Summer 2026 Course List
Introduction
2026 4-week session: May 18 - June 12
2026 8-week session: June 15 - August 7
2026 12-week session: May 18 - August 7
Current UIC students and visiting students who have been admitted can access more detailed scheduling information beyond what appears in the list below, including seat availability, modality, and assigned instructors, by logging into the portal, my.UIC.edu.
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Accounting (ACTG)
4-week session
ACTG 211 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACTG 315 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACTG 355 Business Law I: Commercial Transactions
ACTG 435 Auditing
8-week session
ACTG 211 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACTG 316 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACTG 326 Cost Accounting
ACTG 392 Data Analytics for Accountants
ACTG 445 Federal Income Tax I
ACTG 446 Federal Income Tax II
ACTG 474 Accounting Information Systems
ACTG 484 International Accounting
Anthropology (ANTH)
4-week session
ANTH 255 Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms
8-week session
ANTH 101 World Cultures: Introduction to Social Anthropology
ANTH 102 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 105 Human Evolution
ANTH 424 Violence
Art History (AH)
4-week session
AH 180 Introduction to Museum and Exhibition
8-week session
AH 130 Photography in History
AH 160 Trends in International Contemporary Art Since 1960
Biological Sciences (BIOS)
4-week session
BIOS 331 General Ecology Laboratory
BIOS 336 Animal Behavior Laboratory
BIOS 343 Animal Physiological Systems
BIOS 420 Genomics
BIOS 431 Plant and Animal Interactions
8-week session
BIOS 104 Biology for Non-majors
BIOS 110 Biology of Cells & Organisms
BIOS 120 Biology of Populations and Communities
BIOS 220 Genetics
BIOS 222 Cell Biology
BIOS 230 Evolution and Ecology
BIOS 250 Microbiology and Application Health
BIOS 310 Genetics Laboratory
BIOS 325 Human Embryology
BIOS 326 Embryology Laboratory
BIOS 350 General Microbiology
BIOS 351 Microbiology Laboratory
BIOS 355 Immunology
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
8-week session
BME 240 Modeling Physiological Data and Systems
Black Studies (BLST)
4-week session
BLST 101 Introduction to Black Diaspora Studies
BLST 110 Introduction to African American Literature, 1760-1910
Business Administration (BA)
4-week session
BA 194 Special Topics Business Administration
BA 200 Business Communication
8-week session
BA 200 Business Communication
BA 420 Professional Presence
Chemical Engineering (CHE)
8-week session
CHE 312 Transport Phenomena II
CHE 313 Transport Phenomena III
12-week session
CHE 321 Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemistry (CHEM)
4-week session
CHEM 101 Preparatory Chemistry
8-week session
CHEM 122 Matter and Energy (previously called General Chemistry I)
CHEM 123 Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I (previously called General Chemistry I Lab)
CHEM 124 Chemical Dynamics (previously called General Chemistry II)
CHEM 125 Foundations of Chemical Inquiry II (previously called General Chemistry II Lab)
CHEM 222 Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 232 Structure and Function (previously called Organic Chemistry I)
CHEM 233 Synthesis Techniques Lab (previously called Organic Chemistry I Lab)
CHEM 234 Chemical Synthesis (previously called Organic Chemistry II)
CHEM 343 Physical Chemistry Lab
Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering (CME)
8-week session
CME 201 Statics
CME 203 Strength Of Materials
CME 205 Structural Analysis I
CME 260 Properties Of Materials
CME 290 Engineering Surveying
CME 297 Civil and Environmental Engineering Drawing and Design
CME 494 Special Topics in Civil and Materials Engineering: Active Transportation
CME 494 Special Topics in Civil and Materials Engineering: CME Project Financial Management
Communication (COMM)
4-week session
COMM 100 Fundamentals of Human Communication
COMM 101 Introduction to Communication
COMM 200 Communication Technologies
COMM 225 Advertising and Society
COMM 240 Data Journalism
COMM 294 Introductory Topics: Fashion, Technology, and Social Change
8-week session
COMM 100 Human Communication
COMM 102 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
COMM 103 Introduction to Media
COMM 294 Introductory Topics: Digital Forensics
COMM 294 Introductory Topics: Protest Music
COMM 301 Communication Research
Computer Science (CS)
4-week session
CS 109 Programming for Engineers with MatLab
CS 141 Program Design II
CS 211 Programming Practicum
CS 361 Systems Programming
CS 412 Introduction to Machine Learning
CS 474 Object-Oriented Languages and Environments
8-week session
CS 111 Program Design I
CS 151 Mathematical Foundations of Computing
CS 251 Data Structures
CS 277 Technical and Professional Communication in Computer Science
CS 301 Languages and Automata
CS 401 Computer Algorithms I
CS 418 Introduction to Data Science
CS 480 Database Systems
CS 499 Professional Development Seminar
Criminology, Law, and Justice (CLJ)
