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EMBA 622 - Development & Rationale for Competitive Law
Description
This module looks at how competition law fits in a larger context of economic policy. It covers the development and rationale for international competition law for firms, with reference to developing countries’ competition law as well as relevant provisions in the Egyptian competition policy and covers agreements between firms (cartels, joint ventures, mergers), monopolization, and public enforcement of law by competition authorities, private enforcement in the courts and the coordination of private and public enforcement.
(1.75 cr.)
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EMBA 623 - Adapting to Global Environment - Integration Consultation Project
Description
Participants undertake a successful “consulting” project within their own organization, identifying a challenge or an opportunity they seek to address and undertaking the appropriate analysis leading to a recommended course of action. Participants are encouraged to apply and integrate several analytical tools and organizational skills learned in various courses of the program. It provides concrete tools and concepts for projects management. The module is taught in an interactive case-based format. Participants are expected to actively participate while providing insights from their own experiences with project management. Participants will understand why many projects fail, know the critical success factors, be able to define and analyze work breakdown structures and critical paths for projects, and understand the impact of uncertainty on project management.
(4 cr.)
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ENGL 100 - Academic English for Freshmen
Description
English 100 is a concurrent course in which classes meet five days a week for a total of fifteen hours. A student who for any reason misses thirty-six hours (12 days) will be dropped from the course. A student who is dropped will be allowed to retake the course the following semester. Sessions are devoted to the comprehension and summary of university-level texts, the introduction to basic research tools, the writing of essays on science and humanities topics and remedial grammar within the context of individual teacher-student conferences. Freshmen taking English 100 may enroll in no more than two academic with a maximum of 7 academic course credits. Any student who withdraws from English 100 must withdraw from the two other academic.
For new students, placement in academic English for freshmen is determined by their score on the ELPET or TOEFL with TWE. For students enrolled in the intensive English program, placement in Academic English for Freshmen is determined by their score on the IEP exit test.
All students who have been admitted into ENGL 100 must satisfactorily complete the course work within a time period not to exceed two full semesters and a summer session. Students taking ENGL 100 in summer may not enroll in any academic.
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ENGL 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Description
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
Notes
May be taken concurrently with ENGL 100.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering
Description
History of engineering. Engineering fields of specialization and curricula. The engineering profession: team work, professionalism, ethics, licensing, communication and societal obligations. Engineering support personnel and activities. Engineering approach to problem solving. Examples of major engineering projects. Course project.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
The course must be taken in the year of admission to the engineering program.
(1 cr.)
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ENGR 115 - Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Drawing
Description
Introductory descriptive geometry. Orthographic and pictorial drawing. Sectional views, auxiliary views, and conventions. Dimensioning. Free hand sketching, and both manual and computer-aided drafting.
Hours
One class period and one three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(2 cr.)
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ENGR 212 - Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)
Description
Fundamentals of mechanics. Equilibrium of practices, forces in space, equivalent systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces, center of gravity, internal actions, analysis of simple structures and machine parts. Friction. Moment of inertia.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 214 - Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)
Description
Kinematics and kinetics of a particle, system of particles, and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum methods. Engineering applications.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 229 - Strength and Testing of Materials
Description
Concept of stress and strain in components, mechanical behavior of materials under tensile, compressive, and shear loads, hardness, impact loading, fracture and fatigue. Analysis of stresses and the corresponding deformations in components, axial loading, torsion, bending, and transverse loading. Statically indeterminate problems. Transformation of plane stresses, and Mohr’s circle..
Prerequisites
Hours
Three class periods and one three-hour lab period
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(4 cr.)
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ENGR 261 - Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
Description
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid flow. Conservation of momentum, energy, continuity and Bernoulli’s equations. Viscous efforts for laminar and turbulent flow. Steady state closed conduit and open channel flow.
