By: Melissa Boyd (Whetstone staff)

Carly Brown’s only been at Wesley for a year, but she’s already taking sophomore classes. After she’s finished her summer courses, she’ll be a junior.

“I want to graduate in three years,” she said. “I’m taking summer courses and Wesley’s summer courses are cheaper than in the fall or spring.”

For a three-credit course in the fall or spring it costs $5,049, including Carpenter housing and a meal plan. For that same course this summer, it costs $1,830 because housing in Carpenter is free.

Summer classes cost $220 per credit while fall and spring credits cost $912 a credit. The meal plan for the summer will be $192 per week.

Dr. Jeffrey Gibson and Dr. Jack Barnhardt spearheaded the initiative to offer more courses for Wesley students this summer, a total of 38 courses on-campus or online, with terms of 3, 6 or 12 weeks.

“We needed to improve the visibility and to increase the offerings across a broader range,” Gibson said.

He said that, in the past, the courses for the summer have been determined by the faculty.

“If there’s a faculty member who wants to teach courses, then they can,” he said.

Barnhardt said the goal now is based on student needs.

“It’s more deliberate to see what courses students need,” he said. “We’re trying to avoid and reduce the courses that have two or three students who sign up but there aren’t enough students to run the course.”

Gibson said graduation time is also on their minds.

“It also helps with the increased amount of students who want to graduate early,” he said. “We want to change the culture of the college, but make it so students can plan for the fall, spring and summer.”

Brown said she’s taking mostly online classes this summer.

“It’s less time consuming and you can work on your own time,” she said. “However, they are harder because you don’t have a teacher constantly reminding you to do the work by deadlines. I’m organized, so I think I’ll be okay with the online courses though.”

Some of the courses running are based on full fall classes. The list of courses for summer might still be growing.

“I’ve emailed students who have overfilled one of my fall courses to see who might be interested in taking it as a summer course instead,” Barnhardt said.

There are more than 300 students enrolled in online and on-campus classes, including the Dover campus, New Castle campus, and Dover Air Force Base campus.

Some students may be eligible for financial aid when taking at least two summer courses.

“I’m definitely taking one class,” said sophomore Gracie Daniels. “If I can get financial aid, I will probably take more. I want to get my electives out of the way so that I can focus on my education classes.”

Daniels lives two hours away and said she prefers to stay at home for the summer.

“All of the classes I’d want are online, so I can still stay at home, which I like,” she said.

 

 

Chart for a 6-week course

 

Tuition Total costs: tuition, living in Carpenter Hall, and meal plan
Fall/Spring $912/credit $5,049
Summer $220/ credit $1,830

 

 

WESLEY’S SUMMER ADVANTAGE

 

SUMMER A – 3 Week (May 6 – May 24)

Course Title Days Time
AM 355/455 Feminism in Film MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm
*BI 113 CSI: Wesley MTWR 8:00 – 11:30am
*EN 415L Gothic Lit & Film MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm
*HI 255/355 Feminism in Film MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm
*KN 101A Wellness Lifestyles MTWR 9:00 – 11:30am
NR 332 Perioperative Clinic. MTWRF 8:00 – 4:00pm
PY 300U Psy of Death & Dying MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm
*RE 299E Religion in Film & Lit MTWRF 9:00 – 11:50am
CM470J Adv. Human Communication MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm

 

SUMMER B – 3 Week (May 27 – June 14)

Course Title Days Time
*AM 300T/EN 415T Hollywood/American Outlaw MTWR 9:00 – 12:30pm
*PH 100 Intro to Philosophy MTWRF 10:00 – 12:50pm

 

SUMMER A – 6 Week (May 6 – June 14)

Course Title Days Time
*BI 215 Anatomy & Physiology II MW 5:30 – 11:00pm
BI 310 Microbiology MTWR 8:30 – 12:00pm
*CM 101 Public Speaking TR 5:30 – 8:00pm
*CH 130 Chem. For Allied Health MW 9-11:30am; 1-3:30pm
*EN 100 College Writing TWR 10:00 – 12:20pm
*EN 101 Lit for Comp TWR 1:00 – 3:20pm
*MA 108 Math Concepts & Ops MTWR 5:15 – 7:00pm
*SO 100 Intro to Sociology TR 9:00 – 12:30pm

 

SUMMER B – 6 Week (June 17 – July 26)

Course Title Days Time
*BI 210 Anatomy & Physiology I MW 5:30 – 11:00pm
*CM 101 Public Speaking TR 5:30 – 8:00pm
*RE 200 Religion in America TR 9:00 – 12:30pm

 

SUMMER 9 Week (May 6 – July 5)

Course Title Days Time
AC 202 Principles of Accounting I T 5:30 – 9:30pm
*MA 111 Precalculus I TR 9:00 – 11:20am

 

SUMMER 12 Week (May 6 – July 26)

Course Title Days Time
*CH 100 Introductory Chemistry MW 6:00 – 9:00pm
KN 405A Kinesiology Internship

* Core Courses

 

Check MyWesley/JICS for a full list of summer course offerings.  In Course Search, just select “2012-2013 Summer Term” from the Term menu.

Tuition:  $220/cr. plus a $20 registration fee (fee is non-refundable).

Free Housing from May 6 – June 14, 2013 (meal plan required: $192 per week).

 

Refund Information: Dropped before start of class – 100% refund; Withdrawal after 1st class – 75% refund; Withdrawal after 2nd class – 50% refund; Withdrawal after 3rd class – 25% refund; Withdrawal after 4th class – 0% refund

WESLEY’S SUMMER ADVANTAGE

Online Courses!

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SUMMER A – 6 Week (May 6 – June 14)

Course Title
*EN 320 Adolescent Literature
 KN 205 Personal & Community Health
 KN/SE 301 Education for Safe Living
*MA 201 Intro to Statistics
*MU 128 History of Rock
 NR 300F Transcultural Nursing Care
*PY 100 Intro to Psychology
*SP 100A Beginning Spanish I

 

SUMMER B – 6 Week (June 17 – July 26)

Course Title
*EN 207 American Literature: Col. – 1865
*EN 209 World Literature: Ancient World – 1750
*SO 100 Intro to Sociology

 

SUMMER 12 Week (May 6 – July 26)

Course Title
KN 402A Research in Practice

 

* Core Courses

 

Check MyWesley/JICS for a full list of summer course offerings.  In Course Search, just select “2012-2013 Summer Term” from the Term menu.

 

 

Tuition:  $285/cr. plus a $20 registration fee (fee is non-refundable).

 

 

 

Refund Information for online courses: Dropped before start of class – 100% refund; Withdrawal after 1st day – 75% refund; Withdrawal after 2nd day – 50% refund; Withdrawal after 3rd day – 25% refund; Withdrawal after 4th day – 0% refund