Sep 26, 2024

2017-2018 Academic Catalog

2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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Public Policy and Administration
	PPAD 513/5223 - International Models of Public Management (3 cr.) Description Explores international approaches to structuring and managing the public sector to meet national objectives. Examines alternative models and their implications for government performance and effectiveness, with an emphasis on MENA region and developing countries, but also considering European, North American, and Asian models. Application of analytic tools and models of government behavior to compare approaches to reforming government management in diverse contexts. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 514/5224 - Human Resource Management for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) Description Study of key concepts, tools, and methods for human resource management in government and nonprofit organizations. Implementation of management tools to improve human resource productivity and performance through strategic application of HR tools including structural reform, recruitment, capacity-building, motivation, promotion, evaluation, benefits, and conditions of work. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 000/5225 - Regionalism and Regional Integration (3 cr.) Prerequisites Admission in the Master in Global Affairs (MGA) program. having taken PPAD 5251 is advisable but not a per-requisite. Description The course is about regionalism and regional integration. Regionalism is understood as policies and projects whereby groups states and non-state actors cooperate and coordinate strategy, whether within a given geographical region or not, with the aim of pursuing and promoting common goals in one or more issue areas. Under “New Regionalism”, regionalist schemes cover issues of economic, social, cultural and, in some cases, security nature. As they display great diversity, the course will review the different expressions contemporary regionalism has taken up, which reflect diverse conditions, values and ideological approaches. The review will be carried out against the background of the global system since it is considered that regionalism is a response to globalization and a reaction to the diverse aspects of global processes. The course is also about regional integration, which indicates processes in given regions extending from close intergovernmental cooperation between “sovereign” states to integration as such, involving the creation of new organizational or supranational entity. After a conceptual introduction, regionalism in Europe, the Arab Middle East and Africa, as well as in Latin America and Asia will be examined. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 502/5231 - Economics for Public Policy Analysis (3 cr.) Description Overview of concepts and methods for microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis as applied to public policy and public sector/nonprofit management. Tools and concepts of microeconomic analysis, including factors shaping demand and supply, theory of the firm, market distortions, externalities, and public goods, and application of economic tools to policy assessment. Introduction to macroeconomic concepts including national income, monetary and fiscal policy, debt and financial markets, growth and employment, savings and investment, and international trade, foreign exchange, and the balance of payments. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 503/5232 - Role of Government in a Market-Oriented Economy (3 cr.) Prerequisites PPAD 5231 or equivalent economic preparation. Description Overview of the interaction of markets with the economic and social development of developing countries and consideration of the role of governments in promoting, regulating, and supplementing the action of markets to achieve public purposes. Consideration of alternative government strategies in key social and productive sectors, including prevention of and responses to market failures, promotion of equity and the rule of law, provision of social services, and maintenance of stable growth. Application of economic analytic tools to assess and select government strategies in a market-oriented system. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 527/5251 - International Organization in Global Governance (3 cr.) Description Exploration of how international organizations interact with each other and with national actors in defining and implementing norms and functions of global governance. Focus on global governance actors and regimes developed for priority issue areas, including peace and security; human development; trade; finance; human rights; the environment; labor and working conditions; and international migration. Consideration of the role of United Nations, international and regional organizations and mechanisms for collaboration with state, international, and non-state actors to strengthen and manage global regulatory regimes. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 528/5252 - Theory and Practice of Negotiation (3 cr.) Description This course reviews theories as well as practice of international negotiation, at the bilateral, regional and bilateral levels. It examines determinants, drivers and hypotheses in negotiation processes as well as their different stages and forms. The course also studies the practice of negotiation in specific bilateral, regional and global processes such as South Africa, Sri Lanka the Arab-Israeli conflict and the law of the sea. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 539/5258 - Role of Force: Strategy and Statecraft (3 cr.) Description This course focuses on force as an instrument of policy in modern statecraft. Major concepts include the functions of force and the formation of national security policy; classical military strategy and the influences of material resources, technology and structural factors on its evolution; legal and moral limits on force; and the extension of military power into the realm of peace-keeping, humanitarian relief and military occupation. The course also considers contemporary strategy challenges such as insurgency, terrorism, non-violent resistance and civil military relations. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 000/5288 - Comprehensives (1 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all degree required courses Description Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination. This is a pass/fail option course Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 000/5293 - Capstone Project (0 cr.) Prerequisites Permission of adviser and instructor Description Students enrolling in this course will work towards the completion of their capstone project per departmental requirements. This project should present a thorough analysis of an issue with relevance to their course of study in Public Administration, Public Policy or Global Affairs. Final products for the course include a written report and an oral presentation that will be evaluated by and faculty supervisor and a client representative. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 598/5298 - Research Seminar (0 cr.) Prerequisites Supervisor approval of a thesis or master’s project proposal or permission of the supervisor and instructor. Description Support to students in research phase of the thesis or master’s project. Weekly meetings and assignments to support ongoing analysis, research, and writing, guided discussions, peer-to-peer assessment, and critique of thesis or master’s project components. Ungraded; required for all students. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PPAD 599/5299 - Research Guidance (0 cr.) When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
