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CoreCurriculumApplies to students who enrolledprior to Fall 2013

Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies

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“A liberal arts education is a celebration of learningthat encompasses pretty much everything: the artsand the humanities, the social sciences and the‘hard’ sciences, business training and otherprofessional studies. It grounds us in a soundunderstanding of our own culture and history, butalso makes us aware and tolerant of the historiesand cultures of others. Liberal learning seeks toemphasize the growth of intellectual self-relianceand independence while encouraging cooperativeendeavors. It is the competence to think, analyzeand understand independently.”

– Former AUC President Thomas Bartlett

Goals and Objectives

The primary aim of AUC’s Core Curriculum programis to ensure that students across various disciplinesare well-grounded in the sciences and liberal arts.The Core Curriculum encompasses courses that aredesigned to provide a broad liberal-arts base forstudents. It aims to develop basic academic andintellectual traits while enhancing the writing skillsof students, as well as their ability to reason andconstruct a logical argument. It strives to familiarizestudents with diverse areas of knowledge andintellectual tradition, helping them understandthemselves, their culture, society and place in theworld. It encourages them to address the patterns ofrational thought and argumentation that underpinthe world’s great intellectual traditions, andintroduces them to the ways in which science seeksto comprehend the natural world. The CoreCurriculum is an education in the fundamentals oflearning, and it lies at the heart of AUC’scommitment to the liberal arts.

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(3 credit hours)(3 credit hours)

Capstone Course

Capstone Course

(3 credit hours) (3 credit hours)(3 credit hours)(3 credit hours)

Arab World Studies

Arab World Studies

Global Studies

Humanities or Social Sciences

(3 credit hours)

Humanities or Social Science

(4 credit hours)

Natural Science or Quantitative

Thinking

(3 credit hours)

Philosophical Thinking

(3 credit hours)

Scientific Thinking

(3 - 9 credit hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

(101/1000 - 102/1100 - 201/2010)

LALT101/1010

CAPSTONE LEVEL

SECONDARY LEVEL

PRIMARY LEVEL

Fundamental Intellectual Skills

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About the Core CurriculumThe Core Curriculum is composed of 10 to 15 courses (30 to46 credit hours) that are required from all students,regardless of their major. It is divided into three components.

Primary Level This level consists of a set of English and Arabic-languagerequirements (3 to 15 credit hours) and four arts and sciencecourses (13 credit hours). They are designed for freshmen,and most students will complete them during their first threesemesters. The four courses include Scientific Thinking andPhilosophical Thinking (students must take both courses), anatural science course, as well as a freshman requirement inthe humanities or social sciences. Students who major in thefields of science and engineering (except actuarial science)are exempt from the general science elective. In addition,students with demonstrated competence may be exempt fromup to six credit hours of Arabic language and up to six credithours of English-writing courses.

Secondary Level The secondary level consists of four requirements in thesocial sciences and humanities (12 credit hours),including one course in the general humanities andsocial sciences; one that deals with world history,culture, society, politics and economics; and twothat deal with the culture of history, society,politics and economics of the Arab world.Most students will complete one of thesefour requirements in each semester oftheir junior and senior years.

Capstone Level This level consists of two requirements that should be met bystudents in their senior year or beyond. The goal is to ensure thatstudents who are in their senior or fifth year take courses that aredesigned for seniors, thereby enabling them to achieve theirutmost potential and preparing them for life after graduation.

Course RestrictionsCourses that are taken by students to meet a Core Curriculumrequirement in the secondary level cannot be used to meet any ofthe requirements that pertain to the student’s major, includingconcentration, specialization, collateral and major corerequirements, as well as concentration electives and generalelectives. Similarly, courses that are employed by students tomeet the requirements of their major cannot be used to meet anyof the requirements of the Core Curriculum, except in the corecapstone level.

Depending on their results on a required Arabic placement test,non-thanawiya amma students who did not sit for the thanawiyaamma Arabic exam or its equivalent must complete between

zero and six credit hours of Arabic as part of their generalelectives in order to graduate.

As of Fall 2014, the University has adopted a policy toensure that students complete Freshman Level

courses within their first three or four semesters,as intended. This policy has several

provisions, including notifications and, insome cases, the placement of

registration holds on students whohave postponed taking Freshman

Level Core Curriculum courses ina manner inconsistent with

University rules and thefour or five-year plans of

their intended majors.

For course descriptions, visit http://catalog.aucegypt.edu.

