School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions strives to present the broadest possible range of high-quality learning opportunities to Cornell's many constituencies, including high school and college students from around the world as well as individuals working worldwide in business, industry, government, and the professions. Among the school’s offerings are study trips across the globe with Cornell’s Adult University and CyberTower, which provides a Web-based portal to Cornell’s fine teaching and learning resources to audiences around the world. The School’s acclaimed Cornell University Summer College Program for High School Students draws record numbers of international students, most notably through the China-Cornell College Preparatory Program.
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Career Planning
Cornell University Summer Session
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
The Cornell University Summer Session and the Winter Session, which welcomes international students to the Ithaca campus and provides opportunities for local students to study and/or intern overseas. Among our recent off-campus course and program offerings are Tropical Field Ecology and Behavior in Kenya; Quechua Language Training in Bolivia; Creative Writing Workshop in Rome; and International Business Program and Internship in Hong Kong. Such programs enable students to enrich their understanding of a content area by living, studying, and, perhaps, interning in an environment well suited for their course of study.
Distance Learning
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Alumni,
Prospective International Student
Distance Learning, which transforms any place within reach of the Internet into a Cornell classroom. In our distance learning classes, students can earn credits and learn something new without ever setting foot on campus. These courses feature Web-based components and/or related materials. Students interact with their professor and other students by telephone or e-mail.
Courses
Cornell University Summer Session
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
The Cornell University Summer Session and the Winter Session, which welcomes international students to the Ithaca campus and provides opportunities for local students to study and/or intern overseas. Among our recent off-campus course and program offerings are Tropical Field Ecology and Behavior in Kenya; Quechua Language Training in Bolivia; Creative Writing Workshop in Rome; and International Business Program and Internship in Hong Kong. Such programs enable students to enrich their understanding of a content area by living, studying, and, perhaps, interning in an environment well suited for their course of study.
Cornell's Adult University (CAU)
Region:
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East
Audience:
Cornell Alumni
Cornell's Adult University (CAU), which, in addition to its on-campus summer programs, offers educational trips around the globe during the four seasons of the year. In this manner Cornellians and friends of the University not only deepen their knowledge and understanding of world cultures, but also serve as ambassadors for the University. Recent study-tour destinations have included Russia, India, East Asia, Tanzania, New Zealand, Peru, and the Galapagos.
The subject of numerous articles over the years, CAU is regularly highlighted in Arthur Frommer’s print and online travel guides.
CyberTower
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Faculty/Staff,
Cornell Alumni,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
CyberTower (CT), which provides a Web-based portal to Cornell’s fine teaching and learning resources at no cost to its participants. Available to audiences around the world, CT is an online program that gives alumni, prospective students, and others access to Cornell's best professors at any time and from virtually anywhere. CT currently features study rooms on topics from archaeology, history, and literature to nutrition, engineering, and paleontology. Each study room offers videostreamed lectures, links to specially selected Web sites, informative reading lists, and a place to chat with faculty members and fellow learners. CT also features monthly faculty forums on a wide variety of timely topics.
Distance Learning
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Alumni,
Prospective International Student
Distance Learning, which transforms any place within reach of the Internet into a Cornell classroom. In our distance learning classes, students can earn credits and learn something new without ever setting foot on campus. These courses feature Web-based components and/or related materials. Students interact with their professor and other students by telephone or e-mail.
English for International Students and Scholars
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
English for International Students and Scholars, which helps non-native speakers of English gain basic English-language skills with emphasis on proficiency in the spoken language. The course includes conversational activities, interactive presentations, and discussions to give practice in speaking, pronunciation, and listening skills. Reading and grammar activities are used to reinforce vocabulary and conversational skills. Field trips are scheduled to provide opportunities for discussion with native English speakers and insight into American culture and history.
Summer College Program for High School Students
Audience:
Prospective International Student
The School’s acclaimed Cornell University Summer College Program for High School Students, which invites talented high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to live and study on the Ithaca campus for up to six weeks and to take regular summer session classes for credit. In 2008, the program accepted a record 157 international students, including 50 in the revolutionary China-Cornell College Preparatory Program. It also enrolled 13 students from Doha, Qatar, who enrolled in science-related offerings in preparation for entering Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
Summer off-campus courses in Qatar
Region:
Middle East
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Faculty/Staff,
Prospective International Student
In partnership with the Weill Cornell Medical College—Qatar, the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions provides academic and administrative services to the pre-medical component of the program. In addition to assistance with curriculum planning and other matters, the School helps to recruit and appoint qualified faculty members to teach Cornell undergraduate courses in Doha. The School also registers undergraduate students for courses in Doha and for their summer studies in Ithaca.