Prerequisites
and
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 313 - Engineering Analysis and Computation I
Description
Solution of sets of linear equations, roots of equations, curve fitting (interpolation), numerical integration and differentiation, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, boundary value problems and introduction to the finite difference method of computer programs for problem solving. It includes a programming based project.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 318 - General Electrical Engineering
Description
Active, reactive and apparent power, three-phase systems, electrical measurements, transformers, motors: types, performance and selection generation, transmission and distribution of Electrical Energy, protective and earthing systems, energy management and cost.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 345 - Engineering Economy
Description
Economic and cost concepts, the time value of money, single, multiple and series of cash flows, gradients, functional notation, nominal and effective interest rates, continuous compounding, rates of return. Computation and applications, economic feasibility of projects and worth of investments, comparison of alternatives. Replacement, deprecation and B.E. analysis. Introduction to risk analysis.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 364 - Fundamentals of Thermofluids
Description
Introduction to thermodynamics concepts and definitions; pure substance and ideal gases; the first law of thermodynamics, the concepts of the second law of thermodynamics, continuity; momentum and energy equations; introduction to laminar and turbulent flows; flow in conduits; introduction to turbomachinery; conduction heat transfer: one-dimensional and fins; forced and natural convention heat transfer.
Prerequisites
. Open for Electronics Engineering major only.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 494 - Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation
Description
This capstone course provides a general introduction to Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation. It develops a perception of being an “entrepreneur” in the mind of the student. Students analyze the concepts, elements, processes and behaviors associated with successful entrepreneurship, and develop an insight into how to evaluate and launch ventures and enterprises in all sectors, including business, culture, and society. The course is structured around lectures, interactive sessions, visiting speakers, case study analysis, and community-based learning. The skills of critical and creative thinking, communication, presentation, analysis, synthesis and persuasion are emphasized.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 511 - Computational Methods in Engineering
Description
Numerical solution of sets of algebraic and transcendental equations, eigen system analysis, numerical integration and differentiation. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, optimization methods. Applications using MATLAB.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 512 - Experimental Methods in Engineering
Description
Types of experiments. Physical models: type, scale, material selection. Experimental setups. Measurements: electrical measurements and sensing devices; pressure and flow measurements; temperature and thermal measurements; force, strain and motion measurements; computer data storage. Design of experiments: review of statistical inference, single factor experiments, randomized block and Latin square designs, factorial designs. Regression.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 516 - Engineering for a Sustainable Environment
Description
Solid, industrial and hazardous waste generation and control, with an emphasis on sustainable engineering practices such as environmental impact assessment and performance, waste management, pollution prevention, waste minimization, cleaner production, energy recovery, recycling and reuse.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 518 - Engineering Statistics
Description
Probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, test of hypotheses, regression, correlation, and nonparametric statistics.
(3 cr.)
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ENGR 590 - Graduate Thesis Seminar I
Description
Seminars on research topics, research methodology and thesis writing, and presentations given by invited speakers.
Cross-listed
Same as RCSS 590.
(2 cr.)
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ENGR 591 - Graduate Thesis Seminar II
Description
Seminars on research topics given by invited speakers and on research plans given by students to discuss their thesis topics and the results they obtained in their work.
Prerequisites
Cross-listed
Same as RCSS 591.
(1 cr.)
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ENTR 203 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Description
This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the concept of entrepreneurship as well as the specificities of managing a small business compared to a large one. The student will develop a general understanding of entrepreneurship as an economic activity and the role it plays as a catalyst of economic growth and social development. The personal traits and behaviors, and the organizational characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurship will be analyzed and discussed. The student will also be introduced to different organizational aspects and managerial activities related to launching and managing a small business.
(3 cr.)
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ENTR 303 - Principles of Entrepreneurial Finance
Description
This course teaches about financing of new entrepreneurial ventures. The course will examine both the entrepreneur’s and investor’s perspective with special emphasis on the venture capital process.
(3 cr.)
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ENTR 413 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Description
This is an interdisciplinary course combining skills from all areas of business. It focuses on the creation of new business ventures with an emphasis on personal rather than corporate goals. Special focus is placed on problems encountered by the entrepreneurs in the Middle East and development of solutions to those problems. The course also prepares students for intrapreneur or entrepreneur business careers in startups and small and large corporations. It offers and understanding of the stages of business formation and what activities are appropriate at each stage of business development to meet financial goals including preparations of feasibility studies for business start-ups.
(3 cr.)
