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2009-2010 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • EENG 455 - Computer Architecture

    The objectives of this course are to introduce the principles of Modern Computer Architecture and design. Topics to be discussed include Instruction Set Architectures, Arithmetic Logic Unit design, CPU data path design, CPU pipelining, memory hierarchy, cache and virtual memory, and introduction to I/O.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: EENG 210, 352, concurrent with EENG 458L.
    Cross-listed
    Same as CSCE 330.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EENG 456 - Digital Control Systems

    Advantages of using PLCs in industrial automation, Basic components of a PLC, Interfacing sensors and actuators to PLCs, Programming of PLCs by ladder logic, Internal markers, Timers, Counters, Conditional jumps and Master Control function, PLC program design, PLC program development for control applications, Advanced Sequential Control Techniques, Data handling instructions, A/D and D/A PLC modules, Basic elements of DCS, Differences between DCS and SCADA, Foundation Field bus and Profibus.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EENG 210 and 321 (for EENG students); PHYS 319 and MENG 476 (for MENG students).
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EENG 458L - Computer Architecture Lab

    The laboratory will cover experiments in computer architecture and hardware design and experiments illustrating material of Course EENG 455.
    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with EENG 455.
    Cross-listed
    Same as CSCE 339L.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (1 cr.)
  

  • EENG 459L - Microcontroller System Design Lab

    Experiments illustrating material of course EENG 453.
    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with EENG 453.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (1 cr.)
  

  • EENG 480 - Special Problems in Electronics Engineering

    Independent study in various problem areas of electronics engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit if content changes.
    (1-3 cr.)
  

  • EENG 490 - Senior Project I

    A capstone project. Topics are selected by groups of students according to their area of interest and the advisor’s approval. Projects address solutions to open-ended applications using an integrated engineering approach.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: senior standing.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (1 cr.)
  

  • EENG 491 - Senior Project II

    A continuation of the capstone project.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EENG 490
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (2 cr.)
  

  • EENG 494 - Selected topics in Electronics Engineering

    Course content will be selected each semester from current developments in the field of electronics engineering.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: senior standing.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EENG 497 - Industrial Internship

    Each student is required to be trained for 15 hours in the Mechanical Engineering workshops to study the fundamentals of manufacturing processes (forming, welding and machining). Each student is also required to spend a minimum of eight weeks in industrial training in Egypt or abroad. A complete account of the experience is reported, presented and evaluated.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: completion of 100 credit hours.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (1 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 202 - Ancient Egypt

    An introduction to history, society, religion, art and architecture of Ancient Egypt, including a description of the nature and character of the field of Egyptology. The continuing impact of Ancient Egypt on subsequent societies and cultures including that of modern Egypt will be examined.
    When Offered
    Offered each semester.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 204 - Archaeology: Methods and Theories

    The methods and theories of archaeological excavation and interpretation; archaeological evidence of human cultural development; archaeology as a social science.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 250 - Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation

    The course will analyze Ancient Egyptian literary texts -including folk tales, myths, wisdom literature and poetry- in order to present Ancient Egyptian culture through its literature.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 253 - Hieroglyphics I

    The course introduces the student to the study of classical Egyptian script, grammar and hieroglyphic texts of the Middle Kingdom.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 254 - Hieroglyphics II

    The course is a continuation of EGPT 253. Students will concentrate on the verbal forms of classical Egyptian.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT 253.
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: RHET 101.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 301 - A Cultural Geography of Ancient Egypt

    The class examines Egypt’s geography and devotes special attention to the effect of geography upon the development of Ancient Egyptian history and civilization. Egypt’s geography past and present will be compared, and the exploitation of Egypt’s natural resources will be investigated.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: instructor’s consent
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 304 - Culture and Society of Ancient Egypt

    The course identifies the basic structure of ancient Egyptian society and culture, and places special emphasis upon the interaction of economics, social organization, environment, law, politics, and religion.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: either EGPT/HIST 243, 244, EGPT 261 or 262.
    Cross-listed
    Same as ANTH 304.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 341 - Egypt in the Late Period

    The course will examine the factors that lay behind the collapse of the New Kingdom state and the rise of the Libyan and Nubian dynasties that dominated Egypt from 1200 to 332 BC. Special attention will be devoted to the last dynasties of the Pharaonic tradition, Dynasties XXI-XXX.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT/HIST 243 and 244, or instructor’s consent.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 342 - History of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Era

