Apr 28, 2024

2015-2016 Academic Catalog

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Graphic Design
	DSGN 335/3235 - Animation (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 3250 Description Students are taught how to deal with shapes in motion, character and background animation using director or flash.
	DSGN 350/3250 - Digital Practices II (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2250 Description This course continues students learning in desktop software with a focus on in-design and the cross usage of the Adobe CS package with software like Illustrator Photoshop and Bridge.
	DSGN 360/3260 - Photography for Designers (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARTV 2230 Description How to write a photography brief, what is a product shot, how to cast the right model for your concept, food styling and photography, and working with different photographers. How and when to work with photo banks. Students will learn how to work as designers with different specialized photographers and understand the different needs of each photo assignment.
	DSGN 365/3265 - Advertising and Branding (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 2210 and DSGN 2250 . Description A theory and practice course on the world of art direction for advertising. Students will be exposed to classic advertising concepts like total branding and new ones like CRM and activation. The course is studio based and might include real market briefs or experimental ones.
	DSGN 400/4200 - Professional Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all Major Courses. Description Off-campus experiential learning in Graphic Design. Students are encouraged to explore the market by interning for eight weeks at different international and Pan-Arab design houses, advertising agencies, web design companies, publishing houses, calligrapher studios, TV stations, printing presses, post production houses and animation firms.
	DSGN 410/4210 - Portfolio (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description This course helps students create and promote their image in the market through discussions on career pathways. It will prepare students for the professional world guiding them on how to design a digital and printed portfolio, a resume and a personal corporate identity.
	DSGN 420/4220 - Production for Designers (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description Design production is explored in all its phases and aspects in this course. From preparing files for different design products to color separation and advanced techniques in printing. Students will be exposed to different highlights in the history of printing and will be acquainted with printing terminology, and the visual and tactile aspects of paper, printing and binding.
	DSGN 469/4269 - Senior Project Thesis (3 cr.) Prerequisites Completion of all major courses. Description An independent research with a topic approved by the department. Students are requested to work independently and submit a comprehensive paper on their chosen topic.
	DSGN 470/4270 - Senior Project Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites DSGN 4269 Description Independent design project as a continuation of researched topics approved previously by the department. Visiting critics will be invited to review as assess the final project.
History
	HIST 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students.
	HIST 110/1101 - World Cultures (3 cr.) Description An examination of the development and diffusion of culture throughout the world from the great ancient civilizations to the present. The focus will be on making connections across time and space and developing a deeper understanding of the human community in all its aspects: political, social, economic, cultural and environmental.
	HIST 111/1102 - Big History for Freshmen (3 cr.) Description A study of the earth, the universe and human civilizations that tries to understand how human beings are connected to their environments and the billions of years of historical evolution that preceded their appearance on the planet. Beginning with big bang cosmology and continuing all the way through to the future, it is an attempt to put everything - and everyone - into perspective.
	HIST 122/1103 - Words That Made History: Great Speeches of the 20th Century (3 cr.) Description Readings and recordings of historic speeches. Studies the lives of the speakers, the contexts in which the speeches were delivered, the rhetoric of the speeches, and the impact the speeches had, both on events and on the English language.
	HIST 123/1201 - Family History in the Modern Middle East (3 cr.) Description Focuses on research and fieldwork. Acquaints students with interview techniques and methods in oral and family history. By integrating their own family stories into various conceptual and chronological frameworks, students will discover how history relates to them.
	HIST 209/2019 - Introduction to American Studies (3 cr.) Description This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to key events and texts in the history and culture of the United States. Using films, literature and historical texts, the course will examine American culture within a historical context. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 2019 .
