• Courses are currently scheduled as normal — either face-to-face or online/hybrid.
• Experiential education programs (internships, co-ops, clinicals, etc.) may continue. Contact the head of the appropriate academic unit for details.

• Catch up, stay on track, or get ahead to ensure timely graduation.
• Fulfill your General Education requirements when sections have more available seats at convenient times.
• Two start dates let you take classes AND enjoy summer.
• Online delivery provides flexibility for work and other commitments.
• Take classes for an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, professional development, or personal enrichment.
• Taking just one or two classes allows you to focus on better grades and boosting your GPA.

• Earn credits to transfer back to your institution as a guest student at GVSU.
• Get a class or two out of the way and finish earlier at your institution.
• GVSU offers a large selection of summer courses in a variety of disciplines. 
• Transferring credits back to your institution is easy.
• Our convenient online formats make it easy to fit classes into your summer schedule.

Class schedules are available at www.gvsu.edu/schedule. Current GVSU students will receive an email with their specific registration date. 

The registration calendar is available here.

To be considered a full-time student you need to be enrolled in at least 12 credits (nine credits for graduate/doctoral students). However, to be eligible to receive financial aid, students typically only need to be enrolled half time (six credits for undergraduate students and 4.5 credits for graduate/doctoral students). Visit the Spring/Summer Financial Aid website for additional information.

Financial aid is available for the spring/summer semester. To be considered, you must complete a brief application form which will be available in early February. More information is available on the Financial Aid website.

Six-week courses cover the same amount of material as a normal 15-week semester, just in a shorter number of days. You will spend more hours per week in class than during a regular semester as well. It is recommended that you consult with your faculty or academic advisor to determine which courses will work best for you in which time frame (regular, 12-week, or six-week semester). 

Although it appears that there are two summer semesters, we have one semester in which we allow a majority of classes to run according to three meeting times (12 weeks, first six weeks and second six weeks). For this reason, students must have an override since the situation is similar to registering for a course and its prerequisite in the same semester.

Credit for research or internships can be approved by your faculty advisor. The number of credits and necessary permits must be approved by the faculty advisor before you can register for a course. Policies vary by department so make sure you connect with your faculty advisor soon. Current students can find their advisor by using myPath in Banner.

Grades for first six-week courses will be official in Banner in late June. Grades are posted on a transcript at that time as well.

Students may request a transcript from the registrar’s office after spring/summer grades are official. Please see the academic calendar.

Degrees are awarded four time per year—at the end of the fall, winter, spring (first six weeks), and summer (second six weeks) terms.

Students who graduate in the summer are invited to participate in the winter (April) or fall (December) commencement ceremony since there is no commencement ceremony at the end of the spring/summer semester.

Be sure to review the information about graduation.

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