Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Major economic principles, institutions and problems in contemporary life. The class focuses on microeconomics: supply and demand, the price system and how it works and competitive and monopolistic markets.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Continuation of Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics. Major economic principles, institutions and problems in contemporary life. Macroeconomics—national income concepts, unemployment and inflation and institutions of monetary control.
Prerequisite: Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Ethical theories and basic concepts for analysis of moral issues arising in business and in professional practice.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
An introduction to data and information processing concepts and systems viewed from a contemporary management perspective. Emphasis on uses and applications as well as emerging managerial issues with the potential to reshape the form and function of information systems. Lab required.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Psychological concepts and methods applied to problems of personnel management, employee motivation and productivity, supervisory leadership and organizational development.
Prerequisite: General Psychology.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Frequency distributions, descriptive measures, probability, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, with applications to business.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Study and practice of the basic techniques of public speaking used to inform, to entertain and to persuade audiences. Emphasis on the speech-building process: audience analysis, research, development, composition, organization, style, delivery and criticism.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Study and practice of verbal and nonverbal communication in ritual, information and perspective sharing, problem solving, relationship formation, maintenance and dissolution. Designed to raise awareness of the complexity and power of the communication process in daily life and to help students develop interpersonal skills cognitively, effectively and behaviorally.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Rotating set of special topics lectures, including topics on American music and musical life in Washington, D.C.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Development of naturalness, correctness and clarity in conversation through the study of phonetics, rate, volume, pitch and quality in preparation for performance.
Laboratory fee will apply.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
History and criticism of American films. The course enables the student to recognize and evaluate cinema techniques, to express the evaluation clearly in writing, and to understand the role of films in the context of American culture. Laboratory fee.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Historical, social and ethical issues of the technological age. Ethical principles and skills and social analysis skills needed to evaluate the design and implementation of complex computer systems. Privacy, computer crime, equity, intellectual property, professional ethics. Data collection, analysis and presentation; technical writing and oral communication skills.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
An exploration of genres of creative writing (fiction, poetry and/or playwriting). Basic problems and techniques; examples of modern approaches; weekly writing assignments; workshop and/or conference discussion of student writing.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Representative works by major British authors studied in their historical context; discussion of recurrent themes and introduction to various types and forms of imaginative literature; 19th and 20th centuries.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Introduction to postcolonial literature from the perspectives of colonizer and colonized in Great Britain, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Anglophone Africa and the Caribbean region; literature written on the wing, in diaspora.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Philosophical problems and theories of perception, meaning, personal identity and moral agency and their illustration in the context of cinema. Cinema and its derivatives (TV, video) as prime routes to experience of the natural and social.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Key aspects of the literature on public opinion, with emphasis on the role of media in opinion formation and change. Topics include the meaning of public opinion in a democratic society, a review of methods used to measure opinions and media effects on opinion.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online Course
July 2—August 11, 2018
The history of Western theatrical dance from the late 18th century to the present. The major choreographers and their dance works through readings, lectures, video and discussion.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online Session: May 21—June 30, 2018
Survey of the world’s cultures, illustrating the principles of cultural behavior.
Four credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading and writing of Modern Standard Arabic. Laboratory Fee applies.
Prerequisites: ARAB 1001 or appropriate Foreign Language Placement exam results.
Four credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Continuation of Intermediate Arabic I. Further development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills of Arabic in culturally appropriate and proficiency-oriented contexts.
Prerequisites: Intermediate Arabic I, Intensive Elementary Arabic II or appropriate Foreign Language Placement exam results.
Four credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Speaking and writing in French about past and future events: telling a story (narrating and describing in the past), promising, predicting and proposing simple hypotheses and conjectures.
Prerequisites: Basic French I or appropriate Foreign Language Placement exam results.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Consolidation and further expansion of the ability to understand as well as produce a more complex level of oral and written discourse emphasizing subjective expression: issuing indirect commands and requests; giving opinions; making proposals, building arguments; defending and criticizing ideas. Laboratory fee will apply.
Prerequisites: FREN 1003 or appropriate Foreign Language Placement exam results.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online Sessions: May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
An introduction to world history over the past half millennium, stressing themes of exchange and integration, tracing the ways various peoples of the world became bound together in a common system.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Introduction to the history of Europe, emphasizing primary sources and their interpretation. From the beginning of written culture through 1715.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Major thinkers and themes in the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. Focus on philosophical and religious foundations of peace and justice movements in the twentieth century. Examination of peace and conflict through an interdisciplinary lens and on personal, local and international levels.
