How you learn at GCA

A U.S. degree from anywhere in the world, without putting your life on hold.

Six-week blocks

The academic year has three terms (Spring, Summer, Fall) and eight six-week blocks, 48 instructional weeks in total. Each block starts on a Monday and ends on a Sunday 42 days later.

One course at a time

The standard load is one course per block. Bachelor's students may choose to take two courses in some blocks to finish in about four years; graduate and doctoral students take one course per block.

Start in any block

You register, pay, and receive grades course by course. There is no need to wait for a new semester.

Clear course design

Every course follows the same structure — you always know what to expect.

6 weeks × 4 lessons = 24 video lessons
A reading note for every lesson, with a worked example and key takeaways
3 practice questions per lesson (ungraded) and a short glossary
A graded quiz each week (15 questions in Weeks 1–5, 25-question cumulative final in Week 6)
Three attempts per quiz, best score counts; the final has a 45-minute limit

~22.5

hours/week · undergraduate course

~30

hours/week · graduate course

hours of academic work per credit

Grading

Weeks 1–5 count 15% each and the Week 6 final counts 25%. The passing grade is 70%.

Subtitles in 24 languages

Every video lesson has English captions plus subtitles in 23 other languages, including Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Indonesian. The GCA Global Campus is available 24/7, and the Help Desk answers technical questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.