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Category Five: Natural Sciences or QuantitativeThinking (3 credit hours, 1 laboratory credit hour)

Restriction: Students majoring in any of the fields of the School of Sciences and Engineering are exempt from the natural science requirements. Actuarial science students should take a laboratory course.

Students must choose one course with a laboratory component from thefollowing list:BIOL 102/1040 Essentials of Environmental Biology

SCI 150/1015 LabBIOL 103/1010 Introduction to Life ScienceBIOL 104/1011 Introduction to Biology IBIOL 105/1012 Introduction to Biology IIBIOL 130/1410 Current Health IssuesBIOL 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

SCI 150/1015 LabCHEM 103/1003 Chemistry and Society (for students with no

SCI 150/1015 Lab chemistry background) CHEM 104/1004 Man and the Environment

SCI 150/1015 LabCHEM 105/1005 General Chemistry I

SCI 150/1015 LabMACT 112/1221 Statistical Reasoning

SCI 150/1015 Lab MACT 199/1930 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

SCI 150/1015 LabPHYS 100/1001 Physics for Poets (for students with no

SCI 150/1015 Lab physics background) PHYS 199/1930 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

SCI 150/1015 LabSCI 105/1005 Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt

SCI 150/1015 Lab SCI 109/1009 Exploration of the Universe

SCI 150/1015 LabSCI 199/1930 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

SCI 150/1015 LabSCI 240/2004 Chemistry, Art and Archaeology

SCI 150/1015 LabSCI 250/2005 Introduction to Geology

SCI 251/2015 Lab

Category Six: Humanities and Social Sciences(3 credit hours)

Students must choose one course from the two subcategories: humanities or social sciences. If students choose a course in the socialsciences in the primary level, they must choose a humanities course in the secondary level and vice versa.

Subcategory One: Humanities AMST 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumARIC 100/1300 Arabs and Muslims Encountering the OtherARIC 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumARTV 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

Core CurriculumEffective Fall 2007

For an updated list of courses, visitwww.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses or contact the Office of the Core Curriculum.

I. Primary Level (16 - 28 credit hours)

Category One: English Composition andCommunication (3 - 9 credit hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

Students must fulfill this requirement through one of the following options:

A. RHET 101/1000 Approaches to Critical WritingRHET 102/1100 Effective ArgumentRHET 201/2010 Research Writingor

B. RHET 102/1100 Effective ArgumentRHET 201/2010 Research Writing Any RHET 300/3000 or 400/4000-level course**or

C. RHET 201/2010 Research Writing Any RHET 300/3000 or 400/4000-level course**or

D. Any RHET 300/3000 or 400/4000-level course**

* RHET courses taken as Core Curriculum electives at the secondaryand capstone levels may not be double counted for RHETrequirements in the primary level.

** Junior-level courses

Category Two: Arabic Language (0 - 6 credit hours)

All newly admitted students, except those who have passed thethanawiya amma exam or its equivalent, will take an Arabicplacement exam. Based on exam results, students may be required totake up to two modern standard Arabic courses (ALNG 101/1101,102/1102 or 103/1103; ALNG 201/2101, 202/2102 or 203/2103).

Category Three: Information Literacy

LALT 101/1010, noncredit component

Category Four: Fundamental Intellectual Skills (6 credit hours)

PHIL 220/2100 Philosophical Thinking SCI 120/1020 Scientific Thinking

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CREL 135/2601 Dimensions of the Sacred: ExploringReligious Experience

ECLT 123/1023 Experiencing Creativity: Texts and ImagesECLT 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumFILM 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumHIST 110/1101 World CulturesHIST 111/1102 Big History for FreshmenHIST 122/1103 Words That Made History: Great Speeches

of the 20th CenturyHIST 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumMUSC 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumPHIL 100/1010 Reading PhilosophyPHIL 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumRHET 199/1099 Selected Topics SEMR 123/1023 Celebrating Ideas: A Voyage Through Books,

Film, Art and TheatreSEMR 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum THTR 130/1101 The World of the TheatreTHTR 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

Subcategory Two: Social Sciences

ANTH 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumCORE 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumECON 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumEGPT 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumPOLS 101/1001 Introduction to Political ScienceSOC 199/1099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

Most students will complete these requirements in their first three semesters.

