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- Units: 3Class Number: 11473Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
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What do films teach us about sex and sexuality? How do they shape the ways we understand interpersonal intimacy, gendered identity, and the desiring body? This course traces the history of sexuality as it unfolds through the global language of cinema, from Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958, USA), Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette (1985, UK), and Wong Kar-wai' s Happy Together (1997, Hong Kong) to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999, USA), Ousmane Sembene's Moolade (2004, Senegal), Andrew Haigh's Weekend (2011, UK), Sergio Tovar Velarde's Four Moons (2014, Mexico), and Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, France). Spanning eight weeks and eight films across continents, this course invites students to explore how cinema not only reflects but also produces cultural understandings of sex, gender, and desire. Students will be introduced to the basics of film form, such as image, sound, montage, and performance, alongside key theoretical frameworks from writers on sexuality, including Sigmund Freud, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Leo Bersani, Lauren Berlant, Lee Edelman, Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldua, Brinda Bose, and Angela Jones. By reading these thinkers in conversation with cinema, students will gain tools to historicize sexuality, to see how norms of gender, pleasure, and power shift across time and place, and how film both enacts and contests those shifts. Assignments will combine close reading and viewing: short weekly reflections, in-class discussions, and a final project that may take the form of either an analytical essay or a creative piece with a strong critical component, finalized in consultation with the instructor. This class will appeal to students interested in film studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural history, and global media. No prior coursework in these fields is required. By the end of the quarter, students will have developed not only a deeper understanding of the politics and aesthetics of sexuality but also a more nuanced eye for how cinema gives shape to desire, and to the histories we inherit through it.Details:
Interest Area: Social Sciences and HumanitiesInstructor: Suchismito KhatuaTime: R, F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit - Units: 5Class Number: 11592Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
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Course emphasizes development of comprehension and production skills using daily life topics. Focus on cultural awareness necessary for communication.Details:
Interest Area: Social Sciences and HumanitiesTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit Accelerated First- Year Japanese, Part 1
JAPANLNG1AUnits: 5Class Number: 11334Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Speaking, reading, writing, and listening. First-year sequence enables students to converse, write and read essays on topics such as personal history, experiences, familiar people. Completes first-year sequence in two rather than three quarters.Details:
Interest Area: Social Sciences and HumanitiesInstructor: Momoe FuTime: M, T, W, R 9:00 AM - 10:45 AMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditAccelerated First-Year Spanish, Part 1
SPANLANG1AUnits: 5Class Number: 11340Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Completes first-year sequence in two rather than three quarters. For students with previous knowledge of Spanish, or those with a strong background in another Romance language. SPANLANG 2A fulfills the University Foreign Language Requirement.Course notes:
More information about the language Placement Test can be found here .Details:
Interest Area: Social Sciences and HumanitiesTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
Placement Test in Spanish or second-year placement in another Romance language.Cross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit- Units: 3Class Number: 11424Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate
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Non-majors and minors who have taken or are taking elementary accounting should not enroll. Introduction to accounting concepts and the operating characteristics of accounting systems. The principles of financial and cost accounting, design of accounting systems, techniques of analysis, and cost control. Interpretation and use of accounting information for decision making. Designed for the user of accounting information and not as an introduction to a professional accounting career.Details:
Interest Area: Innovation and EntrepreneurshipInstructor: John LordTime: M, W 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: MS&E240 ACCOUNTING FOR MGRS & ENTRPNRSGrading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit Acting for Beginners
TAPS20Units: 2Class Number: 11476Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Offered during Summer Session only. A substantive introduction to the basics of the craft of acting, this course gives all incoming students the foundation of a common vocabulary. Students will learn fundamental elements of dramatic analysis, and how to apply it in action. Topics include scene analysis, environment work, psychological and physical scoring, and development of a sound and serviceable rehearsal technique. Scene work will be chosen from accessible, contemporary, and realistic plays. Outside rehearsal time required.Details:
Interest Area: Writing and Public SpeakingInstructor: Rotimi AgbabiakaTime: T, R 12:00 PM - 1:15 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit- Units: 3Class Number: 11566Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
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Have you ever been curious about the history and purpose of animal models in the field of biomedical research? Do you understand the difference between animal welfare and animal rights? Do you know how gene editing tools have been used to develop our modern animal models? In this course, those questions and more will be answered! The aim over this 8-week course is to provide the student a foundation for which animals are used in research, how they are regulated, and how we use gene editing to create even more useful models. The ultimate intent is to help students develop critical thinking and presentation skills that will serve them in future endeavors. Students looking to pursue careers in biomedical research or a professional medical education will benefit from this course.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesInstructor: Kate GatesTime: M, W 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter (ABCD/NP) - Units: 5Class Number: 11491Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate
