Summer Highlights
Each summer, we highlight a selection of unique and unusual programs and courses, many of which are only available during Summer Term. If you’re seeking to discover a new topic, reinforce practical skills, or obtain intensive training in a particular area, you’ll find an exciting range of opportunities for personal and academic enrichment.
Business for Non-Business Majors
You don’t have to major in business to gain knowledge of useful business fundamentals, such as leadership, management, finance, and marketing. Summer Term offers several courses specifically for non-business majors to help you become familiar with key principles that can be applied to any future career.
There are no prerequisites for courses in the Business for Non-Business Majors series. Non-Questrom students may register for courses directly via the MyBU Student Portal. These courses may not be taken by Questrom students for credit, nor can they be used by BU students toward a Business Administration minor.
Applied Mathematics for Personal Finance (CAS MA 119)
Ideas to Impact (QST SI 250)
Introduction to Management (QST SM 101)
Principles of Marketing (QST MK 200)
Premedical
If you are seeking to enter the healthcare profession, you will find a number of Summer Term courses that focus on core areas of health sciences, while providing a means to satisfy a variety of requirements related to the health field. You should schedule a consultation with your premedical advisor prior to registering.
Premedical courses are offered through many College of Arts & Sciences departments, including:
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
In addition, Summer Term offers a wide variety of courses that may be of interest to students planning a career in health care:
Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CAS NE 525)
Evolutionary Psychology (CAS AN 234)
Human Biology, Behavior, and Evolution (CAS AN 102)
Human Infectious Diseases (CAS BI 114)
Human Nutrition Science (SAR HS 251)
Introduction to Global Health (SAR HS 325)
Introduction to Neuroscience (CAS NE 101)
Medical Anthropology (CAS AN 210)
Medical Ethics (CAS PH 251)
Organization & Delivery of Health Care in the U.S. (SAR HP 353)
Physiological Psychology (CAS PS 231)
Social Determinants of Health – Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender (SAR HP 454)
Sociology of Health Care (CAS SO 215)
Race & Gender Studies
If you’re looking to study issues related to race and gender, Summer Term offers a variety of options in a range of subject areas—across the humanities, social sciences, health sciences, and education. These courses are interdisciplinary by design, and—for BU undergraduates—many of them carry Hub units. Browse the listings below to find the right course for you.
Bombs and Bombshells: Gender, Armed Conflict, and Political Violence (CAS PO 346)
Equitable Pedagogies in STEM Education (SED ME 530)
Inclusive Principles & Practices in World Language Education (SED WL 514)
Race and the Politics of Criminal Justice Policy (CAS AA 319)
Race and Gender in the News Media (COM JO 305)
R&B, Motown & Classic Funk: Soundtracks of Empowerment & Civil Rights (CFA MH 430)
Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective (CAS AN 260)
Sex, Love, Family: American Relationships from Birth to Death (CAS HI 303)
Sociology of Gender (CAS SO 241)
Social Determinants of Health – Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender (SAR HP 454)
Understanding Our World
Many Summer Term courses offer the chance to explore our contemporary moment. Browse the selections below to find the right option for you. There are courses in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and the arts to choose from.
Behavioral Economics (CAS EC 323)
Democracy and Protest in the Global South (CAS PO 375)
Food in Place(s): Indentity, Location, and the Cultures of Taste (CAS AN 308)
Introduction to Climate and Earth System Science (CAS EE 107)
Organization & Delivery of Health Care in the U.S. (SAR HP 353)
Politics and Philosophy (CAS PH 155)
Race and the Politics of Criminal Justice Policy (CAS PO 316)
R&B, Motown & Classic Funk: Soundtracks of Empowerment & Civil Rights (CFA MH 430)
Sociology of Popular Culture (CAS SO 253)
Tradition and Modernity in Iranian Film and Literature (CAS CI 325)
