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PSYC 586 - Community Psychology Practicum
This course is intended to provide structure and support for practicum field experiences in community psychology.
Prerequisites
Approval of Advisor.
(3 cr.)
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PSYC 588 - Community Psychology Diploma practicum
This course is an overview of topics that can enhance professional success of graduate students.
Prerequisites
Approval of Advisor.
(3 cr.)
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PSYC 589 - Professional Development Project
Diploma students will be responsible for completing a final project under the supervision of a faculty advisor. This project is meant to provide diploma students an extra training in a specialization area such as schools, children, domestic violence, and HIV prevention.
(1 cr.)
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PSYC 590 - Internship in Family and Couples Counseling
This course provides students with field experience in selected client care responsibilities and allows students to take many roles as professional counselors. Students gain experience in core areas of Couples and family therapy counseling, assessment, consultation, and professional functioning.
Prerequisites
Approval of Advisor.
(4 cr.)
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PSYC 592 - Internship in Family and Child Counseling
This course provides students with field experience in selected client care responsibilities and allows students to take many roles as professional counselors. Students gain experience in core areas of family and child counseling, assessment, consultation, and professional functioning.
Prerequisites
Approval of Advisor.
(4 cr.)
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PSYC 594 - Internship in Community Psychology
This course provides students with field experiences in selected community psychology practices. The student will use his or her psychological knowledge and develop practical skills in a placement under the supervision of an on –site supervisor and a faculty supervisor.
Prerequisites
Approval of Advisor.
(4 cr.)
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RHET 101 - Approaches to Critical Writing
Develops proficiency in critical expository writing, critical reading and greater fluency in expression. Focuses on the writing process with an emphasis on developing the student’s voice, organizing and developing ideas independently within the context of academic writing. Introduces library research and use of sources.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 102 - Effective Argument
Develops the skills to produce effective argument with a focus on organization, content, analysis of readings, critical thinking. Provides training in the use and integration of sources, library and online research.
Prerequisites
RHET 101.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 199 - Selected Topics
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first year students irrespective of major.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 201 - Research Writing
Develops the skills to produce extended forms of academic essays and research papers with a focus on the methods of research, process of research paper writing, integration and evaluation of sources and critical analysis.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: RHET 102 or its equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 299 - Selected Topics
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students irrespective of major.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: RHET 101.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 320 - Business Communication
This course focuses on the writing of professional documents, including reports, memos, business letters, and resumes. Also included is the formal presentation of professional reports.
Prerequisites
RHET 201.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 321 - Technical Communication
This course focuses on the writing of scientific and/or technical reports, memos, and technical users’ documents. Particular attention is also paid to technical writing in the workplace. Presentation of reports in formal settings is also covered.
Prerequisites
RHET 201; consent of instructor, consent of chair/associate chair, junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and occasionally in summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 322 - Writing in the Social Sciences
This course focuses on writing in the student’s discipline. Particular attention is paid to the conventions of professional writing and citation, as well as a variety of approaches to delivering discipline-specific information to diverse audiences. Also included are advanced research, public writing and public presentations.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, consent of Chair/Associate Chair, junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and occasionally in summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 323 - Writing in the Humanities
This course focuses on the analytical and critical skills necessary to critique and produce different kinds of writing in the humanities. Class discussions draw on material from lectures and seminars, scholars and students. Attention will be given to the different modes and methods of argumentation, research, design of papers, stylistic clarity, and editing strategies.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 325 - The Rhetoric of Argument in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This course engages students in the study of argumentation, its theory and practice. Students will employ instruments for identifying differences of opinion, analyzing and evaluating explicit and implicit standpoints of argument, and presenting arguments in oral and written discourse.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 332 - Presentation and Persuasion in Business
This course acquaints students with both the presentation and interpersonal communication skills required in business-related, professional situations. It addresses both the composition and the delivery of professional speeches, such as sales presentations, convention addresses, job bids, as well as the interpersonal skills necessary for the successful conduct of business discourse, in particular negotiation contexts.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 333 - Cross-Cultural Writing and Speaking
