Division of Arts and Sciences

The Texas A&M Core Curriculum, in compliance with the Texas Core Curriculum, provides students with a foundation of knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, develops principles of personal and social responsibility for living in a diverse world, and advances intellectual and practical skills that are essential for all learning. In support of the Core Curriculum, the Division of Arts and Sciences enhances the individual degree programs and university graduation requirements.

The core curriculum focuses on the development of six skills that have been shown to be effective in preparing students for the job market and their role in a diverse world and democratic society.

  • Critical Thinking Skills – to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
  • Communication Skills – to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.
  • Empirical and Quantitative Skills – to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
  • Teamwork – to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
  • Personal Responsibility – to include the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
  • Social Responsibility – to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.

For additional information, please reference http://core.tamu.edu.

Abbas, Naqaa, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, The University of Western Ontario, 2016

Alonso, Ricardo, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Bazzi, Hassan, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, McGill University, 2003

Belic, Milivoj, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, The City University of New York, 1980

Bengali, Ashfaq, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of Minnesota, 1992

Bounds, Brittany, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2015

Carson, Robert, Instructional Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Johns Hopkins University, 2015

Elsheikh, Aymen, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2012

Hillman, Sara, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Michigan State University, 2011

Honeker, Alex, Instructional Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
MA, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2018

Huang, Tingwen, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2002

Johnson, Violet, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Boston College, 1992

Kim, Joung Dong, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2012

Lamel, Bernhard, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of California, San Diego, 2000

Madrahimov, Sherzod, Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of Illinois, 2012

Mir, Nordine, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of Rouen, France, 1998

Nha, Hyon Cheol, Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Seoul National University, 2002

Queen, Mary Teresa, Instructional Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, 2005

Schmalstig, Anne, Instructional Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of Miami, 2020

Scott, Bryant Louis, Instructional Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, University of Miami, 2020

Soukiassian, Yeran, Senior Lecturer
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
MS, American University of Beirut, 2007

Trabelsi, Saber, Instructional Assistant Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2010

Van De Logt, Martinus, Associate Professor
Division of Arts and Sciences-Qatar Campus
PHD, Oklahoma State University, 2002