Get Ready For Summer!

The Office of Continuing Education offers credit and non-credit courses and programs for individuals seeking to meet their educational goals on a part-time basis. University courses and programs are designed and offered in a variety of flexible formats, including online courses, to accommodate students seeking to balance work, family, and other responsibilities. The Summer Session 2013 Schedule is now available on this website. Click on "Courses" in the navigation bar, and go to the link for "course specific information."

What types of courses/programs are available?

The University of New England offers courses in a variety of disciplines. Some of these courses are introductory and give individuals the opportunity to explore a program of study or discipline before making a commitment to apply for admission. If you are working toward teacher certification, exploring a career change, or simply pursuing an area of interest, we will be happy to help you find the courses you need.

What are summer Early College programs?

Every summer, UNE offers high school juniors and seniors across the country the opportunity to earn 3 college credits in 2 or 3 weeks by studying a field that interests them. Early College students may live in a dorm or commute from home during their course of study. Each program includes exciting academic and recreational field trips. See UNE Early College Program Brochure.

Early College Coastal Marine Ecology students get an overview of the marine sciences and environmental studies, work in a state-of-the-art research facility, and study marine ecosystems in the lab and in the field. Early College Neuroscience students meet and learn from top UNE neuroscientists who open up their laboratories and provide lectures in this highly competitive program. Students study such topics as cellular anatomy and function, drug effects and pharmacology, animal behavior, and philosophical implications of neuroscience research. Early College Creative Writing students focus on writing poetry, as they refine their poetic style and build a writing portfolio with UNE English faculty and guest writers. Summer 2012 visiting writers included Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair and Director of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Joshua Bodwell. Early College Pre-Law/Trial Advocacy students enroll into a unique pre-law program that introduces the American legal system through the study of case law and through the use of a mock trial. Students will take on roles of attorneys and witnesses and present their case in front of practicing attorneys.

What is a non-matriculated student?

Non-matriculated students take credit-bearing courses but have not applied for and been formally granted admission to a school or college at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Non-matriculated students may take courses for professional or personal development, to transfer credits to another university or college, or eventually to enter an undergraduate or graduate degree program. A student must be matriculated to receive a degree. A maximum of 12 credits earned while a non-matriculated student at the University of New England may be accepted toward a degree at the University.

University of New England
Continuing Education
52 Decary Hall
11 Hills Beach Rd
Biddeford, ME 04005
207-602-2050