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Department of Social Sciences
CHAIRPERSONS
Ayyash-Abdo, Huda - Beirut Campus
Habib Malik – Byblos Campus
PROFESSORS
Baroudy, Sami
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Ayyash-Abdo, Huda
Hammoud, Hassan
Salloukh, Bassel
Sarouphim, Ketty
Tabar, Paul
Jureidini, Ray
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Ammar, Diala
Salamey, Imad
Ouaiss, Makram
Rowayheb, Marwan
Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer
Zebian, Samar
Sanchéz-Ruiz, María Jose’
INSTRUCTORS
Kaloyeros, Loulwa
Samia, Elie
STAFF
Haddad, Dunya
Hardan, Elizabeth
DEGREES OFFERED
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science –
International Affairs
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Social Work
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Affairs
• Minor in Legal Studies
• Minor in Political Science & International
Affairs
• Minor in Psychology
• Minor in Sociology
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE
MISSION
Basing itself on the university’s mission, the
Bachelor of Arts program in Political Science
provides students with a high quality education
that covers the main fields of political science,
namely: comparative politics, international
relations, and political theory, as well as the
methodology of political analysis. The Bachelor
of Arts program prepares students for graduate
studies, and/or a variety of entry level careers.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science is to:
1. Prepare students for the job market,
locally and abroad, with business, industry,
government, and non-governmental
institutions.
2. Acquire entry level skills for careers
in government, journalism, international
organizations, legal professions, research,
advertising agencies, and any of the business
enterprises and proliferating organizations
that maintain political and economic activities.
3. Attain knowledge of the nature of
governmental processes, the functions
of political systems, the structures and
roles of institutions and constitutions,
and the mechanism of the decisionmaking
process at the local, national, and
international levels.
4. Use research skills to foster scholarship
and prepare students for graduate study.
5. Contextualize the material learned by
outreach and community involvement with
faculty supervision.
6. Integrate the cultural, social, legal, and
ethical issues inherent in the discipline of
political science, and international affairs,
into their undergraduate education.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts program in
Political Science will:
1. Identify the nature of government processes,
the functions of political systems, the structures
and roles of institutions and constitutions, the
political economy of Third World countries,
international relations and foreign policy, and
the challenges of globalization.
ACADEMIC CATALOG [ 2011-2012 ] SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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