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.
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.
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.
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.
HSAR S4372 (CRN: 30092) | Learn More
Instructors: Nana Adusei-Poku
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 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. In 2001, “Freestyle”, a survey exhibition curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem, introduced a young generation of artists of African descent and the ambitious yet knowingly opaque term post-black to a pre-9-11 pre-Obama world. Post-black stirred much controversy 24 years ago, because it was used for a generation of artists that seemed to distance themselves from previous generations, who utilized the term Black to define their practices as a form of political resistance. This seminar utilizes the term post-black as a starting point to investigate the different ways Black Artists identified themselves through the lens of their historical contexts, writings, and politics while engaging with key debates around Black Aesthetics in exhibitions and theory. Consequently, we will discuss changes in artistic styles and Black identity discourses from the beginning of the 20th century into the present. However, the claims that the post-black generation made, and the influence of their work, are part of an ongoing debate in African Diasporic Art, which has refreshed and posed new questions for art-historical research as well as curation. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.
HSHM S4280 (CRN: 30093) | 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.
HUMS S2130 (CRN: 30191) | Learn More
Instructors: Eleanor Martin
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
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. From Percy Jackson to Botticelli's Birth of Venus, modern culture is saturated with references to classical myths. In this course, we will study these stories in their original contexts, as told by the ancient Greeks and Romans. We will read literary versions of many of the most important myths, including in drama and epic, examine representations of these myths in material culture, and explore the cultural functions and significance of both texts and objects. As we do so, we will also chart the development of these myths over time, from antiquity to today. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
HUMS S2210 (CRN: 30094) | 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.
HUMS S2730 (CRN: 30278) | Learn More
Instructors: Marijeta Bozovic
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
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. Internet cultures have transformed our world over the past several decades, as human beings seemingly overnight learned to depend on computer networks for various kinds of work, military operations, pursuits of knowledge, religion, political organization, searches for love and community, illegal activities, and infinite varieties of play. The very size of this “cultural production” defies understanding and seems to defy study. This course serves as an introduction to interdisciplinary but humanities-centered approaches to Internet studies. Our seminar tackles a gargantuan open topic through three lenses: histories, network studies, and cultural studies. We will study and discuss ideas that stem from fields as diverse as media studies, digital humanities, economics, linguistic anthropology, history of science, and statistics. The course will highlight the possibilities and limitations of digital tools and encourage critical thinking about the networks that surround us and mediate our cultural experiences—and which the majority of us use with little understanding of how search tools, categorization systems, citation counts, and more shape and limit our knowledge. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
HUMS S3411 (CRN: 30095) | Learn More
Instructors: Blake Trimble
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. What does it mean for a life to go well? What would it look like for a life to be lived well? In short, what shape would a life worth living take? We will explore these questions through engagement with the visions of seven modern figures and foundation texts that influenced them: Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Tanakh, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Buddhist scriptures, Mohandas Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Bible, Robin Wall Kimmerer and North American Indigenous wisdom, A. Helwa and the Quran, and Oscar Wilde and expressive individualism. The course will also feature visits from contemporary individuals who understand their lives to be shaped by the figures and traditions in question. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.
IDRS S3000 (CRN: 30096) | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Must be taken Pass/Fail. Independent Research in the Summer (IDRS S3000) consists of special projects initiated and arranged by the student in an area of academic interest under the mentorship and supervision of a Yale faculty adviser and with the approval of the relevant Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). In general, IDRS S300 enables the student to study material not otherwise offered by the department. The course may be used for research, design or other projects, or directed reading, but in all cases, a term paper, a written report on the research project, or an equivalent final assessment as determined by the faculty adviser and the DUS is required. The student is expected to meet regularly with their faculty adviser and spend approximately 35 hours a week on their research for the duration of the five-week session. Students may receive academic credit only if they are not being paid for their research, although they may work for credit in one five-week session and for pay in the other. Upon completion of the course, the faculty adviser must submit to the Yale Summer Session Registrar a substantive report, which describes the nature of the independent research and evaluates the student’s performance in it. The report must indicate the mark of Pass or Fail. These reports should be shared with the student and the DUS and, for Yale College students, kept in the office of the student’s residential college dean. For Yale College students, IDRS S300 may count toward a major’s requirements only with the approval of their DUS. IDRS S300 does not typically qualify as an in-person course for students who require an in-person course to fulfill their visa requirements. Admission to IDRS S300 is by application only. Further information about the application requirements can be found at https://summer.yale.edu/academics/independent-research-summer. Students are expected to work well in advance to prepare their project description and other application materials and secure the required approvals, all of which must be submitted to summer.session@yale.edu by no later than the relevant application deadline. May be repeated for credit so long as the Yale College limits on independent studies are not exceeded. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. The course is offered both in-person and online. Tuition: $5480. (Online course includes an additional $85 Technology Fee).
