Ep. 79 - What to know about Summer Session 2024!

In Episode 79 of the CSUSB Advising Podcast, Matt Markin chats with Senior Program Specialist from the College of Extended and Global Education and returning guest, Veronica Martinelli about all things summer! When do summer classes start? What is the fee structure? If financial aid available? Find out here!

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Transcript

Matt Markin  
Hey Yoties. Welcome back as always, to the CSUSB Advising Podcast. This is Matt Markin, an academic advisor here at CSUSB, and it's already time to start thinking about summer classes. So when do summer classes start? Why should you consider registering for summer. So here to talk about this and more is Senior Program Specialist from the College of Extended and global education and also returning podcast guest, Veronica Martinelli. Veronica, welcome back to the podcast.

Veronica Martinelli  
It's good to be back, and yes, can't believe summer is already here again.

Matt Markin  
So let's jump right in. When do summer classes start? 

Veronica Martinelli  
So, summer session, there's three sessions again as normal. The first session is June, 3 through July. 3. This full session is June 3 through August, 7, and then the second session is July, 9 through August, 7.

Matt Markin  
Plenty of opportunity for students, especially if they want to have a little bit of a summer break, they might be able to jump into one of those five week sessions. Are summer classes the same amount of units as classes that students take in the fall and spring semesters. 

Veronica Martinelli  
Yes, so summer classes are no different than your fall and spring classes. It's just a shorter time period.

Matt Markin  
And how many units can a student take in the summer?

Veronica Martinelli  
So a student can take 14 units, but they can't take more than seven units per the five week sessions. So if you take three in the or six in the first five weeks and three in the second five weeks, you can only take three in the 10 week session. So I know that doesn't add to 14, but you still, based on the way your units fall, if you do, they are, I guess, pro rated, you want to call it.

Matt Markin  
And I guess if anything you know 14, it's, to me, is a lot to take in summer, but as soon as really want to knock out some requirements, get ahead on graduation requirements, then summer is perfect to do that.

Veronica Martinelli  
Well, there is just talking about a lot of units there are, there is summer overload. So you can request through the registrar's office, I believe it's in your in the student center, the students can request a unit overload, and it's no different than the way they would request for fall and spring.

Matt Markin  
And I guess a question we get a lot from students that might be interested in summer is the question of financial aid. So can you tell us if there's financial aid available to students, and how student will know if they're eligible?

Veronica Martinelli  
So for financial aid, there is financial aid available, but I do want to say, please reach out to the financial aid office, because that's where we're going to send you. Because there's so many regulations that go along with financial aid that we won't give you that information, because we don't want to give you misinformation. But there we are having the Graduation Initiative grant this year, and it's for seniors who are graduating in summer. And I don't have a lot of details, it's supposed to be the same as last year, but I'm waiting from the university to have concrete ideas, but the way it was last year was 100% tuition only. Doesn't pay for your books, it doesn't pay for your mandatory fees, but it's 100% tuition only for seniors graduating in summer, and there is an application that they need to complete, and it is not up yet. It usually doesn't. It usually goes up the end of March, because registration begins April 8. So once I have that up, I will again. I don't have all of the information. I haven't received it. And so once it's up, just keep checking the website. You'll see it on the Financial Aid page. The other financial aid that's available is your State University grant, and then the other financial aid that you normally have through fall and spring. And just to be clear, we do not have the summer assistance grant. We have did not have it last year, and we won't have it this year, so that is not available. The only grant that is available that was similar to before is the Graduation Initiative Grant.

Matt Markin  
Well, if anything, at least, good news is there is financial aid that might be available for students. But yeah, just like you're saying, if a student is interested, then they can always reach out to the financial aid office and learn more about what they might be eligible for summer, and hopefully they get a lot of it covered. But yeah, I'd always think that summer is a great opportunity for students to knock out some of those classes or get caught up as well, not on some during the regular semesters, right? And, and, I guess, leading into that, we, you know, we talked a little about financially. How about cost, though? What is the cost of classes for summer?

