With only one week of finals left, students are ready for a break from classes.<br/>However, some students choose to take advantage of the courses offered during the summer at Baker.However, some students choose to take advantage of the courses offered during the summer at Baker.
However, some students choose to take advantage of the courses offered during the summer at Baker.
This summer, Baker will be offering 20 summer courses on campus, as well as 10 online classes, which is three more online classes than what were offered last summer.
As of Monday, there are more than 75 students enrolled in online classes, as well as 70 students in session one of the on-campus courses and more than 40 in session two courses.
University Registrar Ruth Miller said many students take summer classes to catch up or to get ahead.
Classes offered are determined by which professors choose to teach over the summer.
“Sometimes a professor might hear that there’s a need and then decide to teach a class,” Miller said.
Students taking summer courses through Baker take the classes for reasons. Some of the reasons rang efrom getting general education courses out of the way to students who are just trying to raise their GPAs.
Junior Gina Davidson is taking one class on campus, as well as two online courses through Baker.
One of the classes she plans to take couldn’t fit into her fall schedule and was required for her general education credit.
“I need them to graduate on time and I couldn’t find them anywhere cheaper,” Davidson said.
The summer courses taken at Baker affect the student’s GPA. So, if a student needs that extra boost, summer classes taken at Baker can help.
“Many students go other places, then transfer the credits, but transferring them doesn’t impact their Baker GPA,” Miller said.
Non-Kansas natives can still impact their GPAs as well, even if they will not be close to Baldwin City over the summer.
The online courses at Baker have the highest summer enrollment so far, and are popular among out-of-state students, as well as students who are studying abroad that may be playing catch up after a semester in a different country.
Sophomore Kelli Gamel is taking two classes online. She said taking the classes online made it easy because her family is moving to Louisiana.
“I want to graduate on time and I recently changed from Bachelor of Science to Bachelor of Arts, so I’m behind on gen-eds,” Gamel said.
Students can continue to enroll for summer courses until summer classes begin.
