2024 Summer Course List

Check below to see what undergraduate courses are planned this summer. This list is subject to change.

Full details about the scheduled meeting days/times, location, and instructional method can be found by clicking on the individual course to view the static course schedule or checking the dynamic course schedule in my.UIC.edu. The schedule also includes graduate courses (500-level and above).

  • 4-Week Session Courses: MAY 13 – JUNE 7, 2024
  • 8-Week Session Courses: JUNE 10 – AUGUST 2, 2024

+ACCOUNTING

8-Week Session Courses

ACTG 210: Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACTG 211: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACTG 315: Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACTG 316: Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACTG 326: Cost Accounting
ACTG 417: Advanced Financial Accounting
ACTG 435 Auditing
ACTG 445: Federal Income Tax I
ACTG 470: Ethical Environment of Business
ACTG 474: Accounting Information Systems
ACTG 484: International Accounting

+ANTHROPOLOGY

4-Week Session Courses

ANTH 255: Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms

8-Week Session Courses

ANTH 102: Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 105: Human Evolution
ANTH 424: Violence

+ARABIC

8-Week Session Courses

ARAB 115: Intensive Elementary Arabic (Note: This course will start 5/13/24 and end 7/5/24.)

+ART

8-Week Session Courses

ART 280: Topics in Color: Collab Printmaking Print Shop

+ART HISTORY

8-Week Session Courses

AH 100: Introduction to Art and Art History
AH 160: Trends in International Contemporary Art Since 1960
AH 207: Topics in Architecture, Art, and Design

+BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

4-Week Session Courses

BIOS 331: General Ecology Laboratory
BIOS 336: Animal Behavior Laboratory
BIOS 343: Animal Physiological Systems
BIOS 431: Plant and Animal Interactions

8-Week Session Courses

BIOS 104: Biology for Non-majors
BIOS 110: Biology of Cells and Organisms
BIOS 120: Biology of Populations and Communities
BIOS 220: Genetics
BIOS 230: Evolution and Ecology
BIOS 310: Genetics Laboratory
BIOS 325: Human Embryology
BIOS 326: Embryology Laboratory
BIOS 350: General Microbiology

+BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

4-Week Session Courses

BME 339: Biostatistics I
BME 494: Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering IV

+BLACK STUDIES

4-Week Session Courses

BLST 101: Introduction to Black Diaspora Studies
BLST 103: Black Politics and Culture in the United States
BLST 110: Introduction to African American Literature, 1760-1910
BLST 225: Racial and Ethnic Groups

+BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

4-Week Session Courses

BA 200: Managerial Communication

8-Week Session Courses

BA 200: Managerial Communication
BA 420: Professional Presence

+CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

8-Week Session Courses

CHE 312: Transport Phenomena II
CHE 313: Transport Phenomena III

+CHEMISTRY

4-Week Session Courses

CHEM 101: Preparatory Chemistry

8-Week Session Courses

CHEM 122: Matter and Energy (previous title: General Chemistry I Lecture)
CHEM 123: Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I (previous title: General Chemistry I Lab)
CHEM 124: Chemical Dynamics (previous title: General Chemistry II Lecture)
CHEM 125: Foundations of Chemical Inquiry II (previous title: General Chemistry II Lab)
CHEM 222: Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 232: Structure and Function (previous title: Organic Chemistry I)
CHEM 233: Synthesis Techniques Laboratory (previous title: Organic Chemistry I Lab)
CHEM 234: Chemical Synthesis (previous title: Organic Chemistry II)
CHEM 343: Physical Chemistry Laboratory

+CIVIL, MATERIALS, & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

8-Week Session Courses

CME 201: Statics
CME 203: Strength of Materials
CME 205: Structural Analysis I
CME 260: Properties of Materials
CME 494: Special Topics in Civil and Materials Engineering: CME Project Financial Management
CME 494: Special Topics in Civil and Materials Engineering: Geomatics Engineering

+COMMUNICATION

4-Week Session Courses

COMM 100: Fundamentals of Human Communication
COMM 101: Introduction to Communication
COMM 103: Introduction to Media
COMM 216: Digital Journalism
COMM 220: Social Media and Marketing
COMM 240: Data Journalism
COMM 250: Social Media and Society
COMM 495: Happiness and Social Media

8-Week Session Courses

COMM 100: Fundamentals of Human Communication
COMM 102: Introduction to Communication
COMM 103: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
COMM 200: Communication Technologies
COMM 474: Internship (only open to current UIC students)
COMM 493: Communication and Social Networks

