Bethlehem University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

Academic Regulations

The Core Curriculum (included in the list below) comprises the Liberal Arts education component of

all degrees offered by Bethlehem University. This list may vary slightly depending on each major of study.


Course No.	Course Title		Language of instruction
*Languages*
ARAB 120	Arabic Language Skills I		Arabic
ARAB 121	Arabic Language Skills II		Arabic
ENGL 120	English Language Skills I		English
ENGL 121	English Language Skills II		English
ENGL 213	English Language Skills III		English
*Mathematics and Science*
MATH 111		Fundamentals of Mathematics	English
SCIE 111		General Science	English
*Humanities*
PHIL 302		Issues in Philosophy and Ethics	Arabic or English
HIST 120		History of Modern Palestine	Arabic or English
One of the following:
POLS 300		Themes in Political Science	Arabic or English
HUMR 300		Democracy, Human Rights and International Law	Arabic or English
One of the following:
RELS 300		Cultural Religious Studies	Arabic or English
PHIL 303		Ethics of Life	Arabic
ANTH 301		Anthropology of Religions	Arabic
*Economics*
ECON 300	Basic Economics		Arabic
*Fine Arts*
One of the following:
ARTI 101	Art Appreciation		Arabic
MUSI 103	Music Appreciation		Arabic or English
CINE 101	Film Appreciation		Arabic
*Others*
PSED 101	Physical Education		Arabic
CMSR 101	Community Service		Arabic
LIBR 101	Library Skills		Arabic

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