Online Community

During Summer Session, students enrolled in Summer Online and Pre-College Summer Language Institute will make strong connections as part of an amazing online community. Please see more information on Student Life on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

A Day in the Life of the Mind

Each of the courses offered in our Summer Session will be the beginning of a new intellectual adventure. Our faculty, staff, and student mentors cannot wait to meet you and welcome you to weeks of discovery, exploration, and engagement. Courses taught are so much more than a lecture each day. Our remotely taught online courses have a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous activities. Synchronous activities will feel much like the traditional classroom activities you are accustomed to, such as lectures, discussions, and collaborative projects, with the difference being that you will engage with your instructor(s) and fellow students online, via Zoom.

While synchronous activities are completed together as a class, asynchronous activities will involve things you might have done as homework, such as problem sets, taking notes on readings, writing papers, and group projects. They will also include activities that take advantage of online course delivery, such as contributing thoughts or ideas to discussion boards or class blogs, making videos, curating virtual exhibits, or performing simulated experiments on virtual subjects or materials.

Whatever it is you do from day to day, your instructor and TA will work to ensure that you remain engaged with the subject matter and with each other throughout the course.

Make an On-Campus Connection

Community starts at UChicago by sharing your voice and a common love of learning! Outside of class time, Summer Session students can request to connect with our Summer Session residential staff for informal mentoring. The staff includes UChicago students and recent alumni who can connect over Zoom or email to share their experiences, advice, support and resources.

We can't wait to meet you and share UChicago with you for a summer unlike any other! Start an application today!