Rhetoric and Composition
	RHET 101/1000 - Approaches to Critical Writing (3 cr.) Description Develops proficiency in critical expository writing, critical reading and greater fluency in expression. Focuses on the writing process with an emphasis on developing the student’s voice, organizing and developing ideas independently within the context of academic writing. Introduces library research and use of sources. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Notes For students beginning fall 2013 and later, RHET 1000 and RHET 1100 have been replaced with one course RHET 110/1010 - Freshman Writing (3 cr.) . Check course scheduling information
	RHET 110/1010 - Freshman Writing (3 cr.) Description RHET 1010 is designed to help first year students improve their analytical and argumentative skills. This involves reading texts analytically and critically within various disciplines, considering the rhetorical situations in which they are working, organizing and supporting ideas to make a convincing argument while maintaining their voice as writers. This course also provides training in the use and integration of sources, library and online research and fosters a more discriminating attitude to academically acceptable sources. Ultimately, the course provides opportunities for students to develop effective and coherent communication skills. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Summer only for students repeating the course. Notes RHET 1010 replaces RHET 101/1000 - Approaches to Critical Writing (3 cr.) and RHET 102/1100 - Effective Argument (3 cr.) for students beginning in the Freshman Program in fall 2013 and later. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1010 CORE 1010 Description RHET 1020 introduces students to the process of research and the different cultures of inquiry in the disciplines. Students explore various types of research questions, making decisions about the most appropriate approach to collecting evidence, conducting analysis, organizing and presenting their work to particular discourse communities. Through this critical approach, students develop a well-informed and insightful research paper which demonstrates understanding of the processes and conventions of writing in academic contexts. All students must take RHET 1020 concurrently with LALT1020 When Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Notes Students registering in RHET 1020 will automatically be registered as well in a section of LALT 1020 Check course scheduling information
	RHET 199/1099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first year students irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 102/1100 - Effective Argument (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Develops the skills to produce effective argument with a focus on organization, content, analysis of readings, critical thinking. Provides training in the use and integration of sources, library and online research. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Notes For students beginning fall 2013 and later, RHET 1000 and RHET 1100 have been replaced with one course: RHET 110/1010 - Freshman Writing (3 cr.) Check course scheduling information
	RHET 201/2010 - Research Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1100 or its equivalent. Description Develops the skills to produce extended forms of academic essays and research papers with a focus on the methods of research, process of research paper writing, integration and evaluation of sources and critical analysis. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Notes For students beginning fall 2013 and later, RHET 2010 has been replaced by RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.) Check course scheduling information
	RHET 299/2099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students irrespective of major. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 399/3099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description Course addresses broad intellectual concerns, and is accessible to all students irrespective of major. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 345/3110 - The Writer’s Workshop (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This course offers students a unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals of nonfiction writing, and to grow as critics, both on the page and in the classroom. Students engage life questions in a number of personal contexts, reflecting upon their places as individuals within the larger contexts of family, country, and/or region. They also practice writing formal critiques of peers’ narratives and participate in class workshop discussions. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 340/3120 - Life Narratives (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This reading-intensive course will familiarize students with writing in the genres of ‘life writing’. Students learn to write critical reviews of classic and contemporary memoirs, confessions, letters, diaries, and visual portraits as well as autobiographies and biographies, through key themes of self, identity, secrets, truth, inheritance and ethics. The course will consider how critical examinations of new paradigms that consider the self are expressed through writing. The course invites discussion about the social and cultural uses of life writing, from legal testimony to medical case history, and the pervasive ethical dilemmas that arise. In addition, using a variety of texts, the course explores the tensions between local identities rooted in culture, history and language, and global, trans-national identities, driven by the pressures of the modern inter-connected world. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 341/3130 - Travel Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description In this course, students will become familiar with the genre of travel writing, the history, politics and economics of place, and how these influence culture. Through various reading, writing, and travel experiences, students will gain an understanding of themselves vis a vis the Other and develop an appreciation of how travel can transform the self. They will learn how to respond critically to travel narratives, identify credible sources to inform their writing, make original observations, and modify perspective to compose alternative texts. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 342/3140 - Writing Children’s Literature (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description Students in this course will assess and write works of fiction and nonfiction addressing children through different media (picture books, plays, short stories, novellas). Students will explore who writes and illustrates for children and why, and the language used to address children during different stages. They will engage in projects to entertain children, while providing indirect instruction, and produce written works for organizations that serve the needs of children. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 380/3150 - Poetry Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or equivalent Description This workshop-based course encourages students to explore their ideas through the language and imagery of poetry. Students will experiment with rhythm, rhyme, modes of discourse and poetic form. Throughout the course, they will examine the work of poets from diverse traditions, and the impact of their own expression. In a final portfolio, students will show careful analytical thinking about their work and consideration for how their poems are situated in the larger literary and cultural context. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 390/3160 - Fiction writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or equivalent Description This course focuses on the craft and discipline of fiction writing. Students study writers in the Arab and Western literary tradition, and from that study, they learn the fundamentals of rhetorical and literary strategies in fiction, understand how to transform small ideas from daily life into fiction, consider how their cultural background affects how they tell stories, and develop a broadened familiarity with cultures different from their own. Students will also learn how to critique other students’ stories in workshops, and how to revise and develop their own work. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 320/3210 - Business Communication (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 2010 or its equivalent Description Today’s globalized and highly competitive world requires businesses, organizations, and individuals to excel in effective communication. This course focuses on helping students to master methods of persuasion that business professionals and administrators of organizations need. Students learn about and analyze various types of correspondences and documents to produce effective and appropriate business documents for professional and public audiences. They conduct research on real life topics and present findings in the form of proposals, formal reports, and presentations. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 225/3220 - Public Speaking (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.) or its equivalent Description This course is designed to train students in the craft and practice of public address, focusing on the composition of well-researched speeches and their delivery. Students learn techniques of presentation and speech writing to address a specific rhetorical situation. Through a variety of instructional strategies - discussion, class workshops, readings, written analyses, and presentations - students learn the processes by which effective and coherent speeches are conceived, prepared, and delivered. Students prepare an informative speech on a critically-analysed topic, a well-reasoned persuasive speech on a complex social issue, a special-occasion speech that integrates diverse fields of knowledge, and multiple other exercises that hone their public speech construction and delivery. Students also practice methods of analytic and constructive peer evaluation, as well as self-evaluation of their video-taped speeches. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 321/3230 - Technical Communication (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.) ; at least 60 credits; SSE major or instructor approval Description This course develops the knowledge and skills to produce documents that meet professional and ethical standards required by technical fields such as Engineering and the Sciences. Throughout the course, students will analyze and discuss the context, audience and conventions specific to technical communication. They learn how to produce documents in diverse genres, including proposals and formal reports. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 332/3240 - Principles of Mediation and Negotiation (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description In today’s world, conflict resolution and negotiation skills can be invaluable for the success of individuals and organizations. This course equips students with the interpersonal skills needed to create solutions for common mediation and negotiation situations. A student will learn active listening, problem solving, relational maintenance, and problem-solution presentation skills. Students will also learn the interpersonal skills necessary for third-party facilitation and mediation in contexts of business and community dispute. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 334/3250 - Digital Rhetoric (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This is a course in the rhetorical analysis of the increasingly important genres that comprise the practices of E-Writing, including: blogging, wiki-development, networked writing, hypertext, and social networking. The course offers students an opportunity to work within various online contexts, with attention to their evolving conventions, textual features, the relationship between discourse and social practice, and the importance of medium in terms of opportunities and constraints offered. Students analyze and write about the social and cultural implications of developments in electronic literacy. Assignments involve the critique and construction of texts using new media tools and the exploration of how communication practices, notions of audience, elements of argument, narrative and meaning-making are enriched and complicated by the new possibilities of a global, digital environment. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 310/3310 - Discourse and Power (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This course reveals the power of words and what lies behind them. How can language be used to empower or disempower? Who controls the conversation? Students explore how discourse is constructed and how it maintains complex relations of power. As they develop strategies to become more articulate, confident and persuasive writers, students critically analyze various discourse resources - textual, aural and visual - for their intellectual, social and political power dimensions. The course guides students through key readings in rhetorical theory to provide a foundational knowledge of major questions, concepts and debates in the field. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 322/3320 - Writing in the Social Sciences (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This course is designed for students who want to develop the writing and critical thinking skills acquired in the 1000-level courses to produce more advanced discipline-specific academic and public writing in the social sciences. The course may be theme-based, with each student approaching the theme from a perspective appropriate to his/her discipline, and abiding by the style and conventions of the particular discipline. Course readings and discussions allow students to explore social phenomena, adding valuable research to the existing body of knowledge, and stimulating public interest and action. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 323/3330 - Words that Change the World (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description Which words have had the greatest impact on people? What theories inform the works of authors, artists, and filmmakers? Do the arts have an intrinsic value, or are they related to and serve a purpose in the wider world? Words that Change the World examines those questions by engaging students in contemporary discourse in the liberal arts. Students employ critical reading strategies for the analysis and discussion of key texts that have had an impact on the practice and conceptual understanding of the humanities and fine arts. Through art, photography, cinema, history, dance, architecture, and other modes of expression from countries and cultures around the globe, students critically explore these thematic connections and engage in contextualized arguments. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 325/3340 - Making Your Case: The Art of Persuasion (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This course immerses students in the study of argumentation in the humanities and social sciences (philosophy, law, rhetoric, journalism and politics). It offers an overview and comparison of its theory, structure, mechanisms and practice. By approaching argument in a systematic fashion, students will be introduced to instruments for identifying differences of opinion, analyzing and evaluating argument, researching theory, and presenting coherent arguments in oral and written discourse. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 330/3350 - Writing and Cognition: The Mind and the Machine (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description This course explores the invention and reinvention of writing over time. Students look at the social and personal uses of writing, consider what writing makes possible, and the ways we take it for granted in daily life. By exploring different forms of writing, students experiment with writing, and research the different methods adopted by scientists and authors from different cultures, to gain new perspectives. By looking at the relationship between thought and language, the course surveys the ways written expression has been used as a tool for reconstructing perception, memory, and self in society. It also employs writing to explore and analyze complex issues in today’s rapidly-changing world. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 460/4060 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent; at least 60 credits completed; instructor approval, and if taken for CORE credit, then Core Director approval is also required Description In exceptional circumstances, students, in consultation with a faculty member and with approval of the Chair/Associate Chair (and approval of the CORE Director, if taken for CORE credit), may design or take a course that is not regularly offered. In such a case, the student, in consultation with the instructor, will propose a course of study, and work will culminate in one of the following: a scholarly research paper on some aspect of the history, theory, or application of rhetoric and composition; a practical application of writing, such as a grant or report submitted to an outside agency; a body of work that is normally expected in a listed course not being offered during the current term. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 450/4160 - Imagining the Book (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent; at least 60 credits completed or instructor approval Description Students in this course will propose and then initiate the writing of a book-length manuscript. Each student will design and generate a different project. Manuscripts, therefore, may span across genres (i.e., a group of personal narratives or short stories, a novel, a book of poetry, a collection of critical and/or academic essays, etc.) offering students the opportunity to respond to a variety of texts as they develop. Class workshops and various forms of analysis will allow for building as well as refining projects. Students in a number of writing contexts and disciplines, as well as those in the Writing Minor, are encouraged to take this capstone course. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 410/4260 - Writing for Project Funding (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent Description Grant writing skills may be used for fundraising, applying for scholarships and fellowships, starting new businesses, securing research and conference grants, and acquiring funding for the cultural, non-profit and non-governmental sectors. This course develops the skills of effective fund-seeking and proposal writing through a step by step service-learning activity, where students learn how to access donor funds to meet the needs of local non-profit organizations. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 480/4270 - Research and Writing Internship (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 Description This capstone course provides students with an applied, real-world writing experience that helps them transition smoothly from academic writing to work-place writing, and prepares them for the job market. The students may produce a variety of writing and editing work - manuals and tutorials, research papers, news articles, grant applications, reports, letters, policy documents, promotional brochures, creative works, book reviews or other materials as required by the internship. At the end of the semester, the students are issued a letter acknowledging their participation in an unpaid, credit-bearing internship. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 490/4280 - Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.) or its equivalent; at least 60 credits completed; SSE major or instructor approval Description This course strengthens and refines advanced scientific and technical communication skills for both academic and professional non-academic environments. Students develop capstone level proficiency in organizing, refining and formatting scientific reports, senior theses, articles for publication in scientific journals, and technical reports for the workplace. In addition, students build on basic oral and visual presentation skills acquired at the 300 level, in order to improve their performance in the oral defense of their theses in their science and engineering majors, and acquire greater competitiveness in the job market. Check course scheduling information
	RHET 400/4360 - Writing for Publication (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1020 or its equivalent; at least 60 credits completed or instructor approval Description This course develops the skills to produce effective articles and presentations with a focus on journal submission requirements, journal review, and publication processes. It provides training in the integration of information technology for presentations, and in primary and secondary research methods. Check course scheduling information
Robotics, Control and Smart Systems
