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Goals and Objectives
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“A Liberal Arts education is a celebration of learning that encompasses pretty much everything: the arts and the humanities, the social sciences and the ‘hard’ sciences, business training and other professional studies. It grounds us in a sound understanding of our own culture and history, but also makes us aware and tolerant of the histories and cultures of others. Liberal learning seeks to emphasize the growth of intellectual self-reliance and independence while encouraging co-operative endeavor. It is the competence to think, analyze and understand independently.” - Former AUC President Thomas Bartlett
The primary aim of AUC’s Core Curriculum is to ensure that all students, regardless
of major, receive a strong grounding in the traditional liberal arts and sciences. The Core Curriculum is a body of courses designed to provide a broad liberal arts base for students. It aims to develop basic academic and intellectual traits while enhancing students’ writing skills, as well as their ability to reason and construct a logical argument. It strives to familiarize students with a diverse body of knowledge and intellectual tradition, and helps them understand themselves, in addition to their culture, society and place in the world. It encourages them to address the patterns of rational thought and argumentation that underpin the world’s great intellectual traditions, and introduces them to the ways in which science seeks to comprehend the natural world. In sum, the Core Curriculum lies at the heart of AUC’s commitment to the liberal arts. It is, first and foremost, an education in the fundamentals of learning itself.
General Description
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The Core Curriculum is a body of 10 to 15 courses (30 to 46 credit hours) that all students are required to complete, regardless of major. It is divided into three components.
The Primary Level consists of a set of English and Arabic language requirements
(3 to 15 credit hours) and four arts and science courses (13 credit hours). They are designed for AUC freshman and most will complete them during their first three semesters. The four courses include Scientific Thinking, Philosophical Thinking (all students must take both), a natural science course and a freshman requirement in the humanities or social sciences. All students majoring in the fields of science and engineering (except actuarial science) are exempted from the general science elective. In addition, students who demonstrate the appropriate competence may be exempted from up to six credit hours of Arabic language and up to six credit hours of English writing courses.
The Secondary Level consists of four requirements in the social sciences and humanities
(12 credit hours) including one course in the general humanities and social sciences; one that deals with world history, culture, society, politics and economics; and two that deal with the history culture, society, politics and economics of the Arab world. Most students will complete one of these four requirements in each semester of their junior and senior years.
The Capstone Level consists of two requirements that students are intended to meet in
their senior year or beyond. The goal is to ensure that students meeting the requirements in their senior or fifth year take courses that are designed for seniors, challenge them to the highest level of their ability and prepare them for life after graduation.
Restrictions
No course which a student employs to meet a requirement of the Core Curriculum may also be used to meet any of the requirements - including concentration requirements, specialization requirements, collateral requirements, major core requirements, concentration electives, and general electives - of that student’s major. Similarly, no course that a student employs to meet any of the requirements of a major may be used to meet any of the requirements of the Core Curriculum. In other words, courses may not be double-counted for both Core Curriculum and major credit. However, a student may employ a course that meets any of the requirements of the Core Curriculum to meet the requirements of a minor.
I. Primary Level: 16-28 credit hours
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Category 1: English Composition and Communication (3-9 credit hours)
Rhetoric and Composition
Students must fulfill this requirement in one of the following options:
A. RHET 101 Approaches to Critical Writing
RHET 102 Effective Argument
RHET 201 Research Writing
Or
B. RHET 102 Effective Argument
RHET 201 Research Writing
Any RHET 300 or 400 level course
(310, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 330, 332, 334, 340, 341, 342, 345, 380, 399, 400, 410, 450, 480, 490 )
Or
C. RHET 201 Research Writing
Any RHET 300 or 400 level course
(310, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 330, 332, 334, 340, 341, 342, 345, 380, 399, 400, 410, 450, 480, 490 )
Or
D. Any RHET 300 or 400 level course
(310, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 330, 332, 334, 340, 341, 342, 345, 380, 399, 400, 410, 450, 480, 490)
*RHET courses taken as core curriculum electives at the secondary and capstone levels may NOT be double-counted for RHET requirements in the primary level.
Category 2: Arabic Language (0-6 credit hours)
All newly admitted students, except those who have passed the thanawiya amma exam or its equivalent, will take an Arabic placement exam. Based on the exam results, students may be required to take up to two modern standard Arabic courses.
(ALNG 101, 102, or 103; 201, 202 or 203).
Category 3: Information Literacy
Category 4: Fundamental Intellectual Skills Requirement (6 credit hours)
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Category 5: Natural Sciences or Quantitative Thinking (3 credit hours plus 1 lab credit)
Restriction: Students majoring in any of the fields of the School of Sciences and Engineering are exempted from the natural science requirements. Actuarial science students should take a lab.
