Summer courses offer flexibility for students wishing to earn credits

March 14, 2025

Need a few more credits this summer? Learn about some of the various courses offered through LBC. Summer is a great time to learn at a different pace and earn the credits you need to graduate.

Below are some of the courses being offered in Summer 2025. For the full list and availability, current students can search student.msu.edu and select "Summer Semester 2025" then narrow down to LB courses to see what's being offered. For Fall 2025 incoming students whose math placement test scores place them into Math 103, there will be an opportunity called Briggs Summer Scholars in which they can take Math 103 online in the second summer session with a highly recommended LB Math faculty member, and move in a few days early in the Fall. Incoming students, watch your email, especially after May 1!

 

Summer Session One (May 12-June 27, 2025)

LB 270: Medical Terminology   

Instructor: Dr. Rachel Barnard  

Course modality: Online asynchronous  

Description: This course explores medical terminology, focusing on human systems, anatomy and physiology, fundamental word building principles, and phonetic pronunciations. 

LB 492: Senior Seminar Capturing Connections: Stories of Nature Through Photography

Instructor: Dr. J.P. Lawrence  

Course Modality: Hybrid (Thursdays, 10:20 a.m.-2:10 p.m.)  

Description: In today’s digital age, photography has become a powerful storytelling medium, made even more accessible by the prevalence of smartphone cameras. This course invites you to explore the art of visual storytelling through nature photography, regardless of your camera type or skill level. You will engage in both online discussions and practical fieldwork in settings around Lansing, focusing on the principles of photography and the craft of storytelling. 

Summer Session Two (July 1-August 15, 2025)

LB 326A: Science and Sex, Gender, and Sexuality- Arts and Humanities- W  

Instructor: Dr. Isaac Record  

Course Modality: Online asynchronous with occasional optional synchronous sessions  

Description: This course begins with some traditional topics in the philosophy of health and medicine: what is health? What do we mean by cure? We will then follow our interests outward and deeper to investigate public health, disability, evidence-based medicine, bias in medicine, and consent in medicine. 

 

LB 492: Senior Seminar: Nineteenth Century Transformation of Western Medicine 

Instructor: Dr. Richard Parks 

Course Modality: Online asynchronous  

Description: This course explores the historical development of 'modern medicine' over the course of the nineteenth century.