Summer Sessions Online Courses

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

The class will involve a deep dive into human-technology interfaces, with future ethics taking a central concern as technology develops exponentially. Can regulations keep up? Do we need to consider robot ethics? Can human biases embeddedness within machine learning algorithms be understood or do they constitute black boxes? These are some of the questions this course will explore. Students will: • Understand current and future trends in AI • Develop critical thinking around ethics and philosophy of human machine enhancement • Learn how bias is encoded into algorithms • Debate how to regulate AI • Explore potential futures through literature and film • Debate robot personhood

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Soaring temperatures and increased aridity caused by climate change are predicted to make some parts of the globe virtually uninhabitable. What options remain available to policy makers, technical advisors, and citizens in the region? Carbon emissions have historically been produced by industrialized, ‘Northern’ societies, yet countries in the Global South are forced to bear the brunt, and asked to curb their emissions (affecting their economic development), is this fair? We will use anthropological perspectives and concepts with which to understand ethnocentric biases, power imbalances between ‘Northern’ and ‘Southern’ countries, and to explore Traditional Ecological Knowledge and its relationship to science. We will draw on Science Studies to analyze how scientific facts are constructed within cultural contexts, and explore how climate knowledge is constructed ordinary citizens (or not, in the case of climate change denial). Similarly, we will explore the limitations to technological progress and innovation in relation to paradigmatic behavioral change. Through ethnography, we will learn how to critique policy and development statements by taking local peoples' viewpoints seriously. Finally, as climate change is a global phenomenon, we will consider the ethical challenges associated with becoming a global citizen in an era of increasingly nationalist sentiments.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course surveys major work and developments in European and American painting, sculpture, and (to a lesser extent) architecture from c. 1300 to the present. We focus on changing aims, means, and perceptions of art amid political, religious, social, economic, and other contexts. What have artists, patrons, institutions, and others wanted works of art to accomplish, and in what ways?

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Photography plays a predominant role in how we explore and express ourselves, how we connect. Even after the pandemic, that will still be true. This class explores how the craft challenges, the cultural framework, and the photographer’s perspective are potential tools to help be better at making and understanding photographs.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Lecture, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course examines how evolution generates biodiversity, the abundant diversity of life on earth, the interconnectivity of living organisms, the major threats to biological diversity, and the tools that are used in conservation. In doing so, we will build upon current scientific understanding of how our natural world works and explore conservation management in practice. Students will also develop practical skills analyzing data and communicating science. Approaches to better connect the practice of conservation with the needs and priorities of a growing human population are emphasized.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

In this course, we will study biology in the context of three types of diseases: a multifactorial disease, a genetic disease, and an infectious disease. We will consider the biology from a human perspective, including research approaches and consequences—both the good and the problematic. From another angle, we will discuss the role that society plays in the progress of medical science. This course will help students to gain a deeper understanding of biology from proteins to cells to the cardiovascular system, while practicing scientific inquiry, strengthening their communication and critical thinking skills, and placing biology knowledge into a broader context.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course focuses on how chemistry controls the biological systems of the human body. Topics covered will include how the body gets energy, how memories are made, and what happens to the biology when the chemistry goes wrong. This is meant to be an interdisciplinary course that will cover introduction to biological systems and more in-depth chemical principles associated with those systems. Students do not need to have a strong background in chemistry or biology and all topics and background material will be introduced as needed. This course fulfills the requirement of Science for All.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Jun 14, 2024
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Format & Location:

Online, Online SYNC

Credits:

3

Intermediate Latin is intended for students who have successfully completed Latin II at Georgetown or have otherwise acquired the ability to read Latin texts in the original, with a good basic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. While these same elements (vocabulary, morphology, syntax) will be constantly reviewed and constitute an essential part of home and class work, a new stress will be increasingly posed on matters related to literary genres, poetic diction, rhetoric, meter, etc. In fact, students will be introduced to handling Latin literature directly, and especially through the study of those very authors that represent the basis for virtually all grammatical notions and abstractions so far learned, i.e. Cicero and Virgil. Satisfies COL language requirement.