Students explore the vicissitudes of spoken and written communication, with special focus on how words and expressions reveal cultural stereotypes, and how communication to a multicultural audience may be most effective. Students engage in a multitude of writing exercises including traditional research, personal observation manifested in reflective blogging, and the synthesis of information from news media and campus life, in order to write and verbally present a number of business or humanitarian messages to a global audience.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 334 - Digital Rhetoric
This is a course in the rhetorical analysis of the relatively new but increasingly important genres that comprise the various practices of E-Writing, including: blogging, wiki-development, networked writing, hypertext, social networking and other manifestations of the digital age. Students will study and work with various digital environments with attention to their evolving possibilities and constraints.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 340 - Life Stories: Reading as Writers
This reading-intensive course will introduce students to the field of autobiographical and biographical literature known as life writing. Students will analyze writing strategies in classic and contemporary memoirs, confessions, letters, diaries, and visual portraits as well as autobiographies and biographies, through key themes of self, identity, secrets, truth, inheritance and ethics.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 341 - Travel Writing
In this course, students will become familiar with the genre of travel writing, and the history, politics and economics of place and how these influence culture. Through various reading, writing, and travel experiences, students will gain an understanding of themselves vis á vis the other and develop an appreciation of how travel can transform the self. They will learn how to respond critically to travel narratives, identify credible sources to inform their writing, make original observations, and modify perspective to compose alternative texts.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 342 - Writing Children’s Literature
Students in this course will assess and write works of fiction and nonfiction addressing children through different media (picture books, plays, short stories, novellas). Students will explore who writes and illustrates for children and why, and the language used to address children during different stages. They will engage in projects to entertain children, while providing indirect instruction, and produce written works for organizations that serve the needs of children.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 345 - Life Stories: The Writer’s Workshop
This course focuses on the writing and critique of personal narratives, reflecting upon students’ places as individuals within the larger contexts of family, country, and/or region. They will learn fundamentals of narrative life writing, understand the crafts of writing and revising, and consider their life stories in the wider context of cultural theory. Students will learn and practice advanced discussion techniques in workshop, when narratives are critiqued by instructor and peers.
Prerequisites
RHET 201.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 399 - Selected Topics
Course addresses broad intellectual concerns, and is accessible to all students irrespective of major.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 400 - Writing and Editing for Publication
This course develops the skills to produce effective articles and presentations with a focus on journal submission requirements, journal review and publication processes. Provides training in the integration of information technology for presentations, and in primary and secondary research methods.
Prerequisites
RHET 201.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 410 - Grant Writing for Community Building
Grant writing skills may be used for fundraising, applying for scholarships and fellowships, starting new businesses, securing research and conference grants, and acquiring funding for the cultural, non-profit and non-governmental sectors. This course develops the skills of effective fund-seeking and proposal writing through a step by step service-learning activity, where students learn how to access donor funds to meet the needs of local non-profit organizations.
Prerequisites
RHET 201.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 460 - Independent Study
In exceptional circumstances, students, in consultation with a faculty member and with approval of the Chair/Associate Chair, may design or take a course that is not regularly offered. In such a case, the student, in consultation with the instructor, will propose a course of study and work will culminate in one of the following: a scholarly research paper on some aspect of the history, theory, or application of rhetoric and composition; a practical application of writing, such as a grant or report submitted to an outside agency; a body of work that is normally expected in a listed course not being offered during the current term.
Prerequisites
Pre-requisites: Consent of Instructor, Consent of Chair/Associate Chair, Junior or Senior Standing.
(1-3 cr.)
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RHET 480 - Research and Writing Internship
This capstone course immerses students into an applied, real-world writing experience that helps them transition from academic writing to work-place writing, as well as provides in-class guidance and reflection. Students select one of three tracks of internship experience – professional business writing, literary writing and publishing, or technical writing for non-profits.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent; B in 300 or 400-level RHET course.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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RHET 490 - Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing
This course develops advanced scientific and technical communication skills for both academic and practical environments. It features the IMRAD method of report writing, oral and visual presentation skills for senior projects, literature reviews for scientists and engineers, technical reports for the workplace, and technical documents that represent organizations to the public.
