Summer Session
Monday, June 2 – Friday, August 1, 2025
Make the Most of Your Summer with Flexible, Credit-Bearing Courses at Purchase College
Earn up to 12 credits in just 8 weeks through Purchase College’s Summer Session. Choose from a wide range of accelerated courses offered at affordable tuition rates—including in-state rates for eligible NY State residents and discounted options for Fairfield County non-degree residents. With multiple instructional formats - online asynchronous, online synchronous, hybrid, and in-person studio/lab classes—you can build a schedule that fits your summer plans. Courses are open to current and incoming Purchase students, visiting students from other colleges, grad school applicants fulfilling prerequisites, and even high school juniors and seniors (with approval). Explore your options and stay on track toward your academic goals this summer.
Summer Session 2025 Dates
Session I: Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 27, 2025 (4 weeks)
Session II: Monday, June 2 – Monday, July 28, 2025 (8 weeks; no class on July 4)
Session III: Monday, July 7 – Friday, August 1, 2025 (4 weeks)
Catch Up or Get Ahead!
- Earn up to 12 credits in 8 weeks!
- Take accelerated courses at affordable NY state tuition rates (if eligible), discounted Fairfield County tuition rates (non-degree students only and less than 12 credits), or reasonable Out-of-State tuition rates over the summer term.
- Choose the instructional method that works best for you: online asynchronous courses (so you can plan around your summer break schedule), online synchronous courses, hybrid courses, and on-campus studio/lab classes.
- Our courses are open to current and newly admitted students, students from other colleges, students who need to take prerequisites for grad school, as well as high school juniors and seniors (if approved).
- Check out the many reasons for taking a summer course!
- Students looking to fulfill a SUNY General Education requirement may find courses in the course search using the 2023 Gen Ed/Core/General Education category. Courses satisfying a General Education 2023 requirement apply to students who matriculated at Purchase or another SUNY school on or after Fall 2023. Courses marked as fulfilling Core or General Education requirements apply to students who matriculated prior to Fall 2023.
- Days and times are not posted for courses taught asynchronously. Asynchronous online learning means no scheduled class time, so you can schedule around your summer vacation or job plans. Read more about Instructional Methods.
Need a syllabus? Please email us at summer@purchase.edu.
- Courses fill quickly. Check your Purchase College email for the bill payment deadline to avoid being dropped from a course.
- Don’t forget to check the summer semester federal and state financial aid chart to determine eligibility and to obtain information.
Summer 2025 Courses
American Sign Language
A comprehensive introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), beginning with a focus on the linguistic aspects of ASL, including syntax, facial expression, vocabulary, and the manual alphabet. Students progress to conversational signing and finger spelling and develop an ability to communicate on a beginning level.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Type of Instruction: Online - Synchronous
Credits: 4
Anthropology
The major fields of interest and contributions of social and cultural anthropologists. Accounts of life in different societies are read to illustrate how institutions vary in different cultural settings and to explore what it means to be a member of a culture different from one’s own.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Muller, Sean
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
Arts Management
This introductory survey provides an overview of creative industries and management theory and principles common in both the nonprofit and commercial sectors, preparing students for upper-level courses in the arts management program. Topics include history of arts management, arts and creativity, leadership and management, business structures, programming, marketing, funding, finance and budgeting, arts advocacy, activism and social justice.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Astor, Janis
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
To do more than survive in a competitive economy, artists and their managers must learn business strategies for the financial side of their profession. Students are introduced to the basics of budgets, financial management, and accounting concepts that translate into usable information with practical significance for financial decision-making.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Perlove, Eh-Den
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
An introduction to fundamental legal and business concepts that affect artists and arts managers, with an emphasis on copyright protection and infringement. Students learn the basics of copyright and contract law, analyzing both contracts and case law relevant to the creative industries. Additional course topics include privacy, defamation, moral rights, and free speech protection.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Berglas, Lawrence
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Social media is integral to effective business communication and marketing. Students develop and analyze social media strategies, content and campaigns while gaining a better understanding of how to build individual and organizational brands utilizing social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Other topics include influencer campaigns, budgeting, analytics, and split testing.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Davies, Annette
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Biology
Introduction to the organ systems of the human body, including the neuromuscular, skeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and digestive systems. The physiological mechanisms of adaptation to exercise are also considered.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Carmona, Naydu
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Students learn about both form and function of the human body. Content includes cells and tissues; gross and microscopic anatomy; integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems; and kinesiology. Lab exercises use microscope slides, models, and dissection for a hands-on approach and a practical knowledge of anatomy.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
Meeting Times: Mon Wed Fri @ 09:00 AM-12:10 PM in Natural Sciences 0019
Instructor: Carmona, Naydu
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1.5
Chemistry (New lab section(s) under consideration. Join the waitlist if interested.)
