Summer Session UCSC Program

ACBU-2223-R21-Principles of Managerial Accounting
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course covers how to measure and use cost data for internal decision making under uncertainty. Among the topics covered are job costing, process costing, standard costing, activity-based costing, budgeting, balanced scorecard, direct versus indirect cost measures, cost volume profit analysis, and management control systems.

CRN: 14988

Instructor: Huang, Mengjie
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI

ARHI 1100 L21 - Art History Introduction: World Art
Summer Session II, July 1 – August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course is an introduction to the study of art history, approached from a global perspective. It reaches back to Cycladic art (c. 3300 to 1100 BCE) and ends with the present. Because most human societies have created art, this course looks at works created in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. And since art objects can and do move across cultural boundaries, it also looks at the cross-cultural transmission of artworks. Students will learn about how peoples across space and time created works of art and architecture in response to social crisis, as an aid to or container of ritual, and to express norms and ideals of gender. Students will come to understand how and why abstraction and naturalism emerged at different times and places. Portions of the class will take place online while live sessions will focus on museum visits.

CRN: 14929

Instructor: Fostano, Katherina
3 credits

COMC-1101-R21 - Communication and Culture: History, Theory, Methods
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill, Hybrid: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

An introduction to the history, theory and methods of Communication Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Studies. This serves as the required introductory course for the major in Communication and Culture. It provides students with a basic theoretical foundation for understanding the interdisciplinary traditions of our field, an historical examination of key paradigms and theorists, and an overview of the methodological approaches used by scholars of mediated communication. We will explore the ways in which theory and methodology are inextricably intertwined and how their relationship shapes both inquiry and analysis. Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction

CRN: 14933

Instructor: D'Aiello, Alan
4 credits

COMC-2329-L21 - Media Industries
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course presents an introduction to the critical study of media industries. Students will not only survey institutional, social, and technological histories of the media industries, they will be introduced to scholarly approaches to studying issues such as media organization, the political economy of media, and media governance and regulatory policy. By engaging with recent writing and debates in the field, students will develop the skills necessary to examine media institutions, analyze their operations, and assess their impact on society.

CRN: 14799

Instructor: Hockenberry, Matthew
4 credits

DTEM-4480-L21 - Digital Media and Public Responsibility
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

An examination of the public cultures, goods, and problems that emerge from the ongoing integration of digital media into everyday life. This course goes beyond a traditional focus on personal problems and responsibilities to explore how publics have and can take collective responsibility to address structural inequities in a digital society.

CRN: 14930

Instructor: Donovan, Gregory
4 credits

COMC-4360-L21 - Communication Ethics and the Public Sphere
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: MTW, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course deals with the policy decisions and ethical issues facing society in the telecommunications age. Of special concern are the ethical issues raised by the melding together of heretofore discrete media into vertically integrated, profit-oriented corporations. Note: Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction.

CRN: 14883

Instructor: Kamin, Diana
4 credits

CISC-1600-L21 - Computer Science I
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TBA

Introductory course designed for the beginning students. It will define the computing concepts using a high-level programming language. Emphasis will be placed on program design, coding, debugging and documentation of programs. This course together with Structures of Computer Science (CS 1100) serve as the introductory courses for both the computer science and the computer systems management applications major.

CRN: 15713

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Corequisites: CISC-1610

CISC-1610-L21 - Computer Science I Lab
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TBA

A series of programming and laboratory assignments to reinforce the materials learned in CISC 1600. Lab fee.

CRN: 15714

Instructor: TBA
1 credit

ECON-1100-L21 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Investment, GDP, interest rates, the budget deficit, inflation, unemployment, banking, monetary and fiscal policies, and exchange rates appear frequently in the media but are often little understood. Macroeconomics studies these aggregates and their interconnections and looks at the influence of the Federal Reserve and the federal government.

CRN: 14953

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

ECON-1200-R21 - Principles of Microeconomics
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Microeconomics studies the decisions and interactions of consumers and businesses, resulting in an understanding of the process by which prices and quantities are determined in a market setting. Forms of industrial organization, such as competition, monopoly, and oligopoly, are explored. The markets for labor and other factors of production are also studied as a part of this course.

