Jan Term 2026 Courses

Most courses meet in-person for 8 class days, from Tuesday, January 6 - Friday, January 16. Monday, January 12th, is a reading day (no class). 

A handful of online adapted courses (primarily language courses) are on an extended schedule, from Thursday, December 18, 2025 - Friday, January 16, 2026. (For information regarding online language courses, including workload expectations, please see our Online Language Courses page.)

Students may enroll in one course in Jan Term (regardless of credit hour count).

**Course list and course details are subject to change.  For the most up-to-date information on courses, please refer to the schedule in .


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Course Title Meetings Common Curriculum Faculty Course Description
ADV 1360Creative Production9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Mark Allen
- mjallen@smu.edu
ADV 5301Topics in Advertising9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Quan Xie
- quanxie@smu.edu
ADV 5302Topics in Advertising9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Peter Noble
- noble@smu.edu
ANTH 3350Good Eats and Forbidden Flesh9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CE; HD; SBSAanmona Priyadarshini
- apriyadarshini@smu.edu
ARHS 3310War and Looting Ancient Art9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CIE; HC; OCStephanie Langin-Hooper
- langinhooper@smu.edu
ARHS 3380History of Photography II9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: TASTashima Thomas
- tdthomas@smu.edu
ASAG 1310Word and Image9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CABuzzee Dana
- dbuzzee@mail.smu.edu
ASDR 1300Introduction to Drawing9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CA; CACSugawara-Beda Nishiki
- nishikis@smu.edu
BIOL 1300Biology for Liberal Arts9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: ESBianca Batista
- bbatista@smu.edu
BL 3335Business Law9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CIECatherine Weber
- cweber@mail.cox.smu.edu
CCPA 2300Public Speaking in Context9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: OCDuhe Sandra
- sduhe@mail.smu.edu
CCPA 2375Communication Research and Data Analytics9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: QACharoensap-Kelly Piyawan
- pckelly@smu.edu
CEE 1331Meteorology9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: ESSteven McCauley
- smccauley@smu.edu
CHEM 1303General Chemistry (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: ES; ES8Brian Zoltowski
- bzoltowski@smu.edu
CHEM 1304General Chemistry (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: ES; ES8Peng Tao
- ptao@smu.edu
CHEM 3371Organic Chemistry (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026David Son
- dson@smu.edu
CS 4340Statistical Methods for Engineers and Applied Scientists9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Edison Ashley
- aedison@smu.edu
DS 1300Practical Intro to Data Science9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: TAS; QAGhorbani Niloofar
- niloofarg@mail.smu.edu
EDU 2350Educational Psychology (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: HDJohnitha Johnson
- johnithaj@smu.edu
FREN 1402Beginning French II (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMOmar Al-Rashdan
- oalrashdan@smu.edu
FREN 1401Beginning French I (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026Caroline Grubbs
- cgrubbs@smu.edu
HIST 3389Problems in Middle East Hist9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: GPS; HC; HDSabri Ates
- sates@smu.edu
HRTS 3316Ethnoviolence9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: HDBenjamin Voth
- bvoth@smu.edu
HRTS 3341Failure of Humanity in Rwanda9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CIE; HDTchumkam Herve
- htchumkam@smu.edu
ITAL 1402Beginning Italian: Second Term (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMDamiano Bonuomo
- bonuomo@smu.edu
ITAL 1401Beginning Italian: First Term (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026Daniele Forlino
- dforlino@smu.edu
MATH 1303Precalculus for Business (Online)Mondays and Thursdays, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026Laurel Neustadter
- lneustadter@smu.edu
MUHI 1302Music in World Societies9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CA; CAA; HDKristina Nielsen
- kfnielsen@smu.edu
OREM 2375Cult & Ethic Implic of Tech9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CIE; TASGretchen Coleman
- gmiller@smu.edu
OREM 3340Statistical Methods for Engineering and Applied Scientists9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Edison Ashley
- aedison@smu.edu
PHIL 1305Introduction to Philosophy9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: PREIChuard Philippe
- pchuard@smu.edu
PHYS 1303Introductory Mechanics9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: ES; ES8Durdana Balakishiyeva
- dbalakishiyeva@smu.edu
PLSC 4322Latino Politics9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Danielle Lemi
- dlemi@smu.edu
PSYC 1300Introduction to Psychology9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: SBSMichael Lindsey
- lindseym@smu.edu
PSYC 2351Psychopathology9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: SBSMary O'Boyle
- moboyle@smu.edu
PSYC 3310Memory and Cognition9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Bowen Holly
- hbowen@smu.edu
SPAN 1402Beginning Spanish II (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMSarah Bogard
- sbogard@smu.edu
SPAN 1402Beginning Spanish II (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMMiroslava Detcheva
- mdetcheva@smu.edu
SPAN 1402Beginning Spanish II (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMMaria del Pilar Melgarejo
- mmelgarejoac@smu.edu
SPAN 1402Beginning Spanish II (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: SLMRodrigo Lopez
- rodrigol@smu.edu
SPAN 2401Intermediate Spanish I (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: GPS; LAISusana Fernandez-Solera
- adoboe@smu.edu
SPAN 1401Beginning Spanish I (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026Gema Lopez Hevia
- glopezhevia@smu.edu
SPAN 1401Beginning Spanish I (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026Allison Larkin
- ajlarkin@smu.edu
STAT 2331Intro Statistical Methods (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: QRJessica Wickersham
- jwickersham@smu.edu
STAT 4340Statistics for Engineers9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Ashley Edison
- aedison@smu.edu
STRA 4370Strategic Management9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026Gary Moskowitz
- gmoskowi@smu.edu
THEA 2311The Art of Acting9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CA; CAC; OCReiko Aylesworth
- raylesworth@smu.edu
UNIV 1210Academic/Personal Development (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: OCJess Garrett
- jessicagarrett@smu.edu
UNIV 2349Mustang Emotional IQ (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: CIEFrancesca Go
- fgo@smu.edu
UNIV 3305Pers.Responsibility&Community9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CE; CIE; OCJan Mallett
- jemallett@smu.edu
WL 3341Failure of Humanity in Rwanda9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: CIE; HDHerve Tchumkam
- htchumkam@smu.edu
WL 3381GrecoRoman World in Lit & Film9am - 4pm with an hour lunch break, M-F, 1/6/2026 - 1/16/2026CC: LAIJustin Germain
- jgermain@smu.edu
WL 3323Russian Culture (online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: HC; GPS; HDZimakova Tatiana
- tzimakov@smu.edu
WRTR 1312Introduction Academic Writing (Online)12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: AWOna Seaney
- oseaney@smu.edu
WRTR 1313Writing and Critical Reasoning (Online)ARR, 12/18/2025 - 1/16/2026CC: CRMeghan Johnson
- johnsonmt@smu.edu