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Students may also be able to devote more time to their classes if they take them during the summer or winter. If you pick up an extra class or two, rather than a full load like in a regular semester, it will be easier to focus on those fewer classes.Learning for all
Finally, these classes are open to everybody. One doesn’t have to be enrolled at UWW to take classes during the summer or winter term, and no transcripts or application fees are required.Things to watch out for
There are a few downsides to summer and winter courses. For the winterim term, students are only allowed to take three or fewer credits during the session. In special cases, a student may be allowed to overload; this requires an approval by the dean of the student’s major. Outside of the regular school year, there is no on-campus housing, so students must either live within walking distance of campus or commute. (This can especially be a problem during the winter term, due to the weather and cold temperatures.)Another thing to take into consideration is how fast these courses move. Although many will enjoy getting credits in such a short period of time, the swift pace of the class will require extra attention from the students. The 2009 winterim session had 12 days of class. However, a normal semester will have 16 weeks of class (for a class that meets three days per week during the normal school year, one winterim class period works out to be four regular class periods). This means that the classes have to move at a rapid pace, and students will have to work extra hard to keep up. Finally, although grades earned during the summer and winter terms can be used to help students’ academic standing, they are not taken into consideration for academic distinction or dean’s lists.