This course meets entirely online with both live, synchronous sessions and asynchronous modules during the Main Presession, May 20, 2024 - Friday, June 14, 2024. Note the course meeting days and times listed for the required live sessions.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Jun 14, 2024
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Format & Location:

Online, Online SYNC

Credits:

3

The aim of the contemporary cultural studies investigator is not to generate another good theory, but to give a better theorized account of concrete historical reality. --Stuart Hall How do we read race? What interpretive protocols do we use, knowingly and unknowingly? What is the language, grammar and praxis of race? In this course, we will examine race in American culture, specifically as constructed in texts by Anglo-American and African American writers from 1845 to the present in our quest to understand better the cultural, social and political significance of race in American society. In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois wrote that the problem of the twentieth century in the United States would be race, or as he put it, “the color line.” This metaphor of linearity ironically represents the demarcating nature of race as constructed, employed, and deployed in the US. We will be particularly interested in how the symbiotic binary of black and white signifies, symbolizes and reifies social and cultural aspirations, interests and conflicts as depicted in the fiction and film. In many ways, the history of the United States and the history of race are mutually constitutive. We will be concerned with how American writers on both sides of the historic color line construct and represent race. By pairing representative texts from nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, we will explore how thematically, stylistically, politically, and culturally the narratives speak to each other in their construction of race. We will follow an arc that takes us, in Anglo-American literature, from the seemingly expressive authority in terms of race as encoded in The Scarlet Letter to the lack thereof in Light in August, the stereotypes of race in Crash and the hybridity of race in The Human Stain. Of the African American texts, from Douglass's Narrative to Morrison's A Mercy, we will explore a move from codified physical bondage to the afterlives of bondage as well as liberatory resilience. Our primary tools of inquiry will be critical race theory (CRT), Black feminist theory, and performance theories. Readings/viewings may include works by F. Douglass, N. Hawthrone, F.S. Fitzgerald, N. Larsen, T. Morrison, L. Hansberry, J. Baldwin, P. Roth, and Jordan Peele.

This course meets entirely online with both live, synchronous sessions and asynchronous modules during the Main Presession, May 20, 2024 - Friday, June 14, 2024. Note the course meeting days and times listed for the required live sessions.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course is Online. In a globalized and networked world, the linkages between social and environmental issues are becoming increasingly evident. From climate change and sustainability to resources and economics, scholars and practitioners alike have been bridging the divide between society and ecology. This connection has yielded an emerging perspective suggesting that environmental issues need not primarily be a source of conflict, but rather can offer a basis for promoting cooperation and peace. Environmental Peacebuilding is at the forefront of this transition, constituting both the ecological realm of peace and the peacemaking potential of ecology. Through various theoretical lenses, real-time case studies, and interactive experiences, we will explore this integrative paradigm in terms of its history, its present relevance in concrete settings, and its prospects for transforming the future.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Lecture, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course surveys the history of documentary film (technological, stylistic, thematic, etc.), while taking up the theoretical debates around cinematic claims to truth and representations of reality. Students will examine how the documentary genre differs from other kinds of filmmaking, how documentaries make ‘truth claims’, and how these claims influence the ways in which these films are received and circulated. Beginning with the actualities of the Lumière Brothers, students will be exposed to multiple genres (e.g. ethnographic, cinéma vérité, experimental, self-reflexive) and filmmakers (e.g. Robert Flaherty, Frederick Wiseman, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris) while addressing the variety of arenas (e.g. scientific, civic, commercial) in which documentary has appeared.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course covers the concept of true and false information, why it matters, what effects it has, and different approaches to mitigating it.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This class will compare the 2022 and 2026 World Cup events in Qatar and the Americas and examine the role of soccer in the host countries’ societies (for the 2026 World Cup, the focus will be on the United States).

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Seminar, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course introduces students to a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical processes linking gender to the dynamics of security and armed conflict, both at the domestic and international levels. After reviewing historical connections between gender, war and peace, it focuses on a comparative analysis of gender integration in the armed forces of western democracies. Major topics to be discussed are: the military as a gendered organization; gender equality, citizenship and military participation; women in combat; sexuality, sexual orientation and the military; masculinity and military culture; patterns and policies of gender integration. A final block is then devoted to analyzing the implications and challenges of a new gender regime in international security which has been developing since the approval of UNSC Resolution 1325 in 2000. This includes examining and discussing issues such as the participation of women in international operations; gender, crisis management and the security sector reform; and gender-based violence in armed conflicts.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

HIST 1099 is one of the required core classes in History for students in the College of Arts & Sciences and the SFS. All sections fulfill the same role, though each instructor will develop a specific topic. Please see individual section description or online syllabi for more information. The general aim is to introduce students to various elements of historical work and thinking, within the context of looking at a particular historical period, event, or theme in some depth. Though lectures and discussion will focus on particular topics, there will also be labs with class exercises, assignments, and readings that will allow instructors and students to explore how historians identify, define, and employ primary sources of all types, how historians analyze those sources, how they formulate questions, how they engage with the work of prior historians, and how they aim to reconstruct various elements of the human experience in particular times and places. Please note that if you receive AP/IB placement or credit, you cannot take HIST 1099 for credit. HIST 1099 must be taken at GU and cannot be transferred.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

