2025 online and in-person summer courses are available to incoming first-year and transfer undergraduates. This is a great opportunity to begin your journey as an LMU Lion ahead of the fall semester - get a head start on your core requirements and explore LMU's Jesuit education.
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You may take any summer courses for which you meet the requirements. However, we recommend getting a head start on core requirements, such as First-Year Seminar, Math, or Rhetorical Arts. These courses are part of the 'Foundations' Core, which you will complete in your first two years at LMU. Additionally, you have a limited selection of 'Explorations' core courses available this summer. Typically taken in the second and third years, these courses can be pursued if all prerequisites are met.
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We recommend using the summer session to get ahead. You can schedule university core or lower-level major requirements that you would typically take in your first semester, which frees up space in your fall schedule for other opportunities. This can also help you accumulate credits or requirements, making it easier to study abroad later. If you plan to take a summer course, discuss it with your fall registration advisor to ensure they are aware and can help you organize your fall schedule accordingly.
LMU offers a mix of online, in-person, and hybrid courses in the summer. Please check the schedule carefully to confirm the course format before requesting registration. We recommend incoming students limit their summer course requests to online options unless they live nearby, as on-campus housing will not be available, and parking fees apply during the summer.
This summer, incoming first-year and transfer students are also eligible to receive one-time scholarship funding to help with the cost of attending summer sessions at LMU.
Scholarships will be awarded based on the number of units an incoming student elects to take. Please see the Tuition and Fees table below for additional information on summer costs.
Refunds for incoming first-year and transfer students follow the refund policy established for all returning LMU degree candidates.
| Units | Tuition | Scholarship | Amount Owed* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Unit Course | $1,907 |
$950 |
$957 |
| 2-Unit Course | $3,814 | $1,900 | $1,914 |
| 3-Unit Course | $5,721 | $2,800 | $2,921 |
| 4-Unit Course | $7,628 |
$3,800 |
$3,828 |
*Please note: Additional fees apply. For more information about Summer Session tuition and fees, please visit Student Financial Services. These are one-time scholarships available only to first-time, incoming students to the university for summer 2025.
Summer school at LMU consists of two consecutive 6-week sessions, each the equivalent of a 16-week semester. The sessions do not overlap and students are welcome to attend both sessions. Because of the compressed nature of the classes, students are limited to 8 semester hours (also known as units or credit hours) per session.
Session I: May 19, 2025 - June 27, 2025
Session II: June 30, 2025 - August 8, 2025
The class list we have curated includes selections that we believe are best suited for incoming new students. However, you have the option to choose any course for which you meet the prerequisites by selecting "other" on your course registration request form.
Select a topic below to view information on each core category.
First-Year Seminar Rhetorical Arts Quantitative Reasoning Philosophical Inquiry
First Year Seminar (FFYS), which is taken in the first year, introduces students to intellectual rigor, critical thinking, and basic writing skills while laying the foundation for a life-long commitment to learning.
Please Note: If you plan to join the Honors, First To Go, or ACCESS learning communities, you should not take a First Year Seminar (FFYS) in the summer as those communities require a specific FFYS course in the fall.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Mondays & Wednesdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20176
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More About First Year Seminar:
The Core experience begins with a First Year Seminar (FYS) that introduces students to the spirit of academic excellence and intellectual rigor at LMU. Aimed at improving students’ written and oral communication skills, the FYS invites students to engage critically and reflectively with scholarly discourse in a variety of formats: written, oral, and visual. The topic for each section of the FYS is chosen and developed by its instructor within one of seven broad themes including:
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Tuesdays & Thursdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20177
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This course offers a sociological perspective on the social, economic, political, and cultural histories of Los Angeles’ diverse Latino population. Students will explore the evolution of the Latino community from its Mexican origins to include individuals from across Latin America, highlighting the significant contributions of Latino/as to the development of Los Angeles and U.S. society. The curriculum integrates historical context with contemporary issues through documentary films, social media, student presentations, and classroom discussions to enhance learning outcomes.
More About First Year Seminar:
The Core experience begins with a First Year Seminar (FYS) that introduces students to the spirit of academic excellence and intellectual rigor at LMU. Aimed at improving students’ written and oral communication skills, the FYS invites students to engage critically and reflectively with scholarly discourse in a variety of formats: written, oral, and visual. The topic for each section of the FYS is chosen and developed by its instructor within one of seven broad themes including:
Taken in the first year, Rhetorical Arts (RHET) teaches an integrated set of skills, competencies, and knowledge that enables students to engage in public debate with persuasive force and stylistic excellence.
