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JRMC 480 - Multimedia Reporting Capstone
Description
Advanced principles and practice in news gathering and reporting, effective organization and presentation, and writing. Students produce a capstone reporting project that demonstrates their ability to operate on all media platforms and produce professional, responsible and ethical journalism.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 482 - Media Convergence Capstone
Description
Explores the intersection of mass communication technologies. Students examine the digital future of media and the impact of media convergence on politics, business, civil and global society.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 490 - Special Topics in Mass Communication
Description
Special topics in journalism and mass communication will vary depending on instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated by student for credit if content changes
(1-3 cr.)
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JRMC 499 - Directed Individual Study in Mass Communication
Description
Individual projects in mass communication completed under the supervision of a full-time mass communication faculty member. Students propose projects not covered by coursework that will complement their academic programs.
Prerequisites
Junior standing and written project proposal endorsed by fulltime faculty with project review by department.
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit if content changes.
Notes
Enrollment is limited and priority is given to students with declared JRMC majors.
(1-3 cr.)
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JRMC 500 - Mass Communication Theory and Literature
Description
Survey of mass communication theory and the philosophical, sociological and political effects of mass media on audiences and societies.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 501 - Advanced Reporting and Writing
Description
Intensive reporting, research, and writing of in-depth articles for magazines and newspapers with intent to publish.
Prerequisites
appropriate professional experience or undergraduate coursework ( and or equivalent).
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 502 - Current Issues in Mass Communication
Description
Overview of major issues in mass communication and how they impact audiences and society.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 504 - Research Methods in Mass Communication
Description
Introduction to scientific method and mass media research methods: field surveys, quantitative and qualitative research.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 506 - Internship
Description
Field experience in an approved professional setting in journalism, advertising, public relations or public information. Supervised by a professional and an AUC full-time faculty member.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 537 - TV News Gathering and Script Writing
Description
Introduces students to the theory of field reporting and production. Students will learn the concepts of television journalism, the differences in reporting for print and broadcast, scriptwriting, use of pictures and related topics.
Prerequisites
and .
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 538 - Arabic TV Script Writing
Description
Introduces students to the theory of field reporting and producing. Students will learn the concepts of television journalism, the differences in reporting for print and broadcast, scriptwriting, use of pictures and related topics. The course is partially devoted to presentation skills of Arabic TV reporting.
Prerequisites
Notes
Non-Arab students may substitute an elective with approval of the director.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 539 - TV Presentation and Voice Coaching
Description
A workshop devoted to the presentation of TV news and features, particularly when “on camera”. The prime focus of the course is to develop an awareness of how skeletal-muscular-respiratory organization can inhibit or promote vocal tone resonance and articulation, and to provide the physical experiences necessary to promote improvement in posture and breathing. The course provides the means whereby unconscious, inappropriate personal habits i.e. grimace, frown; nervous gesture can be brought to consciousness and gradually eliminated. Particular attention will be given to developing unobtrusive and clear enunciation in English.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 540 - Reporting Civil Society
Description
Provides the knowledge and skills that enable students to report on Arab civil society organizations. Combines seminar-style instruction on structure and role of civil society groups with hands-on print and radio reporting about Egyptian civil society for a new civil society portal based at the Adham Center.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 541 - Digital Camera Production
Description
Intensive field training on how to use digital video cameras. Students will learn the basic of camera shooting, sequencing framing, lighting, and also how to conduct voxpops and interviews. Students will practice shooting on different camera models and formats.
Prerequisites
.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 542 - Digital Video Editing
Description
Intensive training in editing labs to master basic operation of video editing equipment to undertake the editing of simulated news events to a finished professional product. Students will learn how to edit their stories using machine to machine editing (linear editing) and software editing (non linear editing).