Faculty
CyberTower
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Faculty/Staff,
Cornell Alumni,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
CyberTower (CT), which provides a Web-based portal to Cornell’s fine teaching and learning resources at no cost to its participants. Available to audiences around the world, CT is an online program that gives alumni, prospective students, and others access to Cornell's best professors at any time and from virtually anywhere. CT currently features study rooms on topics from archaeology, history, and literature to nutrition, engineering, and paleontology. Each study room offers videostreamed lectures, links to specially selected Web sites, informative reading lists, and a place to chat with faculty members and fellow learners. CT also features monthly faculty forums on a wide variety of timely topics.
Languages
Cornell University Summer Session
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
The Cornell University Summer Session and the Winter Session, which welcomes international students to the Ithaca campus and provides opportunities for local students to study and/or intern overseas. Among our recent off-campus course and program offerings are Tropical Field Ecology and Behavior in Kenya; Quechua Language Training in Bolivia; Creative Writing Workshop in Rome; and International Business Program and Internship in Hong Kong. Such programs enable students to enrich their understanding of a content area by living, studying, and, perhaps, interning in an environment well suited for their course of study.
English for International Students and Scholars
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
English for International Students and Scholars, which helps non-native speakers of English gain basic English-language skills with emphasis on proficiency in the spoken language. The course includes conversational activities, interactive presentations, and discussions to give practice in speaking, pronunciation, and listening skills. Reading and grammar activities are used to reinforce vocabulary and conversational skills. Field trips are scheduled to provide opportunities for discussion with native English speakers and insight into American culture and history.
Programs, Centers, and Institutes
Cornell University Summer Session
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
The Cornell University Summer Session and the Winter Session, which welcomes international students to the Ithaca campus and provides opportunities for local students to study and/or intern overseas. Among our recent off-campus course and program offerings are Tropical Field Ecology and Behavior in Kenya; Quechua Language Training in Bolivia; Creative Writing Workshop in Rome; and International Business Program and Internship in Hong Kong. Such programs enable students to enrich their understanding of a content area by living, studying, and, perhaps, interning in an environment well suited for their course of study.
Cornell's Adult University (CAU)
Region:
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East
Audience:
Cornell Alumni
Cornell's Adult University (CAU), which, in addition to its on-campus summer programs, offers educational trips around the globe during the four seasons of the year. In this manner Cornellians and friends of the University not only deepen their knowledge and understanding of world cultures, but also serve as ambassadors for the University. Recent study-tour destinations have included Russia, India, East Asia, Tanzania, New Zealand, Peru, and the Galapagos.
The subject of numerous articles over the years, CAU is regularly highlighted in Arthur Frommer’s print and online travel guides.
CyberTower
Audience:
Current Cornell Student,
Cornell Faculty/Staff,
Cornell Alumni,
International Visitors/Scholars,
Prospective International Student
CyberTower (CT), which provides a Web-based portal to Cornell’s fine teaching and learning resources at no cost to its participants. Available to audiences around the world, CT is an online program that gives alumni, prospective students, and others access to Cornell's best professors at any time and from virtually anywhere. CT currently features study rooms on topics from archaeology, history, and literature to nutrition, engineering, and paleontology. Each study room offers videostreamed lectures, links to specially selected Web sites, informative reading lists, and a place to chat with faculty members and fellow learners. CT also features monthly faculty forums on a wide variety of timely topics.
Summer College Program for High School Students
Audience:
Prospective International Student
The School’s acclaimed Cornell University Summer College Program for High School Students, which invites talented high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to live and study on the Ithaca campus for up to six weeks and to take regular summer session classes for credit. In 2008, the program accepted a record 157 international students, including 50 in the revolutionary China-Cornell College Preparatory Program. It also enrolled 13 students from Doha, Qatar, who enrolled in science-related offerings in preparation for entering Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
Study Abroad
Cornell's Adult University (CAU)
Region:
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East
Audience:
Cornell Alumni
Cornell's Adult University (CAU), which, in addition to its on-campus summer programs, offers educational trips around the globe during the four seasons of the year. In this manner Cornellians and friends of the University not only deepen their knowledge and understanding of world cultures, but also serve as ambassadors for the University. Recent study-tour destinations have included Russia, India, East Asia, Tanzania, New Zealand, Peru, and the Galapagos.
The subject of numerous articles over the years, CAU is regularly highlighted in Arthur Frommer’s print and online travel guides.