II. Secondary Level (12 credit hours)Category One: Humanities and Social Sciences(3 credit hours)

Every student must choose and complete one course from the followingsubcategory lists. The requirement should be completed by the end ofthe student’s sixth semester. If students choose to meet the primary-level humanities and social sciences requirement by taking ahumanities course, they must choose from the list of social scienceoptions below to meet this requirement. If students choose to meet theprimary-level humanities and social sciences requirement by taking asocial science course, they must choose a course from the humanitiesoptions below to meet this requirement.

Subcategory One: Humanities OptionsARIC 206/2206 The City of CairoARIC 270/2270 From Andalusia to Indonesia: Introduction to

and 271/2271 Islamic Art and Architecture I and IIARIC 299/2099 Selected Topic for Core Curriculum in

HumanitiesARIC 320/3020 Introduction to Sufism

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RHET 310/3310 Effective Rhetoric: Discourse and PowerRHET 323/3330 Changing Words, Changing WorldsRHET 325/3340 The Rhetoric of Argument in the Humanities

and Social SciencesRHET 340/3120 Life Narratives: Reading as WritersRHET 345/3110 The Writer’s WorkshopRHET 380/3150 Poetry WritingRHET 399/3099 Selected TopicsTHTR 203/1201 Theatre in the MakingTHTR 230/2301 Play AnalysisTHTR 299/2099 Selected Topic for Core CurriculumTHTR 350/2101 Survey of Dramatic LiteratureTHTR 351/3101 History of the TheatreTHTR 360/3501 Playwriting ITHTR 361/3503 Playwriting IISEMR 200/2010 Core SeminarSEMR 299/2099 Selected Topics in the HumanitiesSEMR 300/3099 Core Honors Seminar

Subcategory Two: Social Sciences OptionsANTH 202/2101 Cultural AnthropologyANTH 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumARIC 323/3323 Marriage and the Family in the Medieval

and Early Modern Middle EastARIC 325/3325 Beggars, Madmen, Prostitutes:

The Marginalized in Pre-Modern Mideast History

CORE 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumECON 201/2021 Introduction to MacroeconomicsECON 202/2011 Introduction to MicroeconomicsEGPT 202/2020 Ancient EgyptEGPT 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumENTR 203/2101 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Small

Business ManagementLING 252/2200 Introduction to LinguisticsLING 268/2210 Principles and Practice of Teaching English (ACE)PHIL 234/2114 Philosophy of the Social SciencesPHIL 242/2116 Philosophical AnthropologyPPAD 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumPPAD 308/3198 Management in GovernmentPSYC 201/1000 Introduction to PsychologyPSYC 299/2099 Selected Topics in PsychologyPSYC 330/3003 Community Psychology (ACE)RHET 320/3210 Business CommunicationRHET 321/3230 Technical CommunicationRHET 322/3320 Writing in the Social SciencesRHET 330/3350 Writing and CognitionRHET 332/3240 Presentation and Persuasion in BusinessRHET 334/3250 Digital RhetoricSOC 201/2101 Introduction to SociologySOC/PSYC/ANTH 240/2201 Introduction to Community DevelopmentSOC 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

ARIC 335/3435 Introduction to the Study of IslamARIC 336/3336 Studies in Ibn KhaldunARIC 337/3337 Shi’i Muslims in HistoryARIC 354/3405 Islamic PhilosophyARIC 369/3269 Ceramic Arts of the Islamic WorldARIC 370/3270 The Age of Translation: Early Islamic Art and

the Pre-Islamic PastARIC 371/3271-372/3272 Islamic Architecture in Egypt and Syria ARTV/FILM/DSGN 213/2113 Introduction to Visual CulturesARTV/AENG 314/2211 History and Philosophy of Modern and

Contemporary ArchitectureARTV 315/3115 Art TheoryARTV 370/3270 Selected Topics in ArtCREL 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumECLT 200/2010 Introduction to LiteratureECLT 201/2011 Survey of British LiteratureECLT 202/2012 Global Literature in EnglishECLT 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumECLT 303/3003 Seventeenth-Century LiteratureECLT 304/3004 Eighteenth-Century LiteratureECLT 305/3005 RomanticismECLT 306/3006 Nineteenth-Century European LiteratureECLT 310/3010 American Literature to 1900ECLT 344/3014 Literature and PhilosophyECLT 360/3060 ShakespeareECLT 370/3070 Creative WritingFILM 220/2120 Introduction to FilmFILM 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumHIST 203/2401 Western Civilization from Antiquity to