Prerequisites
,
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 545 - Broadcast News Intensive I
Description
This course provides students with an intensive real-world exposure to the production of a television news broadcast. Students will be involved in all aspects of producing a weekly TV news program, including reporting, producing, executive producing, studio camera work, directing, writing and anchoring.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 546 - Broadcast News Intensive II
Description
This course is a continuation of JRMC 545, providing students with advanced intensive real-world exposure to the production of a television news broadcast. Students will be involved in all aspects of producing a weekly TV news program, including reporting, producing, executive producing, studio camera work, directing, writing and anchoring. In addition, students fluent in Arabic will produce reports in Arabic.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 550 - Seminar in International Communication
Description
World news communication systems, including news-gathering agencies; the role of foreign correspondents, the foreign press, information flow, propaganda and comparative press laws.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 559 - TV Interviewing & Talk Show Hosting
Description
Theory and intensive practice in TV skills of interviewing guests on one-on-one bases as well as hosting talk shows.
Prerequisites
Appropriate professional experience or undergraduate coursework ( , or equivalent).
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 560 - Seminar on Electronic Journalism and Arab Society
Description
A comprehensive seminar examining the role of journalists in society. Covers both historic role and rights and responsibilities today. Issues include ethics, journalist-government relations, fairness and balance, freedom of the press, impact on domestic and international policy, role of the media in conflict and related topics. Discussion will cover comparative approaches in the West, developing countries and the Arab world, with particular emphasis on role of media in regional politics and international relations in the post-9/11 era.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 570 - Seminar in Mass Communication and National Development
Description
The role of mass communication in developing nations and its relationship to economic growth, education, socialization, persuasion, and diffusion of innovation.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 571 - Digital Journalism
Description
Examination of the ways in which all forms of journalism are converging in the digital realm. Emphasis will include writing and reporting for the internet and other multi-media platforms, such as podcasts and digital phones, and the practical ways in which broadcast and print are merging on the internet.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 580 - Impact of Television: Issues and Developments
Description
Media-specific issues and developments in television related to programming and production; production and delivery; technological bias and special problems such as piracy, television and religion, regulation and “equal time.”
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 588 - Comprehensives
Description
Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(no cr.)
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JRMC 590 - Special Topics
Description
Content varies with the instructor. Can be repeated once for credit if content changes.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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JRMC 599 - Research Guidance and Thesis
Description
Consultation with students as they prepare their theses.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(no cr.)
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LAW 500 - Legal Research and Writing
Description
A workshop designed to develop the lawyering skills in research, drafting, legal argument and oral presentation, especially with respect to practice in transnational legal problems and settings. Required of all students in the LL.M program during the first semester of study.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 501 - Jurisprudence
Description
The course will look at the major schools of legal theory in the United States including Sociological Jurisprudence, Legal Realism, Legal Process, Critical Legal Studies, Liberal Legalism, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Legal Theory and Law and Economics. The course aims at introducing students to different and innovative legal methodologies.
Prerequisites
(prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department)
(3 cr.)
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LAW 502 - Comparative Law
Description
Introduction to the main differences between Civil Law and Common Law systems with respect to selected problems regulated under public and private law regimes. The comparative study will concentrate on the American, German, and French legal systems.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 503 - Law and Economic Development
Description
Exploration of the relationship between different strategies of economic development and legal reforms in the public and private spheres from a comparative law perspective.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 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.
Prerequisites
or (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
Cross-listed
Same as EUST 504.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 505 - Islamic Law Reform
Description
Exploration of different approaches to reforming Islamic law in the Arab World from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, paying special attention to contemporary developments in Arab legal systems.
Prerequisites
or (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 506 - Egyptian Legal History
Description
This course explores Egypt’s various waves of “legal reform” over the past two centuries, paying close attention to the fields of constitutional law and human rights, as well as family, commercial, and criminal law. We also examine the emergence of the modern Egyptian legal elite, its rise to political and intellectual prominence, its fall during the Nasser years, and its potential for public policy impact today. Egypt’s modern legal history is set in a larger “law and development” policy frame, exploring ramifications on the rule of law, economic and political liberalization, and calls for a “return to shari’a” by Islamist political actors today.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 507 - The Law and Practice of the Settlement of International Disputes Between States
Description
The course combines the fundamentals of the law governing the settlement of international disputes between states and a Moot Court exercise. The two components of the course are intertwined. The course thus aspires to combine theoretical and practical dimensions of the experience of international dispute settlement. The doctrinal part of the course includes a general overview of the methods for dispute settlement in public international law, and basic procedural norms and principles governing international legal proceedings. The course looks in detail at specific institutions, such as the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and others. Students will have the opportunity to study recent developments in the theory, practice and in policy debates underlying the system of international dispute settlement.
