Get a jump start on the college experience by taking a Summer Bridge class. This online summer program bridges the gap between high school and college coursework, offering affordable, three-week courses to help eligible incoming freshmen prepare for success at WVU.
Dates: June 24 to July 12, 2024. Registration for the 2024 Summer Bridge Program is now closed.
Cost: $25 per credit hour
*There may be additional costs for course materials, see more information below.
Are you planning to enter your freshman year at WVU but want to get a sense of what college coursework will be like before you arrive on campus this Fall?
Are you interested in gaining the study skills and techniques to help you achieve your academic goals while you’re still enjoying the last few weeks of summer?
Do you want to learn more about the tutoring and coaching services available free of charge to help you succeed inside and outside of the classroom?
Eligible students received an invitation for Summer Bridge through their WVU email account. If you are interested in the program, please contact us at tyler.redding@mail.wvu.edu.
Upon completion of WVU’s Summer Bridge program, students will be able to:
All Summer Bridge courses run for three weeks from June 24 to July 12, 2024. The cost is $25 per credit hour. Summer Bridge courses count toward your graduation requirements, though depending on your major, not all courses offered may be a good fit for your field of study.
If you aren’t sure whether you should take a class or have additional questions, please reach out to Summer Bridge’s point of contact, the CLASS Advising Center at: tyler.redding@mail.wvu.edu, or consult your academic adviser during New Student Orientation.
To reduce costs and offer convenience for students, all Summer Bridge courses will be offered online. Students are not required to attend class at specific times, but there are high expectations that students will complete all required course work on time and interact with faculty regularly. Only one Summer Bridge course is meant to be taken over the summer before the Fall semester begins.
3 Credit Hours
Focuses on how individuals, communities and institutions located in regions across the world are responding to the challenges of social, economic and environmental change. Students study distinctive patterns of change in rural and urban areas as well as the response from institutions across scales from local to international levels. Students explore how individuals and organizations develop solutions to sustainability.
3 Credit Hours
Examines both the theoretical and practical implications of synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies on interpersonal relationships. Explores the social, cultural, and political effects of emerging mediated communication technologies within and across communication contexts.
3 Credit Hours
An examination of current moral problems. Topics include some of the following: abortion, euthanasia, sexism and sexual equality, preferential treatment, animal rights, sexual morality, pornography, economic justice, paternalism, punishment, and nuclear deterrence.
In addition to the assigned instructor, each course will have a student success coach who will work with students on time management, note-taking and study skills. Coaches assist students with the transition from high school to WVU by answering questions and providing information on campus resources. They can also arrange tutoring sessions, depending on the course, for students who request additional help.
WVU knows what students learn outside the classroom is just as important as what they learn during class. Project 168 formally recognizes the way students spend the 168 hours they have each week matters, and that after going to class (of course), eating and sleeping – they are leading, competing, serving and creating.
Students will receive credit for their co-curricular experiences and can leverage them as part of a successful future search for a job or internship or a grad school application. Students will learn new things about themselves and their community – and stretch their horizons, too. When students have completed the Project 168 curriculum, they will have a co-curricular transcript on official WVU transcript paper.
And as a Summer Bridge participant, students can get a head start on completing the curriculum with the projects and experiences they'll have, even before classes begin.
Instructors will reach out to registered students with instructions for purchasing any necessary textbooks and supplies. These costs are in addition to the $25 per credit hour fee. If students are unable to pay, please reach out to your instructor or Success Coach.
WVU Summer Bridge students are expected to pass all courses with a grade of C or better. Students are further expected to:
Registration for the 2024 Summer Bridge Program is now closed.
Please reach out to Summer Bridge’s point of contact, the CLASS Advising Center at: tyler.redding@mail.wvu.edu, or consult your academic adviser during New Student Orientation.
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