Records of the American University in Cairo Office of the Core Curriculum, 1980s-2003: A Preliminary Inventory of the Collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Descriptive Summary
Restrictions
Subject Headings
Administrative Information
Preliminary File List


Descriptive Summary
Repository:	University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Library, American University in Cairo, Phone: 2797-5060
Creator:	American University in Cairo. Office of the Core Curriculum.
Title:	Records of the American University in Cairo Office of the Core Curriculum
Dates:	1980s-2003
Quantity:	19.5 linear feet (39 boxes)
Biographical/Historical Abstract:	This office is responsible for developing the Core Curriculum, a series of foundational undergraduate courses that provide a base upon which students can build their well-rounded liberal arts education, emphasizing critical thinking, writing skills, and problem solving.
Scope and Content Abstract:	Materials may include correspondence, reports, memoranda, and/or other forms of documentation pertaining to department operations and governance, course or instruction materials, personnel records, and correspondence with other AUC departments or offices.
Call Number:	See Archives Staff
Language:	Collection materials are in English .

Restrictions

Access and Restrictions

Unprocessed collections are subject to review by University Archives staff before access is granted to identify restricted material.

Use of Materials

Items in the collection do not circulate and may be used only within the Rare Books Library. Users must comply with the Rare Books Library's rules on handling and care of materials.

Permission to publish or reproduce collection materials must be received from the University Archivist. Items may be subject to copyright. The user must also secure permission to publish from the copyright owner.

Return to the Table of Contents

Subject Headings

American University in Cairo. Office of the Core Curriculum.

American University in Cairo--History.

Universities and Colleges--Egypt--Cairo.

Return to the Table of Contents

Administrative Information

Citation

The preferred citation for quoting material from this collection is: Records of the American University in Cairo Office of the Core Curriculum, 1980s-2003, [Box/Folder #], [Folder Title], University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo.


Box	1
		Academic honesty/plagiarism, 1999-2000

		Accreditation Committee Report, 1993-1994

		Advising

		Ad Hoc Committee, 1992-1997

		Advising Group/liaison

		Administration/Core Curriculum Office Admission office, 2000

		Advisory Committee/Steering, 1992-1993

		Announcement-Channel, 1997-2000

		Arabic Language Requirements, 1998-2000

		Arabic program

		AUC-NYU Dialogue, 2001

		Brochure, 1998
Box	2
		Budget-1991-1995, 1989-1995

		Budget-1998-2002 1996-2001

		Budget Financial Matters

		Catalog

		Chronological, 1994

		Chronological, 1993

		Chronological, 1995

		Clippings, 1999

		Clippings, 1998

		Clippings, 1995

		Committee on Foreign Students, 1991

		Computers/Facilities

		Computers, 1993-1999
Box	3
		Controller, 2000-2001

		Core Computer System

		Core Computer System, 1991-1993

		Core Courses

		Core Curriculum

		Core Curriculum Committee

		Core Curriculum Committee, 1996-1997

		Core Curriculum Committee, 2001

		Core Curriculum Committee, 1998

		Core Curriculum Committee, 1999

		Core Curriculum Committee-Minutes/Agendas
Box	4
		Core Curriculum Committee-Minutes and Decisions on Late Drop Cases

		Core Curriculum Committee-Sub-Committee/Working Group (3 folders)

		Core Curriculum Faculty Orientation

		Core Curriculum Paths

		Core Curriculum Review Committee-Overview, Minutes, Memos

		Core Curriculum Review Committee/Thomas Lamont Review, 1987-1992
			Including Reports, Course Syllabi and examinations, 1991 Fadel Asabgh, Memorandum on Science 120 Scientific Thinking, Links to Core Curriculum
Box	5
		Core Curriculum Review Committee/ Thomas Lamont Review, 1993-1994
			Including Reports, Course Syllabi and examinations, 1991 Fadel Asabgh, Memorandum on Science 120 Scientific Thinking, Links to C 2000 ore Curriculum