Medieval EuropeHIST 204/2402 Europe from the Middle Ages to the

Enlightenment (1337 - 1789)HIST 205/2403 Europe in the Age of Revolution and

Reform (1789 - 1914)HIST 211/2202 History in the MakingHIST/CREL 212/2604 The Quest for the Historical JesusHIST 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum

in HumanitiesHIST 307/3405 The Middle Ages, the Renaissance and

the ReformationHIST 308/3406 Europe in the Age of ReasonMUSC 220/2200 Introduction to MusicMUSC 240/2400 Western Music Theory IMUSC 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumPHIL 221/2010 Informal LogicPHIL 224/2111 Self and SocietyPHIL 226/2112 Philosophy of ReligionPHIL 230/2113 Introduction to EthicsPHIL 258/2117 Political PhilosophyPHIL 299/2099 Selected Topics for Core CurriculumPHIL 344/3014 Literature and PhilosophyRHET 225/2220 Public SpeakingRHET 299/2099 Selected Topics

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Category Two: Arab World Studies (6 credit hours)

All students must choose and complete two courses from the following list. This requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s sixth semester.

ANTH/SOC 210/2005 Arab SocietyANTH 312/3301 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East and

North AfricaANTH 390/3305 Selected People and Culture AreasARIC 201/2101 Introduction to Classical Arabic LiteratureARIC 202/2102 Introduction to Modern Arabic LiteratureARIC 203/2103 Classical Arabic Literature in TranslationARIC 204/2104 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

ARIC 246/2346/ Survey of Arab HistoryHIST 246/2203

ARIC 299/2097 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies

ARIC 305/3104 Arabic Literature and GenderARIC 306/3106 Arabic Literature and FilmARIC 307/3107 The Writer and the State ARIC 308/3108 Colloquial and Folk Literature ARIC 309/3097 Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic

Literature ARIC 310/3197 Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic

Literature in Translation ARIC 314/3114 The Arabic Novel ARIC 315/3115 Arabic DramaARIC 316/3116 The Arabic Short Story ARIC 321/3321 Zawiyas, Harems, Coffee Shops: Everyday Life

in the Pre-Modern Mideast ARIC 322/3322 Land, Trade and Power: A History of Economic

Relations in the Middle East, 600 - 1800 ADARIC 324/3324 Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim

World ARIC 343/3343 Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the

Arab Caliphates ARIC 344/3344/ Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades

HIST 344/3211 and MongolsARIC 345/3345/ Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids

HIST 345/3212 and Mughols ARIC 355/3355/ State and Society in the Middle East,

HIST 355/3213 1699 - 1914 ARIC 357/3397/ Selected Topics in Middle East History

HIST 357/3288CREL 299/2097 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum ECON 215/2051 Economic History of the Modern Middle East FILM 320/3120 Cinema in Egypt and the Arab World HIST 247/2204 The Making of the Modern Arab World HIST 299/2097 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in

Arab World StudiesHIST 330/3206 Urban Landscapes in the Modern Middle

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HIST 333/3208/ Zionism and Modern Judaism CREL 333/3209

MUSC 245/2450 Arab Music Theory IMUSC 342/3250 Music in the Arab Tradition SOC 203/2301 Social Problems of the Middle East SOC 206/2302 Arab Family Structure and Dynamics SOC/PSYC/ANTH 240/2201 Introduction to Community Development

Category Three: Global Studies (3 credit hours)

All students must choose and complete one course from the followinglist. This requirement should be completed by the end of the student’ssixth semester.

AMST 299/2096 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum AMST 301/3100 The U.S. and the World EconomyANTH 302/3015 Global Families: Kinship and Relatedness in

Late Modernity ANTH 320/3040 States, Capital and Rural LivesANTH/LING 352/3075 Language in Culture ANTH 360/3080 Gender, Sexuality and Social Change ANTH 372/3090 Public Anthropology ANTH 382/3302 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan AfricaANTH 384/3303 Peoples and Cultures of Latin AmericaANTH 386/3304 Peoples and Cultures of AsiaANTH 390/3305 Selected People and Cultures Areas ARIC 299/2096 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum ARIC 319/3319 Islamic Spain and North AfricaARIC 345/3345 Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids

HIST 345/3212 and Mughols ARIC 368/3268 The Art of the Book in the Islamic WorldCREL 210/2603 Religions of the World CREL 220/2606 Hinduism and Buddhism in IndiaCREL 230/2607 Pilgrimage Traditions in the World’s

