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SCI 240 - Chemistry, Art and Archaeology
Description
The course provides students with some grounding in the application of Natural Sciences to the solution of problems related to Art and Archaeology and instigates in them an appreciation of the complementary contributions of the Humanities and Sciences to the study of particular phenomenon. Students are introduced to analytical scientific techniques on a need to know basis depending on relevant applications. Celebrated cases of fakes and forgeries are discussed. The course aims at enhancing the student’s analytical ability and skills to solve problems related to forgery.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 250 - Introduction to Geology
Description
Fostering a basic understanding of the physical environment and the nature of forces at work that shape our dynamic planet, this course provides an introduction to the material, origin, history, internal structure of the earth and the presently accepted system unifying plate tectonics, continental drift and sea floor spreading. The economic contribution of geology to development with an emphasis on Egypt is included.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 251L - Introduction to Geology Lab
Description
Introduction to the physical properties of the earth material. Identification of minerals and all types of rocks; mode of preservation and identification; of fossils; topographic maps and map readings; geological maps and cross sections; remote sensing (aerial photography).
Hours
One three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1 cr.)
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SCI 260 - Environmental Geology
Description
Environmental geology is applied geology focussing briefly on the entire spectrum of possible interactions between people and the physical environment.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 302 - Science, Technology and the Environment
Description
An introductory, multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationships between science, technology and the environment. Principles of ecosystem structure, function, balance, communities and populations. Principles of environmental sciences, outline of crises, overpopulation, depletion and pollution. Framework for understanding environmental problems. Group projects, aimed at exploring broad range of environmental issues from an interdisciplinary approach, constitute a major component of the course.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Junior standing or higher.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SCI 450 - Geology of Raw Materials
Description
An interdisciplinary study. The geology of naturally occurring minerals, methods for determining the utility of natural resources, and the environmentally sound industrial conversion of raw materials. Particular attention given to the natural resources of Egypt, especially to their importance in economic development.
Prerequisites
or consent of instructor
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 111 - The Human Quest: Exploring the “Big Questions”
Description
This is an interdisciplinary survey course aimed at helping new undergraduate students acquire an attitude of engaged curiosity, a widened worldview, and enhanced self expression as they begin to discover how a university education can help them find their places in the world. Using an interdisciplinary approach combining geography, history, biology, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, and the arts, it aims to introduce students to the process of raising and exploring life’s enduring “Big Questions,” through readings, music, debates, films, and technology, and thus they acquire some of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by a university student in the 21st century.
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 112 - “Who Am I?”: Explorations in Consciousness and Self Across the Disciplines”
Description
Self-awareness allows us to perceive both limits and possibilities. This course will be a practical and theoretical exploration of different approaches to consciousness and the self in the sciences, psychology, philosophy and religion, among others.
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 123 - Celebrating Ideas: A Voyage Through Books, film, Art and Theater
Description
This course aims at exposing students to a wide range of key landmarks in human intellectual and cultural development. This is achieved through reading a number of texts, each important, simulating, often groundbreaking and discussing the ideas and concepts embodied in these texts. The topics and themes raised through the readings will be further explored and enhanced through exposure not just to the written word but through film, art and theater, all modes in which humankind has been able to express its intellectual development and creative energy.
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 199 - Selected Topics in Core Curriculum
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 299 - Selected Topics in the Humanities
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 300 - Core Honors Seminar
(3 cr.)
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SEMR 310 - Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Representations
Description
This is an interdisciplinary course, which draws upon literary, political, cultural, and sociological sources. It attempts to understand how our conceptions of the other (and of the self) have contributed to some of the abiding political, sociological and cultural issues which animate our global world – especially where these issues implicate both the west and the Middle East; and, second, to articulate our own hopes for a more promising relationship with the Other. Each week a videoconference will be held to bring together students from AUC and students from various US universities to discuss a pressing issue of concern to both east and west and a shared set of texts that address the issue.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 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.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 201 - Introduction to Sociology
Description
General sociology concepts and theoretical issues. Survey of the field covering the sociology of small groups, the family, education, work, community structure, and political life; discussions on the uses of sociology.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 203 - Social Problems of the Middle East
Description
Major theoretical perspectives in studying social problems. Systematic examination of the salient stresses and strains in Egyptian, Arab, and Middle Eastern societies. Discussion of selected concrete problems, such as population, bureaucracy, youth unrest, deviance, drugs, prostitution.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 204 - Social Statistics
Description
This course is designed for students in the social sciences who do not have a background in mathematics except high school algebra. The course will provide an introduction to statistics as a tool for analyzing and understanding data related to social life. The course deals with basic concepts and procedures and integrates SPSS demonstrations and exercises..
