Billing for Intersession courses follow the same billing schedule and timeframe as the semester in which it is housed. The costs for Intersession courses is per credit and above and beyond the standard semester tuition and fee charges. There are no fees.
During Summer and Intersession, the University of San Diego will offer courses in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Leadership and Education Sciences. Offerings include courses that fulfill General Education requirements or requirements for particular degree majors...
Future intersession classes are listed in the upcoming term. For example, intersession classes between fall and spring terms are listed under the spring term. Go to Browse Classes. Select a term in the dropdown menu and click the Continue button.
Offerings include courses that fulfill General Education requirements or requirements for particular degree majors and others that give interested learners the chance for educational enrichment.
Students typically only take one intersession course at a time. This is great when you’re taking a more challenging class because you don’t have to juggle it with a whole course load the way that you would during a typical semester. Summer and winter classes also mean smaller class size. This is perhaps the greatest aspect of the intersession. This means more one-on-one assistance from professors and TAs. More individualized learning in smaller lectures creates a great environment for learning, and for student-teacher bonding. Working hard and standing out in an intersession course is a great way to get to know your teacher on a more personal level. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone looking for a professor’s letter of recommendation.
Some of these courses, such as Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics may be major requirements that you definitely can’t avoid forever. I highly suggest taking one of these more difficult classes over a break if you can.
The material is super condensed, and oftentimes , professors have to omit some material they would typically cover during a normal semester in order to fit it into a few weeks. This is a major plus to consider for anyone who is looking to get a trivial gen-ed out of the way. Some classes that also utilize online homework modulus throughout the semester such as WebAssign and ALEKS, cannot assign as many problem sets each week.
As someone who has taken classes over both summer and winter breaks, I cannot recommend intersession courses highly enough! Sure there are some cons to taking these classes, like sacrificing part of your scheduled vacation time, and working extra hard to learn a whole semesters-worth of material in just a couple of weeks. Nevertheless, the pros FAR outweigh the cons when it comes to intersession courses.