SO YOU WANT TO TAKE A SUMMER COURSE!

Here's What to Do

Order a summer session catalog from a four-year accredited college or university you want to attend, or find the relevant material on the web. (Community colleges won't work.) We do NOT accept distance learning courses.

Find a course that is the equivalent of something offered at Princeton - i.e., no business school, journalism, communications, or basket-weaving courses. It has to be at least four weeks long, meet for a minimum of thirty hours, and have real assignments, papers, and/or exams. A lab science course has to have at least 30 hours of lab in addition to the class hours.

Stop by the college office for an approval form. (Or print out a copy of the form here.) Read the instructions very carefully. Use a separate form for each course, unless they are in sequence (e.g. CHM 201-202). Fill out Step One of the form. Be sure to check the appropriate spaces on the form concerning the purpose for which you are taking the course.

Take the form and the catalog or printout from the web to the Departmental Representative in the appropriate department (e.g. the math dep rep for a math course). He or she will decide whether the course can be approved. If the course is to be used as a requirement for another department, for a certificate, or for some other program or other purpose, make sure the form is also signed by representatives of those departments, departments or programs. BSE students must also get the approval of the Associate Dean of Engineering.

Bring the signed form, along with a xeroxed copy of the course description and hours and the summer session schedule stating the first and last day of class, back to the college office for final approval.

You will receive a signed copy of your application form to certify that the course has been pre-approved. Hold on to it.

After you have completed the course, have a transcript sent to Dean Claire Fowler, 408 West College, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.

Any questions? See your Dean or Director of Studies.