Oct 13, 2024

2013-2014 Academic Catalog

2013-2014 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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	SOC 455/4055 - Seminar in African Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites 9 hours of Social Sciences and Junior or Senior standing. Description 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4055 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 400/4099 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing. Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interests, such as sociology of medicine, sex roles, symbolic interaction, applied sociology. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 450/4106 - Third World Development (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing. Description Contemporary theories of development as they apply to and illuminate the problems of development in underdeveloped countries. The approach will be interdisciplinary. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4050 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 495/4107 - Senior Seminar (3 cr.) Prerequisites Senior standing and SOC 3105 or ANTH 3105 or 12 hours of Social Sciences. Description 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4107 . When Offered Offered in spring. Notes The student will be required to write a methodologically sound senior paper, preferably based on field research. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 440-441/4203-4045 - Practicum in Community Development (6 cr.) Prerequisites Six hours of social sciences and the consent of the instructor. Description 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4203-4045 , PSYC 4203-4045 . When Offered Offered in fall (440) and spring (441). Check course scheduling information
	SOC 402/4405 - Independent Study (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: a minimum B average, consent of the instructor, and approval by the Unit Head and the Department Chair. Description 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 When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Check course scheduling information
	SOC 445/4499 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.) Description 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 5132 , EGPT 5160 , HIST 4905 , ANTH 4499 . When Offered Offered in fall. Notes Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 460/4560 - Development Studies Seminar (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 12 hours of social science Description 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4560 , POLS 4560 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 507/5200 - Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: Graduate standing or advanced undergraduate standing and permission of instructor. Description 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. Cross-listed Same as MRS 5200 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 500/5201 - Classical Social Thought (3 cr.) Description An in-depth examination of classical sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 501/5202 - Contemporary Social Thought (3 cr.) Prerequisites SOC/ANTH 5201 Description An in-depth examination fo contemporary sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 505/5203 - Ethnographic Fieldwork (3 cr.) Description 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 spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 506/5204 - Survey Research (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 508/5208 - Special Topics in Migration and Refugee Issues (3 cr.) Description Topics discussed may vary depending on the instructor. Focus of the course will be announced prior to registration. Course may be repeated for credit if content changes. Cross-listed Same as MRS 5208 . Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 510/5210 - Problems in Sociology-Anthropology (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 515/5215 - Kin, Friends and Neighbors (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 520/5220 - Sex Roles, Gender and Society (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 525/5225 - Religion, Ideology and Society (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 530/5230 - Theorizing the State (3 cr.) Description This course offers a critical reading of the concept of the state, particularly in relation to governance and power, regulation of subjects and citizens, discourses and practices of normalization of social orders, and limits to state power. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 535/5235 - World Systems and Development (3 cr.) Description Theories of the growth of the new international division of labor and its relationship to socioeconomic change in both developed and developing societies. Cross-listed Same as GREN 5241 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 540/5240 - Revisiting the Rural (3 cr.) Description This course examines the remaking of rural communities in relation to historical shifts in capital and state dynamics, the organization and practice of everyday life, the politics of labor and property, and the production of desire and subjectivity. Cross-listed Same as GREN 5243 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 545/5245 - Cities: Structure and Dynamics (3 cr.) Description The structure of urban forms, patterns of city life, and the relationship of cities to the wider societies of which they are part. Cross-listed Same as GREN 5244 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 550/5250 - Sociology of Knowledge (3 cr.) Description The epistemological foundations and social framework of knowledge; what is involved in “having knowledge” about society. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 555/5255 - Comparative Health and Healing Systems (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 560/5260 - Population Dynamics (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 565/5265 - Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 570/5270 - Environment and Society (3 cr.) Description 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. Cross-listed Same as GREN 5205 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 575/5275 - Modern Social Movements (3 cr.) Description 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. Cross-listed Same as GREN 5242 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 580/5280 - History and Memory (3 cr.) Description This course is an examination of the meanings and relationships between the past, memory and history in anthropological practices and debates. Specifically, it seeks an analysis of the conceptual and methodological boundaries between history production and collective memory paradigms. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 502/5285 - Structure and Process in Egyptian Society (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 503/5290 - Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures (3 cr.) Description 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 591/5297 - Guided Research (1-3 cr.) Description Fieldwork under the supervision of the Social Research Center or a member of the departmental staff. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 598/5298 - Thesis Writing Seminar (3 cr.) Prerequisites SOC/ANTH 5201 , SOC/ANTH 5202 and either SOC/ANTH 5203 , SOC/ANTH 5204 or the consent of the instructor. Description This course serves as an intermediary phase between the research proposal and the Master’s thesis, which is designed to help students transition from fieldwork and data collection to data analysis and writing up. Students will be lead through a process of documenting, analyzing, and presenting their data in ways that emphasize faculty and peer evaluation and feedback. Check course scheduling information