	HIST 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Notes May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Notes May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 299/2099 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Humanities (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Notes May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 207/2104 - World History (3 cr.) Description The development of human society from 11,000 BCE to the present. Using archaeology, anthropology, ethno-biology and traditional history, this course examines the civilizations of Polynesia, China, India, Africa, Meso-America, South America, the United States, Europe and the Middle East in order to explain why some societies today are politically, economically and technologically more powerful than others.
	HIST 211/2202 - History In The Making (3 cr.) Description This course offers introductory history topics, each taught in a separate section. Topics focus on major historical events or movements and will be traced through contemporary literary or visual documentary records and representations of those closely involved. Topics will also examine the way interpretation of such materials may alter over time. Topics will change according to instructor and students should consult current course schedules.
	HIST 246/2203 - Survey of Arab History (3 cr.) Description This course presents the history of the Arabic-speaking Middle East from pre-Islamic times to the modern era, with emphasis on the principal political, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments and their relevance to the contemporary Middle East. The course introduces students to historical methodology and different interpretive approaches. It attempts to foster a critical attitude toward sources and provides a context in which students can apply skills and concepts acquired in other. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 2346 .
	HIST 247/2204 - The Making of the Modern Arab World (3 cr.) Description A historical tour of how we got where we are today. The course starts with the late pre-modern Arab world and Ottoman empire, and moves through various forms of threat, influence, change, and modernization to the present. Events in the Arab world are examined in their wider, global context.
	HIST 250/2301 - Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (3 cr.) Description This course will examine the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the eve of the European colonization to the present day. In combining a thematic and chronological approach students will discover the complex history of various people and regions in Africa during this period. Topics range from the imperial scramble to colonize Africa to the integration of African societies into the colonial and global economy; from Western perceptions of Africa and Africans to the social, political and economical impacts of colonial policies; and from Africans’ struggles for freedom during decolonization to Africa’s post independence experience.
	HIST 203/2401 - Western Civilization from Antiquity to Medieval Europe (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the history of western society from ancient Greece and Rome to the Middle Ages with emphasis on the ideas and institutions that led to the growth and expansion of European civilization.
	HIST 204/2402 - Europe from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (1337-1789) (3 cr.) Description This course explores the history of Europe from the start of the Hundred Years War to the French Revolution. It examines the major developments of European politics, society and culture as it moved from the late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period (including the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment) to the beginning of the Age of Revolution.
	HIST 205/2403 - Europe in the Age of Revolution and Reform (1789-1914) (3 cr.) Description This Course explores Europe’s so-called “Long 19th century” from the French Revolution to World War I including many of the phenomena that came to define the century such as capitalism, nationalism, socialism, feminism and imperialism. Cross-listed Same as POLS 2403 .
	HIST 206/2404 - Europe in International Politics in the Twentieth Century (3 cr.) Description This Course explores major development in European and international socio-economic politics from the end of the 1800s to the present day. It introduces the key events and trends of this tumultuous century including wars, revolutions, and ideological movements. Cross-listed Same as POLS 2404 .
	HIST 201/2501 - History of American Civilization to the Nineteenth Century (3 cr.) Description A survey of American cultural roots from the period of exploration through the foundation of a federal American republic, social and industrial challenges, the question of slavery, and the crisis of civil war.
	HIST 202/2502 - History of Modern American Civilization (3 cr.) Description A survey of events leading to the creation of a distinct American culture as the United States meets the challenges of moral crisis, the industrial revolution, and world leadership from the nineteenth century to the present.
	HIST 210/2602 - Religions of the World (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the academic study of religion. By looking at the history, beliefs, practices, institutions and cultural expressions of a number of different religions, students will broaden their understanding of religions other than their own, and of the diversity of the human religious experience. Students will learn to appreciate the variety of religions in the world, and the similarities and differences between them.
