Transfer Undergraduate Students
Summer Session 2025 Transfer Student Programming
Enrolling in summer courses will jumpstart your UChicago academic experience and give you a first taste of the distinctive academic culture of the College.
Choose from our new Humanities and Writing Core program, specifically designed for incoming transfer students, or get a head start in Economics or Computer Science. These courses will help you integrate into the student community, learn from peers, and launch the path to your degree.
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Summer Courses
These courses are taught in-person, from 9 to 11 am. All College students are required to take at least two Humanities Core courses in the same sequence (e.g. HUMA 16000 91 and 97 )
Readings in World Literature
HUMA 11000 91 Readings in World Literature 1 (August 4-August 22)
HUMA 11000 97 Readings in World Literature 2 (August 25-September 12, no class on September 1)
Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound
HUMA 16000 91 Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound 1 (August 4-August 22)
HUMA 16100 97 Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound 2 (August 25-September 12, no class on September 1)
Human Being and Citizen
HUMA 12300 91 Human Being and Citizen 1 (August 4-August 22)
HUMA 12400 97 Human Being and Citizen 2 (August 25-September 12, no class on September 1)
Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange
HUMA 14000 91 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 1 (August 4-August 22)
HUMA 14100 97 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 2 (August 25-September 12, no class on September 1)
Inquiry, Conversation, Argument (ICA) is an intensive writing course designed to develop the skills and habits of mind needed to contribute to ongoing intellectual conversations. Each section of ICA is motivated by a distinctive central question, explored from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Through a series of exercises and essays, students learn to analyze evidence, structure complex ideas, and develop independent arguments.
These courses are taught in-person, from 1 to 3 pm, August 4-September 12, 2025 (no class September 1). All students enrolled in Humanities Core for transfer student courses must also enroll in one of these three ICA sections, unless the College Dean of Students Office has confirmed that they have received transfer credit for a prior writing course taken at another institution.
WRIT 10100-91 Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: What Does Business Owe Society?
WRIT 10100-92 Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: What Does the Idea of Utopia Suggest About Human Nature?
WRIT 10100-93 Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: (Why) Should Freedom of Expression Be Defended as a Right?
The Economics and Computer Science departments are reserving dedicated spots in the following often-oversubscribed introductory courses for incoming transfer students:
ECON 10000 91 Principles of Microeconomics (June 16-July 18, no classes June 19 and July 4)
ECON 10200 91 Principles of Macroeconomics (July 21-August 22)
CMSC 14100 91 Introduction to Computer Science I (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)
CMSC 14300 91 Systems Programming I (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)
CMSC 27100 91 Discrete Mathematics (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)
These Summer in-person courses are open to all UChicago undergrads.
Transfer students may also choose from a longer list of classes, if the programs listed above do not fit your schedule. Use the Course Finder to view your options.
Practical Information
Course Registration Deadline
Tuesday, May 27: priority deadline for courses across the summer quarter (start dates: Session 1 - June 16, Session 2 - July 7, September Term - August 25, and Humanities and Writing Core courses - August 4).
Tuesday, June 17: extended deadline for Session 2, September Term, and Humanities and Writing Core programs
Tuesday, July 8: final deadline for September Term and the Humanities and Writing program Core programs
Housing Registration Deadline:
Two weeks prior the start of your program.
Will be posted soon
Costs
Transfer students who opt to live on campus during the program will be part of a vibrant House community for seven weeks. Housing is available while these special programs are in session (8/3-9/12), and for the interim period before Autumn Quarter begins (9/12-9/22).
Through events, activities, trips and study breaks, you will:
Receive your first orientation to life as a UChicago undergraduate,
Move into your permanent Autumn Quarter housing assignments before other transfer and first-year students arrive for Orientation in late September,
Enjoy all the benefits and amenities of the UChicago campus, the Hyde Park neighborhood and the city of Chicago.
The cost of the Summer Session housing and dining plan is $1,050 per week. This includes a meal plan for dining in both all-you-care-to-eat residential dining commons as well as on-campus cafes.
Register for housing no later than 2 weeks before your program starts.
Tuition:
$4,790 per 100-unit course
$14,370 for three courses
Student Service Fee: TBA
Billing:
