Political Science Department

Undegraduate Programs


Undergraduate Programs

Academic Program of Political Science Department (Credit Hours System)

First: Prerequisites for Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science:

To get a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a minimum of 142 credit hours must be achieved. They are distributed as follows:

University Requirements:

o   UCT001 Critical Thinking

o   UCT002 Entrepreneurship

 

Faculty Requirements:
 

Faculty Core Courses

 

Course Name

Course Code

Principles of Macroeconomics

E101

Principles of Microeconomics

E102

Principles of Statistics (1)

S101

Principles of Statistics (2)
Prerequisites: S101
 

S102

Principles of Political Sciences (1)

P101

Principles of Political Science (2)
Prerequisites:   P101

P102

Introduction to Management

A101

Computer Applications in Modern Information Societies (1)

C101

Principles of Mathematics

S103

Introduction to law

L101

Readings in English

G101

Egyptian Economic System

E205

Egyptian Political System

P208

Public Administration
 
Prerequisites: A101

A201

Computer Applications in Modern Information Societies
(2)

 
Prerequisites: C101

C201

 

 

Program requirements (Mandatory) from the department:

Obligatory Courses (Major Core)
 

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

P201

Theory of Comparative Political Systems
Prerequisites:  P102

 

P202

Political Thought (1)

 

P203

Political Thought (2)

 

P204

Theory of International Relations
Prerequisites:   P102

 

P205

Political Methodology

 

P206

International Law

 

P207

Research Seminars
Prerequisites:  P205

 

P301

Political Theory (1)
Prerequisites:   P203

 

P302

Political Theory (2)
Prerequisites:   P301

 

P303

International Organizations

 

P304

International Relations Development

 

P305

Western Political Systems

 

P306

Political Development
Prerequisites:   P201

 

P307

Political Sociology
Prerequisites:   P201

 

P308

Theory of Foreign Policy
Prerequisites:  P204

 

P401

Arabian Political Systems

 

P402

African Political Systems

 

P403

Public Opinion

 

P404

Diplomatic and Consulate Systems

 

P405

Contemporary Political Problems

 

P406

Constitutional Law

 

P407

Graduation Project
Prerequisites:  P207

 



 

Program requirements (Mandatory) from outside the department:

Obligatory Courses (Non-Major Core)
 

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

S213

Applied Statistics for political science students
Prerequisites:  S102

 

E303

Public Finance Economics

 

A301

Local Administration


 

 

Elective Courses (from the department):

Elective Courses (Major Core)

(Select 4 Courses equivalent to 12 credit hours)

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

P209

Contemporary Political Ideologies            Prerequisites:    P203

 

P210

Contemporary Arabian Political Though

 

P211

Islamic Political Though

 

P212

Democracy and Human Rights

 

P213

Electoral and Partisan Systems
Prerequisites: P201

 

P214

Civil Society
Prerequisites: P201

 

P215

Political Behavior
Prerequisites: P201

 

P309

Asian Political Systems
Prerequisites: P201

 

P310

Political Systems in Latin America
Prerequisites: P201

 

P311

National Security Theory
Prerequisites: P204

 

P312

International Disputes
Prerequisites: P304

 

P313

International Alliances
Prerequisites: P304

 

P314

International and Regional Organizations
Prerequisites: P303

 

P315

Science and Technology Policies

 

P316

Culture in Global Politics

 

P317

Woman and Politics

 

P318

International Economic Organizations
Prerequisites: P303

 

 

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

P408

Experiences of Regional Integration
Prerequisites: P304

 

P409

Strategic Strategies
Prerequisites: P304

 

P410

Arab-Israeli Conflict
Prerequisites: P304

 

P411

Egyptian Foreign Policy
Prerequisites: P304

 

P412

Foreign Policy of the Arab States
Prerequisites: P308

 

P413

Foreign Policy of Major Countries
Prerequisites: P308

 

P414

The Arab World in International Politics

 

P415

Africa in International Politics
Prerequisites: P304

 

P416

Asia in International Politics
Prerequisites: P304

 

P417

Experiences in Political Sciences

 

P418

Quantitative Political Methodology
Prerequisites: P205

 

P419

Political Psychology
Prerequisites: P201

 

P420

Selective Topics in Political Science

 

P4201  

Advanced Readings in Comparative Politics
Prerequisites: P201

 


Minor courses (Non-compulsory):

*The student chooses 4 courses from one of the courses offered below:

A- Economics Courses:

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

E309

Environmental Economics

 

E310

Economics of Transportation

 

E311

Industrial Economics

 

E312

Institutional Economics

 

E313

Knowledge Economics

 

E314

Urban Economics

 

E406

Institutional Economics

E407

Educational Economics

 

E408

Econometrics (2)
 Prerequisite: S307

 

E409  

Energy Economics

 

E410

Mathematical Economics (2)
 Prerequisites:  E305

 

E411

Health Economics

 

E412

Growth theory

 

E413

Political Economics

 

E414

Agricultural Economics

E415

Game theory

 

E416

International Finance

 

E417

Managerial Economics

 


 

B- Statistics Courses:

Statistics Courses

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

S303

Sampling

 

S304

Regression Analysis

 

S305

Demography

 

S306

Time Series Analysis  
 Prerequisites:   S304

 

S308

Operation Research

 

S310

Public Opinion Analysis

 

S311

Non Parametric Statistics

 

S312

Sampling Surveys
 Prerequisites: S303

 

S313

Theory of decision making
 Prerequisites: S308

 

S407

Environmental Statistics
 Prerequisites: S306

 

S408

Biostatistics

 


 

C- Public Administration Courses:
 

Public Administration Courses

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

A302

Human Resource Management

A303

Environmental Management

A304

Administrative Development

 

A305

Public Finance Management

A401

Public Policy Analysis

 

A403

Organization and Organizational Behavior

 

A404

Local Development

 

A405

Non-Governmental Organizations Management

 

A406

Administrative Sociology

 

A407

Public Project Management and Organization

 

A408

Strategic Management

 

A409

Professional Ethics and Values

 

A410

Administrative Information Systems

 


D- Socio-Computing Courses:

 

Socio-Computing Courses

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

C301

Information Infrastructure

 

C302

Applied Information Systems

 

C303

Database Management Systems

 

C304

Social Network Analysis

 

C305

Internet Studies

 

C306

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

 

C401

E-commerce Systems

 

C402

E-government Systems

 

C403

Decision-support Systems

 

C404

Computational Modeling for Social Sciences

 

C405

Virtual Communities

 

C406

Social Systems Theory

 

C407

Social Data Science
Prerequisite: C306 

 

C408

Big Data Analysis
 Prerequisite: C407

 


 

Second: Minor Degree Courses Offered by the Political Science Department to the other Departments:

 

Political Science Courses

Course Code

Course Name

 
 

P206

International Law

 

P303

International Organization

 

P304

Foreign relations development

 

P305

The western political systems

 

P401

Arabian political Systems

 

P403

Public Opinion

 

P404

Diplomatic and Consulate Systems

 

P405

Contemporary international issues