Do Your Future a Favor and Hit The Books Instead of the Slopes This Winter Break

Winter Session Registration Underway at Rutgers University-Newark

Winter Session is a great opportunity to earn up to four credits in just a few short weeks.  By taking winter session courses every year you can accelerate degree completion, or lighten your course load for future semesters.

Both undergraduate and graduate courses, which are open to RU students, students at other colleges, and non-college students, will be offered through the Rutgers University-Newark Office of Summer & Winter Sessions.  Winter Session 2015 registration is underway  and continues through Dec. 22; classes meet Dec. 23 and Jan. 5-16th; no in-person course sessions are held from Dec. 24-Jan. 4th, but every course will have directed readings and online and/or web-enhanced coursework during the break. Make-up classes will be scheduled if there are any official campus closings; see calendar at http://winter.newark.rutgers.edu/registration-calendar/.

Complete information on registration, tuition and fees, and course offerings is available online at http://winter.newark.rutgers.edu/.

This year’s session will offer more than 40 undergraduate and several graduate courses in two dozen fields of study, ranging from anthropology to marketing to women’s and gender studies. A student can complete as many as four credits taking courses which meet five days a week.  Students enrolled at other colleges must confirm course transferability with their home institution. Per-credit tuition is the same as regular-semester Rutgers University-Newark undergraduate and graduate course rates.  Over 20 fully online courses are available, and many other courses are web-enhanced, utilizing the Blackboard Management System.

All students enrolled in Winter Session courses are entitled to use campus facilities such as its libraries, the Paul Robeson Campus Center and the Golden Dome Athletic Center.

Although Winter Session courses are accelerated, they are as rigorous as spring or fall courses, and Winter Session maintains the same high academic integrity as any other semester.  Moreover, the smaller class sizes offer students more one-on-one time with instructors, and closer interactions with classmates.

In past years, many non-Rutgers students have put their time during winter break to good academic use, including New Jersey residents attending out-of-state colleges such as Cornell University, the University of Delaware and the University of New Hampshire. Students from public and private colleges that are closer to home, such as Drew University and Montclair State University, also have participated.

About Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University-Newark is home to the Newark College of Arts and Sciences, University College, the Graduate School-Newark, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, the School of Law-Newark, the School of Criminal Justice, the School of Public Affairs and Administration, and extensive research and outreach centers, including the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience. Approximately 12,000 students are currently enrolled in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered at the 38-acre downtown Newark campus.

Media contact: Carla Capizzi, capizzi@rutgers.edu