Summer Session Pre-College Courses
Choose from three great college experiences either online or at Fordham's beautiful Rose Hill campus in the Bronx which features 85 acres of rolling lawns, tree-shaded walkways and Gothic-style buildings or attend a course at the Lincoln Center campus, located in the culturally-rich West side of Manhattan.
These are the 2026 classes that are recommended for Pre-College program participants. If your interests take you elsewhere, please request permission to enroll in other courses by emailing [email protected]. Note, courses above the 1000-level often have prerequisites.
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ENGL-1102-R21 Composition II
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMIntensive training in the principles of effective expository writing, with an emphasis on sound logic, correct grammar, and persuasive rhetoric. Introduces research techniques, including use of the library, conventions and principles of documentation, analysis of sources, and ethics of scholarly research. Weekly papers will be written and discussed.
CRN: 14986
Instructor: Ray, Jason
3 credits
MKBU-4454-R21 ST: Sports Marketing
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThe 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 marketplace. 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: 17009
Instructor: Petit, Francis
3 creditsFordham course attributes: SJOR
PHIL-1000-R21 Philosophy of Human Nature
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMThis 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: Emandi, Diyanshu
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRPT
SOCI-1100-R21 Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMThis introduction to sociology will focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The course teaches students to analyze society by means of key concepts such as social structure, culture, social interaction, social stratification, social inequality, and deviance and social control. It also introduces key sociological theories and research methods. This course is intended to be taken prior to any other sociology course and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.
CRN: 16519
Instructor: Gilbertson, Greta
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRSS, MKLA, SSCI
THEO-1000-R21 Faith and Critical Reason
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMAn introductory theology course designed to acquaint students with the analytical study of religion and religious experience, and to give them some critical categories of evaluating the history of theological discourse. The academic study of some of the forms, concepts, experiences, and theological formulations found in Christianity and various other traditions will be introduced.
CRN: 16546
Instructor: Budinich
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRPT, REST, THFR
VART-1135-R21 Visual Thinking
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Bronx Campus: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMA foundation course in visual communication. The course will cover the following topics: visual perception, composition, light and color, drawing perspective, words and images, graphic design, and photography and photo montage.
CRN: 15812
Instructor: Stracquadanio, Vincent
3 creditsFordham course attributes: COMM, FACC, FRFA, MKLA, NMAT, NMDD, ZLB3
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CISC-1600-L21 Computer Science I
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 06:00PM - 07:59PMIntroductory 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: 16531
Instructor: Strzemecki, Tadeusz
3 creditsFordham course attributes: CYSC, INSC, LING, MCR, NEUR
CISC-1610-L21 Computer Science I Lab
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 08:00PM - 09:00PMA series of programming and laboratory assignments to reinforce the materials learned in CISC 1600.
CRN: 16532
Instructor: Strzemecki, Tadeusz
1 creditsFordham course attributes: CYSC, INSC, ZLB3
COMC-1101-L21 Comm & Culture: Hist Thry Mthd
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Hybrid - Manhattan Campus and On-line: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMAn 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.
CRN: 14933
Instructor: Hockenberry, Matthew
4 creditsFordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASAM, ASHS, DISA, DTEM, DTMM
ECON-1020-L21 Principles of Macroeconomics
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMInvestment, 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: 17063
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 creditsFordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI, IPE, LPBC, SSCI
HIST-1000-L21 Understanding Historical Change: Modern Europe
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMIntroduction to the nature and methods of historical study and the examination of specific topics essential for understanding the evolution of modern institutions, ideologies, and political situations.
CRN: 17043
Instructor: Myers, William
3 creditsFordham course attributes: HC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISEU
MATH-1206-L21 Calculus I
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: MTWR, 01:00 PM - 04:00 PMThis 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: INSTRUCTOR, NO
4 creditsFordham course attributes: ENVS, MCR, NEUR
NSCI-1030-L21 Human Function and Dysfunction
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 01:00 PM - 04:00 PMIntroduces 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: TBA
3 creditsFordham course attributes: BESN, BIOE, LSCI
THEA-2015-L21 Acting for Non-Majors
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMIntroductory 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: 17052
Instructor: TBA
4 creditsFordham course attributes: THME
THEO-3317-L21 Women of the Christian East
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
Manhattan Campus: TWR, 09:00PM - 12:00PMThis 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: 16547
Instructor: Irwin
3 creditsFordham course attributes: OCST, PJGS, PJST, STXT, THAM, THHC
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ANTH-1100-V21 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMWe live in a shrinking international arena that demands greater sensitivity to the diversity of cultural patterns surrounding us. In this course, students investigate human beliefs and behavior, particularly in regard to forms of communication, marriage and the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.