		Core Curriculum Review Committee/ Thomas Lamont Review, 1995
			Including Reports, Course Syllabi and examinations, 1991 Fadel Asabgh, Memorandum on Science 120 Scientific Thinking, Links to Core Curriculum

		Core Curriculum Working Group, 2000

		Core Curriculum Working Group-Lunches with Students, 2000

		Core Development-AUC University Senate, Catalog

		Core Description, 1995-1996

		Core Description, 1989-1990

		Core Objectives, 1980s-1990s
Box	5-6
		Core Office (2 folders)

		Core Scheduling System/ADP, 1989-1991

		Core Seminar Substitute Courses-Enrollment, 2000

		Core Seminar Substitutes, 2000-2001

		Core Seminar Substitutes (Continued), 2000-2007

		Core Seminar-Teaching and Staff-Tutors, 1997-1998
Box	7
		Course Change

		Course Development, 1995

		Course Requirements by Major, 1990-1996

		Courses-ARBS 207

		Courses-ARBS 208, 1999

		Courses-ARBS 337

		Courses-ARBS 338

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 2001

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 1996-1997

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 2000
Box	8
		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1995

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1995

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 1990-1991

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 1996-1997

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 1998-1999

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1993

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1992

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1993

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1993

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses- 2000 Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 1991-2000

		Courses-Core Seminar 200, Spring 1992
Box	9
		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Essay Questions and Examination Samples, Spring 1997

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-General Lecture Previews, Spring 1993

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Grading, 1994-1995

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Handouts, 1992-1993

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Handouts, 1994-1995

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Handouts, 1996-1997

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Handouts, 1998-1999

		Course-Core Seminar 200 Instructor/ Tutors Meetings, 1991-1992

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Mid-Term Letters, Fall 1993-1994

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Misc,

		Courses-Core Seminar 200-Outlines/ Film Lists & Descriptions, 1997-1998
Box	10
		Courses-Core Seminar 200, 2000

		Courses-Core Seminar 200 Tutors,

		Courses-Core Seminar 300, 1994-1997

		Courses-Core Seminar 300, 1998-1999

		Courses-Core Seminar 300, 1996

		Courses-Core Seminar-Books and Reading Lists, 1991-2001

		Courses-Core Seminar-Book Lists 1990-2000, 1997-2000

		Courses-Core Seminar-Final Collective Essay, 1991-1992

		Courses-Core Seminar-In Support of the Core Seminar Report, 2001

		Courses-Core Curriculum-Objective/Syllabus, 1995-1996

		Courses-Core Seminar-Outstanding Students, 1992-1995
Box	11
		Courses-Core Seminar Quizzes + Questions, 2003