	HIST 212/2604 - The Quest for the Historical Jesus (3 cr.) Description Investigates the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth within the context of Second Temple Judaism and Greco-Roman culture. Considers a range of pre-modern and modern interpretations of Jesus and the emergence of Christianity. Cross-listed Same as CREL 2605 .
	HIST 243/2901 - History I: Pre-Dynastic Through Middle Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.) Description The history of Pharaonic Egypt from predynastic times to the end of the Middle Kingdom will be covered. Literary sources will be augmented by archeological evidence When Offered Offered in fall. Notes Field trips to archeological sites in the Cairo area are an obligatory aspect of the course.
	HIST 244/2902 - History II: Middle Kingdom Through New Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 2901 or consent of the instructor. Description The course will focus on the history of Pharaonic Egypt from the Middle Kingdom to the decline of the New Kingdom and will examine the texts, monuments and artifacts that underline our understanding of this era. When Offered Offered in spring. Notes Field trips to the Cairo Museum and other relevant sites are a required part of the course.
	HIST 320/3105 - Big History (3 cr.) Prerequisites The course will not be open to students who have already taken HIST 1102 . Description A study of the earth, the universe and human civilizations that tries to understand how human beings are connected to their environments and the billions of years of historical evolution that preceded their appearance on the planet. Beginning with big bang cosmology and continuing all the way through to the future, it is an attempt to put everything - and everyone - into perspective.
	HIST 319/3205 - Islamic Spain and North Africa (711-1492 A.D.) (3 cr.) Description This course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Muslim Spain and North Africa. Its emphasis is on explaining how interactions among different ethnic groups (Arabs, Berbers, and Iberian natives) and different confessional communities (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) created social situations that made the Western Muslim lands unique in Islamic history. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3319 .
	HIST 330/3206 - Urban Landscapes in the Modern Middle East/North Africa (3 cr.) Description This course presents diverse histories of cities in the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the impact of French and British colonialism to Arab nationalism. It introduces students to central themes in modern urban history with emphasis on the city and the production of modern lives, rural migration and the transformation of the city, women and men in the city, and urban crisis and social movements.
	HIST 331/3207 - History of Palestine/Israel (3 cr.) Description This survey course covers the history of modern Palestine and Israel. It is based on a comparative approach that allows students to engage with primary materials, secondary historical texts, literary narratives, and cinematic representations. This course provides students with the historical and theoretical tools to learn about and engage formations of nation and history in Palestine/Israel.
	HIST 333/3208 - Zionism and Modern Judaism (3 cr.) Description The Zionist ideology and movement in its own terms, and in the context of modern Judaism. The course places Zionism in its historical and religious contexts, and examines its varieties. The Zionist movement is followed from its origins to the establishment of Israel. Related aspects of Israeli politics are then examined, with especial reference to ideological and religious debates. Cross-listed Same as CREL 3209 .
	HIST 343/3210 - Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates (3 cr.) Description The rise of Islam and Arab expansion, the classical period of Islamic civilization during its first centuries to the period of Abbasid political disintegration. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3343 . When Offered Offered in fall.
	HIST 344/3211 - Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols (3 cr.) Description The later Abbasid caliphate, the rise of Shi’ism and the Fatimids, Sunni consolidation under the Seljuks and Ayyubids, external threats to dar al-Islam; the rise of Mamluks . Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3344 . When Offered Offered in spring.
	HIST 345/3212 - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols (3 cr.) Description The decline of the Mamluks; the Timurids in Persia; the age of gunpowder: the Safavid Ottoman, and Moghul empires and their decline. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3345 . When Offered Offered in fall.
	HIST 355/3213 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1699-1914 (3 cr.) Description The Ottoman Empire and Iran: continuities and transformations. Imperial administration and relations with Europe. Challenges to the premodern order: regional and global economies; social and cultural trends Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3355 .
	HIST 356/3214 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1906-present (3 cr.) Description Beginning with the Young Turk and Iran’s Constitutional revolutions, this course follows the fate of Middle Eastern societies and states during the twentieth century, with a special focus on colonialism and nationalism; independence movements and decolonization; the Arab-Israeli conflict; society, politics, and culture. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3356 .