    The course will study the history of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman period and the momentous confrontation between Greek and Egyptian culture between 300 BC and 700 AD. It will also examine the social consequences of the spread of Christianity in Egypt and the rise of Coptic culture.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT/HIST 243 and 244, or instructor’s consent.
    Cross-listed
    Same as HIST 342.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 343 - History of Ancient Egypt I

    This course covers the history of Egypt from the Predynastic period to the Middle Kingdom. The course focuses on the ‘official’ history of Egypt rather than the cultural/social history which is covered in a separate course. The scope of ‘official’ history includes: the rise of the Egyptian state, the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, religious changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary souces will be augmented by archaeological evidence. Field trips to archaeological sites in the Cairo area an obligatory aspect of the course.

     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 344 - History of Ancient Egypt II

    This course covers the history of Egypt from the Middle Kingdom to the end of the Pharaonic history. The course focuses on the ‘official’ history of Egypt rather than the cultural/social history that is covered in a separate course. The scope of ‘official’ history includes: the rise of the Egyptian state, the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, religious changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary sources will be augmented by archaeological evidence. Field trips to archaeological sites are an important component of the course.

     
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 346 - Societies and Culture of the Ancient Near East

    The course constitutes a historical overview of the societies and cultures of Egypt, the Mediterranean world and the Middle East, from the emergence of urban society in Iraq in the fourth millennium BC to the rise and fall of the great empires of Babylon, Assyria, the Hitties, Achaemenid Persia, Greece and Rome. Special attention will be paid to the position of Ancient Egyptian civilization within the wider context of Ancient Near Eastern history.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT/HIST 243 and 244, or instructor’s consent.
    Cross-listed
    Same as HIST 346.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 348 - Societies and Cultures of Ancient Nubia

    The course will survey the emergence of food-producing societies in Nubia and the Sudan from 6000 BC, and will examine the development of Nubian civilization from the Kerma culture and the kingdoms of Kush and Meröe to the advent of Islam. Special attention will be devoted to the interaction between Egyptian and Nubian civilizations.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent or of instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 353 - Hieroglyphics III

    Students will read a number of Egyptian texts and learn how to translate and interpret written documents.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT 254.
    When Offered
    Offered every fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 361 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt I

    The course covers the period between the Predynastic and the Middle Kingdom and includes: reliefs, statuary, architecture, and minor arts, illustrated with images. The class focuses on learning how to look at and to analyze Egyptian art and to place it in its context. This course involves a significant amount of memorization that enables the student to create a mental data-bank that is useful when putting excavated material in context and in analyzing Egyptian art. There will be field-trips to the museum and to Giza and Saqqara durign the semester.

     
    Prerequisites
    EGPT 202 or consent of instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 362 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt II

    The course covers the period betweem the Middle Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Period. It includes: reliefs, statuary, architecture, and minor arts, illustrated with images. The class focuses on identifying the basic principles of Egyptian art and architecture, learning how to look at and to analyze Egyptian art and to place it in its context. There will be field-trips to the museum and to other sites, possibly including Luxor, during the semester.

     
    Prerequisites
    EGPT 202 or consent of instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 400 - Introduction to Coptic

    Coptic represents the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language. The course will include reading of selected texts in two Coptic dialects.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT 254.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 401 - Introduction to Hieratic

    Hieratic is a script derived from hieroglyphics used mainly on papyrus. The course is a study of this script through reading selected texts related -literary, religious, or administrative- related to daily life in ancient Egypt .
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT 254.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 402 - Hieroglyphics IV

    The course consists of further reading of Egyptian texts with an introduction to the new Egyptian language of the later periods of Pharaonic history. In order to introduce students to epigraphy, they are required to copy and study texts from Cairo Museum.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: EGPT 353.
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 403 - Independent Study in Egyptology

    Independent research projects in Egyptology, with consent of instructor and student’s adviser.
    When Offered
    Offered every semester.
    (1-3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 440 - Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics

    The course will examine in detail the beliefs and religious institutions of the Ancient Egyptians. Special attention will be devoted to official and popular religions, and to their manifestation in architecture as well as in the literature of Ancient Egypt.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: instructor’s permission.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 445 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies

    This course allows instructors to offer a topic in Coptic Studies. The topic will be chosen from year to year in coordination with the departments concerned and the dean of the School of HUSS, and according to the individual interests and areas of expertise of the instructors. Topics chosen may include various aspects of Coptic art and history, monasticism, folklore, or other subjects.
    Cross-listed
    Same as ARIC ANTH, HIST, SOC 445.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    Repeatable
    The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes.
    Notes
    Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 459 - Selected Topics in Cultural Resource Management and Museology

    The course deals with different types of cultural heritage present in Egypt and their physical and cultural environment, and with the various methods of managing them in order to ensure their proper preservation while making them accessible to tourists and scholars. At the instructor’s discretion, the course may also provide an understanding of the role of museums in the modern world and the basic methodology and practice of museum management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 491 - Field Work in Egyptological Method and Theory

    Preference will be given to majors in Egyptology, anthropology, archaeology. Inquiries concerning the course must be made no fewer than seven months prior to the start of the summer semester. Summer semester.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Notes
    Participation in archaeological and/or epigraphic fieldwork in Egypt. Sites and projects will vary.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • EGPT 499 - Selected Topics in Egyptology

    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: junior standing and/or consent of instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit when content changes.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGL 100 - Academic English for Freshmen

    English 100 is a concurrent course in which classes meet five days a week for a total of fifteen hours. A student who for any reason misses thirty-six hours (12 days) will be dropped from the course. A student who is dropped will be allowed to retake the course the following semester. Sessions are devoted to the comprehension and summary of university-level texts, the introduction to basic research tools, the writing of essays on science and humanities topics and remedial grammar within the context of individual teacher-student conferences. Freshmen taking English 100 may enroll in no more than two academic with a maximum of 7 academic course credits. Any student who withdraws from English 100 must withdraw from the two other academic.

    For new students, placement in academic English for freshmen is determined by their score on the ELPET or TOEFL with TWE. For students enrolled in the intensive English program, placement in Academic English for Freshmen is determined by their score on the IEP exit test.

    All students who have been admitted into ENGL 100 must satisfactorily complete the course work within a time period not to exceed two full semesters and a summer session. Students taking ENGL 100 in summer may not enroll in any academic.
  

  • ENGL 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
    Notes
    May be taken concurrently with ENGL 100.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering

    History of engineering. Engineering fields of specialization and curricula. The engineering profession: team work, professionalism, ethics, licensing, communication and societal obligations. Engineering support personnel and activities. Engineering approach to problem solving. Examples of major engineering projects. Course project.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    The course must be taken in the year of admission to the engineering program.

    (1 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 115 - Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Drawing

    Introductory descriptive geometry. Orthographic and pictorial drawing. Sectional views, auxiliary views, and conventions. Dimensioning. Free hand sketching, and both manual and computer-aided drafting.
    Hours
    One class period and one three-hour lab period.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (2 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 212 - Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)

    Fundamentals of mechanics. Equilibrium of practices, forces in space, equivalent systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces, center of gravity, internal actions, analysis of simple structures and machine parts. Friction. Moment of inertia.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: MACT 132 and PHYS 111.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 214 - Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)

    Kinematics and kinetics of a particle, system of particles, and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum methods. Engineering applications.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: MACT 231 and ENGR 212
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 229 - Strength and Testing of Materials

    Concept of stress and strain in components, mechanical behavior of materials under tensile, compressive, and shear loads, hardness, impact loading, fracture and fatigue. Analysis of stresses and the corresponding deformations in components, axial loading, torsion, bending, and transverse loading. Statically indeterminate problems. Transformation of plane stresses, and Mohr’s circle..
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: ENGR 212.
    Hours
    Three class periods and one three-hour lab period
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (4 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 261 - Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

    Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid flow. Conservation of momentum, energy, continuity and Bernoulli’s equations. Viscous efforts for laminar and turbulent flow. Steady state closed conduit and open channel flow.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: PHYS 112 and ENGR 214.
    Hours
    Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 313 - Engineering Analysis and Computation I

    Solution of sets of linear equations, roots of equations, curve fitting (interpolation), numerical integration and differentiation, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, boundary value problems and introduction to the finite difference method of computer programs for problem solving. It includes a programming based project.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: CSCE 106 and MACT 233.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 318 - General Electrical Engineering

    Active, reactive and apparent power, three-phase systems, electrical measurements, transformers, motors: types, performance and selection generation, transmission and distribution of Electrical Energy, protective and earthing systems, energy management and cost.



