American University of Sharjah is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational higher educational institution in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah. Its medium of instruction is English, and it is based on American-style universities. AUS consistently ranks among the top universities in the Middle East.The university is the flagship institution in Sharjah's 1,600-acre University City, which incorporates a number of other universities, among which is the University of Sharjah.
Florida Coastal School of Law is a private, for-profit law school, opened in 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida. The school is owned by a large for-profit educational investment fund called InfiLaw, which also owns Charlotte School of Law and Phoenix School of Law.Coastal Law received its license from the state of Florida in 1995 and opened for classes in winter 1996. The class entering in 1996 graduated in spring 1999. The college was provisionally approved by the American Bar Association in 1999 and received its full accreditation in 2001.
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument.The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek philosophia, which literally means "love of wisdom"