Veronica Martinelli  
So the cost of classes are, it's going to be the same as last year, so zero to. Six units, and this is for undergrad. So zero to six units is going to be 1665, 6.1 and above, I have to look sorry, 2871 and then grad or credential is 1932 for six or zero to six graduate is 2082 for zero to six, and then credential is 3330 for 6.1 plus, and graduate is 3588 for 6.1 and above, there are mandatory campus fees for all three of those levels. And there are 276 42 also. There are out of our non resident fees. So it's for full unit. It's $396 so if you are out a non resident, you will have to pay that per unit on top of the tuition of 1665, or whichever one you're using.

Matt Markin  
Yeah, and I think that's good for students to know as well, especially if you know there's the price difference between zero and six and then over that. So if you're in six units already, and then you add a one unit lab that does take you to the next price bracket?

Veronica Martinelli  
Yes. So even if you're taking three units, you still will have to pay the 1665, whatever it is so.

Matt Markin  
So, if any, maybe get more bang for your buck and take the up to the six units. Maybe get two classes out of that and then pay the same amount. And so we talked about when classes start, but I guess when can students start to register for classes for summer?

Veronica Martinelli  
Students can start registering your enrollment appointments will begin April 8, and so make sure that you check your enrollment appointment. It's in your Student Center. It should have the day and time that you're able to register. And the sooner you register, the better, because you may run out of classes do feel quickly, but you also want to be packaged as soon as possible. If you're counting on financial aid to assist in paying the summer, if you wait too long, then you may not, you won't get packaged, and you won't know what you have available. You won't know if you'll be you know you may not want, not be able to pay that much, or you're counting on a certain amount of financial aid or something. And if you don't register early enough, you won't have that information for yourself. Also, the class schedule has been available since, I believe, February 23 so look at it. I think Matt, if I'm not wrong, they can put these in their cart right now. That is open. They can put classes in their cart, and just go hit enroll, right? 

Matt Markin  
So family, yeah, they can already get ahead and put those classes in their shopping cart. So hopefully they set their alarm, and then on their registration day and time, just go back in and then click the Finish Enrolling button. And then hopefully that saves a little bit of time to where the classes don't fill up, and then they can get the classes that they need. And a little plug for our office too, because you were mentioning the student center and where it has their enrollment date already for summer. Underneath that box is the advisor box. So if you have questions of, should I do summer? What classes should I take? And I get a plan together, you can reach out to your assigned academic advisor, or it'll list the advising office to go to for that extra bit of help. And I guess Veronica, if I'm a new student coming in for the fall 2024 semester, am I able to take summer classes? Or is there a department I can contact for more information?

Veronica Martinelli  
You will need to go through the admissions office, and they have what's called a early summer starter. There's another program that is similar to it, and I don't want to confuse them, but there's, it's early summer starter. It's a form on the Admissions website. I believe that we have it on there under registration, yes. So if you go on to our website, the summer website, you will find a button under the Registration tab, and it has the early summer starter information. It takes you right to the admissions website, how and you fill out that form, and admissions will work with you after that.

Matt Markin  
Sounds good. And last question is, if students have any further questions about summer? How can they reach out any contact information you want to provide?

Veronica Martinelli  
So there is a lot of information on the website, which is csusb.edu, forward slash summer. You can contact us at 909-537-3978, or reach us through email at summer@csusb.edu and just so the students know we do answer the phone, we do respond to email, the goal is to have an empty inbox before we leave for the day. And if you do. Call and we you don't leave a message, which is best that you do, but if you don't, we do look at the caller ID and we actually call you back. So we understand that you have a lot of questions, and we want to make sure that we give you the the proper, you know, customer service.

Matt Markin  
Awesome. Well, a lot of great information, as always, about summer. Yodes, I hope you definitely take advantage and take some summer classes. If you have any questions, definitely look at the Summer website or reach out to Veronica's office and also meet with us in advising as well, to meet with your academic advisor, Veronica, thank you so much for being on the podcast again.

Veronica Martinelli  
Thank you very much.