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ENTR 417 - Entrepreneurship Lab: Developing and Launching a New Venture
Description
Pre-Req: ENTR 203; MKTG 302; ENTR 303; ENTR 413
This course is specially intended for non-business students, minors in entrepreneurship, and students writing business plans for new ventures. It concentrates on the mechanics of constructing a creative, realistic and effective business plans for a new concept that the student team has generated and developed. Thus, it is intended as a “hands-on” experience that explores the process that a person must go through to put together a proper business plan for a start-up venture.
Prerequisites
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(3 cr.)
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ENVE 561 - Water Quality Control
Description
Water quality parameters: standards and analysis; theory and basic processes for modeling fate and transport of pollutants in surface water bodies; integrated water pollution control strategies.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 562 - Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering
Description
Theory and design of unit operations and processes in environmental engineering, emphasizing water and wastewater treatment; namely: physical, chemical and biological unit processes, sludge handling processes.
Cross-listed
Same as CENG 473 but with additional requirements for graduate students.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 564 - Air Pollution Control Engineering
Description
Air pollutants sources, sinks, and residence time. Costs of air pollution. Control strategies and systems design. Mathematical models of air pollution. Monitoring and control instruments.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 565 - Air Pollution and Combustion
Description
Air pollution and combustion, combustion generated pollutants, greenhouse effect, fuel alternatives, effects of air pollution on health and vegetation, other forms of energy sources, technologies for emission reduction and control.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 566 - Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering
Description
Solid wastes – Nature, generation and collection. Local and regional management strategies including recycling and recovery of useful products, landfilling, and incineration. Hazardous wastes – Nature, generation and collection. Risk assessment. Management strategies including source reduction, treatment, recovery, landfilling, and incineration.
Cross-listed
Same as CENG 475 but with additional requirements for graduate students.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 567 - Environmental Chemistry
Description
Chemical principles for quantitative solution of environmental engineering problems with a focus on aqueous systems. Concept of chemical equilibrium is developed to determine mass distribution of environmentally significant substances. Applications of acid-base, coordination, oxidation-reduction, and organic distribution reactions are developed for water and wastewater systems.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 568 - Noise Pollution Fundamentals, Measurements and Control
Description
Properties of sound waves in free fields and enclosures; effects of noise on people; quantitative measurement of noise characteristics and impact; noise reduction indoors and outdoors; noise control regulations.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 569 - Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination
Description
Groundwater and well hydraulics with applications to water supply and control of contaminants; groundwater contamination; development, solution and application of contaminant transport equations; groundwater remediation; introduction to unsaturated flow.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 580 - Independent Study in Engineering
Description
Independent study in various problem areas of engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
Notes
(Students may sign for up to 3 credits towards fulfilling M. Sc. requirements).
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 592 - Advanced Topics in Engineering
Description
Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Repeatable
May be taken for credit more than once if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 599 - Research Guidance Thesis
Description
Consultation on problems related to student thesis.
Repeatable
Must be taken twice for credit.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 662 - Advanced Treatment Processes
Description
Description, design, and applications of advanced technologies for removal of contaminants from environmental media; membrane technologies – nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, membrane bioreactors; adsorption; biological activated carbon; biofilters; pulsators; tube settlers; advanced oxidation processes – ozonation, UV radiation, photo-oxidation, chemical oxidation and reduction; cryogenic and thermal processes.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 680 - Independent Study in Environmental Engineering
Description
Independent study in various problem areas of environmental engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
(3 cr. Max.)
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ENVE 692 - Advanced Selected Topics in Environmental Engineering
Description
Topics chosen according to special interests of faculty and students. May be repeated for credit more than once if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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ENVE 699 - Research Guidance Dissertation
Description
Consultation on problems related to student thesis. To be taken 11 times for credit.
(3 cr.)
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EUST 504 - European Union Law
Description
Introduction to the major institutions and decision making procedures of the European Union’s constitutional structure as well as the foundational doctrines and processes developed by the EU judicial system.
Cross-listed
Same as LAW 504.
(3 cr.)
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EUST 506 - Seminar on Practical Diplomacy (Arranged with European embassies and institutions)
Description
This seminar is conducted with occasional seminar visits to local European embassies and institutions. In-class work includes study of local and international diplomatic processes, student presentations, and a final paper. All students prepare for visits and write reports. Students must be prepared to leave AUC early on days when visits are scheduled.
