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Department of Social Sciences<br />
B. Consular & Diplomatic Service<br />
Developmental Studies (12 credits)<br />
ECO321 Monetary Theory and Policy 3<br />
ECO422 Public Finance and Fiscal Policy 3<br />
POL313 Concepts International Relations 3<br />
POL322 Foreign Policy of the Major Powers 3<br />
or<br />
B. Consular & Diplomatic Service/<br />
International<br />
Economics (12 credits)<br />
ECO311 Economic Development 3<br />
POL312 Politics of Developing Areas 3<br />
POL313 Concepts of International Relations 3<br />
POL322 Foreign Policy of the Major Powers 3<br />
Free Electives (10 credits)<br />
SUGGESTED THREE YEAR STUDY PLAN<br />
Year One<br />
Fall (12 credits)<br />
POL 201<br />
ECO 201<br />
ARA 2--/3--<br />
Introduction to Political Science<br />
Micro Economics<br />
Remedial English course<br />
Free Elective 3<br />
Spring (15 credits)<br />
POL 312 Politics of Developing Areas<br />
ECO 202 Macro Economics<br />
HST 305 Contemporary Europe<br />
MGT201 Intro. to Management<br />
ENG 202 Sophomore Rhetoric<br />
Summer (5 credits)<br />
ENG 203 Fund. Oral Communication<br />
ETH 201 Moral Reasoning 1<br />
PED --- Physical Education 1<br />
Year Two<br />
Fall (15 credits)<br />
POL 202<br />
<strong>Lebanese</strong> Politics and<br />
Administration<br />
POL 221<br />
Comparative Governments of Maj<br />
Powers<br />
POL 331 International Organization<br />
POL313 or ECO311/ECO321/ECO322<br />
LA Free Elective 3<br />
Spring (15 credits)<br />
POL 332 Public International Law<br />
POL322<br />
Foreign Policy of Major<br />
PowersPowers<br />
POL311 Methodology & Pol. Analysis<br />
POL313 or ECO311//ECO321/ECO322<br />
HST312<br />
Europe and M.E. in 19th and 20th<br />
Centuries<br />
Summer (6 credits)<br />
LA Elective 3<br />
LA Elective 3<br />
Year Three<br />
Fall (12 credits)<br />
POL432/ POL433 or ECO401<br />
POL 431 International Organizations<br />
ECO312/ECO321/ECO322<br />
HLT 201 Basic Health 1<br />
CSC 201 1<br />
Free Elective 1<br />
Spring (12 credits )<br />
POL 499 Senior Study<br />
POL 421 M.E. in International Affairs<br />
LA Elective 3<br />
Free Electives 3<br />
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
MISSION<br />
The BA program in Psychology provides students<br />
with a broad based knowledge in the field of<br />
Psychology along with opportunities to explore their<br />
professional potential in a university committed<br />
to <strong>academic</strong> excellence, scholarship, and to the<br />
education of students as future leaders in the local<br />
and international sphere. Students will be provided<br />
with a foundational grounding in scientific psychology<br />
in diverse subfields, with some emphasis in the fields<br />
of Development and Counseling.<br />
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES<br />
The general objectives of the program are in line<br />
with the <strong>American</strong> Psychological Association’s<br />
guidelines for undergraduate psychology Majors.<br />
Students in the program are expected to:<br />
1. Acquire a knowledge base in Psychology<br />
2. Equip students with data research analysis<br />
skills.<br />
3. Develop skills in critical and creative<br />
thinking, skeptical inquiry, all of which<br />
require tolerance for ambiguity.<br />
4. Apply psychological principles across<br />
cultural and sub-cultural contexts.<br />
5. Weigh evidence, suspend judgment, act<br />
ethically, and reflect upon and evaluate the<br />
values underlying psychology.<br />
6. Demonstrate competence in using<br />
computers and information technology for<br />
psychology purposes.<br />
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