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Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Core
Curriculum
Applies to students who first
enrolled in Fall 2013.
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Core Curriculum
“A liberal arts education is a celebration of learning
that encompasses pretty much everything: the arts
and the humanities, the social sciences and the
hard sciences, business training and other
professional studies. It grounds us in a sound
understanding of our own culture and history, but
also makes us aware and tolerant of the histories
and cultures of others. Liberal learning seeks to
emphasize the growth of intellectual self-reliance
and independence while encouraging cooperative
endeavors. It is the competence to think, analyze
and understand independently.”
– Former AUC President Thomas Bartlett
About the Core Curriculum
The primary aim of AUC’s Core Curriculum program
is to ensure that students across various disciplines
are well-grounded in the liberal arts and sciences.
The Core Curriculum encompasses courses that are
designed to provide a broad liberal arts base for
students. It aims to develop basic academic and
intellectual traits while enhancing the writing skills
of students, as well as their ability to reason and
construct a logical argument. The program strives to
familiarize students with diverse areas of knowledge
and intellectual tradition, helping them understand
themselves, their culture, society and place in the
world. It encourages them to address the patterns of
rational thought and argumentation that underpin
the world’s great intellectual traditions, and
introduces them to the ways in which science seeks
to comprehend the natural world. The Core
Curriculum is an education in the fundamentals of
learning, and it lies at the heart of AUC’s
commitment to the liberal arts.
“
The mind is not a vessel to be
”
filled, but a fire to be kindled.
– Plutarch
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Core Curriculum Diagram
The Core Curriculum outlines a series of requirements that
are a vital part of an AUC education. All students must meet
these requirements to earn an undergraduate degree from
AUC. Although it is not possible to be exempt from these
requirements, students may petition for approval to use
external credit hours in meeting them (for example, through
advance standing or transfer credits).
All students transferring to AUC from another institution of
higher learning should be aware of AUC’s residency
requirements. In addition to the requirements of the Core
Curriculum, AUC has an Arabic-language requirement.
Depending on admission qualifications or Arabic placement
examination results, many students will take three to six credit
hours of Arabic classes (ALNG) to meet this requirement.
“
Education makes a people
easy to lead, but difficult
to drive; easy to govern,
”
but impossible to enslave.
– Lord Brougham
For details on how courses may or may not be double counted
for core, as well as major and minor requirements, check the
AUC Catalog. More information is also available in this
brochure. Further queries should be directed to the Office of
the Core Curriculum.
For course descriptions, visit http://catalog.aucegypt.edu.
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Core Curriculum
The Freshman Level (22 credit hours)
The freshman program aims to offer students a coherent and integrated
introduction to one of AUC’s distinct features — a liberal arts education.
In addition, the program equips students with English communication
skills and enables them to utilize these skills in content courses so that
they are able to cope with assignments in their majors. It enhances the
students’ critical thinking skills and ability to apply them in a variety of
disciplines. The freshman program aims to help students think with
clarity and insight about themselves, their goals and the decisions they
face. It enables them to foster civic responsibility, personal and
academic integrity, and an appreciation for diversity.
Requirements
RHET 110
and CORE 110
Analytical and Persuasive Writing
The Human Quest: Exploring the Big
Questions (6 credit hours, semester one)
RHET 120
LALT 101
SCI 120
PHIL 220
Research Writing (3 credit hours)
Information Literacy (non-credit)
Scientific Thinking (3 credit hours)
Philosophical Thinking (3 credit hours,
pre-requisite RHET 120 or concurrent,
normally taken in semester three)
CHEM 104 and
SCI 150 Lab
CHEM 105 and
MACT 112 and
SCI 150 Lab
MACT 199 and
SCI 150 Lab
SCI 150 Lab
PHYS 100 and
SCI 150 Lab
PHYS 199 and
SCI 150 Lab
SCI 240 and
SCI 150 Lab
SCI 250 and
SCI 251 Lab
Man and Environment
General Chemistry I
Statistical Reasoning
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Physics for Poets (for students with no
physics background)
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Chemistry, Art and Archaeology
Introduction to Geology and Lab
For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses
or visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
Pathways Two: Cultural Explorations (3 credit hours)
Courses taken to fulfill the humanities or social science requirement
at the secondary level must be from a department other than the one
offering the course taken to meet the Pathway Two requirement and
should be from a different discipline. Most students will complete
these requirements in their first three semesters.