	RCSS 501/5201 - Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control (3 cr.) Description Robot mechanisms, End-effector mechanisms, Actuators and drives, Sensors. Robot forward and inverse kinematics. Differential motion and Jacobian (Velocities and forces). Simulation software and analysis. Acceleration and Inertia, Robot dynamics. Trajectory generation and control of robot manipulators. Robot planning and control. Task oriented control, Force compliance control. Robot programming, Robot work cell design and work cycle analysis. Robot vision, Teleoperation and Interactive haptics. Closed-Loop Kinematic chains, Parallel-link robot kinematics. Non-holonomic systems, Legged robots. Cross-listed Same as MENG 5271 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 502/5202 - Embedded Real Time Systems (3 cr.) Description Fundamentals of embedded control system design, embedded processor architecture and operation. General overview of existing families of micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs. Selected embedded 8/16/32 processor architectures, and programming. Real-time, resources and management, I/O, Virtual memory and memory management. Concurrency, resource sharing and deadlocks. Scheduling theory. Real-time programming and embedded software. Real-time kernels and operating systems. Bus structure and Interfacing. Programming pervasive and ubiquitous embedded system. Designing embedded system. Discretization and implementation of continuous-time control systems. Networked embedded systems and integrated control. Cross-listed Same as MENG 5272 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 503/5203 - Modern Control Design (3 cr.) Description Basic linear system response: Analysis in time domain, stability analysis, Routh-Horwitz stability criteria of LTI. Feedback analysis and design continuous-time systems on the basis of root locus: analysis, design, lead/lag compensators, and Control synthesis in frequency domain: (Bode response, Nyquist stability criteria, sensitivity and design). Control design concepts for linear multivariable systems using state variable techniques. State space representation and transition matrices. Control system design in state space: controllability, pole method and pole placement design, observer/observability and compensators design. Optimal observer based feedback. Lyapunov Stability. The solutions to LQR problem, Kalman filtering problem. LQG and LTR based design methods. Discrete-time systems and computer control. Cross-listed Same as MENG 5273 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 504/5204 - Applied Estimation (3 cr.) Description Introduction to Probability, Probability theory, Bayes theorem, Bayesian Inference. Introduction to estimation. Linear Optimal Filters, Predictors, Smoothers, Nonlinear Filters. Kalman and Information filter, Continuous and Discrete Time Kalman Filter. Extended Kalman filter and implementation, Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF). Distributed Kalman filter over network. Particle filter, Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter (RBPF). Particle filter Fast SLAM. Case Studies. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 521/5221 - Intelligent and Autonomous Robotic Systems (3 cr.) Description Autonomous and Mobile robots, Locomotion concepts and mechanisms, Degrees of mobility and steering. Non holonomic concept and constraint. Wheeled mobile robots: Kinematic and dynamic models. Trajectory generation and Control methods. Sensors, sensor models and perception. Mapping and knowledge representations. Control architectures and Navigation: Planning, Subsumption, Potential field, Motor Schemas, Probabilistic, Learning from observations and Reinforcement learning. Relative and absolute localization. Navigation and localization techniques. SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Multi robotic system: navigation, cooperation and autonomy. Cross-listed Same as MENG 5274 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 522/5222 - Mechatronics Innovations and Experimental Robotics (3 cr.) Description Mechatronics innovations: Concepts and innovative ideas, design and hands-on experimentation. Sensors and intelligent sensor systems. Interfacing techniques. Controllers. Electrical motors: selection and control, encoders, and drivers. Power systems and control: pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, hydraulic and electro-hydraulic. Technologies and techniques associated with industrial and mobile robots. Joint space and operational space control. Velocity saturation, trajectory generation and tracking. Project work supporting design, simulation and experimentation. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 523/5223 - Bioinspired Robotics and Multi Robotic Systems (3 cr.) Description Traditional and Biomimetic robots. Bioinspired robot design: actuators, sensors, and material. Bioinspired algorithms for robot control. Social Networks. Multi robotic systems (MRS): concept, homogeneous and heterogeneous architectures. MRS control architecture: MRS planning, Motor schema based MRS, Behavior based MRS. MRS and machine learning. Inter-robot communication and coordination. Auction-based task negotiation for MRS. Autonomy and cooperation. Task definition, decomposition and knowledge representation. Resource management and deadlocks. Collaborative Observation and Localization. Multi-Robot Navigation. Human-Robot Interaction. Biological inspired solutions: Ant colony and social insect behavior, Swarm intelligence and self organization. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 524/5224 - Robotics and Intelligent Automated Manufacturing (3 cr.) Description Manufacturing systems: organization, facility layout, performance indicators. Robotics in Manufacturing. AGVs in Manufacturing. Robot work cells. Sensors in Manufacturing. Communication protocols. Agile manufacturing. Models and Metrics. Automation, NC/CNC. Design for Manufacturability. Manufacturing systems design: single cell, assembly line, group technology, cellular and flexible systems. Material transport and storage systems. Analysis of flow lines, assembly systems and line balancing. Quality measurement and reliability. Manufacturing support systems: CAD/CAM/CIM tools and product cycle, process and production planning, shop floor control, inventory control. Modern manufacturing systems: Push/pull systems, pull systems (KANBAN and CONWIP), Just-In-Time, TQM. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 531/5231 - Teleoperation, Haptic Systems and Collaborative Control (3 cr.) Description Technical specifications: teleoperation and haptics systems. Haptics: Human, Machine, and Computer haptics, and their interrelation. Haptic systems: sensors, actuators and interfaces. Haptic device modeling and control. Event-based haptics. Rendering of stiff walls and friction, rigid-body and deformable body interaction. Haptic teleoperation. Bilateral teleoperation. Teleoperation and haptic systems architecture control approaches. Force control, impedance control, stiffness control Feed-forward control, Adaptive motion/force control. Performance specifications and stability issues, Stability and Transparency, stability against passive human and environment impedances. Design for time-delayed teleoperation. Robustness issues. Collaborative control and collaborated virtual environment. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 532/5232 - Robust and Optimal Control (3 cr.) Description Linear system theory and robust control. System analysis: stability and performance, sensitivity function, integral quadratic constraints, small-gain argument, H2 and H∞ space and performance. NORMs. Robustness and Uncertainty. Robust stability, quadratic stability, and stability margin. Robust performance, controller parameterization, design constraints. Balanced Model Reduction, Modeling uncertainty. Linear fractional transform (LFT). Structured singular values, μ -Analysis, LMI analysis. μ synthesis. H2 optimal control, H∞ control and controller order reduction, H∞ loop shaping. Optimal control theory: optimization of static functions, calculus of variations, optimal linear regulators, dynamic programming. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 533/5233 - Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Introduction to the analysis and design of nonlinear control systems. Linearization of nonlinear systems. Phase-plane analysis, Lyapunov stability analysis. Design of stabilizing controllers. Properties of adaptive systems, Adaptive control and real-time parameter estimation, Deterministic self-tuning regulators, model reference control, Adaptive observers, model reference adaptive control, gain scheduling controller modeling. Stability of adaptive control systems. Cross-listed Same as MENG 6270 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 534/5234 - Networked Control Systems: Design and Applications (3 cr.) Prerequisites ECNG 3202 and ECNG 4306 Description Introduction to Networked Control Systems, real-time systems, network architecture, wired and wireless network protocols, international standards, NCS in industrial control, NCS in terrestrial transportation systems, Study of different software packages and simulation tools for NCS. Cross-listed Same as ECNG 5226 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 541/5241 - Smart Systems and Computational Intelligence (3 cr.) Description Intelligent systems and evolutionary algorithms. Computational methods, intelligent behaviors and algorithms observed in nature and humans. Neural networks: Supervised and unsupervised Neural Networks (NNs), Single and Multi layer feed-forward NNs, Feedback NNs, Hopfield NNs, Associative memories (Kohonen networks), Learning vector quantizer (LVQ) Radial base function (RBF) NNs. Evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms. Fuzzy logic: memberships. reasoning, Fuzzy controllers, Neuro-Fuzzy networks, Fuzzy ARMAP. Swarm Intelligence and Colony optimization. Feature selection. Computational intelligence: imprecise and uncertain knowledge, learning, adaptive behavior and real time problems. Case studies. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 542/5242 - MEMS/NEMS Technology and Devices (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Basic MEMS/NEMS fabrication technologies, various transduction mechanisms such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, thermoelectric, thermionic, piezoresistive, etc. The theory of operation of few sensors including infrared detectors, radiation sensors, rotation and acceleration sensors, flow sensors, pressure and force sensors, and motion sensors. An introduction to different techniques for analyzing experimental data. Cross-listed Same as PHYS 5277 , NANO 5221 . When Offered Offered in fall Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 543/5243 - Image Analysis and Computer Vision (3 cr.) Description Perception and image systems. Pinhole Camera Model. Auto-calibration. Digital image processing fundamentals. Image normalization, gray and binary image processing, RGB and IHS color space representations. Image enhancement: contrast stretching and digital filtering in the spatial and frequency domains. Image restoration. Coding and compression. Image segmentation. Image Convolution / Correlation Matching / De-convolution. Object classification and classifiers. Object recognition and interpretation. Estimating image field and image motion, Optical flow and motion. Stereo vision. Multi-view and motion-based 3-D object reconstruction. Dynamic vision: object tracking, recursive state estimation, autonomous navigation, discrete self-localization. Robotic Control via visual servoing. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 544/5244 - Sensors, Perception and Smart Systems (3 cr.) Description Sensors and perception. Physical principles of sensing. Static and dynamic characteristics of sensors. Sensor classifications and selection. Interfacing techniques. Calibration and self-calibration of smart sensors. Sensors and intelligent systems: design trends in the field of smart sensors systems. Sensors for: intelligent and autonomous robots, smart systems, automotive and manufacturing industries, smart structures, and other modern industries and smart products. Sensor integration and data fusion. Sensors in remote control and real time systems. Wireless sensor networks, features, architecture and technology, topology, energy, communication protocols and security, distributed & collaborative signal processing, and applications. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 545/5245 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.) Description Problem Solving by Search, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Planning, Quantifying Uncertainty, Probabilistic Reasoning, Learning from Examples, Learning Probabilistic Models, and Reinforcement Learning. Cross-listed Same as CSCE 5261 . Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 592/5930 - Selected Topics in RCSS (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of the faculty advisor. Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interests. Maybe taken for credit more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 593/5980 - Capstone Project (3 cr.) Description Students are required to attend the library and the writing modules of SCI 5940 and , to undertake an engineering project approved by student’s advisor and the director of the program. A final report of the project should be submitted and orally defended in the presence of a supervisory committee consist of student’s advisor and two faculty members. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 599/5989 - Research Guidance Thesis (3 cr.) Prerequisites SCI 5940 Description Consultation on problems related to student thesis. Must be taken at least twice for credit. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 692/6930 - Advanced Selected Topics in Robotics, Control and Smart Systems (RCSS) (3 cr.) Description Advanced topics in the field of Robotics, Control and Smart Systems (RCSS) to be chosen every year according to specific interests and the evolution of knowledge and development trends in RCSS. May be taken for credit more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	RCSS 699/6980 - Research Guidance Dissertation (3 cr.) Description Consultation on problems related to students thesis. To be taken 11 times for credit. Check course scheduling information
Sociology