	HIST 357/3288 - Selected topics in Middle East History (3 cr.) Description Focuses on theme or topic in the history of the Middle East. May be repeated for credit when topic changes. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3397 . When Offered Offered occasionally.
	HIST 350/3302 - Violence, War, and Conflict in Modern Africa (3 cr.) Description This course will explore the complexities of violent conflicts on the African continent in the past 125 years. As violence, conflicts and wars seem to be crucial elements of Africa’s modern history; students will for example investigate if this means that Africans are inherently more violent than the rest of the world - or if such an assumption only disguises the complex historical roots of war and conflicts? Moreover, students will also discover that Africans have historically resisted violence and oppression just as often as they have promoted it. Students can expect to engage with a variety of interdisciplinary material and will be introduced to different African regions to get a deeper understanding of contexts of violence in Africa’s past and present. By the end of the course students will be able to critically analyze common narratives about “the violent continent” reproduced by mass media.
	HIST 307/3405 - The Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation (3 cr.) Description An investigation of the development of European culture in the High Middle Ages and an examination of the ways in which European society was transformed by the intellectual and religious movements known as the Renaissance and the Reformation.
	HIST 308/3406 - Europe in the Age of Reason (3 cr.) Description An examination of the ways in which European intellectual developments during the Enlightenment were connected with socio-political changes in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
	HIST 342/3903 - History of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Era (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 2901 and HIST 2902 or instructor’s consent. Description This course will study the history of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman period and the momentous confrontation between Greek and Egyptian culture between 300 BC and 700 AD. It will also examine the social consequences of the spread of Christianity in Egypt and the rise of Coptic culture. Cross-listed Same as EGPT 5120 . When Offered Offered occasionally.
	HIST 346/3904 - Societies and Cultures of the Ancient Near East (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 2901 and HIST 2902 , or instructor’s consent Description The course constitutes a historical overview of the societies and cultures of Egypt, the Mediterranean World and the Middle East, from the emergence of urban society in Iraq in the fourth millennium BCE to the rise and fall of the great empires of Babylon, Assyria, the Hitties, Archaemenid Persia, Greece and Rome. Special attention will be paid to the position of Ancient Egyptian civilization within the wider context of Ancient Near Eastern History. Cross-listed Same as EGPT 5130 . When Offered Offered occasionally.
	HIST 000/4000 - Honors Thesis (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 4801 and admission to the Honors Program. Description The course is part of a two-semester sequence, with the Honors section of HIST 4801 forming the first part of the sequence. This course provides students enrolled in the department’s Honors Program the opportunity to conduct original historical research, write a scholarly article under faculty supervision, and either submit the article for publication or make a public presentation of it at the annual EURECA conference. Preliminary work on the project will begin in HIST 4801 and will be completed in HIST 4000.
	HIST 425/4106 - Food in World History (3 cr.) Description An inter-disciplinary examination of the role of food in human history beginning with the agricultural revolution and including such topics as the Columbian exchange, industrialization, the rise of the restaurant, food as cultural identity, food policy and the state, fast food, gender roles, health and nutrition, and the emergence of modern attitudes towards food and the body.
	HIST 430/4107 - The Environment in World History (3 cr.) Description An examination of the relationship between humans and the environment from the Agricultural Revolution (c. 10,000 BCE) to the present with an emphasis on the Industrial Revolution and the modern world.
	HIST 405/4188 - Selected Topics in World History (3 cr.) Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 415/4215 - The Marriage Crisis and the Middle East (3 cr.) Description This course examines how men and women imagine their nations through marriage and understand their rights and duties in the twentieth-century Middle East. It shows how marriage is a lens that reflects and critiques larger socioeconomic and political issues. It also contributes to our historical understanding of the “marriage crisis”, which continues to dominate public debates today.
	HIST 435/4216 - Social and Political History of Modern Cairo (3 cr.) Description The History of Cairo with an emphasis on social, political and economic developments in the twentieth century.
	HIST 440/4217 - Colonialism and Imperialism in the Middle East and South Asia (3 cr.) Description This course deals with the history of colonialism and imperialism in the Middle East and South Asia. Its basic premise is that the colonial encounter was a formative one for both colonizer and colonized. We will be studying not only the political and military aspects of that encounter, but also its ideological and cultural ones. Topics touched upon include: Orientalism, imperialism and culture, medicine, law, urban planning, and gender.