(Choose one course with lab)
BIOL 102 & SCI150 Essentials of Environmental Biology
BIOL 103 Introductory Biology
BIOL 104 Unity of Life
BIOL 105 Diversity of Life
CHEM 103 & SCI 150 Lab Chemistry and Society (for students with no chemistry background)
CHEM 104 & SCI 150 Lab Man and Environment
CHEM 105 & SCI 150 Lab General Chemistry I
PHYS 100 & SCI 150 Lab Physics for Poets (for students with no physics background)
PHYS 199 & SCI 150 Lab Future of Life on Earth and beyond
SCI 105 & SCI 150 Lab Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt
SCI 109 & SCI 150 Lab Exploration of the Universe
SCI 140 & SCI 150 Lab Chemistry, Art and Archaeology
SCI 250 & SCI 251 Lab Introductory Geology
MACT 112 & SCI 150 Lab Statistical Reasoning
MACT 199 & SCI 150 Lab Selected Topics in Quantitative Thinking
Category 6: Humanities or Social Sciences (3 credit hours)
(Choose one course from the two sub categories: humanities or social sciences)
Subcategory 1: Humanities Option
ARIC 100 Arabs and Muslims Encountering the Other
ARIC 101 Children’s Literature and Cultural Representations
ARIC 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
ARTV 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
CREL 135 Dimensions of the Sacred: Exploring Religious Experience
ECLT 123 Experiencing Creativity: Texts and Images
ECLT 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
FILM 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
HIST 110 World Cultures
HIST 111 Big History
HIST 112 Truth or Fiction: History and Historical Fiction
HIST 114 A History of Modern Imperialism
HIST 122 Words that made History: Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century
HIST 123 Family in the Modern Middle East
HIST 124 Eve and the Serpent: Witches and Witchcraft in Modern History
HIST 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
MUSC 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
PHIL 100 Reading Philosophy
PHIL 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
RHET 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
SEMR 111 The Human Quest: Exploring the “Big Questions”
SEMR 112 Who Am I?: Explorations in Consciousness and Self Across the Disciplines
SEMR 123 Celebrating Ideas: A Voyage Through Books, Art, Film and Theatre
THTR 130 The World of the Theater
THTR 199 Selected Topics in the Humanities
Subcategory 2: Social Science Options
If students choose a course in the social sciences in the primary level, they must choose a humanities course in the secondary level and vice versa.
ANTH 199 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
ECON 199 Economics for Everyone
EGPT 199 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
POLS 101 Introduction to Political Science
POLS 199 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
PSYC 199 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
SOC 199 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
Most students will complete these requirements in their first three semesters.
II. Secondary Level: 12 credit hours
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Category 1: Humanities and Social Sciences (3 credit hours)
Sub-Category 1: Humanities Options
Every student must choose and complete one course from the following sub-category lists. The requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s sixth semester. If students choose to meet the primary level Humanities/Social Science requirement by taking a Humanities course, they must choose from the list of Social Science options below to meet this requirement. If students choose to meet the Primary level Humanities/Social Science requirement by taking a Social Science course, they must choose a course from the Humanities options below to meet this requirement.
ARIC 206 Art and Architecture of the City of Cairo
ARIC 270 Introduction of Islamic Art and Architecture I
ARIC 271 Introduction of Islamic Art and Architecture II
ARIC 305 Arabic Literature and Gender
ARIC 306 Arabic Literature and Film
ARIC 307 The Writer and the State
ARIC 320 Introduction to Sufism
ARIC 335 Introduction to Islam
ARIC 336 Studies in Ibn Khaldun
ARIC 337 Shi’i Muslims in History
ARTV 200 Foundations of Design and Color
ARTV 211 World Art History Survey I
ARTV 212 World Art History Survey II
ARTV /CENG 222 Architecture: Art of Engineering
ARTV 299 Special Topics in the Humanities
ARTV 310 Modern and Contemporary Art
ARTV 314 Modern and Contemporary Architecture
ARTV 370 Personal and Political Contemporary Art and Video Art Theory
ARTV 370 The Body as Concept, Material and Representation
ARTV 370 Photography: History and Critique
ARTV 370 Art as Critical Practice
CREL 299 Special Topics in the Humanities
ECLT 200 Introduction to Literature
ECLT 201 Survey of British Literature
ECLT 202 Global Literature in English
ECLT 299 Special Topics in the Humanities
FILM 220 Introduction to Film
FILM 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
HIST 200 Introduction to History Theory and Methodology
HIST 203 Western Civilization from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
HIST 204 Early Modern Europe