Prerequisites
and (prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 508 - International Criminal Law
Description
The course will cover the central doctrines, procedures and institutions of International Criminal Law with emphasis on contemporary debates. It will consist in an overview of the main doctrines that “frame” international criminal law and set the conditions for its existence as a distinct field of legal practice, as well as substantive international crimes (Elements of crimes, War crimes, Crimes against humanity, Genocide, Aggression and Crimes against peace) and international criminal courts and tribunals.
Prerequisites
and (prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 509 - International Law
Description
An in-depth overview of the international legal system. The course will cover the fundamental concepts, institutions, processes and mechanisms of international law. Some of the topics that will be covered include: the relationships between public and private international law, the question of sovereignty, the sources of international law, and the place of non-State actors.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 510 - Introduction to International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Description
This gateway course provides an overview of the substance and some of the mechanisms of international human rights and humanitarian law. The course covers the doctrinal, institutional, methodological and theoretical bases of human rights law and international humanitarian law and offers an introduction to the substantive development of the corpus of human rights and humanitarian law, through the case-law of the international, regional, and domestic monitoring and judicial authorities on selected issues of substance or procedure (varying interpretations of given substantive political, social and economic rights, standards of evidence in human rights law, universal jurisdiction, definition of terrorism in human rights and humanitarian law, etc).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 511 - International Humanitarian Law
Description
This course provides basic introduction to the field of international humanitarian law (IHL), otherwise known as the laws of war, the law or armed conflict, or jus in bello. It will consist in an overview of the existing substantive body of international law relating to the regulation of armed conflict, as well as an exploration of its internal structure and dynamics. It will discuss in a first part the relationship between humanitarian law and both general international law and international human rights Law, with regard to applicability implementation, and enforcement. In a second part, the course and materials will approach the “principle of distinction” and its implementation in the so-called “Geneva Law”, relating to protected persons, as well as the so-called “Hague Law”, relating to the means and methods of combat. Final sessions will discuss questions of implementation and criminal responsibility.
Prerequisites
and (prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 512 - Human Rights and the United Nations
Description
The framework and evolution of international human rights law within the system established by the United Nations Organization examined in relation to its antecedents, establishing documents, processes of norm creation and application, and present methods and activities of monitoring within the UN system.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 513 - The European System of Human Rights Protection
Description
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.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
Cross-listed
Same as EUST 513.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 514 - Human Rights in the Middle East
Description
An overview of the dynamics of international human rights law in the Middle-East, through national, regional and universal mechanisms dealing with current human rights issues in the region. The course will cover a series of substantive themes of interest to the countries and people of the region with the help of legal cases and documents coming from the UN system, the African System, the Arab League, and national courts and institutions. The course will also examine the norms and institutions of international humanitarian law in their specific relationship to conflicts in the region.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by permission of the department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 515 - Comparative Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Description
How constitutional rights, concepts and practices have merged and developed within contemporary governments. Emphasis will be on the analysis of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights together with freedoms and liberties protected by various constitutions, considered within their social and political contexts.
Prerequisites
and (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 516 - Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Description
Consideration of the historical development of the recognition of economic, social and cultural rights together with present convenants and other instruments operating at the international level. Specific rights such as the right to work, trade union rights, right to social security, right to adequate standards of living, health and education are considered as well as their philosophical underpinnings and social modalities.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 517 - Human Rights and Identity Groups
Description
This course focuses attention on the use of identity groups as legal objects of special protection in international human rights law. Various concepts related to the protection of the rights of groups that have been identified as either “vulnerable” or historically discriminated against, such as women and children, are examined. Instruments and mechanisms as well as the conceptual framework for the protection of these groups (and other non-protected “vulnerable” groups) are considered in relation to their perceived vulnerabilities.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 518 - International Refugee Law
Description
A consideration of the dynamics between the legal rights of forced migrants and the privilege of states to grant asylum. This course is required of all students seeking the diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies.
