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Italian for Reading&Translatio

ITAL S999E (CRN: 30125) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Julia Pucci
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
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 Italian for Reading course to assist students in satisfying their degree requirements. Students will acquire skills for reading Italian 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 A: May 26 – June 27. Yale doctoral student Tuition and Technology Fee are funded by GSAS. Visiting students, Tuition: $850. Technology Fee: $85.

Beginning Latin: The Elements of Grammar

LATN S110E (CRN: 30126) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Timothy Robinson
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 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. Introduction to Latin. Emphasis on morphology and syntax within a structured program of readings and exercises. Prepares for LATN 120. No prior knowledge of Latin assumed. Enrollment limited to 18 students. 1.5 Credits. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Introduction to Linguistics

LING S110 (CRN: 30233) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Squid Tamar-Mattis
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 9.00-11.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. This is a course about language as a window into the human mind and language as glue in human society. Nature, nurture, or both? Linguistics is a science that addresses this puzzle for human language. Language is one of the most complex of human behaviors, but it comes to us without effort. Language is common to all societies and is typically acquired without explicit instruction. Human languages vary within highly specific parameters. The conventions of speech communities exhibit variation and change over time within the confines of universal grammar, part of our biological endowment. The properties of universal grammar are discovered through the careful study of the structures of individual languages and comparison across languages. This course introduces analytical methods that are used to understand this fundamental aspect of human knowledge. In this introductory course students learn about the principles that underlay all human languages, and what makes language special. We study language sounds, how words are formed, how humans compute meaning, as well as language in society, language change, and linguistic diversity. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.

The Logic of Dreams

LITR S311 (CRN: 30214) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Paul North
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. 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 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.

Calculus of Functions of One Variable I

MATH S112E (CRN: 30152) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Eric Geiger
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.00
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. Enrollment limited to 20 students.1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Calculus of Functions of One Variable II

MATH S115E (CRN: 30153) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Brett Smith
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. A continuation of MATH 112. The definite integral, fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, polar coordinates, Taylor series, applications. Prerequisite: MATH 112 or completed AP AB Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5, or math placement exam results for Yale College students. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Calculus of Functions of Several Variables

MATH S120E (CRN: 30154) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Tamunonye Cheetham-West
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-11.30
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only

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. After MATH 115, completed AP BC Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5, or math placement exam results for Yale College students. May not be taken after MATH 121. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Linear Algebra with Applications

MATH S222E (CRN: 30251) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Surya Raghavendran
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: M-F 1.00-2.20
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only

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 225. After MATH 115 or completed AP BC Calculus with a score of a 4 or 5. May not be taken after MATH 225. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Biochemistry

MB&B S200 (CRN: 30046) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Robert Collins
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. An introduction to the biochemistry of animals, plants, and microorganisms, emphasizing the relations of chemical principles and structure to the evolution and regulation of living systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 101 or BIOL 105 and one term of organic chemistry. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Cell Biology

MCDB S205 (CRN: 30043) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Joseph Wolenski
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 1.00-2.30
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. A comprehensive course in cellular and molecular biology. Emphasis on general principles of cell function and rationale and design of pertinent biomedical experiments. Prerequisite: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, or BIOL S105, or completed AP Biology with a score of 5. Enrollment limited to 18 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Biochemistry

MCDB S300 (CRN: 30044) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Robert Collins
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only

In-person Course. An introduction to the biochemistry of animals, plants, and microorganisms, emphasizing the relations of chemical principles and structure to the evolution and regulation of living systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 101 or BIOL 105 and one term of organic chemistry. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Neurobiology

MCDB S320 (CRN: 30047) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Haig Keshishian
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. Introduction to neuroscience, divided into 3 course modules: 1) Cellular neurophysiology, addressing the excitable properties of neurons and the function of synapses, 2) Systems neurobiology, examining neural circuits as they relate to the functional properties of the nervous system, with each system that is addressed examined in detail, and 3) Neural development and plasticity, examining the cellular and molecular mechanisms governing neural development, plasticity, and the establishment of memory. Intro level Biology (Bio 101-104 or equivalent) and one semester of college-level Chemistry strongly recommended. Pre-college students- completed AP Biology with a score of 4 or 5, or completed IB Biology with a score of 6 or 7. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Mechanical Engineering I: Strength and Deformation of Mechanical Elements