     
    Prerequisites
    PHYS 112, MACT 231.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 345 - Engineering Economy

    Economic and cost concepts, the time value of money, single, multiple and series of cash flows, gradients, functional notation, nominal and effective interest rates, continuous compounding, rates of return. Computation and applications, economic feasibility of projects and worth of investments, comparison of alternatives. Replacement, deprecation and B.E. analysis. Introduction to risk analysis.
    Prerequisites
    MACT 132.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 364 - Fundamentals of Thermofluids

    Introduction to thermodynamics concepts and definitions; pure substance and ideal gases; the first law of thermodynamics, the concepts of the second law of thermodynamics, continuity; momentum and energy equations; introduction to laminar and turbulent flows; flow in conduits; introduction to turbomachinery; conduction heat transfer: one-dimensional and fins; forced and natural convention heat transfer.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: PHYS 111. Open for Electronics Engineering major only.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 511 - Computational Methods in Engineering

    Numerical solution of sets of algebraic and transcendental equations, eigen system analysis, numerical integration and differentiation. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, optimization methods. Applications using MATLAB.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 512 - Experimental Methods in Engineering

    Types of experiments. Physical models: type, scale, material selection. Experimental setups. Measurements: electrical measurements and sensing devices; pressure and flow measurements; temperature and thermal measurements; force, strain and motion measurements; computer data storage. Design of experiments: review of statistical inference, single factor experiments, randomized block and Latin square designs, factorial designs. Regression.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 516 - Engineering for a Sustainable Environment

    Solid, industrial and hazardous waste generation and control, with an emphasis on sustainable engineering practices such as environmental impact assessment and performance, waste management, pollution prevention, waste minimization, cleaner production, energy recovery, recycling and reuse.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 518 - Engineering Statistics

    Probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, test of hypotheses, regression, correlation, and nonparametric statistics.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 590 - Graduate Thesis Seminar I

    Seminars on research topics, research methodology and thesis writing, and presentations given by invited speakers.
    (2 cr.)
  

  • ENGR 591 - Graduate Thesis Seminar II

    Seminars on research topics given by invited speakers and on research plans given by students to discuss their thesis topics and the results they obtained in their work.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: ENGR 590.
    (1 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 561 - Water Quality Control

    Water quality parameters: standards and analysis; theory and basic processes for modeling fate and transport of pollutants in surface water bodies; integrated water pollution control strategies.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 562 - Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering

    Theory and design of unit operations and processes in environmental engineering, emphasizing water and wastewater treatment; namely: physical, chemical and biological unit processes, sludge handling processes.   
    Cross-listed
    Same as CENG 473 but with additional requirements for graduate students.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 564 - Air Pollution Control Engineering

    Air pollutants sources, sinks, and residence time. Costs of air pollution. Control strategies and systems design. Mathematical models of air pollution. Monitoring and control instruments.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 565 - Air Pollution and Combustion

    Air pollution and combustion, combustion generated pollutants, greenhouse effect, fuel alternatives, effects of air pollution on health and vegetation, other forms of energy sources, technologies for emission reduction and control.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 566 - Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering

    Solid wastes – Nature, generation and collection.  Local and regional management strategies including recycling and recovery of useful products, landfilling, and incineration.  Hazardous wastes – Nature, generation and collection.  Risk assessment.  Management strategies including source reduction, treatment, recovery, landfilling, and incineration. 
    Cross-listed
    Same as CENG 475 but with additional requirements for graduate students.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 567 - Environmental Chemistry

    Chemical principles for quantitative solution of environmental engineering problems with a focus on aqueous systems. Concept of chemical equilibrium is developed to determine mass distribution of environmentally significant substances. Applications of acid-base, coordination, oxidation-reduction, and organic distribution reactions are developed for water and wastewater systems.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 568 - Noise Pollution Fundamentals, Measurements and Control

    Properties of sound waves in free fields and enclosures; effects of noise on people; quantitative measurement of noise characteristics and impact; noise reduction indoors and outdoors; noise control regulations.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 569 - Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination

    Groundwater and well hydraulics with applications to water supply and control of contaminants; groundwater contamination; development, solution and application of contaminant transport equations; groundwater remediation; introduction to unsaturated flow.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 580 - Independent Study in Engineering

    Independent study in various problem areas of engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
    Notes
    (Students may sign for up to 3 credits towards fulfilling M. Sc. requirements).