Prerequisites
and . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
Cross-listed
Same as MRS 518.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 519 - Human Rights in Africa
Description
An overview of the contribution of the African continent to human rights law. The course will cover the specificities of Africa from the perspective of the development, interpretation, and enforcement of international human rights law from four perspectives: (1) the development and contributions of the African regional system of human rights, (2) the treatment of human rights issues in Africa by the universal system of human rights, (3) the place and application of human rights standards in selected African countries, and (4) the application of international humanitarian law in contemporary African conflict situations. As an advanced course dealing with the role of regional approaches and issues in the contemporary history of international human rights law, the substantive focus will be on the relevance of cultural and political specificity to human rights when seen from the perspective of the varied social contexts of the African continent. In light of the rich complexity of the African social, cultural and political background, some attention will be given to the particular situation of certain African States in the development of African human rights law, such as Egypt, Nigeria or South Africa.
Prerequisites
and (Prerequisites may be waived by permission of the department)
(3 cr.)
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LAW 520 - 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. This 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. This is a joint course offered by the Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies and the Department of Law.
Cross-listed
Same as GWST 502.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 522 - International Economic and Trade Law
Description
Rules of law and policy of economic relations under the GATT/WTO system, as well as regional agreements on trade partnerships between the European Union and the Arab Mediterranean.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 523 - International Commercial Arbitration
Description
The law of international commercial arbitration considered from a comparative perspective in major Civil and Common Law jurisdictions, as well as its practice in the context of international transactions.
Prerequisites
or (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 524 - Comparative Corporate Governance
Description
Comparison of how select questions of corporate governance, control, and finance are regulated under American, French, German, and Egyptian corporate law.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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LAW 525 - Securities Regulation Law
Description
Legal and institutional framework for the offering, purchase and sale of investment securities under US, EU and Egyptian law, with special attention to national and transnational aspects of securities fraud.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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LAW 526 - Antitrust Law
Description
Basic principles of antitrust regulation in the US from the Sherman Act to the present, compared with recent developments in EU law, and with the Egyptian Competition Law.
Prerequisites
(Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department).
(3 cr.)
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LAW 527 - Graduate Law Seminar
Description
Reading, discussion and intensive writing about theory and methodology in law, political theory, and relevant social sciences. This course is a pre-requisite to the Thesis requirement for all students in the LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, and MA in International Human Rights Law. The course targets students who have completed at least nine credits hours toward the degree.
Prerequisites
Permission of the Department. Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 528 - Migration in International Law
Description
The Arab region experiences mass voluntary and involuntary population movements, driven by various factors including economic reasons, conflict and insecurity, and increasing resource scarcity and environmental change. These movements pose a challenge to regional stability and security unless there are appropriate and integrated national, regional and international responses. A course on Migration in International Law allows students to engage with issues of growing regional and international importance. While the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies offers courses in International Refugee Law and Comparative Migration Law, there is presently no course that introduces the complex and growing area of international law dealing with migration.
Prerequisites
and
Cross-listed
Same as MRS 528.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 570 - Special Topics in Comparative Law
Description
In addition to allowing the resident faculty to give special topics seminars as regular 3 credit courses, this course as well as LAW 571 and LAW 572 are used to accommodate the short courses that distinguished visiting lecturers give, with varying credit values depending on the number of hours covered.
Prerequisites
Permission of the Department. Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once for credit if content changes.
(up to 3 cr.)
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LAW 571 - Special Topics in International Law
Prerequisites
Permission of the Department. Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once for credit if content changes.
(up to 3 cr.)
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LAW 572 - Special Topics in Public Law
Prerequisites
Permission of the Department. Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once for credit if content changes.
(up to 3 cr.)
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LAW 575 - Special Topics in International Human Rights Law
Description
Specialized areas of International Human Rights Law.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Repeatable
May be taken a second time for credit if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 584 - Human Rights in Practice
Description
Internship for four to six months in an organization pursuing human rights activities, or active involvement on an institutional research project having a human rights emphasis. The work is assessed on the basis of a written report and discussion.
