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3 COLLEGE OF SCIENCES Officers of the College Professor Hamid Al-Naimiy Professor Madjid Merabti Professor Ismail Saadoun Administrative Support Staff Mustafa Snoubra Amal Hamza Chancellor Dean College of Sciences Vice Dean College of Sciences Administration and Financial Coordinator Administrative Assistant Contact Information College of Science Building, M2-201 University City Sharjah, UAE Accreditation All programs offered in the College of Sciences are accredited by MOHSER. College of Sciences History The College of Sciences was established in 1997 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences. In recognition of the growing needs of the national and international job markets and scientific communities for graduates in various basic and applied sciences such as Computer Sciences, Applied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Applied Biology, the College was officially split from the Arts and Sciences in September 2008 and was named as the College of Sciences, and since has emerged as a major college in the University of Sharjah. The College of Sciences provides high quality education that enables its students to meet the changing needs of the national as well as the international job markets. Graduates of College of Sciences can find job opportunities in a wide range of industries, government institutions and organization, factories, oil companies, and various industries, research as well as monitoring laboratories such as food control and health authority, environmental agencies, power and electricity authorities, hospitals, security and military centers, as well as academic institutions. The College of Sciences currently comprises five departments: 1. Computer Science 2. Applied Physics and Astronomy 3. Chemistry 4. Mathematics 5. Applied Biology 683

4 The study plan for each of these departments requires the successful completion of credit hours over a period of four years. The College accepts students graduating from scientific tracks in high schools with a minimum average of 70%. In addition, the College of Sciences provides service courses to various departments in other colleges in the University. Such courses are in basic sciences as Physics for Medical Sciences, Physics for Health Sciences, Physics I and II for Engineering, Chemistry for Medical and Health Sciences Students, Information Technology, General Biology for Civil Engineering and many others, like Astronomy and Space Science as a university requirement. In fact, the College offers over 500 sections / year to students of other colleges. The College collaborates with Center for Continuing Education and Community Service in providing short courses in ICDL, Radiation Safety and Protection, Programming, etc. In order to accomplish its goals, the College has employed a large number of highly qualified and well experienced faculty members in various fields and disciplines. One of the primary criteria the College has adapted in its recruitment process over the years is to pay attention to the quality of faculty members. The College has attracted highly qualified and experienced faculty and instructors from renowned institutions all over the world, particularly from North America, Europe, as well as prestigious Arabic institutions. In research, the College is a home to several research laboratories, equipped with the latest technology and sophisticated equipment. The College hosts several national and international research and teaching laboratories, some of which are in joint collaboration with well-known agencies and institutions as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Stanford University (USA) (VLF station), and Cancer Care Manitoba in Canada. Staff at the College has been active in securing research fund from internal as well as external funding agencies. Also, faculty members are engaged with the three different research subthemes that were established recently within the UOS and all are working on gaining support. In addition to its commitment to teaching and research, the College of Sciences has established a well-organized community service and reach-out program. The aim of these programs is to establish strong ties with the local community and the various scientific institutions inside and outside the country by exchanging experiences with specialists, conducting relevant research projects and holding conferences. In addition, the College hopes to provide consultancy to various organizations in the community. For example, the College organizes the National Olympiad for high school students in Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as well as it organizes the IT and programming competitions, which are held annually. The College also is in charge of the Science Teaching Developing Program, which aims to provide training to local high school teachers and expose them to the latest technologies in teaching and learning approaches. Vision The College of Sciences envisions itself as a vibrant scientific and educational community that is open and welcoming, creative and adaptable, dynamic, and regionally renowned for excellence in education, research, and community outreach programs for improving the world through its students, discoveries, and outreach. Mission The College of Sciences is the home of the basic sciences at the University of Sharjah, one of the region s leading universities. Its faculty, staff and students work together to create, share, and apply knowledge in the basic sciences. The mission of the College includes: 1. Advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the physical, biological and mathematical sciences. 2. Providing access to a rich educational experience that will motivate and enable students, both in the College and from across the University of Sharjah, to seek the highest levels of intellectual achievement and personal growth. 684

5 3. Sharing our knowledge, discoveries and inventions with the people of the United Arab Emirates, the region, and the world in order to improve appreciation and comprehension of science and to bring the benefits of science to society. 4. Providing leadership in the education of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups. Goals The College of Sciences core goals include enriching lives, improving society and addressing global challenges by producing scientifically-trained leaders and innovators, advancing the frontiers of science, and enhancing public understanding of science. Such goals are reflected through preserving the following core values: 1. Integrity 2. Intellectual Freedom 3. Commitment to the Public Good 4. Collegiality 5. Inclusiveness 6. Scientific Method Objectives The College of Sciences works to achieve following objectives which are in line with the objectives of the University of Sharjah: 1. Lend support to the university s mission and its programs. 2. Raise the standards of academic research and link it to teaching and to the needs of the local and regional communities. 3. Spread, disseminate and foster research cooperation with local, regional and international institutions. 4. Promote and contribute to efforts towards human development in the local community by organizing conferences, training courses, participating in workshops and providing well-prepared cadres for the Emirates society. 5. Foster passion for learning, technical skills, and life-long learning for creativity and analytical thinking. 6. Develop communication skills in both English and Arabic to enable students to achieve success in their professions and leadership in their fields, and to be committed to the prosperity and welfare of society. 7. Attract and support quality faculty, students, and staff so that the College achieves its strategic goals. College of Sciences Academic Programs The College of Sciences is organized around the following five academic departments: Computer Science, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Applied Biology. In addition to providing academic support to other colleges and specializations, the College of Sciences offers seven undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree and two programs leading to a Master of Science (MS) degree: 1. Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics 2. Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology 3. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry 685

6 4. Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences 5. Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Multimedia 6. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics 7. Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Geosciences and Remote Sensing 8. Master of Science in Computer Sciences 9. Master of Science in Biotechnology Admission Requirements A student who meets the university s admission requirements as stipulated in the Admission section of this Bulletin and chooses a sciences program (major) as a desired program of study will be admitted to the university as a science student. Students are strongly advised to carefully review the University Bulletin for admission and degree requirements as well as all related academic policies. Graduation Requirements Each degree program comprises three categories: university requirements (UR), college requirements (CR), and program requirements (PR). The university and college requirements are common to all departments in the college of Sciences. Each program has its own required and elective courses. The credit hours allocations for each program are shown in the following table: BS in Applied Physics (123 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total BS in Biotechnology (124 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total BS in Chemistry (123 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total

7 BS In Computer Sciences (123 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total BS in IT-Multimedia (123 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total BS in Mathematics (123 Credits Hours) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Total A student enrolled in any College of Science program is eligible to graduate if he/she completes all degree requirements with a CGPA of 2.0 or higher. Course Numbering Scheme Courses offered in the College of Sciences are designated numbers of the form 14XYABC where: College of Sciences XY ABC 10: IT-Multimedia 11: Computer Science 20: Chemistry 30: Applied Physics 40: Mathematics 50: Biotechnology Program specific course number described in the respective program sections 687

