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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of KUWAIT 2007-2008 ACADEMIC CATALOG Admission to the Program: • High School Graduates of the Scientific Section: The student must have at least a 70% cumulative high school grade in the Thanawiya Amma system or in the British System. • High School Graduates of the Scientific Section: The student must have at least a 2.5 cumulative high school GPA in the Muqararat system or in the American School System. • High School Graduates of the Literary Section: The student must have at least a 74% cumulative high school grade in the Thanawiya Amma system or in the British System. • High School Graduates of the Literary Section: The student must have at least a 2.7 \ cumulative high school GPA in the Muqararat system or in the American School System. • A cumulative University grade point average (GPA) of 2.00. • The completion of English 101 with a grade of C or better. • A grade of 2.00 or higher in the two semester sequence: • SBSA 101 “Introduction to Social and Behavioral Sciences: Concentration in Anthropology” and • SBSA 200 “Research Methods: Ways of Seeing and Knowing.” University Degree Requirements (120 credit hours) To receive a Bachelor of Arts in Social and Behavioral Sciences, concentration in Anthropology, students must complete at least 120 credit hours: • General Education Requirements (45) • Major Requirements (36), composed of: • Core Courses (9) AND • Concentration Courses (27) • Recommended Courses (15) • Free Electives (24) Major Requirements (36 credit hours) The major in Social and Behavioral Sciences has a core of 3 required courses (9 credit hours): • Core Courses (9 credit hours) • SBSA 101 Introduction to Social and Behavioral (3) Sciences: Concentration in Anthropology • SBSA 200 Research Methods: Ways of Seeing (3) and Knowing • Capstone Course in the senior year (3 credit hours) • SBSA 485 Seminar in Social and Behavioral (3) Sciences, Concentration in Anthropology • Concentration Courses (27 credit hours) Students must complete, in consultation with their academic advisors, at least 3 courses (9 110
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of KUWAIT 2007-2008 ACADEMIC CATALOG credit hours) in each of the two categories (total 18 credit hours). The remaining 9 credit hours can be taken from either category. Category 1: Global Practices • SBSA 205 Fundamentals of Arab Society (3) • SBSA 214 Lost Worlds (3) • SBSA 224 Shopping and Consumerism (3) • SBSA 228 African Healing (3) • SBSA 230 Genocide and Refugees (3) • SBSA 239 Nation and Migration (3) • SBSA 250 Religion and Spirituality (3) • SBSA 341 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3) • SBSA 344 Tourism and Cultural Change (3) • SBSA 345 Globalization: In its Defense and its Discontents (3) • SBSA 361 Mind, Mood and Medicine (3) Category 2: Representation of Culture (9 credit hours) • SBSA 210 Arab Society and Culture (3) • SBSA 218 Museums as Artifacts (3) • SBSA 219 Developing Museum Exhibitions (3) • SBSA 220 Culture and Visual Arts (3) • SBSA 222 Global Media and Spaces of Identity (3) • SBSA 235 Identity, Difference, and Deviance (3) • SBSA 249 Images of Women in Media (3) • SBSA 260 Ethnographic Film (3) • SBSA 265 South Asian Film: A Global Perspective (3) • SBSA 355 Politics and Popular Culture in Africa (3) • SBSA 366 Popular Culture in South Asia: Film and Beyond (3) • SBSA 370 Music of the Arabian Peninsula (3) Recommended Courses (15 credit hours) Students are strongly encouraged to choose 5 courses (15 credit hours), in consultation with their academic advisors, from the following disciplines: AMST, HIST, PLSC, INST, PSYC, ECON and ART. Free Electives (24 credit hours) Majors are expected to take 24 credit hours of their choice from among courses in Arts and Sciences. 111
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