Suggest Summer Courses

  In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture. Includes selections from the Western canon. 

 Art History Criticism I is a survey course covering the development of Western art and architecture from antiquity to the early Renaissance. This course examines major forms of visual art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture which will include selections from the Western canon. 

  In this course, students will survey the history of Classical music from Antiquity to the Modern period, focusing on Western Music. The curriculum may also integrate a variety of popular and global styles where appropriate. 

 In this course, students will explore dramatic structure, techniques, and various organizational elements. The course provides an introduction to theatre as a collaborative art form through the critical analysis of its historical context, production, theory and connections to theatrical literature, including the Western canon. 

 This course provides an introduction to the history of architecture from ancient times to modern days. It explores the relationships between historical developments in architecture and wider changes in the social, technological, and aesthetics realms. The study of architecture will serve as a window into broader aspects of cultural history and will include selections from the Western canon. 

 In this course, students will investigate how the national government is structured and how the American constitutional republic operates. It covers the philosophical and historical foundations of American government, including but not limited to: the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and its amendments, and The Federalist Papers. The course examines the branches of government and the government's laws, policies, and programs. It also examines the ways in which citizens participate in their government and ways their government responds to citizens. 

 Online classes may require proctored exams which can be taken for free at any GCSC campus or with the use of testing software for online exams. Please see testing services for all available options.