American University of Beirut

This course is designed for beginning UPP students who have little or no knowledge of English. It provides learners with basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, enabling them to understand and take part in English conversations, in addition to reading simple stories and responding to them in writing.

This course is designed for low-intermediate UPP students who possess limited language skills but can initiate conversations and read and/or write a paragraph or several paragraphs. Word-building and study skills, in addition to more sophisticated reading and writing skills, are introduced to enable these college-bound students to cope with the tasks required of them in the future. There is also emphasis on orientation to the American model of education, and to living in a diverse ethnic and cultural environment.

This course is designed for high intermediate UPP students who can communicate well both in conversation and in writing. It serves as a transition from intensive English courses to regular academic study. Students read various texts, give oral presentations, receive cultural orientation, and practice their academic writing and basic research skills.

This course prepares students for the writing and critical reading sections of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT Reasoning) required of all undergraduate students joining AUB. Emphasis is placed on critical reading skills, college writing skills, vocabulary building, and standardized test-taking strategies.

This course prepares students for the math section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT Reasoning) required of all undergraduate students joining AUB. Emphasis is placed on mathematical terminology, arithmetic skills and concepts, word problems, geometric concepts and reasoning, in addition to standardized test-taking strategies.

This course reviews the fundamental operations with algebraic expressions (exponents, radicals, logarithms, factoring, algebraic quotients, absolute value). It introduces elementary functions with graph representations: linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic. It includes methods to solve systems of linear equations and inequalities, matrices, sequences, and series.

This course introduces the principles of permutations, combinations and other counting principles, elementary notions of probability and statistics. The last part of the course emphasizes fundamental notions in calculus: limits and continuity, differentiation, indefinite and definite integrals, and the fundamental theorem of integration calculus.

This course is a science literacy course that introduces students to major concepts in the physical and life sciences and their applications in everyday life. It emphasizes in-depth conceptual understanding of science concepts by using a variety of teaching approaches. Additionally, the course introduces students to scientific terminology in English to prepare students to take science courses at the university level.

This course is a computer literacy course that is an introduction to micro-computer applications for Windows. It includes an overview of Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and essential email and Internet skills.

This course is an experimental course designed to help students in the learning process to realize the principles of automation systems and computers.

It introduces information technology by helping to learn how to use computers and a variety of software 

packages.

This experimental course is designed to immerse students in the foundational principles of automation systems and computer technologies. It emphasizes the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical application, enabling learners to understand how automation underpins modern computing environments. By introducing core concepts of information technology, the course guides students in developing proficiency with computers and a diverse range of software packages. Through hands-on practice, students will cultivate essential digital literacy skills, enhance their ability to analyze and solve problems using automated systems, and gain the technical competence required to adapt to evolving technological landscapes

This course aims to introduce students of UPP to the humanities, through an examination of how the human has attempted to understand and express itself, its values, its condition, and its history. This will be addressed through a close encounter with selections ranging in time and space (from the ancient classics, through the medieval cultures, to the 19th and 20th centuries), and from a varied array of expressions in the humanities (literature, philosophy, and various forms of the arts).