Why Take a Course at Yale?
Studying at Yale gives students a newfound appreciation for their academics and offers an opportunity to forge friendships that will last a lifetime. Students come to Yale Summer Session to:
- Earn credit toward their major and fulfill requirements for their degree
- Explore a new field or topic
- Focus intensely on one particular subject
- Study with Yale faculty
- Prepare for the challenges of highly selective colleges
The 2025 Yale Summer Session application is open.
Tips for Choosing a Yale Summer Session Course
- Online courses are marked as such in the course description. If there is no indication, the course is offered in-person. Online course numbers end with an "E."
- Some courses have prerequisites. To enroll, your transcript must show that you have met the prerequisite(s).
- Most YSS courses satisfy Yale College's distributional requirements for graduation. Distributional designations reflect whether the course satisfies a degree requirement, and so, they only apply to Yale College students.
- Course numbers do not necessarily indicate the level of the course. If a course has no pre-requisites, it is open to any student.
- Some courses are not open to high school students. Check course descriptions.
- There is a two-course limit per session.
- All courses are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4).