Teaching Opportunities
The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions is committed to providing outstanding year-round educational opportunities for Cornell students, and welcomes faculty to assist us in this endeavor. Please consider proposing and teaching classes during the Winter Session, either on or off campus or via distance learning.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please send a description of the class to your chairperson or director in time for it to be reviewed and, if approved by your department, forwarded to us, preferably electronically, for consideration by the end of August at the latest.
Classes that have proven particularly successful in the past are those that:
- are regularly over-enrolled in the fall or spring.
- will not be offered the following year because of rotation or faculty leaves, or
- are outside the department that is requiring it for a major.
On-campus classes are scheduled to meet each weekday, and one or more Saturdays, for at least two and a half hours. Pre-session assignments are recommended.
Site-based/off-campus classes are designed to explore subjects, themes, or issues intrinsic to the place visited. Credit classes must be approved by the appropriate college educational policy committee and are distinguished from other Cornell classes only by virtue of being taught off campus. At least one Cornell faculty member must accompany the study group and present a full program of lectures and discussions central to the academic purpose of the class. Non-Cornell faculty members may contribute to the program.
We also invite proposals for distance learning classes and are happy to help you develop such offerings.
For on-campus information, please contact Ruby D. Brown, assistant director (click here to send e-mail, 607.255.6627) or, for site-based study, Special Programs director Mary Adie (click here to send e-mail, 607.255.7259).
Also, see the Faculty Handbook to get general idea of our policies and procedures (for Winter Session-specific policies, contact Charles Jermy, acting dean ).
Thank you.