		Courses-Core Seminar Reading/Books-Selection Guidelines, 1998

		Courses-Core Seminar-Reading list/Memos Regarding Reading

		Courses-Core Seminar-Reading Tests/Results, 1996-1997

		Courses-Core Seminar Substitute Courses, 1999-2001

		Courses-Eng 112

		Courses-Eng 113

		Courses-Hard Core Courses, 2000 1996-1997
			Including Advising and Registration

		Courses-History 246, 1999

		Courses-Honor Students, Spring 1994

		Courses-Honor Students, Spring 1995

		Courses-MEHT 246

		Courses-Phil 4

		Courses-Phil 220

		Courses-Phil 220, 1999

		Courses-Phil 358

		Courses-Phil 318

		Courses-Phil 314

		Courses-Phil 312

		Courses-Professor Evaluations, 1993

		Courses-Science 120
Box	12
		Courses-Science 120

		Courses-Science 120

		Courses-Scientific Thinking, 1991-2001

		Courses-Seminar Materials and Examinations, 1989

		Courses-Sociology 210

		Courses-Sociology 210-(Fall and Spring), 1999

		Courses-Soft-Core Courses, 1996-1997

		Courses-SSCI 239

		Courses-Syllabi

		Custodian

		Director Cynthia Nelson, 1989

		Distinguish Visiting Professors, 1996-1998

		Dr. George Scanlon, 1992-1994

		Economics Department, 2000

		Elective Core, 1998

		English Language Seminars

		English and Comparative Literature Department, 1997-2000

		English Language Placement, 1997-1998

		English Language entrance and enrolment, 1992-1994

		Facilities and Computers

		Faculty, 1989-1995

		Faculty-Core Seminar Tutors, 1990-2001
Box	13
		Faculty-Evaluations

		Faculty
			Including Staffing

		Faculty-Lamont, Tom-Death, 1998

		Faculty-Part-time /Adjunct, Administrators, 1994-2001

		Faculty-Staff-Part-time, 1995-1996

		Faculty-Staffing, 1989-1990

		Faculty-Staffing

		Films, 1997-1998

		Freshmen Writing Program, 1998-2001

		Freshmen Tutorial, 1987-1989

		General, 1991-1993

		Hard Core

		History, Department of, 2000-01

		Honors Program

		Honors Program Planning Committee, 1995
Box	14
		Humanities and Social Sciences Committee, 1994

		Information-Program data on students

		Implementation Committee-Re: Freshman Tutorials, 1998-1992

		Internal Curriculum Review Committee

		Leadership Retreat, 2001

		Liberal Education, 1998

		Liberal Education-Provost's Commission on Liberal Education, 1996-1997

		Library-Information Literacy Course, 2001

		Liberal Education Initiatives, 1995-1996

		Liberal Committee

		Long Range Planning Report, 1986
			Including Appendix A: The Core Curriculum Feasibility Study Report

		Memos and Minutes-School of Humanities and Social Sciences Council, 1997

		Memos and Minutes-School of Humanities and Social Sciences Council, 1998

		Middle East History, 1998-1999
Box	15
		Mixed Folder

		New Campus, 1998-2001

		New Clippings, 1999-2000

		Orientation, 1998-1999

		Orientation, 1999-2001

		Performing and Visual Arts, Department of, 1999-2000

		Petitions-Substitutions for a Core Course

		Philosophy Unit, 1997-2000

		Pre-Registration and Policies, 1993-1994

		Plagiarism Cases-A Task Force on Academic Excellence, 1994

		Plagiarism 2000

		Plagiarism-Courses, To be filed
Box	16
		Program Office, 1997-1998

		Program Office, 2000

		Program Office, 2001

		Program Office-Memos and Sample Student Exams

		Program Office-Undergraduate Committee for Students with Undeclared Majors, 2000

		Program Requirements

		President John Gerhart, 2000

		Proposal for Fine Arts Soft-Core Requirement

		Proposal for Course Change, 2000

		Provost Tim Sullivan
Box	17
		Provost Tim Sullivan

		Provost Tim Sullivan, 1999-2001

		Provost Commission on Liberal Education-Curriculum Workgroup, 1997
			Including Meeting Minutes, Reports

		Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary Test, 1996

		Regulations, 1989

		Register, 1999-2001

		Registration, Procedures, General Circulation Memos, 1989-1991

		Registration and Advising Procedures, 1993-1995

		Registration for Core Curriculum courses

		Reports

		Reports, 1996

		Reports, 2001

		Reports (core), 1999

		Reports-Core curriculum sub-committee, 2000

		Reports-Interim Report on the Core Curriculum: Short and Long term Recommendation, 1997

		Reports-Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 1998

		Reports-Updated-Feasibility Report January, 1988

		Review Report, 1989-1990

		Review and Revision of soft core component for Core Curriculum

		Review and Revision of short core component, 1994
Box	18
		Reviews (envelope)

		Reviews (core), 1995

		Scheduling-Projections of Section Requirements for Core Courses, 1989-1990

		Scheduling and Enrollment, 1990-1992
			Including Hard Core Demand Projections

		School of Humaniti 2000 es and Social Sciences

		School of Humanities and Social Sciences-Dean Cynthia Nelson, 2000

		School of Humanities and Social Sciences-Deans Nelson, Hopkins, 1997-1999

		School of Humanities and Social Sciences-Dean Nicholas Hopkins, 2000-2001
Box	19
		School of Science and Engineering-Deans Abdel-Hamid, Assabghy, 1997-2000