(3 cr.)
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EUST 508 - Seminar on the European Union
Description
This seminar course includes occasional speakers from local European embassies and institutes. Topics may include constitutional, political, economic, social, cultural, and defense issues. Class-work includes preparation for student presentations on these and other current EU issues.
(3 cr.)
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EUST 511 - Special Topics in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Studies
Description
Content differs according to topics.
Cross-listed
Same as HIST 511.
(3 cr.)
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EUST 513 - The European Systems of Human Rights Protection
Description
Examination of the procedures and substantive law contained in conventions, treaties, reports, judgments, and other documents will be examined for a comprehensive understanding of the development of human rights law in Europe. These human rights systems are considered in relation to their origins in social and political movements and their subsequent effects on politics and society.
Cross-listed
Same as LAW 513.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Description
Course addressing broad intellectual concern and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 200 - Analogue and Digital Practices
Description
This course introduces students to the basic skills in various traditional and contemporary mediums: screen printing, digital photography, digital imaging, video and sound editing. The aim is to offer hands-on basic skills in analogue and digital practices including film, visual arts and graphic design.
Cross-listed
Same as DSGN 200 and ARTV 200.
Notes
*Registration in this course is contingent upon consent of the director of the program
(3 cr.)
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FILM 213 - Introduction to Visual Cultures
Description
Introduces students to the study of visual cultures in such arenas as film and video, photography, painting and sculpture, the built environment, advertising and fashion, and social media/internet. Students will learn how to analyze visual materials across media, interpret meanings, and gain experience in applying critical concepts to these understandings.
Cross-listed
Same as ARTV 213 and DSGN 213.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 220 - Introduction to Film
Description
An introduction to the art of cinema, covering basic film history, theory, aesthetics, and production. Dramatic narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), and avant-garde subjects are analyzed in detail, and relevant films are screened in class to stimulate discussion.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Required for the minor in film.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Description
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 320 - Cinema in Egypt and the Arab World
Description
This course examines various aspects of cinema in Egypt and the Arab World in order to understand its history, and determine the themes, the styles, and the character of this cinema which has been historically among the most influential in national world cinemas. Topics could include areas such as New Arab Cinemas, classical Egyptian cinema, the Arab film industry, independent Arab cinema, among others.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 330 - Film Theory and Criticism
Description
A historical study of the major theoretical approaches to motion picture art, Including early analysis of film aesthetics, structure, and form, as well as modernist political critiques of cinema. Films will be screened class to facilitate understanding of the readings.
Prerequisites
or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
When Offered
Offered in the fall or spring.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 340 - Documentary Film
Description
A Study of the non-fiction film, Its international history, theoretical approaches to its structure and effects, and current issues in documentary production. Class screenings will be used to expose students to important and relevant examples of documentary cinema.
Prerequisites
or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 341 - Anthropology and Film
Description
The history and practice of film in anthropology; film as ethnography; comparison of films and analytical ethnographies.
Prerequisites
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 341.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 351 - Digital Editing
Description
This course focuses on developing practical as well as aesthetic skills for digital forms of film editing. Students will engage in several assignments and exercises manifesting their capacity to work on various applications of editing techniques.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 352 - The Film Industry
Description
The organization of the production, distribution and exhibition practices of various film industries. May include an examination of the relationship between a national film industry and other visual media; changing technologies and their impact on the medium; connections and intersections between the film industry and other economic industries and dynamics.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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FILM 353 - Digital Cinematography
Description
This course focuses on developing the practical as well as aesthetic skills necessary for digital cinematography. As part of a fast emerging and increasingly dominant form of filmmaking, digital cinematography has become key in contemporary mainstream, alternative and independent filmmaking. Students will perform assignments and exercises manifesting their capacity to work with various applications of cinematographic techniques and their integration with lighting design and camera movement.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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FILM 354 - Film Audience and Reception
Description
The course maps aspects of spectatorship, audience, and reception approaches as they intersect with experiences and study of cinema. The course provides students with tools to appreciate film as an interactive medium of communication. It explored these approaches with emphasis on spectatorial agency. Resistant and subversive reading, and hegemonic and counter-hegemonic readership and production.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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FILM 357 - Screenwriting
Description
Provides an overview of the role of storytelling in filmmaking practice, introducing students to the techniques used by screenwriters to craft stories in both fiction and non-fiction and television programs and other moving picture media.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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FILM 360 - The Filmmaker
Description
A detailed study of the themes, the characteristic style, development, and influence of the director within the world of cinema. The course will assess, compare, and/or contrast combinations of two to three filmmakers. Themes could inclulde empahsis on filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese, the Coen Brothers, Youssef Chahine, George Romero, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Salah Abou-Seif, Pier Paolo Pasolini, among others.
