Fast Facts for Advisors of Visiting Students
Every year, UIC’s summer session welcomes undergraduate students who attend schools all over the country. If you are an advisor looking for information on UIC’s summer courses, we’re here to help.
A few facts about UIC’s summer session:
- Broad course selection: UIC’s summer session offers more than 300 courses in 60 different subject areas—including many hard-to-find upper division courses.
- Teaching excellence: Summer courses are taught by UIC’s excellent faculty—many summer courses are taught by award-winning faculty at the top of their academic fields.
- Scheduling flexibility: UIC offers two summer sessions—an intensive 4-week session that begins May 17, one week after the spring semester ends; and an 8-week session that begins June 14. Courses in either session are the equivalent of a full semester. Students can take one session or both—and earn up to 12 credit hours in just 12 weeks.
- Straightforward, expedited admission process: Visiting undergraduates apply online as Summer Session only students. Transcripts are not required and there is no application fee.
Here are some links to key information:
2010 Course Preview
Official Course Descriptions & Syllabi
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