Gettysburg College provides equal opportunities to students with disabilities admitted through the regular admissions process. Recognizing students with disabilities have the legal right and responsibility to present requests for reasonable accommodations, the College promotes self-disclosure and self-advocacy. As a residential college, this applies to reasonable accommodations related to academic, dining and housing needs. The Center for Student Success assists students with disabilities with their requests for accommodations.
Early disclosure allows our office to work with students to develop appropriate accommodations prior to the start of the semester. The determination of reasonable educational, dining and/or housing accommodations is made after meeting with the student and reviewing submitted required documentation. A diagnosis does not automatically warrant approval of requested accommodations.
Gettysburg College does not provide psychoeducational testing/diagnostic services for students who suspect they have a disability.
Reasonable Accommodations
Accommodations at the College level do not eliminate all the challenges and stress felt by many college students. Accommodations that a student had in high school may not be considered reasonable at the postsecondary level.
“At the postsecondary level, the recipient is required to provide students with appropriate academic adjustments and auxiliary aids and services that are necessary to afford, an individual with a disability, an equal opportunity to participate in a school's program. Recipients are not required to make adjustments or provide aids or services that would result in a fundamental alteration of a recipient's program or impose an undue burden.”(US Dept of Education)
Reasonable accommodations are determined through a review of required documentation. Some requested accommodations can be met through the daily opportunities/operations of the college that are available to all students. Each accommodation request is considered, however not all requested accommodations are approved.
Need Assistance?
If you require assistance related to accessibility, please contact Theresa Hoover, Assistant Dean for Student Accessibility.
Students pursuing the alternate track to fulfill the foreign language requirement must choose one of the following clusters at the time of petitioning. Required: 2 courses from the same regional cluster or 1 semester of study in the region and 1 class from the same region cluster. Changes to your program must be approved by the Academic Standing Committee. Students should contact the office of Academic Advising with questions about the eligibility of courses not listed below.
Courses offered 2024-25 Academic Year
Table of Contents
- African Cluster
- Ancient/Classics Cluster
- Asian Cluster
- European Cluster
- Latin American/Caribbean Cluster
Key to symbols
Courses offered 2023-24 Academic Year
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | Offered in Fall 2024 Only |
| ** | Offered in Spring 2025 Only |
| *** |
Offered in both Fall and Spring Semesters |
African Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *AFS 131 | Introduction to African Studies |
| **AFS 246 | Human Rights Policy in the Caribbean |
| **AFS 250 | Vodou in the Diaspora |
| *AFS/Music 251 | Music of the African Diaspora |
| +AFS/Econ 256 | African Econ History and Development |
| **AFS 262 | Africa: Fiction, Hist, Memory |
| *AFS/Hist 272 | African History & Society from 1880 |
| +AFS/Music 318 | African Music: Juju to Hip-Hop |
| *AFS/Hist 373 | Hist Sub Sahara Africa in the 20th Cent |
| **Art History 240 | Arts of the African Diaspora |
| **History 103 | Europe, Africa, and Asia: 1750-1900 |
| *History 208 | Islamic History 600-1500 |
| History 271 | African History & Society to 1880 |
| History 371 | Modern Afr Envir: Hist, Ecology & People |
| *Music 102 | World Music Survey |
| **Phil 240 | World Philosophy |
| **Rel 270 | Introduction to Islam |
One semester of study in Africa
Ancient/Classics Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| +*Art History /Classics 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome |
| *Classics 103 | Gods & Heroes, Death & Desire: Great Books of Ancient Greece and Rome |
| Classics 122 | Survey of Roman Civilization |
| **Classics 130 | Classical Mythology |
| +Classics/ANTH 210 | Civilizing the Barbarians? |
| +**Classics/ANTH 214 | Celts: Ancient and Modern |
| Classics/WGS 240/340 | Gender & Sexuality in Ancient Greece |
| Classics 251 | Greek History |
| Classics/Hist 252 | Roman History |
| Classics/ANTH 255 | The Ancient Mediterranean:Trade, Art, and Colonial Encounters |