8 I. University Requirements Every student working for a BS degree in a science program is required to take 24 credit hours of general education courses distributed over six domains. 12 mandatory credit hours are selected from Domains 1, 2, and 3, and 12 elective credit hours selected from domains 4, 5 and 6 as indicated below. Domain 1: Islamic Studies, History and Culture (3 Credits) Islamic Culture 3 Domain 2: Languages (6 Credits) Arabic Language, Literature and Culture: Take one of the following courses Arabic Language (for Arabic Speakers) Arabic Language (for non-arabic Speakers) 3 English Language, Literature and Culture: Take one of the following courses Basic English English for Academic Purposes 3 Domain 3: IT or Mathematics (3 Credits) Calculus 1 for Engineering 3 Domain 4: Literature and Humanities (3 Credits) Islamic Civilization Human Rights in Islam and International Declarations Introduction to Arabic Literature History of the Sciences among Muslims History of the Arabian Gulf History of Medical and Health Sciences Arts and Medicine 3 Domain 5: Applied Sciences, 3 Credits Astronomy and Space Sciences Man and the Environment* Health Awareness and Nutrition 3 688

9 Domain 6: Social Sciences and Education (3 Credits) Fundamentals of Islamic Education UAE society Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Economics ( for non B)* Introduction to Business Media in Modern Societies Personal Finance* Analytical Biography of the Prophet 3 * Not for students in the College of Business Administration Domain 7: one 3-credit hour course from Domain 4, 5, or 6 II. College Requirements Mandatory Courses College requirements consist of 15 credit hours of foundation and skill courses required for all College of Sciences students. The college requirements are listed in the table below and described thereafter. Course # Course Title Credit Prerequisite Programming I 4 None Physics I 3 None Physics ILab 1 Pre/Co: General Chemistry I 3 None General Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: Calculus I 3 None College of Sciences 689

10 Descriptions of the required College sciences courses are given below Programming I 4 (3:2) This course introduces basic programming techniques with a high level programming language. Topics include general introduction to computers and Numbering systems, program development process, variables, data types, expressions, selection and repetition structures, functions/procedures, text files, arrays, and pointers General Chemistry I (3-0:3) Topics Covered include: Matter, Atomic structure; stoichemistry of chemical reactions; chemical reactions in solution; energy and thermochemistry; atomic and electronic structure; chemical bonding; periodic correlation; properties of gases; liquids and Solids; solutions General Chemistry I Lab (0-3:1) Experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of General Chemistry 1. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Physics I (3-0:3) Motion in 1 and 2 dimensions, vectors, particle dynamics and Newton s laws; work and energy, momentum and collision, rotation of rigid body, elasticity, oscillatory motion, fluid mechanics and heat. Prerequisite: Placement Test or Physics I Laboratory (0-3:1) Various experiments covering the topics mentioned in Physics (I) course. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Calculus I (0-3:1) Functions, domain and range, examples of functions. Limits and continuity. Derivatives, applications of derivatives in optimization, linearization and graphing, the Mean Value Theorem. Integration, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, areas, volumes of solids of revolution, arc length. Conic sections. Prerequisite: None. Elective Courses The only program that includes College elective courses is the Applied Physics Program as described in the program s section of the Bulletin. II. Program Requirements Requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree are program-specific. They encompass three categories: Major specific core courses, major specific elective courses, and courses chosen from outside the major. The program requirements for the bachelor degrees in the different science majors are given below. Details and titles of relevant courses are included in the Student s Study Plan (SSP) that is availed to every science student. 690

11 DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICS Personnel Chairperson: Professors: Associate Professors: Assistant Professors: Lecturers: Hachemi Benaoum Bashir M. Suleiman, Ala Ahmad Al-Douri, Gaffar Attaelmanan Attaelmanan Gehad Kandeel Sadiek, Hachemi BenAbdallah Benaoum, Hussain Mohamed Nabi Alawadhi, Ilias Fernini, Mounir Kaidi, Najeh Mohammed Zarir, Oleg Olendski Hafsa Khurshid, Kais Daoudi, Muhammad Azeem, Rachik Soualah, Yassir Ahmed Abdu, Muhammad Mubasshir Shaikh Abdulraheem Khudada Mohamed, Bassam Rashed Khader, Mohammed A. Mansour, Nawal Mohamad Nayfeh, Omar Mohammed Adwan, Saja I.M. AbdulHadi, Tahani Ibrahim Alsarayreh Vision To be among the top five applied physics departments in the gulf region; to achieve pre-eminence among universities in the region by providing a positive academic environment; to achieve excellence in educational programs that are based on research committed to the teaching process and community needs and to develop students skills, analytical and creative abilities. Mission The Applied Physics program has been designed to provide high quality education in physics at the undergraduate level. It has been constructed to prepare graduates to face the general challenges of a professional career and pursue further studies in physics or other related fields. The mission of the Department is summarized in the following: 1. To facilitate the success of physics graduates who can effectively solve societal problems and carry out research related to pure and applied physics with a drive towards service and leadership. 2. To provide quality scientific and technical education, training, innovation and creativity in the areas of pure and applied sciences. College of Sciences Program Goals 1. Provide a thorough introduction to classical physics and the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. 2. Develop appropriate skills for the analysis of the physical systems. These include the ability to extract data from real systems, and mathematical skills for the study of physical models. 3. Develop scientific reasoning, critical thinking, logical argumentation skills, and the ability to adapt to new situations arising from the changing nature of science and technology. 4. Develop the oral and written communication skills required for a scientific and technical career. 5. Acquire an understanding of the nature of physics as it relates to other sciences and the various technical fields. 691

12 Program Outcomes By the end of the program the student will be able to: 1. Identify and recognize the basic areas of physics such as classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermal physics. 2. Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, and modern computing tools to solving scientific and engineering problems. 3. Develop good experimental and research skills. 4. Relate basic physics concepts to other sciences and gain exposure to interdisciplinary work. 5. Develop effective oral and written communication skills to work effectively with others. 6. Report scientific results using proper reasoning with physical arguments. 7. Recognize and comprehend how established techniques of research and inquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline. Career Opportunities Graduates from the Applied Physics program will be prepared to seek advanced degrees and to pursue careers in many fields and agencies such as: 1. Industries such as aluminum, glass, plastic, and paint factories 2. Ministry of energy and petroleum industries 3. Environmental agencies such as energy resources, climate control, weather and pollution control centers. 4. Hospitals and health care centers. 5. Ministry of education and academic institutions. 6. Communications companies. 7. Military forces, police, and civil defense. Program Overview The BS in Applied Physics is designed in accordance with the mission and vision of the University of Sharjah and the College of Sciences to meet the needs of the students, the basic sciences community, and the UAE society at large. Quality and excellence in both the curriculum and instructional pedagogy are ensured by following. A student enrolled in this program must complete a total of 123 credit hours distributed as follows: BS in Applied Physics (123 crs) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Electives Credits Free Elective Credits Supporting Credits Total

13 I. University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin. II. College Requirements Mandatory Courses Every student in the College of Sciences irrespective of specialization is required to take the 15 credit hours of mandatory courses listed below: Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Calculus I Programming I Physics I ; Pre/Co Physics I Lab 1 Pre/Co General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co Elective Courses The student must choose 6 credit hours outside the Department upon the approval of the academic advisor. The two elective courses are to be chosen from the table below. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Research paper Writing Technical Writing General Biology I Statistics for Science Statistics for Science Lab 1 College of Sciences III. Program Requirements The program requirements consist of 78 credit hours of courses divided into four major sets as described below. 693

