Winter Intersession 2024

Classes Begin December 23

• Last Day to request to add courses: December 20, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
• Last Day to waitlist in a section: December 20, 2024
• Last Day to Drop: December 26, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. After December 26 students will be charged 100% for the course.
• The last day to withdrawal with a "W" will be January 3, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

Cost

Winter Intersession is a flat rate tuition for all students. Military and veteran tuition discounts do not apply.

Undergraduate Courses

• $451 -- 1 credit hour
• $902 -- 2 credit hours
• $1,353 -- 3 credit hours
• $1,804 -- 4 credit hours
• $2,255 -- 5 credit hours

• Billing will be attached to the fall term and generated at the beginning of October at time of registration.
• For information on payment methods, visit studentaccounts.wvu.edu/payment.
• Problems or questions can be directed to the Office of Student Accounts at (304) 293-1988 (option 1).

Registration

• Registration opens on October 1, 2024.
• To register, active students must submit the Winter Intersession Registration Request Form.
• If all eligibility criteria are met, students will be registered into the course(s) and emailed a confirmation to the student MIX email provided in the request form.
• If a student is waitlisted into a section, the student will be notified by the Office of the University Registrar’s automatic notification system if a seat becomes available. It will be the responsibility of the individual to finish the registration in the 24 hours window provided. If a student fails to register from the waitlist notification, the next student on the waitlist will be notified. If no other students are on the waitlist, the open seat will return to general registration through the request form.

Important Facts

• All Winter Intersession courses are asynchronous and fully online.
• Due to the rigor and intensity of courses offered and the accelerated format, a student cannot take more than 2 classes totaling 5 credit hours.
• Typically, students spend 20-40 hours per week completing coursework

Eligibility

• Current degree-seeking students at WVU.
• Dual Campus Students who are enrolled at one of WVU’s regional campuses.
• Non-Degree Students (students not currently attending a WVU-campus): Please email Marie.Pavlik@mail.wvu.edu for details on applying for admission as a non-degree/transient (visiting) student for Special Session Winter Intersession. Due to time constraints with processing applications for admissions, applications for admission will be accepted until December 18, 2024. 

The non-degree/visiting/transient student application for winter intersession is closed.

• International students are eligible for admission and enrollment in Winter Intersession. WVU cannot award visa sponsorship for non-degree international students.

The following populations and situations are not permitted:

• Students admitted to Spring 2025 are not permitted to change their term to Fall/Winter Intersession 2024 for enrollment. They must apply as a non-degree student for Winter Intersession 2024.
• Currently enrolled high school students are not eligible to apply as non-degree students for Winter Intersession.

Enrollment Restrictions

• Students who will exceed 20 credit hours with the addition of Winter Intersession course(s) will need their advisor to email WVUWinter@mail.wvu.edu with his/her support of the courses and credit hours requested, before the student will be able to be registered.
• Students who will exceed 21 credit hours with the addition of Winter Intersession course(s) will need to email his/her advisor to complete a course overload petition. The petition will need to be signed by the advisor only and emailed to WVUWinter@mail.wvu.edu.
• Students are not permitted to take more than 2 classes totaling no more than 5 credit hours during the Winter Intersession.
• Students from either the WVU Beckley or WVU Keyser campus must request approval to take courses from a regional campus by submitting the WVU System Visiting and Dual Campus form only. If all eligibility criteria are met, students will be registered into the course(s) and emailed a confirmation.
• No exceptions will be made after the registration or admission deadlines.