Returning undergraduates planning to enroll in Summer IV can breath a little easier because for the first time upper-level courses at UH will take a 50 percent price cut.
On May 15 the Board of Regents passed legislation to reduce by 50 percent of the state-mandated tuition and fee cost the price of 26 summer courses.
Derived from the Student Government Association’s five-point plan, proposed to the regents in January, the Six Weeks 2 Success Initiative will include a mixture of both core and upper level courses ranging from biology to literature classes.
"We hope this will encourage students to take courses in the summer and move closer toward graduation," said Ed Hugetz, associate vice president for Planning and University Outreach.
Though SGA initially proposed a two-for-one deal for all summer courses, SGA Senate President Sam Dike said the regents’ May meeting, in which the board also voted to increase tuition and fees by 5.9 percent, was still a success in terms of University quality enhancement.
"We ended up coming out with a lot more than an increase," Dike said.
Created as an extension of The Jump program, which was implemented in Summer 2006 to offer reduced summer rates for first-time incoming freshman, the Six Weeks 2 Success Initiative will give returning students a chance to choose from 15 3000- and 4000-level courses at a cheaper cost, including courses such as Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry II, Human Physiology and Communication Law and Ethics.
Last summer’s Jump program offered only 12 reduced-rate courses for incoming freshman, featuring eight English courses, two history courses and two political science courses.
For Six Weeks 2 Success Initiative courses, students will pay on average $397.19 per course, depending on college-specific tuition and fees variations.
Hugetz, who worked with college deans and professors to devise a list of courses that were both in demand and essential for students returning to UH, said the new summer initiative will allow between 800 and 1,000 returning students to attend summer classes at a reduced cost.
In Summer 2007, the Jump program only impacted about 460 students – 27 students per class with the exception of history and political science courses held in auditoriums that hold nearly 100 students per class. Only 230 freshmen enlisted in Summer 2006’s Jump program.
All classes will be in-class, professor-led courses unavailable through cable, video or online and held on campus with the exception of the three education courses -†Assessment of Young Children, Rdg Inst for Young Children and Org Env for Young Children – which will be held at UH-Sugarland.
As with any other Universitywide change, the summer initiative has a few kinks to be worked out, but Hugetz assures students all billing complications will eventually be resolved.
"We’ve been working to get the discount into the billing system, but the discount won’t be shown in your account until Monday" Hugetz said.
Summer IV courses begin July 7. The last day for students to add a class online is July 8.
SIX WEEKS 2 SUCCESS INITIATIVE The Six Weeks 2 Success Initiative will offer these 26 courses, a mixture of both core and upper-level classes, to continuing undergraduates at a 50 percent price reduction.
Bauer College of Business DISC 330027101Introduction to Computers ‘ MIS
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences COMM 430313966Communication Law and Ethics ECON 335516272Economic Development of Asia ENGL 332816888British Literature II ENGL 332828051British Literature II MUSI 130025279Fundamentals of Music POLS 336926724The Presidency POLS 334926735American Political Thought POLS 133526755World Politics PSYC 130025412Introduction to Psychology PSYC 330126615Introduction to Psychological Statistics PSYC 330126616Introduction to Psychological Statistics PSYC 235027672Child Development PSYC 235127673Psychology of Adolescence PSYC 235027675Child Development
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics BIOL 132011216General Biology BIOL 136211220Introduction to Biological Sciences BIOL 332411232 Human Physiology CHEM 333212566 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry II PHYS 130622482 Introductory Astronomy: Stellar and Galactic Systems GEOL 133017624Physical Geology
College of Technology TELS 334025070Organizational Leadership and Supervision
Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management HRMA 133727879Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
College of Education CUIN 431526765 Assessment of Young Children ELED 332227318 Reading Instruction for Young Children CUIN 431826766Organizing an Environment for Young Children
Source: Office of Planning and Special Projects