14 A. Mandatory Core Courses This set consists of 44 credit hours encompassing the courses listed below. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Physics Orientation Physics II 3 Pre/Co: , Physics II Lab 1 Pre/Co: , Classical Mechanics ; Modern Physics ; Mathematical Methods of Physics I or Mathematical Methods of Physics II Quantum Mechanics I ; Quantum Mechanics II Electricity and Magnetism I ; Electricity and Magnetism II Electronics for Experimental Physics I Computational Physics ; Advanced Physics Lab ; ; Instrumentation and Control Senior Project 3 Department consent B. Support Courses This category includes 10 credit hours of Mathematics and Chemistry courses as indicated in the table below. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Differential equations for Engineers Calculus II for Engineers General Chemistry II General Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co

15 C. Elective Courses Depending on the student interests and/or his/her future job prospects, the student selects in the senior year 24 credit hours from the following set of courses: Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Physics III Physics III Lab ; Thermodynamics Modern Optics ; Statistical Mechanics Electronic for Experimental Physics II Solid State Physics Introduction to Radiation Physics Dosimetry Nuclear Physics Fundamentals of Environmental Physics Physics of Materials ; ; Health Physics Intro to Medical Imaging Physics of Energy Resources Photonics and Fiber Optics ; Radiation Biology Meteorology ; Introduction to Spectroscopy ; College of Sciences Study Plan The Applied Physics BS program encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (14 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Physics Orientation Physics I Physics I Lab Calculus I Introduction to IT (English) Islamic Culture I 3 695

16 Year 1, Semester 2 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Physics II Physics II Lab Calculus II for Engineers Programming I Arabic Language English for Academic Purposes 3 Year 2, Semester 3 (17 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Physics III (APE 1) Physics III Lab Math Methods of Physics I General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab Differential Equations for Engineers 3 University Elective Year 2, Semester 4 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Modern Physics Math Methods of Physics II Classical Mechanics General Chemistry II General Chemistry II Lab 1 University Elective Year 3, Semester 5 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Quantum Mechanics I Electricity and Magnetism I Electronics for Exp. Physics I 4 College Elective University Elective

17 Year 3, Semester 6 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Quantum Mechanics II Electricity and Magnetism II Computational Physics Instrumentation and Control Thermal Physics (APE 2) 3 College Elective Year 4, Semester 7I (14 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Advanced Physics Lab xx Advanced Physics Elective xx Advanced Physics Elective xx Advanced Physics Elective University Elective Year 4, Semester 8 (12 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites 14304xx Advanced Physics Elective xx Advanced Physics Elective xx Advanced Physics Elective Senior Project 3 College of Sciences Courses Descriptions Courses in the proposed program that are offered by the Applied Physics Department start with (1430). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, Applied Physics courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (1430 ABC) where: A B C Year (level) Areas (as follows): 0: Astronomy and Astrophysics 1: General Physics 2: Mechanics 3: Electromagnetism and Electronics 4: Physical Chemistry Course sequence in area 5: Mathematical and Computational Physics 6: Optics, Waves and Thermal Physics 7: Instrumentation and Labs 8: Applied Physics 9: Projects and Training 697

18 Core courses Description of the core courses are given below Physics Orientation (1-0:1) A series of lectures on physics history, contribution of Muslims to the field of physics, physical concepts, different fields of physics, physics-related careers, and the applied physics program and facilities at the University of Sharjah. Prerequisite: None Physics I (3-0:3) Motion in 1 and 2 dimensions, vectors, particle dynamics and Newton s laws, work and energy, momentum and collisions, rotation of rigid bodies, fluid mechanics, heat and thermodynamics. Prerequisite: or pass placement test; Pre/Co or Physics I Lab (0-3:1) 10 experiments in mechanics, covering the topics in the Physics Icourse. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Physics II (3-0:3) Charge and matter; electric field; Gauss law; electric potential; capacitors and dielectrics; current and resistance; electromotive force and circuits; magnetic field and forces; Ampere s law; Faraday s law of induction; introduction to Maxwell s equations. Pre-requisite: ; Pre/Co or Physics II Lab (0-3:1) 10 experiments in electricity and magnetism, covering topics in the Physics II course. Prerequisite: ; Pre/ Co Physics III (3-0:3) Rotation of rigid bodies, Dynamics of Rotational motion, Equilibrium and Elasticity, Periodic Motion, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Waves, Sound and Hearing, Thermal properties of Matter, introduction to the First and 2nd law of thermodynamics. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Physics III Lab (3-0:3) 8-5 selected experiments on the topics mentioned in the description of the theoretical part of physics III. Prerequisite: Pre/Co-requisite: Classical Mechanics (3-0:3) Newtonian mechanics of particles and systems, theory of small oscillations, mechanical waves; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms. Prerequisite: Pre/co Modern Physics (3-3:4) Special theory of relativity and relativistic mechanics; photons; x-rays and the Compton effect; the Bohr model of hydrogen; de Broglie wavelength of matter and wave packet description of particles; Schrödinger wave equation in one dimension; energy quantization; the Spin and many-electron atoms; elements of nuclear physics and elementary particles. It includes 12 experiments covering the topics above. Prerequisite:

19 Mathematical Methods of Physics I (3-0:3) Complex numbers, linear equations, vectors, matrices and determinants, Partial differentiation, multiple integrals, ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, calculus of variations. Pre-requisite: Prerequisite or Mathematical Methods of Physics II (3-0:3) Coordinate transformations, special functions Gamma, Beta, Error, Dirac-Delta Functions, Sturm Liouville eigenvalue problem, Series solution of differential equations, Bessel functions, Legendre Polynomials, Spherical harmonics, Partial Differential equations, Functions of complex variables, Integral Transforms. Prerequisite: Thermodynamics (3-0:3) Entropy and the chemical potential, independent variables and state functions, basic energy concepts first and second laws of thermodynamics; ideal and real gases; thermodynamic properties; introductory cycle analysis. Prerequisite: Physics for Medical Imaging (3-1:4) Energy and matter (the relation between them) temperature and heat, charge and electric field, electrical potential, capacitors and dielectrics, current and resistance, electromotive force and circuits, magnetism and electromagnetism, electromagnetic induction, thermoionic emission, x-ray tube, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, x-ray and gamma ray interaction with matter, radiation safety and dosimetry. Various experiments covering the topics mentioned in physics for medical imaging course such as surface tension, magnetic fields, geometrical optics, oscilloscope, capacitors, the speed of light, the photo-electric effect, thermal radiation, specific charge of the electron, spectrum of the Hydrogen atom, Frank-Hertz experiment, and nuclear radiation measurements Prerequisites: or ; College of Sciences Physics for Dentistry (0-3:1 (3-3:4) The course covers physics topics related to dental applications. These include biomechanics of the jaw, light and optics, atomic structure, spectra, radioactivity, x-rays (generation, safety and protection), bioelectricity, lasers, imaging, waves and ultrasound. Prerequisite: or Quantum Mechanics I (3-0:3) Schrodinger s equation; the correspondence principle; the uncertainty principle; 1- potentials; the harmonic oscillator; the hydrogen atom; elements of matrix mechanics; operators; angular momentum. Prerequisites: ; Quantum Mechanics II (3-0:3) Orbital angular momentum, radial wave function in three dimensions, eigenstates, commutation relations of the spin angular momentum operator, interaction of spin with angular momentum, behavior of electrons in a magnetic field, perturbation theory, approximation methods for time-dependent problems. Prerequisite: Electricity and Magnetism I (3-0:3) Electrostatics: Poisson s equation; energy in the electric field; electrostatics of materials; Magnetostatics: Vector potential; energy in the magnetic field; magneto-statics of materials; Faraday s law; inductance; solutions to the Laplace equation; Maxwell equations. Prerequisite: ; Pre/Co

