General Studies Credit

Classes

GSC101 : Freshman Seminar

Freshman Seminar is a one-hour course designed for first-semester college students. The course affords students the opportunity to study and discuss topics important to college life and academic success and to learn and practice essential skills in a supportive small group atmosphere under the guidance of their faculty advisor. Students may earn one to seven credit hours in GSC classes toward graduation.

Credit Hour(s)

Semester Offered

Fall

GSC102 : Strategies for Academic Success

This course explores the different cognitive and non-cognitive skills that are necessary to for a student to demonstrate their abilities. Students will be exposed to different research and theories related to learning, decision making, mindset, and other areas related to student academic achievement. This course also includes experiential and service learning components that provide students with opportunities to apply these principles to themselves and others and to reinforce course concepts.

Credit Hour(s)

GSC170 : Topics in Service Learning

This course will allow students the opportunity to work with a faculty member and College-approved community partner on a service project, and to thoughtfully reflect upon the connections between what students have learned in class and what they observe and experience through their project. The course is open to any student regardless of major, and the topic will vary each semester. One possibility is to take this class as part of an Alternative Offered in the spring Break experience. The course could be repeatable up to six credit hours. Students may earn one to seven credit hours in GSC classes toward graduation.

Credit Hour(s)

Semester Offered

Spring Break Experience

GSC180 : Information Literacy

This course provides a broad overview of information literacy concepts. The class introduces students to the organization, retrieval, and evaluation of electronic and print information. Lessons consist of lectures, class discussions, hands-on-activities, and practical exercises on how to properly and effectively locate and use information in libraries and on the Internet. Undergraduates should learn the basics for citing information, and they will discuss issues relating to plagiarism. Students will be able to apply principles learned in this course to research assigned in other courses. Students may earn one to seven credit hours in GSC classes toward graduation

Credit Hour(s)

GSC202 : Strategies to Improve Emotional Well-Being

The primary goal of Strategies to Improve Emotional Wellbeing is to create a space to build a coping skill toolkit focused on prioritizing and improving overall emotional wellness. Designed to be an interactive and integrative experience, students can expect to learn evidence-based techniques to better manage stress and general symptoms of anxiety and depression by using emotion-focused, cognitive, interpersonal, and goal setting strategies.

Credit Hour(s)

Semester Offered

Fall

Spring

GSC461 : Internship

Students may receive graduation credit for internships with appropriate academic content that meet the faculty-approved criteria for academic internships. Such experiences include a significant reflective component and must be supervised by a full-time member of the Georgetown College faculty. The GSC internship is designed for internships that are interdisciplinary in nature and/or do not meet the requirements established for departmental credit.

Credit Hour(s)

1 - 3

Prerequisites

consent of the supervising instructor.

GSS105 : Elements of Quantitative Reasoning

A course to prepare students for successful completion of a Quantitative Essential Proficiencies class. This course includes a review of numerical and algebraic skills such as fractions and percentages, factoring, solving linear and quadratic equations, exponents, and reading mathematics for comprehension. It also addresses topics in descriptive statistics and elementary graph theory. GSS105 credit affects GPA but does not count for the Quantitative Essential Proficiencies requirement or toward the 120 hours needed for graduation.