Prerequisites
RHET 201 or equivalent. Engineering and Science Majors only; junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and summer.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 105 - Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt
Development of civilization in ancient Egypt. Primitive time reckoning and measurement. Building materials. Outline of the different chemical arts and crafts which developed in Egypt as interpreted from mural paintings and works of art. Mummification. Aspects of mathematics and medicine in ancient Egypt.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Not for credit for Science, Engineering and Computer Science students.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 109 - Exploration of the Universe
An introduction to historical and conceptual developments in astronomy. Stars and galaxies: the sun as a case history in stellar evolution; the formation of elements in the stars. A survey of the sky with particular attention to the solar system: the members of the solar system as physical bodies with specific structures and as entities whose motion characteristics can be understood and predicted.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Not for credit for Science, Engineering and Computer Science students.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 120 - Scientific Thinking
The course emphasizes the unifying aspects of the scientific approach to the study of nature and human behavior. About one-third of the course is devoted to scientific inquiry and investigation. The course focuses on fact identification and concept formation and testing. In the remaining parts, the students are exposed to applications of the approach in various disciplines. The course sets some basic concepts and theories of science into broad historical, philosophical, and cultural context and traces the development of these theories to their present status. This serves the double purpose of acquainting students with the appropriate setting in which a given idea gained relevance and exposing them to the evolution toward the current methods of investigation. Moral and ethical issues in science are examined.
When Offered
Offered in the fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 150L - General Science Laboratory
Introduction to experimental techniques of measurement in the general fields of physics, chemistry, and other sciences.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCI 120 and not for credit for Science, Engineering and Computer Science students.
Hours
One three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall, spring and sometimes in summer.
(1 cr.)
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SCI 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 240 - Chemistry, Art and Archaeology
The course provides students with some grounding in the application of Natural Sciences to the solution of problems related to Art and Archaeology and instigates in them an appreciation of the complementary contributions of the Humanities and Sciences to the study of particular phenomenon. Students are introduced to analytical scientific techniques on a need to know basis depending on relevant applications. Celebrated cases of fakes and forgeries are discussed. The course aims at enhancing the student’s analytical ability and skills to solve problems related to forgery.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 250 - Introduction to Geology
Fostering a basic understanding of the physical environment and the nature of forces at work that shape our dynamic planet, this course provides an introduction to the material, origin, history, internal structure of the earth and the presently accepted system unifying plate tectonics, continental drift and sea floor spreading. The economic contribution of geology to development with an emphasis on Egypt is included.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Thanawaya Amma or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 251L - Introduction to Geology Lab
Introduction to the physical properties of the earth material. Identification of minerals and all types of rocks; mode of preservation and identification; of fossils; topographic maps and map readings; geological maps and cross sections; remote sensing (aerial photography).
Hours
One three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1 cr.)
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SCI 260 - Environmental Geology
Environmental geology is applied geology focussing briefly on the entire spectrum of possible interactions between people and the physical environment.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 302 - Science, Technology and the Environment
An introductory, multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationships between science, technology and the environment. Principles of ecosystem structure, function, balance, communities and populations. Principles of environmental sciences, outline of crises, overpopulation, depletion and pollution. Framework for understanding environmental problems. Group projects, aimed at exploring broad range of environmental issues from an interdisciplinary approach, constitute a major component of the course.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Junior standing or higher.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 450 - Geology of Raw Materials
An interdisciplinary study. The geology of naturally occurring minerals, methods for determining the utility of natural resources, and the environmentally sound industrial conversion of raw materials. Particular attention given to the natural resources of Egypt, especially to their importance in economic development.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCI 250 or consent of instructor
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 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.)
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SOC 201 - Introduction to Sociology
General sociology concepts and theoretical issues. Survey of the field covering the sociology of small groups, the family, education, work, community structure, and political life; discussions on the uses of sociology.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 203 - Social Problems of the Middle East
Major theoretical perspectives in studying social problems. Systematic examination of the salient stresses and strains in Egyptian, Arab, and Middle Eastern societies. Discussion of selected concrete problems, such as population, bureaucracy, youth unrest, deviance, drugs, prostitution.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 204 - Social Statistics
This course is designed for students in the social sciences who do not have a background in mathematics except high school algebra. The course will provide an introduction to statistics as a tool for analyzing and understanding data related to social life. The course deals with basic concepts and procedures and integrates SPSS demonstrations and exercises..
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Students must have taken SOC 201, no exceptions
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 206 - Arab Family Structure and Dynamics
The family as a social institution with emphasis on Middle Eastern characteristics, selected aspects of marriage and family life, special attention to the social consequences of changing family styles.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 210 - Arab Society
Description and analysis of social and cultural characteristics and problems of contemporary Arab Society, taking into consideration the specific historical, economic, and ideological forces that shape it. The social basis for Arab unity and identity. Introduction to basic concepts and principles for understanding social phenomena.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 240 - Introduction to Community Development
Introduce the students to the different concepts and approaches to community development as well as to community organizing. Utilizes a critically reflective framework as part of the curriculum to overcome the potential division between theory and practice. Identifies the key issues that the students are likely to confront in community development and organizing work.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 240.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 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.)