	SOC 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 210/2005 - Arab Society (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 2010 or concurrent. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 2005 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 299/2099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 201/2101 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 240/2201 - Introduction to Community Development (3 cr.) 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 2201 , PSYC 2201 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 203/2301 - Social Problems of the Middle East (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 206/2302 - Arab Family Structure and Dynamics (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 301/3010 - Social Psychology (3 cr.) Prerequisites PSYC 1000 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. Cross-listed Same as PSYC 3010 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 304/3025 - Development Agencies (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 306/3030 - Sociology of Literature (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 321/3045 - The Urban Experience (3 cr.) Prerequisites Three hours of Social Sciences. 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? Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3045 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 322/3050 - Rural Sociology (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 323/3055 - Fundamentals of Population Studies (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 332/3060 - Social Constructions of Difference: Race, Class and Gender (3 cr.) Prerequisites Three hours of Social Sciences. Description The course will first introduce students to the vast theoretical literature on the concepts of race, class and gender 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, class and gender identities are shaped by diverse hegemonic systems, modes of resistance, and the structuring of social relations in different societies. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3060 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 370/3085 - Environmental Issues in Egypt (3 cr.) Prerequisites Three hours of Social Sciences. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3085 . When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 309/3102 - History of Social Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3102 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 204/3103 - Social Statistics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Students must have taken SOC 2101 , no exceptions 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.. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 310/3104 - Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites SOC 3102 or consent of instructor. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3035 . When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 381/3105 - Doing Survey Research in the Social Sciences (3 cr.) Prerequisites SOC 2101 and SOC 3103 . For sociology minors only: An equivalent statistics course may be substituted for SOC 3103 only with the permission of the instructor. 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 . When Offered Offered in spring Notes Students will be encouraged to conduct mini-scale surveys on the campus and beyond. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 340/3202 - Participatory Action Research in Community Settings (3 cr.) 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3202 , PSYC 3202 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 303/3303 - Social Movements (3 cr.) Prerequisites Three hours of Social Sciences. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 3020 . When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 307/3304 - Social Class and Inequality (3 cr.) 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. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 000/3305 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3 cr.) Description This is a selected topics course that can vary according to the area and expertise of the faculty member. Hours Three hours of Social Sciences Check course scheduling information
	SOC 405/4005 - Sociology of Work (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, 6 hrs. of social science or the permission of the instructor. 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. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 406/4010 - Educational Sociology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing. 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. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 408/4020 - Criminology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing. 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. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 422/4025 - Religion in a Global World (3 cr.) Prerequisites 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4025 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 431/4035 - Political Sociology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing 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. Cross-listed Same as POLS 4035 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 435/4040 - Gender and Power in Development (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: nine hours of social sciences, at least junior standing or the consent of the instructor. 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. When Offered Offered annually. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 455/4055 - Seminar in African Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites 9 hours of Social Sciences and Junior or Senior standing. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4055 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 400/4099 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences, and junior or senior standing. Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interests, such as sociology of medicine, sex roles, symbolic interaction, applied sociology. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 450/4106 - Critical Approaches to Development (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: 9 hours of social sciences and junior or senior standing. Description Contemporary theories of development as they apply to and illuminate the problems of development in underdeveloped countries. The approach will be interdisciplinary. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4050 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 495/4107 - Senior Seminar (3 cr.) Prerequisites Senior standing and SOC 3105 or ANTH 3105 or 12 hours of Social Sciences. 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. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4107 . When Offered Offered in spring. Notes The student will be required to write a methodologically sound senior paper, preferably based on field research. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 440/4203 - Practicum in Community Development (3 cr.) Prerequisites Six hours of social sciences or consent of the instructor. Description One semester, field experience in an approved international development agency, local NGO or other professional setting approved by faculty supervisor. Supervised by a faculty supervisor. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4203 and PSYC 4203 . When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	SOC 402/4405 - Independent Study (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: a minimum B average, consent of the instructor, and approval by the Unit Head and the Department Chair. 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 When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Check course scheduling information
	SOC 445/4499 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.) 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 5132 , EGPT 5160 , HIST 4905 , ANTH 4499 . When Offered Offered in fall. Notes Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements. Check course scheduling information

