University of Delaware - Special Sessions

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Please direct Special Sessions questions and suggestions to
Allan Fanjoy fanjoy@udel.edu
The University of Delaware has a two-semester academic calendar, but offers two "Special Sessions" each year as well. The Summer Sessions and the Winter Session are both optional terms - they are not required for the completion of any undergraduate degree. They do, however, offer an uncommon degree of flexibility for matriculated, visiting, and Continuing Education students to get the courses they want on the schedule they want. Most of the courses meet on the Newark campus, but there are a number of programs that involve travel abroad and within the U.S. as well.

Participation in the Summer and Winter Sessions neither requires nor implies admission to the University of Delaware. Anyone who wishes to take courses in these terms is most welcome to do so.

Winter Session is a 5-week term that is conducted between the Fall and Spring semesters. It begins two weeks after the end of Fall exams, and runs Jan.3 - Feb. 5 in 2011. Registration for Winter begins November 1. Complete information from last winter is online now. The Registration Booklet for the upcoming Winter will be available online and in printed form by the start of the Fall semester.

The Summer is comprised of two sessions. The First Session of Summer 2010 begins June 7 and the Second Session begins July 12. Most classes meet daily for 5-weeks. There are also a number of First Session classes that meet for 7 1/2-weeks. The typical schedule for those 7 1/2 week classes is to meet two evenings per week.

Complete details about summer courses and registration are online now, and are available in print at the Student Services Building, all College advisement offices, and Continuing Education sites throughout the state. Registration began April 5 and continues through the start of each class.