Graduate Diploma
Admission Requirements
Applicants should have a GPA of high standing (3.0 or higher) from undergraduate studies. Prerequisites may be assigned depending on the individual student’s academic background.
Language
To obtain the diploma, candidates must demonstrate, in addition to the normal university requirements in English, proficiency in classical Arabic equivalent to the completion of AUC’s Arabic Language Institute's (ALI) course ALNG 102 (6 credits of Arabic). Proficiency is tested either by course or by examination.
Students whose proficiency is between low intermediate and advanced are encouraged to take Arabic courses in addition to their academic courses until they fulfill the proficiency requirement. They are also encouraged to enroll in intensive Arabic language summer programs.
Courses
Five courses from at least three departments are required for the Diploma. Students must take three of the following courses:
| ARBS |
451 Islamic Institutions |
| ARBS |
543 Seminar on the Twentieth-century M.E. |
| MEST |
569 Introductory MA Seminar in Middle East Studies |
| MEST |
570 Interdisciplinary Seminar |
| ECON |
511 Economic Development in Middle East Countries |
| POLS |
535 Middle East Politics |
| SOC |
503 Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures |
VIEW COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The remaining two electives must be related to the Middle East. Following is a list of selected courses from which the student may choose the electives.
SELECTED COURSES
Sociology/Anthropology
| SOC 400 Selected Topics in Sociology |
| ANTH 400 Selected Topics in Anthropology |
| SOC/ANTH 472 Third World Development |
| SOC/ANTH 502 Structure and Process in Egyptian Society |
| SOC/ANTH 515 Kin, Friends and Neighbors |
| SOC/ANTH 520 Sex Roles, Gender and Society |
| SOC/ANTH 525 Religion, Ideology and Society |
| SOC/ANTH 530 Stratification of the State |
| SOC/ANTH 540 Agrarian and Pastoral Transformation |
| SOC/ANTH 555 Comparative Health and Healing Systems |
Arabic Studies/History
| HIST 410 Modern European Imperialism |
| ARBS 451 Islamic Institutions |
| ARBS/HIST/MEHT 454 Modern Movements in Islam |
| HIST/MEHT 462 Selected Topics in History of the Modern M.E. |
| ARBS/HIST/MEHT 463 Selected Topics in the History of Islamic Thought and Institutions |
Economics
| ECON 414 Economics of Egypt |
| ECON 415 Economic Development in the Middle East |
| ECON 511 Economic Development in Middle East Countries |
Management
| PADM 505 Administrative Environment in Egypt |
| PADM 512 Comparative Management |
| PADM 516 Comparative Administration |
Political Science
| POLS 405 International Politics in the Middle East |
| POLS 540 Politics of Modern Egypt |
| POLS 570 Special Topics in Political Science (when topic is appropriate) |