Students must choose one course from the following list:
Pathways of Learning
Pathways One: Scientific Encounters
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(3 credit hours, 1 laboratory credit hour)
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Students majoring in any of the fields of the School of Sciences and
Engineering should meet these requirements through their program
rather than as part of the Core Curriculum. Actuarial science students
are required to take a laboratory component to partially fulfill their core
requirements. Students will complete these requirements during the
first three semesters.
Students must choose one course with a laboratory component from the
following list:
BIOL 102 and SCI 150
BIOL 103
BIOL 104
BIOL 105
BIOL 130
BIOL 199 and
SCI 150 Lab
CHEM 103 and
SCI 150 Lab
Essentials of Environmental Biology
Introductory Biology
Unity of Life
Diversity of Life
Current Health Issues
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Chemistry and Society (for students with
no chemistry background)
AMST 199
ANTH 199
ARIC 100
ARIC 199
ARTV 199
CORE 199
CREL 135
ECLT 123
ECLT 199
ECON 199
EGPT 199
FILM 199
HIST 110
HIST 111
HIST 122
HIST 199
MUSC 199
PHIL 100
PHIL 199
POLS 101
RHET 199
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Arabs and Muslims Encountering the Other
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Dimensions of the Sacred:
Exploring Religious Experience
Experiencing Creativity: Texts and Images
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
World Cultures
Big History for Freshmen
Words that Made History:
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Reading Philosophy
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Introduction to Political Science
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
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SEMR 123
SEMR 199
SOC 199
THTR 130
THTR 199
Celebrating Ideas: A Voyage Through
Books, Art, Film and Theatre
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
The World of Theatre
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses
or visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
Arabic Language (0 - 6 credit hours)
All newly admitted students, except those who have passed the
thanawiya amma exam or its equivalent, will take an Arabic
placement exam. Based on examination results, students may be
required to take up to two modern standard Arabic courses (ALNG 101,
ALNG 102 or ALNG 103; and ALNG 201, ALNG 202 or ALNG 203)
II. Secondary Level (12 credit hours)
Category One: Humanities and Social Sciences
(3 credit hours)
Each student must choose and complete one course in this category.
The course must be from a department other than the one offering the
course taken to meet the Pathway Two requirement in the freshman
level and should be from a different discipline. The requirement should
be completed by the end of the student’s sixth semester.
ANTH 202
ANTH 299
ARIC 205
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ARIC 206
ARIC 270
ARIC 271
ARIC 299
ARIC 320
ARIC 323
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ARIC 325
ARIC 335
ARIC 336
ARIC 337
ARIC 354
ARIC 369
ARIC 370
ARIC 371/372
ARTV/FILM/DSGN 213
ARTV /CENG 222
ARTV 299
ARTV 314
ARTV 315
Cultural Anthropology
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Islamic Architecture from the Beginning to
the Present Day
Art and Architecture of the City of Cairo
Introduction of Islamic Art and Architecture I
Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture II
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Introduction to Sufism
Marriage and the Family in the Medieval
and Early Modern Middle East
On the Fringes of Society: Marginals
in History
Introduction to Islam
Studies in Ibn Khaldoun
Shi'a Muslims in History
Islamic Philosophy
Islamic Pottery
Pre-Islamic Influences in Islamic Art
and Architecture
Islamic Architecture in Egypt and Syria
Introduction to Visual Cultures
Architecture: Art or Engineering
Special Topics for the Core Curriculum
Modern and Contemporary Architecture
Art Theory
“
The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot
”
learn, unlearn and relearn.