HIST 205 Europe in the Age of Revolution and Reform (1789-1914)
HIST 211 History in the Making
HIST/CREL 212 The Quest for the Historical Jesus
HIST 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
HIST 307 The Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation
HIST 308 Europe in the Age of Reason
MUSC 220 Introduction to Music
MUSC 240 Western Music Theory 1: Music Theory in the Western Tradition
MUSC 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
PHIL 221 Informal Logic
PHIL 224 Self and Society
PHIL 226 Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 230 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
PHIL 344 Literature and Philosophy
RHET 225 Public Speaking
RHET 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
RHET 323 Writing in the Humanities
RHET 325 The Rhetoric of Argument in the Humanities and Social Sciences
RHET 340 Life Narratives: Reading as Writers
RHET 345 The Writer’s Workshop
RHET 380 Poetry Writing
RHET 399 Selected Topics: Advanced Style
THTR 203 The Art of the Theatre
THTR 230 Play Analysis
THTR 299 Selected Topics in the Humanities
THTR 350 Survey of Dramatic Literature
THTR 351 History of Theatre
THTR 360 Play Writing I
THTR 361 Play Writing II
SEMR 200 Core Seminar
SEMR 299 Selected Topics for the Humanities
SEMR 300 Core Honors Seminar
SEMR 310 Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Representations
Sub-Category 2: Social Sciences Options
ANTH 202 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 299 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
ARIC 323 Marriage and the Family in the Medieval and Early Modern Middle East
ARIC 324 Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim World
ARIC 325 On the Fringes of Society: Marginals in History
ECON 201 Introduction of Macro Economics
ECON 202 Introduction of Micro Economics
EGPT 202 Ancient Egypt
EGPT 299 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
LING 252 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 268 Principles of Practice of teaching English
PADM 299 Selected Topics in the Core Curriculum
PADM 308 Management of Government
PHIL 242 Philosophical Anthropology
PHIL 234 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
PSYC 201 Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 299 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
RHET 320 Business Communication
RHET 321 Technical Communication
RHET 322 Writing in the Social Sciences
RHET 330 Writing and cognition
RHET 332 Presentation and Persuasion in Business
RHET 334 Digital Rhetoric
SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology
SOC/PSYC/ANTH 240 Introduction to Community Organization and Development
SOC 299 Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
Category 2: Arab World Studies (6 credit hours)
Every student must choose and complete two courses from the following list. This requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s sixth semester.
ANTH//SOC 210 Arab Society
ANTH 312 Peoples and Cultures in the Middle East and North Africa
ANTH 390 Selected People and Culture Areas (when appropriate)
ARIC 201 Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature
ARIC 202 Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
ARIC 203 Classical Arabic Literature in Translation
ARIC 204 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
ARIC 205 Islamic Architecture from the Beginnings to the Present Day
ARIC/HIST 246 Survey of Arab History
ARIC 299 Special Topics in Arabic Literature
ARIC 299 Special Topics in Arab History
ARIC 305 Arabic Literature and Gender
ARIC 306 Arabic Literature and Film
ARIC 307 The Writer and the State
ARIC 308 Colloquial and Folk Literature
ARIC 309 Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature
ARIC 310 Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature in Translation
ARIC 314 The Arabic Novel
ARIC 315 Arabic Drama
ARIC 316 The Arabic Short Story
ARIC 321 Social Cultural History of the Middle East, A.D. 600-1800
ARIC 322 Land, Trade and Power: A History of Economic Relations in the Middle East, A.D. 600-1800
ARIC 343 Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates
ARIC/HIST 344 Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols
ARIC/HIST 345 Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mugho
ARIC/HIST 355 State and Society in the Middle East, 1699 - 1914
ARIC/HIST 357 Selected Topics in Middle East History
CREL 299 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
ECON 215 Economic History of the Modern Middle East
HIST 247 Making of the Modern Arab World
HIST 299 Selected Topics in Arab History
HIST 330 Urban Landscapes in the Modern Middle East / North Africa
HIST 331 History of Palestine/Israel
HIST/CREL 333 Zionism and Modern Judaism
MUSC 342 Understanding Arab Music
SOC 203 Social Problems of the Middle East
SOC 206 Arab Family Structure and Dynamics
SOC/PSYC/ANTH 240 Introduction to Community Organization and Development
Category 3: International/World Studies (3 credit hours)
Every student must choose and complete one course from the following list. The requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s sixth semester.
