Summer 2026 Courses

Have you ever had a great idea for a project or a shop? This course is a simple guide to help you turn your idea into a real business. We will learn how to find customers, how to plan your costs, and how to tell people about your product (marketing). We will use a helpful tool called the "Business Model Canvas" to organize your plan. By the end of class, you will know the steps to start your own small business. No business experience is needed!

This is an introduction to the field of Mass Communication studies, providing students with an overview of key communication theories and exploring practices across a range of professional contexts. It explores the distinctions between areas such as public relations, corporate communications, journalism and media, with a focus on communication at institutional and societal levels, rather than interpersonal or personal communication.

This course is beginning German A1.

This course follows German 2 and is high beginning German level A2.

German conversation for high beginners A2

Next grammar section after Grammar Groundwork 2. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Groundwork 3. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Growth 1. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Growth 1. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Growth 2. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Growth 3. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

Next grammar section after Grammar Genius 1. The full sequence is the following: Grammar Groundwork 1, 2, 3; Grammar Growth 1, 2, 3; Grammar Genius 1, 2, 3.

As an English Literature and Modern Languages student at UCL I know the value of being confident interpersonal communicate, specially when it comes to transmitting creative ideas. It is more important than ever, in a world where lanugage shifts everyday, to find one's voice in the noise and be able to share meaning strongly to take projects from conception to result without missing a beat or compromising quality.

This grammar section is Part II of the previous course last semester, focusing on public health. This course will include more advanced English, and it is advisable to have taken Part I before taking this course.

This course focuses on the benefits of exercise for physical and mental health, the history of women’s sports, and the intersection of politics and women’s sports. The course has a particular emphasis on successful Muslim women athletes and the barriers they have faced and continue to face. We also highlight the experiences of women athletes in Afghanistan. The course includes in-class discussions and videos, breakout groups, pre-class readings, and short writing assignments to supplement lectures and presentations. No background in the topic is required; intermediate level English recommended.

Explore ‘hidden’ Iran and the Persianate world in collaboration with cross-cultural student peers. This course offers a re-examination of Iranian and Persianate cultural, social, and political histories—reframing familiar narratives that have largely mis-represented these histories in the West. Spanning a region from Iran to Uzbekistan, we examine these histories through the unique lens of "historical social media" and the evolution of public communication.

Will reinforce and broaden English language skills by reading short stories, poetry and essays. We will draw from works by authors from the United States and Great Britain.

This class focuses on developing students’ communication skills, with particular emphasis on speaking and writing with the goal of becoming confident and competent communicators in English. Throughout the course, students will work on building their vocabulary, improving grammar usage and comprehension skills by engaging in different class material.

The class focuses on developing writing proficiency, building critical analysis skills, and practicing English through group activities and individualized feedback. Each week we will focus on different topics of interest such as: exploring self-identity, poetry, the United Nations, and the Afghan Girls Robotics Team! Students will explore many types of topics through this class while building confidence in speaking and writing in English.

This course for advanced level English students will take students through an in-depth introduction to speechwriting. Students will explore the key principles and be introduced to the leading techniques used in modern political speechmaking. Through a four-week long course, students will analyze a famous political speech, learn techniques for how to structure speeches for maximum effect, and develop skills to tailoring language to various contexts.

We want to explore the development of rights - especially women's rights - with a focus on international law along selected biographies of female lawyers.

Everyone has a good stories to tell. How to tell your stories and how to write them will be the focus of this 10 week workshop. Stories are the way we connect to one another, and to the larger world. Together we will explore good stories by reading, writing, and telling them. We will discuss good writing techniques, and examine all the ways that make stories good. At the end of class, all participants will have written at least one good story of her own.

One might describe literature as the lies we tell ourselves to make sense of a meaningless world. While we might find these stories entertaining and meaningful, they appeal to us because they flatter our own sets of prejudices regarding gender, religion, class, and nationality. In this course we will look at poetry, prose, and drama to understand the key elements or building blocks of each. We will then consider how a work challenges or supports the ideological biases that allow us to make sense of that work. In other words, why do we like one story but dislike another. Emphasis will be on women, people of color, and Afghan writers.

We will read and discuss this historical novel set in 18th Century Japan. It is loosely based on the life of Hanaoka Seishu, the first surgeon in the world to operate on his patients using general anesthesia. The novel dramatizes the competitive relationship between his wife and mother.

Mathematics is a fundamental „language“ needed for working in sciences, economics and engineering – and of course in mathematics itself. The purpose of this course is to refresh some known background from school and to augment it to a base of skills and tools on the level of a standard college algebra course. To this end, we will closely follow the freely available textbook https://people.math.wisc.edu/~jwrobbin/112online/UWCABook.pdf and work on abstract concepts as well as concrete examples; the taught material will be complemented by assignments to be solved by the students.

Function notation, Transformations, Inverse functions, Quadratic and polynomial equations and inequalities, Intro to exponential functions

This course covers graphing and calculations using Google Sheets & Desmos, basic algebra, Sci. Notation & Dimensional Analysis,Ffunctions, linear & non-linear regression, descriptive and some inferential stats

This course builds on students’ prior algebra knowledge through the study of advanced functions and their real-world applications. Students will explore rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions by analyzing their properties, graphs, and algebraic relationships. Emphasis is placed on problem solving, mathematical reasoning, and practical applications such as exponential growth and decay in science, technology, business, and everyday contexts.

