2018 Courses

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Summer 2019 courses will be available in March.
Summer 2018 courses are available below.

Below is a list of courses that will be offered for the upcoming Summer Quarter. This list serves as an official catalog of courses available to visiting Summer Session students; however, additional course details (i.e. schedule, location, etc.) can be found on the University's Explore Courses website–make sure to filter by the term, Summer, once a department/subject has been selected. Please keep in mind course and course details are subject to change up until the start of the Summer Quarter.

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Aside from course descriptions, a course page may include important information specifically for visiting Summer Session students, such as enrollment instructions beyond Axess, so read the course notes carefully. If you are unsure about how the University defines units and course loads, please refer to the Unit and Course Load page on our website. For any further questions, please contact the Summer Session Office.

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Course List

A
Anthropology (1)
- ANTHRO 1S - Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology
Art & Art History (7)
- ARTHIST 103S - Introduction to American Art
- ARTSTUDI 141S - Drawing Outdoors
- ARTSTUDI 147S - Drawing and Painting Intensive
- ARTSTUDI 171S - Photography I: Digital
- FILMPROD 106S - Image and Sound
- FILMSTUD 103S - From Anima to Anime: An Introduction to East Asian Animated Media
- FILMSTUD 4S - Language of Film
B
Biology (3)
- BIO 27S - Evolution: From DNA to Dinosaurs
- BIO 28S - Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- BIO 8S - Introduction to Human Physiology
C
Chemistry (9)
- CHEM 1 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 1L - Organic Chemistry Lab I
- CHEM 2 - Organic Chemistry of Carbonyl Containing Molecules
- CHEM 2L - Organic Chemistry Lab II
- CHEM 3 - Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules
- CHEM 31A - Chemical Principles I
- CHEM 31B - Chemical Principles II
- CHEM 3L - Organic Chemistry Lab III
- CHEM 4 - Biochemistry: Chemistry of Life
Civil & Environmental Engineering (SEWSS) (12)
- CEE 101S - Science and Engineering Problem Solving with MatLab
- CEE 107S - Energy Resources: Fuels and Tools
- CEE 165C - Water Resources Management
- CEE 170S - Environmental Disasters
- CEE 171F - New Indicators of Well-Being & Sustainability
- CEE 175P - Persuasive Communication for Environmental Scientists, Practitioners, and Entrepreneurs
- CEE 175S - Environmental Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- CEE 176G - Sustainability Design Thinking
- CEE 177L - Smart Cities & Communities
- CEE 179S - Seminar: Issues in Environmental Engineering, Science & Sustainability
- CEE 70 - Environmental Science & Technology
- CEE 73 - Water: An Introduction
Classics (3)
- CLASSICS 14 - Greek and Latin Roots of English
- CLASSICS 31 - Greek Mythology
- CLASSICS 4L - Intensive Latin
Communication (3)
- COMM 107S - Media, Culture, and the Politics of Gender
- COMM 112S - Welcome to Cyberspace: An Introduction to the Internet
- COMM 113S - Digital Media and Behavior
Comparative Literature (2)
- COMPLIT 57 - Human Rights and World Literature
- COMPLIT 71N - Islamic Identities
Computer Science (6)
- CS 106A - Programming Methodology
- CS 106B - Programming Abstractions
- CS 109 - Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists
- CS 110 - Principles of Computer Systems
- CS 161 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 193C - Client-side Internet Technologies
E
Earth System Science (1)
- EARTHSYS 41N - The Global Warming Paradox
Economics (4)
- ECON 1 - Principles of Economics
- ECON 111 - Money and Banking
- ECON 140 - Introduction to Financial Economics
- ECON 50 - Economic Analysis I
Education, Graduate School of (1)
- EDUC 117N - Losing My Religion: Secularism and Spirituality in American Lives
Electrical Engineering (10)
- EE 101A - Circuits I
- EE 102A - Signal Processing and Linear Systems I
- EE 216 - Principles and Models of Semiconductor Devices
- EE 261 - The Fourier Transform and Its Applications
- EE 263 - Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems
- EE 264 - Digital Signal Processing
- EE 278 - Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing
- EE 364A - Convex Optimization I
- EE 380 - Colloquium on Computer Systems
- ENGR 40M - An Intro to Making: What is EE
Engineering (1)
- ENGR 145 - Technology Entrepreneurship
English (10)
- ENGLISH 131B - On the Road: American Travel Films
- ENGLISH 131C - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence in Fiction
- ENGLISH 132C - Cosmopolitan Crime: Global Detective Fiction
- ENGLISH 133C - King Arthur's Court: Medieval and Modern
- ENGLISH 135C - Reading and Writing the Personal Essay
- ENGLISH 90 - Fiction Writing
- ENGLISH 90V - Fiction Writing