MENG S280E (CRN: 30127) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Michael Murrell
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. Elements of statics; mechanical behavior of materials; equilibrium equations, strains and displacements, and stress-strain relations. Elementary applications to trusses, bending of beams, pressure vessels, and torsion of bars. Prerequisite: PHYS 180 or 200, and MATH 115. Enrollment limited to 20 students. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Mechanical Engineering III: Dynamics

MENG S383E (CRN: 30155) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Corey O'Hern
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 6.00-9.15p
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only

Online Course. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and systems of particles. Relative motion; systems with constraints. Rigid body mechanics; gyroscopes. Prerequisites: PHYS 180 or 200, and MATH 120 or ENAS 151. MATH 222 recommended but not required. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Elements of Musical Pitch and Time

MUSI S110E (CRN: 30156) | Learn More

Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Course cancelled. Online Course. The fundamentals of musical language (notation, rhythm, scales, keys, melodies, and chords), including writing, analysis, singing, and dictation. Intended for students who have no music reading ability. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

The Cover Song: Remaking Musical Meaning

MUSI S152 (CRN: 30174) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Course cancelled. In-person Course. An introduction to (and examination of) central issues in musical meaning by way of focusing on the phenomenon of the “cover song.” A cover song is performance or recording of a song that was previously recorded or performed by someone else. Cover songs are never just performances pure and simple but rather they are commentaries on previous performances. Thus, they reveal how aspects such as genre, timbre, tempo, arrangement, harmonization, lyrics are not just basic musical concepts but crystallize social and historical relationships. The course will examine the cover song across genres and time. Some course sessions will involve focus on individual songs, other sessions may look at groups of songs to address specific musical, social, and historical issues and key concepts in musical meaning. Readings will include musicological histories and commentaries on individual songs as well as philosophical reflections on aspects of musical meaning. Students should leave the course with a better understanding of how music means as well as a broader grasp of musical repertoire. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.

Electronic Dance Music: Fundamentals

MUSI S290E (CRN: 30128) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Kathryn Alexander
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 7.30-9.00p
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Course closed to further enrollment. Online Course. The developmental history of technology in music creativity, with particular attention to the aesthetics and musical invention in the genres and repertoire of electronic dance music including: house, techno, trance, hip-hop, jungle, drum 'n' bass, dub step, drum step and trap, among others. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Ancient Empires

NELC S119 (CRN: 30082) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Kevin van Bladel
Dates: Session B, June 30 - August 1, 2025
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. Introduction to the history and cultures of the ancient empires of the Near East (Middle East), focusing on the period from the Assyrian and Persian Empires to the establishment of Islam (ca 900 BCE–ca 750 CE). Use of ancient primary sources critically to create a historical narrative and to understand the modern appropriation of ancient history for political and other purposes. An introduction to the geography of southwestern Asia and a survey of languages, Iranian and other religions, and some ancient literature from a variety of cultures. Events covered in this course contributed decisively to the demography of the present-day Near East and the social characteristics of its people, from the distribution of language communities to the variety of Near Eastern religions. 1 Credit. Session B: June 30 – August 1. Tuition: $5270.

Climate Change, Societal Collapse and Resilience

NELC S473E (CRN: 30119) | Learn More

Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

Course Cancelled. Online Course. The coincidence of societal collapses throughout history with decadal and century-scale abrupt climate change events. Challenges to anthropological and historical paradigms of cultural adaptation and resilience. Examination of archaeological and historical records and high-resolution sets of paleoclimate proxies. Enrollment limited to 22 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.

Neurobiology

NSCI S320 (CRN: 30048) | Syllabus | Learn More

Instructors: Haig Keshishian
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students

In-person Course. Introduction to neuroscience, divided into 3 course modules: 1) Cellular neurophysiology, addressing the excitable properties of neurons and the function of synapses, 2) Systems neurobiology, examining neural circuits as they relate to the functional properties of the nervous system, with each system that is addressed examined in detail, and 3) Neural development and plasticity, examining the cellular and molecular mechanisms governing neural development, plasticity, and the establishment of memory. Intro level Biology (Bio 101-104 or equivalent) and one semester of college-level Chemistry strongly recommended. Pre-college students- completed AP Biology with a score of 4 or 5, or completed IB Biology with a score of 6 or 7. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270.