Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of Humanities

Course Description :

This course explains culture and related concepts. It emphasizes the development of generalizations concerning social, economic, political, and ritual organization, based chiefly on comparative study of various traditional societies. Includes a brief survey of archeology and linguistics.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of Humanities

Course Description :

This curriculum covers the history of Egypt from the Mohamed Ali period to the modern times. The course focuses on the ‘official’ history of Egypt and the cultural/social history. The scope of ‘official’ history includes: the rise of the Egyptian state, the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, cultural changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary sources will be augmented by Cultural and archaeological evidences. Field trips to archaeological sites in the Cairo area are an obligatory aspect of the course.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of Humanities

Course Description :

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the nature of enterprise and entrepreneurship and introduces the role of the entrepreneur, innovation and technology in the entrepreneurial process. It is not about small business or life style businesses but instead the development of growth oriented businesses - whether for-profit or not-for-profit. Entrepreneurship is both a way of thinking and of doing. It involves "building something from nothing" and successful entrepreneurs know how to manage and mitigate uncertainty and risk. The course content is relevant to those individuals thinking about starting a business or who are already in business - large or small, those who are interested in commercializing their own innovations or of others, and those who advise entrepreneurs or engage in policy making in the entrepreneurship area.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of Humanities

Course Description :

Introduction to Public Policy covers a wide range of topics, from the norms and values informing democratic policymaking to the basics of cost-benefit and other tools of policy analysis. Though emphases will differ based on instructor strengths, all sections will address the institutional arrangements for making public policy decisions, the role of various actors-including nonprofit and private-sector professionals-in shaping policy outcomes, and the fundamentals (and limits) of analytic approaches to public policy.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of Humanities

Course Description :

This course involves an explanation to business laws and regulations that organize establishing and running business in Egypt. Laws such Investment law, Business law are emphasized. Trade regulations of local government and international regulations will included.