– Alvin Toffler
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ARTV 370
CORE 299
CREL 299
ECLT 200
ECLT 201
ECLT 202
ECLT 299
ECLT 303
ECLT 304
ECLT 305
ECLT 306
ECLT 309
ECLT 310
ECLT 344
ECLT 360
ECLT 370
ECON 201
ECON 202
EGPT 202
EGPT 299
ENTR 203
FILM 220
FILM 299
HIST 203
HIST 204
HIST 205
HIST 211
HIST/CREL 212
HIST 299
HIST 307
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HIST 308
LING 252
LING 268
MUSC 220
MUSC 240
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MUSC 299
PHIL 221
PHIL 224
PHIL 226
PHIL 230
PHIL 234
PHIL 242
PHIL 299
PHIL 344
PPAD 299
PPAD 308
PSYC 201
PSYC 299
PSYC 330
RHET 225
RHET 299
RHET 310
Selected Topics in Art
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Introduction to Literature
Survey of British Literature
Global Literature in English
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Seventeenth-Century Literature
Eighteenth-Century Literature
Romanticism
Nineteenth-Century European Literature
Early Literature of the Americas
American Literature to 1900
Literature and Philosophy
Shakespeare
Creative Writing
Introduction of Macroeconomics
Introduction of Microeconomics
Ancient Egypt
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and
Small-Business Management
Introduction to Film
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Western Civilization from Antiquity to
the Middle Ages
Early Modern Europe
Europe in the Age of Revolution and
Reform (1789 - 1914)
History in the Making
The Quest for the Historical Jesus
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
The Middle Ages, Renaissance and
Reformation
Europe in the Age of Reason
Introduction to Linguistics
Principles and Practice of Teaching English
Introduction to Music
Western Music Theory 1: Music Theory
in the Western Tradition
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Informal Logic
Self and Society
Philosophy of Religion
Introduction to Ethics
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Philosophical Anthropology
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Literature and Philosophy
Selected Topics in the Social Sciences
Management of Government
Introduction to Psychology
Selected Topics in Psychology
Community Psychology
Public Speaking
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Effective Rhetoric: Discourse and Power
RHET 320
RHET 321
RHET 322
RHET 323
RHET 325
RHET 330
RHET 332
RHET 334
RHET 340
RHET 345
RHET 380
THTR 203
THTR 230
THTR 299
THTR 350
THTR 351
THTR 360
THTR 361
Business Communication
Technical Communication
Writing in the Social Sciences
Changing Words, Changing Worlds
The Rhetoric of Argument in the
Humanities and Social Sciences
Writing and Cognition
Presentation and Persuasion in Business
Digital Rhetoric
Life Narratives: Reading as Writers
The Writer’s Workshop
Poetry Writing
The Art of the Theatre
Play Analysis
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Survey of Dramatic Literature
History of the Theatre
Play Writing I
Play Writing II
For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses or
visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
Category Two: Arab World Studies (6 credit hours)
Each student must choose and complete two courses in this category.
This requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s
sixth semester.
ANTH/SOC 210
ANTH 312
ANTH 390
ARIC 201
ARIC 202
ARIC 203
ARIC 204
ARIC/HIST 246
ARIC 299
ARIC 305
ARIC 306
ARIC 307
ARIC 308
ARIC 309
ARIC 310
ARIC 314
ARIC 315
ARIC 316
ARIC 321
ARIC 322
Arab Society (prerequisite to or concurrent
with RHET 201)
Peoples and Cultures in the Middle East
and North Africa
Selected People and Culture Areas
Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature
Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
Classical Arabic Literature in Translation
Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Survey of Arab History
Special Topics for the Core Curriculum
Arabic Literature and Gender
Arabic Literature and Film
The Writer and the State
Colloquial and Folk Literature
Selected Themes and Topics in
Arabic Literature
Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic
Literature in Translation
The Arabic Novel
Arabic Drama
The Arabic Short Story
Social Cultural History of the Middle East,
A.D. 600 -1800
Land, Trade and Power: A History of Economic
Relations in the Middle East, A.D. 600 -1800
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ARIC 324
ARIC 343
ARIC/HIST 344
ARIC/HIST 345
ARIC/HIST 355
ARIC/HIST 357
CREL 299
ECON 215
FILM 320
HIST 247
HIST 299
HIST 330
HIST 331
HIST/CREL 333
MUSC 245
MUSC 342
SOC 203
SOC 206
SOC/PSYC/ANTH 240
Non-Muslim Communities in the
Muslim World
Birth of the Muslim Community and Rise of
the Arab Caliphates
Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades
and Mongols
Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids
and Maghols
State and Society in the Middle East,
1699 - 1914
Selected Topics in Middle East History
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Economic History of the Modern Middle East
Film in Egypt and the Arab World
The Making of the Modern Arab World
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Urban Landscapes in the Modern Middle
East/North Africa
History of Palestine/Israel
Zionism and Modern Judaism
Arab Music Theory I
Understanding Arab Music
Social Problems of the Middle East
Arab Family Structure and Dynamics
Introduction to Community Development
For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses
or visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
Category Three: International and World Studies
(3 credit hours)
http://catalog.aucegypt.edu
Each student must choose and complete one course in this category.