		Short and Long term Goals-(information about Core Program)

		Social Events-Sakkara Country Club Picnic, 1991

		Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology, Department of

		Soft-Core

		Soft-Core Courses, 1990-1991

		Staff, 1994-1996
			Including Student Assistants

		Staff and Employmentm 2000-2003

		Student Academic Paths

		Student Evaluations, 1998-1999

		Student Evaluations and Attendance, 1990-1991

		Student Honors and Awards, 1994

		Student Union, 1996-1998
			Including Student Representations on Core Curriculum Committee

		Summer Faculty and Staff Pay, 1995

		Survey Core Seminar Honors Program, 1994

		Syllabi and Drafts, 1993-
Box	20
		Transfer Students Expectations and Substitutions, 1990-1991

		Undergraduate Committee for Students w/Undeclared Majors, 2000

		University Self Study 1997

		Vice Provost Mahmoud Farag, 1996-2001
			Including University Catalog Outcomes Assessment

		Vice Provost Mahmoud Farag, 1998-2000
			Including Facility Loads

		Vice Provost Office

		Work (Students) and Exams

		Working Group

		Working Group-Committee, The Core Curriculum, 2000

		Writing Center
Box	21-26

Box	27
		Meeting and Minutes, 1988

		Meeting and Minutes, 1994

		Sub-Committee Reports, 1987

		Fund Raising/Meeting Minutes, 1988

		Mr. W. Brown, 1987-1988

		Correspondence, 1988

		Task Force, 1991-1992
Box	28
		Working Group-Attachment and Meetings, 2000 (3 folders)

		Committee Working Group, 2000

		Working Group-Other Correspondence, 2000

		Working Group-Drafts, 2000

		Working Group - Minutes and Agenda, 2000

		Working Group-Final Report, 2000

		Working Group-Schedules of Tutors, 2000
Box	29
		Long Range Planning Committee, 1985

		Long Range Planning Committee, 1986

		Long Range Planning Committee, 1987

		Long Range Planning Committee, 2000 (5 folders)
Box	30
		Long Range Planning & Steering Committee, 2001

		Planning & Administration, 2000 (2 folders)
Box	31
		Hiring for New Faculty, 1988

		Catalogue Description of Core Courses, 1989

		Computer User Committee, 1994

		HUSS, 1996 (2 folders)

		Audio Visual-Performing Art Dept., 1995-1996
Box	32
		Building and grounds, 1996

		Arab Society, 1987

		Scientific Thinking, 1987

		Eng 112, Comm., Skills, Eng 113, 1987

		Arab Literature, 1987

		Philosophy, 1987

		General Correspondence, 1998

		Vice Provost, 1998

		Goals and Objectives, 1998

		Human Resource Dept., 1999
Box	33
		Implementation Committee-- Freshmen Seminar in Humanities, Natural Science & Social Science, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Correspondence, 1998

		Implementation Committee, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Spring, 2000

		Implementation Committee-feasibility Study Final Report, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Comments and Reports, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Academic Affairs, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Correspondence, 2001
Box	34
		Final Reports, 2001 (5 folders)
Box	35
		Review Committee, 1994

		Review Committee, 1995

		Committee Meeting-Consultants, 1996

		Committee Meetings, 1997 (3 folders)

		Committee Presentation, 2001-2002
Box	35-36
		Committee, 1998-1999 (11 folders)
Box	36
		Program and Research Committee, 2000
Box	37
		Agenda & Minutes, 2000 (5 folders)
Box	38
		Implementation Committee-Minutes and Long Range Planning Report, 1987

		Implementation Committee-General, 1993

		Implementation Committee--Vice President and Provost, 1995 (2 folders)

		Implementation Committee-Review Committee, 1990

		Implementation Committee-Minutes, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Staffing, 1998

		Implementation Committee-Budget directorship of CCIC, 1998
Box	39
		Human Resource Dept., 1997

		Human Resource Office-Employment, 1996

		Core Report, 2000

		Senate Report, 2001

		Senate Report, 2002

Return to the Table of Contents