4-week session
CLJ 220 Criminology
CLJ 350 Courts in Society
CLJ 492 Topics in Rule Application: Immigration & Migration
8-week session
CLJ 101 Introduction to Crim, Law, & Justice
CLJ 200 Law and Society
CLJ 262 Research Methods II
CLJ 363 Drugs and Addiction in Society
12-week session
CLJ 493 Carceral Studies Research
Curriculum and Instruction (CI)
4-week session
CI 429 Secondary Science Education in Urban Settings
CI 481 Foundations and Current Issues in Educating English Language Learners
CI 484 Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School
8-week session
CI 414 Middle and High School Lit (6 weeks only)
CI 438 Literacy Instruction that Raises Achievement for All Students (6 weeks only)
CI 464 Bilingualism and Literacy in a Second Language (6 weeks only)
CI 472 Language Proficiency Assessment and ESL Instruction (6 weeks only)
Earth and Environmental Science (EAES)
8-week session
EAES 101 Global Environmental Change
Economics (ECON)
8-week session
ECON 120 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 121 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 215 Health Economics
ECON 220 Microeconomics: Theory and Applications
ECON 221 Macroeconomics in the World Economy: Theory and Application
ECON 300 Econometrics
ECON 333 International Economics
Education (ED)
4-week session
ED 135 Child and Youth Policies in Urban America
ED 253 Current Debates in Higher Education
ED 299 Education, Globalization, and the Child
ED 445 Adolescence and Schools
8-week session
ED 200 Education Policy Foundations (6 weeks only)
ED 210 Principles of Learning and Instruction Across the Lifespan (6 weeks only)
ED 253 Current Debates in Higher Education
Educational Policy Studies (EDPS)
4-week session
EDPS 470 Collective Bargain Practice & Policy
EDPS 415 Current Controversies in Urban Higher Education
8-week session
EDPS 453 Topics in Educational Policy Studies (6 weeks only)
Educational Psychology (EPSY)
4-week session
EPSY 242 Introduction to Sexuality Development Across the Lifespan
EPSY 382 Child, Family, and Community
EPSY 465 Understanding Students with High Incidence Disabilities
EPSY 494 Topics in Educational Psychology
8-week session
EPSY 255 Child Development in Contemporary Society (6 weeks only)
EPSY 256 Adolescent and Early Adulthood Development in Contemporary Society (6 weeks only)
EPSY 257 Adult Development and Aging in Contemporary Society (6 weeks only)
EPSY 467 Understanding Students With Low Incidence Disabilities (6 weeks only)
EPSY 482 Collaborating with Families, Community, and Professionals (6 weeks only)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
8-week session
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 (ENGL)
4-week session
ENGL 118 Introduction to African American Literature, 1760-1910
8-week session
ENGL 105 Understanding Fiction
ENGL 160 Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts
ENGL 161 Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research
ENGL 282 Peer Tutoring in the Writing Center: Introduction to Theory and Practice
Finance (FIN)
4-week session
FIN 250 Personal Finance
FIN 300 Introduction to Finance
FIN 320 Managerial Finance
8-week session
FIN 300 Introduction to Finance
FIN 310 Investments
FIN 442 International Corporate Financial Management
Germanic Studies (GER)
8-week session
GER 217 Introduction to German Cinema
12-week session
GER 217 Introduction to German Cinema
Global Asian Studies (GLAS)
4-week session
GLAS 255 Introduction to Middle East Feminisms
Gender and Women's Studies (GWS)
4-week session
GWS 255 Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms
History (HIST)
4-week session
HIST 100 Western Civilization to 1648
HIST 104 Modern America: From Industrialization to Globalization
HIST 235 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
HIST 269 History of Central America
HIST 420 Teaching the Social Sciences
8-week session
HIST 101 Western Civilization Since 1648
HIST 105 Global Transformations and the Rise of the West Since 1000
HIST 177 Middle Eastern Civilization
HIST 251 War, Society, and Institutions Since 1815
Industrial Engineering (IE)
8-week session
IE 201 Financial Engineering
IE 342 Probability and Statistics for Engineers
Information and Decision Sciences (IDS)
4-week session
IDS 473 Risk Management and Insurance
8-week session
IDS 200 Intro 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 (INST)
8-week session
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 (ITAL)
8-week session
ITAL 285 Zombies, Plagues, and Other Pandemics in Literature and Visual Media
12-week session
ITAL 280 Beyond Italy: Cinema, Culture, and Change
Kinesiology (KN)
8-week session
KN 352 Physiology of Exercise
12-week session
KN 230 Anatomy & Physiology Lecture I
KN 231 Anatomy & Physio Lecture II
Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS)
4-week session
LALS 102 Introduction to Latino Studies
LALS 268 History of Central America
Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics (LCSL)
8-week session
LCSL 285 Zombies, Plagues, and Other Pandemics in Literature and Visual Media