- ENGLISH 91 - Creative Nonfiction
- ENGLISH 92 - Reading and Writing Poetry
- ENGLISH 9CV - Creative Expression in Writing
English for Foreign Students (22)
- EFSLANG 683P - Workshop in Pronunciation for International Students
- EFSLANG 683R - Workshop in Reading and Vocabulary for International Students
- EFSLANG 683S - Workshop in Oral Communication for International Students
- EFSLANG 683W - Workshop in Written Communication for International Students
- EFSLANG 684C - Communicating in Engineering and Science
- EFSLANG 684D - Effective Negotiation and Persuasion in English
- EFSLANG 684S - Language and Culture of Silicon Valley
- EFSLANG 687X - American Language and Culture: Silicon Valley First Session
- EFSLANG 687Y - American Language and Culture: Silicon Valley Second Session
- EFSLANG 688 - Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Foreign Graduate Students
- EFSLANG 688A - Intensive Spoken English
- EFSLANG 688B - Intensive Academic Writing
- EFSLANG 688V - Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Stanford Visiting Scholars
- EFSLANG 689B - Building Communication Skills through Improvisation
- EFSLANG 689H - American Humor
- EFSLANG 689P - Pronunciation
- EFSLANG 689S - Exploring Silicon Valley Language and Culture
- EFSLANG 689T - Interacting in California's Vineyard Culture
- EFSLANG 689V - Vocabulary and Idiom
- EFSLANG 691S - Oral Presentation
- EFSLANG 695S - Pronunciation and Intonation
- EFSLANG 698S - Writing Academic English
H
Health & Human Performance (18)
- PE 16 - Circuit Training
- PE 26 - Tennis: Beginning
- PE 27 - Tennis: Advanced Beginning
- PE 28 - Tennis: Intermediate
- PE 29 - Tennis: Advanced
- PE 3 - Keep Calm, Jog On
- PE 33 - Golf: Beginning
- PE 34 - Golf: Advanced Beginning
- PE 35 - Golf: Intermediate
- PE 40 - Rock Climbing I: Beginning
- PE 50 - Swimming: Beginning I
- PE 51 - Swimming: Beginning II
- PE 52 - Swimming: Intermediate
- PE 81 - Yoga
- PE 84 - Yoga/Pilates Fusion
- WELLNESS 111 - Exploring Happiness
- WELLNESS 130 - Meditation
- WELLNESS 133 - Meditation Retreat
History (2)
- HISTORY 168 - American History in Film Since World War II
- HISTORY 241D - Einstein and the Structure of Reality
I
ICME (3)
- CME 102 - Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers
- CME 106 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers
- CME 108 - Introduction to Scientific Computing
International Relations (3)
- INTNLREL 140A - International Law and International Relations
- INTNLREL 145 - Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention
- INTNLREL 168 - America as a World Power: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1914 to Present
L
Language Center (14)
- CHINLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Chinese, Part 1
- CHINLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Chinese, Part 2
- FRENLANG 120S - Advanced Conversation French
- FRENLANG 15S - Intermediate Conversation French
- FRENLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year French, Part 1
- FRENLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year French, Part 2
- GERLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year German, Part 1
- GERLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year German, Part 2
- JAPANLNG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Japanese, Part 1
- JAPANLNG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Japanese, Part 2
- SPANLANG 100S - Advanced Oral Communication
- SPANLANG 15S - Intermediate Oral Communication
- SPANLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Spanish, Part 1
- SPANLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Spanish, Part 2
Linguistics (2)
- LINGUIST 61S - Language Evolution and Change
- LINGUIST 67S - The Role of Language in Perception and Cognition
M
Management Science & Engineering (8)
- MS&E 140 - Accounting for Managers and Entrepreneurs
- MS&E 20 - Discrete Probability Concepts and Models
- MS&E 220 - Probabilistic Analysis
- MS&E 238 - Leading Trends in Information Technology
- MS&E 238A - Leading Trends in Information Technology
- MS&E 240 - Accounting for Managers and Entrepreneurs
- MS&E 260 - Introduction to Operations Management
- MS&E 52 - Introduction to Decision Making
Marine Biology, Hopkins Marine Station (1)
- BIOHOPK 185H - Ecology & Conservation of Kelp Forest Communities
Mathematics (7)
- MATH 106 - Functions of a Complex Variable
- MATH 113 - Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
- MATH 115 - Functions of a Real Variable
- MATH 19 - Calculus
- MATH 382 - Qualifying Examination Seminar
- MATH 51 - Linear Algebra and Differential Calculus of Several Variables
- MATH 53 - Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
Mechanical Engineering (10)
- ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering Analysis
- ME 17 - The Science of Flames
- ME 232 - Additive Manufacturing: From Fundamentals to Applications
- ME 30 - Engineering Thermodynamics
