Yale Summer Session Course Syllabi
[Note] The syllabi included on this page are for Summer 2025 courses. We will begin posting syllabi for Summer 2026 courses in early spring 2026.
These syllabi are provided as a reference for students; they are subject to change prior to the start of the course. The instructor will provide the official course syllabus upon the first day of class.
[FAQ]African American Studies (AFAM)
[FAQ]American Studies (AMST)
AMST S220 - Cultural Politics of Cumbia Music & Dance
AMST S248E - Asian American Drama
AMST S254 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
AMST S259E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
AMST S283 - Race and Slavery in Yale's Archives
[FAQ]Anthropology (ANTH)
ANTH S110 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH S324E - Urban Education & Housing Policy
ANTH S412 - Ethnographies of Struggle
ANTH S423 - The Anthropology of Possible Worlds
ANTH S441E - Gender & Citizenship in the Middle East
[FAQ]Applied Mathematics (AMTH)
[FAQ]Applied Physics (APHY)
APHY S120 - Energy, Environment, and Policy
APHY S120E - Energy, Environment, and Policy
APHY S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
APHY S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications
[FAQ]Archaeological Studies (ARCG)
[FAQ]Architecture (ARCH)
[FAQ]Art (ART)
ART S111 - Visual Thinking
[FAQ]American Sign Language (ASL)
[FAQ]Astronomy (ASTR)
ASTR S110E - Planets and Stars
[FAQ]Biology (BIOL)
BIOL S105 - Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Cell Biology
[FAQ]Chemical Engineering (CENG)
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)
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
[FAQ]Child Study (CHLD)
CHLD S350E - Autism and Related Disorders
[FAQ]Classical Civilization (CLCV)
CLCV S202 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
CLCV S244E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity
[FAQ]Cognitive Science (CGSC)
[FAQ] Comparative Literature (LITR)
[FAQ]Computer Science (CPSC)
CPSC S112 - Introduction to Programming
CPSC S123 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
CPSC S134 - Programming Musical Applications
[FAQ]Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
EPS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
[FAQ]East Asian Languages and Literature (EALL)
EALL S212 - Ancient Chinese Thought
[FAQ]Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (E&EB)
[FAQ]Economics (ECON)
ECON S115E - Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON S116E - Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON S117E - Introduction to Data Analysis and Econometrics
ECON S225E - Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management
ECON S281E - Causes and Consequences of Corruption
[FAQ]Education Studies (EDST)
EDST S151E - Have We Lost Faith in Higher Education?
EDST S255E - Race, Inequality, and Urban Education and Housing Policy
[FAQ]Energy Studies (ENRG)
[FAQ]Engineering and Applied Science (ENAS)
ENAS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
ENAS S120E - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
ENAS S151E - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
ENAS S194E - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Applications
[FAQ]English (ENGL)
ENGL S114 - Writing Seminars I: The Art of Time (30024)
ENGL S114 - Writing Seminars I: Nostalgia (30025)
ENGL S120E - Reading and Writing the Modern Essay
ENGL S121 - Writing about Politics
ENGL S121E - Writing about Cities
ENGL S123E - Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL S126 - Readings in English Poetry II
ENGL S127E - Readings in American Literature
ENGL S128 - Readings in Comparative World English Literatures
ENGL S201E - Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies
ENGL S287E - Literature and the Future
[FAQ]Environmental Studies (EVST)
EVST S121 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
[FAQ]Ethics, Politics and Economics (EP&E)
EP&E S399E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production
EP&E S404 - Ethnographies of Struggle
[FAQ]Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ER&M)
ER&M S120 - Cultural Politics of Cumbia Music & Dance
ER&M S168E - Asian American Drama
ER&M S295E - Digital Platforms and Cultural Production
ER&M S315E - Asian American Foodways
ER&M S326 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
ER&M S340E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
ER&M S387E - Migrants and Borders in the Americas
ER&M S391 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University
[FAQ]Film & Media Studies (FILM)