	SOC/ANTH 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) Description Consultation for students in problems related to their theses. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 515/5101 - The Phonetics of Arabic (3 cr.) Description Phonetics of Arabic as it is spoken at various levels in Egypt, studied in light of modern phonetic theory. Reference is made to the phonetics of both Egyptian colloquial Arabic and the Arabic of the early Islamic era as described by the early Arab phoneticians. Taught in Arabic and/or English. When Offered Offered in the fall. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 516/5102 - The Linguistics of Arabic (3 cr.) Description History and development of the Arabic Language and Linguistics. Particular attention will be given to topics such as: Major events that shaped Arabic throughout History, the codification of the language, Arab linguistics theory and its contributions to the study of syntax. Morphology, and lexicography, the various schools of thought among Arab philologists in the light of modern linguistic theory and language situation in Arabic society. Taught in Arabic and/or English. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 551/5103 - Advanced Arabic Grammar (3 cr.) Description An examination of the basic concepts in traditional Arabic grammar using modern linguistic theories with the aim of suggesting alternative methods of analysis and formalization. Taught in Arabic. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 501/5201 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis (3 cr.) Description Concepts fundamental to linguistic analysis in the areas of syntax, semantics, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5301 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 503/5202 - Second Language Acquisition (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5201 or permission of the department. Recommended prerequisite: TAFL 5302 Description Relationship between first and second language acquisition. Aspects of acquisition from a psycholinguistic perspective. Cognitive, linguistic, personality and classroom factors influencing SLA. Applications for teaching. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5304 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 510/5203 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language I (3 cr.) Description Survey of learning theories, individual learning styles and strategies as they relate to the teaching and learning processes. Examination and critical analysis of major approaches and methods of teaching foreign languages. The course includes classroom observations and limited practice teaching. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5300 . When Offered Offered consecutively with TAFL 5204 . Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 511/5204 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language II (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5203 Description Survey of approaches to the design and implementation of foreign language curricula and teaching materials and teaching practicum. The practicum includes foreign language classroom observations, supervised practice teaching, and materials development, selection, and adaptation. When Offered Offered consecutively with TAFL 5203 . Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 553/5205 - Sociolinguistics (3 cr.) Description The effect of social phenomena on linguistic form. Languages, dialects, and speech communities. Multilingual societies, diglossia, code choice. Regional, social and linguistic variation. Terms of address. Language attitudes. Language and ethnicity. Language maintenance and shift. Language and gender. Language planning and standardization. Sociolinguistic aspects of education. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5331 . When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 555/5206 - Seminar on Challenges Facing AFL Teachers (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5205 . Description The course provides the intellectual basis, as distinct from methods of teaching, for the design of curriculum and the teaching of the different language skills. Special attention is given to four areas: The Alphabet’s historical development and variation; vocabulary scope, the root system and Arabic derivational system; syntax, historical development and recent attempts for simplifications; language levels, diglossia, multiglossia and language continuum in Egypt. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 563/5211 - Language Variation and Change (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5205 Description This course investigates Arabic language variation and change within the framework of variation theories and with respect to the particularities of Arabic as a multiglossic language. Both written and spoken discourse will be analyzed with special attention to formal spoken or educated spoken Arabic. The course provides a practical approach to dealing with Arabic language corpora and trains students to analyze linguistic data. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 540/5270 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics (1, 2, or 3 cr.) Description Special topics and current issues in linguistics and language teaching with special reference to Arabic. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5370 . Repeatable May be taken more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 560/5271 - Supervised Study in TAFL (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Description Individual research on specific area of interest to the student. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Repeatable May be taken a second time if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 588/5298 - Comprehensives (no cr.) Description Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) Description Consultation for students on matters related to their thesis. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 520/5302 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (3 cr.) Description Provides TESOL/TAFL MA candidates with the knowledge and skills to read and understand various types of research in applied linguistics, to have a basic grasp of the issues currently being studied in the field, and be able to critically distinguish between good and poor research. Ability to write in appropriate technical fashion is emphasized. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5302 . Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 502/5305 - Assessment in Language Learning (3 cr.) Description A practical course that will enable the student to develop valid and reliable assessment procedures, analyze results, and evaluate the procedures. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5305 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 507/5310 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)/Computer Operations Techniques (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5203 Description Description, analysis and evaluation of CALL software. Integration of CALL into AFL learning. Guided practical experience in producing AFL software using authoring programs. Using the Internet as a resource for learning AFL. When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 550/5322 - Language Pragmatics (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5201 . Description Definition of pragmatics. Relations of pragmatics to semantics, syntax and sociolinguistics. Speech act theory. Directness and indirectness. The cooperative Principle, principles of politeness, Relevance Theory. Cross-linguistics/cultural application. Relevance to language teaching. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5322 . When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	TAFL 525/5330 - Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis (3 cr.) Prerequisites TAFL 5201 Description The study of language contact and language transfer phenomena. Contrastive Analysis and error analysis within and beyond the sentence level. Models, procedures and theoretical underpinnings. Discourse function and organization. Implications for second/foreign language teaching and learning. Cross-listed Same as TESL 5330 . When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 510/5300 - Methods of TESOL I (3 cr.) Description Survey of learning theories, individual learning styles and strategies as they relate to the teaching and learning processes. Examination and critical analysis of major approaches and methods of teaching foreign languages. The course includes classroom observations and limited practice teaching. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5203 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 501/5301 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis (3 cr.) Description Concepts fundamental to linguistic analysis in the areas of syntax, semantics, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5201 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 520/5302 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (3 cr.) Description Provides TESOL/TAFL MA candidates with the knowledge and skills to read and understand various types of research in applied linguistics, to have a basic grasp of the issues currently being studied in the field, and be able to critically distinguish between good and poor research. Ability to write in appropriate technical fashion is emphasized. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5302 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 500/5303 - English Grammar (3 cr.) Description A descriptive overview of the structure of English. Detailed analysis of the major grammatical constructions. Implications for language teaching and learning. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 503/5304 - Second Language Acquisition (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 or permission of the department. Recommended prerequisite: TAFL/TESL 5302 . Description Relationship between first and second language acquisition. Aspects of acquisition from a psycholinguistic perspective. Cognitive, linguistic, personality and classroom factors influencing SLA. Implications for teaching. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5202 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 502/5305 - Assessment in Language Learning (3 cr.) Description A practical course that will enable the student to develop valid and reliable assessment procedures, analyze results, and evaluate the procedures. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5305 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 507/5310 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5300 Description Description, analysis and evaluation of CALL software. Integration of CALL into EFL syllabus. Guided practical experience in producing EFL software using authoring programs. Using the Internet as a resource for teaching and learning EFL. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 570/5311 - Proposal Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5302 Description A seminar specially designed for thesis track candidates and others who wish to pursue research in TESOL. Students will explore their specific research interests and are expected to share their ideas and constructive criticism with other members of the class. The aim of this course is to guide the student towards the production of a proposal for a possible thesis or future research. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 531/5312 - Second Language Reading and Writing: Theory and Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5300 . Description This course will survey research and theory in EFL/ESL reading and writing and explore pedagogical applications. We will consider a number of reader/writer and text factors that play a role in second language (L2) reading and writing. As second language reading encompasses top-down, bottom-up, and interactive approaches, we will investigate how these approaches function interactively. We will further explore how the field of L2 writing has been influenced by L1 writing but has also become a distinct area of inquiry in its own right. We will examine students’ writing and observe them in their classes, design activities and evaluate materials and textbooks. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 521/5320 - English Syntax (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 Description A study of contemporary syntactic theories of generative grammar with particular reference to the choice of formalism, universal grammar and the claims they make about the nature of language, linguistic descriptions and implications for language teaching. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 548/5321 - Corpus Linguistics (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 Description An introduction to the analysis of large collections of computer-readable texts (corpora) using concordance software. Focus on analytic techniques at the levels of morphology, lexicography, grammar, pragmatics and discourse. Pedagogical applications for English for academic purposes and in data-driven learning. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 550/5322 - Language Pragmatics (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 Description Definition of pragmatics. Relation of pragmatics to semantics, syntax and sociolinguistics. Speech act theory. Directness and indirectness. The Cooperative Principle, principles of politeness, Relevance Theory. Cross-linguistic/cultural application. Relevance to language teaching. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5322 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 551/5323 - Discourse of Analysis for Language Teachers (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 Description Discourse analysis is typically thought of as studying language use above the sentence level. The central focus is on “how real people use real language, as opposed to studying artificially created sentences” (McCarthy, 1991, p.1). This course will provide an overview of the theories and methods of discourse analysis. We will explore various approaches to the analysis of both spoken and written texts and examine practical implications for language teachers and students. The course will be beneficial for students who are interested in conducting discourse based research and who would like to know how to use discourse analysis methods in their language classes. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 525/5330 - Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5301 Description The study of language contact and language transfer phenomena. Contrastive analysis and error analysis within and beyond the sentence level. Models, procedures and theoretical underpinnings. Discourse function and organization. Implications for second/foreign language teaching and learning. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5330 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 553/5331 - Sociolinguistics (3 cr.) Description The effect of social phenomena on linguistic form. Languages, dialects, and speech communities. Multilingual societies, diglossia, code choice. Regional, social, and linguistic variation. Terms of address. Language attitudes. Language and ethnicity. Language maintenance and shift. Language and gender. Language planning and standardization. Sociolinguistic aspects of education. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5205 . Check course scheduling information
	TESL 540/5370 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics (1, 2, or 3 cr.) Description Special topics and current issues in linguistics and language teaching. Cross-listed Same as TAFL 5270 . Repeatable May be taken more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 530/5371 - Supervised Study in TESOL (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Individual research on a specific area of interest to the student in consultation with the instructor. Repeatable May be taken a second time if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 511/5397 - Methods of TESOL II (3 cr.) Prerequisites TESL 5300 Description Survey of approaches to the design and implementation of foreign language curricula and teaching materials. This teaching practicum is a capstone course and as such must be taken during a student’s final semester in the program. It includes foreign language classroom observations, supervised practice teaching, and materials development, selection, and adaptation. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 588/5398 - Comprehensives (no cr.) Description Consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination. Check course scheduling information
	TESL 599/5399 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) Description Consultation for individual students on matters related to their theses. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 130/1101 - The World of the Theatre (3 cr.) Description An initiation into the world of the theatre with the aim of developing the critical skills of an informed and perceptive audience member through the reading of plays, critical articles, and the attendance of stage performances and film versions of plays. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 125/1200 - Acting for Non-Majors (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the art and technique of acting for the non-major student, utilizing training games and exercises to present the student with a general overview of the acting process, while also providing experiences and techniques beneficial to basic human communication. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes May not be used for departmental credit by theatre majors or minors. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 203/1201 - Theatre in the Making (3 cr.) Description An introduction to theatre as a collective art form by exploring all of its components and participants: from playwright to actor, from director to designers, from producing team to audience. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 299/2099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 . Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 350/2101 - Survey of Dramatic Literature (3 cr.) Description A study of major periods and distinctive styles and genres of drama from the Greeks to pre-Ibsen nineteenth century drama. When Offered Offered in alternate falls. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 225/2201 - Acting I (3 cr.) Description A basic course in the fundamentals of acting, designed for majors, minors, and those with some previous experience. In-class exercises and improvisations, combined with rehearsed scenes and monologues from simple realistic texts, will help students gain proficiency in objective/obstacles, creation of a character, basic voice and breath control, and basic body alignment and awareness. When Offered Offered in fall and spring, and occasionally in the summer. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 226/2211 - Acting in Arabic I (3 cr.) Description The art and craft of acting as a systematic process applied to the specific demands of Arabic Drama. Scene work and monologues from modern and contemporary Arabic plays. When Offered Offered in fall or spring, and occasionally in the summer. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 230/2301 - Play Analysis (3 cr.) Description The development of the art of reading a play through detailed examination of its dramatic structure and in-depth analysis of its text. Both Western and Arabic plays will be examined. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 204/2401 - Introduction to Technical Theatre (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the theories, techniques, tools, and materials of technical theatre. Technical areas to be covered include organization, architecture, shops, stage equipment, scenery, props, lighting, sound, costumes, technical direction, and stage management. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Students will be expected to work on one of the technical crews for a major theatre department production concurrently with the course. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 240/2601 - Production Practicum (1 cr. per production) Description A course for any student who wishes to gain academic credit for significant contribution to departmental theatre productions in one of the following area: a. Scenery, b. Costume, c. Props, d. Lighting, e. Sound; or f. Run Crew. Minimum of 50 hours of practical work are required. Students work under direct supervision of a theatre faculty member. May be repeated twice for credit. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 242/2603 - Rehearsal and Performance Practicum (1 cr. per production) Description A course for any student who wishes to gain academic credit for significant contribution to departmental theatre productions in one of the following areas: a. Performance or b. Stage Management. Students work under direct supervision of a theatre faculty member. Registration by permission of the faculty member in charge of the specific activity. May be repeated twice. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 370/3099 - Selected Topics in Theatre (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Description In-depth examination of specific topics in theatre determined by the special interests and expertise of the faculty. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Check course scheduling information
	THTR 351/3101 - History of The Theatre (3 cr.) Description A survey of the history of the development of theatre architecture, scenic and costume practices, staging conventions, and acting troupes from the Greeks to the present. The course is taught in a combination of lecture and slide-show presentation. When Offered Offered in alternate springs. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 227/3201 - Acting II (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 2201 Description Students will build upon their knowledge of the acting process through focus upon a more rigorous examination of the development of a character, utilizing challenging scenes from early modern playwrights such as Chekhov, Pinter, Albee and Williams. Additionally, vocal and body work will continue through exploration of standard speech production, kinesthetic and relaxation techniques. When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 327/3203 - Special Topics in Acting (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 3201 Description In-depth examination and implementation of specialized acting and performance skills and techniques. Focus of study to be determined by the special interests and expertise of the faculty. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Check course scheduling information
	THTR 325/3205 - Acting Styles (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 3201 Description An advanced acting class, offering exploration and techniques in varied acting styles, including but not limited to Greek/Roman, Medieval, Restoration, Neo-Classicism, Romantism, Farce, Expressionism and Absurdism. Vocal work will be examined through ensemble patterns, shared speech and period movement. Content of course to be determined by the interests and expertise of the faculty. When Offered Offered once every other year. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 326/3211 - Acting in Arabic II (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 2211 Description A continuation on a more advanced level of the work started in Acting in Arabic I, applied to a wider range culminating in the presentation of a class term project. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 328/3301 - Directing I (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 2201 and THTR 2301 Description The fundamental directorial controls, as well as theoretical and practical training, leading to the production of single scenes. When Offered Offered in fall. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit as content changes. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 324/3401 - Design for the Theatre (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 1201 and THTR 2401 Description A study of the principles of visual design and their application for the theatre. Play analysis that focuses on visual and spatial design requirements. Includes scenery, costumes, and lighting. Involves drawing, painting, model making, and research into period styles. When Offered Offered once a year. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 360/3501 - Playwriting I (3 cr.) Description A workshop in which students develop basic technical skills of playwriting through exercises culminating in the production of a working scenario for a short one-act play. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 361/3503 - Playwriting II (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: . THTR 3501 Description A workshop in which students develop the scenario they have produced in Playwriting I into a short one-act play to be performed as a staged-reading. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 340/3601 - Advanced Theatre Practicum (3 cr.) Prerequisites THTR 2401 , THTR 2601 and consent of instructor. Description Advanced, specialized, and intensive participation in theatre production activities. Assignments made in major supervisory positions in consultation with and under the supervision of a theatre faculty member. Technical production areas of scenery, costumes, props, lighting, sound, or stage management. When Offered Offered fall and spring. Repeatable Repeatable for credit. No maximum. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 344/3603 - Design Practicum (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Selection by application and interview. Description A course for students who wish to learn about theatre design through participation in designing a departmental theatre production. Students selected through application and interview process. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable Repeatable for credit. Notes Selected students will form a design team that will be responsible for designing scenery, props, costumes, lighting, and sound for a major production. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 402/4000 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites Minimum B average required. Description In exceptional circumstances, some senior majors may arrange, with departmental approval, to study beyond the regular course offerings. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 460/4101 - Modern and Contemporary Drama (3 cr.) Description An exploration of the drama of the modern age and of its most influential movements through the study of mainly European drama in the period from Ibsen to the present. When Offered Offered in alternate falls. Check course scheduling information
	THTR 461/4103 - Dramatic Theory and Criticism (3 cr.) Description An exploration of the various and conflicting perceptions of the nature and function of drama through the study of major works of dramatic theory and criticism from the Greeks to the present. When Offered Offered in alternate springs. Check course scheduling information

