WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS

Join Franklin University Switzerland this summer for a comprehensive academic experience. Our summer programs, created for undergraduate students, combine demanding academic courses with practical learning, providing an unparalleled opportunity that transcends the conventional classroom setting. Explore worldwide issues, submerge yourself in foreign cultures, and earn credits that will contribute to your degree.

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Why Choose Franklin for Your Summer Study?

Rigorous Academic Environment: Challenge yourself with our academically stimulating courses.
Hands-On Experiential Learning: Connect classroom knowledge with real-world experiences through Academic Travel and project-based learning.
Global Focus: Enhance your international awareness by engaging with critical global issues.
Cross-Cultural Immersion: Join a diverse community of students and faculty from around the world.
Earn Valuable Credits: Advance your undergraduate studies with summer credits.

Dynamic Summer Sessions

Our undergraduate summer offerings kick off in early June and run through the end of July, divided into two intensive 4-week sessions. These sessions are about learning in a vibrant, cross-cultural community, with courses delivered by our faculty and esteemed guest lecturers.

Academic Travel: A Franklin Hallmark

Our Academic Travel programs stand out, offering you the chance to explore destinations relevant to your course material. This immersive learning approach makes your education at Franklin truly unique, providing insights that extend far beyond the classroom.

EXPLORE OUR FULL COURSE LISTINGS

During the summer session at Franklin University Switzerland, we offer a wide array of individual courses across various disciplines. Whether you're interested in advancing your language skills, delving into European studies, or exploring other academic areas, our summer program provides the flexibility to create a summer experience that aligns with your personal and academic goals.

Interim Session 1: May 20 - May 31

Course	Sec	Course Title	Faculty	Day	Time
AHT 285T	1	Technology in Art (Venice)	Fassl	M-SU	08:30 - 17:00
Technology in Art, Visual Communication, and Fashion (Venice) The course is designed as a field study in Venice and will focus on the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and its collateral events as its primary resource, as well as study the history of technology within art, fashion, and visual communication as exhibited in the Venice museums, archives, depositories, private collections, and production sites. Special attention will be placed on the interaction between human and machine during creative processes that lead to art installations, design blueprints, and other manifestations of creativity. The course cost covers accommodations in Venice, local public transportation, museum and exhibition entrances, and some extracurricular activities. Students are required to make their own travel arrangements to and from Venice. Please consult Professor Fassl prior to making your arrangements. Please make sure to meet all registration and deposit deadlines. This course carries a supplemental fee.

*Dates for these Interim Session courses do not coincide with the regular session dates. Plan your schedule accordingly with your advisor.

Session 1: June 3 - June 26

The 2025 course list will be available soon.

Explore the 2024 summer courses for an example of what last year's summer program included.