Three credits
Six-week programs
July 1—August 10, 2018
Introduction to the major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism. Examination of the central aspects of these religions including the doctrinal, ethical, ritual, experiential and social dimensions. Exploration of similarities and differences between these religious traditions.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Using the sociological imagination students gain experience making connections between "personal trouble" and "public issues." An introduction to sociology that engages students in field-related topics such as race, gender, inequality and education.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Introduction to basic research methods in sociology. Topics include research design, sampling, measurement and analysis of survey data via computer application.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Sociology or The Sociological Imagination.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
History and criticism of American films. The course enables the student to recognize and evaluate cinema techniques, to express the evaluation clearly in writing, and to understand the role of films in the context of American culture. Laboratory fee.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online Session: May 21—June 30, 2018
Survey of the world’s cultures, illustrating the principles of cultural behavior.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Comparison and analysis of how cultures use language to communicate. The relationship of language to issues of human nature, gender, race, class, artistic expression and power.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Historical, social and ethical issues of the technological age. Ethical principles and skills and social analysis skills needed to evaluate the design and implementation of complex computer systems. Privacy, computer crime, equity, intellectual property, professional ethics. Data collection, analysis and presentation; technical writing and oral communication skills.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Introduction to postcolonial literature from the perspectives of colonizer and colonized in Great Britain, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Anglophone Africa and the Caribbean region; literature written on the wing, in diaspora.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
A systematic survey of human geography; spatial perspectives on demographic, social, cultural, economic and political changes around the world.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
Patterns of world population; factors contributing to population pressures, growth and migrations.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online Sessions: May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
An introduction to world history over the past half millennium, stressing themes of exchange and integration, tracing the ways various peoples of the world became bound together in a common system.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
The political, social, economic and cultural history of the United States. From 1876 to present.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
American foreign relations in the 20th century.
Four credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Grammatical essentials of Latin, appropriate reading selections, development of English derivatives, introduction to Roman life and literature.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Readings from major philosophers and study of their positions on the most basic questions of human life. Topics include such issues as: What is justice? What is knowledge? What is reality? Does God exist? What is the mind? Do humans have free will?
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Philosophical problems and theories of perception, meaning, personal identity and moral agency and their illustration in the context of cinema. Cinema and its derivatives (TV, video) as prime routes to experience of the natural and social.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
A theoretical examination of the bodily, social, discursive and political effects of patriarchy, racism and classism.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Examination of leading ethical theories (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics) and methodology in ethics. Engagement with contemporary problems.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Philosophical theories about how economic, political, legal and cultural institutions should be arranged. Topics include the meaning and significance of liberty, the legitimate functions of government, the nature of rights, the moral significance of social inequality and the meaning of democracy.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Analysis of films that focus on justice, the law and the legal system. Consideration of what they tell us about political and legal culture and what messages they may have for contemporary legal issues. Focus on the relationship between law and justice, the practice of law and the role of courts and trials in a political system.
Prerequisites: Introduction to American Politics and Government.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
A broad overview of the "sociological imagination" as a way of understanding social issues and personal experience; sociology’s place among the social sciences; basic elements of sociological perspectives.
Four credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Grammatical essentials of Latin, appropriate reading selections, development of English derivatives, introduction to Roman life and literature.
Prerequisites: Beginning Latin I or appropriate Foreign Language Placement exam results.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Introduction to informal logic, scientific argument and formal logic. The informal logic component focuses on fallacies of reasoning and practical applications of logic. The formal logic component focuses on translation from English into propositional logic, truth tables and proofs in propositional logic.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Lecture (3 hours), laboratory (1 hour). Frequency distributions, descriptive measures, probability, sampling, estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, with applications to social sciences.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Concepts and principles of comparative analysis, with an examination of politics and government in selected countries.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Structure, powers and processes of the American political system and the impact on public policy.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
History of political thought from the 16th through the late 19th century, as set forth in the works of representative thinkers.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
The politics of selected countries in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Emphasis on democratization.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Comparative Politics.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Exploration of alternative theoretical approaches to understanding world politics in its historical and contemporary dimensions.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Critical examination of religious phenomena and comparative politics.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
Patterns of world population; factors contributing to population pressures, growth and migrations.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
American foreign relations in the 20th century.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Examination of leading ethical theories (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics) and methodology in ethics. Engagement with contemporary problems.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Philosophical theories about how economic, political, legal and cultural institutions should be arranged. Topics include the meaning and significance of liberty, the legitimate functions of government, the nature of rights, the moral significance of social inequality and the meaning of democracy.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Concepts and principles of comparative analysis, with an examination of politics and government in selected countries.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Structure, powers and processes of the American political system and the impact on public policy.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Key aspects of the literature on public opinion, with emphasis on the role of media in opinion formation and change. Topics include the meaning of public opinion in a democratic society, a review of methods used to measure opinions and media effects on opinion.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Study and practice of the basic techniques of public speaking used to inform, to entertain and to persuade audiences. Emphasis on the speech-building process: audience analysis, research, development, composition, organization, style, delivery and criticism.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Study and practice of verbal and nonverbal communication in ritual, information and perspective sharing, problem solving, relationship formation, maintenance and dissolution. Designed to raise awareness of the complexity and power of the communication process in daily life and to help students develop interpersonal skills cognitively, effectively and behaviorally.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Major thinkers and themes in the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. Focus on philosophical and religious foundations of peace and justice movements in the twentieth century. Examination of peace and conflict through an interdisciplinary lens and on personal, local and international levels.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Fundamental principles underlying human behavior.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Examination of leading ethical theories (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics) and methodology in ethics. Engagement with contemporary problems.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Philosophical theories about how economic, political, legal and cultural institutions should be arranged. Topics include the meaning and significance of liberty, the legitimate functions of government, the nature of rights, the moral significance of social inequality and the meaning of democracy.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Fundamental principles underlying human behavior.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Psychological concepts and methods applied to problems of personnel management, employee motivation and productivity, supervisory leadership and organizational development.
