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.
AMST S248E (CRN: 30350) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Shilarna Stokes
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. In the 1960s, the designation "Asian American" emerged to encompass a diverse array of experiences, histories, languages, and cultures. This decade also marked the establishment of the first Asian American theater companies, which subsequently led to an increasing collection of plays authored by Asian American playwrights. This seminar will facilitate in-depth readings and discussions of works by fifteen contemporary playwrights whose heritage connects them to various regions across East, South, Southeast, and Western Asia. Notable figures include Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, Aasif Mandvi, Qui Nguyen, Jiehae Park, and Sanaz Toossi, among others. Alongside employing various analytical methods for dramatic texts, we will explore the political, cultural, and historical contexts that influenced the consciousness of Asian American playwrights during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Our aim is to gain a renewed understanding of what it means to be (and perform) Asian Americanness for both current and future generations. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ART S130 (CRN: 30064) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Ryan Sluggett
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. An introduction to basic painting issues, stressing a beginning command of the conventions of pictorial space and the language of color. Class assignments and individual projects explore technical, conceptual, and historical issues central to the language of painting. Enrollment limited to 15 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
CHEM S136L (CRN: 30069) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Laura Herder
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 12.30-4.30
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Laboratory techniques required for qualitative and quantitative analysis, synthesis of inorganic compounds, and simple thermodynamic measurements. Prerequisite: CHEM 134L. May be taken concurrently with CHEM S165 or subsequently. For college students and beyond. 1/2 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $2635.
CHEM S165 (CRN: 30070) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Laura Herder
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 11.00-12.00, M-F 9.30-10.45, Th 11.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. A comprehensive survey of modern descriptive inorganic and physical chemistry, intended for students with high school preparation in chemistry. Chemical kinetics and thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, acid-base theory, electrochemistry, transition metal chemistry, introduction to organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM S161. The general chemistry courses (CHEM S161/165) with laboratories (CHEM S134L/S136L), meet departmental requirements for the major and are appropriate for students seeking to fulfill medical school requirements. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
CHLD S350E (CRN: 30167) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Fred Volkmar
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
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. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
E&EB S115 (CRN: 30315) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Edgar Benavides
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Conservation biology is a multidisciplinary field that examines how human activities influence biological diversity across different levels of complexity, including genes, populations, communities, ecosystems, and the global scale. In this course, we will explore essential topics such as species diversity, wildlife management, invasive species, population decline, and species extinction. We will also investigate the pressing threats of habitat loss and Climate change examining their far-reaching effects on the natural world. Through lectures, discussions of primary literature, the completion of a science-based conservation paper, and the insight of guest speakers we will deepen our understanding and commitment to preserving our planet’s unique biodiversity and fostering a sustainable future. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ECON S116E (CRN: 30142) | Syllabus | 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
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Session A course cancelled. 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 S225E (CRN: 30258) | Learn More
Instructors: Zinnia Mukherjee
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
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 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
Eligibility: Open to college students only
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.
ENGL S121 (CRN: 30211) | Learn More
Instructors: Seth Walls
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. How did politics begin? Aristotle suggested that the answer ought to be self-evident—at least to a noble audience. Citing the poet Hesiod, he also placed a priority on “speaking well.” But what if one has not been blessed from birth with noble station? And how do we decide what amounts to speaking well? Welcome to Writing About Politics! In this class, you will experiment with several forms that writers on politics have made their own over time. Profile writing, opinion-driven analysis of empirical trends, and satire will all be part of the mix. We will look at some ideas from antiquity and the Enlightenment before settling into a particular focus on the post-WWII United States. Writers whose work we will consider range from Voltaire to Sontag, from W.E.B. Du Bois to William F. Buckley, Jr., and beyond. Prerequisite: College students- ENGL 114, 120, or other intro WR course; Pre-college students- College-level writing class or completed AP English with a score of 4 or 5. Enrollment limited to 14 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ENGL S121E (CRN: 30219) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Pamela Newton
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Big cities present a unique set of opportunities and challenges. They are hubs of art and culture, media and entertainment, business and finance, and food. They serve as canvases for architects and urban planners with visions for the future. They represent the greatest potential for diverse populations to intersect and thrive. At the same time, cities are often sites of injustice, economic inequality, violence, and social division. Cities constantly challenge us to forge communities on a large scale and to learn how to live harmoniously with each other.
