All credit courses offered through Cornell SCE are regular Cornell courses, taught by the outstanding faculty members you'd expect from a top-tier university.

Whether you're registering for summer, winter, or fall/spring study, you'll gain access to instructors at the top of their fields.

"All of the faculty and staff were happy to help in any way they could. Everyone here truly wants you to succeed and will help as long as you ask for it. The professor and TAs challenged me and emphasized the importance of doing well. Everything was ideal."

Kaitlin Border

In addition, unlike many summer and winter sessions across the country, more than two-thirds of our summer and winter teaching staff are regular Cornell faculty members who teach year-round. Of those who make up our visiting faculty, many either received a PhD here or are former Cornell faculty members, ensuring that you'll have a true Cornell learning experience.

And because our Summer and Winter classes are often smaller than classes offered during the fall/spring, you'll gain a great opportunity to really get to know the faculty and work with them directly.

"I love the small class sizes, I was able to ask questions in class and I felt like I got to know my classmates and the professor really well."

Katherine Ard

Read about our faculty, courses & students

SCE News, June 4, 2024

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SCE News, April 26, 2024

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SCE News, April 18, 2024

New on the Summer Session roster this year is the online course GOVT 3796 Freedom taught by Dr. Ella...

SCE News, April 11, 2024

Before COVID forced Cornell’s academics online in 2020, Abby Drake, senior lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, had been working...

SCE News, March 1, 2024
Earth in the News is an online class focusing on Earth system science fundamentals through the lens of pressing environmental...
SCE News, December 5, 2023

When cult movies—films with a passionate fanbase and oft-quoted dialogue—are discussed in academic settings, works such as "The Rocky Horror...

by Shelley Preston,
SCE News, November 21, 2023

Since Cornell’s Winter Session debut in 1975, thousands of students have had an opportunity to get ahead in their studies,...

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SCE News, November 15, 2023

This Winter Session, students have a rare opportunity to visit "Planet Rap: Where Hip-Hop Came from and Where It's...

by Shelley Preston,
SCE News, November 8, 2023

Through Cornell’s Precollege Studies Programs, offered by the School of Continuing Education (SCE), high school students have an opportunity to...

by Shelley Preston,
Cornell SCE, June 10, 2023

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Cornell SCE, May 8, 2023

In this video, Dr. Christopher J. Miller from Cornell’s Department of Music talks about MUSIC 1343 offered June 20--July 1,...

by Shelley Preston,
Cornell Chronicle, March 6, 2023

Cornell's Summer and Winter Sessions are great times for students to learn American Sign Language outside the busy fall and...