Many courses offered during the summer sessions fulfill single or multiple General Education Curriculum (G-PAC) requirements.
To search for courses that fulfill a specific G-PAC requirement, enter the appropriate course attribute code in the GW Registrar's Course Search.
| Course Attribute Code | G-PAC 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 |
Several summer courses enable students to complete at least two General Education Curriculum (G-PAC) 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 | G-PAC 1 | G-PAC 2 | G-PAC 3 | G-PAC 4 |
| AMST/HIST | 2020W | Washington DC: History, Culture, & Politics | Humanities | Local/Civic Engagement | WID | |
| AMST/HIST | 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 | |
| ANTH | 3704 | Cultures of Southeast Asia | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | Oral Communication | |
| BISC | 1005 | Biology of Nutrition & Health | Natural or Physical Science | |||
| 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 | 3163 |
Taiwanese Literature and Film |
Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| COMM | 1040 |
Public Communication |
Social Science | Oral Communication | ||
| COMM | 1041 | Interpersonal Communication | Social Science | Oral Communication | ||
| 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/WGSS | 2710W |
Postcol/Race/Gender Lit & Film |
Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | 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 | 3143 | Urban Sustainability | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| GEOG | 3143W | Urban Sustainability | Social Science | Local/Civic Engagement | ||
| GEOL | 1001 |
Physical Geology |
Natural or Physical Science | |||
| GEOL | 1002 |
Historical Geology |
Natural or Physical Science | |||
| GEOL | 1005 |
Environmental Geology |
Natural or Physical Science | |||
| GER | 2091 | Intro to German Lit (in English) | Humanities | Oral Communication | Global/Cross-Cultural | |
| 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 | |||
| MUS | 1104 |
Topics in Music |
Arts | |||
| PHIL | 1051 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Humanities | |||
| PHIL | 2125W | Philosophy of Race and Gender | Humanities | Global/Cross-Cultural | WID | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | 1072 | Multicultural Issues - Human Communication | Social Science | Global/Cross-Cultural | ||
| 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 |
