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2013-2014 Academic Catalog

2013-2014 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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	DSGN 317/3117 - History of Advertising in the Arab World (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2113 Description A course on the history of advertising in the Arab world that studies visual communication in the region from the rise of the printing press to the introduction of multinational brands. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 318/3118 - History of Arabic Calligraphy (3 cr.) Description A Slide-lecture based course that will introduce students to the history of Arabic calligraphy from the early Quran scripts, through highlights of the creative output of different Islamic dynasties until the introduction of the printing press. It will discuss the aesthetics of the calligraphic Arabic word and different stages of development of the script on paper and different media. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 303/3203 - Design III: Publication (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 and DSGN 3250 Description This course focuses on the different formats that a printed word can appear in on different items like brochures, catalogues, newspapers, magazines and books. Students are given briefs that push for exploration of type on different grids, as well as layouts, editing photos, structure, and space Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 304/3204 - Design IV: Packaging (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 and DSGN 2250 Description Understanding shelf-life and presence, this studio course is based on designing and understanding communication graphics for packaged products. Students experiment with structures of products and the application of type, color, and image on different media like paper, plastic, nylon etc. Projects may be based on real market client briefs and/or experimental ideas. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 305/3205 - Design V: Retail Design (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 and DSGN 2250 . Description In this course students develop one whole project in all of its applications. From a logo to in-store signage, students explore the application of a unified visual system across several media from print to on-line. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 313/3213 - Web Design (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2201 Description In studio we will explore concepts and the design of branding in the web environment. After presentation of the basic programs and related means of web production, as well as the importation of sound, motion and image, each student will create and design the interface of a brand that exclusively exists on the web. Students will develop a branding strategy, identity design, the components of on-line standards and its digital manual format. The instructors will provide information on strategy, information narratives, hypertext, accessibility and system. Students will experiments with type, form color, layout, grid, hierarchy, sequence etc. and explore how these behave in an electronic interface. By the end of the course, each student will have produced a working prototype and interface web site for their brand. When Offered Offered in fall and spring Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 320/3220 - Typography II (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 Description This course continues exploring the world of typography through the study of essential typographic elements and principles while discussing typographic elements and principles while discussing typographic functions and critical theoretical issues. Studies will include grid layout and page systems and typographic matching between Arabic and Latin typography Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 330/3230 - Typography III (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 3220 Description Technology and typography is explored in this course. Students will explore and understand type applications on different media from cell phones to home appliances to websites. The aim of this course is to equip students in applying typography in any media such as music, videos, web applications, film titles, etc. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 335/3235 - Animation (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 3250 Description Students are taught how to deal with shapes in motion, character and background animation using director or flash. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 350/3250 - Digital Practices II (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2250 Description This course continues students learning in desktop software with a focus on in-design and the cross usage of the Adobe CS package with software like Illustrator Photoshop and Bridge. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 360/3260 - Photography for Designers (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARTV 2230 Description How to write a photography brief, what is a product shot, how to cast the right model for your concept, food styling and photography, and working with different photographers. How and when to work with photo banks. Students will learn how to work as designers with different specialized photographers and understand the different needs of each photo assignment. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 365/3265 - Advertising and Branding (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 and DSGN 2250 . Description A theory and practice course on the world of art direction for advertising. Students will be exposed to classic advertising concepts like total branding and new ones like CRM and activation. The course is studio based and might include real market briefs or experimental ones Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 400/4200 - Professional Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all Major Courses. Description Off-campus experimental learning in Graphic Design. Students are encouraged to explore the market by interning for eight weeks at different international and Pan-Arab design houses, advertising agencies, web design companies, publishing houses, calligraphers, TV stations, printing presses, and animation houses. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 410/4210 - Portfolio (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description This course helps students create and promote their image in the market through discussions on career pathways. It will prepares students for the professional world guiding them on how to design a digital and printed portfolio, a resume and a personal corporate identity. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 420/4220 - Production for Designers (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description Design production is explored in all its phases and aspects in this course. From preparing files for different design products to color separation and advanced techniques in printing. Students will be exposed to different highlights in the history of printing and will be acquainted with printing terminology, and the visual and tactile aspects of paper, printing and binding. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 469/4269 - Senior Project Thesis (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description An independent research with a topic approved by the department. Students are requested to work independently and submit a comprehensive paper on their chosen topic. Check course scheduling information