	HIST 454/4219 - Modern Movements in Islam (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 3213 or HIST 3214 or equivalent background. Description Trends of thought and activism that developed throughout the Muslim world from the eighteenth century onward and identified themselves as Islamic. This course looks at intellectual roots, affiliations, and differences. It investigates modernity, reform, statehood, and social change as addressed by state and non-state actors, in theory and in practice. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5134 .
	HIST 460/4220 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1250 A. D. (3 cr.) Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5135 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 463/4221 - Selected Topics in the History of Islamic Thought and Institutions (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5101 . Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 000/4222 - Egypt under Nasser (3 cr.) Prerequisites (1) Working Knowledge of colloquial Arabic (2) Junior standing in any field Description This course examines the Nasserite historical experience: its historiography, primary documents, legacy, milestone events, institutional frameworks, and trajectory-all within the regional and global contexts of that period.
	HIST 000/4224 - Egypt in the Modern World Market (3 cr.) Description An examination of the processes initiated with Egypt’s integration in the modern world market in the early nineteenth century. The course uses a general social history approach and places the examined processes in their regional and global contexts.
	HIST 462/4288 - Selected Topics in the History of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.) Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5136 . Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 461/4289 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 1250-1800 A. D. (3 cr.) When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 412/4290 - Selected Topics in Modern Egyptian History (3 cr.) Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interest, such as: the making of the modern Egyptian nation; cities, towns and villages in modern Egyptian history; social and cultural history of modern Egypt. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 450/4303 - Global Capitalism and Africa: An Economic History (3 cr.) Description In this seminar students will explore the relationship between the rise of capitalism and the integration of Sub-Saharan Africa’s labor and natural resources into the global economy in the nineteenth and twentieth century. We will be especially interested in two distinct but related issues: First, we want to explore the role of African labor, minerals, and agricultural products for the economic growth of the Global North. Second, we want to examine how oversea markets and foreign influences shaped local economies and “working lives” in different regions in Africa, and explore how Africans confronted these changes.
	HIST 400/4400 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Description In exceptional circumstances, students may, with department approval, arrange to study beyond the regular course offerings. Open only to juniors and seniors with a minimum B average. May be repeated for credit if content changes.
	HIST 402/4488 - Selected Topics in European History (3 cr.) Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes
	HIST 401/4588 - Selected Topics in the History of the United States (3 cr.) Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	HIST 420/4801 - Historical Theory and Methodology (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: To be taken in senior year Description Seminar on historical thought from its emergence in the classical world to the present, including consideration of the Arab historical tradition. Covers schools of historical interpretation and methodological approaches. Major Capstone.
	HIST 445/4905 - 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 , ANTH 4499 , SOC 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.
	HIST 542/5222 - Seminar on the Nineteenth-Century Middle East (3 cr.) Description Readings, discussion, and research. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5231 .
	HIST 543/5223 - Seminar on the Twentieth-Century Middle East (3 cr.) Description Readings, discussion, and research. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 5232 .
Intensive English
	ELIN 121/0302 - Advanced English (for Graduates) (0 cr.)
International Business
	INTB 408/3501 - International Finance (3 cr.) Prerequisites FINC 2101 Description The effect of the international financial environment on the major financial decisions of business. The international financial institution and their effect on firms operating in the international environment. Cross-listed Same as FINC 3501 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Notes Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
	INTB 412/4601 - International Marketing (3 cr.) Prerequisites MKTG 2101 Description The marketing problems and opportunities of the exporter, licenser, or manufacturer in a foreign country. Topics include factors in assessing world marketing opportunities and the international market mix. Cross-listed Same as MKTG 4601 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.
International Human Rights Law
