Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum
Curriculum A offers students of the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and the School of Architecture and Design a selection of courses in a variety of subjects that aim to complement their major of study and to broaden their intellectual exposure. It is divided into a core of required courses, and a wide selection of electives in the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences.
The Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum (LASC) consists of:
- Required Core Courses (6 credits)
- Elective Courses (remainder credits according to program- see specific program requirements below)
Specific Program Requirements
- For a BA degree, a total of 60 post-Freshman credits of LAC is required, including the 6 core credits. The 54 remaining credits are to be taken from the list of courses in section B, according to the specific program guidelines.
- For a BS in Nursing, a total of 37 post-Freshman credits of LAC is required, including the 6 core credits. The remaining 31 credits are to be taken from the list of courses in section B, according to the specific program guidelines.
- For a 3-year BS degree, a total of 30 post-Freshman credits of LAC is required, including the 6 core credits. The remaining 24 credits are to be taken from the list of courses in section B, according to the specific program guidelines.
- For a 4-year BS degree, the total number of required post-Freshman credits of LAC is 45, including the 6 core credits. The remaining 39 credits are to be taken from the list of courses in section B, according to the specific program guidelines.
- For a BFA/ BE/ BArch degree, a total of 18 post-Freshman credits of LAC is required, including the 6 core course credits. The remaining 12 credits can be taken from the list of courses in section B, according to the specific program guidelines.
Required Courses (6 credits)
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
ENG202 |
Advanced Academic English |
3 |
COM203 |
Fundamentals of Oral Communication |
3 |
Elective Courses
The Liberal Arts electives are organized under three general categories. Selection of electives from these categories is subject to the criteria specific to each program.
Arts and Humanities
English
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
ENG211 |
Literature I |
3 |
ENG212 |
Literature II |
3 |
ENG216 |
Introduction to Literature |
3 |
ENG216H |
Introduction to Literature |
3 |
ENG323 |
Renaissance Drama |
3 |
ENG324 |
Medieval Literature |
3 |
ENG325 |
Renaissance Poetry |
3 |
ENG326 |
Restoration and Neoclassical Literature |
3 |
ENG328 |
Early Novel |
3 |
ENG336 |
Romantic and Victorian Poetry |
3 |
ENG339 |
19th-Century British Novel |
3 |
ENG342 |
Modernism and Beyond |
3 |
ENG342H |
Modernism and Beyond |
3 |
ENG345 |
The 20th-Century British Novel |
3 |
ENG346 |
Contemporary Culture |
3 |
ENG346H |
Contemporary Culture |
3 |
ENG348 |
Postcolonial Anglophone Literatures |
3 |
ENG351 |
Early American Literature |
3 |
ENG352 |
20th-Century American Novel |
3 |
ENG354 |
Theories of Literature and Culture |
3 |
ENG372 |
Comparative and World Literatures |
3 |
ENG372H |
Comparative and World Literatures |
3 |
ENG479 |
Topics in Literature and Culture |
3 |
Fine Arts
Communication Arts
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
JSC312 |
Media and Society |
3 |
TVF221 |
Art of Film |
3 |
Arabic Language and Literature
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
ARA303 |
Arabic Grammar and Syntax |
3 |
ARA310 |
Classical Arabic Rhetoric & Literary Criticism |
3 |
ARA313 |
Creative Writing |
3 |
ARA320 |
Pre-Islamic and Umayyad Poetry |
3 |
ARA323 |
Abbasid Poetry |
3 |
ARA323H |
Abbasid Poetry |
3 |
ARA324 |
Andalusian Literature |
3 |
ARA325 |
Classical Prose |
3 |
ARA330 |
Lebanese Literary Heritage |
3 |
ARA341 |
Modern Arabic Novel and Short Story |
3 |
ARA342 |
Arabic Drama |
3 |
ARA343 |
Modern Arabic Poetry |
3 |
ARA344 |
Trends in Modern Literature |
3 |
ARA344H |
Trend in Modern Literature |
3 |
Music Appreciation
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
PFA211 |
Survey of Western Music |
3 |
PFA212 |
Survey of Middle Eastern Music |
3 |
Philosophy
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
PHL301 |
Ethics |
3 |
PHL302 |
Theory of Knowledge |
3 |
PHL303 |
Metaphysics |
3 |
PHL304 |
19th Century Philosophy (effective spring 2018) |
3 |
PHL306 |
Phenomenology (effective spring 2018) |
3 |
PHL311 |
Philosophy of Religion |
3 |
PHL311H |
Philosophy of Religion |
3 |
PHL322 |
Philosophy in Literature & Film (effective spring 2018) |
3 |
PHL324 |
Philosophy of Science |
3 |
Religion
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
REL312 |
Interpretation of Religious Literature |
3 |
REL411 |
Myth and Ritual |
3 |
REL412 |
History of Religious Thought in the Middle East |
3 |
REL413 |
Representatives of Christian Thought in the Modern Period |
3 |
REL414 |
Representatives of Islamic Thought in the Modern Period |
3 |
Theater
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
PFA242 |
Art of Theater |
3 |
PFA249 |
Theater in Lebanon and the Arab World |
3 |
PFA252 |
Lebanese Musical Theater |
3 |
Cultural Studies
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
CST201 |
Cultural Studies I |
3 |
CST202 |
Cultural Studies II |
3 |
CST203 |
Cultural Studies III |
3 |
History
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
HST221 |
The Ancient World, Greece and Rome |
3 |
HST231 |
History of Lebanon, from the Imarah to the 1975-1990 War |
3 |
HST240 |
History of the Arab Peoples |
3 |
HST242 |
Europe and the Middle East |
3 |
HST242H |
Europe and the Middle East |
3 |
HST302 |
Medieval Europe |
3 |
HST303 |
Early Modern Europe |
3 |
HST303H |
Early Modern Europe |
3 |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
AST200 |
Introduction to Astronomy |
3 |
BIO201 |
General Biology I |
3 |
BIO202 |
General Biology II |
3 |
CHM201 |
Chemical Principles |
3 |
CHM205 |
Fundamentals of Chemistry (as of Spring 2019) |
3 |
CHM202 |
Analytical Chemistry |
3 |
ENV200 |
Introduction to Environmental Science |
3 |
NUT201 |
Fundamentals of Human Nutrition |
3 |
NUT201H |
Fundamentals of Human Nutrition |
3 |
Computer Science
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
CSC241 |
Introduction to Computing |
3 |
Social Sciences
Course Number |
Course Name |
Cr. |
ECO201 |
Microeconomics |
3 |
ECO202 |
Macroeconomics |
3 |
PJE201 |
Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict |
3 |
PJE201H |
Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict |
3 |
POL201 |
Introduction to Political Science |
3 |
POL231 |
Introduction to Human Rights |
3 |
POL231H |
Introduction to Human Rights |
3 |
PSY201 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
PSY202 |
Child Psychology |
3 |
PSY335 |
Organizational Psychology |
3 |
SOC201 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
SOC215 |
Introduction to Gender Studies |
3 |
SOC321 |
Sociology of the Arab World |
3 |
SWO311 |
Social Problems |
3 |
WOS311 |
Issues and Debates in Feminist Theory |
3 |
WOS313 |
Women in the Arab World: Sociological Perspectives |
3 |
WOS412 |
Representations of Women in the Arts and the Media |
3 |