Prerequisites
or consent of the Director of the Film Program.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 370 - Selected Topics in Film
Description
In-depth examination of specific topics in film determined by the special interests and expertise of the faculty..
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes
(3 cr.)
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FILM 390 - Film Genres
Description
This course examines questions relating to one or several generic forms and conventions, drawing examples from Hollywood as well as a variety of world cinemas. Topics could include the Musical, Comedy, Horror, Film Noir, Western, Historical Epic genres, etc.
Prerequisites
or the consent of the Director of the Film Program.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 402 - Independent Study
Description
With departmental approval, advanced students may arrange an individualized course topic to be completed under faculty supervision.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: departmental approval required.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
An overall minimum B average is required for admission to the course
(1-3 cr.)
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FILM 450 - Senior Film Project
Description
Senior students work on making their own film projects with the participation of other film students. Under the supervision of the instructor, students will develop their project through pre-production, production, post-production phases. Attention will be given to quality excellence rather than quantity and length films.
Prerequisites
At least three courses from the’Film Production’ list.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 452 - The Arab and Egyptian Film Industries: National and Global Perspectives
Description
A study of the nature of the Arab and Egyptian Film industry. Emphasis will be on the evolution of the Arab motion picture industry in the twentieth century and how it is situated in contemporary popular culture. Other topics include Egyptian cinema’s relationship to Hollywood, the audience for Egyptian and Arab films, the role of the state cinematic funding, distribution and production systems, the impact of new technologies, and how the structure of the Egyptian and Arab film industries compares with those of other countries.
Prerequisites
Fourth year level in the Film major or the consent of the Program Director.
Notes
This course may be repeated for credit.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 456 - Experiential Learning in Film
Description
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to combine interests in film studies research with experimental learning opportunities in the community and workplace ( internships, paid employment or volunteer position).
Prerequisites
Fourth year level in the Film major or the consent of the Program Director.
(3 cr.)
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FILM 470 - Advanced Seminar in Film Study and Research
Description
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to combine interests in film studies research with experimental learning opportunities in the community and workplace ( internships, paid employment or volunteer position).
Prerequisites
Fourth year level in the Film Major or consent of the Film Program Director.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 303 - Business Finance I
Description
The study of the principles of finance and their application to business enterprises. Special emphasis on financial analysis, management of working capital, cost of capital, capital budgeting, long term financing, dividend policy and internal finance.
Prerequisites
, ( or ) and
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 404 - Investment Analysis
Description
Introduction to the theory of investments. Topics include risk and return, the theory of portfolio selection, asset pricing models, valuation for stocks, bond pricing and the term structure of interest rates and options.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 405 - Applied Banking
Description
Measuring returns and risks in banking, evaluation of a bank’s performance, introduction to lending techniques and risk rating methods. Analyzing creditworthiness of business firms and financial institutions. Credit-management techniques such as asset protection, asset conversion and cash-flow analysis are introduced.
Prerequisites
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When Offered
Offered twice a year.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 408 - International Finance
Description
The effect of the international financial environment on the major financial decisions of business. The international financial institution and their effect on firms operating in the international environment.
Prerequisites
Cross-listed
Same as INTB 408
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 410 - Capital Markets
Description
The objective of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the structure and mechanics of financial markets coupled with a practical perspective of the use of finacial tools and their applications. It will introduce students to capital markets with global applications to various financial instruments including debt, equity and derivative securities, such as forwards, futures, and options. The course, as well, aims to widen students understanding of the various risks encountered by financial institutions and the means by which they are mitigated and managed.