Course	Sec	Course Title	Faculty	Day	Time
BUS 243	1	Personal Finance	Suleiman	MTWT	14:30 - 17:05
Personal Finance This course introduces students to the basic concepts and tools needed to make wise and informed personal financial decisions. The content of this course is presented from a practical point of view and with an emphasis on the consumer as the financial decision-maker. The primary objective of this course is to help students apply finance practices to their own lives. For example, students will learn how to plan and manage personal finances, how to obtain credit to purchase a home or a car, and how to invest personal financial resources in stocks, bonds, and real estate. Students will also learn how to interpret financial and economic news that have an impact on personal finances.
HIS 296	1	Italy from the Fall of Rome to the Rise	Novikoff	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Italy from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance This course will survey the history of Italy from the end of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance. Topics covered in this nearly 1000-year stretch of time include, but are not limited to, the Germanic invasions of the fifth century, the rise of the papacy and the papal states, the Arab and Byzantine conquests of Sicily and southern Italy, civic government in the medieval city-states, political thought in the age of Dante, Humanism, and the early Renaissance fascination with Roman antiquity. This class takes advantage of FUS’s unique position on the doorstep of Italy and will include several guided visits to medieval churches, castles, towns, and abbeys in Ticino and the northern region of Italy. All reading are in English, a combination of medieval sources in translation and recent scholarship. This course carries a supplemental fee: 155 SFR/180 USD.
ITA 100	1	Introductory Italian, Part I	Kugler Bertola	MTWT	08:30 - 11:05
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
MAT 201	1	Introduction to Statistics	Prisner	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Introduction to Statistics This computer-based course presents the main concepts in Statistics: the concept of random variables, frequency, and probability distributions, variance and standard deviation, kurtosis and skewness, probability rules, Bayes theorem, and posterior probabilities. Important statistical methods like Contingency analysis, ANOVA, Correlation analysis and Regression Analysis are introduced and their algorithms are fully explained. The most important probability distributions are introduced: Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distribution, as well as the Chebyshev theorem for non-known distributions. Inferential statistics, sampling distributions, and confidence intervals are covered to introduce statistical model building and single linear regression. Active learning and algorithmic learning are stressed. Emphasis is put both on algorithms –methods and assumptions for their applications. Excel is used while calculators with STAT buttons are not allowed. Ultimately students are required to make a month-long research project, select the theoretical concept they want to test, perform a literature review, find real data from Internet databases or make their surveys, apply methods they studied in the class, and compare theoretical results with their findings. Research is done and presented in groups, papers are Individual. Selected SPSS or Excel Data Analysis examples are also provided.
MUS 213	1	Classical Music in Film	Trebici Marin	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Classical Music in Film The purpose of the course is to explore and understand the use of classical music in art movies. From Bach to Mahler and from D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey, classical music has been used as leitmotiv and supporting narrative in film. Based on the chronology of music history and the use of classical music in period movies, the course analyzes the way in which specific pieces of music have contributed to some of the greatest films of the past. Musical and film extracts will be viewed and discussed
POL 290	1	Govt and Politics of the Middle East	Bregman	MTWT	14:30 - 17:05
Government and Politics of the Middle East This course examines the political processes that shape conflict and consensus in Middle Eastern societies. From this perspective, main regional conflicts are analyzed. The confrontation between (1)Iran and the Arab World and (2)Israel and the region at large are surveyed in light of intra-Arab antagonisms and the historical great power rivalry for hegemony in the area. Special focus is directed toward an understanding of the politics of modernization and the clash between tradition and modernity. Recommended POL 100.

Session 2: July 1 - July 24

The 2025 course list will be available soon.

Explore the 2024 summer courses for an example of what last year's summer program included.