Note: If you plan to join the Honors or First To Go learning communities, you should not take Rhetorical Arts in the summer as those communities require a specific RHET course during the academic year.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Mondays & Wednesdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20172
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This course teaches an integrated set of skills, competencies, and knowledge that enables students to engage in public debate with persuasive force and stylistic excellence. It emphasizes such rhetorical concepts as invention, arrangement, claims with supporting evidence, exigency and audience. Emerging out of Renaissance humanism, Jesuit rhetoric (or Eloquentia Perfecta) developed the classical ideal of the good person writing and speaking well for the public good and promotes the teaching of eloquence combined with erudition and moral discernment. Developing this tradition in light of modern composition study and communication theory, the Rhetorical Arts course complements the other Foundation courses with topics such as ethics and communication, virtue and authority, knowledge and social obligation.
Taken during the first year, Quantitative Reasoning courses introduce students to fundamental mathematical knowledge, including an understanding of the nature of mathematics and quantitative and statistical argumentation.
Please Note: Incoming first-year students must take the Online Math Placement Exam to be placed in the proper level of math coursework at LMU. Transfers may be required to take the exam if they have not passed the required pre-requisite math courses at the college level.
Please see your Registration Task List in Future Lions for more information on taking the test or receiving your placement results.
Session II: June 30-August 8, 2025
Section 1*:
Mondays & Wednesdays (Online)
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20117
Section 2*:
Tuesdays & Thursdays (Online)
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20118
*Please note: Limited Math 112 seats will be released as the summer draws near. If you are interested in this course, please submit your form, even if PROWL shows the course is full. Our team will get back to you as soon as possible to confirm whether additional seats will be made available.
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Introduction to the differential and integral calculus of elementary functions. Applications of the methods of calculus to business and economics problems.
Requirements: Students may not take both MATH 112 and MATH 122 for credit. A laboratory fee may be required. Prerequisite: MATH 120 or Mathematics Placement Examination.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Section 1:
Mondays and Wednesdays (Online)
8:00–11:45 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20006
Section 2:
Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
4:00–7:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20007
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An introduction to the modern methods of analyzing sample data. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability theory, binomial and normal distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and simple regression analysis.
Recommended: MATH 112 or MATH 131 or concurrent enrollment.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20088
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An introductory course designed to give an overview of African American studies in order to familiarize the student with the history, culture, aspirations, and contemporary issues of the African American experience.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Mondays and Wednesdays (Online)
4:00–7:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20170
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An interdisciplinary overview of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies to familiarize students with historical and contemporary issues in Chicana/o and Latina/o communities.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (Online)
9:00–11:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20067
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This course is an introduction to the academic study of religion and of world religions, and to the religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and other current religious trends. Special emphasis is placed upon how these religious traditions have emerged within the context of Los Angeles, how they have changed, grown, and adapted to their new surroundings.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Section 1:
Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
8:00-11:45 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20025
Section 2:
Mondays and Wednesdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20026
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An introductory exploration of central questions and interpretations of human existence, with special emphasis on epistemology and metaphysics, carried on in light of the Catholic intellectual tradition.
With its commitment to the Jesuit and Marymount traditions, LMU believes that modern men and women should reflect on their relationship to the world, their fellow humans, and God. Similar reflections are found throughout history, as humanity has grappled with fundamental questions of existence. These courses aim to develop sensitivity to the existential importance of ultimate questions and to appreciate the search for God as intrinsic to the human condition.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
8:00–11:45 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20066
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This course introduces students to the New Testament writings in their historical, literary, social/ political, and religious contexts. Students will learn various methodological approaches to the study of the New Testament, as well as consider the history of interpretation and the role of modern social-location in the interpretive process.
Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025
Mondays and Wednesdays (Online)
12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
CRN: 20005
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Accelerated introduction to both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Supply and demand, elasticity, and theories of production, cost, competition, monopoly, and other market structures. Aggregate supply, aggregate demand and Keynesian Cross analysis, and discussion of GDP, national income, inflation, and unemployment.
This course substitutes for ECON 1100 and ECON 1200 wherever one or both are stated as prerequisites.