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Students must have taken SOC 201, no exceptions
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 206 - Arab Family Structure and Dynamics
Description
The family as a social institution with emphasis on Middle Eastern characteristics, selected aspects of marriage and family life, special attention to the social consequences of changing family styles.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 210 - Arab Society
Description
Description and analysis of social and cultural characteristics and problems of contemporary Arab Society, taking into consideration the specific historical, economic, and ideological forces that shape it. The social basis for Arab unity and identity. Introduction to basic concepts and principles for understanding social phenomena.
Prerequisites
or concurrent.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 240 - Introduction to Community Development
Description
Introduce the students to the different concepts and approaches to community development as well as to community organizing. Utilizes a critically reflective framework as part of the curriculum to overcome the potential division between theory and practice. Identifies the key issues that the students are likely to confront in community development and organizing work.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 240.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 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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SOC 301 - Social Psychology
Description
The extension of general psychological principles and methods to the study of interaction and social environment. The nature and methodology of research in social psychology. The major theoretical concepts and their applications and contributions to a variety of areas in the field including development and socialization, social perception and attribution of causality, attitude formation and changes, pro- and anti-social behavior, interpersonal attraction and intimacy, and the social effects and functions of groups.
Prerequisites
Cross-listed
Same as PSYC 301.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 303 - Social Movements
Description
Basic processes by which societies initiate, consolidate, transform, and change their basic institutions and social structures. Anatomy of reform and revolutionary social movements, especially those affecting Arab and Third World societies.
Prerequisites
Three hours of Social Sciences.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 303.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 304 - Development Agencies
Description
The course examines the various agencies active in the field of development. It investigates how these organizations, such as NGOs, state bureaucracy and international development organizations shape the process of development.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 306 - Sociology of Literature
Description
The social bases of literary productions both oral and written and the functions of literature for social integration. The interrelationship of literary expression and movements for social change.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 307 - Social Class and Inequality
Description
The basic theory and methods of the sociology of inequality. The nature and variety of stratification systems, major theories of stratification, empirical studies and social correlates of class phenomena, social mobility, and class conflict. Emphasis on Middle Eastern material.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 309 - History of Social Theory
Description
The nature and function of social theory and its development, especially since the Enlightenment. Emphasis on the cumulative insights and ideas which have contributed to modern social theory. The essential aspects of the philosophy of social science, especially epistemological problems in the sciences of sociology and anthropology.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 309.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 310 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
Description
The main trends, basic problems, and unresolved issues of post-war sociological thought. Essential aspects of the logic of scientific inquiry; contemporary theories as model building in sociology including new functionalism, critical theory, structuralism and poststructuralism.
Prerequisites
or consent of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 310.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 321 - The Urban Experience
Description
This course will explore a variety of approaches for the study of life in cities, providing students with tools to think critically about the meaning of urban life in the new century. Are cities the vibrant, vital centers of all that is exciting, new and provocative in modern life or are they the decaying, decadent and dangerous remnants of an industrial age whose time has passed? How do we link the lives of corporate elites and pop icons with crack dealers and shanty town dwellers? How do we place migration, world capital flows, transnational media, and global consumption in our studies of city life?
Prerequisites
Three hours of Social Sciences.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 321.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 322 - Rural Sociology
Description
The Middle Eastern rural community and its relation to agricultural development, tenure systems, ecological processes, urbanization, migration, and changing technology.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 323 - Fundamentals of Population Studies
Description
Facts and issues of human population. Creates demographic literacy, and an ability to deal with population realities. Substantive knowledge covering processes and determinants of population structure, growth, and changes: fertility, mortality, and migration, as well as challenges of population growth.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 332 - Social Constructions of Difference: Race, Ethnicity, and Class
Description
The course will first introduce students to the vast theoretical literature on the concepts of race, ethnicity and class from sociology and anthropology. Second, the course will expect students to shift focus away from looking at different cultures to analyzing cultural productions of difference. In the course we will be concerned with how racial, ethnic and class identities are shaped by diverse hegemonic systems, modes of resistance, and the structuring of social relations in different societies.
