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Teaching Overview

The college hosts four academic programs:

                                        

B.A. in International Studies

M.A. in Diplomacy and International Affairs

M.A. in Judicial Studies 
                                    

Minor in Middle East and GCC Studies

   

 

In addition, the college offers the following courses at General Education level by the Department of Islamic World Studies 

  • GEN 135: Islamic Civilization I

  • ISL 209: Contemporary Islamic World

  • ISL 210: Islamic Political Thought

  • GEN 255: Emirates studies

Courses per discipline in the Major:

Anthropology and Human Geography

  • ANT 261: Introduction to Culture and Society
  • ANT 302: Cities, Cultures, Space, Sustainability
  • ANT 328: Critical Thinking  
  • ANT 362: Popular Cultures
  • ANT 385: Bedouin Society
  • ANT 430: World Region: Americas
  • ANT 431: World Region: Europe
  • ANT 432: World Region: Middle East
  • ANT 433: World Region: South Asia
  • ANT 434: World Region: East Asia
  • ANT 435: World Region: Africa
  • ANT 436: World Region: Mediterranean
  • ANT 455: People and Cultures of the Middle East
  • FLS 361: World Cinemas

History and Archaeology

  • HIS 201: History of the United Arab Emirates
  • HIS 203: History of the Modern Middle East
  • HIS 204: History of the Twentieth Century
  • HIS 251: World History
  • HIS 321: Heritage of the Gulf
  • HIS 381: Legacy of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan
  • HIS 401: Political History in the U.A.E.

Sociology:

  • SOC 200: Social and Economic Trends in the Gulf
  • SOC 326: Comparative Intellectual Traditions
  • SOC 341: Development and Underdevelopment
  • SOC 374: Comparative Sociology
  • SOC 423: Issues in National Development

Political Science

  • POL 227: Introduction to Political Science
  • POL 311: Comparative Social Policy
  • POL 324: Contemporary World Issues and Problems
  • POL 325: Comparative Political Systems
  • POL 330: International Law and World Politics
  • POL 331: Principles of International Relations
  • POL 332: International Relations in the Gulf Region
  • POL 333: Foreign Relations of the United States
  • POL 334: The Politics of Oil
  • POL 335: International Organizations
  • POL 336: Foreign Policy of Emerging Powers
  • POL 343: International Political Economics
  • POL 352: The State, Society, and the Economy

Interdisciplinary and Research Methods

  • HSS 353: Politics of Identity
  • HSS 397: Special Topics
  • HSS 466: Applied Research Methods
  • HSS 490: Internship
  • HSS 495: Honors Thesis I
  • HSS 496: Honors Thesis II
  • HSS 497 Senior Seminar