IDRS S3000 (CRN: 30097) | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Must be taken Pass/Fail. Independent Research in the Summer (IDRS S3000) consists of special projects initiated and arranged by the student in an area of academic interest under the mentorship and supervision of a Yale faculty adviser and with the approval of the relevant Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). In general, IDRS S300 enables the student to study material not otherwise offered by the department. The course may be used for research, design or other projects, or directed reading, but in all cases, a term paper, a written report on the research project, or an equivalent final assessment as determined by the faculty adviser and the DUS is required. The student is expected to meet regularly with their faculty adviser and spend approximately 35 hours a week on their research for the duration of the five-week session. Students may receive academic credit only if they are not being paid for their research, although they may work for credit in one five-week session and for pay in the other. Upon completion of the course, the faculty adviser must submit to the Yale Summer Session Registrar a substantive report, which describes the nature of the independent research and evaluates the student’s performance in it. The report must indicate the mark of Pass or Fail. These reports should be shared with the student and the DUS and, for Yale College students, kept in the office of the student’s residential college dean. For Yale College students, IDRS S300 may count toward a major’s requirements only with the approval of their DUS. IDRS S300 does not typically qualify as an in-person course for students who require an in-person course to fulfill their visa requirements. Admission to IDRS S300 is by application only. Further information about the application requirements can be found at https://summer.yale.edu/academics/independent-research-summer. Students are expected to work well in advance to prepare their project description and other application materials and secure the required approvals, all of which must be submitted to summer.session@yale.edu by no later than the relevant application deadline. May be repeated for credit so long as the Yale College limits on independent studies are not exceeded. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. The course is offered both in-person and online. Tuition: $5480. (Online course includes an additional $85 Technology Fee).
IDRS S3000 (CRN: 30098) | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Must be taken Pass/Fail. Independent Research in the Summer (IDRS S3000) consists of special projects initiated and arranged by the student in an area of academic interest under the mentorship and supervision of a Yale faculty adviser and with the approval of the relevant Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). In general, IDRS S300 enables the student to study material not otherwise offered by the department. The course may be used for research, design or other projects, or directed reading, but in all cases, a term paper, a written report on the research project, or an equivalent final assessment as determined by the faculty adviser and the DUS is required. The student is expected to meet regularly with their faculty adviser and spend approximately 35 hours a week on their research for the duration of the five-week session. Students may receive academic credit only if they are not being paid for their research, although they may work for credit in one five-week session and for pay in the other. Upon completion of the course, the faculty adviser must submit to the Yale Summer Session Registrar a substantive report, which describes the nature of the independent research and evaluates the student’s performance in it. The report must indicate the mark of Pass or Fail. These reports should be shared with the student and the DUS and, for Yale College students, kept in the office of the student’s residential college dean. For Yale College students, IDRS S300 may count toward a major’s requirements only with the approval of their DUS. IDRS S300 does not typically qualify as an in-person course for students who require an in-person course to fulfill their visa requirements. Admission to IDRS S300 is by application only. Further information about the application requirements can be found at https://summer.yale.edu/academics/independent-research-summer. Students are expected to work well in advance to prepare their project description and other application materials and secure the required approvals, all of which must be submitted to summer.session@yale.edu by no later than the relevant application deadline. May be repeated for credit so long as the Yale College limits on independent studies are not exceeded. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. The course is offered both in-person and online. Tuition: $5480. (Online course includes an additional $85 Technology Fee).
