2007-2008 Academic Catalog (4-Aug-2007).indd - AUK

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of KUWAIT
2007-2008 ACADEMIC CATALOG
ACCT 413 Accounting Capstone: Auditing (3)
Accounting and auditing principles and standards, reporting methods, controls and test of
controls, function of the independent auditor. Prerequisites: ACCT 205 and MGMT 345.
ACCT 421 International Financial Reporting Standards (3)
An overview of International Financial Reporting Standards and the accounting standards
generally accepted in Kuwait. Students are introduced to the Financial Reporting requirements
of global capital markets. Prerequisite: ACCT 205.
ACCT 470 Internship in Accounting (1-6)
An Internship experience with the requirement that the student write a report summarizing
what the internship job added to his or her knowledge of accounting and related fields.
Students are limited to a maximum of 6 internship credit hours. Permission of Instructor.
Prerequisite: A Minimum Grade Point Average of 2.5.
AMERICAN STUDIES (AMST)
AMST 320 American History from European Colonization to 1900 (3) [S]
Discovery of the Western Hemisphere; European colonial settlement; birth of a nation;
history of the United States until the Civil War including slavery and emancipation; westward
expansion and Native American response; modernization.
AMST 321 Twentieth Century American History (3) [S]
World War I; Prohibition and the Depression; World War II and the rise of American
international power; the Korean War; the Cold War; the Vietnam War; the two Gulf Wars;
challenge to traditional ideologies and political processes. Prerequisite: HIST 101 or INST
102.
AMST 333 American Culture (3)
An interdisciplinary study of America’s view of itself; contemporary society including race,
ethnicity, politics, literature and film; issues of violence, discrimination, racism and attitudes
that shape contemporary American culture.
AMST 369 Short Course (1-3)
Topic varies by semester. Classes are taught by a guest lecturer or lecturers. Permission of
Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
AMST 388 Independent Study (1-3)
A research and writing project to be determined in consultation with the Instructor. Senior
class standing and Permission of Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
AMST 389 Special Topics (1-3)
Senior class standing and Permission of Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
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