    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 592 - Advanced Topics in Engineering

    Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    Repeatable
    May be taken for credit more than once if content changes.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • ENVE 599 - Research Guidance Thesis

    Consultation on problems related to student thesis.
    Repeatable
    Must be taken twice for credit.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EUST 504 - European Union Law

    Introduction to the major institutions and decision making procedures of the European Union’s constitutional structure as well as the foundational doctrines and processes developed by the EU judicial system.
    Cross-listed
    Same as LAW 504.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EUST 506 - Seminar on Practical Diplomacy (Arranged with European embassies and institutions)

    This seminar is conducted with occasional seminar visits to local European embassies and institutions. In-class work includes study of local and international diplomatic processes, student presentations, and a final paper. All students prepare for visits and write reports. Students must be prepared to leave AUC early on days when visits are scheduled.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EUST 508 - Seminar on the European Union

    This seminar course includes occasional speakers from local European embassies and institutes. Topics may include constitutional, political, economic, social, cultural, and defense issues. Class-work includes preparation for student presentations on these and other current EU issues.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EUST 511 - Special Topics in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Studies

    Content differs according to topics.
    Cross-listed
    Same as HIST 511.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • EUST 513 - The European and Inter-American Systems of Human Rights Protection

    Examination of the procedures and substantive law contained in conventions, treaties, reports, judgments, and other documents will be examined for a comprehensive understanding of the development of human rights law in Europe and in North and South America. These human rights systems are considered in relation to their origins in social and political movements and their subsequent effects on politics and society.
    Cross-listed
    Same as IHRL 513.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

    Course addressing broad intellectual concern and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 220 - Introduction to Film

    An introduction to the art of cinema, covering basic film history, theory, aesthetics, and production. Dramatic narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), and avant-garde subjects are analyzed in detail, and relevant films are screened in class to stimulate discussion.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Required for the minor in film.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: RHET 101.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 310 - History of Motion Pictures

    A survey of international narrative cinema, from the silent period to the present. Individual films, film makers, film movements, and film genres will be studied, and important films from the respective periods will be screened in whole or in part.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Film 220 or consent of the Director of the Film Program



    When Offered
    Offered in the fall or spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 320 - Cinema in Egypt and the Arab World

    This course examines various aspects of cinema in Egypt and the Arab World in order to understand its history, and determine the themes, the styles, and the character of this cinema which has been historically among the most influential in national world cinemas. Topics could include areas such as New Arab Cinemas, classical Egyptian cinema, the Arab film industry, independent Arab cinema, among others.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 220 or the consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 330 - Film Theory and Criticism

    A historical study of the major theoretical approaches to motion picture art, Including early analysis of film aesthetics, structure, and form, as well as modernist political critiques of cinema. Films will be screened class to facilitate understanding of the readings.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 220 or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    When Offered
    Offered in the fall or spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 340 - Documentary Film

    A Study of the non-fiction film, Its international history, theoretical approaches to its structure and effects, and current issues in documentary production. Class screenings will be used to expose students to important and relevant examples of documentary cinema.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 220 or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 341 - Anthropology and Film

    The history and practice of film in anthropology; film as ethnography; comparison of films and analytical ethnographies.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: ANTH 202.
    Cross-listed
    Same as ANTH 341.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 350 - Video Production

    This is an introductory production course. In this course students will learn and apply the basic creative concepts of film production and the mastery of film language.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 220 or the consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 360 - The Filmmaker

    A detailed study of the themes, the characteristic style, development, and influence of the director within the world of cinema. The course will assess, compare, and/or contrast combinations of two to three filmmakers. Themes could inclulde empahsis on filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese, the Coen Brothers, Youssef Chahine, George Romero, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Salah Abou-Seif, Pier Paolo Pasolini, among others.
    Prerequisites
    Film 220 or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 370 - Selected Topics in Film

    In-depth examination of specific topics in film determined by the special interests and expertise of the faculty..
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit if content changes
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 390 - Film Genre

    This course examines questions relating to one or several generic forms and conventions, drawing examples from Hollywood as well as a variety of world cinemas. Topics could include the Musical, Comedy, Horror, Film Noir, Western, Historical Epic genres, etc.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 220 or the consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 402 - Independent Study