IDRS S3000 (CRN: 30099) | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
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
Must be taken Pass/Fail. Independent Research in the Summer (IDRS S3000) consists of special projects initiated and arranged by the student in an area of academic interest under the mentorship and supervision of a Yale faculty adviser and with the approval of the relevant Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). In general, IDRS S300 enables the student to study material not otherwise offered by the department. The course may be used for research, design or other projects, or directed reading, but in all cases, a term paper, a written report on the research project, or an equivalent final assessment as determined by the faculty adviser and the DUS is required. The student is expected to meet regularly with their faculty adviser and spend approximately 35 hours a week on their research for the duration of the five-week session. Students may receive academic credit only if they are not being paid for their research, although they may work for credit in one five-week session and for pay in the other. Upon completion of the course, the faculty adviser must submit to the Yale Summer Session Registrar a substantive report, which describes the nature of the independent research and evaluates the student’s performance in it. The report must indicate the mark of Pass or Fail. These reports should be shared with the student and the DUS and, for Yale College students, kept in the office of the student’s residential college dean. For Yale College students, IDRS S300 may count toward a major’s requirements only with the approval of their DUS. IDRS S300 does not typically qualify as an in-person course for students who require an in-person course to fulfill their visa requirements. Admission to IDRS S300 is by application only. Further information about the application requirements can be found at https://summer.yale.edu/academics/independent-research-summer. Students are expected to work well in advance to prepare their project description and other application materials and secure the required approvals, all of which must be submitted to summer.session@yale.edu by no later than the relevant application deadline. May be repeated for credit so long as the Yale College limits on independent studies are not exceeded. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Session B: June 29 – July 31. The course is offered both in-person and online. Tuition: $5480. (Online course includes an additional $85 Technology Fee).
ITAL S9999 (CRN: 30106) | Learn More
Instructors: Julia Pucci
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
JDST S3451 (CRN: 30229) | 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.
MATH S1120 (CRN: 30107) | Learn More
Instructors: Bailey Heath
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Limits and their properties. Definitions and some techniques of differentiation and the evaluation of definite integrals, with applications. Use of the software package Mathematica to illustrate concepts. No prior acquaintance with calculus or computing assumed. Prerequisite: Math Placement Exam results for Yale College students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MATH S1150 (CRN: 30108) | Learn More
Instructors: Brett Smith
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. A continuation of MATH 1120. The definite integral, fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, polar coordinates, Taylor series, applications. Prerequisite: MATH 1120 or completed AP AB Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5, or Math Placement Exam results for Yale College students. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MATH S1200 (CRN: 30109) | Learn More
Instructors: Tamunonye Cheetham-West
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Analytic geometry in three dimensions, using vectors. Real-valued functions of two and three variables, partial derivatives, gradient and directional derivatives, level curves and surfaces, maxima and minima. Parametrized curves in space, motion in space, line integrals; applications. Prerequisite: MATH 1150 or 1160; completed AP BC Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5; or Math Placement Exam results for Yale College students. Not after MATH 1210. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MATH S2220 (CRN: 30110) | Learn More
Instructors: Surya Raghavendran
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: M-F 1.00-2.20
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Matrix representation of linear equations. Gauss elimination. Vector spaces. Linear independence, basis, and dimension. Orthogonality, projection, least squares approximation; orthogonalization and orthogonal bases. Extension to function spaces. Determinants. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Diagonalization. Difference equations and matrix differential equations. Symmetric and Hermitian matrices. Orthogonal and unitary transformations; similarity transformations. Students who plan to continue with upper level math courses should instead consider MATH 2250. May not be taken after MATH 2250 or 2260. Prerequisite: MATH 1150 or AP BC Calculus with a score of 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
MATH S2440 (CRN: 30111) | Learn More
Instructors: Meghan Anderson
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Basic concepts and results in discrete mathematics: graphs, trees, connectivity, Ramsey theorem, enumeration, binomial coefficients, Stirling numbers. Properties of finite set systems. Prerequisite: MATH 1150 completed AP BC Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
