Course Catalog: 2026 Summer Session 2
Accelerated Summer College students can take up to two of the courses below, each course is worth four credits (unless otherwise specified). Students should be advised that credits earned at Saint Michael’s College are transferable at the discretion of the receiving institution. All courses meet 100% online (asynchronously) for all 6 weeks.
Summer Session 2: June 29 – August 7, 2026
Art
AR 216: Street Art: Culture & Activism – Professor Gordon Glover
Dive into the vibrant world of street art to uncover its cultural significance and activist roots. From graffiti’s rebellious origins to large-scale public murals addressing global issues, this course examines street art as a tool for storytelling, resistance, and social commentary. Students will analyze key works and artists from around the world while engaging in critical discussions about public space, legality, and art’s role in society.
CORE: Literature & The Arts
Business Administration
BU 110: Personal Financial Literacy – Professor Alaba Apesin
This course covers key principles, processes, and techniques related to managing one’s own personal finances. The goal is for students to make more informed personal finance decisions and be wiser money managers and consumers of financial services and products.
CORE: Quantitative Reasoning
Restrictions: Open to First-year and Sophomore Students Only (or by permission of instructor).
Note: Does not satisfy BU elective. Students cannot take both BU-110 and BU-310.
BU 214: Management– Professor Karen Popovich
This survey course covers the basic principles and management fundamentals of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Topics covered include leadership, group dynamics, team management, motivation, and communication skills.
Restrictions: AC/BU Majors and Minors and IS Majors Only.
Prerequisites: BU-103, BU-113, AC-141 or AC-143
Interdisciplinary
ID 498: Internship Practicum – Professor Ingrid Peterson
This course offers opportunities for supervised work experience. Interns focus on integrating theory and practice while developing skills required for success in a business environment. This course is designed for a student’s first internship experience. Students must have an internship in place by the second week of the semester. They can contact the instructor for guidelines, or the Career Education Office by making an appointment in Handshake.
Prerequisites/Restrictions: 2.0 GPA or higher; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors only. Not open to students who’ve already completed an academic internship, ID-498. Students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ID-498 should meet with a Career Coach to learn alternatives to receive credit for an additional internship.
Notes: Make an appointment with a Career Coach via Handshake for help securing an internship and to have it approved for academic credit. Completed Handshake forms required after meeting with a Career Coach.
Music
MU 247: History of Rock – Professor William Ellis
This course examines the historical, social, cultural, and musical forces that contributed to the emergence and subsequent development and impact of rock and roll as an enduring form of popular music. Performers, genres, song and style analysis, regional distinctions, and more are addressed with contextual depth and nuance.
CORE: Literature & The Arts
Political Science
PO 290: Canadian Government and Politics – Professor Jeffrey Ayres
A survey of Canadian government and politics. Specific topics will include a study of the parliamentary system of government, polyethnic and multinational diversity, Canada’s official multiculturalism policy, Quebec and Aboriginal nationalism, Canada-U.S. relations and Canada’s place in the world economy.
CORE: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Psychology
PS 250: Social Psychology – Professor Sarah Nosek
This course focuses on individuals and how their thoughts and behaviors are influenced by the presence, real or imagined, of others. This is a departmental survey course that will include topics such as the self, social cognition, social influence, group dynamics, prejudice, attraction, helping behavior, aggression and conflict.
Prerequisites: PS-101 or SO-101