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BUS 101 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
This course is a survey of the modern business world. It provides the student with a general
knowledge of the composition and functions of the business organization as well as its role as a
social institution. The course deals with business environment, management functions (planning,
organization, and control), and business functions (marketing, human resources, operations, and
finance). This course is a prerequisite to all higher courses in business.

ECON 102 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: None
The course is designed to provide students with an overview of the principles and theories of
Economics. This introductory course will describe the general structure of macroeconomics and
relate that to the Saudi economy and how it is financially structured and regulated.

ETHC 351: LEGAL ETHICS
Credits:3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: None
This course is an introduction to legal ethics and the philosophy and regulation of morals and
values underpinning legal profession. Legal professionals are engaged in the practice and
administration of law in the society, the course focus on the establishment and regulation of the
legal profession in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the world. Topics to be covered include the
Role and Responsibilities of Lawyers in Society and the Lawyer-Client Relationship.

HIST151: HISTORY OF LAW
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: None
Students who plan to work in almost any area of law, as well as those interested in the academic
study of legal history have much to gain from this History of Law course elective. The Program of
Study in Law and History offers students a chance to examine law and its relationship to the
larger world of philosophy, religion, politics, and government – in the context of studying law in
a period of time, different from our own. It is designed to reflect the present evolution of
interdisciplinary university education in our rapidly changing world. Law and History offers
students a chance to contrast our present circumstances with the past, a chance to understand
the long path of development that led to the legal problems we grapple with in the present, and
the chance to see the deep roots of the social forces that are changing the shape of our own
world.

HIST 153: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: None
This course is an elective course on Comparative Political systems. This course offers a broad
introduction to comparative politics, the subfield of political science concerned mainly with
political ideas, institutions, and behavior within states.
Politics, the distribution, exercise, and consequences of power – exists at multiple levels of our
society and in our daily lives. We experience politics in action, for example, during international
negotiations, government policy choices, in the workplace, and in our own families. This course
focuses on the formal, public sphere of politics and power relations through a systematic study
and comparison of types of government and political systems.

IR 101: INFORMATION RESOURCES
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: None
This course provides an introduction to techniques of information retrieval and information
evaluation. Students completing this course will have the skills needed to locate and critically