ReligionsCREL 299/2096 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum CREL 320/3608 Masters, Saints and Saviors: Sacred

Biography in the World’s ReligionsECLT/HIST 209/2019 Introduction to American Studies ECLT 299/2096 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum ECLT 301/3001 Medieval Literature ECLT 302/3002 Literature of the Renaissance ECLT 308/3008 Modern European and American LiteratureECLT/AMST 311/3011 Modern American Literature: Nation, Culture

and IdentityECLT 330/3030 Literature and CinemaECLT 332/3032 World Literature ECLT 333/3033 African Literature ECLT 345/3045 Literature and GenderECLT 346/3046 Third World Literature ECLT 347/3099 Selected Topics ECLT 348/3048 Contemporary LiteratureECLT 352/3052 Recurrent Themes in LiteratureECLT 353/3053 Modern Drama ECON 224/2091 Economic History FILM 370/3070 Selected Topics in Film

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mean to be their own governors

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power which knowledge gives.

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HIST 201/2501 History of American Civilization to the 19th Century

HIST 202/2502 History of Modern American CivilizationHIST/POLS 206/2404 Europe in International Politics in the

20th Century HIST 207/2104 World History HIST 299/2096 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum HIST 309/3504 History of American Political Thought HIST 320/3105 Big History LING 200/2201 Languages of the World MUSC 225/2000 World Music MUSC 240/2400 Western Music Theory I MUSC 255/1010 The Songs of America MUSC 360/3200 Music in the Western Tradition PHIL 238/2115 World Philosophy PHIL 319/3013 Development and Responsibility PHIL/AMST 356/3016 American Philosophy POLS 299/2096 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum RHET 341/3130 Travel Writing SOC 303/3303/ Social Movements

ANTH 303/3020 SOC 304/3025 Development AgenciesSOC 306/3030 Sociology of LiteratureSOC 307/3304 Social Class and Inequality SOC/ANTH 321/3045 The Urban Experience SOC 322/3050 Rural Sociology SOC 323/3055 Fundamentals of Population Studies SOC/ANTH 332/3060 Social Constructions of Difference: Race,

Ethnicity and Class SOC/ANTH 370/3085 Environmental Issues in Egypt

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Failure is instructive. The

person who really thinks learns

quite as much from his failures

as from his successes.

– John Dewey

* All prerequisites apply ACE: Academic Community Engagement

** Course should be taken with the consent of the instructor

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No more than three capstone creditscan be taken from the department of major.

III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)

This requirements may be met by selecting two courses from a variety of options, including a senior project or thesis, senior seminar or internship,study abroad, community engagement, honors seminar, interdisciplinarysenior seminar, or a 400-level course counting toward a double major. Nomore than 3 of the 6 credit hour requirements may be taken in thedepartment of major. All prerequisites apply.*

ACCT 403/4003* Contemporary Issues in Accounting AENG 490/4980* Senior Project IAENG 491/4981* Senior Project II ANTH/SOC 422/4025* Religion in a Global World ANTH/PSYC/SOC Practicum in Community Development

440-441/4203-4045* ANTH/SOC 460/4560* Development Studies Seminar ANTH/SOC 495/4107* Senior Seminar ARTV 470/4270* Senior ProjectBIOL 495/4980* Senior Research Thesis BIOL 496/4981* Seminar in Biology CENG 490/4980* Senior Project ICENG 491/4981* Senior Project IICHEM 495/4980* Senior Thesis CORE 499/4198 Selected Topics for Core Curriculum CSCE 491/4980* Senior Project I CSCE 492/4981* Senior Project II ECLT 409/4009 Greek Classics in Translation ECLT 410/4010 Classics of the Ancient World ECLT 411/4011 History of Literary Criticism ECLT 412/4012 Modern Literary Criticism ECLT 447/4099 Capstone Seminar: Selected Topics ECON 308/3071* Labor Economics (ACE) ECON 411/4099* Seminar: Special Topics in Economics ECON 415/4051* Seminar on Economic Development in the

Middle East EENG 490/4980* Senior Project I EENG 491/4981* Senior Project II EGPT 440/4040** Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics EGPT 499/5199** Selected Topics in Egyptology ENGR 494/4990 Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation ENTR 413/4102* Entrepreneurship and Innovation FILM 450/4250* Senior Film Project FILM 470/4370 Advanced Seminar in Film Study and