For College students, HIST 111 fulfills the core requirement in History for a broad introductory survey; these students complete the requirement by taking HIST 099. This course is a general survey and explores the rich history of people living in Africa from very early times through the 19th century. We will focus our attention on several regional case studies, including the early urbanism and medieval states of the West African Sahel, equatorial societies and kingdoms of the southern savannas, the Swahili coast and its hinterland in eastern and central Africa, and the Kongo Kingdom and Atlantic slave trade. We seek to understand transformations common to early human histories, such as the emergence of food production or the rise of centralized states, as well as the situational and contingent nature of ethnicity, slavery, gender, and wealth and poverty in the African context. We will also consider social achievements particular to Africans’ history, such as the multiple inventions of heterarchical forms of governance. We will study how persistent ideas from western cultures shaped what outsiders thought they knew about Africans and their histories at the same time that we try to understand what Africans themselves thought about their own actions and those of their ancestors. We will access these histories by analyzing a range of primary historical sources: archaeological artifacts and site reports, travelers’ accounts, art, oral traditions, photographs, the reconstructed vocabulary of dead languages, and many others.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

HIST 007 Intro Early History: World I or Europe I For College students, all sections of HIST 007 or HIST 008 fulfill the core requirement in History for a broad introductory survey; these students complete the requirement by taking HIST 099. Please note that if you receive AP/IB placement or credit, you cannot take HIST 007 (or 008 or 099) for credit. The various sections of HIST 007 have different focuses, for which see below; moreover, each instructor may develop or stress particular themes within her/his focus. Students are urged to consult syllabi available on line or at the History Department. The World I sections examine the history of the human experience from a global perspective. The bulk of the semester concerns societies and states from the time of ancient civilizations to about 1500 AD. The course pays particular attention to political, economic, and social changes, but also considers cultural, technological, and ecological history. The evolving relationship between human identities and their social and material environments forms one of the major points of analytical focus for this course. The overarching goal is to provide a general framework for the history of the world to help students understand the big picture, and to help them to contextualize what they will later study about history, politics, religion--in short, about the human experience. The Europe I sections offer an analysis of the major political, social, economic, diplomatic, religious, intellectual, and scientific developments in European Civilization to 1789.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Would you like to cultivate a deeper understanding of the relationship between the West and the Middle East? This course is an introduction to late medieval and early modern interactions between Europe and the Islamic world through historical travel narratives. Students engage with the shared histories of daily interaction between these regions and are exposed to the methodologies and paradigms driving scholarship on Europe’s pre-modern relationship with portions of Asia and the Middle East. Texts are used to explore episodes of conflict, mediation, reconciliation, trade, patronage, pilgrimage, captivity, conversion, apostasy and intellectual exchange. The course is of interest to students exploring the history of science, gender, sexuality, warfare, geography, economics, art history and Area Studies.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Jun 28, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

6

Italian Language and Culture: Beginner is a first-year intensive course. It provides a first approach to the Italian language for absolute beginners. Attention is devoted to the four skills of speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Aspects of Italian history, culture, and contemporary life are also introduced through readings, listening materials, videos and films and through the use of language technologies (such as Canvas and other digital tools). The general objectives are to provide students with basic tools for oral and written communication in Italian, but also to offer them the opportunity to learn about Italian culture and life and to reflect about intercultural differences and similarities.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during 6-week Session I, May 20 - June 28, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jul 1 to Aug 9, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

