Development Studies Minor

Advisor: H. Sabea (Anthropology)

The purpose of the development studies minor is to offer students an introduction to the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors related to the process of development. The approach is interdisciplinary and comparative, with primary emphasis upon development-related issues.

Academic advising is provided through the Anthropology and Sociology units of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology on behalf of an interdisciplinary group of faculty.

Requirements (15 credits):

From the following lists of approved courses, three “development courses” from at least two disciplines other than the major, one “area studies course” not included in the major, and the Development Studies Seminar to be taken after or concurrent with the completion of other courses in the minor:

Approved Development Courses:

Approved Area-Studies Courses:

Special Topics

Selected special topics courses may be accepted as part of “development courses” or “area-studies courses” by the approval of the Advisor:

SOC 400/4099 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3 cr.)

AUC New Cairo Campus

AUC Tahrir Square Campus

New York

Development Studies Minor

Requirements (15 credits):

Approved Development Courses:

Approved Area-Studies Courses:

Special Topics