Faculty of Humanities
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The Faculty of Humanities plays two roles in the academic life of the university. The first is to offer degree-granting programs on both the undergraduate and graduate levels; the second is to provide a large array of general education requirements, foreign language courses, and special programs designed for students at the various stages of their academic careers.

Three departments are housed under the Faculty of Humanities:

  • Department of English, Translation, and Education
  • Department of Mass Communication
  • Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

General Education Requirements (33 cr.)

Students (I.D.’s 2008 and on) whose majors fall under the Faculty of Humanities must fulfill the General Education Requirements as outlined below.

Communication Skills in English and Arabic (9 cr.)
Communication Skills in English: ENL 213 & ENL 223 or ENL 230 (6 cr.)
Communication Skills in Arabic, One course from: ARB 211, ARB 212, ARB 224, ARB 231, ARB 317 (3 cr.)

Philosophy and Religion (6 cr.)
Religion, One course from: REG 212, REG 213, REG 313, REG 314 (3 cr.)
Philosophy & Ethics, One course from: ENS 205, PHL 211, PHL 311, POS 345, COA 360(3 cr.)

Cultural Studies & Social Sciences (6 cr.)
Cultural Studies, One course from: ARP 215, COA 315, COA 359, FAP 215, HUT 305, HUT 306, MUS 210, NTR 215, LIR 214 (3 cr.)
Social Sciences, One Course from: PSL 201, SOL 201, SOL 301, BAD 201, ECN 200, ECN 211, ECN 212 (3 cr.)

Citizenship (6 cr.)
Two courses from: HIT 211, IAF 301,POS 201, POS 210, POS 240, POS 212, COA 350 (6 cr.)

Science & Technology (6 cr.)
Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science, One course from:CSC 201, CSC 202, CSC 203, MAT 201, MAT 202, MAT 204, MAT 211, STA 201, STA 202, STA 206 (3 cr.)
Natural Sciences, One course from: PHS 211, PHS 207, AST 201, AST 210, CHM 211, ENS 201, ENS 202, ENS 205, ENS 206, GEO 202, BIO 202, BIO 203, HEA 201, NTR 201 (3 cr.)

Study and Learning Skills (0 cr.)

Note:

  1. Psychology students will take 30 credits of GERs. Psychology students will be required to take 3 credits from the Cultural and Social Sciences category. They satisfy their Cultural and Social Sciences requirement with any course other than PSL 201. They must take STA 202 as 3 credits of the Science and Technology requirements
  2. Students majoring in Mass Communication may satisfy their Philosophy requirement by taking COA 360 Media Ethics.
  3. Mass Communication students may satisfy 3 credits of their Citizenship requirements by taking COA 350 Current Issues.
  4. COA courses listed in the Cultural Studies and Social Sciences category do not satisfy GER requirements for Mass Communication students. These courses must only be taken as core or major courses.
  5. Mass Communication students must take STA 202 as 3 credits of the Science and Technology requirements.
  6. Education students must take STA 202 as 3 credits of the Science and Technology requirements.
  7. ARB 212 does not count as a GER Arabic course where it is a part of the major requirements.
  8. English students may not take LIR 214 to satisfy a GER requirement.
  9. Journalism students take COA 350 to satisfy a GER requirement