What is General Education?
General Education offers to the students’ breadth of knowledge and skills to be successful in this rapidly changing world. The department acts as a bridge between the Foundation program and the specialisations of the Major courses.
Students have to take these courses to acquire the University degree as required by the American affiliates of the College. The wide-ranging courses offered help students to widen their knowledge, develop their analytical and critical thinking skills, be life-long learners and be ready for the job market; in short, develop themselves holistically.
- Communications
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Life and the Natural Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies
To acquire an Associate degree or a Bachelor’s degree from MCBS, students have to take 30% -60% of the courses offered by the department of General Education. All courses are either Required or Elective depending on the degree audit of the students. The pass grade for the Required courses is C- while for the Electives is D. The courses are categorised into Communication, Social Sciences, Humanities, Natural and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
The Department of General Education does not offer programs, however all the active courses offered by the department are listed below under four heads.
| Discipline | Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| Communicating Skills | ||
| ENG 101 | English Composition 1 | |
| ENG 102 | English Composition 2 | |
| ENG 212 | Business Writing | |
| ENG 213 | Technical Writing | |
| ENG 214 | Business Writing (Commercial Law) | |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| BIO 100 | General Biology | |
| PHY 1 | How Things Work | |
| Social Sciences | ||
| ECON 110 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
| ECON 120 | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| EDU 132 | Personal Health | |
| ENT 201 | Entrepreneurship - Creativity and Innovation | |
| POLSCI 140 | Public Administration | |
| POLSCI 180 | International Relations | |
| POLSCI 1820 | Global Issues | |
| PSYCH 003 | Introduction to Psychology | |
| PSYCH 160 | Social Psychology | |
| SOC 10 | Introduction to Sociology | |
| SOC 120 | Social Issues | |
| SOC 140 | Critical Thinking | |
| SOC 1311 | Social Change | |
| Humanities | ||
| ARA 100 | Elementary Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers | |
| ARA 110 | Arabic for Native speakers | |
| COM 030 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| COM 040 | Intercultural Communication | |
| ENG 105 | Introduction to Public Speaking | |
| ENG 106 | Introduction to Public Speaking (Commercial Law) | |
| ENG 112 | Topics in Writing | |
| ENG 120 | Introduction to Literature | |
| ENG 140 | World Literature | |
| ENG 220 | Introduction to Literary Studies | |
| ENG 250 | Critical Reading | |
| HIST 100 | History of Islamic Science | |
| HIST 250 | Islam in the modern World | |
| PHIL 154 | Business Ethics | |
| PHIL 160 | Formal Logic | |
| PHIL 258 | Computers and Ethics | |
| TRAN 200 | Topics in Translation | |