	LAW 510/5210 - Introduction to International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (3 cr.) Description This gateway course provides an overview of the substance and some of the mechanisms of international human rights and humanitarian law. The course covers the doctrinal, institutional, methodological and theoretical bases of human rights law and international humanitarian law and offers an introduction to the substantive development of the corpus of human rights and humanitarian law, through the case-law of the international, regional, and domestic monitoring and judicial authorities on selected issues of substance or procedure (varying interpretations of given substantive political, social and economic rights, standards of evidence in human rights law, universal jurisdiction, definition of terrorism in human rights and humanitarian law, etc).
	LAW 511/5211 - International Humanitarian Law (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 (prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law Department). Description This course provides basic introduction to the field of international humanitarian law (IHL), otherwise known as the laws of war, the law or armed conflict, or jus in bello. It will consist in an overview of the existing substantive body of international law relating to the regulation of armed conflict, as well as an exploration of its internal structure and dynamics. It will discuss in a first part the relationship between humanitarian law and both general international law and international human rights Law, with regard to applicability implementation, and enforcement. In a second part, the course and materials will approach the “principle of distinction” and its implementation in the so-called “Geneva Law”, relating to protected persons, as well as the so-called “Hague Law”, relating to the means and methods of combat. Final sessions will discuss questions of implementation and criminal responsibility.
	LAW 512/5212 - Human Rights and the United Nations (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department). Description The framework and evolution of international human rights law within the system established by the United Nations Organization examined in relation to its antecedents, establishing documents, processes of norm creation and application, and present methods and activities of monitoring within the UN system.
	LAW 513/5213 - The European System of Human Rights Protection (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department). Description The procedures and substantive law contained in conventions, treaties, reports, judgments, and other documents will be examined for a comprehensive understanding of the development of human rights law in Europe.’ These human rights systems are considered in relation to their origins in social and political movements and their subsequent effects on politics and society.
	LAW 514/5214 - Human Rights in the Middle East (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by permission of the department). Description An overview of the dynamics of international human rights law in the Middle-East, through national, regional and universal mechanisms dealing with current human rights issues in the region. The course will cover a series of substantive themes of interest to the countries and people of the region with the help of legal cases and documents coming from the UN system, the African System, the Arab League, and national courts and institutions. The course will also examine the norms and institutions of international humanitarian law in their specific relationship to conflicts in the region.
	LAW 516/5216 - Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department). Description Consideration of the historical development of the recognition of economic, social and cultural rights together with present convenants and other instruments operating at the international level. Specific rights such as the right to work, trade union rights, right to social security, right to adequate standards of living, health and education are considered as well as their philosophical underpinnings and social modalities.
	LAW 517/5217 - Human Rights and Identity Groups (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department). Description This course focuses attention on the use of identity groups as legal objects of special protection in international human rights law. Various concepts related to the protection of the rights of groups that have been identified as either “vulnerable” or historically discriminated against, such as women and children, are examined. Instruments and mechanisms as well as the conceptual framework for the protection of these groups (and other non-protected “vulnerable” groups) are considered in relation to their perceived vulnerabilities.
	LAW 518/5218 - International Refugee Law (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 . (Prerequisites can be waived by special permission of the Law department). Description This course introduces the international refugee law regime and the background and historical context from which foundational concepts emerged. The bulk of the course is spent on the 1951 Refugee Convention and its Protocol, as well as the expanding mandate of UNHCR. The course considers some of the contradictions and dilemmas of international refugee law and takes into account developments in related areas of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and migration law. This course is required for all students seeking the MA or Diploma in Migration and Refugee Studies. Cross-listed Same as MRS 5201 .
