About Us
The W&M DC Summer Session is a selection of courses held at the W&M Washington Office in Dupont Circle at the same time as the regular campus Summer Session (dates can be found here). Classes are held in the late afternoons and evenings to accommodate students working or interning during normal business hours. The DC Summer Session has no internship, residential, or alumni mentorship components - it's just classes.
For W&M students spending the summer in the Washington area, DC Summer Session is an excellent opportunity to take the same rigorous courses available on campus while exploring the many learning opportunities of the city. Many of the courses offered are popular GERs which may prove difficult to take during the regular school year.
Unlike courses at other Washington-area universities, our courses automatically count toward your W&M transcript, including GERs and major/minor requirements, and they cost the same as the regular campus Summer Session courses. These courses offer students an opportunity to take fun, interesting classes from a W&M professor teaching his/her academic specialty. Many of the professors leading DC Summer Session courses incorporate fieldwork, site visits, and guest speakers, using Washington's vibrant urban resources to build on readings and classroom discussion.
The DC Summer Session also has strong appeal for a number of non-W&M students.
Newly-admitted W&M undergraduates can get a head-start on earning college credit, meeting future classmates and professors, and acclimating to university classwork before facing their first full courseload in the fall.
Highly-motivated rising high-school juniors and seniors may challenge themselves with university-level coursework, potentially earning college credit and increasing their appeal to top-choice universities.
Visiting students from other four-year colleges and universities can earn transfer credit, taking advantage of public university tuition rates at one of the few state universities with courses in the DC area.
W&M alumni can connect with favorite former professors, taking courses they missed out on as undergraduates and enhancing transcripts for graduate school admission.
NVCC students may earn credit toward a W&M degree as part of a co-enrollment agreement. For more information, please contact the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.