Prerequisites
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When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Enrollment in courses is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in courses specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 412 - Options and Derivatives
Description
Overview of basic derivative securities; forwards, futures and options. The focus is on the valuation of these securities and the use of derivatives for hedging risks. More complex derivatives may be covered.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 414 - Corporate Finance
Description
The course introduces students to basic concepts of corporate finance in the Egyptian environment. The course will cover the theory and application of capital budgeting techniques and capital structure choice of firms.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 415 - Portfolio Theory and its Applications
Description
Portfolio Theory provides students with basic concepts and models of financial theory and introduces them to the evaluation of quantity risk and return decisions. Subjects that are offered in this course: Capital assets Pricing Theory; Arbitrage Pricing Theory; Derivatives and Portfolio Selection and Management.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 470 - Special Topics in Financial Management
Description
Considers selected topics of current relevance in Financial Management.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 475 - Independent Study in Financial Management
Description
Guided readings, research, and discussions on specific selected topic in Financial Management.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of FINC unit head and chair.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
(1-3 cr.)
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FINC 512 - Options and Derivatives
Description
This course covers a list of advanced topics in derivative securities. It assumes that students have taken an introductory course in derivatives as well as an introduction to fixed-income markets. The first part of the course develops numerical techniques which are used to implement pricing methodologies. The techniques are applied to exotic options and real options. The second part of the course develops term structure models and options based on fixed income securities.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 513 - Fixed Income Securities
Description
This is a course on fixed-income securities and related derivatives. It covers basic analytical tools in fixed-income markets. Topics include relative pricing of fixed-income securities, forward rates, yield-to-maturity, yield-curve trading strategies and immunization techniques. It also discusses term structure models, fixed-income securities with embedded options, and derivatives with fixed-income underlying securities. Instruments to be discussed are forward rate agreements, bond and interest rate futures, interest rate swaps, fixed-income options, mortgage-backed securities, and credit derivatives. The course emphasizes analytical techniques, rather than institutional details.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 514 - Financial Risk Analysis
Description
This course deals with the ways in which risks are quantified and managed by financial institutions. Among the topics covered are the nature of financial institutions and their regulation, market risk, credit risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, and the credit crisis of 2007.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 515 - Portfolio Management
Description
This course blends portfolio theory with the type of practical issues that one will come across in the investment process. Topics include identifying investor objectives and constraints, recognizing risk and return characteristics of investment vehicles, developing strategic asset allocations among equity, fixed-income and risk-free assets, utilizing derivative securities to manage portfolio risk and, if possible, enhance portfolio return, and evaluating portfolio and manager performance relative to investment objectives and appropriate benchmarks. Investment tools, such as economic indicators and regression analysis will be introduced in computer labs.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 516 - Real Estate Finance
Description
The course introduces main elements of real estate Finance. It begins with a comprehensive introduction of mortgage from the perspective of capital market investors. The mortgage basics are then used in investment analysis of income producing properties. The public debt and equity are introduced in the third part of this course.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 517 - Financial Modeling
Description
The course shows how Learn to understand important mathematical models used in finance today including: (1) Deterministic Cash Flow Streams, (2) Fixed Income Securities: duration and convexity, (3) Term structure of interest rates, (4) capital budgeting, dynamic cash flows, (5) Additional options topics , and how to use state of the art optimization and simulation software including : (1)The Excel Solver for Optimization, (2) RISK for Monte Carlo Simulation, (3) Precision Tree for Decision Tree analysis, (4) The GAMS algebraic modeling language.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 527 - Managerial Economics
Description
This course aims at applying economic principles to managerial decision making. The course covers topics such as demand, costs and market structure and their relation to pricing, product choice and resource allocation. This course also covers Macroeconomic topics such as saving, investment and the rate of interest; the theory of inflation; and economic growth.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 540 - Financial Management
Description
It is a basic business finance course, dealing with various aspects of financial decision making. It provides an introduction to time value of money; bond and stock valuation; ratio analysis; financing decisions; capital budgeting; cost of capital; capital structure; risk and return; dividend policy; operating and financial leverage; and working capital management.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 541 - Investments