20 Electricity and Magnetism II (2-0:0) Electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic wave propagation, absorption and dispersion in conductors and dielectrics, EM wave transmission, potentials and fields, EM radiation. Prerequisite: Electronics for Experimental Physics I (3-3:4) Linear circuit theory; diodes and power supplies; transducers; analog integrated circuits: including filters and operational amplifiers; digital integrated circuits including: basic gates; combinational and sequential logic; storage elements; timing elements; arithmetic devices; digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. It includes 12 experiments covering the topics mentioned above. Prerequisite: Computational Physics (2-3:3) Techniques in the use of personal computers in physics including: numerical modeling and integration, processing of large data sets; experience in the use of statistical techniques to analyze data and to model physical events; the use of mathematical packages. Laboratory: hands-on experience in the use of PCs in solving physics problems. Prerequisite: Third Year Standing Prerequisite: ; Modern Optics (3-0:3) Physical optics with major emphasis on wave properties of light; boundary conditions; dispersion; optics of thin films; interference; diffraction; polarization; lasers; holography; Fourier analysis. Prerequisite: Thermal Physics (3-0:3) Equations of state; the first law of thermodynamics; heat engines and refrigerators; entropy and the second law of thermodynamics; phase equilibrium; kinetic theory; equipartition theory; transport phenomena; introduction to statistical mechanics including quantum statistics; applications to black body radiation, crystalline vibrations, magnetic ions in solids, electronic heat capacity of metals, phase transformations and chemical reactions. Prerequisite: ; Electronics for Experimental Physics II (3-0:3) Introduction to the electronic theory of semiconductors, semiconductors in equilibrium, the ideal p-n junction, non idealities, photo diodes, LEDs, semiconductor lasers, metal-semiconductor contacts, heterojunctions, JFET, MOST, small signal parameters, switching, and Thyristors. Prerequisite: Solid State Physics (3-0:3) Introduction to atomic structure and bonding in solids; reciprocal lattice and x-ray crystallography; phonons and crystal vibrations; phonons and thermal properties; classical free electron behavior of metals; energy bands in metals, semiconductors and insulators. Pre-requisite: Introduction to Radiation Physics and Dosimetry (3-0:3) Radiation from accelerated charges; characteristics and quality of X-rays; attenuation of photon beams in matter; interactions of photons with matter; interaction of charged particle beams with matter; concepts of dosimetry; radiation spectrometry. Prerequisite:

21 Nuclear Physics (3-0:3) Basic properties and structure of atomic nuclei, introduction to nuclear models, nuclear reactions, decay and stability, the four basic interaction - strong, electromagnetic, weak and gravitational, properties of - baryons, mesons, quarks, and leptons -, conservation laws, symmetries and broken symmetries, the standard model, experimental techniques. Prerequisite: Advanced Physics Lab (0-6:2) Zeeman effect, UV spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, ionizing radiation, crystal structure, gamma spectroscopy, elastic properties of materials, absolute radioactivity, thermal properties of materials, measuring blood speed by Doppler ultrasound, radiation Pollution. Prerequisite: ; ; Instrumentation and Control (1-4:3) Instrumentation methodology and sensors; fundamentals of pressure, temperature, level, and flow systems; pneumatic, mechanical, and electronic digital transducers; calibration and basic maintenance of industrial instrumentation equipment; training on the use of graphical software systems for developing high-performance scientific and engineering applications such as Lab VIEW or Test Point which acquire data and control devices via IEEE- 488 (GPIB), RS-232/422 and modular (CAMAC) instruments as well as plug-in I/O boards. Pre-requisite: ; Environmental Physics (3-0:3) Relationship of physics to current environmental problems; energy production, comparison of sources and byproducts; nature of and possible solutions to problems of various pollutions particularly matter in atmosphere; radiation physics; the climate; spectroscopy and instrumentation. Pre-requisite: Physics of Materials (3-0:3) Advanced topics in elasticity, viscous flow, reaction kinetics, thermal properties, heat transfer, mechanical properties and optical properties of materials. Prerequisite: ; College of Sciences Health Physics (3-0:3) Sources of radiation, basic dosimetry and hazards of ionizing radiation. Techniques for detection, use and safe handling of radiation sources. Radiation safety codes laws and regulations. Prerequisite: Introduction to Medical Imaging (2-3:3) Fundamentals of image formation, analysis of the characteristics of medical images, parametric description of image quality, application to transmission of radiotherapy Prerequisite: Physics of Energy Resources (3-0:3) Energy and environment; the economics of energy; traditional energy sources: fossil fuels; nuclear energy; sustainable and renewable energy; wind and solar power systems; hydroelectric and geothermal energy; energy storage and transportation. Prerequisite: Photonics and Fiber Optics (3-0:3) Models of light, optical fiber basics, optical fiber manufacture, incoherent light sources, laser light, light detectors, detector circuit and modulation, fiber optics transmitters and receivers, fiber optics telecommunications, interferometric fiber optic sensors. Prerequisite: ;

22 Radiation Biology (3-0:3) Basic radiation physics, track structure, radiation chemistry, DNA damage and repair, cell survival curves, the 4R s of radiology, radiation therapy, radiation effects, radiation protection. Prerequisite: Meteorology (3-0:3) Fundamental concepts, earth and the atmosphere, warming the earth, daily and seasonal temperatures, atmospheric optics, atmospheric moisture, condensation, stability and cloud, precipitation, motion of the atmosphere, winds, air masses and fronts, cyclones, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, air pollution, global climate and its changes, weather forecasting. Prerequisite: ; Pre/Co Introduction to Spectroscopy (3-0:3) Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with atoms and molecules; experimental methods; molecular symmetry; rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy; photoelectron and related spectroscopies; lasers and laser spectroscopy. Prerequisite: ; Senior Project (0-6:3) Under the supervision of a faculty member, the student gets involved in a project and writes a report about a topic approved by the department, and defends it publicly. Prerequisite: Department consent. 702

23 Petroleum Geosciences and Remote Sensing Program Personnel Chairperson: Hachemi Benaoum Vision The program aims to be recognized in the region in providing highly qualified graduates who can address the rapid technological challenges of the future. Mission The program is committed to graduate highly qualified professionals equipped with latest knowledge in Petroleum, Geosciences and remote sensing areas and skills who can contribute to the economic development of the United Arab Emirates and the region. Program Goals 1. Provide students with the knowledge and skills, including problem analysis, solving, and design, necessary for a successful career in Petroleum Geosciences and remote sensing. 2. Equip students with skills of critical thinking, teamwork, leadership and communications, and use them to solve complex problems in Petroleum Geosciences and remote sensing. 3. Prepare students to develop knowledge using modern design tools and new technologies in sciences and learn through appropriate lifelong education processes. 4. Prepare students to be admitted to and succeed in graduate study in internationally recognized universities. College of Sciences Program outcomes Upon successful completion of the B.Sc. in Petroleum Geosciences and Remote Sensing program the student will have the ability to: 1. Identify, formulate, and solve petroleum, geosciences and remote sensing problems. 2. Apply fundamental principles and concepts of geosciences and remote sensing in theoretical and practical situations. 3. Employ modern technologies and established IT skills to collect, interpret, and present geological data. 4. Implement independent experiments under guidance using to the appropriate research methodologies. 5. Work effectively, responsibly and safely in an individual or team context. 6. Communicate information concisely and accurately using written, visual, and verbal means appropriate to the situation. 7. Actively engaging in professional development and life-long learning activities. 8. Model geosciences related components to meet economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety needs. 703