Prerequisites
Three hours of Social Sciences.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 332
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 340 - Participatory Action Research in Community Settings
Description
This course will introduce students to the appropriate research methodologies when dealing with community organizing and development, particularly the participatory action research approach to community development.
Prerequisites
or consent of the instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 340.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 370 - Environmental Issues in Egypt
Description
The technical aspects of environmental issues in Egypt are examined taking into account the cultural, social, and political dimensions upsetting the balance of the environment. Major issues such as water scarcity, global warming, desertification, urban pollution, tourism, and demographic pressures are presented and analyzed.
Prerequisites
Three hours of Social Sciences.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 370.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 381 - Doing Survey Research in the Social Sciences
Description
.This course introduces students to the basic survey methods used in the social sciences. Emphasis is on the logic of social science and the implications of the major forms of quantitative research methodology. Allows students to recognize and analyze merits of research in the social sciences including public opinion and policy action research .
Prerequisites
and . For sociology minors only: An equivalent statistics course may be substituted for SOC 204 only with the permission of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered in spring
Notes
Students will be encouraged to conduct mini-scale surveys on the campus and beyond.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 400 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Description
Topics to be chosen according to specific interests, such as sociology of medicine, sex roles, symbolic interaction, applied sociology.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 402 - Independent Study
Description
In exceptional circumstances some seniors and graduating seniors with department approval may arrange for independent study on a chosen topic in sociology that is not covered in the regular offerings for that academic year. Guided readings, research and frequent consultations held
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: a minimum B average, consent of the instructor, and approval by the Unit Head and the Department Chair.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes
(3 cr.)
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SOC 405 - Sociology of Work
Description
The course examines the concept of work and how it is defined and understood in contemporary society. It investigates the changing nature of work, labor issues, changing management styles, and gender and the work place.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, 6 hrs. of social science or the permission of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 406 - Educational Sociology
Description
The nature and interrelationship of educational agencies to other social institutions. The emergent structure of Middle Eastern educational programs and their implications for social change and integration.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 408 - Criminology
Description
Theories of crime and social control. Institutional programs charged with the custody and treatment of law violators. Problems of deviance as related to class structure and social change.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 422 - Religion in a Global World
Description
Comparative study of religion in culture and society. The course will explore a variety of theories and controversies in the anthropological understanding of religion. Emphasis is on how religion may restrict but also empower believers, inform their social identities, and intersect with political and economic practices and institutions in a globalizing world.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 422 and EGPT 546.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 431 - Political Sociology
Description
Social bases of various political systems such as Western-type democracy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism. Topics include: determinants of political behavior, power, elite formation, bureaucracy, and the political role of the military and intellectuals in Third World societies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing
Cross-listed
Same as POLS 431.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 435 - Gender and Power in Development
Description
The course will examine the transformations in the lives of women and men through development and incorporation into global economic and political systems from a sociological perspective, particularly from the “Third World”. However, the focus is not limited to women, but rather concentrates on the structure and process of gender relations. In examining “gender politics”, we will explore the politicization of gender relations at various levels of society, from domestic settings to national contexts to the international sphere.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: nine hours of social sciences, at least junior standing or the consent of the instructor.
When Offered
Offered annually.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 440-441 - Practicum in Community Development
Description
Two semester, nine month field experience in an approved international development agency, local NGO or other professional setting approved by faculty supervisor. Supervised by a professional and faculty supervisor.
Prerequisites
and
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/PSYC 440-441.
When Offered
Offered in fall (440) and spring (441).
(6 cr.)
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SOC 445 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies
Description
This course allows instructors to offer a topic in Coptic Studies. The topic will be chosen from year to year in coordination with the departments concerned and the dean of the School of HUSS, and according to the individual interests and areas of expertise of the instructors. Topics chosen may include various aspects of Coptic art and history, monasticism, folklore, or other subjects. The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes.