Prerequisites
Consent of the instructor.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 585 - Legal Practice
Description
Internship for four to six months in a corporation, law firm practicing in the Middle East, international organization, an NGO pursuing Development activities. The work is assessed on the basis of
a written report and discussion.
Prerequisites
Consent of the instructor.
(3 cr.)
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LAW 586 - Independent Study
Description
Guided individual reading and/or research on a subject of mutual interest to the student and the faculty member.
Prerequisites
Consent of the instructor and approval of the Degree Program Director.
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LAW 599 - Research Guidance/Thesis
Description
To register for the thesis, students normally are expected to have finished all or almost all coursework. Students are expected to be in residence during thesis supervision. Residency requirement can be waived by permission of the thesis supervisor in accordance with Department’s policies.
Prerequisites
(no cr., graded)
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LING 200 - Languages of the World
Description
This course aims to acquaint students with basic knowledge of the world’s natural languages. We will look at the diversity and fundamental similarities among the languages of the world and, in doing so, explore the following topics: language families and historic relationships, linguistic typology and language universals, language policy and politics, writing systems, and language obsolescence.
(3 cr.)
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LING 252 - Introduction to Linguistics
Description
Major aspects and procedures of the systematic study of human language in its biological and social contexts. Principles and techniques of linguistic analysis as they relate to cognition, symbolization and other aspects of culture.
(3 cr.)
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LING 268 - Principles and Practice of Teaching English
Description
This course introduces the latest theories, principles and techniques of teaching English. It is a community based learning course and gives students practice by peer teaching, observing others teach and actual teaching in the community in order to learn to reflect and evaluate critically.
Prerequisites
.
(3 cr.)
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LING 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Description
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major..
Prerequisites
.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once if content changes
(3 cr.)
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LING 322 - Introduction to Phonetics
Description
Study of the articulatory and acoustic properties of speech sounds and features of language with particular reference to English and Arabic. Includes introductory work in transcription and technological developments in phonetic research.
(3 cr.)
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LING 352 - Language in Culture
Description
The role played by language in humankind’s symbolic relation to the world. Emphasis on linguistic analysis, ethnosemantics, sociolinguistics, expressive speech, and language and socialization as these elucidate patterns of cognitive orientation.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 352
(3 cr.)
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LING 422 - Language and Human Development
Description
Linguistic and psychological concepts in first- and second-language learning; human perceptual and productive language processes; biological foundations of language, bilingualism and multilingualism; and inferences from animal communication.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 100 - Algebra and Trigonometry
Description
.Linear and quadratic equations, graphs, the circle, the rectangular hyperbola. Exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions. Systems of equations. Complex numbers. Roots of equations, zeros of polynomials. Binomial theorem, arithmetic and geometric series.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Thanawyia ‘Amma Arts or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring
Notes
No credit for Thannawia Amma Math/Science students, or equivalent, or students majoring in any of the departments of the School of Sciences and Engineering
(3 cr.)
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MACT 101 - Basic Mathematics for Social Sciences
Description
Fundamentals of algebra. Equations and inequalities. Matrices. Introduction to differential and integral calculus.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Thanawyia ‘Amma Science or MACT 100.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Notes
No credit for science majors
(3 cr.)
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MACT 112 - Statistical Reasoning
Description
Descriptive and inferential statistics, including graphing data and correlation analysis. Random variables and their probability distributions. The distribution of the sample means, the central limit theorem. Point and interval estimation and hypotheses testing. Students are instructed on the use of a statistics computer package at the beginning of the term and use it for assignments.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 131 - Calculus I
Description
Limits of one-variable functions, continuity and differentiability. Extrema and Curve sketching. Related rates. Linear approximation. Differentiation of Trigonometric functions. Applications of the derivative
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Thanawiya, ‘Amma Science or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
This course is 0 credit hours for all engineering majors, computer science and physics majors. Otherwise it is 3 credit hours.
