<p>Duke, UNC, and sometimes Wake Forest allow students to sign up for classes at each of the other universities for one reason or another because of their location and ties with each other. Can students at American University and Georgetown do the same?</p>
<p>I have never heard that they make that available. You should check with the schools directly to get the best response. GWU is also right there but again, havent heard of any collaborating that way.</p>
<p>yes they do! they have this system called the Consortium of universites of the washington metropolitan area. Meaning that:
American University
The Catholic University of America
Gallaudet University
Georgetown University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Howard University
Marymount University
National Defense University
National Intelligence University
Trinity Washington University
University of the District of Columbia
University of Maryland, College Park
they all share the same libraries and schooling(most of the time) so say if you wanted to take a language that AU didn’t offer (Portuguese) you can take the class at one of the listed schools above and it’s totally fine</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks for sharing that info. DD has been at Georgetown and GWU and we never heard anything about this.</p>
<p>My D is an AU student and will be taking a class at Howard for her minor in African American studies next fall, if timing works out. It’s kind of a hassle commuting back and forth. And you have to get approval from AU and verify that AU doesn’t offer a similar course. I don’t think many students do exchanges for those reasons. </p>
<p>Sent from my GT-P3113 using CC</p>
<p>Yes, the consortium is great, but prospective students/parents shouldn’t look into it too much because the likelihood of taking classes via the consortium won’t be available for awhile/accessible. It is hardly convenient to trek to another university to take one class during the day and on a different university scheduling time. I know people who take advanced courses in language and classes like megpmom said because we don’t have a great African American Diaspora Studies minor.</p>
<p>I don’t think the DC Consortium collaborates as much as Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest probably. I also know the Claremont schools in California are all relatively close to one another and that’s why their system works so well. The DC Consortium is a different story.</p>
<p>Could you go to AU (or Georgetown) and take courses at GW in a rare major that those schools don’t offer at all, if it was similar to your major and you had a particular interest in the subject?</p>