Limits (formalized) Derivatives Basic applications Intro to integrals (time permitting)

This introductory biology course is designed for students interested in the biological foundations of medicine and human health. It focuses on building a strong conceptual basis in biology that supports further learning in medical and health-related subjects.

Introduction to various microbes, microbial benefits, microbial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. This course will enhance the basic understanding of some microbial pathogens and the diseases that plague humanity.

This course will present community-based somatic approaches to healing trauma, reestablishing trust, and engendering resilience in the individual and community. Based on the work of Capacitar International ( https://capacitar.org/) , it will provide theory, method and wellness practices that are effective for stress, trauma, self-care and for use in family and community outreach, social work, spirituality, ministry, therapy, health, education mental health, refugee work and volunteer services.

Psychological stress is a universal human experience. Why is too much stress bad for us and how can stress protect us? Discussion will cover the physiology of stress, the effect of stress on chronic disease risk, and ways to improve our emotional and biological responses to stress. What can we do to better cope with the stress in our lives? Through lecture, discussion, quizzes, and brief assignments we will explore how stress studies are conducted and how we can apply this to our daily lives.

The Second Sex was published over 70 years ago. The fact that the book continues to be an extremely influential work of feminist philosophy speaks to the power of Simone de Beauvoir’s analysis of women’s conditions of existence and lived experience. In this course we will undertake an in-depth study of The Second Sex. This study will provide us with an understanding of 1). how women have come to be considered men’s inferior “Others;” 2). how this view of what it means to be a woman limits and manipulates women’s freedom, making it difficult for them to see their situation as oppressive and therefore to take effective action in order to change it. Having gained an understanding of the nature of women’s oppression, we will explore tools Beauvoir provides for individual and social transformation that allows women to be fully recognized and to fully recognize themselves as free beings. We will supplement our study with the work of some contemporary feminist Beauvoir scholars.

Plato is one of the most innovative and influential philosophers in history. He helped develop a compelling, rigorous, and clear-headed methodology---of asking questions, and critically evaluating any proposed answers---for studying a variety of problems. Historically, that methodology contributed to the development of mathematics, science, history, the arts, philosophy itself, and more. But Plato's methodology is not a mere historical artifact, relevant only to the past. To this day, that methodology is worth learning: for when practiced well, it can help us discover what is most valuable in life, correct our own biases and misapprehensions, and ultimately, illuminate the deepest features of reality.

This course offers an in-depth exploration into the rich and diverse tradition of classical Islamic philosophy (falsafa). Students will explore the philosophical ideas of major Islamic thinkers, such as al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), al-Ghazali, and Ibn Rushd (Averroes). The exploration is structured thematically, beginning in the first half of the course with an overview of the Islamic tradition and the main philosophical issues that were discussed by the classical Islamic philosophers (falāsifa).

This course explores skills to help students apply research skills that him them think critically about internet sources.

This course will introduce many important concepts in academic research across the entire research process. We will explore topic development and how to choose effective keywords. We will cover the different types of academic sources, with a focus on how to find and evaluate scholarly sources through database searching. We will also explain citation and appropriate use of sources, including issues of paraphrasing and plagiarism. The content will be applicable across all academic fields of study.

Strong college essays can open doors to undergraduate education opportunities by sharing authentic personal stories in compelling ways. Unlike academic essays, college application essays focus on self-reflection, individuality, and narrative style. This course is designed to help students gain the tools and confidence to write powerful college essays that highlight their strengths, resilience, and unique voices. Students will learn brainstorming techniques, how to avoid overused or stereotypical topics, and how to craft essays that show, rather than tell, their stories. Through guided exercises, peer feedback, and structured revisions, students will produce polished essays tailored to real application prompts. In addition to U.S.-style application essays, students will also learn to write a Statement of Purpose (SoP) for universities like those in the UK (UCAS) and Canada, which emphasize academic interest and career goals. By the end of the course, students will have a polished portfolio of essays ready for submission.

Gathering speakers to provide information about opportunities to continue education.

For advanced students and those who have completed the AFSO Colloquium. This course prepares students for the Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing sections of the TOEFL iBT. Some attention also to Duolingo English Test Preparation. Those who complete practice tests with high scores will be eligible for a TOEFL or Duolingo voucher.

We will learn how to analyze the discourses all around us: from the micro-level of a digital avatar, to the macro-level of a government billboard.

Introduction to environmental health concepts. How does our environment impact our health? Learn about One Health, climate change, environmental factors involved in transmitting communicable diseases, prevention and mitigation during natural disasters, environmental justice, and more. Students will understand how our living environment influences our health, the environmental health disparities of specific populations, and ways to address the impact of environmental change.

This course is designed for non-science majors as well as scientists with an interest in observing the night sky and learning about the science of stars and planets. We will discuss the contributions of different cultures throughout history to this oldest of sciences and how they observed and thought about the sky. We will also look at the tools and results through the modern day to find out about the types of stars, how stars change, galaxies and other strange astronomical objects

This course is NOT a substitute for "Intro to Chemistry for Health Professionals". Instead, "Medical Chemistry" covers fewer of the Chemistry fundamentals that are critical to medicine. However, for the few fundamentals it does cover, it covers them more rigorously. Students will develop a foundation in these chemical principles through problem-solving and critical thinking, with an emphasis on applications relevant to the medical field.

We will study the achievements of a number of women scientists over the past 150 years and evaluate the obstacles faced by women in many different scientific fields.