Linguistics (LING)
8-week session
LING 150 Introduction to the Study of Language
LING 170 Languages of the World
LING 320 Linguistics and Speech-Language Pathology
Management (MGMT)
8-week session
MGMT 340 Introduction to Organizations
MGMT 350 Business and Its External Environment
MGMT 463 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
MGMT 495 Competitive Strategy
Marketing (MKTG)
8-week session
MKTG 360 Introduction to Marketing
MKTG 461 Consumer Behavior
MKTG 462 Marketing Research
MKTG 465 Strategic Marketing Management
MKTG 469 Global Marketing
Mathematical Computer Science (MCS)
8-week session
MCS 160 Introduction to Computer Science
MCS 320 Introduction to Symbolic Computation
MCS 401 Computer Algorithms I
MCS 471 Numerical Analysis
Mathematics (MATH)
4-week session
MATH 180 Calculus I
MATH 181 Calculus II
MATH 210 Calculus III
MATH 218 Applied Linear Algebra
MATH 220 Introduction to Differential Equations
8-week session
MATH 110 College Algebra
MATH 121 Precalculus Mathematics
MATH 160 Finite Math for Business
MATH 165 Calculus for Business
MATH 180 Calculus I
MATH 181 Calculus II
MATH 210 Calculus III
MATH 218 Applied Linear Algebra
MATH 220 Introduction to Differential Equations
MATH 417 Complex Analysis with Applications
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
8-week session
ME 205 Introduction to Thermodynamics
ME 210 Engineering Dynamics
ME 250 Introduction to Engineering Design and Graphics
ME 325 Intermediate Thermodynamics
ME 328 Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
ME 347 Engineering Design and Graphics with Computer-Aided Design and Simulation
ME 370 Mechanical Engineering Design
ME 494 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Moving Image Arts (MOVI)
4-week session
MOVI 200 Communication Technologies
12-week session
MOVI 280 Beyond Italy: Cinema, Culture, and Change
Music (MUS)
4-week session
MUS 100 Introduction To Music I
MUS 114 Jazz History
MUS 118 American Popular Music since 1850
MUS 127 Latin American Music
Philosophy (PHIL)
4-week session
PHIL 102 Introductory Logic
8-week session
PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 101 Critical Analytical Reasoning
PHIL 102 Introductory Logic
PHIL 115 Death
PHIL 116 Biomedical Ethics
Physics (PHYS)
8-week session
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)
Political Science (POLS)
4-week session
POLS 101 Introduction to American Government and Politics
POLS 353 Constitutional Law
8-week session
POLS 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Psychology (PSCH)
4-week session
PSCH 270 Introduction to Psychological and Behavioral Disorders
PSCH 271 Resilience: The Psychology of Positive Adaptation
PSCH 320 Developmental Psychology
PSCH 340 Psychological Testing
PSCH 382 Psychological Interventions
PSCH 384 Psychology of Groups
8-week session
PSCH 100 Introductory Psychology
PSCH 262 Behavioral Neuroscience
PSCH 270 Introduction to Psychological and Behavioral Disorders
PSCH 271 Resilience: The Psychology of Positive Adaptation
PSCH 321 Laboratory in Developmental Psychology
PSCH 324 Cultural Psychology
PSCH 381 Psychology of Interviewing
PSCH 382 Psychological Interventions Interventions
Public Health (PUBH)
4-week session
PUBH 393 Public Health Fieldwork
8-week session
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
PUBH 394 Advanced Special Topics in Public Health
Public Policy (PPOL)
8-week session
PPOL 100 Individual Action and Democratic Citizenship
PPOL 210 Introduction to Public Policy
PPOL 230 Nonprofit Organizations and Civil Society
Religious Studies (RELS)
8-week session
RELS 177 Middle Eastern Civilization
Russian (RUSS)
8-week session
RUSS 120 The Russian Short Story in Translation
RUSS 150 Introduction to Russian Cinema
Sociology (SOC)
4-week session
SOC 105 Social Problems
SOC 215 Sociology of Childhood and Youth
8-week session
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 241 Social Inequalities
Spanish (SPAN)
8-week session
SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 103 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 104 Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 114 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 285 Zombies, Plagues, and Other Pandemics in Literature and Visual Media
Special Education (SPED)
4-week session
SPED 410 Exceptional Learners
SPED 465 Understanding Students with High Incidence Disabilities
8-week session
SPED 462 Assessment of Individuals with Disabilities (6 weeks only)
SPED 463 Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners in School
SPED 467 Understanding Students With Low Incidence Disabilities (6 weeks only)
SPED 482 Collaborating with Families, Community, and Professionals (6 weeks only)
Statistics (STAT)
8-week session
STAT 101 Introduction to Statistics
STAT 381 Applied Statistical Methods I
STAT 385 Elementary Statistical Techniques for Machine Learning and Big Data
STAT 401 Introduction to Probability
Urban Planning and Policy (UPP)
4-week session
UPP 461 Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Policy