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SOC 301 - Social Psychology
The extension of general psychological principles and methods to the study of interaction and social environment. The nature and methodology of research in social psychology. The major theoretical concepts and their applications and contributions to a variety of areas in the field including development and socialization, social perception and attribution of causality, attitude formation and changes, pro- and anti-social behavior, interpersonal attraction and intimacy, and the social effects and functions of groups.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: PSYC 201.
Cross-listed
Same as PSYC 301.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 303 - Social Movements
Basic processes by which societies initiate, consolidate, transform, and change their basic institutions and social structures. Anatomy of reform and revolutionary social movements, especially those affecting Arab and Third World societies.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 303.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 304 - Development Agencies
The course examines the various agencies active in the field of development. It investigates how these organizations, such as NGOs, state bureaucracy and international development organizations shape the process of development.
Cross-listed
Same as POLS 304.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 306 - Sociology of Literature
The social bases of literary productions both oral and written and the functions of literature for social integration. The interrelationship of literary expression and movements for social change.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 307 - Social Class and Inequality
The basic theory and methods of the sociology of inequality. The nature and variety of stratification systems, major theories of stratification, empirical studies and social correlates of class phenomena, social mobility, and class conflict. Emphasis on Middle Eastern material.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 309 - History of Social Theory
The nature and function of social theory and its development, especially since the Enlightenment. Emphasis on the cumulative insights and ideas which have contributed to modern social theory. The essential aspects of the philosophy of social science, especially epistemological problems in the sciences of sociology and anthropology.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 309.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 310 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
The main trends, basic problems, and unresolved issues of post-war sociological thought. Essential aspects of the logic of scientific inquiry; contemporary theories as model building in sociology including new functionalism, critical theory, structuralism and poststructuralism.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SOC or ANTH 309 or consent of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 310.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 321 - The Urban Experience
This course will explore a variety of approaches for the study of life in cities, providing students with tools to think critically about the meaning of urban life in the new century. Are cities the vibrant, vital centers of all that is exciting, new and provocative in modern life or are they the decaying, decadent and dangerous remnants of an industrial age whose time has passed? How do we link the lives of corporate elites and pop icons with crack dealers and shanty town dwellers? How do we place migration, world capital flows, transnational media, and global consumption in our studies of city life?
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 6 hours of Social Sciences and sophomore standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 321.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 322 - Rural Sociology
The Middle Eastern rural community and its relation to agricultural development, tenure systems, ecological processes, urbanization, migration, and changing technology.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 323 - Fundamentals of Population Studies
Facts and issues of human population. Creates demographic literacy, and an ability to deal with population realities. Substantive knowledge covering processes and determinants of population structure, growth, and changes: fertility, mortality, and migration, as well as challenges of population growth.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 332 - Social Constructions of Difference: Race, Ethnicity, and Class
The course will first introduce students to the vast theoretical literature on the concepts of race, ethnicity and class from sociology and anthropology. Second, the course will expect students to shift focus away from looking at different cultures to analyzing cultural productions of difference. In the course we will be concerned with how racial, ethnic and class identities are shaped by diverse hegemonic systems, modes of resistance, and the structuring of social relations in different societies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 6 hours of Social Sciences and sophomore standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 332
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 340 - Participatory Action Research in Community Settings
This course will introduce students to the appropriate research methodologies when dealing with community organizing and development, particularly the participatory action research approach to community development.
Prerequisites
ANTH/PSYC/SOC 240.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 340.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 370 - Environmental Issues in Egypt
The technical aspects of environmental issues in Egypt are examined taking into account the cultural, social, and political dimensions upsetting the balance of the environment. Major issues such as water scarcity, global warming, desertification, urban pollution, tourism, and demographic pressures are presented and analyzed.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 370.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 381 - Doing Survey Research in the Social Sciences
.This course introduces students to the basic survey methods used in the social sciences. Emphasis is on the logic of social science and the implications of the major forms of quantitative research methodology. Allows students to recognize and analyze merits of research in the social sciences including public opinion and policy action research .
