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Department of Social Sciences<br />
CHAIRPERSONS<br />
Ayyash-Abdo, Huda - Beirut Campus<br />
Habib Malik – Byblos Campus<br />
PROFESSORS<br />
Baroudy, Sami<br />
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS<br />
Ayyash-Abdo, Huda<br />
Hammoud, Hassan<br />
Salloukh, Bassel<br />
Sarouphim, Ketty<br />
Tabar, Paul<br />
Jureidini, Ray<br />
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS<br />
Ammar, Diala<br />
Salamey, Imad<br />
Ouaiss, Makram<br />
Rowayheb, Marwan<br />
Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer<br />
Zebian, Samar<br />
Sanchéz-Ruiz, María Jose’<br />
INSTRUCTORS<br />
Kaloyeros, Loulwa<br />
Samia, Elie<br />
STAFF<br />
Haddad, Dunya<br />
Hardan, Elizabeth<br />
DEGREES OFFERED<br />
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science<br />
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science –<br />
International Affairs<br />
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology<br />
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Social Work<br />
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Affairs<br />
• Minor in Legal Studies<br />
• Minor in Political Science & International<br />
Affairs<br />
• Minor in Psychology<br />
• Minor in Sociology<br />
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL<br />
SCIENCE<br />
MISSION<br />
Basing itself on the university’s mission, the<br />
Bachelor of Arts program in Political Science<br />
provides students with a high quality education<br />
that covers the main fields of political science,<br />
namely: comparative politics, international<br />
relations, and political theory, as well as the<br />
methodology of political analysis. The Bachelor<br />
of Arts program prepares students for graduate<br />
studies, and/or a variety of entry level careers.<br />
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES<br />
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in Political<br />
Science is to:<br />
1. Prepare students for the job market,<br />
locally and abroad, with business, industry,<br />
government, and non-governmental<br />
institutions.<br />
2. Acquire entry level skills for careers<br />
in government, journalism, international<br />
organizations, legal professions, research,<br />
advertising agencies, and any of the business<br />
enterprises and proliferating organizations<br />
that maintain political and economic activities.<br />
3. Attain knowledge of the nature of<br />
governmental processes, the functions<br />
of political systems, the structures and<br />
roles of institutions and constitutions,<br />
and the mechanism of the decisionmaking<br />
process at the local, national, and<br />
international levels.<br />
4. Use research skills to foster scholarship<br />
and prepare students for graduate study.<br />
5. Contextualize the material learned by<br />
outreach and community involvement with<br />
faculty supervision.<br />
6. Integrate the cultural, social, legal, and<br />
ethical issues inherent in the discipline of<br />
political science, and international affairs,<br />
into their undergraduate education.<br />
LEARNING OUTCOMES<br />
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts program in<br />
Political Science will:<br />
1. Identify the nature of government processes,<br />
the functions of political systems, the structures<br />
and roles of institutions and constitutions, the<br />
political economy of Third World countries,<br />
international relations and foreign policy, and<br />
the challenges of globalization.<br />
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