Freshman Program
OFFICIAL FRESHMAN PROGRAM
The Ministry of Education in Lebanon has set the requirements for the freshman year that will eventually lead to an equivalence of the Lebanese Baccalaureate for those students who satisfy the other requirements (SAT and SAT II topics and scores).
At AUT students need to select courses from the categories below to satisfy the course requirements specified by the Ministry of Education.
(Approved by the Univeristy Council on January 12,2011)
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 9 credits |
| Humanities | (6 Credits) |
| ENG 103 | Writing Skills for Freshman |
| HIS 101 | History of Modern Lebanon |
| … | Foreign Language |
| PHL 101 | History of Arab Philosophy |
| PHL 103 | General Philosphy |
| Social Sciences | (3 Credits) |
| COM 110 | Introduction to Public Relations |
| ECO 101 | General Economics |
| HUM 118 | Introduction to Human Rights |
| POL 101 | Introduction to Political Science |
| PSY 100 | Principles of Psychology |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology |
| Math and Natural Sciences | 12 credits |
| Math | (3 Credits) |
| MAT 100 | College Algebra (for Freshman Arts) |
| MAT 102 | Calculus II (for Freshman Sciences) |
| Natural Sciences | (3 Credits) |
| BIO 103 | General Biology |
| CHE 103 | General Chemistry |
| GEO 102 | Introduction to Geology |
| PHY 103 | General Physics |
| Computer Science | (3 Credits) |
| CSC 100 | Computers and Society |
| Art-Music & Drama | (3 Credits) |
| ART 100 | Principles of Drawing |
| ART 110 | Painting I |
| ART 120 | Plastic Arts |
| Electives | 9 credits |
| ART 105 | Introduction to Music |
| ART 106 | Performance |
| CHE 103 | General Chemistry |
| COM 110 | Introduction to Public Relations |
| HUM 118 | Introduction to Human Rights |
| PHY 103 | General Physics |
| Total | 30 credits |