| **Classics 264 | Ancient Tragedy |
| +*Classics/ANTH 345 | Inequality in the Ancient World |
| *Classics/Phil 205 | Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| Rel 204 | The Hebrew Scriptures |
| **Rel 205 | Hist. Lit. Rel of New Testament |
One semester of study in Athens, Florence, or Rome
Asian Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| +**Anth/AS 229/329 | Tourism and Culture in China |
| ***Art History/AS 131 | Introduction to Asian Art |
| Art History/AS 234 | Art of China |
| Art History/AS 235 | Chinese Painting and Aesthetics |
| **AS110 | Japanese Culture and Society |
| **AS111 | Chinese Culture and Society |
| *AS 227/327 | Folktales and Fairy Tales |
| **AS 242/324 | Real & Imagined: Past, Present, and Future Japanese Heroes |
| *AS 247 | What is REAL? Extraordinary Fiction in Japan and the World |
| AS 253/353/Rel 253 | Japanese Religion, Myth, Folklore in Visual Media |
| AS 255/355 | Coming of Age in East Asian Literature and Film |
| *CIMS 284 | Arab Film |
| +**Hist 103 | Europe, Asia, Africa: 1750-1900 |
| *Hist 208 | Islamic History 600-1500 |
| Hist 223 | Modern China |
| *Hist 224 | Modern Japan |
| +Hist 325 | Tokugawa Japan:16th-19th Century |
| + Hist 330 | Ottoman Empire:1300-1923 |
| * Music 102 | World Music |
| Phil 216 | Classical Chinese Philosophy |
| **Phil 240 | World Philosophy |
| +*Phil 366 | TOPIC: Zhuangzi |
| **Pol 270 | Government and Politics in China |
| +Pol/AS 273 | The Two Koreas |
| Rel 210 | Buddhist Autobiography |
| Rel 244 | Introduction to Buddhism |
| Rel 247 | Introduction to the Religions of South Asia |
| **Rel 254 | Confucianism |
| **Rel 270 | Introduction to Islam |
| ** Rel 272 | Islam in the Modern World |
One semester of study in Asia
European Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ***Art History 125 | Survey of Western Art |
| +*Art History /Classics 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome |
| +**Art History 202 | Medieval Art |
| +*Art History 210 | 20th Century European Painting |
| +Art History 303 | Art of the Italian Renaissance |
| +*Art History 307 | Baroque Art Caravaggio and Vermeer |
| GER/CIMS 231 | German Film, Gender, and Culture before the Nazis |
| **GER 250 | Grimms-Disney: Euro, Fairytales in Comp. Context |
| *GER/CIMS 260 | Media Violence: Violence in Euro. & Amer. Media |
| GER 265/IDS 264 | Antisemitism and Jewish Response in Lit. & Film |
| GER 276 | Fermentation & Intoxication in German Studies |
| GER 277 | German Eco-Fiction from Fairy Tale to Fukushima |
| *GER 285 | European Jews: History, Holocaust, Future |
| +*Hist 105 | Age of Discovery |
| Hist 207 | The Spanish Inquisition |
| Hist 216 | Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
| *Hist 218 | Modern Germany |
| +Hist 311 | Medieval Europe |
| +Hist 313 | Renaissance and Reformation |
| +Hist 314 | Early Modern Europe: 1555-1750 |
| +*Hist 316 | Transformation in 19th Century Europe |
| *Hist 318 | Europe 1914-1945 |
| +**Hist 319 | Europe since 1945 |
| +* IDS 350/Phil 366 | Topic(s): Marx's Capital |
| Italian 230 | Topic in Italian Culture |
| Italian 260 | Italian Culture |
| Italian/WGS 280 | Women and Italian Film |
| *Music 101 | Listening to Music |
| **Music 210 | Musicology I |
| +* Music 211 | Musicology II |
| Phil 207 | Early Modern European Philosophy |
| **Phil 208 | Kant and 19th Century European Philosophy |
| +Pol 262 | European Union Politics |
| +Pol 304 | Topics in Comparative Politics: |
One semester of study in Europe (Does not include Ireland or UK).
Latin America/Caribbean Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *AFS 132 | Intro to Caribbean Studies |
| AFS 236/LAS 223 | Mapping Caribbean Identities |
| **Hist 206 | Spain and the New World |
| Hist 260/360 | Topics in Latin American History |
| **LAS 140 | Introduction to Latin America: Social Science |
| LAS 147 | Introduction to Latin American Cultural Studies |
| LAS/Anth 232 | Pre-Columbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica |
| **LAS/Music 251 | Topics: Music of Latin America Music of the Caribbean |
| *LAS/Hist 261 | Colonial Latin American History |
| **LAS/Soc 262 | Social Development in Latin America |
| **LAS 263/Hist 262 | Modern Latin American History |
| **LAS 276 | Social & Political Problems: The Case of Mexico |
| LAS 300 | Topics in Latin American Studies |
| +* LAS/Soc 331 | Reinventing Latin American Societies |
| *Music 102 | World Music Survey |
| Phil 215 | Latin American & Caribbean Philosophy |
| Rel 226 | Native American Religious Traditions |
One semester of study in Latin America/The Caribbean.