Cross-listed
Same as ARIC, EGPT, HIST, ANTH 445.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
Notes
Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 450 - Third World Development
Description
Contemporary theories of development as they apply to and illuminate the problems of development in underdeveloped countries. The approach will be interdisciplinary.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 450.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 455 - Seminar in African Studies
Description
Through the examination of a contemporary topic in African Studies, this interdisciplinary seminar examines epistemological and methodological issues in African Studies such as transformation, resistance, power, technology, and women and development. Original sources will be used to examine the theoretical assumptions, data, and methods underlying the literature. Prior course work in African Studies is recommended.
Prerequisites
9 hours of Social Sciences and Junior or Senior standing.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 455.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 460 - Development Studies Seminar
Description
Interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of development as a process and as a historical phenomenon. Critical evaluation of economic, political, social, and cultural technological and managerial factors that structure developmental change.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: 12 hours of social science
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH/ECON/POLS 460.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC 495 - Senior Seminar
Description
Emphasis on current methodological trends in anthropology and sociology reflecting the research interests of the faculty and students, and drawing on the experience of the undergraduate career. Content may therefore vary from year to year.
Prerequisites
Senior standing and or or 12 hours of Social Sciences.
Cross-listed
Same as ANTH 495.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
Notes
The student will be required to write a methodologically sound senior paper, preferably based on field research.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 500 - Classical Social Thought
Description
An in-depth examination of classical sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 501 - Contemporary Social Thought
Description
An in-depth examination fo contemporary sociological and anthropological theories of culture and society.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 502 - Structure and Process in Egyptian Society
Description
Emphasis on those forces which have given Egyptian society cohesion and continuity in a rapidly changing world. Crucial issues confronting social scientists and planners.
When Offered
Offered in occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 503 - Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures
Description
A survey of the present state of knowledge concerning Middle Eastern societies, with an emphasis on the disciplinary approaches of sociology and anthropology.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 505 - Ethnographic Fieldwork
Description
Techniques of participant observation, non-participant observation, and in-depth interviewing used in anthropology and ethnomethodology. Issues include problems of access, grounded theory and ethical issues. Students will normally carry out a fieldwork project for the course.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 506 - Survey Research
Description
Techniques and issues in survey research. Sampling, operationalization, questionnaire design, survey application and analysis of survey data. The course is designed to give students hands-on experience in every aspect of survey research.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 507 - Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
Description
This course examines the changing political, social, and legal contexts within which people become forced migrants or refugees. Of particular concern are policies which generate, regulate, and protect the movement of forced migrants, the interaction between national governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the psychological aspect of refugee status, and the social and cultural organization of refugee and migrant communities, including notably gender aspects and the role of children. This course is required of all students seeking the diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or advanced undergraduate standing and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed
Same as MRS 507.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 508 - Special Topics in Migration and Refugee Issues
Description
Topics discussed may vary depending on the instructor. Focus of the course will be announced prior to registration. Course may be repeated for credit if content changes.
Cross-listed
Same as MRS 508.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 510 - Problems in Sociology-Anthropology
Description
Problems discussed may vary depending on the instructor and the needs of the students. Focus of the class will be announced prior to registration. Course may be repeated for credit if content changes.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 515 - Kin, Friends and Neighbors
Description
Principles underlying group formation at the local level, such as kinship, residence, and friendship and the resultant web of collective and dyadic relations; special emphasis on the articulation of these groups with class, occupational and ethnic groups, and the state.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 520 - Sex Roles, Gender and Society
Description
How sex roles and gender are socially constructed in cross-cultural perspectives: special emphasis on the impact of social-cultural change on gender relations.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 525 - Religion, Ideology and Society
Description
The relation of ideology and world religions to social action; special emphasis on the integrative aspects on society as well as their potential for change and transformation.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 530 - Theorizing the State
Description
This course offers a critical reading of the concept of the state, particularly in relation to governance and power, regulation of subjects and citizens, discourses and practices of normalization of social orders, and limits to state power.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 535 - World Systems and Development
Description
Theories of the growth of the new international division of labor and its relationship to socioeconomic change in both developed and developing societies.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 540 - Revisiting the Rural
Description
