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The Pre-College Program allows you to enroll in one of several exciting college courses and gain experience at a top-ranked research university in the summer before your senior year. Earn college credit.
Credit
Commuter
Hybrid
Online
Unlike other programs hosted for high school students on college campuses, courses offered to Fordham Pre-College students are part of the regular summer curriculum. That means you will complete college-level coursework and earn credits while sharing the classroom with current undergraduates and Fordham faculty.
Make valuable connections with students, professors, and administrators. Spend time on a college campus and make more informed decisions about your future.
Strengthen your college application with a proven record of your abilities.
Pre-College courses are specially selected from among Fordham's course offerings. Courses cover a wide range of subjects and disciplines, and many can be used to fulfill university core requirements. Most courses meet three times per week.
Summer Session Course Offerings:
Art History
Business Administration
Communication and Media Studies
Computer Science
Economics
English
History
Mandarin
Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Sociology and Anthropology
Spanish
Theatre and Visual Arts
Theology
You must be able to travel to one of Fordham's two campuses, Rose Hill or Lincoln Center, at least three times per week. (University housing is not available for this program.) However, there are several virtual options available to students who cannot travel to campus.
Art History Introduction: World Art
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This course is an introduction to the study of art history, approached from a global perspective. It reaches back to Cycladic art (c. 3300 to 1100 BCE) and ends with the present. Portions of the class will take place online while live sessions will focus on museum visits.
3 credits
The Ground Floor
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
This course introduces first-year Gabelli School of Business students to key business concepts and the major business disciplines. It creates an awareness of the interdependency of these business disciplines—an awareness which is key to operating a successful business.
3 credits
Business Communication
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This course offers a chance to improve basic competency in written and verbal business communication skills. The ability to communicate well is crucial to career success. Corporate cultures, international communications, conversational strategies, timed writing, interviewing, problem solving, business style are discussed.
3 credits
Communication and Culture: History, Theory, Methods
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill, Hybrid: TTh, 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.
4 credits
Information and Data Management
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM
This course will introduce the fundamentals of information storage, access and retrieval using a variety of structures, formats, and systems in computing, internet and information technologies. Students will have hands-on experience in the acquisition and management of information from a diverse on-line and remote database. (e.g. Gene Bank, digital archives).
4 credits
Introduction to Video Game Design
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This course provides a gentle and fun introduction to the design and production of computer-based video games, for students with no prior programming experience. Students will learn principles of game design, and apply them to create an actual computer game.
4 credits
Basic Macroeconomics
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 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.
3 credits
Basic Microeconomics
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM
Microeconomics studies the decisions and interactions of consumers and businesses, resulting in an understanding of the process by which prices and quantities are determined in a market setting. Forms of industrial organization such as competition, monopoly, and oligopoly are explored. Also studied are the markets for labor and other factors of production.
3 credits
Composition I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Instruction in sentence and paragraph construction, reading comprehension skills and analysis, the basic principles of grammar with an emphasis on diagnosing and solving persistent problems, and principles of argumentation and evidence.
3 credits
Composition II
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM
Intensive training in the principles of effective expository writing, with an emphasis on sound logic, correct grammar, and persuasive rhetoric.
3 credits
Texts and Contexts: The Poetry of Revolution
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
In this course we will investigate the poetics of revolution as a way to critique and transform political and economic structures. We will read works from a dozen different poets, ranging from Ovid in imperial Rome to Gwendolyn Brooks in the mid-20th century, paying attention to their individual and literary activism in their own times.
3 credits
Understanding Historical Change: American Slavery and Jacksonian Democracy 1812-1850
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and examination of specific topics focusing on significant periods in the development of the U.S. and considering them in the light of certain elements shaping that history.
3 credits
Understanding Historical Change: Ancient Rome
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Introduction to Roman History focusing on problems and sources.
3 credits
Understanding Historical Change: Medieval
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and the examination of specific topics essential for understanding the emergence and development of Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire to the early Renaissance.
3 credits
Intermediate Mandarin I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Intermediate Mandarin I will continue introducing students to the fundamentals of the Mandarin language, emphasizing the five main components of language acquisition (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence). Lab fee.