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Courses

PPAD 513/5223 - International Models of Public Management (3 cr.)

PPAD 514/5224 - Human Resource Management for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)

PPAD 000/5225 - Regionalism and Regional Integration (3 cr.)

PPAD 502/5231 - Economics for Public Policy Analysis (3 cr.)

PPAD 503/5232 - Role of Government in a Market-Oriented Economy (3 cr.)

PPAD 527/5251 - International Organization in Global Governance (3 cr.)

PPAD 528/5252 - Theory and Practice of Negotiation (3 cr.)

PPAD 539/5258 - Role of Force: Strategy and Statecraft (3 cr.)

PPAD 000/5288 - Comprehensives (1 cr.)

PPAD 000/5293 - Capstone Project (0 cr.)

PPAD 598/5298 - Research Seminar (0 cr.)

PPAD 599/5299 - Research Guidance (0 cr.)

RHET 101/1000 - Approaches to Critical Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 110/1010 - Freshman Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 120/1020 - Research Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 199/1099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)

RHET 102/1100 - Effective Argument (3 cr.)

RHET 201/2010 - Research Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 299/2099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)

RHET 399/3099 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)

RHET 345/3110 - The Writer’s Workshop (3 cr.)

RHET 340/3120 - Life Narratives (3 cr.)

RHET 341/3130 - Travel Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 342/3140 - Writing Children’s Literature (3 cr.)

RHET 380/3150 - Poetry Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 390/3160 - Fiction writing (3 cr.)

RHET 320/3210 - Business Communication (3 cr.)

RHET 225/3220 - Public Speaking (3 cr.)

RHET 321/3230 - Technical Communication (3 cr.)

RHET 332/3240 - Principles of Mediation and Negotiation (3 cr.)

RHET 334/3250 - Digital Rhetoric (3 cr.)

RHET 310/3310 - Discourse and Power (3 cr.)

RHET 322/3320 - Writing in the Social Sciences (3 cr.)

RHET 323/3330 - Words that Change the World (3 cr.)

RHET 325/3340 - Making Your Case: The Art of Persuasion (3 cr.)

RHET 330/3350 - Writing and Cognition: The Mind and the Machine (3 cr.)

RHET 460/4060 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

RHET 450/4160 - Imagining the Book (3 cr.)

RHET 410/4260 - Writing for Project Funding (3 cr.)

RHET 480/4270 - Research and Writing Internship (3 cr.)

RHET 490/4280 - Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing (3 cr.)

RHET 400/4360 - Writing for Publication (3 cr.)

RCSS 501/5201 - Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control (3 cr.)

RCSS 502/5202 - Embedded Real Time Systems (3 cr.)

RCSS 503/5203 - Modern Control Design (3 cr.)

RCSS 504/5204 - Applied Estimation (3 cr.)

RCSS 521/5221 - Intelligent and Autonomous Robotic Systems (3 cr.)

RCSS 522/5222 - Mechatronics Innovations and Experimental Robotics (3 cr.)

RCSS 523/5223 - Bioinspired Robotics and Multi Robotic Systems (3 cr.)

RCSS 524/5224 - Robotics and Intelligent Automated Manufacturing (3 cr.)

RCSS 531/5231 - Teleoperation, Haptic Systems and Collaborative Control (3 cr.)

RCSS 532/5232 - Robust and Optimal Control (3 cr.)

RCSS 533/5233 - Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (3 cr.)

RCSS 534/5234 - Networked Control Systems: Design and Applications (3 cr.)

RCSS 541/5241 - Smart Systems and Computational Intelligence (3 cr.)

RCSS 542/5242 - MEMS/NEMS Technology and Devices (3 cr.)

RCSS 543/5243 - Image Analysis and Computer Vision (3 cr.)

RCSS 544/5244 - Sensors, Perception and Smart Systems (3 cr.)

RCSS 545/5245 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.)

RCSS 592/5930 - Selected Topics in RCSS (3 cr.)

RCSS 593/5980 - Capstone Project (3 cr.)

RCSS 599/5989 - Research Guidance Thesis (3 cr.)

RCSS 692/6930 - Advanced Selected Topics in Robotics, Control and Smart Systems (RCSS) (3 cr.)

RCSS 699/6980 - Research Guidance Dissertation (3 cr.)

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

SOC 210/2005 - Arab Society (3 cr.)

SOC 299/2099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.)

SOC 201/2101 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)

SOC 240/2201 - Introduction to Community Development (3 cr.)

SOC 203/2301 - Social Problems of the Middle East (3 cr.)

SOC 206/2302 - Arab Family Structure and Dynamics (3 cr.)

SOC 301/3010 - Social Psychology (3 cr.)

SOC 304/3025 - Development Agencies (3 cr.)

SOC 306/3030 - Sociology of Literature (3 cr.)

SOC 321/3045 - The Urban Experience (3 cr.)

SOC 322/3050 - Rural Sociology (3 cr.)

SOC 323/3055 - Fundamentals of Population Studies (3 cr.)

SOC 332/3060 - Social Constructions of Difference: Race, Class and Gender (3 cr.)

SOC 370/3085 - Environmental Issues in Egypt (3 cr.)