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<div class="panel__container "> <div class="content-width__container fixed-sidebar-container"> <section class="primary-content" aria-label="primary-content" role="main"> <div class="panel panel--gray panel--gap-small panel--alert panel--ribbon" id="" > <div class="panel__container panel--ribbon__container"> <div class="alert__text"> <h2 class="headline-group "> <span class="head">Cornell students: Enroll by January 3</span> </h2> <div class="formatted-text">Winter Session enrollment is open until January 3, 2025, for Cornell students. Unfortunately, enrollment is now closed for visiting students. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="formatted-text"><h2>Earn up to four credits in just three weeks</h2><p>Cornell's Winter Session features online and off-campus courses taught by outstanding Cornell University faculty members. Enrollment is open to all—from undergrads and high school students to alumni and any interested adult.</p>  <p>Winter Session is ideal for students wishing to earn credits before the spring semester, catch up or get ahead in their studies, and really get to know their professors.</p> <p>In just three weeks you can fulfill a requirement, complete a minor or double major, take a course not offered during another semester, explore an academic field, and/or focus intensely on one subject, without distractions.</p> <p>You may choose from <a href="/courses/roster?key=&ses=winter&loc=online&dep=&cre=#roster">online courses</a> as well as domestic and international <a href="/courses/roster?key=&ses=winter&loc=off+campus+%2F+abroad&dep=&cre=#roster">off-campus courses</a>.</p> <p>Areas of study range from the arts and business to the sciences. <p><a class=arrow href="/courses/roster?ses=Winter">View Winter Session courses</a></p> <p><a class=arrow href="/courses/programs/online">Learn about online study</a></p> <p><a class=arrow href="/courses/programs/study-abroad">Read about study abroad</a></p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: Due to the limited number of instructional days for Winter Session 2025 (which happens to open on a Thursday this year), classes may meet on Saturday, January 4, and Saturday, January 11. Please confirm class dates on the class roster or your class syllabus. Final exams will be held on the last day of class, Friday, January 17, unless otherwise noted by the class instructor in the class syllabus. (Winter Session last ran this way in 2016.)</p> </div> </section> <section class="secondary-content" aria-label="secondary-content" role="navigation"> <div class="border-block border-block--thick-top border-block--drop-shadow "> <div id="vital-info" class="sticky-trigger" data-sticky-trigger="#sticky-panel" data-sticky-on="leave"> <div class="headline-group h3 h2"> <span class="head">Winter Session</span> </div> <ul class="icon-list"> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--calendar" /></svg></div><div><p>January 2–18, 2025<br> See the <a href="/courses/dates/winter">academic calendar</a></p></div><li> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--circle-checkmark" /></svg></div><div>Open admissions<br> See <a href="/courses/register" >registration</a></div><li> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--school" /></svg></div><div>Earn credits &<br> an official Cornell transcript</div><li> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--money" /></svg></div><div>$1,840/credit hour<br> See <a href="/courses/tuition" >tuition & aid</a></div><li> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--mail" /></svg></div><div><a href='/courses/about/contact'>Contact us</a></div><li> <li><div class="icon-wrapper"><svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--star" /></svg></div><div><a href="/courses/register/credit">Enrollment</a> begins October 15, 2024</div><li> </ul> <a href="/courses/roster?ses=Winter" role="button" class="button button--cta"><div class="button__content">View winter courses <svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--arrow-right" /></svg></div></a> </div> </div> <br> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel--gray panel--push-down" id="" > <div class="panel__container "> <div class="grid-row two-columns "> <div class="two-columns__column two-columns__left formatted-text"> <h2>Top 5 reasons to take a Winter Session course</h2><ul><li>Fulfill requirements and lighten your course load</li> <li>Possibly accelerate your degree</li> <li>Work closely with Cornell faculty<br></li> <li>Grow personally and professionally</li> <li>Immerse yourself in a subject</li> </ul> <p>And for a lighthearted look at Winter pastimes at Cornell, check out this Cornellians story, <a href="https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/cold-comforts-of-a-big-red-winter/">"The Cold Comforts of a Big Red Winter."