Summer at Wesleyan
Earn your graduate degree
in 4 summers

Take three classes each summer and earn your graduate degree in four years. Wesleyan offers the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree and the Certificate of Advanced Study (6th year certificate). Choose from day and evening classes in 1-week (immersion), 3-week, and 5-week formats. Summer housing may be available for those interested in living on campus.

Middletown is on the Connecticut River and is surrounded by choice rock climbing, mountain biking and boating opportunities. Downtown is conveniently located three blocks from campus, and boasts a diverse and delicious collection of restaurants: Italian, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Caribbean, and vegetarian cuisine are all represented. Additionally, Middletown is home to a nationally famous diner and a twelve-screen movie theater. The campus is set around a large central green, with landmark buildings dating mainly from the 19th century. Student housing fans out into the surrounding neighborhoods. For more information about Middletown, please click here.

SUMMER 2009 COURSES
Application and registration materials will be posted shortly. Registration for summer classes opens May 4, 2009. Many classes fill quickly. Most classes begin the week of June 29.

One-week Immersion Courses
Science and the Moving Image, 6/22-26  
Medieval Paris  - Travel course in Paris, 8/3-7
The Connecticut River: Natural History and Human Imprints, 8/3-7
An Age of Danger?: International Security in the Post-September 11 World, 8/10-14
Molecular Biology Laboratory, 8/10-15
 

ARTS
Plays for Performance
Pictures from Home: Photographing the Domestic Landscape
Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Lives and Music of Two Jazz Giants
Strictly Abstract Drawing
Writing the Short Screenplay

HUMANITIES
Medieval Paris  - Travel immersion course in Paris, 8/3-7
Bollywood and Beyond
Writers at Work: Exploring and Editing Fiction and Nonfiction
Contemporary Historical Fiction
"Crane Music:" Chinese Poetry and the Art of Writing

MATHEMATICS
Multivariable Mathematics
Groups and Their Actions

SCIENCES   
The Connecticut River: Natural History and Human Imprints, immersion course 8/3-7
Molecular Biology Laboratory, immersion course 8/10-15
Biology of Aging
Energy and Humankind: The Global Energy Budget and the Future of Human Societies

SOCIAL SCIENCES  
Science and the Moving Image, immersion course 6/22-26
Auto-Ethnographic Writing/Writing Ethnography
Theories of Education, Models of Practice: Latino Students
The Advent of the Global Village: Globalization in the Modern World System
A History of Europe Since 1945

Questions? Want to know more? Send email to summer@wesleyan.edu
or call (860) 685-2900. Or visit our website at www.wesleyan.edu/glsp.