Course	Sec	Course Title	Faculty	Day	Time
CLCS 295	1	Language and Culture	Rutkowski	MTWT	14:30 - 17:05
Language and Culture This course examines the intersection of language and culture: how language shapes our perception of the world and vice versa. Students will reflect on their own experiences with language and view that experience in light of readings that engage themes such as technology, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, bi/multilingualism, dialect, and political power. Readings will include essays from major publications, ethnographic studies, memoirs, and literary texts.
COM 295	1	Media Consumption, Fashion, and Identity	Sugiyama	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Media Consumption, Fashion, and Identity This course examines how people, particularly young people, consume media technologies and their contents in contemporary media-saturated life. Employing essential readings on media consumption, fashion, and identity as the theoretical backbone, students will engage in active site-based research project throughout the course. By offering an opportunity to undertake a field study in Milan, the course seeks to develop in-depth theoretical knowledge of the intersections of media consumption, fashion, and identity, as well as to cultivate critical reflection of students’ own consumption of media technologies. (Additional fee: 250 SFR/290 USD for transportation and related activities in Milan).
ECN 101	1	Principles of Microeconomics	Stack	MTWT	08:30 - 11:05
Principles of Microeconomics This is an entry-level course in economics, covering fundamentals of microeconomics and aimed at students who choose it as an elective or plan to continue their studies in economics. This course helps students develop basic analytical skills in economics and microeconomics. It provides students with a basic understanding of the market system in advanced capitalist economies. It examines the logic of constrained choice with a focus on the economic behavior of individuals and organizations. After a theoretical analysis of the determinants and the interaction of supply and demand under competitive conditions, alternative market structures will be investigated, including monopolistic and oligopolistic forms. The course examines the conditions under which markets allocate resources efficiently and identifies causes of market failure and the appropriate government response. The introduction to the role of government includes its taxing and expenditure activities as well as regulatory policies.
ECN 297	1	Financing Sustainable Development	Duroy	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Financing Sustainable Development In its most basic definition, sustainable development is described as “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” As countries around the world struggle to tackle the issues of climate disruption, water scarcity, resource exhaustion, population growth and socioeconomic conflicts, attention to methods of sustainable development is paramount, and financing those methods is increasingly important. In this context we posit the question: Is it possible for the current system of financial markets to facilitate the shift from an unsustainable world fueled by fossil hydrocarbons to a more desirable one powered by renewable energy? This course will examine how financial and capital markets operate on a transnational scale; and investigate the type of international governance over markets that would be needed to potentially produce fair and sustainable outcomes. The course will also examine the role individuals must perform as World Citizens motivated by a sense of responsibility towards the well-being of others beyond national boundaries.
STA 295	1	Drawing for Creative Critical Thinkers	Dalfonzo	MTWT	11:30 - 14:05
Drawing for Creative Critical Thinkers At its core, drawing is a problem-solving tool that fosters close observation and analytical thinking. Renaissance masters such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Brunelleschi and Michelangelo as well as countless modern designers, from the Bauhaus school to Ed Moses, use it as the language to create and explain their visions of the future. Today, drawing is at the core of modern design thinking methods. In this class, students of all skill levels will learn how to harness this powerful tool by exploring core drawing principles such as volume, space, value and color and rendering the world around them in a variety of mediums. In the process, student will also take away skills to enhance focus and memory. This course carries a supplemental fee:TBA.
WTG 200	1	Adv Academic Writing: Ethics at Work	Rutkowski	MTWT	08:30 - 11:05
Advanced Academic Writing: Ethics at Work This advanced writing course consolidates students’ academic communication skills through the theme of business and work ethics. Students will engage with philosophical texts and case studies dealing with various aspects of business and/or work ethics -- distributive justice, social responsibility and environmentally conscious business practices among others -- in order to improve critical reading, argumentative writing, and oral presentation/debating skills. The course helps students understand that academic communication primarily involves entering a conversation with others and particular emphasis will be placed on responding to other people’s arguments as well as developing their own arguments based on those responses. Using the broad theme of business and work ethics as a medium for discussion, students will not only explore what it means to join an academic community and their role in that community as purveyors of knowledge but also work towards entering the job/internship market with polished application materials. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.)

SUMMER PROGRAMS CALENDAR

Summer Session 1: 3 - 26 June 2025

New Students Arrive	1 June (Sun)
Orientation	2 June (Mon)
Classes Begin	3 June (Tue)
Deadline for Schedule Changes (Drop/Add)	4 June (Wed)
Withdrawal Deadline	19 June (Thu)
Last Day of Classes	26 June (Thu)
Residence Halls Close	27 June at 12:00 (Fri)

Summer Session 2: 1 - 24 July 2025

New Students Arrive	29 June (Sun)
Orientation	30 June (Mon)
Classes Begin	1 July (Tue)
Deadline for Schedule Changes (Drop/Add)	2 July (Wed)
Withdrawal Deadline	17July (Thu)
Last Day of Classes	24 July (Thu)
Residence Halls Close	25 July at 12:00 (Fri)

Please note: Calendar dates are binding. Late arrivals and early departures are not permitted.

Join Us This Summer

Are you ready to transform your summer into an extraordinary educational adventure? Contact us to find out more about our summer programs and how to enroll. Experience the unique blend of academics, travel, and cultural exchange at Franklin University Switzerland this summer. Your academic journey awaits!

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Tuition & fees

For a summary of tuition and fees see Tuition (U.S./Canada | Swiss/EU/EEA | International).