24 Career Opportunities Graduates from the PGRS will find employment opportunities covering a wide spectrum mainly in petroleum sectors. Geoscientists are in high demand in many oil and gas industries, mineral and water exploration, geo-imaging and remote sensing, natural risks management, environmental monitoring, forensic geosciences and archaeological excavation and preservation, as well as research positions in industry and government laboratories. Problemsolving techniques learned in the petroleum geosciences curriculum create opportunities for continued educational pursuits and/or higher graduate study in geosciences. The main potential employers and probable outlets for Geoscientists in the UAE are: National and international oil and gas companies such as ADNOC, ADMA and ADCO, ENOC, Dubai Oil and gas, Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Total and Schlumberger. Governmental agencies with activities related to soil, water, energy, and environment; such as Ministry of Environment and Water, Ministry of Energy, Abu Dhabi and other Environmental Agency as well as Municipalities in all the Emirates. Academic and educational institutions. Civil Engineering Bureaus, construction companies and cement and rock quarries industry at both large and small scale entrepreneurs. Police authority in forensic laboratories. Archaeological and Heritage Museums. Program Overview The program is designed in accordance with the mission and vision of the University and the College of Science to meet the needs of the students, the community and the industry at large. The contents of the program are in line with or similar to many universities undergraduate programs in USA and in Europe. Quality and excellence in both the curriculum and instructional pedagogy are ensured by following the procedures listed in Table 1. A student undertaking this program should complete a total of 123 credit hours distributed as follows: Compulsory Support Elective Total University Requirements College Requirements Department Requirements Dep. Free 15 6 Total

25 Course Numbering System: Each course number consists of 7 digits that are grouped in 5 fields as follows: College No. Dept. No. Course level Specialized field Serial No X Y Z Specialized fields of knowledge in PESCRESE are numbered as follows: Digit Field of Knowledge 1 Petroleum 2 Geology 3 Remote Sensing 0 General [seminar,training, project] I. University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin. II. Collage Requirements Mandatory Courses Every student in the College of Sciences irrespective of specialization is required to take the 15 credit hours of mandatory courses listed below: Course # Course Name Credit Hours Prerequisites College of Sciences Programming I Physics (1) Physics (1) Lab or concurrently General Chemistry (1) General Chemistry (1) Lab or concurrently Calculus (1) 3 705

26 III. Program Requirements The program requirements consist of 84 credit hours of courses divided into four major sets as described below. A. Mandatory Core Courses This set consists of 50 credit hours encompassing the courses listed below. Course # Course Name CrHrs Prerequisites Physical Geology Sedimentary Rocks and Sedimentology Stratigraphy and Structural Geology General Geophysics Regional Geology , Co Introduction to Geospatial Information System (GIS) 3 None Introduction to Remote Sensing Petrophysics Petroleum Geology , Exploration Geophysics Exploration Geophysics Geologic Remote Sensing Seismology and Plate Tectonics Training 1 Senior Standing at level 4, standing the Approval of the Department Seminar 1 Senior Standing Graduation Project 3 Senior Standing Reservoir Characterization Well Logging B. Supportive Courses This category includes 13 credit hours offered by other departments for the students as indicated in the table below. Course # Course Name CrHrs Prerequisites Critical Reading & Writing Calculus (2) Physics (2) Physics (2) Lab or concurrently Programming II

27 C. Elective Courses These elective courses (15 credit hours) are to be chosen from a list of courses offered by the department. The support and core courses are the preparatory courses, which are designed to meet the breadth requirement in the program. After completing the preparatory courses, students are strongly encouraged to choose from alternative groupings of electives (referred to as groups ) in different areas of PGRS to fulfill the depth requirement. Course # Course Name CrHrs Prerequisites Paleontology Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology , Special Topics I 3 Departmental approval Special Topics II 3 Departmental approval Petroleum Geology of the Middle East 3 concurrently Hydrogeology , Environmental Geology and Risk Management & Petroleum Geochemistry Basin Analysis , Seismic Stratigraphy , Advanced Geographic Information System , Environmental Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing , D. General Free Elective Courses Each student registered in the program is required to take 6 credits (2 courses) as general free elective courses. Such courses can be taken from the university s pool of courses at large upon the approval of the academic advisor. These courses are intended to broaden the knowledge of students by combining studies from the program with studies from other academic disciplines. College of Sciences Study Plan The Petroleum Geosciences and Remote Sensing program encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitated student s normal progression through the study plan. Year 1, Semester 1 (16 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Arabic Language or Arabic for non-arabic speakers English for Academic Purposes Physical Geology Physics I Physics I Lab Calculus I 3 707

28 Year 1, Semester 2 (17 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Introduction to IT General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab Critical Reading & Writing Physics II Physics II Lab Calculus II 3 Year 2, Semester 1 (16 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Programming I Sedimentary Rocks and Sedimentology Stratigraphy and Structural Geology Islamic Culture Introduction to Geospatial Information System (GIS) 3 Year 2, Semester 2 (15 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Programming II General Geophysics Introduction to Remote Sensing Reginal Geology xx Specialized Elective 3 Year 3, Semester 1 (18 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Geologic Remote Sensing xxx Specialized Elective Petrophysics Exploration Geophysics I Seismology and Plate Tectonic xxx Specialized Elective 3 708

29 Year 3, Semester 2 (18 Credits) Course Title CrHrs 1460xxx Specialized Elective Exploration Geophysics II Petroleum Geology xxx Specialized Elective 3 University Elective 3 General Free Elective 3 Year 4, Semester 1 (13 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Well Logging Seminar 1 University Elective 3 University Elective 3 General Free Elective 3 Year 4, Semester 2 (10 Credits) Course Title CrHrs 14604xx Specialized Elective Graduation Project Reservoir Characterization Training 1 College of Sciences 709

30 Core courses Description of the core courses are given below Physical Geology (2-3:3) Introduction to the fundamentals of physical geology. Composition and structure of the Earth, mineral and rock identification, plate tectonics, mountain building, geological structures, earthquakes, volcanism, erosion and sedimentation processes. Laboratory exercises concentrate on mineral and rock identification and the interpretation of topographic and geologic maps. At least one field trip to a nearby locality is required Sedimentary Rocks and Sedimentology (3-0:3) Elements of sedimentary basin formation, style of sedimentation, provenance, associated facies, and subsequent physicochemical changes through time. Plate tectonic, climatic, allo- and auto-cyclic constraints on sedimentary rocks. Emphasis on convergent and rifted margin sedimentary record. Usage of several macroscopically and microanalytically tools for detailed sedimentary basin analysis.. Computer software will be introduced for basin analysis and data interpretation. At least one field trip is required Stratigraphy and Structural Geology (2-3:3) This course covers the principal laws of stratigraphy, facies, sea level changes, transgression, regression, sedimentation cyclic, correlation, mass extinction, sequence stratigraphy, surface and subsurface stratigraphy of the UAE. Principles of structural geology. Concepts of true and apparent dip of strata, folds, structural contours for homoclinal and complex surfaces, geological cross-sections, block diagrams, isopachs, faults, intrusive and extrusive igneous structures, impact structures, landslides and sinkholes. Laboratory exercises focus on the interpretation of geological maps and cross-sections and stereographic projection using Schmidt net. Computer software will be used in directional data interpretation, manipulation, and diagram and graph construction. At least one field trip to a nearby locality is required General Geophysics (2-3:3) Introduction to applied and solid-earth geophysics; the gravitational, seismic, magnetic, thermal, and radioactive properties of rocks and earth materials; methods of measurement and their applications to the exploration of the Earth s interior. Physical properties of the earth s interior. Some field trips are required Regional Geology (3-0:3) The course covers the major tectonic elements of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the rocks and the sedimentary cover in Arabia peninsula. Geological, structural and geomorphological evolution of Arabia with emphasis on hydrocarbon potentials, mineral wealth and underground water resources. At least one field trip is required Introduction to Geospatial Information Systems (GISs) (2-3:3) In this introductory course, students become familiar with the concepts and gain the experience necessary to appreciate the utility of Geographic Information Systems in decision making. Topics covered include the fundamentals of cartography, scale, projection, and coordinate systems in GIS, geo-referencing, data structures, querying, data classification, and basic spatial data analysis. The course provides an overview of the capabilities of GIS software and applications of GIS. Class time is divided between lectures and GIS exercises that reinforce critical concepts. 710