AMST 299 Selected Topics in the Core Curriculum
ANTH 302 Kin and Family in the Global World
ANTH 320 States, Capital and Rural Lives
ANTH/LING 352 Language in Culture
ANTH 360 Gender, Society and Social Change
ANTH 372 Applied Anthropology
ANTH 382 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 384 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 386 Peoples and Cultures of Asia
ANTH 390 Selected People and Cultures Areas
ARIC 299 Special Topics for the Core Curriculum
ARIC 345 Gundpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols
CREL/HIST 210 Religions of the World
CREL 220 Hinduism and Buddhism in India
CREL 230 Pilgrimage Traditions in the World’s Religions
CREL 299 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
CREL 320 Masters, Saints & Saviors: Sacred Biography in the World’s Religions
ECLT/HIST 209 Introduction to American Studies
ECLT 299 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
ECLT 301 Medieval Literature
ECLT 302 Literature of the Renaissance
ECLT 332 World Literature
ECLT 333 African Literature
ECLT 346 Third World Literature
ECLT 347 The Orient in Western Imagination
ECLT 353 Modern Drama, Illusionary Worlds, False Identities
ECON 224 Economic History
HIST 201 History of American Civilization to the Nineteenth Century
HIST 202 History of Modern American Civilization
HIST/POLS 206 Global Politics in the 20th Century
HIST 207 World History
HIST 225 East Asian History
HIST 299 Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
HIST 309 History of American Political Thought
HIST 320 Big History
LING 200 Languages of the World
MUSC 225 World Music
MUSC 240 Western Music Theory 1: Music Theory in the Western Tradition
MUSC 255 The Songs of America
MUSC 360 Music in the Western Tradition
PHIL 238 World Philosophy
PHIL 319 Development and Responsibility
PHIL 356 American Philosophy
POLS 299 Our Political World
RHET 341 Travel Writing
SEMR 310 Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Representations
SOC/ANTH 303 Social Movements
SOC/POLS 304 Development Agencies
SOC 306 Sociology of Literature
SOC 307 Social Class and Inequality
SOC/ANTH 321 Urban Society in Transition
SOC 322 Rural Sociology
SOC 323 Fundamentals of Population Studies
SOC/ANTH 332 Social Constructions of Difference: Race, Ethnic and Class
SOC/ANTH 370 Environmental Issues in Development
III. Capstone Level: (6 credit hours)
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The requirements may be met by selecting two courses from a variety of options, including Senior Project or Thesis, Senior Seminar, Senior Inr\ternship, Study Abroad, Community Engagement, Honors Seminar, Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar or a 400 level course counting toward a double major. All pre-requisites apply.*
* ACCT 403 Contemporary issues in Accounting
* AENG 490/491 Senior Project I/II
* ANTH/PSYC/SOC 440/441 Practicum in Community and Social Development
* ANTH/SOC 422-01 Religion in a Global World
* ANTH/SOC 460 Development Studies Seminar
* ANTH/SOC 495-01 Senior Seminar
ARTV 317 Teaching Kids Art
*ARTV 470 Advanced Seminar
*BIOL 495/496 Senior Research Thesis
*CENG 490/491 Senior Project I/II
*CHEM 495 Senior Thesis and Seminar
*CSCE 491/492 Senior Project I/II
*CSCI 491/492 Senior Project I/II
ECLT 409 Greek Classics in Translation
ECLT 410 Classics of the Ancient World
ECLT 411 History of Literary Criticism
ECLT 412 Modern Literary Criticism
ECLT 447 The Politics of Writing in Middle East
ECLT 447 Literature and Human Rights
*ECON 308 Labor Economics
* ECON 411 Seminar: Special Topics in Economics
*ECON 415 Seminar on Economic Development on the Middle East
*EENG 490/491 Senior Project I/II
**EGPT 440 Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics
**EGPT 499 Selected topics
ENGR 494 Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation
HIST 401 Selected topics in World History of the United States
HIST 412 Selected topics in Modern Egyptian History
HIST 415 The Marriage Crisis and the Middle East
**HIST 425 Food in World History
HIST 454 Modern Movements in Islam
*JRMC 425 Integrated Marketing Communication Campaigns Capstone
*JRMC 480 Multimedia Reporting Capstone
*JRMC 482 Media Convergence Capstone
* MACT 495 Senior Thesis
* MACT 497 Practical Internship
* MENG 490/491 Senior Project I/II
* MGMT 413 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
* MGMT 480 Business Planning and Strategy
* MKTG 480 Marketing Strategy
MKTG 492 Capstone Final Recital
* PENG 490/491 Senior Project I/II
** PHIL 410 Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics
* PHIL 418 Philosophical Masterpieces
* PHIL 420 Philosophical Figures
* PHYS 401 Senior Thesis and Seminar
* POLS 430 Seminar: Special Topics in Political Science
* PPAD 490 Practicum
* PSYC 302 Personal Growth and Adjustment
* PSYC 430 Advanced Community Psychology: Applied and Service
* PSYC 442 Clinical Psychology
* RHET 342 Writing Children’s Literature
* RHET 400 Writing and Editing for Publication
* RHET 410 Grant Writing for Community Building
* RHET 450 Imaging the Book
* RHET 480 Research and Writing Internships
* RHET 490 Advanced Scientific and Technical Communication
SEMR 300 Core Honors Seminar: Values, Activism and the New Egypt
SEMR310/POLS 430 Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Representations
* THTR 490 Senior Thesis
**THTR 495 Senior Honors Project
* All prerequisites apply
** by instructors permission
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