All courses are 4-credits, unless otherwise noted. Courses that fulfill Goucher Commons Requirements are noted in parentheses with “GCR” and the requirement it fulfills. Students will be able to enroll in one session on myGoucher. To enroll in a second session, students will need to submit a course change form.

All students may take a maximum of 4 credits in June and 4 credits in July.

BUS 260: Special Topics: Contemporary Leadership in Business

Special topics of current interest. Subject changes from year to year and is announced before registration. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.  Prerequisites: specific management and/or economics courses at the 100 level, depending upon topic. Variable semesters. Course needs approval to count as BUS 200-level elective.

Summer Session I  
Synchronous Online, Monday – Friday, 10 – 11:45 a.m and 12:15 – 1:15 p.m 
Instructor: Maureen Malomba
2 Credits

CPEA 211: To Walk with Nature: Environment & the Artist  

(GCR Arts Area) (GCR ENV)  

This course examines the multiple relationships that exist between art and the environment. We will look at ways in which the natural environment has inspired artists and arts movements, and we will look at the Environmental Art Movement that uses art to advocate for environmental change. We will also explore ways in which specific environments (galleries, place-based installations, outdoor exhibitions, for example) influence the perception of art, we will examine environmental art movements, and study art exhibits that are related to specific environments. We will learn about artists who work in sculpture, music, dance, theater, photography and architecture to address environmental issues.  Students will engage in making environmental art projects based on their individual interests and art backgrounds, and they will work on collaborative art projects in media that may be new to them.     

Summer Session II
Synchronous Online, Monday – Friday, 10 – 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Instructor: Michael Curry
4 Credits

ES 140: Introduction to Environmental Studies 

There is no relationship more important to society than the one we have with our natural environment. From the extraction of resources necessary for everyday life to where we put our waste products, from where we get our food to where we go on vacation, our dependence on and perceptions of the environment are fundamental to every aspect of our lives. Resource use and environmental management, in addition to being scientific and technological problems, are also inseparable from our political, economic, and cultural systems. Resource use practices and efforts to control nature are closely tied to power at every scale: local, national, and global. This course focuses on the social aspects of resource management across the globe. We begin by reading about and discussing some conceptual issues that are central to our understanding of environmental management. These include political economy, social construction of nature, and environmental economics. We then examine the interaction of these processes and problems through in-depth study of several issues, including energy use, agriculture and food, and conservation. Fall and Spring.

Summer Session II 
Asynchronous Online 
Instructor: Christopher Torres 
4 Credits

HIS 207: Deathways in the New World

(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area) 

As peoples came into contact with one another via the Atlantic Ocean, death - burial, last rites and mourning - offered deep insights into each other’s cultural beliefs, values, and social structures. Whether witnessing a funeral, seeing the ritual wear of the bereaved or stumbling upon an individual grave or graveyard, death communicated to outsiders the most important aspects of how they lived and understood the world around them. In this course, we will ask ourselves how deathways in the New World were profoundly impacted by slavery and colonialism. Paying careful attention to death ideology, inclusive of norms about the afterlife, students will engage with the complexities of cross-cultural interactions, the exchange of practices, and the merging or replacement of death customs as they unfolded in North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. In addition, this course will give students a nuanced understanding of how death rituals functioned as acts of resistance and survival in the face of colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This course is a summer course. 

Summer Session I 
Asynchronous Online
Instructor: Kami Fletcher 
4 Credits

PSY 238: Psychological Distress & Disorder 

This course presents different approaches to understanding and conceptualizing psychological distress and disorder. The major psychological disorders will be examined in cultural context. Different theoretical perspectives will be considered, as well as the ways in which psychological disorders have been and are currently treated. Fall, spring semester. Alternate years.  Prerequisite: PSY 105 or PSY 111 (inactive).  

Summer Session I
Asynchronous Online
Instructor: Douglas Girard
4 Credits

SP 110: Elements of Spanish I 

Intended for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Students will develop communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and understanding of Hispanic cultures. Four contact hours. Prerequisite: Completion of placement exam.

Summer Session I
Synchronous Online, Monday - Friday, 10 – 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.  
Instructor: Florencia Cortes-Conde
4 Credits

SP 120: Elements of Spanish II 

Continued development of the four basic language skills-listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing-within the context of Hispanic cultures. Four contact hours. Prerequisite: SP 110 or SP 110V with a minimum grade of C- or placement exam.  

Summer Session I
Synchronous Online, Monday - Friday, 10 – 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.  
Instructor: Maite Gomis-Quinto
4 Credits

SP 130: Intermediate Spanish   

(GCR FLC - Platforms 1 & 2)  

This course is designed to expand your knowledge of the Spanish language and explore the cultural diversity in the Spanish-speaking world through the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is the third and final course of the lower-division language sequence. Successful completion of this course fulfills Platforms 1 and 2 of the Foreign Language and Culture Requirement. Prerequisite: SP 120 or SP 120S or SP 120V, with a minimum grade of C- or placement exam.    

Summer Session II 
Synchronous Online, Monday - Friday, 10 - 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Instructor: Frances Ramos Fontán 
4 Credits

WRT 206: Professional Communication 

(GCR – WEC) 

Open to students from any major, this course will develop and enhance students’ skills in a range of written and verbal communication genres used in business and organizational settings. Students will work on a variety of projects: standard business correspondence, career development documents including a persuasive argument in the form of a longer researched recommendation report, and a presentation for the audience of their choice. Students will learn to write for a range of audiences and will practice using Plain Language to make their writing more reader-friendly and accessible. Prerequisites: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or CWP. Fulfills WEC requirement. 

Summer Session I
Asynchronous Online
Instructor: Susan Garrett
4 Credits