31 Introduction to Remote Sensing (2-3:3) This course describes the fundamental theory and concept of remote sensing. The course would overview properties and capturing techniques of remote sensing data that contain aerial photography, Landsat, Spot, radar imagery and thermal imagery. Basic principles include the basic characteristics of electromagnetic radiation; radiometry; the interactions between radiation and terrestrial materials and atmospheric constituents; characteristics of sensor systems and their measurements. The interactions between radiation and terrestrial materials (Vegetation, soil, water, and rocks) and atmospheric constituents, with incorporation of ancillary data and ground truth Petrophysics (2-3:3) The different types of coring are covered in this course in addition to the handling and storage procedures of core samples. The course covers the methods of measuring the petrophysical characteristics of reservoir rocks such as porosity, permeability, density, resistivity etc Petroleum Geology (2-3:3) The course includes the definition and properties of petroleum and natural gas. The origin, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons as related to source, reservoir and seal rocks and reservoir properties. Structural, stratigraphic and combination traps. Different exploration methods and the basin analysis are also introduced as a tool of understanding the course. Computer software will be introduced for basin analysis and data interpretation. At least one field trip is required to investigate the outcrop section of a major reservoir in Saudi Arabia Exploration Geophysics I (2-3:3) The course covers the principles of the seismic reflection and refraction methods with special emphasis on the reflection techniques. It consists of two parts: an introduction to the data acquisition and processing; and the seismic interpretation. The course aims at delineating subsurface Geology including layer succession, types of structures, etc. Also, the course covers an introduction to the attributes as a tool, AVO, VSP and synthetic seismogram. Comparison with well logging data is included. In addition, the basis of the different stacking techniques is introduced. College of Sciences Exploration Geophysics II (2-3:3) The course covers the theory and data acquisition and processing of the non-seismic methods, which includes gravity, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic method. The role of these methods in the exploration for hydrocarbon, groundwater, minerals, as well as civil and environmental applications. Survey execution, interpretation and data processing Geologic Remote Sensing (2-3:3) This course is an introduction to the theory and techniques of remote sensing tools with emphasis on the geosciences and geology. This course explores the use of remote sensing for integrated image interpretation and geological mapping to obtain lithological, stratigraphy and geological structure. It includes image processing techniques, interpretation and analysis that used for geological investigation. The integrated geological mapping approach re-interpreted in a GIS environment on the basis of aerial photographs, satellite imagery and airborne geophysical data. The laboratory work includes the data fusion and processing of satellite images with various spectral and geometric resolutions. 711

32 Seismology and Plate Tectonics (2-3:3) The course covers the dynamics of the solid Earth from theoretical, observational seismology and seismotectonics in relation to earthquake hazard and mitigation. It provides an in-depth study of earthquake seismology and earthquake hazard in relationship with the plate tectonics. The course includes understanding the plates movements and the procedures of interpreting earthquake seismograms and determination of earthquake focal mechanisms. Examples of the UAE seismicity and the tectonic evolution of the Arabian Plate are given Training (1-0:1) A total period of eight weeks of internship in the industry to gain practical experience in the field of geology. The student is required to submit a written report and make an oral presentation at the department based on the experience of the training program Seminar )1-0:1( Preparation and presentation of selected topics. Each student is expected to submit a written report on his topic and make an oral presentation at the class Graduation Project )1-6:3( Topics will depend on student s and instructor s interest. They may vary from acquisition and interpretation of geophysical data from the field or the laboratory to computer models and simulation of theoretical problems of interest in geophysics, or a mixture of both. Weekly consultations with the instructor as well as a written report are required Reservoir Characterization (3-0:3) Basic petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks including porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, electrical conductivity, capillary pressure, and relative permeability. Laboratory measurement of the reservoir rock characteristics mentioned above Well Logging (2-3:3) Comprehensive study of modem well logging methods, open hole and cased hole log interpretation methods. Production logging. Design of logging programs and examples of applications Paleontology (3-0:3) This course covers the invertebrate fossils groups and their applications in stratigraphy and paleoecology. A special attention is given to their importance in the petroleum exploration in the United Arab Emirates. The course also includes the study of the fossils characteristic morphology and microstructure and their role in the history of life on Earth Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (3-0:3) Nature, origin, differentiation and crystallization of magma. Phase relations in silicate melts. Mode of occurrence, textures, petrography and minerals of igneous rocks Special Topics I (3-0:3) The course will cover a special topic in one of the field of the petroleum, Geology, Remote Sensing and related disciplines. Topics will be selected according to the faculty expertise and the students interest and enrollment. 712

33 Special Topics II (3-0:3) The course will cover a special topic in one of the field of the petroleum, Geology, Remote Sensing and related disciplines. Topics will be selected according to the faculty expertise and the students interest and enrollment Petroleum Geology of the Middle East (3-0:3) This course gives an introductory overview of the Geographic and geomorphologic setting as well as the geologic setting, and the sequence stratigraphy. The History of hydrocarbon exploration is also given as well as the current status of Middle East oil Hydrogeology (2-3:3) In this course, students will become familiar with the concepts of occurrence and movement of groundwater and will gain the knowledge on applications of ground water theories for practical use. Topics covered include the fundamentals of hydrological cycle, types and properties of geological formations holding ground water, theories of ground water movement, usage of flow nets, well hydraulics, analysis of pumping data, groundwater quality and pollution, field exploration and survey for ground water, and usage of computer software Environmental Geology and Risk Management (3-0:3) The course covers the environmental problems, hazards and their mitigation. Critical evaluation of geological processes: volcanic activity, earthquakes, slope failures and landslides, flooding, groundwater movement, solution cavities and sinkholes. Environmental problems associated with human interaction: groundwater pollution, groundwater withdrawal, acid rain, solid waste disposal, land development and urbanization, agricultural activity, soil erosion, and desertification. Current environmental issues. Selected case studies and computer software related to the subject will be introduced At least one field trip to a nearby locality is required Petroleum Geochemistry (3-0:3) The course s main goal is to provide the student with an overview of the petroleum industry: its history, its technical achievements, its role in the global-economy and its future prospects. Introduction to modern exploration, production and processing operations is included as well as highlights of the petrochemicals and petroleum industry. College of Sciences Basin Analysis (3-0:3) The mystery of hydrocarbon accumulation in sedimentary basins is discussed with reference to worldwide and Arabian Gulf examples. The course includes a special emphasis on the key elements and the where about and how to find the accumulation Seismic Stratigraphy (3-0:3) This course covers the procedure of understanding the stratigraphy by using the seismic sections. It covers the key elements of seismic reflection patterns, amplitudes and frequencies essential to a specific basin stratigraphic and facies analysis that lead to oil and gas play definition. Also, the geological description and interpretation of seismic parameters within the seismic-sequence correlation framework are covered. The methods of analyzing depositional environment is being detailed with emphasis on carbonate environments, type of rocks, Sedimentary sequences, fluid content and contacts, palaeo-sea level change and the Geologic history. 713