The principles and applications of chemistry. Topics include the development of an atomic/molecular model, stoichiometry, interaction of light with matter, and the physical behavior of solids, liquids, and gases.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
Meeting Times: Mon Tue Wed Thu @ 09:00 AM-12:10 PM in Social Sciences 1038
Instructor: Sabatini, Joshua
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 4
Emphasizes basic techniques in synthetic and analytical chemistry.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
Meeting Times: Mon Wed @ 01:00 PM-04:10 PM in Natural Sciences 3028
Instructor: Sabatini, Joshua
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1
A continuation of CHE 1550. Topics include chemical kinetics and equilibrium, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, acids and bases, and the chemistry of representative elements..
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Mon Tue Wed Thu @ 09:00 AM-12:10 PM in Social Sciences 1038
Instructor: Sabatini, Joshua
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 4
Emphasizes basic techniques in synthetic and analytical chemistry.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Tue Thu @ 01:00 PM-04:10 PM in Natural Sciences 3028
Instructor: Borrero Santiago, Amauri
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1
Emphasizes basic techniques in synthetic and analytical chemistry.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Mon Wed @ 01:00 PM-04:10 PM in Natural Sciences 3028
Instructor: Sabatini, Joshua
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1
An understanding of scientific principles is essential for an educated and engaged citizenry. This course investigates the substance and process of modern science and its role in society, including the scientific method and nature of scientific inquiry; scientific principles, analysis, and critical thinking; sources of scientific information, critical reading, and evaluation of authenticity; and distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Each course section focuses on a different topic or theme and considers some of the important scientific issues of our times. The discussion is required.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Bellevue, Frank
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Communication, Media, Cinema and Television
As people migrate across the globe, their media forms move with them—sometimes following them, documenting their movement, other times traveling with them, as traces of their home cultures. Focusing on a variety of transnational media forms, this course examines how media producers treat themes of home, nation, belonging, migration, immigration, displacement, alienation, border crossing, and mobile identities.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, August 15
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Instructor: Kern, Anne Marie - Halperin, Paula
Type of Instruction: Overseas Purchase
Credits: 4
Survey of Italian cinema of the postneorealist era, with special focus on the films of Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Investigates celebrity culture through the lens of advertising and public relations. Particular attention is paid to how celebrity culture is created and shaped by various forms of media, ranging from print to social media platforms. Students consider the ways celebrities create change and consider their impact on public and private lives.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Davies, Annette
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
Throughout the history of cinema, the comedy film has been one of the most financially profitable genres, producing some of the biggest movie stars. Topics include various comedy film styles and performers, and the role of the comedy film genre within the context of world history, especially during darker periods like the Depression and World War II.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Marine, Samantha
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Examines the elements and messages in sports films that make people cheer for the underdog and care about teams, players, and sports. Using both big-budget Hollywood films and documentaries with a small scope, this course explores the ideas of team, sport, and athletics and investigates the grip that sports have on American culture.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Paccione, Brian
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
An interdisciplinary (social science and humanities) course that emphasizes critical thinking in understanding the social and historical effects of mass media in the U.S. and throughout the world. This course begins in 19th-century America, when print media shaped and defined the national culture, and concludes in the current century with the mass-media convergence of print, electronic, and digital multimedia that is shaping and defining our global culture.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Zechowski, Sharon
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Negotiation is approached from a communication perspective in this course. Students explore the cooperative decision-making process in which individuals and groups work together to attempt to achieve goals that may initially seem divergent. By examining the way language is used to frame arguments and barriers, students practice planning, reframing, and bargaining to maintain roles and relationships.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Maston, Brian
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
Environmental Studies
Students explore the source, fate and effect of contaminants on wildlife, along with what we can do to help through education, science and policy. Through the pairing of introductory ecotoxicological concepts with key case studies, this course spans political, scientific, and public relations realms and teaches the importance of being good global stewards of the environment.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Jackson, Allyson
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
History
Introduces systems of health and medicine in the European Middle Ages, elite learned traditions taught in universities, and everyday approaches to wellness. Sources for medieval medicine include religious and academic texts, household accounts and even charms, and are used to explore how people managed their health, practiced medicine, and dealt with challenges ranging from treatments to bubonic plague.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Schultz, Jenna
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