CRN: 16549

Instructor: Collins, Sean
3 credits

ECON-2140-R21 - Statistics I
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course introduces students to descriptive statistics, probability theory, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling methods, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction.

CRN: 16551

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

ECON-2142-L21 - Statistics II
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course develops the student's ability to collect data, postulate a hypothesis or a model, select the appropriate statistical technique, analyze the data using statistical software, draw correct statistical inference, and clearly summarize the findings. Specific topics include chi-square tests, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression and correlation models, time series analysis, and quality control. Note: Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction.

CRN: 16552

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

ECON-3453-R21 - Law and Economics
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course applies microeconomic analysis to traditional areas of legal study, such as contract, property, tort, and criminal law. The approach applies the "rational choice" framework used in economics to analyze the purpose, effect, and genesis of laws. Attention is paid to the effect of legal structures on economic efficiency. Economic analysis of law is one of the fastest-growing and most influential areas of both economic and legal scholarship. This course is of value to both the general economist and students planning to attend law school.

CRN: 14984

Instructor: Themeli, Booi
4 credits

FNBU-3221-L21 - Financial Management
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Financial analysis, planning and control in the business firm. Optimum capital structure and leverage. Working capital management and sources of suitable short-term funds. Long-term investment decisions and capital budgeting. Valuation problems in financing and acquisitions.

CRN: 14940

Instructor: Gu, Christopher 
3 credits

FNBU-3440-L21 - Corporate Financial Policy
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

From the standpoint of finance theory, the value created by a corporation depends on the profitability of investments and the mode of financing these investments. This course enables students to analyze and understand the interaction between the investment and financing decisions. Corporate finance topics such as capital budgeting, cost of capital, raising capital, dividend policy, hedging, mergers and acquisitions, and international corporate finance may be covered.

CRN: 14941

Instructor: Ergas, Jean G
3 credits

FNBU-4448-V21- ST: Private Equity
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
Online: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The objective of this class is to offer students a strong working knowledge of the private equity industry. We will examine the industry from a number of viewpoints including but not limited to, the structure of the industry, the investors, and the analysis of investments. In addition we will discuss how fund managers add value to the companies they purchase as well as how they exit (sell) the companies through IPO's or other transactions.

CRN: 16526

Instructor: Mazurek, Pawel
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ENT

HIST-1100-L21- Understanding Historical Change: American History
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and examination of specific topics focusing on significant periods in the development of the U.S. and considering them in the light of certain elements shaping that history. Among these elements are the constitutional and political system; and the society's ideals, structure, economic policy, and world outlook.

CRN: 16536

Instructor: Wright, Christopher
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, FRHE, FRHI, HC

HIST-3860-L21- The "Long" 1990s in United States History (1989-2008)
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course examines the 1990s as a "long decade" in United States history, spanning from the end of the Cold War to the 2008 financial crisis. Students will explore how alternating historical frames of abundance and anxiety may help explain this unsettled period of the recent past. This course foregrounds the historical question of change versus continuity in recent United States history. Among other topics, students will investigate the relationship between the First Gulf War and the Global War on Terror; the changing social and political significance of "terrorism" before and after the September 11 attacks; the rise of the internet and digital cultures; developments in popular media such as music, television, and video games; the rise of popular awareness and activism regarding anthropogenic climate change; and alternating economic visions of abundance and austerity. This course is rooted in a cultural and social approach to history but includes significant discussion of high politics and foreign policy. In addition to a wide range of discussions, readings, and written assignments, students will collaboratively construct a “primary source reader” for the American 1990s based on subtopics of their own interests.

CRN: 16538

Instructor: DeAntonis, Nicholas
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, HIAH, HIUL

SPAN-2001-R21 - Spanish Language and Literature
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Online, TWR 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Study of selected literary texts and review of pertinent grammatical structures, textual analysis, composition, and conversation. Conducted in Spanish. Lab fee.

CRN: 14994

Instructor: Lamas, Rafael 
3 credits

THEA-2015-L21 - Acting for Non-Majors
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introductory acting technique for non-theatre performance majors. Emphasis on developing and freeing the voice, body, imagination, and emotions. Activities of the course include vocal and body warm-ups, theatre games and exercises, improvisation, and scene work.