CRN: 15067
Instructor: George, Diane
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRSS, GLBL, INST, ISIN, MKLA, SSCI
ANTH-1200-V21 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTW, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThis introduction to biological anthropology satisfies a core life science requirement and serves as a general survey of the biological focus of anthropology. The course summarizes the different subdisciplines of biological anthropology and covers the history of evolutionary theories, human genetics and adaptation, primate biology, behavioral ecology and conservation, and an overview of the human fossil record. In particular, we emphasize the variations found in contemporary humans and non-human primates and the biological and cultural changes that took place in our ancestors over the past 7 million years. Lab sessions will provide a practical introduction to human osteology, primate morphology, primate conservation, and comparisons of human fossil morphology.
CRN: 15012
Instructor: Johnson, Caley
3 creditsFordham course attributes: ENST, ESEL, ESLS, LSCI
ARHI-1102-V21 Intro to Art History: Asia
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThis course offers a survey of Asian art spanning from ancient to contemporary periods. It encompasses the exploration of arts and monuments representing major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, as well as the important visual traditions such as Mughal miniature paintings, Chinese landscape paintings, and Japanese woodblock prints. Additionally, it covers contemporary popular culture, such as Bollywood films and Japanese animation. Utilizing critical art historical scholarship, the course seeks to examine art through various perspectives, including gender, sexuality, transcultural dialogues, and diasporic experiences, while also confronting difficult histories, including colonialism, racism, and war. Students will be assessed based on their proficiency in three key areas: 1. Delivering visual analyses effectively. 2. Demonstrating familiarity with significant Asian art objects, artists, art movements, and historical chronology. 3. Engaging in close examination of scholarly literature; encompassing understanding of historical contexts, theoretical concepts, and scholarly arguments; and expressing synthesized insights in an organized manner.
CRN: 15056
Instructor: Ikeda, Asato
3 creditsFordham course attributes: AHGL, FACC, FRFA, GLBL, INST, ISAS
CHEM-1110-V21 Forensic Science
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: R, 06:00PM - 09:00PMAn introductory lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors who have not taken chemistry. A study of the methods and techniques in forensic science. Topics include fires, explosions, drugs, forensic toxicology, glass and soil, paints, fibers, hair, blood, body fluids, fingerprints, toolmarks, and firearms. Several short lab experiments will be required.
CRN: 14934
Instructor: Beer, Robert
3 creditsFordham course attributes: PSCI, ZLB3
CLAS-1220-V21 Understanding Historical Change: Ancient Rome
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMIntroduction to Roman History focusing on problems and sources.
CRN: 15007
Instructor: Keil, Matthew
3 creditsFordham course attributes: HC
ECON-1010-V21 Principles of Microeconomics
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMMicroeconomics 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: 17068
Instructor: James, Duncan
3 creditsFordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI, ENST, IPE, SSCI
FREN-1502-V21 Intermediate French II
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMIntermediate French II will continue introducing students to the fundamentals of the French language, emphasizing the five main components of language acquisition (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence) using a task- and content-based French learning program. Conducted in French.
CRN: 15020
Instructor: Latour, Michael
3 creditsFordham course attributes: IPE
HIST-1220-V21 Understanding Historical Change: Ancient Rome
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMIntroduction to Roman History focusing on problems and sources.
CRN: 15803
Instructor: Keil, Matthew
3 creditsFordham course attributes: CC, CLAS, HC
ITAL-1502-V21 Intermediate Italian II
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMIntermediate Italian II will continue introducing students to the fundamentals of the Italian language, emphasizing the five main components of language acquisition (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence) using a task- and content-based Italian learning program. Conducted in Italian.
CRN: 17062
Instructor: Valfredini, Alessia
3 creditsFordham course attributes: IPE
LATN-3061-V21 Christian Latin
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MW, 01:00PM - 04:00PMA study of the language and literature of the late classical and early Christian eras. Taught in Latin.
CRN: 15015
Instructor: Mcgowan, Matthew
4 creditsFordham course attributes: ALC, AMCS, COLI, MVLA, MVST, REST
MATH-1100-V21 Finite Mathematics
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMThis course introduces students to topics in mathematics that have real-world applications, include sets and Venn diagrams, counting principles; basic concepts of probability, conditional probability and Bayes' theorem, applications of probability, binomial probability, random variables; elements of statistics, normal distribution; and an overview of mathematics for finance. High school algebra is the only prerequisite.