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SOC 455/4055 - Seminar in African Studies (3 cr.)

SOC 400/4099 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3 cr.)

SOC 450/4106 - Third World Development (3 cr.)

SOC 495/4107 - Senior Seminar (3 cr.)

SOC 440-441/4203-4045 - Practicum in Community Development (6 cr.)

SOC 402/4405 - Independent Study (3 cr.)

SOC 445/4499 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.)

SOC 460/4560 - Development Studies Seminar (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 507/5200 - Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 500/5201 - Classical Social Thought (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 501/5202 - Contemporary Social Thought (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 505/5203 - Ethnographic Fieldwork (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 506/5204 - Survey Research (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 508/5208 - Special Topics in Migration and Refugee Issues (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 510/5210 - Problems in Sociology-Anthropology (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 515/5215 - Kin, Friends and Neighbors (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 520/5220 - Sex Roles, Gender and Society (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 525/5225 - Religion, Ideology and Society (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 530/5230 - Theorizing the State (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 535/5235 - World Systems and Development (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 540/5240 - Revisiting the Rural (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 545/5245 - Cities: Structure and Dynamics (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 550/5250 - Sociology of Knowledge (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 555/5255 - Comparative Health and Healing Systems (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 560/5260 - Population Dynamics (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 565/5265 - Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 570/5270 - Environment and Society (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 575/5275 - Modern Social Movements (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 580/5280 - History and Memory (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 502/5285 - Structure and Process in Egyptian Society (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 503/5290 - Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 591/5297 - Guided Research (1-3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 598/5298 - Thesis Writing Seminar (3 cr.)

SOC/ANTH 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.)

TAFL 515/5101 - The Phonetics of Arabic (3 cr.)

TAFL 516/5102 - The Linguistics of Arabic (3 cr.)

TAFL 551/5103 - Advanced Arabic Grammar (3 cr.)

TAFL 501/5201 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis (3 cr.)

TAFL 503/5202 - Second Language Acquisition (3 cr.)

TAFL 510/5203 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language I (3 cr.)

TAFL 511/5204 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language II (3 cr.)

TAFL 553/5205 - Sociolinguistics (3 cr.)

TAFL 555/5206 - Seminar on Challenges Facing AFL Teachers (3 cr.)

TAFL 563/5211 - Language Variation and Change (3 cr.)

TAFL 540/5270 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics (1, 2, or 3 cr.)

TAFL 560/5271 - Supervised Study in TAFL (3 cr.)

TAFL 588/5298 - Comprehensives (no cr.)

TAFL 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.)

TAFL 520/5302 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (3 cr.)

TAFL 502/5305 - Assessment in Language Learning (3 cr.)

TAFL 507/5310 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)/Computer Operations Techniques (3 cr.)

TAFL 550/5322 - Language Pragmatics (3 cr.)

TAFL 525/5330 - Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis (3 cr.)

TESL 510/5300 - Methods of TESOL I (3 cr.)

TESL 501/5301 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis (3 cr.)

TESL 520/5302 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (3 cr.)

TESL 500/5303 - English Grammar (3 cr.)

TESL 503/5304 - Second Language Acquisition (3 cr.)

TESL 502/5305 - Assessment in Language Learning (3 cr.)

TESL 507/5310 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) (3 cr.)

TESL 570/5311 - Proposal Writing (3 cr.)

TESL 531/5312 - Second Language Reading and Writing: Theory and Practice (3 cr.)

TESL 521/5320 - English Syntax (3 cr.)

TESL 548/5321 - Corpus Linguistics (3 cr.)

TESL 550/5322 - Language Pragmatics (3 cr.)

TESL 551/5323 - Discourse of Analysis for Language Teachers (3 cr.)

TESL 525/5330 - Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis (3 cr.)

TESL 553/5331 - Sociolinguistics (3 cr.)

TESL 540/5370 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics (1, 2, or 3 cr.)

TESL 530/5371 - Supervised Study in TESOL (3 cr.)

TESL 511/5397 - Methods of TESOL II (3 cr.)

TESL 588/5398 - Comprehensives (no cr.)

TESL 599/5399 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.)

THTR 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.)

THTR 130/1101 - The World of the Theatre (3 cr.)

THTR 125/1200 - Acting for Non-Majors (3 cr.)

THTR 203/1201 - Theatre in the Making (3 cr.)

THTR 299/2099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.)

THTR 350/2101 - Survey of Dramatic Literature (3 cr.)