CRN: 15073

Instructor: Kimmel, Michael
4 credits

THEO-3310-R21 - Early Christian Writings
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

A selective study of the writing of prominent Christian theologians from Justin Martyr to Augustine, concentrating on early beliefs concerning God, Christ, the Church and the sacraments.

CRN: 15002

Instructor: Reynoso, Natalie
3 credits

THEO-3620-L21 - Women of the Christian East
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWR 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This Sacred Texts and Traditions course focuses on three overlapping but distinct aspects of women's religious life in Eastern Christian societies: (1) the theological framework by which (male) religious authorities understood gender difference, (2) the multiple forms of women's piety that were celebrated as holy, and (3) the real-life experience of Eastern Christian daughters, wives, nuns, deaconesses, and empresses. Throughout the course, we will examine authoritative texts central in the Orthodox Christian tradition—including Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Church Fathers, hagiography, and hymnography—as well as additional historical sources such as letters, imperial edicts, and works of art.

CRN: 15815

Instructor: Hampton, Dakota
3 credits

PHIL-1000-L21- Philosophy of Human Nature
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course is a philosophical reflection on the central metaphysical and epistemological questions surrounding human nature, which includes discussion of some or all of the following problems: the body/soul distinction and the mind/body problem; the problem of knowledge (relativism, skepticism, the objectivity of knowledge, faith, and reason); free will and determinism; self and society (subjectivity, personhood, sociality, historicity, and tradition); and the elements of identity (such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and socioeconomic status). At least 60% of each section of the course is devoted to readings from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine or Aquinas, and Descartes. Each section includes some writings by at least one contemporary figure and one figure coming from a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophy.

CRN: 14960

Instructor: Fior, Lia
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRPT

PHIL-1000-R21- Philosophy of Human Nature
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course is a philosophical reflection on the central metaphysical and epistemological questions surrounding human nature, which includes discussion of some or all of the following problems: the body/soul distinction and the mind/body problem; the problem of knowledge (relativism, skepticism, the objectivity of knowledge, faith, and reason); free will and determinism; self and society (subjectivity, personhood, sociality, historicity, and tradition); and the elements of identity (such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and socioeconomic status). At least 60% of each section of the course is devoted to readings from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine or Aquinas, and Descartes. Each section includes some writings by at least one contemporary figure and one figure coming from a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophy. 

CRN: 14995

Instructor: Levander, Tore
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRPT

PHIL-3000-R21- Philosophical Ethics
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course involves philosophical reflection on the major normative ethical theories underlying moral decision-making in our everyday lives. The principal focus of the course is a systematic introduction to the main normative ethical theories, i.e., eudaimonism, natural law ethics, deontological ethics, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminism. The differences among these approaches are illuminated by studying various moral issues. In each section of the course, at least half of the readings will be selected from Aristotle and Kant. Each section will include writings by at least one contemporary figure and one figure coming from a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophy.

CRN: 16523

Instructor: Mayorga, Layla
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: HHPA, HUST, PETH

PHIL-4484-L21 - Freedom and Responsibility
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The course will investigate several problems concerning freedom, responsibility and the morality of punishment. Is freedom possible in a world completely governed by physical laws? How can I be blamed (or praised) for my actions, given that upbringing, character, and environment are largely matters of luck? Is the practice of punishing criminals morally justifiable? How? Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction.

CRN: 15835

Instructor: Myers, Christopher
4 credits

MKBU-4454-R21 - Special Topic: Sports Marketing
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The entertainment sector is a major industry. Within that sector, sports activities are targeting a number of demographic and other segments of the population. While some sports (collegiate and professional) are quite successful in their marketing strategies, others struggle to gain or to hold their audience within a competitive market place. This course evaluates the marketing mix of those sports teams and institutions that are successful and assesses the marketing ingredients of those sports activities that are struggling to gain a larger or profitable share of the audience.

CRN: 15820

Instructor: Petit, Francis C
3 credits

MATH-1109-R21 - Math for Business: Calculus
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course provides business majors with an introduction to differential and integral calculus. Topics include differentiation, integration, and their applications, in particular derivatives of polynomials, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions; curve sketching, optimization problems; and the definite integral. Applications are drawn from business and economics. This course is open only to students in the Gabelli School of Business.