European cultural and intellectual history are examined by focusing on three “storm centers of modern culture”: Paris in the 1860s and 1870s, fin de siècle Vienna, and Berlin in the 1920s. Topics include representations of bourgeois society in art and literature; psychoanalysis; and the auditory and visual revolution in mass culture produced by film, radio, photography, and recorded sound.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Bailey, John
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Law and Justice Studies
An introduction to forensic science that combines lecture, discussion, lab investigation, and case studies. Students examine the history, concepts, and physical evidence of crime scenes, and experiment with common techniques used in forensics (i.e., fingerprinting, DNA extraction, shoe/tire imprints, broken glass, ballistics, hair and fibers, chromatography, forgery, blood splatter, arson, toxicology). Coursework employs interactive case law analysis to contextualize topics.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Monday, July 28
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Type of Instruction: Hybrid
Credits: 3
Literature
Concise and focused, the short story has been a lens through which Americans have explored their identities. Stories written in the last 25 years examine the changing sense of what being an American means.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Espaillat, Shinelle
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Mathematics & Computer Science
Students learn basic concepts in quantitative reasoning (number systems, data manipulation, basic statistics), with emphasis on problem solving using computational methods. This course uses a textbook and focuses on applications related to consumer issues to develop computational and problem-solving skills. Students learn to transform data into information and apply quantitative methods to evaluate information and solve real-world problems.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: McMullen, Barbara
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Prepares students with limited backgrounds in high school mathematics for calculus. Topics include absolute values and inequalities, the properties of functions, graphs, logarithms, fractional exponents, and trigonometry.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Roberts, Nicholas
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
The basic concepts of the differential and integral calculus. Focus is on the applicability of these topics to an array of problems. The first course in a three-semester series.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Monday, July 28
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Instructor: Anderson, Alan
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
A continuation of MAT 1500. Topics include differentiation and integration of logarithmic, exponential, and inverse trigonometric functions; techniques of integration; arc length; infinite series; and improper integrals. Applications include work, growth, and decay problems and volumes of solids of revolution.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Monday, July 28
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Instructor: Anderson, Alan
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Statistics are used everywhere in the modern world. This course covers descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency, methods of dispersion, and graphs; and inferential statistics, including normal distributions and hypothesis testing, Pearson correlation, and linear regression.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Monday, July 28
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Instructor: McMullen, Barbara
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Using a visual environment that provides immediate feedback, students are taught the basic principles of programming and, by extension, math. Lectures focus on key aspects of programming and how working artists use code creatively in their practice. In this course, math is never the end but rather the means to problem-solve during the creative process.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Photography
An introduction to the techniques, current practices, and history surrounding digital photography. Editing techniques are covered, with attention to image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop and RAW files. Composition, lighting, point of view, and use of narrative are explored. A digital camera is required; cameras may be borrowed, as available, from Campus Technology Services. Students may not earn credit for both PHO 1100 (offered by the School of Art+Design) and PHO 1101.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Mesa-Pelly, Deborah
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
Physics
Lecture course for students of both biological and physical science, as well as students of the humanities or social sciences with a background in high school physics or chemistry. Topics include kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, work and conservation of energy, mass-energy relationships, the laws of thermodynamics, and the kinetic properties of matter.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
Meeting Times: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri @ 04:00 PM-06:30 PM in Natural Sciences 1059
Instructor: Dwyer, Helen
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 4
Demonstrations and participatory experiments are used to increase the student’s working physical knowledge of the natural world.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
Meeting Times: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri @ 07:00 PM-08:30 PM in Natural Sciences 1008
Instructor: Dwyer, Helen
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1
A continuation of PHY 1510. Topics include electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, optics, and some ideas from modern physics.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Mon Tue Wed Thu @ 09:00 AM-12:10 PM in Natural Sciences 1059
Instructor: Glazenburg, Zhanna
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 4
Demonstrations and participatory experiments are used to make students familiar with gravitational and electromagnetic forces in nature and foundations of optics.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Mon Wed @ 01:00 PM-04:10 PM in Natural Sciences 1008
Instructor: Glazenburg, Zhanna
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Credits: 1
Political Science
A survey of major political upheavals and belief systems that have shaped and shaken the modern world. In addition to the origins, social foundations, and variants of liberalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, and feminism, discussions include examples of anti-imperialist, antiracist, and nationalist movements and ideologies from Third World countries and ethnic minorities in the West.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Galloway, Samuel
