Summer Session UCSC Program

ACBU-2223-R21-Principles of Managerial Accounting
Summer Session 2, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
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: Clark, Scott
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI

COMC-1101-L21 - Comm & Culture: Hist Theory Methods
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: TWR, 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. 

CRN: 14933

Instructor: Hockenberry, Matthew
4 credits

COMC-4360-L21 - Comm Ethics & Public Sphere
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: MTW, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

(Formerly COMM 4004): 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:

CRN: 14883

Instructor: Kamin, Diana
4 credits

DTEM-4480-L21 - Dig Media & Pub Responsibility
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

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. Note:

CRN: 14930

Instructor: Donovan, Gregory
4 credits

CISC-1600-L21 - Computer Science I
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 06:00PM - 07:59PM

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: 16531

Instructor: Strzemecki, Tadeusz
3 credits

CISC-1610-L21 - Computer Science I Lab
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 08:00PM - 09:00PM

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

CRN: 16532

Instructor: Strzemecki, Tadeusz
1 credits

ECON-1020-L21 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 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: 17063

Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 credits

ECON-3453-R21 - Law and Economics
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: MTWR, 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, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 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: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 credits

FNBU-3440-L21 - Corporate Financial Policy
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 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
3 credits

HIST-1000-L21 - UHC: Modern Europe
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction 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 credits

HIST-3833-R21 - Screening America's Past
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
YR - Hybrid Rose Hill/Online: T, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

An examination of American history as depicted in 20th century American films. We will assess their relative accuracy, cultural context, and contributions to the (mis)shaping of the nation's collective memory. This course will meet on campus on June 30 and August 4; other Tuesday meetings will be held online.

CRN: 17100

Instructor: Fein, Gene
4 credits

HIST-4105-L21 - Early Mod World: Art & Science
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid Lincoln Center/Online: TR, 09:00AM - 01:00PM

European exploration and interaction in the 16th and 17th centuries expanded the horizons not only of the Europeans but of the entire world. It was also the beginning of a truly global system of exchange involving peoples, products, money, and microbes that in turned transformed European art, philosophy, religion, and science. This interdisciplinary capstone will analyze the dizzying world of early modernity through consideration of the way its scientists, artists and religious thinkers understood their society and treated the materials of their disciplines. We will trace first the economic and human consequences of this newly global system, for Europeans and non-Europeans alike, and we will then explore questions proper to each discipline at the time, the changes they underwent, as the ways that new interactions and discoveries shocked and exploded ancient traditions and authority, and how the approaches of the period compare to contemporary methods in each area.

CRN: 17046

Instructor: Myers, William
4 credits

THEA-2015-L21 - Acting for Non-Majors
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

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: 17052

Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
4 credits

THEO-1000-R21 - Faith and Critical Reason
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

An 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: 16546

Instructor: Budinich, Sebastian
3 credits

THEO-3317-L21 - Women of the Christian East
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - 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: 16547

Instructor: Irwin, Anna
3 credits

VART-1135-R21 - Visual Thinking
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

A 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 credits

MKBU-4454-R21 - ST: Sports Marketing
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 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: 17009

Instructor: Petit, Francis
3 credits

BISC-1010-R21 - Foundations of Biology
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

In this introductory course for non-science majors, a general survey of the characteristics of life is presented, including such topics as cellular biology, metabolism, organ systems, genetics, development, evolution, behavior, and ecology. All forms of life will be studied, with emphasis on the human body and human evolutionary history.

CRN: 16955

Instructor: Vega, Luis
3 credits

MATH-1206-L21 - Calculus I
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - 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. Note:

CRN: 15011

Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
4 credits

NSCI-1030-L21 - Human Function and Dysfunction
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

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: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 credits

ANTH-4490-L21 - Anthropology of Political Violence
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - 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 will 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, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: MTWR, 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 the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system.

CRN: 15911

Instructor: Sahakyan, Davit
4 credits

POSC-3915-L22 - International Political Economy
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

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 the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system.

CRN: 14830

Instructor: Sahakyan, Davit
4 credits

SOCI-1100-R21 - Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session II, JUN 30, 2026 - AUG 04, 2026
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This 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 credits