FILM S205 - Japanese Anime and Manga: Critical Approaches
FILM S208E -The Business of Film
FILM S247 - Film, Video, & American History
[FAQ]French (FREN)
[FAQ]German (GMAN)
GMAN S190 - The Logic of Dreams
GMAN S999E - German for Reading
[FAQ]Global Affairs (GLBL)
GLBL S275 - Approaches to International Security
GLBL S313E - The United Nations on the Ground
[FAQ]Global Health Studies (HLTH)
HLTH S225E - Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management
[FAQ]History (HIST)
HIST S108E - The American West: Race, Resistance, and Representation
HIST S173 - Race and Slavery in Yale's Archives
HIST S174J - Technology and American Medicine
HIST S179E - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History
HIST S187 - Film, Video & American History
HIST S268E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
HIST S282E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity
[FAQ]History of Art (HSAR)
[FAQ]History of Science and Medicine (HSHM)
HSHM S428 - Technology and American Medicine
HSHM S455 - Histories of Racism in Science, Medicine, and the University
HSHM S461E - Poverty and Public Health in 20th Century US History
[FAQ]Humanities (HUMS)
HUMS S221 - The Logic of Dreams
HUMS S225E - Medicine and the Humanities: Certainty and Unknowing
[FAQ]Italian (ITAL)
[FAQ]Judaic Studies (JDST)
JDST S351E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Latin (LATN)
LATN S110E - Beginning Latin: The Elements of Latin Grammar
LATN S120E - Beginning Latin: Review of Grammar and Selected Readings
[FAQ]Latin American Studies (LAST)
[FAQ]Linguistics (LING)
[FAQ]Mathematics (MATH)
MATH S112E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable I
MATH S115E - Calculus of Functions of One Variable II
MATH S120E - Calculus of Functions of Several Variables
[FAQ]Mechanical Engineering (MENG)
MENG S280E - Mechanical Engineering I: Strength and Deformation of Mechanical Elements
[FAQ]Modern Middle East Studies (MMES)
[FAQ]Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
[FAQ]Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
[FAQ]Music (MUSI)
MUSI S110E - Elements of Musical Pitch and Time
MUSI S152 - The Cover Song: Remaking Musical Meaning
MUSI S207 - Commercial Popular Music Theory
MUSI S290E - Electronic Dance Music: Fundamentals
[FAQ]Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)
[FAQ]Neuroscience (NSCI)
[FAQ]Philosophy (PHIL)
PHIL S110 - Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life
PHIL S160 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL S178 - Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHIL S183E - Philosophy and Technology
[FAQ]Physics (PHYS)
PHYS S102E - Hollywood Astrophysics
PHYS S120 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
PHYS S120E - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
PHYS S165L - General Physics Laboratory
PHYS S166L - General Physics Laboratory
[FAQ]Political Science (PLSC)
PLSC S111 - Introduction to International Relations
PLSC S113E - Introduction to American Politics
PLSC S167 - International Human Rights and Politics
PLSC S203E - Women, Politics, and Policy
PLSC S227E - The United States Congress
PLSC S240 - U.S. State and Local Politics
PLSC S270E - Disinformation and Democracy
PLSC S275 - Approaches to International Security
PLSC S351 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
PLSC S384 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PLSC S466E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Psychology (PSYC)
PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session A)
PSYC S110E - Introduction to Psychology (Session B)
PSYC S152E - Moralities of Everyday Life
PSYC S180E - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
PSYC S350E - Autism and Related Disorders
[FAQ]Religious Studies (RLST)
RLST S324E - The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
[FAQ]Sociology (SOCI)
SOCY S101 - Introduction to Sociology
[FAQ]Spanish (SPAN)
[FAQ]Statistics and Data Sciences (S&DS)
S&DS S100E - Introductory Statistics
S&DS S123 - YData: An Introduction to Data Science
S&DS S230E - Data Exploration and Analysis
S&DS S363E - Multivariate Statistics for Social Sciences
[FAQ]Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
[FAQ]Theater Studies (THST)
THST S343 - Public Speaking
[FAQ]Urban Studies (URBN)
[FAQ]Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
WGSS S204E - Women, Politics, and Policy
WGSS S254 - Asian American Affect: The Cultural Politics of Emotion
WGSS S263E - Rye: Cultural History and Embodied Practice
WGSS S294E - Goddess, Queen, Mother, Midwife: Women in Classical Antiquity