Summertime provides the perfect opportunity for students to devote themselves to a favorite subject or get a jump on the upcoming school year. We offer upper division credit courses in a variety of disciplines, AP® Primers, and middle division review courses in math and English. Online classes and flex classes (a combination of in-class and online instruction) are also available. All of our for-credit courses, AP® Primers, review courses, and Starting the College Essay are open to students from all schools.
Full-Credit Courses
Beginning Guitar (June 3 - June 21)
Personal Fitness and Health (June 3 - June 21)
Lifetime Recreation (June 10 - June 28)
World History (June 10 - July 26) Online
American Government/Economics (June 10 - July 26) Online
U.S. History (June 10 - July 26) Online
Cultural History of Western Civilization (June 10 - July 26) Online
Biology (June 10 - July 26) Online
Chemistry, Physics (June 10 - July 26)
Geometry (June 10 - July 26)
Design and Technical Theatre (July 8 - July 26)
Yoga (July 8 - July 26)
Half-Credit Courses
World Religions (June 10 - June 28 or July 8 - July 26);
Ethics (June 10 - June 28 or July 8 - July 26);
Health (June 3 - June 21 and July 8 - July 26) Online
Students must meet with their academic dean prior to registering for a summer academic or review course, as some departmental restrictions may apply and future year scheduling may be impacted by summer choices.
We also offer remedial credit courses for those who have been asked to repeat a course.
AP® Primers (Open to all students in grades 9-12)
AP® Chinese Language and Culture
AP® English Language
AP® English Literature
AP® European and AP® U.S. History
AP® French Language and Culture
AP® Latin
AP® Physics
AP® Precalculus
AP® Spanish Language and Culture
Students do not need to be enrolled in an AP® course to be eligible for our AP® Primers; AP® Primers do not impact course enrollment decisions.
Starting the College Essay
The College Essay is one of the most significant and stressful parts of applying to college. This workshop helps students eliminate that stress and walk away with completed compositions, all before the senior year officially begins.
Review Courses
3-Week Guided Online Math Review (June 10 - June 28 or July 8 - July 26),
Orientation English (June 3 - June 14 and July 8 - July 19)
Orientation Math (June 10 - June 28 Online) or (July 8 - July 26 In-Person)
Pre-Algebra Online Review (June 10 - July 26)
Algebra 1/Customized High School Math Online Review (June 10 - July 26)
Algebra 2 Online Review (June 10 - July 26)
Honors Pre-Calculus Online Review (June 10 - July 26)
Standard Monday-Thursday Berkeley dress code applies for all academic and review courses.
Classes are Monday-Friday. There will be no classes the week of July 4 (July 1-July 5). Please plan your summer vacations accordingly, as summer classes have strict attendance policies. Please be aware of each course's start and end date. For non-online courses, students may be required to be on campus for their final exam.
For academic credit courses, four absences for a full-credit, six-week academic course will result in no credit being received for the course. Two absences for a three-week course will result in no credit being received. Students must receive permission from the Summer Programs Director to miss any classes of a three-week religion or PE course. For academic credit classes, there are no refunds after the first five days of classes. For review classes, there are no refunds after the first three days of classes. A student who chooses to drop a six-week summer credit class prior to the beginning of week 3 can do so without the course appearing on the student’s transcript. If the student drops the class prior to the beginning of week 4, WP (withdrew passing) will appear on the transcript. After week 4, courses must be completed. For three-week credit classes, such as World Religions, the student can drop prior to the beginning of the fourth day of classes without the course appearing on the transcript.
Berkeley Summer Programs reserves the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment. In this event, a full refund will be issued.
Please consult the Berkeley Upper Division Handbook on school policies related to violating Berkeley’s Honor Code with regard to cheating, plagiarism, unacceptable network use, bullying, and other offenses.