This course examines the remaking of rural communities in relation to historical shifts in capital and state dynamics, the organization and practice of everyday life, the politics of labor and property, and the production of desire and subjectivity.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 545 - Cities: Structure and Dynamics
Description
The structure of urban forms, patterns of city life, and the relationship of cities to the wider societies of which they are part.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 550 - Sociology of Knowledge
Description
The epistemological foundations and social framework of knowledge; what is involved in “having knowledge” about society.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 555 - Comparative Health and Healing Systems
Description
Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach to the crucial issues which link the social sciences to health and healing systems. Special emphasis on issues of health and healing under conditions of social and cultural change; development and policy in the Middle East.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 560 - Population Dynamics
Description
A consideration of the causes and consequence of the growth and decline of population through the analysis of fertility, mortality, and migration. Issues and research related to rapid population growth and labor migration will be emphasized.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 565 - Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism
Description
This course examines the factors that contribute to modern nationalism or contradict it. Such factors include ethnic and other forms of identity such as those constructed around the notions of race, language, and religion. The approach to the imagined community is both cultural, dealing with identity formation and maintenance, and social, stressing processes and social groups.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 570 - Environment and Society
Description
This course uses a broad interdisciplinary approach to analyze the relationship between development and environmental degradation, the ways in which development enhances protection, and the issues of sustainable development. It covers the social movements that may emerge around the environmental concerns, and the social processes that lead to environmental risks.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 575 - Modern Social Movements
Description
The emergence of modern social movements based on such issues as gender, ecology, race, ethnicity, community control, and identity. The relation between “new” social movements and earlier social movements based on class, national liberation, and revolutionary transformation, with comparison between First and Third World movements.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 580 - History and Memory
Description
This course is an examination of the meanings and relationships between the past, memory and history in anthropological practices and debates. Specifically, it seeks an analysis of the conceptual and methodological boundaries between history production and collective memory paradigms.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 591 - Guided Research
Description
Fieldwork under the supervision of the Social Research Center or a member of the departmental staff.
(1-3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 598 - Thesis Writing Seminar
Description
This course serves as an intermediary phase between the research proposal and the Master’s thesis, which is designed to help students transition from fieldwork and data collection to data analysis and writing up. Students will be lead through a process of documenting, analyzing, and presenting their data in ways that emphasize faculty and peer evaluation and feedback.
Prerequisites
, and either , or the consent of the instructor.
(3 cr.)
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SOC/ANTH 599 - Research Guidance and Thesis
Description
Consultation for students in problems related to their theses.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(no cr.)
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TAFL 501 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis
Description
Concepts fundamental to linguistic analysis in the areas of syntax, semantics, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 501.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 502 - Assessment in Language Learning
Description
A practical course that will enable the student to develop valid and reliable assessment procedures, analyze results, and evaluate the procedures.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 502.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 503 - Second Language Acquisition
Description
Relationship between first and second language acquisition. Aspects of acquisition from a psycholinguistic perspective. Cognitive, linguistic, personality and classroom factors influencing SLA. Applications for teaching.
Prerequisites
or permission of the department. Recommended prerequisite:
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 503.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 507 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)/Computer Operations Techniques
Description
Description, analysis and evaluation of CALL software. Integration of CALL into AFL learning. Guided practical experience in producing AFL software using authoring programs. Using the Internet as a resource for learning AFL.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 510 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language I
Description
Survey of learning theories, individual learning styles and strategies as they relate to the teaching and learning processes. Examination and critical analysis of major approaches and methods of teaching foreign languages. The course includes classroom observations and limited practice teaching.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 510.
When Offered
Offered consecutively with TAFL 511.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 511 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language II
Description
Survey of approaches to the design and implementation of foreign language curricula and teaching materials and teaching practicum. The practicum includes foreign language classroom observations, supervised practice teaching, and materials development, selection, and adaptation.
Prerequisites
When Offered
Offered consecutively with TAFL 510.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 515 - The Phonetics of Arabic
Description
Phonetics of Arabic as it is spoken at various levels in Egypt, studied in light of modern phonetic theory. Reference is made to the phonetics of both Egyptian colloquial Arabic and the Arabic of the early Islamic era as described by the early Arab phoneticians. Taught in Arabic and/or English.