6

Italian Language and Culture Intermediate is a first-year intensive course. The summer session is taught online, remotely and asynchronously. This means that there is no meeting time assigned. Course material and assignments are fully delievered online. The course is designed to further develop language ability and knowledge of the Italian culture for students who have completed ITAL 011 or have already had some exposure to the language. As in the case of ITAL 011, the four skills of speaking, understanding, reading and writing are developed in a balanced way. Aspects of Italian history, culture, and contemporary life are also introduced through readings, listening materials, videos and films and through the use of language technologies (like Canvas and digital tools). The general objective is to provide students with basic tools for oral and written communication in Italian and to offer them the opportunity to learn about Italian culture and life, but also to reflect about intercultural differences and similarities.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during 6-week Session II, July 1 - August 9, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This gateway course surveys the histories, theories, concepts, actors, and pedagogies that compose the growing transdisciplinary field of justice and peace studies. We will familiarize ourselves with current issues in the field, as well as the movements and structures that both contribute to and provide obstacles to the creation and sustainability of a more just and peaceful world. The course presents a wide range of theoretical and practical perspectives on peace and social justice, including: poverty, hunger, and homelessness; racism, sexism, and homophobia; violence, oppression, slavery, and colonization; and complex issues of sustainable development and humanitarian aid. Through historical and contemporary analyses, the course addresses critical issues of militarism, inequality, and injustice, emphasizing the development of viable alternatives. This course is highly recommended for first-year students and sophomores interested in pursuing the JUPS major or minor. As an introductory course, it requires permission for seniors.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Jun 28, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

4

This is the first part of the three-semester calculus sequence (MATH-1350, 1360, and 2370) for mathematics and science majors. Students do not need to have any familiarity with calculus, but do need good algebra/precalculus preparation. Topics include limits, derivatives, techniques of differentiation, applications of the derivative, the Riemann integral, the trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, and the logarithmic and exponential functions. Fall and Spring. All students must score a 75 or above on the Calculus Readiness Assessment to enroll in MATH 1350.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during 6-week Session I, May 20 - June 28, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jul 1 to Aug 9, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

4

A continuation of MATH-035. Topics include techniques of integration, applications of the definite integral, improper integrals, Newton's method and numerical integration, sequences and series including Taylor's theorem and power series, and elementary separable and first and second order linear differential equations. Fall and Spring.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during 6-week Session II, July 1 - August 9, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

An introduction to some of the central questions of philosophy through the writings of both traditional and contemporary authors. Questions addressed may include the relationship between mind and matter; between causation and free will; meaning, truth, and reality; knowledge, perception, belief, and thought. Topics and readings vary from semester to semester and instructor to instructor, as do the course requirements and expectations. Please consult the syllabi of the individual instructors for more detail.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Lecture, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This class will provide an introduction to bioethics through the lens of disability studies. It will cover traditional bioethical topics such as reproductive ethics, end of life care, health resource allocation, health disparities, the ethics of enhancement and emerging technologies, and research ethics. Unlike traditional bioethics classes, it will approach these issues by centering disability, asking questions such as: What ethical issues are raised by prenatal testing for disability? Would legalizing physician assisted suicide be liberating, oppressive, or both for people with disabilities? Should we always ‘fix’ or prevent disability if possible? How do we set medical research priorities, and do our current priorities reflect ableism? The course will also cover fundamental questions in disability studies, such as: What is the nature of disability, what counts as a disability, and how is disability related to impairment? What does it mean for an environment to be appropriately accessible? How does being disabled constitute a social identity?

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course will treat climate change as an ethical issue. Topics covered may include: the moral relationship between humans and non-human nature, obligations to humans that exist now and those that will likely exist in the future, cost benefit analyses, and different types of responsibility. Specific topics and readings will vary by semester and instructor. Consult the relevant semester’s syllabus for more information.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

A performance course designed to introduce basic principles of communication and the classical roots from which they were derived. Students will prepare and present speeches in both formal platform settings and informal group discussions. While attention will be given to extemporaneous delivery, the emphasis of the course is on work behind-the-scenes: organizing ideas, structuring messages, and adapting messages for specific audiences. Attention will also be given to methods for evaluating oral discourse. Students who experience anxiety in public speaking situations are encouraged to enroll. Fall and Spring..

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of storytelling in connection with public speaking. One of the most important skills in the 21st century is the ability to authentically tell the story of who you are, what matters to you, and the change you want to see in the world. Since humans gathered around the campfire stories have been used to bring people together, tell our collective history, relay critical information, and inspire social change. In this course, we will examine approaches to structuring stories to engage specific audiences and performance techniques to deliver a message with confidence and authenticity. A particular focus of the course will be how stories are a critical communication tool in business, science, education, government, healthcare, and non-profit sectors. Students will be asked to apply storytelling to their own areas of study and personal interests through course readings, discussions, assignments, and presentations. Students will develop a portfolio demonstrating the ability to use stories to share knowledge, pitch a new idea or product, spark social change, connect to an audience using humor, lead people into the future, and communicate who you are for a job interview.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This introductory course surveys the field and acquaints the student with the major areas of Psychology, including perception, memory, cognition, neuroscience, learning, motivation, emotion, personality, social behavior, development, and psychopathology. PSYC-001. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ALL OTHER PSYCHOLOGY COURSES.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Required course for Sociology majors and minors. Introduction to Sociology is the systematic study of human society, social life, and behavior. The purpose of this course is to offer an overview of the major concepts, theories, and methodologies of sociology that will enable you to think sociologically. We will examine important issues and institutions of contemporary society, including culture, socialization, stratification, social class, gender, race, ethnicity, education, religion, family, and social movements in order to develop an awareness of the connection between personal experiences and the larger society. Some seats are reserved.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