3 credits
MATH Applied Calculus I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This calculus course is designed for students who do not require Calculus 2 or other upper-level math courses as part of their major.
3 credits
MATH Calculus I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM
This calculus course is intended for science and math majors.
4 credits
Foundations in Biology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
In this introductory course for non-science majors, a general survey of the characteristics of life is presented. All forms of life will be studied, with emphasis on the human body and human evolutionary history. Lab fee.
3 credits
Forensic Science
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill, Hybrid: Th, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
An introductory lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors who have not taken chemistry. A study of the methods and techniques in forensic science. Lab fee.
3 credits
Human Function and Dysfunction
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
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.
3 credits
Philosophy of Human Nature
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This course is a philosophical reflection on the central metaphysical and epistemological questions surrounding human nature, which includes discussion of some or all of the following problems.
3 credits
Introduction to Astronomy
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
Includes discussions of the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology. Method of making observations. An investigation of physical phenomena including lenses, spectroscopy, and refraction. Direct observation through the telescope of celestial objects depends on their position and weather conditions. Note that there will be regular night-time observation labs. (No lab fee).
3 credits
Foundations of Psychology with lab
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
A systematic examination of the methods and content of psychology as a life science. Lab fee.
4 credits
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
In this course, students investigate human beliefs and behavior, particularly in regard to forms of communication, marriage and the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.
3 credits
Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods.
3 credits
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This introduction to biological anthropology satisfies a core life science requirement and serves as a general survey of the biological focus of anthropology. Lab fee.
3 credits
Introduction to Spanish I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 02:00PM - 06:00PM
An introductory course that focuses on the four skills: speaking, reading, writing and listening providing students with a basic knowledge of Spanish linguistic structures, vocabulary and culture, which studied interdependently, comprise the Spanish Language. Lab fee.
5 credits
Acting for Non-majors
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
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.
4 credits
Digital Photography
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
This class is an introduction to the fundamentals of digital photography. The objectives are to understand camera usage, demonstrate control of image editing and printing, and develop a personal vision. Lab fee.
4 credits
Visual Thinking
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
A foundation course in visual communication. Lab fee.
3 credits
Watercolor Painting
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM
An introductory course in watercolor exploring the possibilities of the medium.
4 credits
Faith and Critical Reasoning
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM
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.
3 credits
Rising seniors will need to submit an unofficial transcript, including fall grades, and an academic writing sample that includes quotations and citation of sources. Sophomores (entering junior year) who have an exceptional record of academic performance may apply for special consideration. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor must be submitted along with a transcript and an expository writing sample. Admission for rising juniors is not guaranteed.
Official Transcript
Unofficial Transcript
Min GPA Requirement
Counselor Report
1 Recommendation
Additional Requirements
Online Application From
Application Fee
Parent/Guardian Consent
Applicants will be notified of acceptance within two weeks of submitting a completed application. When you are accepted to the program, you will need to indicate your intent to enroll electronically and pay a $75 tuition deposit. You will be registered for your preferred class, and you will be sent the details about your Fordham login information, your schedule, and an orientation session. Bills for the balance of tuition will be sent beginning in May.
Deadline
The application for this Summer is closed.
Jul 05 - Aug 07
5 weeks
Commuter
Jul 05 - Aug 07
5 weeks
Hybrid
Jul 05 - Aug 07
5 weeks
Online
May 30 - Jun 29
4 weeks
Online
2023 Tuition - $ 1020 USD per credit.
For a 3-credit class: $3,060
For a 4-credit class: $4,080
For a 5-credit class: $5,100
Tuition prices include the $75 registration fee (which will be returned to those not accepted into the program). Please note that some courses require lab or materials fees, which are noted in the individual course descriptions.
Language Lab - $27
COMM Film Studies Course - $53
Labs in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Video/Graphic Design, and Graduate Computer Science - $80
Photography - $159
Official Transcript
Unofficial Transcript
Min GPA Requirement
Counselor Report
1 Recommendation
Additional Requirements
Online Application From
Application Fee
Parent/Guardian Consent
Application is closed
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