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Nov 11, 2025
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American University Catalog 2025-2026
Course Descriptions
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Use the Course Filter to locate and search descriptions of American University’s permanent courses. For more information on the components of course descriptions, see Course Information . Selected and rotating topics section descriptions, as well as course descriptions implemented or revised after the publication of this catalog, are available each term via Eagle Service.
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Undergraduate Courses |
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• FREN-490 Independent Research in French (1-6)
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• FREN-491 Internship: French (1-6)
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• FREN-494 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
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• FREN-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GDES-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GDES-200 Visual Communication Design (3)
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• GDES-210 Typography I: Visible Language for Publications and Media (3)
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• GDES-220 Digital and Emerging Media Design I (3)
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• GDES-230 Graphic Design History: Visual Culture, Commerce, and Propaganda (3)
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• GDES-270 Design for Understanding (3)
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• GDES-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GDES-300 Typography II: Type and Image (3)
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• GDES-310 Design for Print: Digital and Analog Print Production (3)
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• GDES-315 Digital and Emerging Media Design II (3)
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• GDES-320 Visual Concepts and Image Making for Design (3)
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• GDES-325 Kinetic and Sequential Graphics (3)
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• GDES-350 Illustration (3)
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• GDES-360 Data Visualization and Information Design (3)
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• GDES-390 Independent Reading Course (1-6)
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• GDES-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GDES-400 Visual Branding and Design Systems (3)
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• GDES-405 Experience Design: Interactive Media and Mobile Devices (3)
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• GDES-420 Design Capstone (3)
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• GDES-425 Interactive Experience Design: Senior Projects (3)
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• GDES-450 Packaging Design (3)
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• GDES-490 Independent Study Project (1-6)
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• GDES-491 Internship (1-6)
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• GDES-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GERM-132 German, Elementary I (4)
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• GERM-133 German, Elementary II (4)
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• GERM-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GERM-230 The Modernist Explosion: Culture and Ideology in Europe (3)
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• GERM-232 German, Intermediate I (4)
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• GERM-233 German, Intermediate II (4)
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• GERM-332 German Conversation and Composition I (3)
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• GERM-333 German Conversation and Composition II (3)
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• GERM-336 German Topics (3)
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• GERM-338 Introduction to German Translation (3)
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• GERM-339 Business German (3)
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• GERM-340 From Faust to the Berlin Wall (3)
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• GERM-342 Kafka and Modes of the Imagination (3)
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• GERM-344 Nietzsche, Literature, and the Arts (3)
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• GERM-390 Independent Reading in German (1-6)
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• GERM-394 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
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• GERM-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GERM-432 Studies in German Film (3)
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• GERM-433 German Lyric Poetry (3)
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• GERM-438 German Civilization I (3)
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• GERM-439 German Civilization II (3)
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• GERM-488 Capstone Project (3)
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• GERM-490 Independent Research in German (1-6)
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• GERM-491 Internship (1-6)
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• GERM-494 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
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• GERM-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GOVT-102 National Student Leadership Conference Topics (1)
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• GOVT-105 Individual Freedom vs. Authority (3)
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• GOVT-109 Summer Scholars Topics (1)
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• GOVT-110 Politics in the United States (3-4)
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• GOVT-130 Comparative Politics (3)
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• GOVT-182 First Amendment Moot Court (1)
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• GOVT-183 Mediation and Dispute Resolution (1)
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• GOVT-184 People Like Us: Dialogue for Civic Engagement (1)
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• GOVT-185 Topics in Dialogue for Public Affairs Practice (1)
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• GOVT-194 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
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• GOVT-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GOVT-205 Political Theory: Issues and Texts (1)
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• GOVT-208 Justice and Citizenship (3)
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• GOVT-210 Political Power and American Public Policy (3)
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• GOVT-211 Roots of Political Economy (3)
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• GOVT-212 Politics and Literature (3)
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• GOVT-213 Working as a Political Theorist (1)
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• GOVT-221 Income and Wealth in America (3)
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• GOVT-226 The Constitution, Presidential Power, and the War on Terror (3)
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• GOVT-231 Politics in the Developing World (3)
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• GOVT-235 Political Conflict (3)
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• GOVT-240 Metropolitan Politics (3)
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• GOVT-282 Introduction to Women and Politics (1)
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• GOVT-294 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
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• GOVT-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
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• GOVT-304 Living With a Disability (3)
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• GOVT-310 Introduction to Political Research (3)
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• GOVT-314 Liberalism and Its Critics (3)
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• GOVT-315 Elections and Voting Behavior (3)
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• GOVT-317 Israeli Politics and Public Policy (3)
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• GOVT-318 Palestinian Citizens of Israel (3)
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• GOVT-320 The Presidency (3)
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• GOVT-321 Congress and Legislative Behavior (3)
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• GOVT-322 American Political Parties (3)
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• GOVT-323 Interest Group Politics (3)
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• GOVT-324 Latinos in U.S. Politics and Society (3)
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• GOVT-325 Minority Politics in the United States (3)
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• GOVT-326 American Conservative Political Thought (3)
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• GOVT-327 Conservation and Politics of Race, Gender, and Class in Africa (3)
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• GOVT-329 State, Society, and Politics in Spain and Kenya (3)
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• GOVT-332 Comparative Environmental Politics (3)
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• GOVT-333 Government and Politics of the European Union (3)
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• GOVT-335 Democratization: Theory and Practice (3)
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• GOVT-336 Topics in Sub-Saharan African Politics (3)
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• GOVT-337 Authoritarianism in the Modern Era (3)
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• GOVT-338 Authoritarian Challenges to U.S. Democracy in the Twenty-First Century (3)
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