	LAW 519/5219 - Human Rights in Africa (3 cr.) Prerequisites LAW 5209 and LAW 5210 (Prerequisites may be waived by permission of the department) Description An overview of the contribution of the African continent to human rights law. The course will cover the specificities of Africa from the perspective of the development, interpretation, and enforcement of international human rights law from four perspectives: (1) the development and contributions of the African regional system of human rights, (2) the treatment of human rights issues in Africa by the universal system of human rights, (3) the place and application of human rights standards in selected African countries, and (4) the application of international humanitarian law in contemporary African conflict situations. As an advanced course dealing with the role of regional approaches and issues in the contemporary history of international human rights law, the substantive focus will be on the relevance of cultural and political specificity to human rights when seen from the perspective of the varied social contexts of the African continent. In light of the rich complexity of the African social, cultural and political background, some attention will be given to the particular situation of certain African States in the development of African human rights law, such as Egypt, Nigeria or South Africa.
	LAW 575/5275 - Special Topics in International Human Rights Law (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Description Specialized areas of International Human Rights Law. Repeatable May be taken a second time for credit if content changes.
	LAW 584/5284 - Human Rights in Practice (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of the instructor. Description Internship for four to six months in an organization pursuing human rights activities, or active involvement on an institutional research project having a human rights emphasis. The work is assessed on the basis of a written report and discussion.
Journalism & Mass Communication
	JRMC 200/2200 - Introduction to Mass Communication (3 cr.) Description An introductory survey of the theory, history, structure, and function of mass communication in the Middle East and globally. Notes Open to all university students.
	JRMC 201/2201 - Mass Media Writing (3 cr.) Description Study and practice of basic writing, editing, and reporting techniques used in the international print media; newsroom practices to develop listening, reading, writing and editing skills.
	JRMC 202/2202 - Multimedia Writing (3 cr.) Prerequisites JRMC 2201 Description Cross-media study and practice of writing and reporting for print, broadcast, Internet.
	JRMC 203/2203 - Mass Media Ethics and Responsibility (3 cr.) Description Critical analyses of media laws and professional philosophies, standards, and practices in journalism, public relations, advertising, and other fields of mass communication. Discussion of ethical and practical considerations and dilemmas in different professional and social contexts.
	JRMC 230/2230 - Photography Foundations 1 (3 cr.) Description History of photography, digital camera skills, visual composition, digital production, developing assignment ideas, interpreting images.
	JRMC 250/2250 - Global Media Systems (3 cr.) Description Comparative study of global communication systems and theory in relation to national and international development. Notes Open to all university students.
	JRMC 270/2270 - Online Communication (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the Internet as a medium of communication, as well as to its nature, development, and future. Students will examine how the Internet is being used, and how it is affecting communities and societies at large. Ethical aspects of the online experience will also be covered.
	JRMC 299/2299 - Selected Topic 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. Notes Enrollment is limited and priority is given to students with declared JMC majors.
	JRMC 301/3301 - Journalism Editing and Design (3 cr.) Prerequisites JRMC 2202 Description Principles of, and laboratory practice in, copyediting and proofreading; headline writing; scaling and cropping photographs; and layout and design.
	JRMC 305/3305 - Introduction to Visual Communication (3 cr.) Prerequisites JRMC 2201 Description Introductory laboratory in basics of typography, desktop publishing, digital design of publications and advertising. Taught by lecture with practical application.
	JRMC 310/3310 - Public Opinion, Persuasion and Propaganda (3 cr.) Description Theoretical and practical study of the social role of international and national mass media, policymakers and the public in formation of public opinion. When Offered Offered occasionally. Notes Open to all university students.
	JRMC 312/3312 - Multimedia Journalism Lab: The Caravan (3 cr.) Prerequisites JRMC 2202 , JRMC 2203 and JRMC 3301 or consent of instructor. Description Supervised newsroom experience in reporting, writing, editing, designing and layout for print, broadcast and online version of The Caravan and AUC TV.
	JRMC 315/3315 - Introduction to Advertising (3 cr.) Prerequisites JRMC 3305 Description Survey of professional principles and practices in advertising and their relationship to business and government, with special emphasis on the United States and Egypt.
	JRMC 320/3320 - Mass Communication Research (3 cr.) Prerequisites Junior standing. Description Methods and theories used in mass communication research. Emphasis on the various methods and measurement tools used in message, communicator and audience measurements. They will learn to work with statistics, databases, specialized websites and other resources.

