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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some of the frequently asked questions for summer sessions, including duration of sessions, costs, enrollment, health care and more.
Enrolling for summer takes place during the same enrollment period for fall semester. You will be assigned a summer enrollment time in KSIS. In your KSIS Student Center, you can see the date and time of your enrollment availability, located on the right side of the page under “Enrollment Dates.” Click on the “details” link for specific information.
Visit the Summer course schedule. At the top of the page, click on “non-standard drop and refund dates” and scroll down to your course or enter the five digit class number in the search field. You can also view the drop dates in KSIS.
You need to apply for admission to K-State, either as a nondegree-seeking student (if you are planning on transferring your courses to another institution) or as a new or transfer student if you intend to remain at K-State to complete a degree. Please visit our Admissions website.
You can apply as a returning student (no application fee necessary) through the Admissions website. Once you are readmitted and term-activated for summer (you will receive an email from Admissions), you can enroll in KSIS. If you need to reset your EID password, call the IT Service Desk at 785-532-7722 or 800-865-6143.
If you have already applied for fall semester and wish to change your starting semester to summer, you will need to contact the Admissions office and ask that they change your start term to Summer.
Contact Lafene and let them know you would like to pay the Lafene Student Services Fee for summer in order to use their services.
The textbook icon link in KSIS provides full information about the textbook(s) for your class. You may purchase them online.
Summer has multiple sessions, from two different three-week intersession periods in May and August to a full eight-week session that lasts most of summer. Many students work or do an internship and take summer courses.
You would contact your college’s dean’s office. The dean’s office has advising resources available for you if your advisor is unavailable. View dean’s office contact information.
No. When you transfer a course to K-State, the GPA earned for that course does not affect your K-State GPA.
Full-time is defined as 12 hours for undergraduate students, 6 hours for graduate students and 9 hours for veterinary medicine students during the summer semester.
View information about tuition and costs.
Enrollment in summer classes is not required unless your initial entry document (I-20 or DS-2019) indicates you are to begin your program in a summer session or the summer session will be your last enrollment at K-State. If this is the case for you, please refer to the chart below to see the minimum enrollment requirements. If it is your final semester, it is possible to enroll in less than the full-time requirement as noted above, but you must have ISSS permission first.
Fully Course of Study |
Summer Semester |
Undergraduates |
Minimum of 9 credit hours |
Graduate students (with no assistantship) |
Minimum of 6 credit hours |
Graduate Students |
Minimum of 1 credit hour |
English Language Program |
Minimum of 18 credit hours |
NOTE: No more than the equivalent of one online/distance education class (or 3 credits per session) may count toward the "full course of study" requirement. If a student needs only one course to finish the program of study, it cannot be taken through online/distance education. There must be a physical presence requirement for a course in the final semester. |
If you are interested in applying for summer financial aid, the Office of Student Financial Assistance encourages you to review, complete and submit a Summer Financial Aid Application. This form is generally made available to students at the conclusion of the university’s regularly scheduled spring break. The application, together with your pre-enrollment in your summer courses, allows the Office of Student Financial Assistance to establish your eligibility for summer financial assistance.
You must be enrolled at least half-time in the summer semester to be eligible for financial aid. Half-time status is 6 hours for undergraduate students, 3 hours for graduate students, and 5 hours for veterinary medicine students. The amount of financial aid you will be eligible is dependent on how much financial aid you received during the previous fall and spring semesters.
A key requirement to receive any form of federal student assistance is that you have established eligibility by starting your course work at the time the Office of Student Financial Assistance authorizes any assistance to be disbursed on your behalf. As noted above, one eligibility requirement for a federal student loan is that a student must be at least halftime. Before a federal student loan can be authorized for disbursement, however, actual course work will need to have already begun in enough courses so that the student can be counted as halftime.
For example, an undergraduate student is enrolled in a 3-credit hour course that begins and ends in June and a 3-credit hour course that begins the first week of July and ends in early August. While the Office of Student Financial Assistance is allowed to offer a student loan premised on the fact that the student meets the halftime minimum loan requirement of 6 summer credit hours, the office is not allowed to authorize the disbursement of the loan until the student has begun course work in July on her/his second summer course.