For students at The University of Memphis who prefer to work or travel this summer rather than go to school, a quick check of the back of the summer schedule of classes may be of interest.
A list of video-assisted and online courses is available for students who don't feel like spending time in the classroom this summer.
However, for those who do, classes are also available at off-campus locations, including in Collierville, Millington and Whitehaven.
Dan Lattimore, U of M vice provost of Extended Programs, said the variety of alternate classroom sites offered during the summer is much smaller than during the regular school year.
"We have teaching sites in a variety of locations, but we don't do as much in the summer as in the normal school year," Lattimore said. "In the normal school year, we do maybe 10 to 15 different teaching sites all over West Tennessee. In the summer time, most of what we are doing is just key places in Shelby County, although we do have courses at Jackson State Community College and at Dyersburg Community College."
All courses cost the same as those that are taught during the fall and spring semesters -- $447 for a three-hour undergraduate course and $609 for a three-hour graduate course.
Monday marked the beginning of summer school registration, which extends until June 2.
The first session of summer classes begins June 4, ending July 5. The second session begins July 10 and runs until Aug. 9.
Lattimore said most of the summer courses are taught by regular, full-time professors.
"The qualifications for teaching during the summer are the same as for teaching anytime; there is no difference," Lattimore said. "During summer school, you probably have a higher percentage of sections of classes taught by regular professors than any other time."
To dispel the rumor of certain classes -- such as those dealing with foreign language -- being easier at off-campus locations and other schools, Lattimore said the reason for this maybe because of the way each is taught.
"The emphasis here is the immersion of the (foreign) language," Lattimore said. "You need to be able to understand it as well as speak it."