34 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (2-3:3) The course deals with design and operation and operation of Geospatial Information Systems (GISs) and their role in digital mapping and spatial data management. Topics covered include basic data structure, data source and models, geospatial analysis, digital elevation data and terrain analysis. The Course includes an embedded computer lab for hands-on training with GIS software. It includes the use of GIS within oil and gas exploration and production activities using petroleum industry spatial data and workflows. It Introduce the functionality that allows geoscientists to import spatial and non-spatial databases, integrate, manage and analyze data to produce information for decision-making Environmental Remote Sensing (2-3:3) This course is designed to introduce students to remote sensing science and technology. It emphasizes mastering fundamental remote sensing concepts and utilizing remotely sensed data for environmental information extraction and problem solving. The course introduces the student to remote sensing basics for environmental Modeling and monitoring and its application in geoscience. The first part of the course will cover the remote sensing and techniques to acquire, enhance, interpret and analyze remote sensing imagery using visual and computer-based methods. The second part of the course addresses the role and nature of Environmental Models. The third part deals with the application of remote sensing principles and data to environmental science. Topics include the use of remote sensing for environmental applications related to different studies of hazards monitoring, hydrology, air pollution, and land use/land cover Digital Image Processing (3-0:3) This course explores the major categories of digital image processing. Digital image fundamentals, perception, discrimination, and sampling. Image transforms using FFT Fourier Algorithm. Image rectification and restoration, image enhancement, filtering and multi-image manipulation, image encoding, image segmentation and description. Image classifications, typical steps in numerical analysis. Classification accuracy assessment and data merging training on a selected software such as Mat lab. 714

35 DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BIOLOGY - BIOTECHNOLOGY Personnel Chairperson: Professors: Associate Professors: Assistant Professors: Academic Visiting: Lecturers: Amir Khan Ismail Saadoun, Ihsan Ali Mahasneh, Aly Aly Mohamed EL Kabalawy Hassene Bin Mohammed Haj Kacem, Mona Rushdi Abdelhafez Hassuneh Amir Khan, Abdellaziz Tlili, Abdullah Fahad AL Mutery, Kareem Aly Fahmy Mosa, Khalid Bajou, Muhammad Nasir Khan Qaiser Sheikh, Abdullah Fahd Al Mutery, Ammira Akil Ban Al Joubori, Islam Mohamed ElAhmadi, Racha AL Khoury, Tasneem Ahmed Mohammad, Uzma Inayat Ullah Khan Vision The Department of Applied Biology is committed to enhancing its standing as a national and international leader in biotechnology education, research and service delivery with an emphasis on serving the needs of the United Arab Emirates. Mission The mission of Department of Applied Biology is to provide a high quality education to both undergraduate and graduate students. A significant aspect of this mission is to prepare life sciences professionals to participate and contribute to the development of the society. The Department strives to increase scientific literacy in the general public through its service courses and community service activities for the benefit of the UAE and the region. College of Sciences Objectives The bachelor degree in the Biotechnology Program has the following goals: 1. To provide a high quality, intellectually challenging education in biotechnology that prepares graduates to make a positive contribution to society. 2. To equip students to be critical, independent learners experienced in evidence-based assessment of problems, both at university and throughout life. 3. To provide students training in research in preparation for higher degrees through conducting an independent research project in their final year. 4. To introduce advanced technical procedures and modern biotechnology practices in pharmaceutical, medical, industrial and agricultural fields. 715

36 Program Outcomes Upon successful completion of the BS program in Biotechnology, graduates will: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of biological sciences core concepts which include but not limited to cellular biology, molecular genetics, biochemistry and microbiology 2. Use principles of allied knowledge in chemistry, physics and information technology applications 3. Implement acquired knowledge in graduate studies and biotechnology careers such as lab specialists in industry, pharmaceuticals and forensics 4. Use a wide variety of modern laboratory equipment and techniques such as recombinant DNA technology, tissue culture and bioinformatics with accuracy, precision and safety 5. Demonstrate skills of effective scientific writing and oral communication 6. Manage laboratory activities and engage in effective scientific work as individuals and as team members 7. Understand the ethical issues related to biotechnology implications 8. Solve biological problems critically with scientific literacy in individual and group settings. Career Opportunities Graduates from the Biotechnology program have many opportunities to be employed in various positions such as 1. Lab specialists in food processing and manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical pathology and diagnostics, reproductive biology industries, plant biotechnology and a range of veterinary and agricultural supporting industries. 2. Forensic, medical and quality control laboratory specialists for conducting DNA analysis related to criminal investigations and diagnosis of microbial and genetic diseases. 3. Environmental consultants to assess and monitor environmental contamination and help in developing landfill sites and implementing environmental bioremediation programs. 4. Scientific journalists and media presenters writing articles and helping preparing broadcast programs to communicate the importance of scientific development to the public. 5. 5Sales representative/marketing professional to sell and provide advice about special scientific products to clients in research, help to solve specific problems related to equipment applications and experimental procedures. Program Overview To obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology, the student must complete a total of 124 credit hours. These hours span University requirements (UR), College requirements (CR) and program requirements (PR). The allocation of the credit hours is shown in the following table: BS in Biotechnology (Total Credit Hours: 124 Credits) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Electives Credits Total

37 University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Engineering section in this bulletin. I. College Requirements The list of the College required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin. II. Program Requirements A. Mandatory Courses The mandatory core courses offered by the Biotechnology program encompasses the 54 credits listed in the table below. Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites General Biology General Biology General Biology Lab 1 Pre/Co: Basic Biotechnology Cell Biology Bio-informatics ; General Microbiology General Microbiology Lab. 1 Pre/Co: Immunology and Serology Immunology and Serology Lab Tissue Culture and Animal Biotechnology ; Molecular Genetics Molecular Genetics Lab 1 Pre/Co: Biochemistry , Biochemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: Field Training 3 Note Plant Biotechnology Microbial and Process Biotechnology ; Environmental Biotechnology ; Molecular Human Genetics Molecular Biology 3 Pre/Co: Molecular Biology Lab 1 Pre/Co: Seminar 1 Note Research Graduation Project 3 Note 2 Note 1: Completion of 75 credits with CGPA 2 and departmental Approval Note 2: Completion 90 credits College of Sciences 717

38 Other mandatory courses offered by other departments consists of the 14 credits listed below. Course # Title Credits Prerequisites English for Medical Students Biostatistics Organic Chemistry (HS) Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: B. Technical Elective Students in the Bachelor of Science program in Biotechnology are required to study 16 credit hours of department elective courses selected with the help of their academic advisor two groups to best meet their needs and aspirations. The two groups to choose from are: Group A. This list consists of 12 credit hours chosen from the list given in the table below. Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Introduction to Forensic Sciences ; Microbial Genetics ; Scientific Writing and Presentation ; Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Protein Biochemistry and Engineering Molecular Developmental Biology Biotechnology in Medicine A Selected Topics in Biotechnology A 3 Note B Selected Topics in Biotechnology B 2 Note C Selected Topics in Biotechnology C 1 Note Ethical Aspects of Biotechnology Note 1: Completion 99 credit hours and departmental approval 718

