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Students develop project planning environmental problems that
and time management skills by affect the world in which we live Service Course
working in teams to gather and and methodologies that will help
share information, deliver different us manage the Earth’s resources
types of written correspondences today and into the future. ITA 101 - Introduction to Italian
and multimedia oral presentations. The course focuses on concepts Credit Hours: 3
that are real-life issues. It promotes
ISL 100 - Islamic Culture awareness and understanding Prerequisite: No pre-requisite
Credit Hours: 3 of practical everyday problems This course introduces students
that affects people’s lives. This to the basics of Italian language.
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite course has been established to It covers basic Italian language
ISL 100 -E Pre-Requisite will be Non- help students think globally when skills for everyday life: speaking,
Native Arabic Speaker/ or Students making decisions in the local
who did Arabic as secondary community on issues related to listening, reading, writing,
language in high school. grammar, and vocabulary.
water resources, global climate Dialogues and role-plays are the
The course aims to move the change, renewable and non- privileged way to show how the
discussion on Islam from a renewable energy sources, waste language works and through them
theological framework to a cultural management and the roles played new grammatical elements are
one. Its goal is to inculcate a broad by different stakeholders in order explained in every class.
understanding of the unity and to promote a sustainable Earth.
diversity of the Muslim world, FRE 101 - Introduction to French
which has existed historically and USS 001 (P) - University Skills for Credit Hours: 3
continues today. Thus, students Success
will investigate several aspects Credit Hour: 0 Prerequisite: No pre-requisite
of Islamic culture: Muslim ethics, Prerequisite: No pre-requisite This course introduces students
the contributions of Muslims to to the basics of French language.
world civilization, the rich legacy The course will be delivered It covers basic French language
of Islamic art and architecture, in Seminar module form. It is skills for everyday life: speaking,
as well as the traditions of designed to help students to listening, reading, writing,
learning. Students will also explore develop in those skills that are grammar and vocabulary. The main
contemporary Muslim societies vital to the academic learning topics of study are school, family
with a view to understanding process as they move from the and friends, travel,food, house,
some of the issues and challenges, secondary level of education to vacations, occasions, and topics
which Muslims are facing today. higher education. Thus, it helps pertaining to French culture.
Ultimately, the course will ask freshmen to adapt to the university
students to examine how they can environment and develop a JPN 101 - Introduction to
contribute to a positive image of better understanding of essential Japanese Language
Islam. academic skills such as stress and Credit Hours: 3
anxiety management, academic
SIS 201 - Introduction to literacy, information literacy, and Prerequisite: No pre-requisite
Sustainable Sciences time and study management. This course is designed for
Credit Hours: 3 Students also learn to self-assess students with no prior knowledge
Prerequisite: ENG 102 their strengths and weaknesses of Japanese. The course aims at
during their academic life and aims developing the four core language
Introduction to Sustainable to inculcate high levels of personal skills: listening, speaking, reading
Sciences is a course designed to and academic integrity which are and writing by focusing on
encourage students to be efficient indispensable dimensions of their basic vocabulary, grammar, oral
members of 21st Century Action personal and intellectual growth. comprehension, and hiragana and
Plan set up by UN towards Global katakana. Audio-visual materials
Sustainability Development. This will be used in the class to
course introduces students to familiarize students with Japanese
major ecological concepts, the language and culture through
short passages or dialogues that

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