This requirement should be completed by the end of the student’s
sixth semester.
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AMST 299
ANTH 302
ANTH 320
ANTH/LING 352
ANTH 360
ANTH 372
ANTH 382
ANTH 384
ANTH 386
ANTH 390
ARIC 299
ARIC 319
ARIC 345
ARIC 368
CREL/HIST 210
CREL 220
CREL 230
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Kin and Family in the Global World
States, Capital and Rural Lives
Language in Culture
Gender, Power and Social Change
Applied Anthropology
Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
Peoples and Cultures of Asia
Selected People and Cultures Areas
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Islamic Spain and North Africa
Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids
and Mughols
The Art of the Book in the Islamic World
Religions of the World
Hinduism and Buddhism in India
Pilgrimage Traditions in the
World's Religions
“
Education is a progressive
”
discovery of our own ignorance.
– Will Durant
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CREL 299
CREL 320
ECLT/HIST 209
ECLT 299
ECLT 301
ECLT 302
ECLT 308
ECLT 311
ECLT 330
ECLT 332
ECLT 333
ECLT 345
ECLT 346
ECLT 347
ECLT 348
ECLT 352
ECLT 353
ECON 224
FILM 370
HIST 201
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HIST 202
HIST/POLS 206
HIST 207
HIST 225
HIST 299
HIST 309
HIST 320
LING 200
MUSC 225
MUSC 240
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MUSC 255
MUSC 360
PHIL 238
PHIL 319
PHIL 356
POLS 299
RHET 341
SOC/ANTH 303
SOC/POLS 304
SOC 306
SOC 307
SOC/ANTH 321
SOC 322
SOC 323
SOC/ANTH 332
SOC/ANTH 370
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Masters, Saints and Saviors: Sacred
Biography in the World's Religions
Introduction to American Studies
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Medieval Literature
Literature of the Renaissance
Modern European and American Literature
Modern American Literature
Literature and Cinema
World Literature
African Literature
Literature and Gender
Third World Literature
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Contemporary Literature
Recurrent Themes in Literature
Modern Drama
Economic History
The Western and the Musical
Generic Landscapes
History of American Civilization to the
19th Century
History of Modern American Civilization
Global Politics in the 20th Century
World History
East Asian History
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
History of American Political Thought
Big History
Languages of the World
World Music
Western Music Theory 1: Music Theory
in the Western Tradition
The Songs of America
Music in the Western Tradition
World Philosophy
Development and Responsibility
American Philosophy
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Travel Writing
Social Movements
Development Agencies
Sociology of Literature
Social Class and Inequality
The Urban Experience
Rural Sociology
Fundamentals of Population Studies
Social Constructions of Difference: Race,
Ethnicity and Class
Environmental Issues in Development
“
Knowledge will forever govern
ignorance, and a people who
mean to be their own governors
must arm themselves with the
power which knowledge gives.