Research HIST 401/4588 Selected Topics in the History of the United

States HIST 402/4488 Selected Topics in European History HIST 405/4188 Selected Topics in World History

* All prerequisites apply ACE: Academic Community Engagement

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ARIC 462/5136 Middle East JRMC 420/4420* Media Management JRMC 425/4425* Integrated Marketing Communication

Campaigns Capstone JRMC 480/4480* Multimedia Reporting Capstone JRMC 482/4482* Media Convergence Capstone MACT 495/4980* Senior Thesis MACT 497/4950* Practical InternshipMACT 4990 Enterprise Risk Management MENG 490/4980* Senior Project I MENG 491/4981* Senior Project II MEST 430/4301 Special Topics in Middle East Studies MGMT 480/4401* Business Planning and Strategy MKTG 480/4602* Marketing Strategy MUSC 492/4980* Capstone Final Recital PENG 490/4980* Senior Project I PENG 491/4981* Senior Project II PHIL 410/5112** Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics PHIL 418/5114* Philosophical Masterpieces PHIL 420/5115* Philosophical Figures PHIL 458/5119* Advanced Seminar in Political PhilosophyPHYS 401/4980* Senior Thesis and Seminar POLS 400/4000* Honors Seminar: Political Theory and Current

Issues in World Affairs POLS 430/4030* Cross-Cultural Perceptions and

RepresentationsPOLS 430/5130* Seminar: Special Topics in Political Science PPAD 491/5198* Practicum PSYC 430/4063* Advanced Community Psychology: Applied

Research and Service PSYC 442/4062* Clinical Psychology RHET 342/3140* Writing Children’s Literature (ACE) RHET 400/4360* Writing and Editing for Publication RHET 410/4260* Writing for Project Funding (ACE) RHET 450/4160* Imagining the Book RHET 480/4270* Research and Writing Internship RHET 490/4280* Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing SEMR 300/3099 Core Honors Seminar (ACE)SEMR 410/4018 East-West Dialogue: Cross-Cultural

Perceptions and Representations SEMR 411/4028 The Arab Spring in Arab Eyes: Perceptions

and Reflections from the Arab World SEMR 412/4038 South-South Dialogue: Perceptions and

Reflections from the Global South THTR 490/4703* Senior Thesis THTR 495/4705** Senior Honors Project

** Course should be taken with the consent of the instructor

* All prerequisites apply ACE: Academic Community Engagement

** Course should be taken with the consent of the instructor

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Core Curriculum RequirementsChecklist for Students in the Schoolof Sciences and EngineeringCore Curriculum (31 - 43 credit hours)

I. Primary Level (13 - 19 credit hours)

All students except engineering majors should complete the requirementsof this level during their first three semesters. Engineering studentsshould complete this level during their first four semesters.

A: Rhetoric and Composition (3 - 9 credit hours)*

Students may fulfill this requirement in one of the following ways,based on their placement.

a. RHET 101/1000, 102/1100 and 201/2010 9 credits ________b. RHET 102/1100, 201/2010 and

any 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 9 credits ________c. RHET 201/2010 and

any 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 6 credits ________d. Any 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 3 credits ________(to be taken in the student’s fifth semester or later)

B: Information Literacy (0 credit hours)LALT 101/1010 0 credit ________

C: Fundamental Intellectual Skills (6 credit hours)Philosophic Thinking (PHIL 220/2100)** 3 credits ________Scientific Thinking (SCI 120/1020) 3 credits ________

D: Humanities or Social Sciences 3 credits ________(3 credit hours)

E: Natural Sciences or Quantitative Thinking (1 laboratory credit hour)Actuarial science students only must take one credit lab 1 credit ________

II. Secondary Level (12 credit hours)

All students except engineering majors should complete the requirementsof this level by the end of their sixth semester. Engineering studentsshould complete this level by their eighth semester.

A: Humanities or Social Sciences (3 credit hours)If students choose a course in the humanities in the primary level, they must choose a social science course in the secondary level andvice versa. 3 credits ________

B: Arab World Studies (6 credit hours) 3 credits ________3 credits ________

C: Global Studies (3 credit hours) 3 credits ________

III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)

Students fulfill this requirement by taking six credit hours from theoptions below; up to three of the required six credit hours may betaken in the department of major.

