Summer GPACs
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 | Arts |
| CAH | Humanities |
|
CAMS |
Quantitative Reasoning |
|
CASS |
Social Science |
|
CCOM |
Oral Communication |
| CGCC | Global/Cross-Cultural |
|
CLCE |
Local/Civic Engagement |
| CSCI | Natural or Physical Science |
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.
*Denotes classes being offered online
| Subject | Course | Course Title | GPAC 1 | GPAC 2 | GPAC 3 | GPAC 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMST | 2020W | Washington DC: History, Culture, & Politics | Humanities | Local/Civic Engagement | WID | |
| AMST | 2610 | Science, Technology, & Politics | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| ANTH | 1001 | Biological Anthropology | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| ANTH | 1002 | Sociocultural Anthropology | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| ANTH | 1004 | Language in Culture & Society | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | Oral Communication | |
| BISC | 1008 | Understanding Organisms | Natural or Physical Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| CHEM | 1003 | Energy, environment, and society | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| CHEM | 1111 | General Chemistry I | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| CHEM | 1112 | General Chemistry II | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| CHIN | 3123 | Introduction to Chinese Linguistics | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| CMUS | 1104 | Topics in Music | Arts | |||
| COMM | 1040 | Public Communication | Social Science | Oral Communication | ||
| COMM | 1041 | Interpersonal Communication | Social Science | |||
| 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 | ||
| ENGL | 2710W | Postcol/Race/Gender Lit & Film | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | WID |
| FORS | 2107 | Fundamentals Forensic Science | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| 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 | 3143* | Urban Sustainability | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| GEOG | 3143W* | Urban Sustainability | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | WID | |
| GEOL | 1001 | Physical Geology | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| GEOL | 1002 | Historical Geology | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| 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, and Politics | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| HIST | 2020W | Washington, DC: History, Culture, and Politics | Humanities | Local/Civil Engage | WID | |
| HIST | 3044W | Price of Freedom: Normandy 1944 | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | 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 | 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 | 2125W | Philosophy of Race and Gender | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | WID | |
| PHIL | 2131 | Ethics: Theory and Application | Humanities | |||
| PHIL | 2132W | Social & Political Philosophy | Humanities | WID | ||
| PHIL | 2140 | Love, Sex, and Friendship | Humanities | |||
| PHIL | 3142W | Philosophy of Law | Humanities | Local/Civil Engagement | WID | |
| PHYS | 1011 | General Physics I | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| PHYS | 1012 | General Physics II | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| PHYS | 1021 | University Physics I | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| PHYS | 1022 | University Physics II | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| 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 | 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 | |
| SOC | 1002 | The Sociological Imagination | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| SOC | 1003 | Intro to Criminal Justice | Social Science | |||
| SPAN | 2005 | Advanced Spanish I | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| SPAN | 2006 | Advanced Spanish II | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| SPAN | 2056 | Intensive Advanced Spanish | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| STAT | 1051 | Intro to Business & Economic Statistics | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| STAT | 1053 | Intro to Statistics in Social Science | Quantitative Reasoning | |||
| WGSS | 2225 | Philosophy of Race and Gender | Humanities | |||
| 2710 | Postcol/Race/Gender Lit & Film | Global/Cross-Cultural |
Resources for Summer Students