The Problem of God introduces students to the study of religion and theology, broadly understood. Our aim in the course is not only to introduce students to different religious traditions and perspectives, but, as the title of the course suggests, to encourage critical reflection on some of the most challenging questions relating to religious commitment. In other words, the goal of the course is not only to help students learn about religious traditions, but to reflect critically on what it means to be a religious person, what it means to study religion and theology, and what the significance of religious belief is. It is one of two courses (along with IBL) that fulfill the first Theology course requirement at Georgetown, and the importance of promoting critical reflection on religious belief through this requirement has taken on new meaning in a post-9/11 world, in which religious literacy and understanding are more important than they have ever been. Mirroring the diversity of our faculty, the course is taught in a diverse number of ways, including a variety of different primary texts and focusing on a variety of significant questions relating to religion and theology. Georgetown graduates consistently report that The Problem of God was one of the most important courses that they took during their time at Georgetown.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Introduction to Biblical Literature promotes the close reading of ancient texts, first on their own terms and then in relation to how they have been interpreted over time and may be interpreted today. As such, IBL teaches students to think critically about what a text is, and how it functions for those who value it. Learning to read texts in context challenges students to question the assumptions they bring to biblical texts and to enter into an adventure of discovery of the Bible, its origins and significance over time. IBL asks students to become “strangers in a strange land” as they confront the various “distances” they experience when reading biblical texts. Meeting unfamiliar language, cultures, customs, mores, and ideas requires that students suspend their judgment about what they think they know and asks them to learn how to expect the unexpected, as they delve deeper and deeper into biblical literature and the worlds from which it emerged. In this way, IBL can be a very liberating experience for students and lays a foundation that they can rely on in other courses they will take in during their undergraduate years.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Jun 28, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

How do we become courageous but not reckless? Maintain hope in a world full of despair? Discover how discourse, habits and Christian virtues sustain courage, hope, and justice in its religious, psychological and social dimensions. We will explore physical, moral, and spiritual courage, hope, and justice through the lives of individuals, such as Colin Kaepernick, and communities, such as the protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We will look at how courage and hope manifest in everyday life—in addiction, in financial stress, playgrounds, and in the context of a warming planet. While there is an emphasis on Christian ethics, readings and discussion are not limited to Christian approaches. This course is a Community Based Learning course. Student volunteer over the course of the semester with local community organizations as part of regular course work. Partnering opportunities include working with after school programming, people experiencing homelessness, or through existing CSJ programs. Bus/metro costs are covered. Questions? Please email Kerry.Danner@georgetown.edu

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during 6-week Session I, May 20 - June 28, 2024. Also please note that the summer version of this course is not a part of the Community Based Learning program like the fall/spring versions.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

1

Students should express their interest in registration on the form https://forms.gle/4SJRB2ZBruvFkt7C8 on this webpage - csj.georgetown.edu/intersections This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

May 20 to Aug 9, 2024

Format & Location:

Online

Credits:

4

Global Career Accelerator is a four-credit, virtual, asynchronous experiential learning program that offers students a unique combination of intercultural skills and technical industry skills aligned to the changing nature of work. This course is offered in partnership with the Cawley Center which will provide continuous and dedicated support to Georgetown students enrolled in this experience. For more information about this program and to register for this course, please visit globaltech.georgetown.edu. This course is open with application-based enrollment to all GU students who are rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For more information about this program and to register for this course, please stay tuned and fill out the 'Reserve Your Spot' form at globaltech.georgetown.edu. If you experience trouble or have any questions, please contact Red House Academic Manager Cristina Benitez (scb32@georgetown.edu) or the GU instructor, Professor Beth Harlan (eam227@georgetown.edu).