	DSGN 470/4270 - Senior Project Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 4269 Description Independent design project as a continuation of researched topics approved previously by the department. Visiting critics will be invited to review as assess the final project. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 123/1023 - Experiencing Creativity: Texts and Images (3 cr.) Description The course introduces short literary works juxtaposed to texts and visual material from different fields of knowledge in order to train students to read, differentiate, and interpret texts and images. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 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. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 200/2010 - Introduction to Literature (3 cr.) Description For students interested in literature but not necessarily intending to major in the field, this course will enable the student to acquire the tools and learn the methods which would help him/her understand poetry, fiction and drama and develop a deeper appreciation of great literary texts from various places and times. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 201/2011 - Survey of British Literature (3 cr.) Description The course introduces students to a selection of major works in British Literature from its beginnings to the present. It instructs students to analyze and interpret influential novels, plays, poems, and essays. The course presents the development of British literature historically while emphasizing the cultural and aesthetic dimensions of the texts. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 202/2012 - Global Literature in English (3 cr.) Description The course explores modern literature written in English by native and non-native speakers (African, Arab, American, British, European, Indian, and Asian writers). This course emphasizes the stylistic analysis, theoretical examination, and historical context of shorter texts to develop an appreciation for the globalization of English-language literary production, and for the role of postcolonial writers. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 209/2019 - Introduction to American Studies (3 cr.) Description This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to key events and texts in the history and culture of the United States. Using films, literature and historical texts, the course will examine American culture within a historical context. Cross-listed Same as HIST 2019 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (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
	ECLT 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 299/2099 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Humanities (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 301/3001 - Medieval Literature (3 cr.) Description The course introduces the student to the literary culture and counter-culture of the Middle Ages through reading selected autobiographical and fictional texts from St. Augustine, Abelard, Heloise, Dante, Chaucer, Attar and The Arabian Nights. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 302/3002 - Literature of the Renaissance (3 cr.) Description A survey of Renaissance authors, beginning with Petrarch and the origins of the Renaissance in Italy. The course traces this cultural revolution as it spread from Italy to other parts of the European continent and finally to Tudor England. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 303/3003 - Seventeenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Description The literary developments that followed the Renaissance are explored, culminating in discussion of John Milton and his epic masterpiece, Paradise Lost. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 304/3004 - Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Description Dominant modes in European literature and thought between 1660 and 1760. Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 305/3005 - Romanticism (3 cr.) Description Major European and American ideas and literary works of the period 1760-1848. Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 306/3006 - Nineteenth-Century European Literature (3 cr.) Description Major European works of fiction, poetry and drama from the period between 1789-1914. Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 308/3008 - Modern European and American Literature (3 cr.) Description Selected readings of American and European authors representing literary trends from 1900 to the present Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 310/3010 - American Literature to 1900 (3 cr.) Description Selected readings of literary works beginning with pre-Columbian oral traditions and moving from the colonial era to the early national period through to the late nineteenth century. Cross-listed Same as AMST 3010 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 311/3011 - Modern American Literature (3 cr.) Description Works of twentieth-century American writers. The reading list may be chosen to reflect changing ethnic and cultural phenomena and will vary from year to year. Cross-listed Same as AMST 3011 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 344/3014 - Literature and Philosophy (3 cr.) Description The course concentrates on the intersection of the literary mode with the philosophical quest in Eastern and Western writing. Students are trained to analyze philosophical myths, tales, poems and dialogues as well as grasp the symbolic structures and expository techniques of philosophers. Cross-listed Same as PHIL 3014 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 330/3030 - Literature and Cinema (3 cr.) Description The course investigates the relationship between literature and cinema and how they complement each other in representing textually and visually a broad theme, a historical period, or a national concern. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 332/3032 - World Literature (3 cr.) Description The course covers seminal literary works in both Western and non-Western canons, assigned in editions of excellent English translations. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 333/3033 - African Literature (3 cr.) Description The course concentrates on modern literature of the African continent with special emphasis on sub-Saharan literary works, including their correspondence to North African literature. Texts by prominent writers from Africa (men and women/ black and white) will be analyzed in relation to the indigenous culture and oral creativity, as well as in relation to the colonial and post-colonial experience. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 345/3045 - Literature and Gender (3 cr.) Description The course investigates gender roles in literary texts and the image of women in different historical periods and cultural settings. Readings include Feminist and anti-Feminist literary and theoretical texts drawn from the North and the South. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 346/3046 - Third World Literature (3 cr.) Description The course analyzes Third World literary texts from Asia, Africa and South America in their historical context and their contribution to post-colonial discourse. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 348/3048 - Contemporary Literature (3 cr.) Description The course explores literary texts which marked the period following World War II as well as very recent European and American works in a comparative context. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 352/3052 - Recurrent Themes in Literature (3 cr.) Description The course revolves around a selected literary theme (such as Romance, Friendship, or Loss among others), recurring in different cultures and regions of the world or/and recurring through the ages. The literary theme might be in one genre (drama, fiction, or poetry) or in a combination of genres. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 353/3053 - Modern Drama (3 cr.) Description A study of mainly European drama in the period from Ibsen to the present, including plays by Shaw, Chekhov, Strindberg, Pirandello, Brecht, Sartre, Beckett, Pinter and others, and dealing with related developments in theatre, cultures and society. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 360/3060 - Shakespeare (3 cr.) Description Analysis of Shakespearean drama, including tragedy, comedy, history and romance. The course begins with an examination of the theatrical and historical content in which Shakespeare lived and wrote. It then focuses on individual plays, paying attention to the details of Shakespearean language, as well as to the broader issues of power, politics and gender. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 370/3070 - Creative Writing (3 cr.) Description A course on literary writing designed to accommodate the needs of diverse students. Emphasis is on developing one’s own story-telling, play-writing, and/or poetic skills by studying the craft of influential authors from different regions and traditions. The students will meet and interact with Cairo-based emerging and established creative writers as part of their course work. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 347/3099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.) Description Examination of specific topics in genre and other areas of special interest and expertise of the faculty. May be repeated for credit if content changes. In recent years, the following have been offered under this heading: The Arabian Nights, The Lyrical Mode (in English, Arabic and French), Autobiographies, Literature and Cultural History, Literature and the Visual Arts, Literature and Urban Culture, Theory of Narrative, The European Novel, Figures of the Scared, T. S. Eliot, The Bloomsbury Group and Albert Camus. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 409/4009 - Greek Classics in Translation (3 cr.) Description Major works of Greek literature since 700 B.C., chosen on the basis of merit and influence and studied in the most artistic translations. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 5106 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 410/4010 - Classics of the Ancient World (3 cr.) Description Major works in ancient Near Eastern and Latin literatures studied in the most artistic translations. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 5107 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 411/4011 - History of Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Description Study of central documents in the tradition of Western literary criticism, from Plato to the Romantics. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 5108 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 412/4012 - Modern Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Description Analysis of the major trends in modern literary theory, such as Russian formalism, new criticism and post-structuralism. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 5109 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 447/4099 - Capstone Seminar: Selected Topics (3 cr.) Description Examination of specific themes and other topics of special interest. This coure is designed to meet the requirements of a capstone seminar for the core curriculm. May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 506/5106 - Greek Classics in Translation (3 cr.) Description Major works of Greek literature since 700 B.C., chosen on the basis of merit and influence and studied in the most artistic translations. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 4009 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 507/5107 - Classics of the Ancient World (3 cr.) Description Major works in ancient Near Eastern and Latin literatures studied in the most artistic translations. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 4010 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 508/5108 - History of Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Description Study of central documents in the history of literary criticism, from Plato to the Romantics. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 4011 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 509/5109 - Modern Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Description Analysis of the major trends in modern literary theory, such as Russian formalism, new criticism and post-structuralism. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 4012 . Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 510/5110 - Renaissance Writers (3 cr.) Description Detailed study of the works of selected British or European writers from Petrarch to Shakespeare. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 512/5112 - Seventeenth-Century Writers (3 cr.) Description Detailed study of the works of selected seventeenth-century European and British writers. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 514/5114 - Eighteenth-Century Writers (3 cr.) Description Selected works of major eighteenth-century writers. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 516/5116 - The Romantic Movement (3 cr.) Description Selected critical problems in the Romantic movement.. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 517/5117 - Nineteenth-Century Writers (3 cr.) Description Works of selected major nineteenth-century novelists and poets. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 523/5123 - Modern Poets (3 cr.) Description Readings and analyses of works of major British, European, and American poets from the beginnings of the Symbolist and Imagist movements to the present. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 531/5131 - The Modern Novel (3 cr.) Description Works of selected novelists of the twentieth century. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 540/5140 - Readings in American Literature (3 cr.) Description Guided reading. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 542/5142 - Readings in French Literature (3 cr.) Description Guided reading. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 543/5143 - Readings in British Literature (3 cr.) Description Guided reading. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 545-546/5199-5299 - Selected Topics (3 cr.) Description Guided reading, research, and discussion. In recent years, the following courses have been offered under this heading: The Arabian Nights, The Lyrical Mode (in English, Arabic and French), Autobiographies, Literature and Cultural History, Literature and the Visual Arts, Literature and Urban Culture, Theory of Narrative, The European Novel, Figures of the Scared, T. S. Eliot, The Bloomsbury Group and Albert Camus. When Offered 5199 offered in fall, 5299 in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 555/5255 - Research Methods in Literature (3 cr.) Description The course introduces scholarship, debates, methods, and professional trends in the field of literary studies, considering questions of theory, application, interdisciplinary, and textuality. The goal of this course is to train students in the methods that they will use to conduct literary research in their papers and theses, giving careful attention to library resources and academic style. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 588/5288 - Comprehensives (no cr.) Description Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination. Check course scheduling information