Prerequisite: General Psychology.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Key aspects of the literature on public opinion, with emphasis on the role of media in opinion formation and change. Topics include the meaning of public opinion in a democratic society, a review of methods used to measure opinions and media effects on opinion.
Four credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Survey of human evolution, genetics and physical variation and primatology. Regular laboratory exercises.
Additional per credit hour charge and laboratory fee will apply.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Concepts and methods in the study of whole organisms; evolutionary theory; population biology; diversity of plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms; ecology and behavior and animal structure and function.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Contemporary topics in physical, biological and medical science. Laboratory fee will apply.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Major economic principles, institutions and problems in contemporary life. The class focuses on microeconomics: supply and demand, the price system and how it works and competitive and monopolistic markets.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Continuation of Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics. Major economic principles, institutions and problems in contemporary life. Macroeconomics—national income concepts, unemployment and inflation and institutions of monetary control.
Prerequisite: Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Elementary mathematical models of growth and decay, scaling, chaos, and fractals.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, linear programming, probability theory and mathematics of finance.
Prerequisites: Qualifying results on the GW Mathematics placement examination, a score of 560 or above on the SAT II in mathematics or Calculus with Precalculus I. Applicants must submit proof of completion of prerequisites. Faculty review and approval is required. Please contact us for more information.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
An introduction to single-variable calculus (differentiation and integration of algebraic and trigonometric functions with applications), with the concepts and techniques of precalculus developed as needed.
Prerequisites: Qualifying results on the GW Mathematics placement examination or a score of 720 or above on the SAT II. Applicants must submit proof of completion of prerequisites. Faculty review and approval is required. Please contact us for more information.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable; applications to business and economics.
Prerequisites: Qualifying results on the GW Mathematics placement examination or a score of 720 or above on the SAT II in mathematics. Applicants must submit proof of completion of prerequisites. Faculty review and approval is required. Please contact us for more information.
Four credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Classical and modern physics. Electrostatics, electromagnetism, direct and alternating current circuits and electromagnetic radiation; geometrical and physical optics; special relativity; quantum theory; atomic physics; nuclear physics; particle physics; astrophysics and cosmology. Laboratory fee will apply.
Prerequisites: General Physics I (or equivalent) and one year of high school trigonometry. Applicants must submit proof of completion of prerequisites. Faculty review and approval is required. Please contact us for more information.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Fundamental principles underlying human behavior.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Introduction to the study of human development; theory and research concerning changes in physical, cognitive and social functioning and influences on the developing individual.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Examination of deviant behavior and its control. Topics include theoretical perspectives, changing societal conceptions of deviance, deviant behavior and identity and the dynamics of control agencies.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Sociology or The Sociological Imagination.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
A study of the human body and its disorders and diseases through examination of the essential molecules of life, nutrition, digestion, genetics, and reproduction.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
The 165-million-year history of dinosaurs, examining the different groups and their evolution, the end-Cretaceous extinction event, the origin of birds and the biology of the group.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Historical, social and ethical issues of the technological age. Ethical principles and skills and social analysis skills needed to evaluate the design and implementation of complex computer systems. Privacy, computer crime, equity, intellectual property, professional ethics. Data collection, analysis and presentation; technical writing and oral communication skills.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
A systematic survey of human geography; spatial perspectives on demographic, social, cultural, economic and political changes around the world.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Fundamentals of cartography; geographic data structure and information systems. Laboratory fee will apply.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018; July 2—August 11, 2018
Patterns of world population; factors contributing to population pressures, growth and migrations.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
An introduction to single-variable calculus (differentiation and integration of algebraic and trigonometric functions with applications), with the concepts and techniques of precalculus developed as needed.
Prerequisites: Qualifying results on the GW Mathematics placement examination or a score of 720 or above on the SAT II. Applicants must submit proof of completion of prerequisites. Faculty review and approval is required. Please contact us for more information.
Three credits
Six-week program
July 1—August 10, 2018
Online course: May 21—June 30, 2018
Fundamental principles underlying human behavior.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Causes, diagnosis, treatment and theories of various types of maladjustments and mental disorders.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Psychological concepts and methods applied to problems of personnel management, employee motivation and productivity, supervisory leadership and organizational development.
Prerequisite: General Psychology.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
May 21—June 30, 2018
Frequency distributions, descriptive measures, probability, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, with applications to business.
Three credits
Six-week program
Online course
July 2—August 11, 2018
Lecture (3 hours), laboratory (1 hour). Frequency distributions, descriptive measures, probability, sampling, estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, with applications to social sciences.