+COMPUTER SCIENCE

4-Week Session Courses

CS 107: Introduction to Computing and Programming
CS 141: Program Design II
CS 361: Systems Programming
CS 474: Object-Oriented Languages and Environments

8-Week Session Courses

CS 151: Mathematical Foundations of Computing
CS 211: Programming Practicum
CS 251: Data Structures
CS 401: Computer Algorithms I
CS 480: Database Systems

+CRIMINOLOGY, LAW & JUSTICE

4-Week Session Courses

CLJ 101: Introduction to Criminology, Law, and Justice
CLJ 262: Research Methods II

8-Week Session Courses

CLJ 101: Introduction to Criminology, Law, and Justice
CLJ 200: Law and Society
CLJ 220: Criminology
CLJ 356: Community Corrections and Reentry
CLJ 423: Violence

+CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

4-Week Session Courses

CI 429: Secondary Science Education in Urban Settings
CI 452: Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Media
CI 481: Foundation and Current Issues in Educating English Language Learners
CI 482: Assessment and Instruction: A Multilingual/Multicultural Perspective

8-Week Session Courses (Note: All CI courses in the 8-week session begin 6/10/24 and end 7/19/24 [6 weeks long].)

CI 414: Middle and High School Literacy
CI 464: Bilingualism and Literacy in a Second Language
CI 472: Language Proficiency Assessment and ESL Instruction

+EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

8-Week Session Courses

EAES 101: Global Environmental Change

+ECONOMICS

8-Week Session Courses

ECON 120: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 121: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 220: Microeconomics: Theory and Applications
ECON 221: Macroeconomics in the World Economy: Theory and Applications
ECON 300: Econometrics
ECON 333: International Economics

+EDUCATION

4-Week Session Courses

ED 205: Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, and Education
ED 252: Contemporary Controversies in U.S. Schools
ED 307: Nature and Practices of Natural Sciences
ED 431: Improving Learning Environments

8-Week Session Courses (Note: All ED courses in the 8-week session begin 6/10/24 and end 7/19/24 [6 weeks long].)

ED 135: Child and Youth Policies in Urban America
ED 200: Education Policy Foundations
ED 210: Principles of Learning and Instruction Across the Lifespan
ED 445: Adolescence and the Schools

+EDUCATIONAL POLICY STUDIES

8-Week Session Courses (Note: All EDPS courses in the 8-week session begin 6/10/24 and end 7/19/24 [6 weeks long].)

EDPS 453: Topics in Educational Policy Studies
EDPS 470: Collective Bargaining Practice and Policy in K-12 and Higher Education

+EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

4-Week Session Courses

EPSY 465: Understanding Students with High Incidence Disabilities

8-Week Session Courses (Note: All EPSY courses in the 8-week session begin 6/10/24 and end 7/19/24 [6 weeks long].)

EPSY 160: Games, Learning, and Society
EPSY 255: Child Development in Contemporary Society
EPSY 326: Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition
EPSY 382: Child, Family, and Community
EPSY 383: Critical Perspectives in Latinx Human Development
EPSY 453: Educational Programming and Community Relations for Leaders in Early Childhood Education
EPSY 467: Understanding Students With Low Incidence Disabilities
EPSY 482: Collaborating with Families, Community, and Professionals

+ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

8-Week Session Courses

ECE 225: Circuit Analysis
ECE 265: Introduction to Logic Design
ECE 266: Introduction to Embedded Systems
ECE 310: Discrete and Continuous Signals and Systems
ECE 317: Digital Signal Processing I
ECE 333: Computer Communication Networks I
ECE 340: Electronics I
ECE 341: Probability and Random Processes for Engineers
ECE 499: Professional Development Seminar

+ENGLISH

4-Week Session Courses

ENGL 118: Introduction to African American Literature, 1760-1910
ENGL 135: Understanding Popular Genres and Culture
ENGL 208: English Studies I: Beginnings to the 17th Century

8-Week Session Courses

ENGL 132: Understanding Film
ENGL 160: Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts
ENGL 161: Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research
ENGL 207: Interpretation and Critical Analysis
ENGL 209: English Studies II: 17th Century to Today
ENGL 282: Peer Tutoring in the Writing Center: Introduction to Theory and Practice
ENGL 291: Introduction to the Writing of Fiction

