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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summer Term’s here! Join in and win with #MyBadgerSummer
It’s time to relax, enjoy and make some progress on your academic goals this summer. Don’t forget to share your Summer Term experience at #MyBadgerSummer!
Summertime means Summer Term!
Summer is right around the corner! Search Summer Term courses and don’t miss the scholarship deadline.
Chancellor’s column features benefits of Summer Term
Read Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s comments about how UW-Madison Summer Term can help students stay on track for graduation and stay connected.
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.
Senior broadens his global horizons while working locally
Summer Term offers flexibility for UW-Madison senior Owen Trast to focus on a single course or get hands-on experience at work.
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.
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.
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.
Senior finishing strong with summer courses
Summer Term is a great way for students to complete their senior year, graduate on time and prepare for their next adventure.
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.
Set yourself up for Summer Term success with these support services
Offices and staff across campus can provide academic, health and financial support for summer students, whether you’re taking courses online or on campus.
Record number of students flocked to virtual Summer Term 2020
The pandemic didn’t stop Badgers from learning, connecting and moving closer to achieving their academic goals this summer during the first fully virtual Summer Term.…
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…
How students stayed connected this Summer Term
Among the many challenges of the summer has been how to safely interact amidst social distancing and shutdowns. Fortunately, Badgers are tenacious creatures, and Wisconsin…
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…
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…
Students use Summer Term to work on certificates
There’s nothing minor about a certificate from UW–Madison. In addition to your major, certificates help you stand out and get noticed by employers or graduate…
Free resources help you make the most of Summer Term
Wondering how to get the help you need as a Summer Term student in this extraordinary time? UW–Madison has you covered, offering an array of…
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…
Welcome to Summer Term! Get your virtual summer backgrounds
Summer Term 2020 is exclusively online. If you were hoping to join us on campus, this is probably not the way you imagined things would…
Chancellor recaps a successful Summer Term
Chancellor Rebecca Blank reflected on what made Summer Term 2019 great in her most recent Blank’s Slate blog. “Summer Term enrollments in 2019 were up…
Tips to succeed in online courses at UW–Madison
You’re used to living your life online, which might mean you jumped at the chance to take an online course during Summer Term. Good choice!…
Academic advising heats up for summer
Whoever coined the term “lazy days of summer” had clearly never met an academic advisor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Advisors work really hard…
Chancellor gives Summer Term a shout-out
Summer Term increases online courses, adds scholarships.