(0/3)
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MACT 132 - Calculus II
Description
Definite and indefinite integrals. The fundamental theorem of calculus and applications of the definite integral. Area, arc length, volumes and surfaces of revolution. Differentiation and integration of Exponential, Logarithmic, Trigonometric and other Transcendental functions. Techniques of integration. Numerical integration. Improper integrals
Prerequisites
or exemption.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Description
A course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 200 - Discrete Mathematics
Description
Sets, sequences, integers. Basic propositional and predicate logic. Methods of proof (including mathematical induction). Combinatorics, functions, relations and digraphs. Matrices and boolean matrices. Graphs and trees.
Prerequisites
or equivalent.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 210 - Statistics for Business
Description
The course aims at acquainting the students with the basic statistical methods in a business context. The course demonstrates the relevance of the statistical methods in making decisions in the different areas of business: accounting, finance, human resource management, marketing, operations, management of information systems, and more. The course covers the following: descriptive statistics, random variables and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and confidence intervals, one-sample hypothesis testing, inferences from two samples, Chi-Square tests, analysis of variance and simple linear regression.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 231 - Calculus III
Description
Sequences and series (including power series). Vectors and planes. Surfaces. Partial differentiation. Introduction to double integrals (including double integrals in polar coordinates).
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 232 - Calculus IV
Description
Multiple integrals. Parametric equations. Cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Vector-valued functions, vector calculus: Green’s Theorem, Gauss Theorem and Stokes’ Theorem and their applications. Complex numbers.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 233 - Differential Equations
Description
First-order differential equations and applications. Higher-order differential equations. Applications of second-order linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Systems of linear differential equations. Series solutions. Laplace transform.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 240 - Linear Algebra
Description
Solutions of systems of linear equations. Matrices and determinants. The space Rn, vector spaces and subspaces. Linear independence, basis and dimension. Inner product and orthonormal bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Diagonalization. Various applications.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 301 - Seminar in Mathematics
Description
Weekly one hour seminar in different areas of Mathematics to be given by faculty or invited speakers from industries and other scientific communities.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: junior standing
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(1 cr.)
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MACT 304 - Numerical Methods
Description
Number systems and errors. Solution of nonlinear equations. Interpolation. Systems of linear equations. Approximation. Differentiation and integration. Solution of ordinary differential equations.
Prerequisites
and . Any of them can be taken concurrently.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 305 - Introduction to PDE and Boundary-Value Problems
Description
Special functions. Partial differential equations. Fourier series and integrals. Diffusion, potential and wave equations in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Numerical methods.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 306 - Applied Probability
Description
Sample space, probability axioms, combinatorial techniques, conditional probability, independence and Bayes’ theorem. Random variables. Distribution functions, moments and generating functions. Some probability distributions. Joint distribution, the Chebychev inequality and the law of large numbers. The central limit theorem and sampling distributions. Applications of probability in the social, biological, and engineering sciences.
Prerequisites
or concurrently.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 307 - Statistical Inference
Description
Sampling distribution. Point and interval estimation, methods of moments and MLE. Hypothesis testing, Uniformly Most Powerful (UMP), generalized likelihood ratio tests and order statistics.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 308 - Linear Programming
Description
Formulation of linear programming problems, graphical solutions, the simplex method. The revised simplex method, dual problems and sensitivity analysis. Transportation and assignment problems.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 310 - Operations Research
Description
Network flows, minimal- cost network flows, maximal-flow problems. Critical-path methods and PERT. Non linear programming. Deterministic and probabilistic inventory theory. Deterministic and probabilistic dynamic programming.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 317 - Probability and Statistics
Description
A course in probability and statistics designed for computer science and engineering students. Probability is used to construct parametric models that often arise in computer science and engineering problems. Statistics is then used to estimate the parameters of these models based on available data, check the adequacy of the fitted models, and test specific hypotheses. Topics include random variables and their probability distributions including uniform, binomial, geometric, Poisson, normal, and exponential distributions; expected value of functions of random variables; stochastic simulation; sampling distributions; maximum likelihood and least squares methods of estimation; statistical inference including hypothesis testing and interval estimation.
