Summer GPACs
Stay tuned for Summer 2025 registration details.
Many courses offered during the summer sessions fulfill single or multiple General Education Curriculum (GPAC) requirements.
To search for courses that fulfill a specific GPAC requirement, enter the appropriate course attribute code in the GW Registrar's Course Search.
| Course Attribute Code | GPAC Requirement |
| CAA | Critical Thinking in Arts |
| CAH | Critical Thinking in Humanities |
| CAMS | Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics |
| CASS | Quantitative Reasoning in Social Sciences |
| CCOM | Oral Communication |
| CGCC | Global/Cross-Cultural |
| CLCE | Local/Civic Engagement |
| CSCI | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab |
Multiple GPAC Summer Courses
Several summer courses enable students to complete at least two General Education Curriculum (GPAC) requirements with a single course. If you have questions about using a particular course to fulfill a GPAC requirement, please contact your CCAS Academic Advisor.
| Subject | Course | Course Title | GPAC 1 | GPAC 2 | GPAC 3 | GPAC 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMST | 2610 | Science, Technology, & Politics | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| AMST | 2020W | Washington, DC: History, Culture, and Politics | Humanities | Local/Civic Engagement | WID | |
| ANTH | 1001 | Biological Anthropology | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| ANTH | 1002 | Sociocultural Anthropology | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| ANTH | 1004 | Language in Culture & Society | Social Science | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| BISC | 1334 | Bird Behavior | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| CHEM | 1111 | General Chemistry I | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| CHEM | 1112 | General Chemistry II | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| CHIN | 3163 | Taiwanese Literature and Film | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| CMUS | 1104 | Topics in Music | Arts | |||
| CMUS | 2110 | Hip Hop History and Culture | Arts | Global/Cross- Cultural | ||
| COMM | 1040 | Public Communication | Social Science | Oral Communication | ||
| COMM | 1041 | Interpersonal Communication | Social Science | Oral Communication | ||
| CSA | 1601 | New Media Digital Art | Arts | |||
| ECON | 1011 | Principles of Economics I | Social Science | |||
| ECON | 1012 | Principles of Economics II | Social Science | |||
| ENGL | 1210 | Intro to Creative Writing | Arts | |||
| ENGL | 1315 | Literature and the Financial Imagination | Humanities | |||
| ENGL | 2411W | Intro to English Literature II | Humanities | WID | ||
| ENGL | 2511W | Intro to American Literature II | Humanities | WID | ||
| FREN | 2005 | Language, Culture & Society I | Oral Communication | |||
| FREN | 2006 | Language, Culture & Society II | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| GEOG | 1001 | Intro to Human Geography | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| GEOG | 1003 | Society and Environment | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| GEOG | 3143W | Urban Sustainability | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | WID | |
| GEOL | 1001 | Physical Geology | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| GEOL | 1002 | Historical Geology | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| HIST | 1011 | World History, 1500-Present | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| HIST | 1310 | American History to 1877 | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| HIST | 1311 | American History since 1877 | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| HIST | 2610 | Science, Technology & Politics | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| HIST | 2020W | Washington, DC: History, Culture, and Politics | Humanities | Local/Civil Engage | WID | |
| MATH | 1007 | Mathematics and Politics | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1008 | History of Mathematics | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1051 | Finite Math - Social & Mgt Sci | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1221 | Calculus with Precalculus II | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1231 | Single-Variable Calculus I | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1232 | Single-Variable Calculus II | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 1252 | Calculus - Social & Mgt Sciences | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| MATH | 2233 | Multivariable Calculus | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| PHIL | 1051 | Introduction to Philosophy | Humanities | |||
| PHIL | 2140 | Love, Sex, and Friendship | Humanities | Local/Civil Engagement | ||
| PHIL | 2125W | Philosophy of Race and Gender | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | WID | |
| PHIL | 2132W | Social & Political Philosophy | Humanities | WID | ||
| PHIL | 3142W | Philosophy of Law | Humanities | Local/Civil Engagement | WID | |
| PHYS | 1011 | General Physics I | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| PHYS | 1012 | General Physics II | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| PHYS | 1021 | University Physics I | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| PHYS | 1022 | University Physics II | Scientific Reasoning w/Lab | |||
| PSC | 1001 | Intro to Comparative Politics | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| PSC | 1002 | Intro to American Politics & Government | Social Science | Local/Civil Engagement | ||
| PSTD | 1010 | Intro to Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| PSYC | 2011 | Abnormal Psychology | Social Science | |||
| PSYC | 2012 | Social Psychology | Social Science | |||
| PSYC | 2013 | Developmental Psychology | Social Science | |||
| PSYC | 2015 | Biological Psychology | Social Science | |||
| REL | 1010 | The New Testament | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| REL | 2301 | Christianity | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| SLHS | 1011 | Voice and Diction | Oral Communication | |||
| SLHS | 1071 | Foundations of Human Communication | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| SLHS | 1071W | Foundations of Human Communication | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | WID | |
| SMPA | 2101 | Journalism: Theory & Practice | Social Science | |||
| SOC | 1002 | The Sociological Imagination | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| SPAN | 2005 | Advanced Spanish I | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| SPAN | 2006 | Advanced Spanish II | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| STAT | 1051 | Intro to Business & Economic Statistics | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| STAT | 1111 | Business & Economic Stat I | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| STAT | 2112 | Business & Econ Statistics II | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| STAT | 2118 | Regression Analysis | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| WGSS | 2225 | Philosophy of Race and Gender | Humanities |
Resources for Summer Students
