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Summer Session Registration for Incoming Students

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Consider jump-starting your collegiate experience with a summer session through LMU.

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. 

Summer 2025 Enrollment Forms Coming Soon!

Level Up in Summer Session Courses

You may take any courses on the summer schedule for which you meet all course requirements, however we recommend you get a head start on your core requirements, including courses like First-Year Seminar, Math or Rhetorical Arts. These course types are part of the 'Foundations' Core requirements you will take in your first two years at LMU. You also have a limited number of 'Explorations' core course options available to you this summer. 'Explorations' courses are typically taken in students' second and third years, but can be taken this summer if all requirements are met.

How Will a Summer Course Impact My Fall Schedule?

We recommend you use summer session to get ahead. University core requirements or lower-level major requirements that you may normally take in your first semester can often be scheduled in summer, freeing up additional space in your fall schedule for other course opportunities. It can also help you get ahead in credits or requirements to help make room in your schedule to study abroad in a later semester. If you plan to take a summer course, please discuss it with your fall registration advisor to ensure they are aware of your plans and can help you organize a fall schedule accordingly. 

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Are 2025 Summer Courses Online?

This summer, LMU is offering a mix of online, in-person, and hybrid courses. Please check the schedule closely to confirm the modality before requesting registration for a course. We recommend incoming students limit their summer course requests to online courses only, unless they live in the immediate area. No on-campus housing will be available to incoming students taking summer session courses and the university does charge for parking in the summer.

Paying for Summer Session

Summer courses are offered at $1,907 per unit, with the majority of classes at 3- or 4-units. 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 session at LMU. Scholarships will be awarded based on the number of units an incoming student elects to take; $3,800, $2,850, $1,900, and $950 scholarships for 4-unit, 3-unit, 2-unit, and 1-unit courses, respectively.

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.

Summer 2025 Costs + Scholarships for First-Year and Transfer Students:

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 2025 Information

Summer school at LMU consists of two consecutive 6-week sessions, each the equivalent of a 16-week semester. Final exams are included within each six-week session. 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.

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.

Please note, the classes recommended below are open to both incoming and continuing students, so we encourage you to request enrollment early for the best chance at being placed in your course of choice. 

As a reminder, summer 2025 session dates are as follows:

Session I: May 19, 2025 - June 27, 2025

Session II: June 30, 2025 - August 8, 2025

Select Your Core Interests

Select a topic below to view information on each core category.

First-Year Seminar Rhetorical Arts Quantitative Reasoning Philosophical Inquiry

 

 

Understanding Human Behavior Theological Inquiry Studies in American Diversity

 

 

First-Year Seminar

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

    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:

    1. Faith and Reason
    2. Ethics and Justice
    3. Virtue and Justice
    4. Culture, Art, and Society
    5. Power and Privilege
    6. Globalization
    7. Science, Nature, and Society.

  • Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025

    Tuesdays & Thursdays (Online)
    12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
    CRN: 20177

    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:

    1. Faith and Reason
    2. Ethics and Justice
    3. Virtue and Justice
    4. Culture, Art, and Society
    5. Power and Privilege
    6. Globalization
    7. Science, Nature, and Society.

     

Rhetorical Arts

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

    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.

    The objectives of the Rhetorical Arts course are to foster critical thinking, moral reflection, and articulate expression. Ultimately, the Rhetorical Arts course furthers the development of essential skills in written and oral communication and information literacy, as well as providing opportunities for active engagement with essential components of the Jesuit and Marymount educational traditions.
    More specifically, students will:
    • Have written and oral communication skills that enable them to express and interpret ideas—both their own and those of others—in clear language. 
    • understand the rhetorical tradition and apply this knowledge in different contexts.
    • Refine foundational skills in critical thinking.
    • Distinguish between types of information resources and how these resources meet the needs of different levels of scholarship and different academic disciplines.
    • Identify, reflect upon, integrate, and apply different arguments to form independent judgments.
    • Conceptualize an effective research strategy, and then collect, interpret, evaluate and cite evidence in written and oral communication.

Quantitative Reasoning

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.

    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

    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.

Studies in American Diversity

As an embodiment of LMU's mission and the university's commitment to diversity, these courses provide students with a foundation of critical knowledge and understanding for reflective contemplation that informs, forms and transforms them as women and men for others. 

  • Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025

    Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
    12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
    CRN: 20088

    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

    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

    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.

Philosophical Inquiry

These courses provide a framework for understanding the worldview and intellectual tradition implicit in LMU’s identity as a Catholic institution located in the geographical, ethnic, and economic diversity of the greater L.A. area.

  • 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

    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.

Theological Inquiry

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

    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.

Understanding Human Behavior

Understanding Human Behavior focuses on the methods of inquiry used by social and behavioral scientists to understand human behavior.

  • Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025

    Mondays and Wednesdays (Online)
    12:00–3:45 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
    CRN: 20005

    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.

Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics 

Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics engages students to develop the scientific literacy necessary for them to become knowledgeable citizens of the modern world and understand the impact of science and technology on society.

  • Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025

    Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
    4:00–7:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
    CRN: 20094

    The study of nutrients and their functions, recommended nutrient intakes, and dietary adequacy while focusing on how to apply this knowledge personally. Emphasis on nutritional roles in health status and chronic disease. Exploration of how behavior change plays a role in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

    Note: This course is for HHSC majors and minors only.

  • Session II: June 30–August 8, 2025

    Tuesdays and Thursdays (Online)
    4:00–7:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time
    CRN: 20097

    The study of nutrients and their functions, recommended nutrient intakes, and dietary adequacy while focusing on how to apply this knowledge personally. Emphasis on nutritional roles in health status and chronic disease. Exploration of how behavior change plays a role in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

    Note: This course is for non-HHSC majors and minors only.

Discover a Summer with LMU

Enrollment forms for 2025 will be available by the end of March. Incoming first-year and transfer students must submit their deposit for fall before gaining access to the summer registration process. Additional details will be sent via email when enrollment forms are available.