+FINANCE

4-Week Session Courses

FIN 250: Personal Finance
FIN 300: Introduction to Finance
FIN 310: Investments
FIN 423: Financial Modeling, Analysis, and Decision Making
FIN 473: Risk Management and Insurance

8-Week Session Courses

FIN 300: Introduction to Finance
FIN 320: Managerial Finance
FIN 330: Quantitative Methods
FIN 449: Applied Equity Investment Management

+GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES

4-Week Session Courses

GWS 224: Gender and Society
GWS 255: Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms

+GERMANIC STUDIES

8-Week Session Courses

GER 217: Introduction to German Cinema (Note: Two different sections of this 8-week course will be offered. One section will start 5/13/24 and end 7/5/24. The second section will start on 6/10/24 and end 8/2/24.)

+GLOBAL ASIAN STUDIES

4-Week Session Courses

GLAS 100: Introduction to Global Asian Studies
GLAS 255: Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms

+HISTORY

4-Week Session Courses

HIST 104: Modern America: From Industrialization to Globalization
HIST 235: Introduction to Archaeology
HIST 420: Teaching the Social Sciences

8-Week Session Courses

HIST 101: Western Civilization Since 1648
HIST 105: Global Transformations and the Rise of the West Since 1000
HIST 177: Middle Eastern Civilization
HIST 249: The American Civil War
HIST 255: History of Chicago
HIST 266: Modern Mexico

+HUMAN NUTRITION

8-Week Session Courses

HN 110: Foods

+INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

8-Week Session Courses

IE 342: Probability and Statistics for Engineers

+INFORMATION & DECISION SCIENCES

4-Week Session Courses

IDS 473: Risk Management and Insurance

8-Week Session Courses

IDS 200: Introduction to Management Information Systems
IDS 270: Business Statistics I
IDS 355: Operations Management
IDS 371: Business Statistics II
IDS 400: Programming for Data Science in Business
IDS 410: Business Database Technology
IDS 476: Business Forecasting Using Time Series Methods

+INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

8-Week Session Courses

INST 105: Global Transformations and the Rise of the West Since 1000
INST 221: Macroeconomics in the World Economy: Theory and Applications
INST 333: International Economics

+ITALIAN

8-Week Session Courses

ITAL 280: Italian and Italian Amercian Cinema (Note: Two different sections of this 8-week course will be offered. One section will start 5/13/24 and end 7/5/24. The second section will start on 6/10/24 and end 8/2/24.)

+KINESIOLOGY

4-Week Session Courses

KN 337: Psychology of Injury and Recovery

8-Week Session Courses

KN 150: The Healthy Human
KN 253: Human Anatomy and Physiology I (Note: This is an asynchronous online course.)
KN 254: Human Anatomy and Physiology II (Note: This is an asynchronous online course.)
KN 352: Physiology of Exercise

+LATIN AMERICAN & LATINO STUDIES

4-Week Session Courses

LALS 102: Introduction to Latino Studies
LALS 225: Racial and Ethnic Groups

8-Week Session Courses

LALS 101: Introduction to Latin American Studies
LALS 127: Latin American Music
LALS 266: Modern Mexico

+LINGUISTICS

8-Week Session Courses

LING 320: Linguistics and Speech-Language Pathology

+MANAGEMENT

8-Week Session Courses

MGMT 340: Introduction to Organizations
MGMT 350: Business and Its External Environment
MGMT 453: Human Resource Management
MGMT 463: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
MGMT 495: Competitive Strategy

+MARKETING

8-Week Session Courses

MKTG 360: Introduction to Marketing
MKTG 461: Consumer Market Behavior
MKTG 462: Marketing Research
MKTG 465: Strategic Marketing Management
MKTG 469: Global Marketing

+MATHEMATICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

8-Week Session Courses

MCS 260: Introduction to Computer Science
MCS 320: Introduction to Symbolic Computation
MCS 401: Computer Algorithms I
MCS 471: Numerical Analysis

+MATHEMATICS

4-Week Session Courses

MATH 180: Calculus I
MATH 210: Calculus III
MATH 310: Applied Linear Algebra

8-Week Session Courses

MATH 110: College Algebra
MATH 121: Precalculus Mathematics
MATH 125: Elementary Linear Algebra
MATH 165: Calculus for Business
MATH 180: Calculus I
MATH 181: Calculus II
MATH 210: Calculus III
MATH 220: Introduction to Differential Equations
MATH 310: Applied Linear Algebra
MATH 417: Complex Analysis with Applications

+MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

8-Week Session Courses

ME 205: Introduction to Thermodynamics
ME 210: Engineering Dynamics
ME 347: Introduction to Computer-Aided Design
ME 428: Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering

+MOVING IMAGE ARTS

8-Week Session Courses

MOVI 132: Understanding Film
MOVI 280: Italian and Italian American Cinema

+MUSIC

4-Week Session Courses

MUS 114: Jazz History
MUS 118: American Popular Music since 1850

8-Week Session Courses

MUS 100: Introduction to Music I
MUS 127: Latin American Music

+PHILOSOPHY

8-Week Session Courses

PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 101: Critical and Analytical Reasoning
PHIL 102: Introductory Logic
PHIL 115: Death
PHIL 116: Biomedical Ethics

+PHYSICS

8-Week Session Courses

PHYS 100: Preparatory Physics
PHYS 131: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I
PHYS 132: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences II
PHYS 141: General Physics I (Mechanics)
PHYS 142: General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism)

+POLISH

8-Week Session Courses

POL 101: Elementary Polish I

+POLITICAL SCIENCE

4-Week Session Courses

POLS 101: Introduction to American Government and Politics
POLS 112: Black Politics and Culture in the United States
POLS 353: Constitutional Law

+PSYCHOLOGY

4-Week Session Courses

PSCH 242: Introduction to Research in Psychology
PSCH 270: Introduction to Psychological and Behavioral Disorders
PSCH 320: Developmental Psychology
PSCH 333: Laboratory in Clinical Psychology
PSCH 352: Cognition and Memory
PSCH 381: Psychology of Interviewing
PSCH 382: Psychological Interventions

8-Week Session Courses

PSCH 100: Introduction to Psychology
PSCH 210: Theories of Personality
PSCH 262: Behavioral Neuroscience
PSCH 270: Introduction to Psychological and Behavioral Disorders
PSCH 271: Resilience: The Psychology of Positive Adaptation
PSCH 324: Cultural Psychology
PSCH 343: Statistical Methods in Behavioral Science

+PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

8-Week Session Courses

PA 431: Civic Technology

+PUBLIC HEALTH

8-Week Session Courses

PUBH 100: Health and the Public
PUBH 110: Public Health and Global Societies
PUBH 120: Public Health and the Study of Disease and Epidemics
PUBH 393: Public Health Fieldwork

+PUBLIC POLICY

4-Week Session Courses

PPOL 100: Individual Action and Democratic Citizenship

8-Week Session Courses

PPOL 240: Environmental Policy

+RELIGIOUS STUDIES

8-Week Session Courses

RELS 177: Middle Eastern Civilization

+RUSSIAN

8-Week Session Courses

RUSS 140: Understanding the Body: Health, Gender, and Disability in Russian Culture (Note: Two different sections of this 8-week course will be offered. One section will start 5/13/24 and end 7/5/24. The second section will start on 6/10/24 and end 8/2/24.)

+SOCIAL JUSTICE

4-Week Session Courses

SJ 101: Introduction to Social Justice: Stories and Struggles

+SOCIOLOGY

4-Week Session Courses

SOC 105: Social Problems
SOC 224: Gender and Society
SOC 225: Racial and Ethnic Groups

8-Week Session Courses

SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 212: Human Sexuality: Social Perspectives
SOC 231: Criminology
SOC 241: Social Inequalities
SOC 426: Topics in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

+SPANISH

8-Week Session Courses

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 103: Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 104: Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 114: Spanish for Bilinguals II

+SPECIAL EDUCATION

4-Week Session Courses

SPED 410: Exceptional Learners
SPED 465: Understanding Students with High Incidence Disabilities

8-Week Session Courses (Note: All SPED courses in the 8-week session begin 6/10/24 and end 7/19/24 [6 weeks long].)

SPED 467: Understanding Students With Low Incidence Disabilities
SPED 482: Collaborating with Families, Community, and Professionals

+STATISTICS

8-Week Session Courses

STAT 101: Introduction to Statistics
STAT 381: Applied Statistical Methods I
STAT 401: Introduction to Probability
STAT 481: Applied Statistical Methods II

+URBAN PLANNING & POLICY

4-Week Session Courses

UPP 493: Topics in Urban Planning and Policy: Intro to Bike Planning

+URBAN STUDIES

8-Week Session Courses

US 202: Social Justice and the City