Prerequisites
or concurrently.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 321 - Mathematics of Investment
Description
The most commonly used mathematical functions for computing interest and discount rates are discussed. This includes simple, compound, and other forms of interest used in financial valuations, accumulated value and present value, annuities, sinking funds, amortization of debt, and determination of yield rates on securities. The theory developed in the first part of the course is then applied to the valuation of bonds, mortgages, capital budgeting, depreciation methods, and other financial instruments. Zero-coupon bond, term structure of interest rates, coupon bonds, modified and Macaulay durations, convexity.
Prerequisites
or concurrently.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 362 - Formal and Mathematical Logic
Description
Introduction to the goals and methods of mathematical logic. Propositional and predicate calculus (first order logic) are presented in detail. Goedel’s completeness and incompleteness theorems, and some of the philosophico-mathematical problems in set theory, and alternative logics are discussed.
Prerequisites
or or consent of the instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as PHIL 362.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 401 - Complex-Function Theory
Description
The complex plane, analytic functions. Cauchy-Riemann equations. Elementary functions, complex integration. Cauchy’s theorem, Cauchy integral formula. Taylor and Laurent series. The calculus of residues.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 403 - Modern Algebra
Description
Sets, integers, groups. Integral domains. Fields. Rings and ideals. Homomorphisms. Quotient groups and quotient rings.
Prerequisites
, , or consent of instructor.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 406 - Stochastic Processes
Description
Introduction to stochastic process, discrete time Markov chains (DTMC). The Exponential distribution and Poisson process, continuous-time Markov chains (CTMC). Transient and limiting behavior for both DTMC and CTMC. Single and multi channels Markovian queueing models, network of queues. Applications in actuarial science, computer science and engineering.
Prerequisites
or
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 407 - Insurance Loss Models I
Description
Risk Theory: Loss/claim severity models, creating a new model by transformation inflation, insurance coverage modifications, policy limit, loss elimination ratio, deductibles, inflation, coinsurance, loss/claim frequency models, Poisson, geometric, negative binomial, (a,b,0) and (a,b,1) classes, aggregate loss models, compound distribution, recursive formula, impact of individual claim modifications.
Credibility Theory: mixture models and Bayesian estimation, discrete and continuous mixtures, prior distribution, marginal distribution, posterior distribution, predictive distribution, Bayesian premium, Buhlmann model, credibility premium, credibility factor.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3cr.)
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MACT 408 - Insurance Loss Models II
Description
Non-parametric estimation for complete data: empirical estimates, Nelson-Aalen estimates; Non-parametric estimation for left truncated and right censored data Kaplan-Meier product-limit estimates, Nelson-Aalen estimates, evaluation of estimators, confidence intervals for survival and cumulative hazard functions; Kernel density models; Parametric estimation: method of moments, percentile matching, maximum likelihood estimation, applications to loss data with deductible and limit; goodness-of-fit tests; Proportional hazards model: baseline hazard rate, individual hazard rate, partial likelihood function.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 409 - Selected Topics in Mathematics
Description
Topics chosen according to interests of students and faculty.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 410 - Guided Studies in Mathematics
Description
Under guidance of a faculty member and with approval of the Chairman, the student carries on reading or research on a specific mathematics topic. Student should demonstrate achievements by presenting results, submitting a report, or passing an examination as determined by the supervisor..
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: senior standing and consent of supervisor.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes
(1-3 cr.)
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MACT 411 - Selected Topics in Actuarial Science
Description
Under guidance of a faculty member and with approval of the Chairman, the student carries on reading or research on a specific actuarial science topic. Student should demonstrate achievements by presenting results, submitting a report, or passing an examination as determined by the supervisor.
Prerequisites
Senior standing and consent of supervisor.
When Offered
Occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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MACT 412 - Mathematical Modeling
Description
Introduction to the mathematical modeling. Deterministic models in discrete and continuous times using difference and differential equations. Probabilistic models in discrete and continuous times using discrete and continuous times Markov chains. Applications in actuarial science, biology, computer science, economics, engineering and environmental science.
Prerequisites
and
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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