”
– James Madison
For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses
or visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
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III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)
This requirements may be met by selecting two courses from a variety
of options, including a senior project or thesis, senior seminar or
internship, study abroad, community engagement, honors seminar
interdisciplinary senior seminar, or a 400-level course counting toward
a double major. No more than three of the six-credit hour requirements
may be taken in the department of major.
ACCT 403*
AENG 490/491*
ANTH/SOC 422-01*
ANTH/PSYC/SOC 440/441*
ANTH/SOC 460*
ANTH/SOC 495-01*
ARTV 470*
BIOL 495/496*
CENG 490/491*
CHEM 495*
CORE 499
CSCE 491/492*
ECLT 409
ECLT 410
ECLT 411
ECLT 412
ECLT 447
ECON 308*
ECON 411*
ECON 415*
EENG 490/491*
EGPT 440**
EGPT 499**
ENGR 494
ENTR 413*
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FILM 450*
FILM 470
HIST 401
HIST 412
HIST 415
HIST 435
HIST 454
HIST/ARIC 462
JRMC 420
JRMC 425*
* All prerequisites apply
CBL: Community-Based Learning
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Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Senior Project I/II
Religion in a Global World
Practicum in Community Development
Development Studies Seminar
Senior Seminar
Advanced Seminar
Senior Research Thesis
Senior Project I/II
Senior Thesis and Seminar
Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum
Senior Project I/II
Greek Classics in Translation
Classics of the Ancient World
History of Literary Criticism
Modern Literary Criticism
Capstone Seminar: Selected Topics
Labor Economics (CBL)
Seminar: Special Topics in Economics
Seminar on Economic Development in
the Middle East
Senior Project I/II
Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics
Selected Topics in Egyptology
Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management
Production Project
Advanced Seminar in Films Studies
and Research
Selected Topics for the History
of the United States
Selected Topics for Modern Egyptian History
The Marriage Crisis and the Middle East
Social and Political History for Modern Cairo
Modern Movements in Islam
Selected Topics in the History of the
Modern Middle East
Media Management
Integrated Marketing Communication
Campaigns Capstone
“
Failure is instructive. The
person who really thinks learns
quite as much from his failures
”
as from his successes.
– John Dewey
** Course should be taken with the
consent of the instructor
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JRMC 480*
JRMC 482**
MACT 495*
MACT 497*
MENG 490/491*
MGMT 480*
MRKT 480*
MUSC 492
PENG 490/491*
PHIL 410**
PHIL 418*
PHIL 420*
PHYS 401*
POLS 400*
POLS 430*
PPAD 490*
PSYC 430*
PSYC 442*
RHET 342*
RHET 400*
RHET 410*
RHET 450*
RHET 480*
RHET 490*
SEMR 300-01
SEMR 410-01
SEMR 411
SEMR 412
THTR 490*
THTR 495**
Multimedia Reporting Capstone
Media Convergence Capstone
Senior Thesis
Practical Internship
Senior Project I/II
Business Planning and Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Capstone Final Recital
Senior Project I/II
Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics
Philosophical Masterpieces
Philosophical Figures
Senior Thesis and Seminar
Honors Seminar: Political Theory and
Current Issues in World Affairs
Seminar: Special Topics in Political Science
Practicum
Advanced Community Psychology:
Applied Research and Service
Clinical Psychology
Writing Children’s Literature (CBL)
Writing and Editing for Publication
Grant Writing for Community Building (CBL)
Imagining the Book
Research and Writing Internships
Advanced Scientific and
Technical Communication
Core Honors Seminar: Values, Activism
and the New Egypt (CBL)
Cross-Cultural Perceptions
The Arab Spring: Perceptions and
Reflections from the Arab World
South-South Dialogue: Perceptions and
Reflections from the Global South
Senior Thesis
Senior Honors Project
”
– William Beattie
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For an updated list of courses, go to
www.aucegypt.edu/academics/undergrad/core/courses
or visit the Office of the Core Curriculum.
“
The aim of education should be to
teach us rather how to think,
than what to think — rather to
improve our minds, so as to
enable us to think for ourselves,
than to load the memory with
thoughts of other men.
