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.
AFAM S3359 (CRN: 30260) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Tasha Hawthorne
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. In this course we will read and consider multiple styles and/or genres of writing—poetry, the short story, the essay, —with the goal of developing an understanding of what the major political, social, and aesthetic concerns were for Black women writers during the early part of the 20th century. Central to this course, and to understanding and engaging the literature, will be a critical appreciation of the historical moments that surround these writings. We will look closely at how 19th and 20th century Black women writers fashion themselves in the world and how such fashioning reflected their conceptualization of their selfhood and identity—specifically in the ways in which they identified via race, class, gender, and sexuality. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
AMST S3365 (CRN: 30025) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Julian Posada
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. This seminar explores the phenomenon of digital platforms – intermediary infrastructures that connect end-users and complementors. These platforms have emerged in diverse socio-economic contexts, including social media (e.g., Instagram), video streaming (e.g., Twitch), digital labor (e.g., Uber), and e-commerce (e.g., Amazon). The course offers a multidisciplinary perspective on studying these platforms, viewed as an amalgamation of firms and multi-sided markets, each with their own distinctive history, governance, and infrastructures. Throughout this course, we will delve into the transformative role of these platforms in areas such as culture, labor, creativity, and democracy. Our discussions will draw upon comparative cases from the United States and abroad. In addition, the seminar aims to facilitate an in-depth dialogue on contemporary capitalism and the process of cultural production. We will engage with pertinent topics like inequality, surveillance, decentralization, and ethics in the digital age. Students are invited to contribute to these discussions by bringing examples and case studies from their personal experiences. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
ANTH S3245 (CRN: 30026) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Riché Barnes
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Blends urban history with educational and housing policy to explore how spatial relationships have shaped opportunity since the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision, Brown V. Board of Education. Investigates a range of historical, legal, and contemporary issues relevant to both the segregation and desegregation of American cities and their public schools in the twentieth century. Uses Atlanta, GA as a case study in how race, cities, schools and space have been differently understood in the South as compared to the North, and to Atlanta as compared to other “Deep South” cities. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
ART S1514 (CRN: 30031) | Learn More
Instructors: Lachell Workman
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person course. This introductory drawing course teaches students to recognize and manipulate fundamental elements of line, tone, volume, form, and composition. Assignments address technical and conceptual issues evoked by Art History and contemporary art practice. Through intense observation, drawing, and critiques, students will develop a drawing practice that combines technical mastery, experimentation, and critical thinking. No prior drawing experience is required. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
BIOL S1060 (CRN: 30040) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Amaleah Hartman, Thomas Near
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 10.30-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Introduction to genes, genetics, developmental biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and the history of life. How genes control development and disease; Mendel's rules; examples of organ physiology; evolutionary transitions and natural selection; adaptation at genic, chromosomal, cellular, organismal, and supra-organismal levels; distributional and social consequences of particular suites of organismal adaptations. Covers the material of BIOL 1030 and 1040, the second half of the yearlong introductory biology sequence. Prerequisite: BIOL 1010 and 1020, or BIOL S1050. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
CENG S1500 (CRN: 30243) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Michael Loewenberg
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWTh 5.30-7.00p
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Mathematical modeling is not a scripted procedure. Models are constrained by physical principles, including conservation laws and experimental observations but this does not provide a closed description. There is a lot more art in mathematical modeling than is commonly acknowledged and improvisation plays a significant role. The artistic aspects are important and intellectually engaging because they often lead to a deeper understanding. This course provides a general introduction to engineering analysis and to chemical engineering principles. Material includes the derivation of governing equations from first principles and the analysis of these equations, including underlying assumptions, degrees of freedom, dimensional analysis, scaling arguments, and approximation techniques. The goal of this course is to obtain the necessary skills for improvising mathematical models for a broad range of problems that arise in engineering, science and everyday life. Students from all majors are encouraged to take this course. Prerequisite: basic calculus. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
CENG S3000 (CRN: 30042) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Michael Loewenberg
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWTh 5.30-7.00p
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning, Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. This is a rigorous introductory course in thermodynamics. Material will include the first and second laws of thermodynamics, cyclic processes, chemical reaction and phase equilibria, and an introduction to statistical thermodynamics. The goal of this course is for students to obtain the necessary qualitative knowledge and quantitative skills for solving engineering science problems in thermodynamics. Prerequisite: MATH 1200 or ENAS 1510 or multivariable calculus. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
CHEM S2230 (CRN: 30047) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Jonathan Parr
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 12.30-4.30
Distributional Requirements: Science
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Introductory laboratory course covering basic synthetic and analytic techniques in organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 2220L or S2220; with CHEM 2210 or after but not before. For college students and beyond. 1/2 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $2740.