When Offered
Offered in the fall.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 516 - The Linguistics of Arabic
Description
History and development of the Arabic Language and Linguistics. Particular attention will be given to topics such as: Major events that shaped Arabic throughout History, the codification of the language, Arab linguistics theory and its contributions to the study of syntax. Morphology, and lexicography, the various schools of thought among Arab philologists in the light of modern linguistic theory and language situation in Arabic society. Taught in Arabic and/or English.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 520 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Description
Provides TESOL/TAFL MA candidates with the knowledge and skills to read and understand various types of research in applied linguistics, to have a basic grasp of the issues currently being studied in the field, and be able to critically distinguish between good and poor research. Ability to write in appropriate technical fashion is emphasized.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 520.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 525 - Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis
Description
The study of language contact and language transfer phenomena. Contrastive Analysis and error analysis within and beyond the sentence level. Models, procedures and theoretical underpinnings. Discourse function and organization. Implications for second/foreign language teaching and learning.
Prerequisites
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 525.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 540 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics
Description
Special topics and current issues in linguistics and language teaching with special reference to Arabic.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 540.
Repeatable
May be taken more than once if content changes.
(1, 2, or 3 cr.)
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TAFL 550 - Language Pragmatics
Description
Definition of pragmatics. Relations of pragmatics to semantics, syntax and sociolinguistics. Speech act theory. Directness and indirectness. The cooperative Principle, principles of politeness, Relevance Theory. Cross-linguistics/cultural application. Relevance to language teaching.
Prerequisites
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Cross-listed
Same as TESL 550.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 551 - Advanced Arabic Grammar
Description
An examination of the basic concepts in traditional Arabic grammar using modern linguistic theories with the aim of suggesting alternative methods of analysis and formalization. Taught in Arabic.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 553 - Sociolinguistics
Description
The effect of social phenomena on linguistic form. Languages, dialects, and speech communities. Multilingual societies, diglossia, code choice. Regional, social and linguistic variation. Terms of address. Language attitudes. Language and ethnicity. Language maintenance and shift. Language and gender. Language planning and standardization. Sociolinguistic aspects of education.
Cross-listed
Same as TESL 553.
When Offered
Offered once a year.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 555 - Seminar on Challenges Facing AFL Teachers
Description
The course provides the intellectual basis, as distinct from methods of teaching, for the design of curriculum and the teaching of the different language skills. Special attention is given to four areas: The Alphabet’s historical development and variation; vocabulary scope, the root system and Arabic derivational system; syntax, historical development and recent attempts for simplifications; language levels, diglossia, multiglossia and language continuum in Egypt.
Prerequisites
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(3 cr.)
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TAFL 560 - Supervised Study in TAFL
Description
Individual research on specific area of interest to the student.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Repeatable
May be taken a second time if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 563 - Language Variation and Change
Description
This course investigates Arabic language variation and change within the framework of variation theories and with respect to the particularities of Arabic as a multiglossic language. Both written and spoken discourse will be analyzed with special attention to formal spoken or educated spoken Arabic. The course provides a practical approach to dealing with Arabic language corpora and trains students to analyze linguistic data.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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TAFL 588 - Comprehensives
Description
Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(no cr.)
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TAFL 599 - Research Guidance and Thesis
Description
Consultation for students on matters related to their thesis.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(no cr.)
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TESL 500 - English Grammar
Description
A descriptive overview of the structure of English. Detailed analysis of the major grammatical constructions. Implications for language teaching and learning.
(3 cr.)
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TESL 501 - Principles of Linguistic Analysis
Description
Concepts fundamental to linguistic analysis in the areas of syntax, semantics, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition.
Cross-listed
Same as TAFL 501.
(3 cr.)
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TESL 502 - Assessment in Language Learning
Description
A practical course that will enable the student to develop valid and reliable assessment procedures, analyze results, and evaluate the procedures.
Cross-listed
Same as TAFL 502.
(3 cr.)
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TESL 503 - Second Language Acquisition
Description
Relationship between first and second language acquisition. Aspects of acquisition from a psycholinguistic perspective. Cognitive, linguistic, personality and classroom factors influencing SLA. Implications for teaching.
Prerequisites
or permission of the department. Recommended prerequisite: TESL/TAFL 520.
Cross-listed
Same as TAFL 503.
(3 cr.)
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TESL 507 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Description
Description, analysis and evaluation of CALL software. Integration of CALL into EFL syllabus. Guided practical experience in producing EFL software using authoring programs. Using the Internet as a resource for teaching and learning EFL.
Prerequisites
(3 cr.)
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