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SOC 201 and SOC 204. For sociology minors only: An equivalent statistics course may be substituted for SOC 204 only with the permission of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered in spring
Notes
Students will be encouraged to conduct mini-scale surveys on the campus and beyond.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 400 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Topics to be chosen according to specific interests, such as sociology of medicine, sex roles, symbolic interaction, applied sociology.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 402 - Independent Study
In exceptional circumstances some seniors and graduating seniors with department approval may arrange for independent study on a chosen topic in sociology that is not covered in the regular offerings for that academic year. Guided readings, research and frequent consultations held
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: a minimum B average, consent of the instructor, and approval by the Unit Head and the Department Chair.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes
(3 cr.)
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SOC 405 - Sociology of Work
The course examines the concept of work and how it is defined and understood in contemporary society. It investigates the changing nature of work, labour issues, changing management styles, and gender and the work place.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, 6 hrs. of social science or the permission of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 406 - Educational Sociology
The nature and interrelationship of educational agencies to other social institutions. The emergent structure of Middle Eastern educational programs and their implications for social change and integration.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 408 - Criminology
Theories of crime and social control. Institutional programs charged with the custody and treatment of law violators. Problems of deviance as related to class structure and social change.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 422 - Religion in a Global World
Comparative study of religion in culture and society. The course will explore a variety of theories and controversies in the anthropological understanding of religion. Emphasis is on how religion may restrict but also empower believers, inform their social identities, and intersect with political and economic practices and institutions in a globalizing world.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 422.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 431 - Political Sociology
Social bases of various political systems such as Western-type democracy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism. Topics include: determinants of political behavior, power, elite formation, bureaucracy, and the political role of the military and intellectuals in Third World societies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing
Cross-listed
Same as POLS 431.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 435 - Gender and Power in Development
The course will examine the transformations in the lives of women and men through development and incorporation into global economic and political systems from a sociological perspective, particularly from the “Third World”. However, the focus is not limited to women, but rather concentrates on the structure and process of gender relations. In examining “gender politics”, we will explore the politicization of gender relations at various levels of society, from domestic settings to national contexts to the international sphere.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: nine hours of social sciences, at least junior standing or the consent of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered annually.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 440-441 - Practicum in Community Development
Two semester, nine month field experience in an approved international development agency, local NGO or other professional setting approved by faculty supervisor. Supervised by a professional and faculty supervisor.
Prerequisites
ANTH/PSYC/SOC 240 and 340.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 440-441.
When Offered
Offered in fall (440) and spring (441).
(6 cr.)
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SOC 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. The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes.
Cross-listed
Same as ARIC, EGPT, HIST, ANTH 445.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
Notes
Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 450 - Third World Development
Contemporary theories of development as they apply to and illuminate the problems of development in underdeveloped countries. The approach will be interdisciplinary.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 450.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 455 - Seminar in African Studies
Through the examination of a contemporary topic in African Studies, this interdisciplinary seminar examines epistemological and methodological issues in African Studies such as transformation, resistance, power, technology, and women and development. Original sources will be used to examine the theoretical assumptions, data, and methods underlying the literature. Prior course work in African Studies is recommended.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing and consent of the instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/POLS 455.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 460 - Development Studies Seminar
Interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of development as a process and as a historical phenomenon. Critical evaluation of economic, political, social, and cultural technological and managerial factors that structure developmental change.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 12 hours of social science
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/ECON/POLS 460.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 495 - Senior Seminar
Emphasis on current methodological trends in anthropology and sociology reflecting the research interests of the faculty and students, and drawing on the experience of the undergraduate career. Content may therefore vary from year to year.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: SOC 381 or ANTH 380 and senior standing or consent of the instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 495.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
Notes
The student will be required to write a methodologically sound senior paper, preferably based on field research.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 500 - Classical Social Thought
An in-depth examination of classical sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 501 - Contemporary Social Thought
An in-depth examination fo contemporary sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society.
Prerequisites
SOC/ANTH 500.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 502 - Structure and Process in Egyptian Society
Emphasis on those forces which have given Egyptian society cohesion and continuity in a rapidly changing world. Crucial issues confronting social scientists and planners.
