Cultural Studies Courses
CULS231 Ancient and Islamic Civilization. CULS331
Modern
and Contemporary European Civilization.
Cultural Studies Courses
CULS231 Ancient and Islamic Civilization.
CULS331
Modern
and Contemporary European Civilization.
CULS332 Modern
and Contemporary Arab Thought.
CULS438
Seminar in Cultural Studies.
Philosophy Courses
PHIL231 Introduction to Philosophy.
PHIL232 Introduction to Logic.
PHIL233 Ancient Philosophy.
PHIL234Arab Islamic Philosophy.
PHIL235 Modern Philosophy.
PHIL236
19th and 20th Century
philosophy.
PHIL331 Theories of Ethics.
PHIL332
Introduction to Aesthetic.
PHIL333Philosophy of Sience.
PHIL334 Pollitical Philosophy.
PHIL335 Philosophy of History.
PHIL431
Epistemology.
PHIL432 Metaphisical Studies.
PHIL438
Seminar in Philosophy.
This course is concerned with the study and analyis of classical texts (complete or in partial selection) of European thought from the Renaissance to the present. The texts are meant to represent important intellectual currents and schools of thought (philosophical, social, political) which contributed to the definition and structuring of European culture over the past few centuries.(Course requirement: completion of 35 credit hrs).
This course deals with the rise and development of Modern and contemporary Arab Thought. This is carried out through a systematic and deep-searching study of important intellectual and cultural currents. These include reformism, religious fundamentalism, nationalism, socialism, liberalism, etc. The course also deals with the interaction between these currents and the Arab-Islamic heritage, as well as Western Civilization. Finally, the course deals with the most important challenges which face Al-Mashriq And Al-Maghreb, which include: imperialism and decolonization, the national state and Arab unity, Democracy, Pan-Arabism and Islam, dependency and independence, problems of Arab-Islamic Culture, minorities, innovation and creativity, Palestine and the Zionist Challenge.(Course requirement: completion of 35 credit hrs).