- ME 332 - Introduction to Computational Mechanics
- ME 338 - Continuum Mechanics
- ME 344 - Introduction to High Performance Computing
- ME 354 - Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
- ME 387 - Soft Tissue Mechanics
- ME 420 - Applied Electrochemistry at Micro- and Nanoscale
Music (8)
- MUSIC 12AS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 1 (Group)
- MUSIC 12BS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 2 (Group)
- MUSIC 12CS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 3 (Group)
- MUSIC 160S - Summer Orchestra
- MUSIC 167S - Summer Chorus
- MUSIC 65AS - Beginning Voice, Level 1 (Group)
- MUSIC 65BS - Beginning Voice, Level 2 (Group)
- MUSIC 72AS - Intermediate Piano Class (Group)
O
Oral Communication (2)
- ORALCOMM 118 - Public Speaking: Romancing the Room
- ORALCOMM 219 - Public Speaking for Graduate Students
P
Philosophy (6)
- PHIL 27S - Human Nature
- PHIL 28S - Introduction to Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 31S - The Highest Good in Human Life
- PHIL 38S - Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 39S - Introduction to Ethics
- PHIL 40S - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Physics (5)
- PHYSICS 15 - Stars and Planets in a Habitable Universe
- PHYSICS 16 - The Origin and Development of the Cosmos
- PHYSICS 21S - Mechanics and Heat with Laboratory
- PHYSICS 23S - Electricity and Optics with Laboratory
- PHYSICS 50 - Astronomy Laboratory and Observational Astronomy
Political Science (4)
- POLISCI 211B - International Cooperation and Institutions
- POLISCI 251A - Introduction to Machine Learning for Social Scientists
- POLISCI 101Z - Introduction to International Relations
- POLISCI 133Z - Ethics and Politics of Public Service
Program in Writing and Rhetoric (5)
- PWR 1D-01 - Writing About Race and Ethnicity
- PWR 1D-02 - Writing about Popular Culture: Rhetoric in American Media
- PWR 1D-03 - Writing the Persuasive Essay: Analyzing the Science of Shopping
- PWR 1HZ-01 - Introduction to College Writing
- PWR 6VT - Writing in the University: Debates about the Politics and Technologies of Journalism
Psychiatry (1)
- PSYC 54N - Genes, Memes, and Behavior
Psychology (9)
- PSYCH 102S - Introduction to Neuroscience
- PSYCH 105S - General Psychology
- PSYCH 108S - Introduction to Social Psychology
- PSYCH 110S - Introduction to Cultural Psychology
- PSYCH 111S - Abnormal Psychology
- PSYCH 113S - Developmental Psychology
- PSYCH 115S - Personality Psychology
- PSYCH 147S - Introduction to the Psychology of Emotion
- PSYCH 148S - The Psychology of Bias: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
R
Religious Studies (1)
- RELIGST 32S - Buddhism in America
S
Science, Technology, and Society (1)
- STS 123 - Making of a Nuclear World: History, Politics, and Culture
Sociology (6)
- SOC 113 - Comparative Corruption
- SOC 119D - The Power of Social Networks in Everyday Life
- SOC 122D - As Simple as Fascists vs. Snowflakes? Free Speech and the University
- SOC 133D - Globalization and Social Change
- SOC 134D - The Sociology of Sex, Relationships, and Family
- SOC 135D - Law and Inequality
Statistics (12)
- STATS 101 - Data Science 101
- STATS 110 - Statistical Methods in Engineering and the Physical Sciences
- STATS 116 - Theory of Probability
- STATS 202 - Data Mining and Analysis
- STATS 216V - Introduction to Statistical Learning
- STATS 217 - Introduction to Stochastic Processes I
- STATS 237 - Theory of Investment Portfolios and Derivative Securities
- STATS 241 - Data-driven Financial and Risk Econometrics
- STATS 245 - Data, Models, and Applications to Healthcare Analytics
- STATS 366 - Modern Statistics for Modern Biology
- STATS 390 - Consulting Workshop
- STATS 60 - Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus
T
Theater and Performance Studies (5)
- DANCE 132 - Classical Ballet Variations
- DANCE 148 - Intermediate Ballet
- DANCE 48 - Beginning Ballet
- DANCE 58 - Beginning Hip Hop
- TAPS 20A - Acting for Non-Majors

Course List

A

Anthropology (1)

Art & Art History (7)

B

Biology (3)

C

Chemistry (9)

Civil & Environmental Engineering (SEWSS) (12)

Classics (3)

Communication (3)

Comparative Literature (2)

Computer Science (6)

E

Earth System Science (1)

Economics (4)

Education, Graduate School of (1)

Electrical Engineering (10)

Engineering (1)

English (10)

English for Foreign Students (22)

H

Health & Human Performance (18)

History (2)

I

ICME (3)

International Relations (3)

L

Language Center (14)

Linguistics (2)

M

Management Science & Engineering (8)

Marine Biology, Hopkins Marine Station (1)

Mathematics (7)

Mechanical Engineering (10)

Music (8)

O

Oral Communication (2)

P

Philosophy (6)

Physics (5)

Political Science (4)

Program in Writing and Rhetoric (5)

Psychiatry (1)

Psychology (9)

R

Religious Studies (1)

S

Science, Technology, and Society (1)

Sociology (6)

Statistics (12)

T

Theater and Performance Studies (5)