	ECLT 599/5298 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) Check course scheduling information
	ECON 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description This course enables students to understand and employ the unique way of economic thinking and judgment. The course utilizes blended teaching methods to illustrate economic concepts and to apply the economist’s approach to various aspects of human behavior. These range from real-time, societal, personal, and business examples to simulation exercises. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes This course does not count as part of Economics major or minor requirements. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 202/2011 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) Description Fundamental economic concepts and methods of economic analysis with emphasis on microeconomic issues. Analyzes basic principles of market economics including resource allocation, opportunity cost, core elements of demand and supply, market equilibrium, elasticity, pricing, market structure, and trade exchange. Labor and capital markets, market efficiency, regulation, and social welfare implications. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 201/2021 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) Description Fundamental economic concepts and methods of economic analysis with emphasis on macroeconomic issues. Analyzes aggregate economic activity in relation to the level, stability and growth of national income. Topics analyzed include the determination and effects of national income, consumption, investment, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and how these may be influenced by monetary, fiscal and other policies. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 215/2051 - Economic History of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.) Description Historical survey of the economic conditions, systems, and institutions of the Middle East with special emphasis on the period 1800-1945. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 216/2061 - Mathematics for Economists I (3 cr.) Prerequisites MACT 1111 or equivalent. Description Calculus of a single variable. Composite functions, limits and asymptotes, continuity, differentiation, Taylor’s theorem, maxima and minima and points of inflexion, logarithmic and exponential functions, integration. Applications to economic theory and business finance. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Students who take both MACT 1121 and ECON 2061 will be granted credit for only one of the two courses. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 218/2081 - Statistics for Economists (3 cr.) Prerequisites MACT 1221 Description The course covers the general theory of estimation. Topics include: sampling distributions, testing hypotheses about the difference between two means, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation and simple regression analysis, nonparametric statistics including Chi-squared & Index numbers. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 224/2091 - Economic History (3 cr.) Description Theories of economic evolution with a special focus on Europe. Includes analyses of technological change, property rights systems and economic growth, and income distribution. Examines the transition from feudalism to capitalism, first and second industrial revolutions, the 20th century Great Depression and the reconstruction of the world economies after World War II. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 302/3011 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2011 and ECON 3061 Description Preferences, utility theory, and derivation of consumer demand. Convergence conditions in consumer choice. Slutsky decomposition. Supply, cost structure, factor inputs, and technology. Properties of production functions including the Euler Theorem. Monopoly, duopoly (Bertrand and Cournot), oligopoly, monopolistic, and competitive markets. The extent of market entry. Labor choice, the capital asset pricing model, and technological innovation. Introduction to game theory. General equilibrium and welfare economics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 310/3013 - Public Finance (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description Application of efficiency criteria to political decision making: allocation of resources to social goods, tax and subsidy correctives for externalities, minimizing excess burden of financing government activity. Equity criteria for tax systems and income distribution. Analysis of Egypt’s public finances and evaluation of Egyptian public policy. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 301/3021 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ( ECON 2061 or MACT 1122 ). Description This course covers aggregate economic behavior using Keynesian and Neoclassical macroeconomic analysis. Various theories of how a nation’s income, employment and price level behave under static and dynamic conditions are examined. Topics covered include: income determination, unemployment, price stability, budget deficits, balance of payments equilibrium and economic growth, in addition to the impact of fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy on macroeconomic performance. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 303/3041 - Money and Banking (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: ACCT 2001 plus ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description This course emphasizes the role of central banks, monetary tools, the banking sector and financial markets in impacting domestic macroeconomic performance and the global economy. Topics include: monetary theory; central banking; management of the banking system; financial regulations; and the interaction between monetary policy, financial markets and macroeconomic performance. The course combines theoretical formalization with empirical investigations. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 309/3051 - Emerging Economies (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description This course conducts a critical analysis of the specific economic and institutional characteristics enabling emerging economies to achieve rapid and sustainable economic growth and development. Case studies will also be used to illustrate the impact of these nations upon global integration dynamics. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 348/3052 - Agricultural Economics (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description This course is concerned with the application of economic theory to agricultural markets and food security with special reference to Egypt and other developing countries. Analysis will focus upon agricultural resource allocation, price determination, market structures, water scarcity, commodity trading, and other topics within the context of an increasingly globalized framework of trade and financial institutions. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 312/3053 - Economic Development (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description Major economic problems of developing countries. Alternative explanations of underdevelopment and theories of development. Major domestic and international aspects of development including population growth, capital accumulation and international economic relations. Sustainable development. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 320/3055 - The Digital Economy: Information Technology, Knowledge and Intellectual Property (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 . Description The course offers analysis of the economics of information technology, knowledge and intellectual property. Topics include: electronic readiness, knowledge measurement indices, the digital divide; economics of content: knowledge as a public good, static and dynamic costs and benefits of intellectual property rights; competition and intellectual property; open business models, innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital economy. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 316/3061 - Mathematics for Economists II (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2061 Description Matrix algebra and input-output analysis. Determinant, rank, and inverse of a matrix. Cramer’s rule. Multivariable functions and partial derivatives. Constrained and unconstrained optimization. Homogeneous and homothetic properties. First-order difference and differential equations. Applications to economic theory. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 308/3071 - Labor Economics (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description The course offers a general treatment of modern theoretical and empirical labor economics. Topics to be covered include: operation of labor markets; wage determination; firm, industry and public sector labor demand; human capital investment; race and gender employment and wage discrimination; public policy effects. The relation of labor market outcomes and attendant public policy to poverty, income distribution and economic growth is covered. (The course includes community-based learning components) When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 318/3081 - Introduction to Econometrics (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2081 and ECON 3061 Description The course covers the General Linear Regression Model. Topics include: departures from the basic assumptions of the general model: multicollinearity, autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, errors in variables, dynamic systems and distributed lag models, the identification problem, estimation of structural equations. Assignments include applications to real world examples. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 420/4000 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor and unit head, senior standing. Description Guided reading, research, and discussion based on a subject of mutual interest to a student and faculty member. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 413/4012 - Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 3011 Description This course develops the theoretical tools and applied case study analysis to financial and economic project evaluation. Criteria for project feasibility, net worth of investment projects, cash flow discounting, and financial rates of return. Valuation, shadow pricing, and economic appraisal. Applications to real life projects. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 403/4031 - International Trade (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 3021 and ECON 3011 Description International Trade Theory: Mercantilist Theory, comparative costs, and post- Ricardian theories including economies of scale and imperfect competition. Protection Theory; Effective Protection. Terms of trade, national income and the balance of payments. Fluctuations in trade. Foreign exchange markets, exchange rates and adjustment in the balance of payments. International resource movements. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 404/4041 - Financial Economics (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2081 , ECON 3011 and FINC 2101 . Description This course employs various methods to provide students with the theoretical tools and practical experience necessary to understand the dynamics of financial markets and their interaction with the other spheres of the economy. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 415/4051 - Seminar on Economic Development in the Middle East (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 Description This course explores the application of key concepts relating to economic development and policy analysis to contemporary problems facing countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The course focus is upon thematic policy issues such as growth and structural change; macroeconomic adjustment, industrial development, food and agriculture policy, and trade and financial sector reform. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 416/4061 - Mathematical Economics (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 3061 Description Quasiconcave programming. Arrow-Einthoven and Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Second-order difference and differential equations. Steady-state equilibrium and the saddle path. Dynamic optimization. Hamiltonian functions and transversality conditions. Applications to economic theory. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 418/4081 - Econometric Methods (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 3081 Description Extensions of the classical linear model. Instrumental variables. Errors in variables. Maximum likelihood estimation. Simultaneous equation systems. Vector autoregressions, error correction models, nonstationarity and cointegration. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 418P/4082 - Practicum (1 cr.) Description This practicum is structured to run parallel with ECON 4082. Practical problems in economic model building. Formulation of static and dynamic models. Estimation of behavioral equations of illustrative and real models using econometric packages such as RATS, TSP, SORITEC, etc., with single-equation and simultaneous-equation methods. Testing hypotheses about economic theory. Calculation of forecasts. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 405/4091 - History of Economic Thought (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 Description This course investigates the historical evolution of economic theory by examining the development of Mercantilism, Physiocracy, Classical, Marxian, Neoclassical theory, Austrian-Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 414/4094 - Economics of Egypt (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECON 2021 and ECON 2011 . Junior standing or higher. Description This course is an application of economic tools to explore the performance, analyze major problems and propose reform agendas for the contemporary Egyptian economy. Among the topics discussed are the path of economic development, macroeconomic performance, sectoral behavior, and institutional restructuring since the Nasser era and up to the present time. The course gives the students a chance to conduct applied research for the most recent challenges facing the Egyptian economy. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 411/4099 - Seminar: Special Topics in Economics (3 cr.) Description Guided reading, research, and discussion of specific topics chosen by the instructor in theoretical policy or applied economics. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be taken for credit more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	ECON 521/5200 - Independent Study (3 cr.) Description Guided reading, research, and discussion based on a subject of mutual interest to a student and faculty member. Must obtain the approval of the Director of Graduate Program and Chair of the Department. Check course scheduling information