CRN: 14993

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

MATH-1206-L21 - Calculus I
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWR 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This calculus course is intended for science and math majors. Topics include limits; continuity; intermediate value theorem; derivatives; mean value theorem; applications such as curve sketching, optimization, related rates, linear approximation, and differentials; antiderivatives; Riemann sums; definite integrals; the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; substitution rule; inverse functions and their derivatives; and logarithmic and exponential functions.

CRN: 15011

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

NSCI-1030-L21 - Human Function and Dysfunction
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Introduces the non-science major to intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting the human body. Topics include genetic engineering, neuroscience, behavior, and disease. Laboratory sessions will complement the lecture topics.

CRN: 14827

Instructor: Sales de Oliveira, Ana Helena 
3 credits

ANTH-4490-L21 - Anthropology of Political Violence
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTW, 05:30PM - 09:30PM

Political violence happens everyday, whether we endure it personally or hear about it through the media. But seldom do we ask ourselves what it is. This course investigates the nature of political violence and articulate its many forms from the anthropological perspectives of gender, class, ethnicity, economics, and of course, politics. Specific areas of study include Northern Ireland, Germany, Sudan, Palestine, Mexico, Argentina, China, Australia, and the U.S. The course will discuss the motivations for action (or inaction) by governments, elites, and insurgents, and students will get to know some of the organizations working against political violence. Field trips may include visits tothe United Nations, The United Holocaust Museum, and Ground Zero. Podcasts, news broadcasts, movies and audio documentation of events will provide further access to examples of global political violence.

CRN: 15838

Instructor: Gerard-Seif, Huda
4 credits

POSC-3915-L21 - International Political Economy
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course introduces various theoretical frameworks explaining the international political economy and examine topics including trade, monetary policy, exchange rates, finance, multinational corporations, international institutions, and economic development. There is a particular focus on the distribution of benefits within an increasingly globalized world, and how interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system.

CRN: 15911

Instructor: Sahakyan, Davit
4 credits

SOCI-1100-L21 - Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods. This course is required prior to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.

CRN: 14998

Instructor: Rufrano, Michelle
3 credits

PSYC-3340-L21- Urban Psychology
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 05:00PM

How living in a large city can affect an individual's behavior and personality. Investigations into the "urban personality," stress, family, friends and strangers, crowding, the built environment, adaptation. Includes field research. 

CRN: 16502

Instructor: Takooshian, Harold
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ENST, ESEL, PYAC, URST

PSYC-1200-R21- Foundations of Psychology
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Rose Hill: MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM and MR, 01:00PM - 03:00PM

A systematic examination of the methods and content of psychology as a life science. A survey of history and development, principles, and theories of psychology related to sensation and perception, learning, cognition, motivation, developmental, personality, abnormal, and social psychology. 

CRN: 16386

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ZLB3

PSYC-4900-L21 - Psychology and Human Values
Summer Session II, July 1 - August 5, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

CRN: 16505

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

CBBU-1003-V21-ST: Career Exploration
Summer Session 2, July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025
Online: TWR, 06:00PM - 07:15PM

The Career Exploration course serves as a starting point for all Gabelli School students to develop critical skills to support career development. It provides an overview of Gabelli School resources, helps students understand and hone their skills, and provides direction on developing a compelling portfolio for their future careers. Students hear from distinguished faculty, guest speakers, and alumni as part of this course.

CRN: 16529

Instructor: Gallent, Janet
1 credits

CBBU-1003-R21-ST: Career Exploration
Summer Session 2, July 8, 10, 15, 17, 2025
Rose Hill: 09:00 a.m.- 01:00 p.m.

The Career Exploration course serves as a starting point for all Gabelli School students to develop critical skills to support career development. It provides an overview of Gabelli School resources, helps students understand and hone their skills, and provides direction on developing a compelling portfolio for their future careers. Students hear from distinguished faculty, guest speakers, and alumni as part of this course.

CRN: 16572

Instructor: Cook, Jena
1 credits