Winter Session 2026 Courses
The Winter Session 2026 schedule is as follows:
Classes meet January 6 - 19; reading day January 20; finals day January 21.
Course schedules are listed in Eastern Time. Students may take a maximum of 1 credit in Winter Session. Courses will meet for all 40 class hours. Auditing is not permitted in Winter Session courses. Winter registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The request, payment and any approvals must be fully complete before registrations are processed. Students are encouraged to contact faculty directly with any questions about courses. All information is subject to change without notice.
Winter Session 2026 Courses
Alpha by course title - downloadable PDF version - 2026 course catalog
As of 12/3/2025 Courses and Modes are tentative and subject to change
Acting for the Camera: Techniques in Securing Work in Film, Television and Theater (online)
THEA265Z
Instructor: Maria-Christina Oliveras, Assistant Professor of Theater
Monday-Friday, 6pm-10pm
Applied Data Analysis // 2 Sections (1 online, 1 in person)
QAC201Z/GOVT201Z/NS&B280Z/PSYC280Z
Instructors:
Manolis Kaparakis, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis
Monday - Friday 5:30pm-9:30pm (online)
Valerie Nazzaro, Professor of the Practice in Quantitative Analysis
Monday-Friday 10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm (in person)
Bioinformatics Programming (in person)
BIOL265Z/MB&B265Z/COMP113Z/CIS265Z
Instructor: Michael Weir, Professor of Biology
Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
Pre Reqs: MB&B/BIOL181 - Those not meeting the prerequisite should contact the professor directly.
Building a Relational Database: Introduction to Historical Research Data (in person)- Cancelled
COL375Z/QAC205Z/HIST275Z
Instructor: Jesse Torgerson, Associate Professor of Letters
Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
Creating Children’s Books (in person)
ENGL297Z
Instructor: Barbara McClintock, Visiting Instructor in Liberal Studies
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Children's Literature (in person)
EDST241Z/ENGL235Z
Instructor: Indira Karamcheti, Associate Professor of Global South Asian Studies
Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
Evolution in a Changing World (online)
BIOL215Z/ENVS210Z
Instructor: Sonia Sultan, Professor of Biology
Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
Pre Reqs: MB&B/BIOL182 - Those not meeting the prerequisite should contact the professor directly.
History of the Brain (online)
PSYC326Z/NS&B326Z
Instructor: Matthew Kurtz, Professor of Psychology
Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
Imagining the End: Neoliberalism and the Arts (online)
AMST244Z/HIST244Z/LAST244Z
Instructor: Roberto Saba, Associate Professor of American Studies
Monday-Thursday, 10am-12pm, 2pm-5pm
Immigration and the Politics of Fear (in person)
AMST301Z/ANTH301Z/STS308Z
Instructor: Valentina Ramia, Post-doctoral Fellow in American Studies
Monday-Friday, 1pm-5pm
Introduction to Mindfulness (in person) .5 credits
CIS135Z/CSPL135Z
Instructor: Rabbi David Teva, Adjunct Instructor of Public Policy
January 6 online 12pm-2m; January 18, 19, 20 in person 9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm
Introduction to Programming (online)
COMP112Z
Kelly Thayer, Assistant Professor of Integrative Sciences
Monday-Friday 8am-10am, 12pm-2pm
Introductory Sociology (online) - Cancelled
SOC151Z
Instructor: Courtney Patterson-Faye, Associate Professor of Sociology
Monday-Thursday January 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 10am-12pm, 2pm- 5pm
Life Writing: Writing about the Self and from Experience (in person) - Fully Enrolled
COL227Z/ENGL228Z/WRCT227Z
Instructor: Charles Barber, Professor of the Practice in Letters
Monday-Friday,10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm
Origami Mechanisms: The Science and Math of Folding (in person)
IDEA111Z
Ben Parker, Makerspace Coordinator
Monday-Friday 4-5pm, 6-9pm
Plant Communities of New England (online) - Fully Enrolled
ENVS105Z
Instructor: Kate Miller, Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies
MTWRF 9:30pm-12pm, 1pm-2pm
Reimagining Dante's Inferno: Social Justice and the Arts (online)
THEA222Z/COL235Z/ITAL244Z/MDST224Z/RL&L222Z
Instructor: Ronald Jenkins, Professor of Theater
Tuesday-Friday, 10am-12:30pm & 2pm-4:30pm
Research Methods in Sleep Research (online)
PSYC 214Z
Royette Dubar, Associate Professor of Psychology
Monday- Friday, 9:30am-11:30am, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Seminar on Intelligence and Creativity (online)
PSYC354Z/EDST354Z
Instructor: Steven Stemler, Professor of Psychology
Monday-Friday 9:30am-11:30am, 12:30pm-2:30pm
The Dark Side of the Universe (in person) - Cancelled
ASTR111Z
Instructor: Edward Moran, Professor of Astronomy
Monday-Friday 3-5pm, 7-9pm
The Science of Happiness (online)
PSYC295Z
Instructor: Jennifer D’Andrea, Director, CAPS
Tuesday-Friday (January 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16) 9am-12pm, 1pm-3pm
All courses above are 1.0 credit except where marked. Courses are subject to change without notice.
Students taking Wesleyan courses for credit online in a U.S. state outside of Connecticut may use this form to submit questions or concerns.
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Mango Languages
Wesleyan students may enroll in 0.25-credit, on-line language courses using Mango Languages over Winter Break (at no cost). Courses are available for many languages such as Danish, Farsi, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish and many more. Note that students may not use this option to study a language offered through regular classroom instruction. For more information visit https://www.wesleyan.edu/cgs/languages_at_wes/hosted_programs/also.html and click on the “Mango Language for a 1/4 Credit” drop-down, or contact Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret, Director of Language Resources and Technology, at eparis@wesleyan.edu.