In this course, we will explore city life through reading and writing about cities in several non-fiction modes. Major assignments will include a literary personal essay, a reported journalistic feature (which can be a profile), a film review about a city film, and a policy memo/proposal about a change to city infrastructure. We will supplement our course readings in these four genres with short readings in other genres, as well as with other kinds of “texts” (images, films, recorded talks). We will also look for opportunities to use New Haven, the city around us, as a source and a test case for our ideas. Through our study and practice of non-fiction writing for a range of audiences, we will seek to join an ongoing (written) conversation about the past, present, and future of the modern city. Prerequisite: College students- ENGL 114, 120, or other intro WR course; Pre-college students- College-level writing class or completed AP English with a score of 4 or 5. Enrollment limited to 12 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ENGL S128 (CRN: 30077) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Juno Richards
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. An introduction to the literary traditions of the Anglophone world in a variety of poetic and narrative forms and historical contexts. Emphasis on developing skills of literary interpretation and critical writing; diverse linguistic, cultural and racial histories; and on the politics of empire and liberation struggles. Authors may include Daniel Defoe, Mary Prince, J. M. Synge, James Joyce, C. L. R. James, Claude McKay, Jean Rhys, Yvonne Vera, Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, J. M. Coetzee, Brian Friel, Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie, Alice Munro, Derek Walcott, and Patrick White, among others. Enrollment limited to 18 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
ENGL S410 (CRN: 30078) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Tara McKelvey
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MF 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Students in this course will learn the craft of writing features, essays, and profiles while maintaining the highest standards of journalistic ethics. They will study the mechanics of non-fiction writing and develop skills in critical thinking. Through close readings of reportage, they will acquire a deeper understanding of narrative structure. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
EP&E S421E (CRN: 30147) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Karen Goodrow
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.30-11.00
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This course examines constitutional principles of due process and fair trial, and how bias influences the criminal justice system, focusing on wrongful convictions and the death penalty. Ethical considerations are a key component of the course. Iconic films demonstrate the issues presented. Topics include the efficacy of the death penalty, the causes of wrongful convictions, actual innocence, gender/race/economic bias and its effect on the justice system, and best practices for improving our sense of justice in the United States. This course explores the varying roles of the court, the prosecution and the defense in criminal cases, including analysis of ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Students develop an understanding of conflicting views on the legitimacy of the death penalty and the systemic problems with instituting capital punishment, as well as best practices to prevent wrongful convictions. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ER&M S168E (CRN: 30349) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Shilarna Stokes
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. In the 1960s, the designation "Asian American" emerged to encompass a diverse array of experiences, histories, languages, and cultures. This decade also marked the establishment of the first Asian American theater companies, which subsequently led to an increasing collection of plays authored by Asian American playwrights. This seminar will facilitate in-depth readings and discussions of works by fifteen contemporary playwrights whose heritage connects them to various regions across East, South, Southeast, and Western Asia. Notable figures include Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, Aasif Mandvi, Qui Nguyen, Jiehae Park, and Sanaz Toossi, among others. Alongside employing various analytical methods for dramatic texts, we will explore the political, cultural, and historical contexts that influenced the consciousness of Asian American playwrights during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Our aim is to gain a renewed understanding of what it means to be (and perform) Asian Americanness for both current and future generations. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
ER&M S315E (CRN: 30234) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Quan Tran
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. As an incredibly diverse population, Asian Americans have contributed greatly to the foodscape of the United States. This course explores the rich foodways that Asian Americans have created and sustained historically and contemporarily. It also examines the impacts of such foodways on Asian American identity and community formations. The course is organized thematically and anchored in selected case studies. Enrollment limited to 18 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
FILM S208E (CRN: 30149) | Learn More
Instructors: Greg Johnson
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 7.00-8.45p
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. An examination of the key events and ideas that shape the modern motion picture business from financial, institutional, and historical standpoints. Topics include ways that the business has evolved in response to changes in technology, distribution, and competition; how the business dictates what ends up on screen; and relationships among studios, actors, agents, independent filmmakers, distributors, and the viewing audience. Industry practitioners discuss special topics. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
HLTH S225E (CRN: 30259) | Learn More
Instructors: Zinnia Mukherjee
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
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.
LATN S120E (CRN: 30151) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Timothy Robinson
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: M-F 9.00-12.00
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Continuation of LATN 110. Emphasis on consolidating grammar and on readings from Latin authors. The sequence LATN 110, 120 prepares for 131 or 141. Prerequisite: LATN 110 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 18 students. 1.5 Credits. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
MUSI S207 (CRN: 30081) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Nathaniel Adam
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. An introduction to music-theory analysis of commercial and popular song (with a focus on American and British music of the past 50 years, across multiple genres). Coursework involves study of harmony, voice leading and text setting, rhythm and meter, and form, with assigned reading, listening, musical transcription and arranging, and written/oral presentation of analysis. Prior knowledge of musical knowledge of key signatures, time signatures, and roman numeral analysis. Enrollment limited to 16 students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.
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