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

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of KUWAIT
2007-2008 ACADEMIC CATALOG
understanding cultural representation. Popular culture products are particularly powerful
products in societies, cutting across barriers of language and religion, caste and class. We will
use popular culture as an important resource for anthropological insights into contemporary
social issues and processes. Very importantly as well, with the maturing of postcolonial South
Asia and the increasing diaspora communities all over the world, it follows that issues such
as continuity and transformation of tradition, the impact of imperialism, the “Indianization”
of English are increasingly seen as areas of debate and research. Accordingly, we will also
address notions of hybridity and diversity, and examine the resistance of unique, traditional
cultural forms to the tensions created by globalization. Prerequisite: SBSA 101 or Permission
of Instructor. It is recommended that students take SBSA 265 prior to this course.
SBSA 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.
SBSA 370 Music of the Arabian Peninsula (3) [K], [S]
This course deals with music, dance, and poetic genres of Kuwait and regions of the Arabian
Peninsula. It includes structural analysis and an examination of the context in which these
creative forms exist. This course satisfies the General Education Requirement for Arabic
Culture. Permission of Instructor. [Cross- listed with MUSC 370].
SBSA 388 Independent Study (1 - 3)
Permission of Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
SBSA 389 Special Topics (1 - 3)
Permission of Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
SBSA 485 Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3)
Concentration in Anthropology
A Senior seminar that examines selected critical issues in the filed of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, Concentration in Anthropology. Prerequisite: Senior class standing or Permission
of Instructor.
SPANISH (SPAN)
SPAN 101 Introduction to Spanish I (3) [H]
Beginning Spanish course based on the communicative method. Emphasis on vocabularybuilding,
listening comprehension, speaking and grammar through context.
SPAN 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.
SPAN 388 Independent Study (1-3)
Permission of Instructor. Can be repeated for credit.
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