CRN: 15831
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 creditsFordham course attributes: MCR
MATH-1203-V21 Applied Calculus I
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMThis calculus course is designed for students who do not require Calculus 2 or other upper-level math courses as part of their major. Topics include derivatives of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; curve sketching; and optimization problems.
CRN: 15004
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 creditsFordham course attributes: ENVS, MCR, NEUR
MATH-1206-V22 Calculus I
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThis 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. 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: 16365
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
4 creditsFordham course attributes: ENVS, MCR, NEUR
MATH-1207-V21 Calculus II
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMCalculus II is a continuation of the Calculus I course. Topics include inverse trigonometric functions and their derivatives; techniques of integration, such as integration by parts, partial fractions, trigonometric integrals and trigonometric substitutions; improper integrals; volumes of solids using cross sections; sequences and series; convergence and divergence tests; power series; Taylor, Maclaurin series and applications; parametric curves and conic sections; polar coordinates and polar equations of curves; the 3D coordinate system and vectors; dot product and cross product of vectors; equations of lines and planes.
CRN: 15005
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
creditsFordham course attributes: MCR
MATH-2006-V21 Linear Algebra I
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMTopics covered in this course include systems of linear equations, real and complex vector spaces, linear independence, dimension, linear transformations, matrix representations, fundamental theorem of linear algebra, determinants, and eigenvalues.
CRN: 16499
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
creditsFordham course attributes:
NSCI-1020-V21 Physical Science: Today's World
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThis course will introduce the non-science major to the applications of physics and chemistry to medical, industrial, and environmental issues. Laboratory sessions will complement the lecture topics.
CRN: 15025
Instructor: Staff, Michael
3 creditsFordham course attributes: ENST, ESNS, ESPS, PSCI
PHIL-1000-V21 Philosophy of Human Nature
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PMThis 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. Selected sections will be offered as Eloquentia Perfecta I seminars.
CRN: 17041
Instructor: Yu, Luyuan
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRPT
PHYS-1201-V21 Introduction to Astronomy
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMIncludes discussions of the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology. Method of making observations. An investigation of physical phenomena including lenses spectroscopy and refraction. Direct observation through the telescope of celestial objects depending on their position and weather conditions. Astro photography and film development is also available. The lab is intended for the student with little mathematical background. Note that there will be regular night-time observation labs. (No lab fee).
CRN: 15029
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 creditsFordham course attributes: PSCI
PSYC-1200-V21 Foundations of Psychology
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PMThis course offers a systematic examination of the methods and content of psychology as a life science, and a survey of the history and development, principles, and theories of psychology related to sensation and perception, learning, cognition, motivation, developmental, personality, abnormal, and social psychology.
CRN: 17029
Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 creditsFordham course attributes: MKLA
SPAN-1502-V21 Intermediate Spanish II
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMIntermediate Spanish II will continue introducing students to the fundamentals of the Spanish language, emphasizing the five main components of language acquisition (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence) using a task- and content-based Spanish learning program. Conducted in Spanish.
CRN: 14958
Instructor: Leon Umana, Maria
3 creditsFordham course attributes: IPE
SPAN-2001-V21 Spanish Language and Literature
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMStudy of selected literary texts and review of pertinent grammatical structures, textual analysis, composition, and conversation. Conducted in Spanish.
CRN: 14994
Instructor: Severiche, Guillermo
3 creditsFordham course attributes: IPE, LAIN, LALS
THEO-1000-V21 Faith and Critical Reason
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMAn introductory theology course designed to acquaint students with the analytical study of religion and religious experience, and to give them some critical categories of evaluating the history of theological discourse. The academic study of some of the forms, concepts, experience, and theological formulations found in Christianity and various other traditions will be introduced.
CRN: 15817
Instructor: Krasskova
3 creditsFordham course attributes: FRPT, REST, THFR
VART-1128-V21 Digital Photography
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMThis class is an introduction to the fundamentals of digital photography. The objectives are to understand camera usage, demonstrate control of image editing and printing, and develop a personal vision. Instruction methods will comprise technical demonstrations, lectures, critiques, screenings, and field trips.
CRN: 14946
Instructor: Apicella-Hitchcock, Stephan
4 creditsFordham course attributes: FASH, NMAT, NMDD, VAPH, ZLB5
VART-1135-V21 Visual Thinking
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
On-line: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PMA foundation course in visual communication. The course will cover the following topics: visual perception, composition, light and color, drawing perspective, words and images, graphic design, and photography and photo montage.
CRN: 15014
Instructor: Wamsley, Lesley
3 creditsFordham course attributes: COMM, FACC, FRFA, MKLA, NMAT, NMDD, ZLB3