Summer Learning
Make St. Joe's Part of Your Summer
Warmer weather and a beautiful summer is just around the corner. And every Hawk deserves to take time to recharge and reset. But you have a unique opportunity. This summer is your chance to fit some additional coursework into your schedule to make life easier down the road. For those who are interested in advancing their degree, career or educational interests, Saint Joseph's University offers summer classes beginning in May and July to current Saint Joseph’s University's students, as well as visiting students.
Why Take Courses This Summer at Saint Joseph’s?
Our undergraduate summer courses provide courses, most of which are online, provide an opportunity to:
- Get some of your general education requirements out of the way, leaving more time to focus on classes in your major in the fall.
- Courses are offered online, so you can be at the beach or on vacation and still check in for class.
- You’ll leave more time in the future for experiential learning opportunities, including study abroad, co-ops and internships.
- Build your resume with new skills to help advance your career.
Saint Joseph’s University's small class sizes ensure you are enveloped in our Jesuit tradition of academic excellence, with expert faculty who are prepared to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
Choose from Hundreds of Summer Courses
Saint Joseph's University offers hundreds of summer courses that are mostly held online. Summer courses from art history to analytics to adolescent development are, offered at an affordable and competitive cost plus any additional science lab fees if applicable while visiting graduate student tuition varies.
Flexible Graduate Summer Courses
Academic offerings include master's degrees, professional and doctoral programs, MBAs and industry-specific certificates. Designed for convenience, our programs are delivered in online, on-campus, and hybrid formats, accommodating diverse schedules. Spanning business, health, education, arts and sciences, and data and technology, many programs are top-ranked, providing excellence and value. Our faculty are teacher-scholars with direct industry ties, committed to student mentorship and success
Schools and Colleges
Saint Joseph's five schools and colleges include an academic portfolio of more than 260 top-ranking programs in business, education, healthcare, arts and sciences and nursing.
As a graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, you will be ready to engage the world around you and work with a sense of purpose. Through a combination of rigorous academics, experiential learning and guidance from dedicated faculty, you’ll be prepared with the skills, knowledge and confidence for success in a complex, fast-changing world.
The School of Education and Human Development challenges students to embrace the Jesuit concept of cura personalis — care for the whole person — in their professions in the way that they serve students, patients, clients and communities. We believe that the work of education and behavioral health professionals is essential to individual and community advancement. Careers in these sectors are more than jobs — they are driven by passion and purpose.
The Haub School of Business is committed to helping our students thrive in a world where technology-driven mindsets and models will change the nature of business. With our top-ranked business programs, we’re preparing graduates for an era where data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital supply chains, just-in-time learning and other new realities will present unprecedented challenges and opportunities. This unique approach doesn't go unnoticed, either. The Haub School of Business was recently named to Princeton Review's Best Business Schools and was ranked as a Tier One business school by CEO Magazine.
Whatever your path, the School of Health Professions offers a wide range of opportunities to help you reach your goals. Our programs feature a rigorous, established curriculum paired with the Jesuit, liberal arts core, as well as accelerated models for undergraduate students who want to pursue advanced careers in occupational therapy, physical therapy, pharmacy and physician assistant studies. Our School is also home to the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America.
The School of Nursing and Allied Health at Saint Joseph's University offers a wide variety of bachelor's, master's, associate and certificate programs in specialized healthcare fields. You will benefit from a nursing school that has been a regional leader for over a century, with experienced faculty leading well-established coursework, simulation-based learning, and hands-on clinical experiences in Philadelphia, one of the nation’s healthcare hubs.
Saint Joseph's University nationally recognized centers and institutes are a hub of cross-disciplinary scholarship centered on community impact. From autism education to substance abuse disorder, bioethics to environmental stewardship, students and faculty bridge disciplines and enact real-world change through hands-on learning and research. Saint Joseph's students have the opportunity to combine classroom studies with exciting opportunities for hands-on learning led by experts in their fields.