Sociology

Sociology is the systematic study of society with special attention to social interaction and the social making of humans. It investigates the forces that hold society together and that threaten to pull it apart through the analysis of interaction at every level from micro-group interaction to competition of nation states. Having as its goal a holistic understanding of human society, human beings and their lives, sociology is relevant to a wide range of other disciplines and every day life issues. As a result, sociology has a broad scope that includes culture, family, gender, crime, religion, politics, development, population, and urbanization, among others. Besides their coursework, sociology majors are given the opportunity to carry out supervised field research as a part of their undergraduate program.

Anthropology

Anthropology is the comparative study of peoples, societies, and cultures in all their variations across time and space. Anthropology spans the social and natural sciences as well as the humanities, offering interpretations of all aspects of human life. It consists of four sub-disciplines – socio-cultural, linguistics, archaeology and physical Anthropology. Anthropology at AUC focuses on cultural and social anthropology. The Unit is committed to basic and applied research as a crucial underpinning for offering critical, reflexive and empirically informed interpretations of global and historical cultural diversity. Our emphasis on research is complemented by a critical engagement with classic and more recent theoretical orientations in the field of anthropology. The research and teaching interests of the Department range from the anthropology of development, economic anthropology, gender and feminism, kinship studies, the anthropology of religion and symbolic systems, psychological anthropology, medical anthropology, to colonialism, power, identity and globalization.

Psychology

Psychology is the multifaceted scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. The program at AUC emphasizes physical, cognitive, emotional, personal, and social development from infancy to adulthood. This development is studied against a background of major theoretical and applied domains of psychology, concentrating on important aspects of individual, group, and cultural dynamics.

Egyptology

Egyptology is the scientific study of the history and culture of Ancient Egypt, from the earliest times to the Arab conquest, a time span covering some 4,600 years.  Egyptology covers all aspects of Ancient Egyptian civilization, from language and religion to art, architecture and social structure. Studying Egyptology at AUC includes site visits as well as occasional hands-on experience in museums or at sites.