* All prerequisites apply
CBL: Community-Based Learning
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** Course should be taken with the
consent of the instructor
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Core Curriculum Requirements
Checklist for
Students in the School of
Humanities and Social Sciences,
School of Business and School of
Global Affairs and Public Policy
(40 credit hours)
I. Freshman Level (22 credit hours)
Students may fulfill this requirement in their last two semesters by
taking one capstone course in the department of major and another
non-major course through one of the following options:
Senior project or thesis, senior seminar, senior internship or
study abroad
3 credits ________
Community engagement, honors seminar
interdisciplinary senior seminar, or a 400-level
course counting toward a double major
3 credits ________
NOTE:
Students should complete the requirements of this level during the
first three semesters.
RHET 110 and CORE 110
RHET 120
SCI 120
6 credits ________
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
PHIL 220*
LALT 101
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
Pathway One: Scientific Encounters
3 credits ________
1 lab credit ________
* RHET 120 (prerequisite to PHIL 220)
The Arabic-language requirement only applies to non-thanawiya
amma students who did not sit for a thanawiya amma Arabic
examination or its equivalent.
*** Student must opt for a different discipline from the one taken in
Pathway Two.
Students are not allowed to double count single courses in two
different categories in the Core Curriculum.
DOUBLE COUNTING:
Pathway Two: Cultural Explorations
3 credits ________
Arabic Language
(0 – 6 credits)**
ALNG 101, 102 or 103
ALNG 201, 202 or 203
III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)
(a) Only one course may be double counted to meet both the Core
Curriculum and major requirements in the capstone level.
(b) Courses may be double counted to meet both the Core Curriculum
and minor requirements in the secondary level, as well as one
course from the minor in the capstone level.
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
II. SECONDARY LEVEL (12 credit hours)
All students, except engineering majors, should complete the
requirements of this level by the end of their sixth semester.
Engineering students may complete this level by their eighth semester.
Humanities or Social Science
3 credits ________
Arab World Studies
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
International World Studies
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3 credits ________
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Core Curriculum Requirements
Checklist for
Students in the School
of Sciences and Engineering
(36 credit hours)
I. Freshman Level (22 credit hours)
All students, except engineering majors, should complete this level’s
requirements during their first three semesters. Engineering students
may complete this level during their first four semesters.
RHET 110 and CORE 110
RHET 120
SCI 120
6 credits ________
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
PHIL 220
LALT 101
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
Pathway One: Scientific Encounters
(Only for actuarial science students)
1 lab credit ________
Pathway Two: Cultural Explorations
3 credits ________
III. Capstone Level (6 credit hours)
Students may fulfill this requirement by taking one capstone course in
the department of major and another non-major course through one of
the following options:
Senior project or thesis, senior seminar, senior internship or
study abroad
3 credits ________
Community engagement, honors seminar or
interdisciplinary senior seminar, 400-level course
counting toward a double major
3 credits ________
NOTE:
* RHET 120 (prerequisite to PHIL 220)
Only for non-thanawiya amma students who did not sit for the
thanawiya amma Arabic exam or its equivalent.
*** Student must opt for a different discipline from the one taken in
Pathway Two.
DOUBLE COUNTING:
(a) Only one course may be double counted to meet both the Core
Curriculum and major requirements in the capstone level.
(b) Courses may be double counted to meet both the Core Curriculum
and minor requirements in the secondary level, as well as one
course from the minor in the capstone level.
Arabic Language
(0 – 6 credits)**
ALNG 101, ALNG 102 or ALNG 103
ALNG 201, ALNG 202 or ALNG 203
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
II. SECONDARY LEVEL (12 credit hours)
All students, except engineering majors, should complete the
requirements of this level by the end of their sixth semester.
Engineering students may complete this level by their eighth semester.
Humanities or Social Sciences***
3 credits ________
Arab World Studies
3 credits ________
3 credits ________
International World Studies
3 credits ________
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“
Education is the most
powerful weapon which you
”
can use to change the world.
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– Nelson Mandela
Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies
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www.aucegypt.edu