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
An analysis of the politics of Israel and Palestine. The struggle between Israel and Palestine and the involvement of Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia are covered, as well as the role of the U.S. Issues and potential solutions are discussed.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Printmaking
Monotype is a bridge between painting and printmaking. Students use brushes, paints, inks, rollers, and drawing implements to create unique prints from a Plexiglas or metal plate. The nature of the process allows students the freedom to work in a direct, spontaneous manner leading to gestural images and textured surfaces.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Tue Thu @ 09:00 AM-01:30 PM in Visual Arts 1009
Instructor: Hooper, Cassandra
Type of Instruction: Hybrid
Credits: 3
Monotype is a bridge between painting and printmaking. Students use brushes, paints, inks, rollers, and drawing implements to create unique prints from a Plexiglas or metal plate. The nature of the process allows students the freedom to work in a direct, spontaneous manner leading to gestural images and textured surfaces.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
Meeting Times: Tue Thu @ 09:00 AM-01:30 PM in Visual Arts 1009
Instructor: Hooper, Cassandra
Type of Instruction: Hybrid
Credits: 3
Please note that after the 7/24 in-person class meeting, this course will be conducted asynchronously and fully online.
Psychology
Empirical and theoretical approaches to the basic physiological, cognitive, and social mechanisms underlying behavior. Topics include learning and conditioning; sensation and perception; memory, thinking, and language; psychological development; social processes; and personality and psychopathology.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Williams, Christopher
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Students study classic experiments and contemporary research in the areas of conformity, obedience, helping behavior, attributions, aggression, persuasion, close relationships and attraction, attitudes and social influence, ethics, and prejudice. This material is applied to both current and historical examples in social research.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Carnevale, Jessica
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
An examination of the biological processes by which the sensory systems pick up information from the environment and the psychological processes by which that information is coded, transformed, and integrated to form perceptions. Emphasis is on the visual systems and visual perception. Aspects of perception in the visual arts and music are also discussed.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Clarke, Jason
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
The interplay of cyberpsychology, gender, age, culture, and subculture are examined. Theoretical, empirical, and practical research issues are considered. Emphasis is placed on the impact of social media on mental health and psychological well-being. Individual, social, and community-level factors are discussed.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Monday, July 28
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
The interventions suggested by the biopsychosocial model and mind-body paradigm are examined. Topics include health behavior, social learning theory, attribution theory, and attitude formation as they apply to problems like health promotion, disease prevention, reactions to illness, management of chronic and terminal illnesses, and adherence to treatment regimens. Methods of evaluation of clinical services are addressed.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Carnevale, Jessica
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Starts with an examination of various criteria for and precursors of language. Students read and analyze studies of children’s first words, early syntactical development, speech play, metaphor, storytelling, and bilingualism.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Toskos, Alexia
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Sociology
An introduction to sociological thinking and to key concepts in sociology. Attention is given to social life, inequality, movements, action, change, institutions, and contemporary social issues.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Moore, Lisa Jean
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
An examination of the state of race relations in the United States and other industrialized nations. Topics include racial and ethnic stratification, systems of oppression, mechanisms for integration, pluralism, assimilation, and racial politics.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Alston, Sophia
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3
Spanish
For students who have had little or no previous exposure to the language. Presents the essential structures of spoken and written Spanish by involving the student in situations that concretely represent the concepts of the language.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Instructor: Gondra, Ager
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
A continuation of SPA 1010. Increased time is devoted to reading and writing. Development of oral skills remains the primary objective of the course.
Dates: Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 1
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Instructor: Gondra, Ager
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Theatre and Performance
Discover how to bring your stories to life using the latest artificial intelligence tools and interactive media. The course focuses on narrative design and methods to enhance live performances through various forms of interactive media. It offers an introduction to production with a 21st-Century toolset or audience immersion and interactivity, taking a design-based approach to content creation.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4
Students explore narrative designs that endeavor to extend live immersive performance using interactive media. An introduction to a 21st century toolset for audience immersion and interactivity, the course will take a design-based approach developing a proficiency in developing methodologies of creation techniques. Students will reach audiences with performances that are designed as both live and digitally immersive.
Dates: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 27
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4