Formerly titled "Global Tech Experience." This course is open with application-based enrollment to all GU students who are rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Applications will open in April. For more information about this program and to register for this course, please stay tuned and fill out the 'Reserve Your Spot' form at globaltech.georgetown.edu. If you experience trouble or have any questions, please contact Red House Academic Manager Cristina Benitez (scb32@georgetown.edu) or the GU instructor, Professor Beth Harlan (eam227@georgetown.edu). The Georgetown Global Career Accelerator (formerly Global Tech Experience) is a virtual, asynchronous experiential learning course that offers students a unique combination of intercultural skills and technical industry skills aligned to the changing nature of work. This course is offered as a collaboration between the Red House, Podium Education LLC, and the Cawley Career Center which will provide continuous and dedicated support to Georgetown students enrolled in this experience.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online

Credits:

3

The media is all around us. It influences how we think, feel, vote, and how we live our lives. This interdisciplinary course will explore representations of gender, race, class, and sexuality through an intersectional and intertextual investigation of television, film, popular music, advertisement, and social media. We will explore how representations as objects, consumers, subjects, creators, challengers, and critics both reflect and produce socio-cultural phenomena and ideas about the proper role of women and men in society. Our goal is to understand how cultural meaning is created, contested, and regulated. This course will aim in illuminating the ways in which we are passive consumers of media and empower individuals to become critical participants.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Hip-Hop, a cultural movement that has influenced everything from music, clothes, to the words we speak, has become one of the largest and furthest-reaching movements in modern history. This course seeks to explore and contest the socio-political aspects of hip-hop’s main elements (MCing, DJing, Graffiti, and B boying/B girling) using a feminist lens. This course explores the relationship of hip-hop, gender, race, class, and sexuality through literature, film, music, and new media. This course is designed to examine the formation of hip-hop and its expansion into a discourse of resistance to its mainstream and global commodification

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

Sex for Sale: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective What Is This Course About? How can we write a history of prostitution and what are some of the major themes academics have explored when writing about prostitution? This seminar offers a historiographical overview of the topic of prostitution in history since Judith Walkowitz's interpretation of prostitution as labor. We will explore the differences and similarities in the history of prostitution over time, class, and space. We will also look at why and how prostitution is stigmatized in most societies, and address where to find sources to write a history of prostitution. Some of the questions we will explore include: where does the history of prostitution fit into the history of sexuality? How can we write about a stigmatized topic without stigmatizing its protagonists? How should scholars navigate the boundary between consent and violence in historical contexts? Why do some topics such as trafficking and the plight of Muslim women mobilize and carry considerable currency? Our main focus will be on 19th and 20th century United States, Europe, and the Middle East, but we will also explore cases in East Asia and Latin America. This course is not a lecture course. Rather, it is reliant upon discussion and debate. Class meetings will be largely focused on actively using what we have read or learned through varies sources, sharing it with others, thinking on the spot, brainstorming, speculating, and figuring out how it all fits together. Assignments are designed with a digital component. You should be comfortable with some digital tools beyond Microsoft Word or willing to make the effort to familiarize yourself with these tools (Wordpress, Omeka, VoiceThread, Podbean). What Will Students Learn by the End of the Term? By the conclusion of the course, students will be able to answer the following questions: • How would you characterize and evaluate the various strategies that have been used across the world in the 19th and 20th century to address prostitution? • Historically, what have been the consequences of making prostitution illegal for women and girls? • How have race, gender, and class shaped the politics and lived-experience of prostitution? • What does comparing histories of prostitution across the world tell us about the state of the scholarship? By the end of the course students will improve on the following skills: • Thinking skills: The ability to read, analyze, and respond to our course materials • Communication skills: The ability to communicate ideas clearly and efficiently • Information success and Retrieval: The ability to know where to look for and gather information concerning our topic • Ethical reasoning: The ability to recognize multiple perspectives and examine connections between beliefs and actions

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.

Date & Time:

Jun 3 to Jul 26, 2024

Format & Location:

Online, Online ASYNC

Credits:

3

This course explores how concepts of masculinity and femininity shape the U.S. legal system. We also examine other factors that influence how individuals view and encounter the law (race, religion, political outlook, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic status, etc.). Specific topics include the gender binary, sex discrimination in the workplace and educational institutions, intimate partner violence, reproductive justice, and marriage. Our academic focus is on legal analysis, public policy writing, and respectful dialogue about emotionally complex topics. There will be many opportunities to practice these skills during the semester. No prior legal knowledge is required. Please note: students who are on the waitlist must show up to the first class to be eligible for a spot in the class.

This course meets entirely online in an asynchronous format with no live meeting sessions during the Cross Session, June 3 - July 26, 2024.