    With departmental approval, advanced students may arrange an individualized course topic to be completed under faculty supervision.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: departmental approval required.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    An overall minimum B average is required for admission to the course

    (1-3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 450 - Production Project

    Students will work on individual and group projects designed to apply basic creative concepts of film production and the mastery of film language.
    Prerequisites
    FILM 350 or the consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FILM 470 - Advanced Seminar

    In-depth examination of special advanced topics in film studies including in the areas of Genre, the filmmaker, Arab and Egyptian Cinema, theory, gender, reception, etc. Designed for advanced students.
    Prerequisites
    At least one 300 level Film Studies course outside of the production stream or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 303 - Business Finance I

    The study of the principles of finance and their application to business enterprises. Special emphasis on financial analysis, management of working capital, cost of capital, capital budgeting, long term financing, dividend policy and internal finance.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211, (ECON 201 or ECON 202) and MATH 112.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 404 - Investment Analysis

    Introduction to the theory of investments. Topics include risk and return, the theory of portfolio selection, asset pricing models, valuation for stocks, bond pricing and the term structure of interest rates and options.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 303.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 405 - Applied Banking

    Measuring returns and risks in banking, evaluation of a bank’s performance, introduction to lending techniques and risk rating methods. Analyzing creditworthiness of business firms and financial institutions. Credit-management techniques such as asset protection, asset conversion and cash-flow analysis are introduced.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: FINC 303.
    When Offered
    Offered twice a year.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 408 - International Finance

    The effect of the international financial environment on the major financial decisions of business. The international financial institution and their effect on firms operating in the international environment.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 303.
    Cross-listed
    Same as INTB 408
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 410 - Capital Markets

    The objective of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the structure and mechanics of financial markets coupled with a practical perspective of the use of finacial tools and their applications. It will introduce students to capital markets with global applications to various financial instruments including debt, equity and derivative securities, such as forwards, futures, and options. The course, as well, aims to widen students understanding of the various risks encountered by financial institutions and the means by which they are mitigated and managed.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 303. 
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in courses is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in courses specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 412 - Options and Derivatives

    Overview of basic derivative securities; forwards, futures and options. The focus is on the valuation of these securities and the use of derivatives for hedging risks. More complex derivatives may be covered.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 404.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 414 - Corporate Finance

    The course introduces students to basic concepts of corporate finance in the Egyptian environment. The course will cover the theory and application of capital budgeting techniques and capital structure choice of firms.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 303 and 404.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 415 - Portfolio Theory and its Applications

    Portfolio Theory provides students with basic concepts and models of financial theory and introduces them to the evaluation of quantity risk and return decisions. Subjects that are offered in this course: Capital assets Pricing Theory; Arbitrage Pricing Theory; Derivatives and Portfolio Selection and Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 404.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 470 - Special Topics in Financial Management

    Considers selected topics of current relevance in Financial Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 475 - Independent Study in Financial Management

    Guided readings, research, and discussions on specific selected topic in Financial Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of FINC unit head and chair.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (1-3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 527 - Managerial Economics

    This course aims at applying economic principles to managerial decision making. The course covers topics such as demand, costs and market structure and their relation to pricing, product choice and resource allocation. This course also covers Macroeconomic topics such as saving, investment and the rate of interest; the theory of inflation; and economic growth.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 540 - Financial Management

    It is a basic business finance course, dealing with various aspects of financial decision making. It provides an introduction to time value of money; bond and stock valuation; ratio analysis; financing decisions; capital budgeting; cost of capital; capital structure; risk and return; dividend policy; operating and financial leverage; and working capital management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: ACCT 501.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 541 - Advanced Topics in Finance and Investment

    This course focuses on securities, markets and the pricing of capital assets. Topics covered include asset pricing models, efficient markets, models for portfolio selection as well as options and other derivatives.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 540.
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 542 - International Financial Management

    The course covers conceptual and practical aspects of international finance through in-depth analysis of working capital management, international financial markets, exchange rate determination, and exchange rate risk exposure and management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 540.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    (3 cr.)
  

  • FINC 543 - Financial Markets

    The course focuses on financial markets, its institutions, instruments, and major governing regulations. Topics such as the function and role of financial markets in the economy, money and capital markets equilibrium, interest rate analysis, major financial institutions, fund raising instruments, and risk management instruments are emphasized.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: FINC 540.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)
 

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