5 Things You Should Know Before Taking Summer Courses
Posted: January 19, 2021 | Author: Savannah Byers | Read Time: 1 minutes
Before you register for courses this summer, here are five things you should know about summer semesters at Southern Utah University:
1. Modalities
Summer semester has been structurally expanded to include more online and face-to-face courses. This gives students more opportunities to customize their degree to match their academic and career goals. Depending on where a student is in their degree, they can complete a full course load online, face-to-face, or do a mixture of both.
2. Instruction
At other universities, the summer semesters might be a few weeks shorter than the fall and spring semesters. At SUU, instructional days in the summer semester match that of spring semester and exceed that of fall semester. There is also no finals week during the summer semester. Any final exams or presentations are built into the instructional calendar.
3. Student Life
Because of the Bachelor’s Degree in Three initiative, SUU’s campus has expanded it’s summer events and activities to mirror the campus experience during the fall and spring semesters. Not only does Student Programming Board work to create events and activities during the summer semester, but Cedar City also offers many larger events.
4. Class Size
SUU already has small class sizes year-round, but during the summer class sizes are even smaller. This means more individualized instruction from professors, more housing options on and off-campus, and shorter lines at Chick-Fil-A.
5. Offerings
Currently about half of the courses in SUU’s degree programs are available in the summer. This includes a mix of upper and lower-division courses along with the full General Education course offerings. More upper-division courses will be added to the summer semester catalog in the coming years.
Learn more about how SUU’s three year bachelor’s degree program helps students save time, and money while preparing them to start their career early.
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