Newsletter written by Zachary Egan
Community Outreach & Newsletter Editor
We are firm believers that a nuanced understanding of the past cultivates an appreciation of its relevance to the present and future and that there might be no better place for this kind of rewarding exploration than Paris, an essential partner in our curriculum. You’ll soon discover that Paris’s over-2000-year history remains accessible to you today, through its one-of-a-kind monuments, museums, and architecture: history comes alive here in the side streets and the forgotten cafes. So much more than simple dates and facts, history enables us to draw closer to our own humanity and to peoples and cultures that came before. We encourage you to delve into other disciplines like film, French, comparative literature, and politics, so as to gain a deeper understanding of where and how history is located within geographic, temporal, and cultural contexts. The past is a powerful thing and our resources will help you understand that power and how to use it.
Living in a world of swift transformation, we’re not content to simply watch as daily news reports inundate us with scenes of conflict and change from around the globe. Our classes will help you see how the field of international and comparative politics functions as a systematic examination of political institutions, processes, and actions, where you will investigate pressing contemporary questions like what factors make a transition to democracy endure? Why do people and groups resort to terrorism and other forms of political violence? How do different countries react when faced with crisis, and what are the consequences for other nations? AUP’s strategic location lends itself to creating partnerships with world-renowned universities and prestigious international institutions. Our interdisciplinary and interactive learning approach,which will expose you to a sophisticated examination of the allocation of ideas and resources across nations and societies, will enable you to acquire the knowledge you’ll need today to take your place as a leader of tomorrow.
Examine how law, in its many forms, has contributed to shaping society throughout history and today.
You will establish a solid academic foundation, with introductions to the main concepts within philosophy, politics, and economics, as you enhance your ability to think broadly and critically.
The Major in International & Comparative Politics explores the complex relationships between the national and international, the local and global, and the corporate and civil.
You will have a profound knowledge of historical trends across cultures in a variety of geographical or thematic areas.
The study of the Middle East has become a lens through which one can begin to understand the world at large.
This major allow you to develop your own philosophical interests within a broad range of topic-oriented courses across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Investigate the ways in which politics, political systems, political philosophy, media, communications, and activism intersect on a worldwide scale.
Expand your understanding of international law and its related themes and subjects.
Study the foundations of modern political theory, while exploring subjects that include political philosophy and comparative politics.
Delve into the multiple areas of study that influence how we create laws and regulations concerning contemporary environmental issues.
Investigate early Islamic history, while exploring subject areas like the Arabic language, the history of the Middle East, and media and society in the Arab world.
Discover the city of Paris through its architecture, its fiction, its cinema, its literature, and so much more.
Study the origins of Western civilization while exploring related topics within world history and the ways in which the contemporary world has been created.
Receive an extensive introduction to the history of Western philosophy, as well as its most significant theories, questions, criticisms.
Summer '19 recap and back to school news
Newsletter written by Zachary Egan
Community Outreach & Newsletter Editor