When Offered
Offered in occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 503 - Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures
A survey of the present state of knowledge concerning Middle Eastern societies, with an emphasis on the disciplinary approaches of sociology and anthropology.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 505 - Ethnographic Fieldwork
Techniques of participant observation, non-participant observation, and in-depth interviewing used in anthropology and ethnomethodology. Issues include problems of access, grounded theory and ethical issues. Students will normally carry out a fieldwork project for the course.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 506 - Survey Research
Techniques and issues in survey research. Sampling, operationalization, questionnaire design, survey application and analysis of survey data. The course is designed to give students hands-on experience in every aspect of survey research.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 507 - Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
This course examines the changing political, social, and legal contexts within which people become forced migrants or refugees. Of particular concern are policies which generate, regulate, and protect the movement of forced migrants, the interaction between national governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the psychological aspect of refugee status, and the social and cultural organization of refugee and migrant communities, including notably gender aspects and the role of children. This course is required of all students seeking the diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or advanced undergraduate standing and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as POLS 507 and MRS 507.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 510 - Problems in Sociology-Anthropology
Problems discussed may vary depending on the instructor and the needs of the students. Focus of the class will be announced prior to registration. Course may be repeated for credit if content changes.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 515 - Kin, Friends and Neighbors
Principles underlying group formation at the local level, such as kinship, residence, and friendship and the resultant web of collective and dyadic relations; special emphasis on the articulation of these groups with class, occupational and ethnic groups, and the state.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 520 - Sex Roles, Gender and Society
How sex roles and gender are socially constructed in cross-cultural perspectives: special emphasis on the impact of social-cultural change on gender relations.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 525 - Religion, Ideology and Society
The relation of ideology and world religions to social action; special emphasis on the integrative aspects on society as well as their potential for change and transformation.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 530 - Stratification and the State
Social differentiation, inequality, and state institutions in a variety of political and authority systems. The relationship of state and society.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 535 - World Systems and Development
Theories of the growth of the new international division of labor and its relationship to socioeconomic change in both developed and developing societies.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 540 - Agrarian and Pastoral Transformation
Development in rural communities based on agriculture and/or pastoralism, including the changing relationship that exists between them and the wider societies of which they are parts.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 545 - Cities: Structure and Dynamics
The structure of urban forms, patterns of city life, and the relationship of cities to the wider societies of which they are part.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 550 - Sociology of Knowledge
The epistemological foundations and social framework of knowledge; what is involved in “having knowledge” about society.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 555 - Comparative Health and Healing Systems
Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach to the crucial issues which link the social sciences to health and healing systems. Special emphasis on issues of health and healing under conditions of social and cultural change; development and policy in the Middle East.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 560 - Population Dynamics
A consideration of the causes and consequence of the growth and decline of population through the analysis of fertility, mortality, and migration. Issues and research related to rapid population growth and labor migration will be emphasized.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 565 - Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism
This course examines the factors that contribute to modern nationalism or contradict it. Such factors include ethnic and other forms of identity such as those constructed around the notions of race, language, and religion. The approach to the imagined community is both cultural, dealing with identity formation and maintenance, and social, stressing processes and social groups.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 570 - Environment and Society
This course uses a broad interdisciplinary approach to analyze the relationship between development and environmental degradation, the ways in which development enhances protection, and the issues of sustainable development. It covers the social movements that may emerge around the environmental concerns, and the social processes that lead to environmental risks.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 575 - Modern Social Movements
The emergence of modern social movements based on such issues as gender, ecology, race, ethnicity, community control, and identity. The relation between “new” social movements and earlier social movements based on class, national liberation, and revolutionary transformation, with comparison between First and Third World movements.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 576 - Issues in Forced Migration
This course complements other courses offered in the postgraduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies during any given semester by examining critical issues that would otherwise remain unexamined. Topics may include, among others, resettlement, social service delivery, urban refugees, women, health, children, family reunification, humanitarian intervention.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or advanced undergraduate standing and permission of the instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as POLS 576 and SOC-ANTH 576.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once if content changes.
Notes
This course is required of all students seeking the diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 584 - Practicum: Internship or Research
Internship for four to six months in an organization working with forced migrants or active involvement on an institutional research project that examines some element of forced migration. The work is assessed on the basis of a written report and discussions with faculty advisor.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Permission of adviser.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 591 - Guided Research
Fieldwork under the supervision of the Social Research Center or a member of the departmental staff.
(1-3 cr.)
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