CHLD S3500 (CRN: 30226) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Fred Volkmar
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
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. Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 or completed AP Psychology with a score of 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
CPSC S3650 (CRN: 30051) | Learn More
Instructors: Dylan McKay
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 10.00-11.15, TTh 1.00-2.00
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Paradigms for algorithmic problem solving: greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and network flow. NP completeness and approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems. Algorithms for problems from economics, scheduling, network design and navigation, geometry, biology, and optimization. This course provides algorithmic background essential to further study of computer science. For 2026, this course will count toward the economics major senior requirement, as the equivalent of an ECON course numbered 4400-4491. Prerequisite: CPSC 2230 and CPSC 2020 (or equivalent course- ex. MATH 2440). For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
CPSC S4794 (CRN: 30052) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Michael Shah
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 6.00-9.15p
Distributional Requirements: N/A
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. This course teaches the fundamentals of computational geometry by applying mathematical techniques in applied domains such as graphics, physics engines, robotics, and computer-aided design. Students exercise geometry, trigonometry, linear algebra, and projective geometry mathematical skills by building physics engines, motion planning systems, graphics systems, and a final project. Foundational computational geometry algorithms and techniques are first introduced including: polygon triangulations, convex hulls, intersections, voronoi diagrams, curves, and mesh manipulation as foundational topics. A primer on various algebra and geometry mathematics to apply these techniques in the example domains is given. Students develop a final course project for their portfolio. Prerequisites: CPSC 2230 and CPSC 2020 (or equivalent course- ex. MATH 2440) For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
ECON S2226 (CRN: 30059) | Learn More
Instructors: Rohen Shah
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. Standard economic theory typically assumes a fully rational decision maker. While this is a powerful modeling tool, it has faced substantial critique for being unrealistic. Rather than discarding this framework, behavioral economics investigates how relaxing some of these rationality assumptions changes economic predictions and insights. This course introduces key cognitive biases that shape real-world decision, and their implications for classical economic analysis. We will develop both an intuitive and mathematical understanding of these biases (present bias, loss aversion, decoy effect, etc.) and will explore empirical evidence that demonstrates biases in practical settings. The course strikes a balance between accessibility and rigor by discussing formal logic underlying behavioral patterns without requiring training in calculus or advanced microeconomic theory. Prerequisites: ECON 1108, 1110, 1115, or completed AP Microeconomics with a score of a 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session A: May 25 – June 26. Tuition: $5480.
