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Graphic with the words Top 10 Summer Term 2024 Courses over turquoise blue background with Memorial Union Chair pattern. Top 10 Summer Term courses, from chemistry to retailing

Discover UW–Madison’s top 10 Summer Term courses for 2024, spanning in-person and online courses across five schools and colleges. Did your course make the cut?

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Two women students in a chemistry lab wearing goggles and working with lab equipment Conquering chemistry in the summer

Hear first-hand from Summer Term students about what it’s like to take a chemistry course during the summer — and some tips for success in chemistry courses.

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sailboats peacefully floating on Lake Mendota What’s your #MyBadgerSummer story?

Welcome to Summer Term 2024! Get ready to be inspired by these Summer Term students and design your own summer that includes a Badger experience and meeting academic goals.

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Summer Term students studying on the terrace from the 1970s Get ahead with Summer Term, a campus tradition

Celebrate nearly 140 years of summer sessions by being part of this longstanding campus tradition and enrolling now for Summer Term 2024.

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graphic images that says Top 10 Summer Term 2023 Courses Count down the top 10 courses for Summer Term 2023

Each year we count down the top 10 Summer Term courses, by enrollment. See if this year’s list surprises you!

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Person holding virtual reality glasses Tech courses take top spots with students

Each year we countdown the top 10 courses undergraduate students take during Summer Term. Check out these two top high tech courses that have students studying video games and virtual reality.

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Student sitting at front of boat with bridge and big body if water behind them Peek into the lives of 4 Summer Term students

4 students share their Summer Term plans including study abroad, internships, part-time jobs and more!

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dIfferent kinds of chocolate and cocoa sitting on a table, decoratively placed Sweet new course shares ‘chocolate experience’

Check out this new course for Summer Term 2023 that gives students a multidisciplinary look at chocolate and how it gets from bean to bar.

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Union Terrace landscape at sunset Share your Summer Term story with #MyBadgerSummer

Welcome to UW–Madison Summer Term 2023! Let us know how you’re using Summer Term with #MyBadgerSummer on your social media channels.

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Among the thousand-plus Summer Term offerings, from online courses to research opportunities, which have the highest enrollment? Here’s the top 10 for 2022.

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Isa Hernandez-White UW–Madison Student’s summer internship empowers Madison youth

Rising junior Isa Hernandez-White is making the most of her summer with an internship at the City of Madison and a job at the Morgridge Center for Public Service, bridging her interests in counseling psychology and community organizations.

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Black & white engraving style illustration of spooky female vampire displaying fangs Popular course takes a bite out of vampire lore

We lift the (coffin) lid for a look at one frightfully favorite summer course: LITTRANS 329 The Vampire in Literature and Film. Garlic and wood stakes are optional.

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Student Sharifa Brevert standing in a field, doing research for a class CALS students learn programming from National Science Foundation data project

This biological systems engineering course through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences gives students a solid foundation in the principles of computer programming and data science — using real data from northern Wisconsin.

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Asian person leaning back and on his toes, doing a dance move New course explores Chinese hip hop

Brendan Dowling’s in-person Summer Term course brings in guest speakers from around the world and challenges students to use critical thinking skills to analyze Chinese hip hop.

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Design the summer that's right for you, enrollment for summer term is open Summertime means Summer Term!

Summer is right around the corner! Search Summer Term courses and don’t miss the scholarship deadline.

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graphic of sunbeams with Top 10 Summer Term courses 2021 Count down the top 10 courses

Congrats, Badgers, on meeting your goals in Summer Term 2021. Check out the top 10 courses this summer, by enrollment.

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headshot of Sindhu Shankar Organic chem online helps lighten fall course load

Many students, like junior Sindhu Shankar, take challenging courses during Summer Term to help lighten their load for fall semester.

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Empty red seats in a theater The show must go on(line) for this summer theater course

Shakespeare wrote that “all the world’s a stage,” but what happens when your world is a pandemic living room and your stage is a computer monitor? A theater instructor shares her experience.

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students and professor standing outside around an outdoor kiln Students recreate ancient artifacts in summer anthropology course

Anthropology 352: Ancient Technology and Invention is a Summer Term course that explores the impact of key prehistoric and preindustrial inventions on the course of human evolution.

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Sarah Candee holding a blue ribbon in her equestriam clothing Summer Term helps Badger athlete find balance

Through UW-Madison Summer Term, Senior Badger athlete Sarah Candee juggles travel, sport and school with grace and enthusiasm.

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man reading news on his cell phone sitting at a desk Summer journalism course examines role of media in multicultural society

Journalism 162: Mass Media in Multicultural America examines the cultural history of racial and ethnic minorities and explores the way groups are portrayed in the media.

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Words Welcome to Summer Term with sunburst background See what summer has in store

Summer is here, and we’re seeing hopeful signs of a return to some of our favorite seasonal activities: long summer days for hiking Picnic Point,…

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graphic with sunburst that says Top 10 Summer Term 2020 courses Count down the top Summer Term courses

Hard to believe, but Summer Term 2020 is almost in the books. It was an unprecedented summer, but about 10,900 students chose from nearly 560…

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close-up photo of colorful jelly beans Online lab instructors teach food science and kinesiology with candy and games

If you think hands-on learning isn’t possible in an online course, think again. Over the past few years, UW–Madison instructors have developed engaging lab-based courses…

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Cindy Kuhrasch with a Badger red jacket and a big smile From children to adults, Summer Term instructor inspires learning through movement

Cindy Kuhrasch believes that movement is simply a means of learning. And with the pandemic putting a pause on organized activity, the head of UW–Madison’s…

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photo of Bryanna Plaisir smiling next to a graphic image of a sunburst and the words Summer Term Pursue your Passions Acting and algebra: UW student pursues dual passions through summer courses

The thought of majoring in both theater and math could intimidate any student. Trying to graduate on time while pursuing those distinct passions might feel…

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Incoming freshmen earn credit early and build community with Wisconsin Experience Summer Launch

Starting college is a nerve-wracking experience for almost every first-year student. In fairly short order, freshmen must learn how to navigate a new environment, study…

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campers at Easter Seals respite camp in a swimming pool with nursing student, all smiling New nursing immersion program offers students meaningful, hands-on experience at respite camp

Katie Dowdy spent part of her UW–Madison Summer Term at summer camp. But it wasn’t all s’mores and swimming. As a student in a summer…

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flags blowing above old buildings UW Study Abroad Summer Launch lets student start travel adventures early

By the time Matthew Olson sets foot on Bascom Hill for the first time as a freshman, he will have been taking a UW–Madison class…

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