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DSGN 335/3235 - Animation (3 cr.)

DSGN 350/3250 - Digital Practices II (3 cr.)

DSGN 360/3260 - Photography for Designers (3 cr.)

DSGN 365/3265 - Advertising and Branding (3 cr.)

DSGN 400/4200 - Professional Practice (3 cr.)

DSGN 410/4210 - Portfolio (3 cr.)

DSGN 420/4220 - Production for Designers (3 cr.)

DSGN 469/4269 - Senior Project Thesis (3 cr.)

DSGN 470/4270 - Senior Project Practice (3 cr.)

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

HIST 110/1101 - World Cultures (3 cr.)

HIST 111/1102 - Big History for Freshmen (3 cr.)

HIST 122/1103 - Words That Made History: Great Speeches of the 20th Century (3 cr.)

HIST 123/1201 - Family History in the Modern Middle East (3 cr.)

HIST 209/2019 - Introduction to American Studies (3 cr.)

HIST 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (3 cr.)

HIST 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.)

HIST 299/2099 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Humanities (3 cr.)

HIST 207/2104 - World History (3 cr.)

HIST 211/2202 - History In The Making (3 cr.)

HIST 246/2203 - Survey of Arab History (3 cr.)

HIST 247/2204 - The Making of the Modern Arab World (3 cr.)

HIST 250/2301 - Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (3 cr.)

HIST 203/2401 - Western Civilization from Antiquity to Medieval Europe (3 cr.)

HIST 204/2402 - Europe from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (1337-1789) (3 cr.)

HIST 205/2403 - Europe in the Age of Revolution and Reform (1789-1914) (3 cr.)

HIST 206/2404 - Europe in International Politics in the Twentieth Century (3 cr.)

HIST 201/2501 - History of American Civilization to the Nineteenth Century (3 cr.)

HIST 202/2502 - History of Modern American Civilization (3 cr.)

HIST 210/2602 - Religions of the World (3 cr.)

HIST 212/2604 - The Quest for the Historical Jesus (3 cr.)

HIST 243/2901 - History I: Pre-Dynastic Through Middle Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.)

HIST 244/2902 - History II: Middle Kingdom Through New Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.)

HIST 320/3105 - Big History (3 cr.)

HIST 319/3205 - Islamic Spain and North Africa (711-1492 A.D.) (3 cr.)

HIST 330/3206 - Urban Landscapes in the Modern Middle East/North Africa (3 cr.)

HIST 331/3207 - History of Palestine/Israel (3 cr.)

HIST 333/3208 - Zionism and Modern Judaism (3 cr.)

HIST 343/3210 - Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates (3 cr.)

HIST 344/3211 - Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols (3 cr.)

HIST 345/3212 - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols (3 cr.)

HIST 355/3213 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1699-1914 (3 cr.)

HIST 356/3214 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1906-present (3 cr.)

HIST 357/3288 - Selected topics in Middle East History (3 cr.)

HIST 350/3302 - Violence, War, and Conflict in Modern Africa (3 cr.)

HIST 307/3405 - The Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation (3 cr.)

HIST 308/3406 - Europe in the Age of Reason (3 cr.)

HIST 342/3903 - History of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Era (3 cr.)

HIST 346/3904 - Societies and Cultures of the Ancient Near East (3 cr.)

HIST 000/4000 - Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

HIST 425/4106 - Food in World History (3 cr.)

HIST 430/4107 - The Environment in World History (3 cr.)

HIST 405/4188 - Selected Topics in World History (3 cr.)

HIST 415/4215 - The Marriage Crisis and the Middle East (3 cr.)

HIST 435/4216 - Social and Political History of Modern Cairo (3 cr.)

HIST 440/4217 - Colonialism and Imperialism in the Middle East and South Asia (3 cr.)

HIST 454/4219 - Modern Movements in Islam (3 cr.)

HIST 460/4220 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1250 A. D. (3 cr.)

HIST 463/4221 - Selected Topics in the History of Islamic Thought and Institutions (3 cr.)

HIST 000/4222 - Egypt under Nasser (3 cr.)

HIST 000/4224 - Egypt in the Modern World Market (3 cr.)

HIST 462/4288 - Selected Topics in the History of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.)

HIST 461/4289 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 1250-1800 A. D. (3 cr.)

HIST 412/4290 - Selected Topics in Modern Egyptian History (3 cr.)

HIST 450/4303 - Global Capitalism and Africa: An Economic History (3 cr.)

HIST 400/4400 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

HIST 402/4488 - Selected Topics in European History (3 cr.)

HIST 401/4588 - Selected Topics in the History of the United States (3 cr.)

HIST 420/4801 - Historical Theory and Methodology (3 cr.)

HIST 445/4905 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.)

HIST 542/5222 - Seminar on the Nineteenth-Century Middle East (3 cr.)

HIST 543/5223 - Seminar on the Twentieth-Century Middle East (3 cr.)

ELIN 121/0302 - Advanced English (for Graduates) (0 cr.)

INTB 408/3501 - International Finance (3 cr.)

INTB 412/4601 - International Marketing (3 cr.)

LAW 510/5210 - Introduction to International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (3 cr.)

LAW 511/5211 - International Humanitarian Law (3 cr.)

LAW 512/5212 - Human Rights and the United Nations (3 cr.)

LAW 513/5213 - The European System of Human Rights Protection (3 cr.)