Description
This course will examine four different types of asset markets: equity markets, fixed income markets, futures markets and options markets. It will focus on the valuation of assets in these markets, the empirical evidence on asset valuation models, and strategies that can be employed to achieve various investment goals.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 542 - International Financial Markets
Description
This is a course on international financial markets and exchange rates. Topics include pricing in the foreign currency and use of forward exchange for hedging short-term returns and market efficiency in the international money markets, foreign currency options, international capital asset pricing, pricing of foreign currency bonds, currency swaps, syndicated loans, foreign currency financing and exposure management
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 543 - Financial Institutions and Markets
Description
This course will analyze the role of financial markets and financial institutions in allocating capital. The major focus will be on debt contracts and securities and on innovations in the bond and money markets. The functions of commercial banks, investment banks, and other financial intermediaries will be covered. Aspects of the regulation of these institutions will also be examined.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 544 - Corporate Financial Policy
Description
This is an advanced corporate finance course with an emphasis on debt and equity management, security issuance, and distribution policy. Topics include descriptions of types of debt and equity, tradeoffs in the choice of an optimal capital structure; the role of capital structure in competitive strategy; the design of capital structure and securities to control information problems and limit conflicts of interest between different classes of security holders; procedures and costs of issuing securities including initial public offerings, and the determinants of optimal payout policy. The course is intended for those with career objectives in financial management, the corporate finance aspects of investment banking, or general management.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 545 - Private Equity and Venture Capital
Description
The course focuses on private equity and venture capital cycles. Emphasis is placed on the valuation concepts and their application to privately held companies. Case studies are an integral part of the course.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 546 - Financial Analysis, Planning and Valuation
Description
The course focuses on the framework, concepts and tools for planning business decisions and valuation. Topics discussed include forecasting financial statements, discounted cash flow techniques, alternative valuation methods and the implementation of capital budgets.
Prerequisites
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Cross-listed
Same as ACCT 503.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 570 - Selected Topics in Financial Management
Description
It considers selected topics of current relevance in Financial Management.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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FINC 575 - Independent Study in Financial Management
Description
Guided readings, research, and discussions on specific selected topic in Financial Management.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Consent of FINC unit head and chair.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(1-3 cr.)
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FINC 590 - Research Methodology
(1 cr.)
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FINC 599 - Thesis
(6 cr.)
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GWST 501 - Approaches to Middle East/ North Africa Gender and Women’s Studies
Description
This course immerses students in the historical, philosophical and theoretical debates within the academic field of Middle East Gender and Women’s Studies. Interdisciplinary approaches as well as varieties of theoretical positions are exposed and discussed critically. Acknowledging the entanglements of regions, scholarly debates and politically struggles, this course locates the Middle East/ North Africa region within its worldly context. Past foci have included “Women’s Rights, Human Rights ” “Critical Urbanism: Gender, Poverty, Violence,” “Practices of Islamic Family Law” “Regulating Bodies.”
When Offered
Offered in spring.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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GWST 502 - Justice: Histories and Theories
Description
This course introduces students to justice as a problem in contemporary cultural, legal and philosophical debates. The course explores the different domains through which justice becomes a universal language of rights, and the resultant compartmentalization of human experiences along parameters in which culture is presumed to be non-existent, rendering different forms of justice, such as gender justice, appendixes to the already known. The course will engage with questions of distribution of justice – economic, social, political, historical – in the contemporary world with special focus on locating theories of justice in the practice thereof. It is conceived as laying the intellectual foundation for the GWST gender and justice graduate concentration, for graduate work in IHRL and other related fields.
Cross-listed
Same as LAW 520.
When Offered
Offered every fall.
(3 cr.)
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GWST 503 - Histories and Theories of Gender and Development
Description
The aim of this foundation seminar is to introduce students to the historical, theoretical and empirical perspectives and experiences that inform current programs and polices in the filed of gender and development. The course is divided into four sub-modules each of which will present key concepts in the analysis of social relations between men and women in the context of development thinking. Each module will present these theoretical perspectives with reference to concrete empirical applications.
When Offered
Offered every fall.
(3 cr.)
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