Course Code: GED 262
Course Title: Principle of Cultural Anthropology
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course examines what it means to be human in different cultures. A range of theories and methods used to study culture, including ethnography, the intensive and personal study of cultures that is a hallmark of anthropology will be studied under this course. Students will learn how anthropology contributes to understanding social problems like racism, genocide, disease, militarism, and social inequalities of all kinds.

Course Code: GED 301
Course Title: Development Studies
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

This course explores a range of substantive debates in development by drawing on empirical and theoretical work from the disciplines of economics, political science, sociology and anthropology. The course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of current debates on development. Topics include various theories of development and their history, demography, development economics, development anthropology, development geography, environmental development, development management, economic history.

Course Code: GED 304
Course Title: Anthropology and Global Social Problems
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course introduces anthropology approaches to some of the central problems humans face around the world, including environmental degradation and cultures of consumption, hunger and affluence, war, racial division and other forms of inequality. The goal is to challenge our beliefs about some taken for granted assumptions about human behavior and psyche by examining cultures with different conceptions of personality, self and cognition. Will examine the issues of the role of nature and nurture in development, the nature of intelligence, coming of age, the association of psychological characteristics with gender and the naturalness of emotions.

Course Code: GED 305
Course Title: International Human Rights
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course is planned to study human rights, primarily from an international perspective, including civil, political, social, and economic rights, self-determination, and minority rights. In addition to dealing with theoretical questions of universalism and relativism, it will also explore the controversies surrounding the contemporary practice of human rights, with special emphasis on the role of politics in their interpretation, implementation, and enforcement.

Course Code: GED 309
Course Title: Classical Sociological Theory
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

This course explores the work of the four founders of sociological thinking: Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel. Students will read on issues ranging from the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the rise of the nation-state and bureaucracy, and the division of labor in modern society, to the mental reaction to the metropolis. Through the reading of these complex writings, the course will provide a thorough understanding of the promises and curses of modernity, as they are perceived within competing sociological frameworks.