Senior project or thesis/senior seminar/ senior internship/studyabroad/interdisciplinary senior seminar/community-basedlearning/honors seminar

3 credits ________3 credits ________

TOTAL (31 - 37 credit hours) _________

Arabic Language (0 - 6 credit hours)

Depending on their results on a required Arabic placement test, non-thanawiya amma students who did not sit for the thanawiya ammaArabic exam or its equivalent, must complete between zero to six credit hours of Arabic as part of their general electives in order to graduate.

ALNG 101/1101, 102/1102 or 103/1103 3 credits ________ALNG 201/2101, 202/2102 or 203/2103 3 credits ________

NOTE:*RHET courses taken as Core Curriculum electives at the secondaryand capstone levels may not be double counted for RHET requirementsin the primary level, but one course may be double counted for thewriting minor.

* *RHET 102/1100 prerequisite to or concurrent with PHIL 220/2100

DOUBLE COUNTING:A student cannot take one course and double count it intwo different categories in the Core Curriculum. However,

(a) Up to three of the six credit hours needed to fulfill the capstonerequirement may be taken in the department of major; no morethan these three credit hours may be double counted to meet bothCore Curriculum and major requirements.

(b) Courses may be double counted to meet both the Core Curriculumand minor requirements in the secondary level. In addition, up tothree credit hours meeting the requirements of a core capstonecourse may also be eligible to count in a student’s minor.

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Core Curriculum RequirementsChecklist for Students in the Schoolof Humanities and Social Sciences,School of Business and School ofGlobal Affairs and Public PolicyCore Curriculum (34 - 46 credit hours)

I. Primary Level (16 - 22 credit hours)

Students should complete the requirements of this level during theirfirst three semesters.

A: Rhetoric and Composition (3 - 9 credit hours)*

Based on their placement, students will fulfill this requirement in oneof the following ways.

a. RHET 101/1000, 102/1100 and 201/2010 9 credits ________b. RHET 102/1100, 201/2010 and

any 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 9 credits ________

c. RHET 201/2010 andany 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 6 credits ________

d. Any 300/3000 or 400/4000-level RHET course 3 credits ________(to be taken in a student’s fourth semester or later)

B: Information Literacy (0 credit hours)LALT 101/1010 0 credit ________

C: Fundamental Intellectual Skills (6 credit hours)Philosophical Thinking (PHIL 220/2100)** 3 credits ________Scientific Thinking (SCI 120/1020) 3 credits ________

D: Humanities or Social Sciences (3 credit hours) 3 credits ________

E: Natural Sciences or Quantitative Thinking (3 credit hours, 1 laboratory credit hour)

3 credits ________1 credit ________

II. Secondary Level (12 credit hours)

Students should complete the requirements of this level by the end oftheir sixth semester.

A: Humanities or Social Sciences (3 credit hours) 3 credits ________

B: Arab World Studies (6 credit hours) 3 credits ________3 credits ________

C: Global Studies (3 credit hours) 3 credits ________

III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)

Students fulfill this requirement by taking six credit hours from theoptions below; up to three of the required six credit hours may be takenin the department of major.

Senior project or thesis/senior seminar/ senior internship/studyabroad/interdisciplinary senior seminar/community-basedlearning/honors seminar

3 credits ________3 credits ________

TOTAL (34 - 40 credit hours) _________

Arabic Language Requirement (0-6 credit hours)

Depending on their results on a required Arabic placement test, non-thanawiya amma students who did not sit for the thanawiya ammaArabic exam or its equivalent must complete between zero to six credithours of Arabic as part of their general electives in order to graduate.

ALNG 101/1101, 102/1102 or 103/1103 3 credits ________ALNG 201/2101, 202/2102 or 203/2103 3 credits ________

NOTE:*RHET courses taken as Core Curriculum electives at the secondary andcapstone levels may not be double counted for RHET requirements in theprimary level, but one course may be double counted for the writing minor.

**RHET 102/1100 prerequisite or concurrent with PHIL 220/2100

DOUBLE COUNTING:A student cannot take one course and double count it intwo different categories in the Core Curriculum. However,

(a) Up to three of the six credit hours needed to fulfill the capstonerequirement may be taken in the department of major; no more thanthese three credit hours may be double counted to meet both CoreCurriculum and major requirements.

(b) Courses may be double counted to meet both the Core Curriculumand minor requirements in the secondary level. In addition, up tothree credit hours meeting the requirements of a core capstonecourse may also be eligible to count in a student’s minor.

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