Yale Summer Session
Courses in the Yale Summer Session are in most cases equivalent to courses offered in Yale College during the regular academic year, but they are presented in a more concentrated and intensive form during the shorter summer period. Yale College students may, if they wish, receive credit in Yale College for work successfully completed in these courses. Further information about all courses is available from Yale Summer Session, P.O. Box 208355, New Haven, CT 06520-8355, 432-2430, or on the Summer Session Web site.
Courses offered during two five-week sessions, beginning in June and July, normally include the following disciplines and fields of study: African American studies; African studies; American studies; anthropology; art; astronomy; chemistry; classics; computer science; creative writing; drama; ecology and evolutionary biology; economics; engineering; English; film; history; history of art; literature; mathematics; molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; music; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; sociology; statistics; and women's, gender, and sexuality studies.
The Summer Language Institute normally offers courses in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, ancient Greek, Italian, Kiswahili, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Other languages may be added to this list, and it is possible to apply for Directed Independent Language Study during the summer (see under "Special Arrangements" in chapter III). Most summer language courses are the equivalent of one year of instruction during a regular fall and spring term, and may be used toward the fulfillment of the foreign language distributional requirement.
A number of language and culture courses feature an intensive preparatory component on the Yale campus (generally four weeks) followed by several weeks of study abroad. Additional courses in culture and language (five weeks) meet exclusively abroad. Subjects offered recently include Kiswahili, Italian, French language and literature, Russian, Czech culture and film, music (in Austria), Portuguese language and Brazilian culture, Spanish language and culture, and German studies.
In two consecutive five-week sessions, Yale Summer Sciences normally offers courses in biology, mathematics, physics, and general and organic chemistry.
There are no auditing privileges in Yale Summer Session.
