FAQ]Italian

ITAL S999E - Italian for Reading

[FAQ]Judaic Studies 

JDST S351 - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection

[FAQ]Latin

LATN S110 - Beginning Latin: The Elements of Latin Grammar

LATN S120 - Beginning Latin: Review of Grammar and Selected Readings

[FAQ]Linguistics

LING S110E - Introduction to Linguistics

[FAQ]Literature

LITR S105 - Archive, Book, Record: An Introduction to Yale's Special Collections

LITR S130 - Bilingual Imaginaries: Thinking, Writing, and Living across Languages

LITR S311 - The Logic of Dreams

LITR S385 - What is Law?

[FAQ]Mathematics 

MATH S112E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable I

MATH S115E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable II

MATH S118E - Introduction to Functions of Several Variables

MATH S120E - Calculus of Functions of Several Variables

MATH S222E - Linear Algebra with Applications

MATH S244E - Discrete Mathematics

[FAQ]Mechanical Engineering

MENG S280E - Mechanical Engineering I: Strength and Deformation of Mechanical Elements

MENG S383E - Mechanical Engineering III: Dynamics

[FAQ]Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

MB&B S200 - Biochemistry

[FAQ]Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

MCDB S205 - Cell Biology

MCDB S300 - Biochemistry

MCDB S320 - Neurobiology

[FAQ]Music

MUSI S110E - Elements of Musical Pitch and Time

MUSI S121E - 1000 Years of Love Songs

MUSI S207 - Commercial Popular Music Theory

MUSI S265E - Introduction to Jazz, Race, and Gender

MUSI S290E - Electronic Dance Music: Fundamentals

[FAQ]Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

NELC S117E - What Didn't Make it into the Bible

NELC S384E - Old Persian

NELC S473E - Climate Change, Societal Collapse, and Resilience

[FAQ]Neuroscience

NSCI S320 - Neurobiology

[FAQ]Philosophy

PHIL S110 - Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL S125E - Introduction to Ancient Philosophy

PHIL S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life

PHIL S178 - Introduction to Political Philosophy

PHIL S183 - Philosophy and Technology

PHIL S203 - Ancient Chinese Thought

PHIL S337 - Lies and Deception

PHIL S350 - Trust - and Mistrust

[FAQ]Physics

PHYS S101E - Movie Physics

PHYS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy

PHYS S165L - General Physics Laboratory

PHYS S166L - General Physics Laboratory

PHYS S180E - University Physics

PHYS S181E - University Physics

[FAQ]Political Science

PLSC S143 - Global Climate Governance

PLSC S167 - International Human Rights and Politics

PLSC S227E - The United States Congress

PLSC S228E - First Amendment Freedom of Speech and the Ethics of Law

PLSC S270E - Disinformation and Democracy (2023 syllabus)

PLSC S281 - Trust - and Mistrust

PLSC S336 - Lies and Deception

PLSC S361 - Democratic Backsliding

PLSC S410 - Political Protests

PLSC S466 - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection

[FAQ]Psychology

PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session A)

PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session B)

PSYC S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life

PSYC S179E - Thinking (Session A)

PSYC S179E - Thinking (Session B)

PSYC S180E - Introduction to Clinical Psychology

PSYC S309E - Multicultural Psychology

PSYC S350E - Autism and Related Disorders

PSYC S434E - The Psychology of Changing One's Mind

[FAQ]Religious Studies 

RLST S110 - Introduction to Indian Philosophy

RLST S117E - What Didn't Make it into the Bible 

RLST S324 - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection

[FAQ]Sociology

SOCY S101 - Introduction to Sociology

SOCY S151E - Foundations of Modern Social Theory

SOCY S164 - Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Asian Perspectives

[FAQ]South Asian Studies

SAST S475E - Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance

[FAQ]Spanish

SPAN S110 - Elementary Spanish I

SPAN S404E - Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory

SPAN S999E - Spanish for Reading

[FAQ]Statistics and Data Sciences

S&DS S107E - Introduction to Statistics

S&DS S230E - Data Exploration and Analysis

[FAQ]Theater Studies

THST S213E - Writing Dance

THST S343 - Public Speaking

THST S350E - Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance

THST S393 - Reading Modern Drama

[FAQ]Urban Studies

URBN S348 - Space, Place, and Landscape

[FAQ]Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS S212E - Reading Sexuality

WGSS S263E - Rye: Cultural History and Embodied Practice

WGSS S308E - Feminist & Queer Ethnographies: Dystopia, Catastrophe, Extinction

WGSS S312E - Geographies of Freedom: Race, Space, and Gender in the Caribbean

Yale Summer Session 2025

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