</a></p> </div> <div class="two-columns__column two-columns__right panel__pop-out--top"> <div class="captioned-media "> <figure> <div class="image-reservation " style="padding-bottom: 110.76923076923%; background-color: #CCC;"><img src="/img/content/4363-highlight.jpg" alt="" class="" > </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel " id="" > <div class="panel__container "> <h2 class="headline-group "> <span class="head">Faculty</span> </h2>During Cornell鈥檚 Winter Session, you鈥檒l enjoy the same great education that鈥檚 offered during our fall and spring semesters and benefit from the opportunity to work closely with our distinguished instructors, many of whom are leaders in their fields. </div> </div> <div class="panel panel--narrow" id="" > <div class="panel__container "> <div class="collection__header text-center"> <h2 class="headline-group panel__title collection__title"> <span class="head">Student experiences</span> </h2> </div> <div class="grid-row two-columns "> <div class="two-columns__column two-columns__left "> <div class='card card--quote'> <div class='card__image'> <div class='image-wrapper'> <div class="image-reservation " style="padding-bottom: 66.739130434783%; background-color: #CCC;"><img src="/img/content/4363-quote-1.jpg" alt="" class="" > </div> </div> </div> <div class='card__body'> <div class='card__editorial quote__quote'><p>"My Winter Session program was fantastic. I have never taken an online course before, so my expectations were low, but I was completely blown away. I took the course because I desperately needed four credits, and I was so lucky to take a Winter Session class that provided those credits in a way that was engaging, fun, and interesting. I really learned a lot."</p></div> <div class='card__footer quote_source'> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="two-columns__column two-columns__right "> <div class='card card--quote'> <div class='card__image'> <div class='image-wrapper'> <div class="image-reservation " style="padding-bottom: 66.739130434783%; background-color: #CCC;"><img src="/img/content/4363-quote-2.jpg" alt="" class="" > </div> </div> </div> <div class='card__body'> <div class='card__editorial quote__quote'>"I loved my Winter Session course. It helped me decide that I want to pursue health economics as a profession in the future and that I want to go into health care consulting." </div> <div class='card__footer quote_source'> <div class="quote__name">Kndeya Gebrewahed</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel--sticky panel--sticky-bottom panel--cta" id="sticky-panel" > <div class="panel__container "> <div class="panel__content call-to-action"> <div class="call-to-action__button"> <a href="/courses/roster?ses=Winter" role="button" class="button button--cta"><div class="button__content">View winter courses <svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--arrow-right" /></svg></div></a> </div> <div class="call-to-action__text"><p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <div class="footer-prefix"> </div> <div class="logo-row"> <div class="logo-row__container"> <div class="logo-wrapper"> <img src="/img/logos/CornellSCE4.svg" alt="Cornell University School of Continuing Education"> </div> <div class="logo-row__nav"><a href="/sce/about" class="arrow">About SCE</a><a href="/sce/support" class="arrow">Give to SCE</a><a href="/courses/about/contact" class="arrow">Contact us</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="site-footer__bar"> <div class="site-footer__bar__container"> <ul> <li><a href="/sce/policy">SCE Policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://privacy.cornell.edu/privacy-cornell/university-privacy-statement">Privacy Notice</a></li> <li><a href="/sce/policy/copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/sce/policy/land">Land Acknowledgment</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href='/sce/about/web-contact'>Website assistance</a></li> <li><a href='#' class='back-to-top' id='back-to-top'>Back to Top <svg class="icon" role="presentation" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMin meet"><use xlink:href="/img/sprites/standard_icons.svg#design--arrow-up-end" /></svg></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="/lib/js/main.js" defer></script> <script src="/lib/js/addon.js" defer></script> <script async src="https://siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6120104.js"></script> </body> </html>