Dean: Jyoti Grewal
Associate Dean, Dubai: Belkeis Altareb Associate Dean, Abu Dhabi: Anthony Rhodes Assistant Dean, Abu Dhabi: Lisa Isaacson Assistant Dean, Dubai: Zia Saunders
Department of Advising and Academic Development
Associate Professor: Roslyn Haley, Chair Assistant Professors:
Lavious Daniels, Missy Hernandez, Autumn Robinson, Imani Fredricks-Lowman, Kenneth Zuercher, Assistant Chair, Jason Ratliff, Patricia Robinson, Adam Jeffers, Lance Kahn, Majeda Humeidan, Nii Sai Doku
Instructors:
Patricia Abu Wardeh, Elizabeth Anderson, Ahmed Bada, Michael Brochu, Amanda Davis, Nadia El-Amin, Michelle Elghardgui, Fiona Hunt, Patricia Johnston, Sally-Ann Long,Thomas Opio, Shokha Yusef, Kelly Trepagnier, Alisha Tysor
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor: Peter Heckman
Associate Professor: Tofi Rahal
Assistant Professors:
Ala Al Taie, Mohamed Almourad, Iman Boukhobza, Gilles Doiron, David Gallacher, Mohammad Hussain, Rozita Johari, Sandra Johnson, Sheldon Kohn, Swetasree Roy, Tatjana Sipling, Eddia Copeland Solas, Ikko Tucker, Co-Chair, Christian Stryker, Co- Chair, Leena Taneja, Liberty Mupakati, Magdalena Karolak, Ghazala Muteeb, Kenesha Wilson, Nadia Amin, Joel Shelton Thomas Pfau
Instructors:
Saima Akhund, Gergana Al Zeer, Mira Al Hussein, Nadera Baig, James Buckingham, Amal Eljazzar, Gerald Elvey, Jonathon Fulton, Zubaida Huq, Saeed Al Ismaily, Farhnaz Karim, Shaista Keshodkar, Dina Khanat, Paul Lowman, Lama Musa, Fariba Shaikh, Zelal Wattar, Anita dani, Gerald Eppard, Shaojin Chai, Sreepoorna Unni, Kevin Phillips, Mariam Al- Qubaisi, Saniyah Khan, Simar Azzam
Department of English and Writing Studies
Associate Professors:
Mary Jane Curry, David Palfreyman, Annick Durand, Ranjini Philip
Assistant Professors:
Barbara Jo Bennett, Caroline Burns, Marion Engin, David Frear, Shuozhao Hou, Amir Kaviani, Josephine O’Brien, Maril Patronis, Wafa Zoghbor, Mehtap Kocatepe, Ova Basaran
Instructors: Sadia Ali, Matthew Andrew, Minoo Asdjodi, Fairlie Atkinson, Ann Barrell, Scott Benson,
Paul Carroll, Sylvia Dahdal, Aubrey Evans, Mark French, Dawn Garinger, Anne Greenhoe, Douglas Hamano-Bunce, Peter Hassall, Jane Hislop, Lisa Kassem, Co-Chair, Mectap Kocatepe, Suzanne Mizon, Gary O’Neill, Heather Phillips, Sailaja Rajaretnam, Derick Singh, Christopher Thornton, Keith Van Tassel, Ursula Walsh, Vilja Wheatcroft, Catherine Journeaux, Gwenda Atkinson, Irina Kohn, Norman Williams, Timothy Groombridge, Ian Davidson, John Botting, Sabitha Abdul Salim, Senem Buyuk
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Professor:
Ibrahim Ibrakhimison Rakhimov Associate Professor:
Stephen Curry, Jason Johnson, Fatima Azmi, Andrew McHugh
Assistant Professors:
Mark Causapin, Assistant Chair, Jon Pierre Fortney, Manisha Kankarej, Joseph Newhall, Leonard Raj, Carla Rudder Chair, Fayez Sayed, Mohammad Shoaib Jamall, Elena Tzenova, Cindy Stiegelmeyer, Kevin Ruth, Mohammad Jamall
Instructors:
Fida Al Omari, Denis Blouin, Puja Gridhar, Mariam Hariri,Suja Mathew, John McPhail, Mary Mohandass, Erin Smith, John Wakefield, Shumaila Javed, Rajiha Zoubi, Sunitha Kannenchery, Brittany Mitchell, Cynthia Ikey, Timothy Ikey
Introduction
University College comprises four departments that contribute fundamentally to the University’s basic liberal education organized as the Colloquy on Integrated Learning.
Concentrating on the first three semesters of the ZU education, the departments attend to the intellectual development of students by advising and mentoring, conducting core courses of the Colloquy, and
offering additional support outside the classroom. In addition, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers a Minor in Applied Mathematics.
Mission
University College offers high quality foundational education, the Colloquy, to students and prepares them for their future majors and eventual employment. The experience instills in the students a desire for lifelong learning, fosters intellectual curiosity, and engenders critical thinking. The Colloquy program initiates the baccalaureate careers of all ZU students.
Colloquy on Integrated Learning
The goal of the Colloquy on Integrated Learning is to build students’ understanding of their relation to the world and to equip them to be successful at the University, in their professions and in their personal lives through an integrated, skill-rich, interdisciplinary core curriculum. Within this interdisciplinary framework, the Colloquy builds students’ abilities to think critically about the relationship between local contexts and global
forces through a comparative engagement with the world, its histories, its problems, and its successes. At the same time, students are prepared to work in their major field of study and in their professions through systematic development of their abilities in critical thinking, computer applications, information literacy, and the Arabic and English languages.
Zayed University Learning Outcomes and the Colloquy Program
The Colloquy Program has adopted all the Zayed University Learning Outcomes as its own program learning outcomes. The six Zayed University Learning Outcomes supported by the Colloquy Program are the following:
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Language: ZU graduates will be ableto communicate effectively in English and Modern Standard Arabic, using the academic and professional conventions of these languages appropriately.
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Technological Literacy: ZU graduateswill be able to effectively understand, use, and evaluate technology both ethically and securely in an evolving global society.
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Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning: ZU graduates will beable to demonstrate competence in understanding, evaluating, and using both qualitative and quantitative information to explore issues, solve problems, and develop informed opinions.
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Information Literacy: ZU graduateswill be able to find, evaluate and use appropriate information from multiple sources to respond to a variety of needs.
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Global Awareness: ZU graduates will beable to understand and value their own and other cultures, perceiving and reacting to differences from an informed and socially responsible point of view.
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Leadership: ZU graduates will be ableto undertake leadership roles and responsibilities, interacting effectively with others to accomplish shared goals.
Vision of the Core Curriculum
The Colloquy on Integrated Learning achieves its six learning goals through a curriculum that creates an intellectual experience shared by all Zayed University students. This curriculum is made up of two distinct phases:
1. Common Core: During the first three semesters of the baccalaureate program, students enroll in a standardized
core program made up of five sets of
devoted to introducing students to the University and to career education, global awareness, English, Arabic, and science, mathematics, and technology.
2. Menu Courses: As students move into their majors, they enroll in courses in the colleges that systematically continue the development of the University-wide learning goals. Establishing a bridge between the Colloquy and the majors, these courses continue the development of learning in language and information literacy (Menus III and VI) and
information technology (Menu IV). The spirit of interdisciplinary exploration continues through a Menu V elective.
Colloquy Common Core Semesters One - Three Semester
One
Credits
COL 110 Mathematical Modeling with Data (preceded as required by MTH 101 Basic Mathematics)
3
COL 120 Colloquium 3 COL 130 Arabic Concepts 3 COL 140 English Composition I 3 COL 150 Global Awareness I: Emerging
Civilizations 3 Total Credits 15 Semester Two Credits
COL 105 Career Exploration 3 COL 111
OR COL 112
OR MTH 103
Mathematical Modeling with Function OR
Mathematical Modeling for Business OR
Pre-Calculus
3
COL 135 Islamic Civilization I 3 COL 145 English Composition I 3
COL 155 Global Awareness II: Imperial Encounters
3
COL 165 The Nature of Science Discovery 3
Total Credits 18
Semester Three
Credits
ADV 201 Advising 0 COL 230 Islamic Civilization II 3 COL 240 English Composition III 3 COL 250 Global Awareness III: The
Twentieth Century and
Globalization, Emirati Society and Culture (proposed) Spring 2014
3
COL 260* Environmental Science 3 COL 270* Introduction to Information
Technology 3 Total Credits 15
Menu Courses and Arabic Labs: Semesters Four - Six* Semester
Four
Credits
Menu III Global Awareness, Language
and Information Literacy 3-6
Menu IV Critical Thinking and
Quantitative Reasoning and Information Technology
3-6
Arabic Lab**
Linked to Major Course 1**
Total Credits 10
Semester Five
Credits
Menu V Elective (Outside Major
Program) 3 Semester Six Credits
Menu VI English-Intensive Major Course 3***
Arabic Lab**
Linked to Major Course 1**
Total Credits 7
Menu Courses and
Arabic Lab Total Credits 14 to 17
* Sequencing of Menu courses and Arabic labs in the Eight- Semester Plans may vary slightly according to college needs. Courses to meet Menu III, IV, and VI may also be part of a College Core.
** Colleges may offer alternatives that are approved by the Colloquy Program.
*** Credit hours for English-intensive major courses included in Semester Six are generally counted within the credit hours required by the major.
Summary
Colloquy on Integrated
Learning Common Core Credits 48
Menu Course and
Arabic Lab Credits 14 to 17*
Total Credits 62 to 65*
* Courses to meet Menu III, IV and VI may also be part of the College Core. Credit hours for English-intensive major courses included in Semester Six are generally counted within the credit hours required by the major.