ECON S3365 (CRN: 30237) | Learn More
Instructors: Dylan McKay
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 10.00-11.15, TTh 1.00-2.00
Distributional Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Eligibility: Open to college students only
In-person Course. Paradigms for algorithmic problem solving: greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and network flow. NP completeness and approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems. Algorithms for problems from economics, scheduling, network design and navigation, geometry, biology, and optimization. This course provides algorithmic background essential to further study of computer science. For 2026, this course will count toward the economics major senior requirement, as the equivalent of an ECON course numbered 4400-4491. Prerequisite: CPSC 2230 and CPSC 2020 (or equivalent course- ex. MATH 2440). For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
ECON S3378 (CRN: 30061) | Learn More
Instructors: Theofanis Papamichalis
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MWF 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to college students only
Online Course. This course explores the intersection of macroeconomics and financial markets, examining how financial frictions, institutions, and policies shape aggregate outcomes. Topics include the role of financial intermediaries in business cycles, asset pricing and risk premia in macro contexts, credit, liquidity and equity constraints, the transmission of monetary and fiscal policy through financial channels, sovereign debt and default, and the interaction between global capital flows and domestic economies. Students will develop a working knowledge of baseline theoretical frameworks (e.g., financial accelerator; collateral and leverage constraints; intermediary asset pricing; macro models with an explicit financial sector) and engage with empirical evidence on crises, bubbles, and financial stability. All models and frameworks are presented in a pedagogically adapted form appropriate for undergraduate audiences, prioritizing clarity, intuition, and economic insight while maintaining analytical rigor. The course equips students with tools to understand how financial markets transmit and amplify macroeconomic shocks in modern economies. For 2026, this course will count toward the economics major senior requirement, as the equivalent of an ECON course numbered 4400-4491. Prerequisites: ECON 1108, 1110, 1115 (or equivalent), and ECON 1111 or 1116 (or equivalent), and ECON 2122 or 2125 (or equivalent). Recommended: Calculus, Intermediate Microeconomics. For college students and beyond. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EDST S1350 (CRN: 30227) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Fred Volkmar
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 10.00-11.45
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
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. Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 or completed AP Psychology with a score of 4 or 5. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
EDST S2555 (CRN: 30178) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Riché Barnes
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: TTh 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Online Course. Blends urban history with educational and housing policy to explore how spatial relationships have shaped opportunity since the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision, Brown V. Board of Education. Investigates a range of historical, legal, and contemporary issues relevant to both the segregation and desegregation of American cities and their public schools in the twentieth century. Uses Atlanta, GA as a case study in how race, cities, schools and space have been differently understood in the South as compared to the North, and to Atlanta as compared to other “Deep South” cities. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480. Technology Fee: $85.
ENGL S1014 (CRN: 30064) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Eden Rea-Hedrick
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: MWF 1.00-3.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. CRN 30065 closed to further enrollment. An introduction to academic argument and well-reasoned analysis, using a broad spectrum of nonfiction prose. Intensive instruction and practice in writing argumentative essays. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. (CRN 30064: The Politics of Anger; CRN 30065: To Whom It May Concern). Tuition: $5480.
ENGL S1023 (CRN: 30068) | Learn More
Instructors: R Clifton Spargo
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 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. Introduction to the writing of fiction, poetry, and drama. Development of the basic skills used to create imaginative literature. Fundamentals of craft and composition; the distinct but related techniques used in the three genres. Story, scene, and character in fiction; sound, line, image, and voice in poetry; monologue, dialogue, and action in drama. 1 Credit. Session B: June 29 – July 31. Tuition: $5480.
ENGL S1026 (CRN: 30069) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Jonathan Kramnick
Dates: Session A, May 25 - June 26, 2026
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: MW 1.00-4.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities, Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
ENGL S2461 (CRN: 30258) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: Tara McKelvey
Dates: Session B, June 29 - July 31, 2026
Course Mode: In-Person
Meeting Times: M-F 9.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Writing
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
In-person Course. This course teaches the craft of writing nonfiction. Students learn how to produce features, essays, and profiles, and develop skills in critical thinking. Through close readings of exemplary reportage, students acquire a deeper understanding of narrative structure. Above all, this class shows students how to see the world as a writer. It is an exhilarating experience, one that will expand your horizons, and it comes in part from being out and about—visiting places, talking to people, and taking notes. By the end of the course, students will have a new language for understanding the world, a richer, more literary one, and will be able to tell stories with verve and confidence. Students will tackle contemporary works of journalism and earlier pieces, including nineteenth-century dispatches and investigative articles. Students will look at ways that news organizations have served to fortify democratic principles such as freedom of expression and the rule of law, then and today. Students will grapple with real-life ethical questions and will leave the class with a better understanding of the role of the media in a liberal democracy. 2 Credits. Session B: June 29 – July 31. (This course is part of the YSS Program in Journalism. Program Cost: $10,805. Please refer to the program website for more details.)