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DSGN 317/3117 - History of Advertising in the Arab World (3 cr.)

DSGN 318/3118 - History of Arabic Calligraphy (3 cr.)

DSGN 303/3203 - Design III: Publication (3 cr.)

DSGN 304/3204 - Design IV: Packaging (3 cr.)

DSGN 305/3205 - Design V: Retail Design (3 cr.)

DSGN 313/3213 - Web Design (3 cr.)

DSGN 320/3220 - Typography II (3 cr.)

DSGN 330/3230 - Typography III (3 cr.)

DSGN 335/3235 - Animation (3 cr.)

DSGN 350/3250 - Digital Practices II (3 cr.)

DSGN 360/3260 - Photography for Designers (3 cr.)

DSGN 365/3265 - Advertising and Branding (3 cr.)

DSGN 400/4200 - Professional Practice (3 cr.)

DSGN 410/4210 - Portfolio (3 cr.)

DSGN 420/4220 - Production for Designers (3 cr.)

DSGN 469/4269 - Senior Project Thesis (3 cr.)

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ECLT 123/1023 - Experiencing Creativity: Texts and Images (3 cr.)

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

ECLT 200/2010 - Introduction to Literature (3 cr.)

ECLT 201/2011 - Survey of British Literature (3 cr.)

ECLT 202/2012 - Global Literature in English (3 cr.)

ECLT 209/2019 - Introduction to American Studies (3 cr.)

ECLT 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (3 cr.)

ECLT 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.)

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ECLT 303/3003 - Seventeenth-Century Literature (3 cr.)

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ECLT 347/3099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)

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ECLT 411/4011 - History of Literary Criticism (3 cr.)

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ECLT 447/4099 - Capstone Seminar: Selected Topics (3 cr.)

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ECLT 523/5123 - Modern Poets (3 cr.)

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ECLT 540/5140 - Readings in American Literature (3 cr.)

ECLT 542/5142 - Readings in French Literature (3 cr.)

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ECLT 545-546/5199-5299 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)

ECLT 555/5255 - Research Methods in Literature (3 cr.)

ECLT 588/5288 - Comprehensives (no cr.)

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

ECON 202/2011 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.)

ECON 201/2021 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.)

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