Summer Smorgasbord of Options for All Ages

"Condensed summer courses at Trinity Western University are the way to go. You focus on one or two courses and it is great for organizing your work schedule. Summer courses are a great way to alleviate stress from the regular fall and spring semesters and I'd definitely recommend them." Carmen B.

TWU summer courses let educators take courses to broaden their teaching skills. College students can pick up a course in their major. Business people can learn about leadership development. Pastors and lay leaders can delve into in-depth study. People can become trained to teach English in Canada and overseas. Whether you want to study for university credit or take a class for personal growth, there's a TWU summer course for you.

Depending on how much time you have, you can take a course that's only one week long or up to eight weeks long between the end of April and first week of September.

Summer sessions also help those who need to get prerequisites to programs beginning in the fall, such as anatomy and physiology.

Teachers who move to BC can fill any gaps in their BC teaching requirements by taking accelerated summer courses.

Summer courses are a way to accelerate your studies. Both professors and students appreciate the more intense nature of summer courses and the higher interactivity that results. Choose from over hundred summer courses.

Retreats are a special kind of course available only in the summer: Studies on Thomas Merton, for example. This retreat meets for one week at Westminster Abbey in Mission, BC in the guest house of the abbey.

Get away to 100 Mile House for a course on psychology and spirituality or study the Book of John. There is time for personal reflection, horseback riding, fishing, line-dancing, hiking and camp fires.

Try the camp experience for the last week of August and build friendships at Green Bay Bible Camp in Kelowna BC. There are six courses to choose from—everything from Photography to Religious Studies. This camp is on Lake Okanagan, so in your free time you can ski, wakeboard or tube behind one of Green Bay's Mastercraft competition boats.

Need a liberal arts core? Start on April 26—one night a week over six weeks.

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) is another option. Students can begin their certificate to teach ESL, by taking their first course two nights a week in May and June.

Your next life-changing experience could begin with Mission Possible. This one week course offers the opportunity live in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. You will learn about the sociological and theological motivations of faith-based social services and have extensive interactions with street people.

Guatemala is the site of an opportunity to spend a month in another culture. This experience includes a one-week home stay with a Guatemalan family and time helping at an orphanage. Or, choose from six other travel study experiences.

TWU has open registration during the summer, so it only takes five minutes on the phone to sign up. There are online and evening courses for those who are working through the summer.