The Graduate Summer Session, six weeks in length, runs from early July to late August in recognition of the fact that a large proportion of our graduate students are teachers as well. The course offerings for the summer are announced in advance, usually by the beginning of the spring semester.
Classes usually meet two days per week, either in the morning or in the evening.
Students taking summer courses must remember that they will be expected to fit a relatively large amount of work into a relatively short period of time. Tutorial work and independent study are not offered in the summer session, and students should not expect members of the English Department to be available for work on theses during the summer, although counseling will be given by designated faculty during the summer session and the intersession in June.