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Is a hands-on class where students learn to make stuff. Through the process of building, you are introduced to the basic areas of EE. Students build a "useless box" and learn about circuits, feedback, and programming hardware, a light display for your desk and bike and learn about coding, transforms, and LEDs, a solar charger and an EKG machine and learn about power, noise, feedback, more circuits, and safety. And you get to keep the toys you build.Details:
Interest Area: Creativity and DesignTime: M, W, F 12:00 PM - 2:15 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit Applied Quantum Chemistry
CEE176EUnits: 3Class Number: 11546Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Quantum mechanics is the most successful physical theory of the last 100 years underpinning our understanding of physics, materials science, and chemistry. With modern computing power we can now solve quantum mechanical problems once deemed impossible. In this hands-on-course you will learn how to simulate chemistry at the atomic scale to address real engineering challenges. We will learn how to create 3D chemical drawings and simulate their behavior usingStanford's High Performance Computing Cluster. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently run electronic structure calculations for a research question of your choosing. This class is perfect if you are interested in the applying the tools of quantum mechanics in engineering fields like chemistry, materials, or environment. Coding experience is helpful but not necessary. High school chemistry and Calculus I are recommended.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit- Units: 3Class Number: 11442Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
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For too long, efforts to change behavior - both individually and societally - have relied heavily on willpower, persuasion, and punishment, often resulting in blame, shame, and stigma. This course introduces a social psychological approach: the idea that our actions stem from the meanings we create: about who we are, who we could become, what we believe others think, and how we interpret situations. We will study 'wise interventions', a powerful toolkit of techniques developed by Stanford psychologists that strategically shifts identity and interpretation to catalyze large-scale change. Using adolescent substance use as a core case study, we will explore why traditional behavior-control tactics often fail, how stigma generates identity threat and prevents help-seeking, and the conditions under which identity-based strategies are most effective. Students will engage with harm-reduction experts and collaborate with Know Drugs, a national organization, to develop a "social psychological playbook" of strategies designed to support adolescents facing substance use challenges. No prerequisites are required. This course is ideal for students committed to creating effective and real social change.Details:
Interest Area: Social Sciences and HumanitiesTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit - Units: 3Class Number: 11454Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
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This course will explore the ethical and social issues that arise in medicine and biology. We will discuss a range of topics, starting with predominant ethical theories and frameworks and moving to medical and research ethics, genetic modification, end-of-life care, public health and policy, and finally, potential future issues and directions in bioethics. From this course, students will learn to analyze and apply ethical theories and frameworks such as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and principlism to real-world and hypothetical scenarios.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesInstructor: David ArmentaTime: T, R 10:30 AM - 12:30 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit Biology in the News
BIO15SUnits: 3Class Number: 11490Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High SchoolDescription:
Biology is increasingly making its way into various aspects of our lives and will continue to do so throughout the 21st century. Thus, understanding the concepts underlying the headlines and their implications is very important and can help us engage meaningfully with the changing world around us. This course will begin by teaching skills like data interpretation and critical evaluation of logical arguments. With that foundation in place, we will then use specific, real-world events such as the FDA approval of GMO salmon, the development of the COVID-19 vaccines, and the fight against MRSA to explore the concepts in biology that underlie them (e.g. genetic modification, mRNA and vaccine development, and antibiotic resistance). Each week, students will be assigned to read news articles and informational materials giving background knowledge about the subject at hand. Each class will consist of a mini-lecture and in-class learning activities. The class will build towards a final project consisting of a podcast-style audio report on a biological process studied in the course.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesInstructor: David ArmentaTime: T, R 1:30 PM - 3:30 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
This course requires no prior background knowledge in biology and is intended for anyone interested in better understanding recent developments in the world of biology.Cross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditCalculus
MATH19Units: 3Class Number: 11449Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Introduction to differential calculus of functions of one variable. Review of elementary functions (including exponentials and logarithms), limits, rates of change, the derivative and its properties, applications of the derivative.Details:
Interest Area: Math and Data ScienceTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
Periodic trigonometric functions, advanced algebra, and analysis of elementary functions (including exponentials and logarithms).Cross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditCalculus
MATH21Units: 4Class Number: 11448Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $6,020.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
This course addresses a variety of topics centered around the theme of "calculus with infinite processes", largely the content of BC-level AP Calculus that isn't in the AB-level syllabus. It is needed throughout probability and statistics at all levels, as well as to understand approximation procedures that arise in all quantitative fields (including economics and computer graphics). After an initial review of limit rules, the course goes on to discuss sequences of numbers and of functions, as well as limits "at infinity" for each (needed for any sensible discussion of long-term behavior of a numerical process, such as: iterative procedures and complexity in computer science, dynamic models throughout economics, and repeated trials with data in any field). Integration is discussed for rational functions (a loose end from Math 20) and especially (improper) integrals for unbounded functions and "to infinity": this shows up in contexts as diverse as escape velocity for a rocket, the present value of a perpetual yield asset, and important calculations in probability (including the famous "bell curve" and to understand why many statistical tests work as they do). The course then turns to infinite series (how to "sum" an infinite collection of numbers), some useful convergence and divergence rests for these, and the associated killer app: power series and their properties, as well as Taylor approximations, all of which provide the framework that underlies virtually all mathematical models used in any quantitative field.Details:
Interest Area: Math and Data ScienceTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditChemical Principles I
CHEM31AUnits: 5Class Number: 11350Dates: June 22, 2026 - July 17, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
31A is the first half of a two-part course designed to provide a robust foundation in key chemical principles for students with a background in high school chemistry (non-AP/IB), who have already placed into Math 19 or higher. The course engages students in group problem-solving activities throughout class periods to deepen their ability to analyze and solve chemical problems. Students will also participate in a weekly laboratory activity that will provide hands-on practice and applications of chemical phenomena discussed in lecture. Students entering the course are expected to be able to balance chemical equations, calculate empirical formulas, and use stoichiometry to determine the limiting reagent. Students will explore chemical principles that allow them to analyze the carbon efficiency of fossil fuels by applying their knowledge of stoichiometry and energetics, apply multiple structural models to describe interactions critical for biomolecules such as DNA, and use gas laws to determine the pressure exerted on a deep-sea diver or how to put out a forest fire at high altitude.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesInstructor: Matthew KromerTime: M, T, W, R 9:30 AM - 11:20 AMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 4 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditChemical Principles II
CHEM31BUnits: 5Class Number: 11352Dates: July 20, 2026 - August 14, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
CHEM 31B is the second half of a two-part course, therefore only students who have completed CHEM 31A may enroll in 31B. As with 31A, students will continue to engage in group problem-solving activities throughout class and participate in weekly laboratory activities. Labs will allow students to more deeply explore and observe the different facets of chemical reactivity, including rates (kinetics), energetics (thermodynamics), and reversibility (equilibrium) of reactions. Using these methods, we will estimate the possible levels of lead and other toxic metals in drinking water. We will also explore the role of buffers and antacids in our bodies, as well as ocean acidification and the impact on coral reefs. Finally we will explore how we harness work from redox reactions, building both voltaic cells (i.e. batteries) and electrolytic cells in the lab. We will look at the applications of redox chemistry in electric and fuel cell vehicles. The course's particular emphasis on understanding the driving forces of a reaction, especially the influence of thermodynamics versus kinetics, will prepare students for further study of predicting organic chemical reactivity and equilibria from structure in CHEM 33.Details:
Interest Area: Natural SciencesInstructor: Xinyu LiuTime: M, T, W, R 9:30 AM - 11:20 AMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 4 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
Cross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No CreditCircuits I
EE101AUnits: 4Class Number: 11497Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $6,020.00Population: High School, Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Introduction to circuit modeling and analysis. Topics include creating the models of typical components in electronic circuits and simplifying non-linear models for restricted ranges of operation (small signal model); and using network theory to solve linear and non-linear circuits under static and dynamic operations.Details:
Interest Area: Computer Science and EngineeringInstructor: Jeff StriblingTime: T, R 10:30 AM - 1:00 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit- Units: 5Class Number: 11484Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $7,525.00Population: Undergraduate, Graduate
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Introduction to the fundamental concepts of computer systems. Explores how computer systems execute programs and manipulate data, working from the C programming language down to the microprocessor. Topics covered include: the C programming language, data representation, machine-level code, computer arithmetic, elements of code compilation, memory organization and management, and performance evaluation and optimization.Details:
Interest Area: Computer Science and EngineeringInstructor: 1 StaffTime: No Days No Times - No TimesFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksCross Listings: -Grading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit Consulting Workshop
STATS390Units: 1Class Number: 11583Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $1,505.00Population: Graduate MatricDescription:
Skills required of practicing statistical consultants, including exposure to statistical applications. Students participate as consultants in the department's drop-in consulting service, analyze client data, and prepare formal written reports. Seminar provides supervised experience in short term consulting.Details:
Interest Area: Math and Data ScienceTime: F 12:00 PM - 1:15 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
Graduate course work in applied statistics or data analysis, and consent of instructor.Cross Listings: -Grading Basis: Satisfactory/No CreditConvex Optimization I
EE364AUnits: 3Class Number: 11492Dates: June 22, 2026 - August 13, 2026Course Cost: $4,515.00Population: Undergraduate, GraduateDescription:
Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. The basics of convex analysis and theory of convex programming: optimality conditions, duality theory, theorems of alternative, and applications. Least-squares, linear and quadratic programs, semidefinite programming, and geometric programming. Numerical algorithms for smooth and equality constrained problems; interior-point methods for inequality constrained problems. Applications to signal processing, communications, control, analog and digital circuit design, computational geometry, statistics, machine learning, and mechanical engineering.Details:
Interest Area: Computer Science and EngineeringTime: T, R 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMFormat: In PersonCourse length: 8 WeeksPre-requisites:Pre-requisites
We expect visiting students to have knowledge that is equivalent to the listed Stanford pre-requisite course.
Linear algebra such as EE 263, basic probability.Cross Listings: CME364A CONVEX OPTIMIZATION IGrading Basis: Letter or Credit/No Credit