39 Group B. This list consists of 4 credit hours chosen from the list given in the table below. Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Medical Microbiology * Histology * Molecular Genetics * Clinical Chemistry I * Hematology I * Medical Virology * *or departmental Approval Study Plan The BS program in Biotechnology encompasses 124 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Islamic Culture I Arabic language or Arabic language for non-arabic Speakers English for Academic Purposes 3 3 College of Sciences General Biology I General Biology Lab 1 Pre/Co: General Chemistry (HS) 4 Year 1, Semester 2 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Introduction to IT (English) General Physics for HS General Biology II Calculus for Health Sciences 3 University Elective (1) 3 719

40 Year 2, Semester 3 (16 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Programming I Organic Chemistry (HS) Basic Biotechnology Biostatistics 3 University Elective (2) 3 Year 2, Semester 4 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites English for Medical Students Analytical Chemistry (HS) Analytical Chemistry Lab (HS) 1 Pre/Co: Cell Biology University Elective (3) 3 University Elective (4) 3 Year 3, Semester 5 (15 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites General Microbiology General Microbiology Lab 1 Pre/Co: Immunology and Serology Immunology and Serology Lab 1 Pre/Co: Molecular Genetics Molecular Genetics Lab 1 Pre/Co: Program Elective (1) 3 Year 3, Semester 6 (13 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites General Biochemistry ; General Biochemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: Tissue Culture and Animal Biotechnology ; Bioinformatics ; Program Elective (2) 3 Completing 75 CrHrs Program Elective (3) 2 Completing 75 CrHrs 720

41 Year 4, Semester 7 (15 Credits) Course Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Microbial Processing and Biotechnology ; Environmental Biotechnology ; Molecular Biology Molecular Biology Lab 1 Pre/Co: Program Elective (4) 3 Program Elective (5) 2 Completing 75 CrHrs Completing 75 CrHrs Year 4, Semester 8 (13 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Plant Biotechnology Molecular Human Genetics Seminar Research Project 3 Course Description Program Elective (6) 3 Completing 99 CrHrs Completing 99 CrHrs Courses that are offered in the Biotechnology program start with (1450). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other Science departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, Biotechnology courses in the program are assigned numbers of the form (1450ABC) where: College of Sciences A B C Year (level) Areas (as follows) 0: General, Introductory, Biology and Chemistry 1: Forensic 2: Plant and Agriculture 3: Microbiology, Immunology and Serology 4: Genetics Course Sequence in area 5: Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 6: Animal 9: Projects, Seminars, Selected Topics and Training 721

42 Core Courses Descriptions of the core courses are given below General Biology I 3-0:3 This course includes topics concerned with cell biochemistry, structure, function, respiration and photosynthesis. The cell cycle and its control in addition to the division of animal and plant cells will be discussed. Classical and molecular genetics will be emphasized. Also, animal and plant tissues will be introduced. Prerequisite: None General Biology II 3-0:3 This course includes topics concerned with the molecular basis of life and selected physiological systems of the human body. The course will investigate: genes to proteins, the regulation of gene expression, genetics of bacteria and viruses and an introduction to biotechnology. Selected physiological systems of the human body will be addressed such as human nutrition, circulation, and gas exchange and immune system. Pre-requisite: General Biology Lab 0-3:1 Experiments involve the use of the microscope, its detailed parts and functions. The chemical and physical characteristics of macromolecules will be illustrated. The structure and composition of plant and animal cells. Respiration, cell division, and genetics. Study of animal tissues in addition to human anatomy. Prerequisite: or concurrently Basic Biotechnology 2-0:2 This course discusses the fundamental aspects of biotechnology and its importance to mankind in a concise and lucid explanation of this newly founded science. The course emphasizes how cell structure and function is a vital starting point for knowledge of genetic engineering and gene technology. Lectures will underlie the principles and application of Recombinant DNA technology in industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical fields. Lecture will also include the fermentation systems for commercial production of useful products and their purification. Pre-requisite: Cell Biology 3-0:3 The course describes the fundamental aspects of cell biology. Introduction to cells covers cell chemistry and cell macromolecules. Cell structure and functions include cell organelles, cytoskeleton, and membrane transport across membranes, intracellular compartments and cellular aspects of cancer. Prerequisite: Bio-informatics 1-3:2 This course will introduce students to some of the most commonly used software packages for genetic analysis of nucleic acid, protein sequences and designing primers for PCR. In addition the class explores and explains some of the computational biology tools found on the Internet and how they can be applied to problems in genomic and molecular biology. Prerequisite: ; General Microbiology 3-0:3 Introduction to the microbial world. Diversity of prokaryotes, their development, structure and function. Prokaryotic metabolism, nutrition, growth and methods of control. Microbial genetics and control. Fundamental principles of the interrelationships of microorganisms and man, and their role in the environment. Prerequisite:

43 General Microbiology Lab 0-3:1 The laboratory is set up to familiarize students with the techniques used to grow and identify microorganisms. The first section of the semester covers the basic safety and handling procedures inside the microbiology laboratory, and the techniques of bacterial staining and the use of microscopy. The second section covers the media related aspects, recognition and differentiation of microbial characteristics in culture. The next section is devoted for the effect of several physical parameters on microbial growth. Microbial identification based on metabolic differences will be also covered extensively using a number of tests, and students will then test his or her knowledge by using the above information to identify unknown bacterial culture. In the last section of the course, students will be introduced to the concept of indicator microorganisms, the coliforms. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Immunology and Serology 3-0:3 The course describes the fundamental aspects of immunology. Antigen and antigenicity. Antibody structure, function and diversity. Cell and organs of immune system. Humoral and cellular immune response. Complement and phagocytosis. Immunity against infectious pathogens and tumors. Immunodeficiency and AIDS, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity and transplantation. Prerequisite: Immunology and Serology Lab 0-3:1 This course is designed to provide the appropriate laboratory exposure necessary to prepare the student to function at the career-entry skill level in the immunology laboratory. The first section of this course will be devoted for solution preparations and experimental animals handling and immunization. Next, students will be investigating some elements of the innate immunity. The study of the formation, characteristics and reactions of antigens and antibodies will be covered extensively during this course along with their serological applications (agglutination, flocculation and precipitation reactions). The last section will focus on the use of electrophoresis in immunology. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Molecular Genetics 3-0:3 This course aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles and mechanisms of heredity and variation. Topics will include Mendelian and non-mendelian inheritance, the basic principle of heredity, its chromosomal basis, molecular mechanisms of mutation, DNA repair, recombination, cytogenetics, viral genetics, bacterial and fungal genetics, quantitative and population genetics, etc. The use of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organism models for genetic analysis will be emphasized. Prerequisite: College of Sciences Molecular Genetics Lab 0-3:1 This course is an introduction to many areas of modern genetics and emphasizes the principles of genetics in each of 4 main areas, transmission, cytogenetics, quantitative and molecular Genetics. The course will begin by introducing students to the concepts and the statistical laws commonly used in genetics. The key section of this course will focus on studying how genes are transmitted between generations and what are the laws governing their transmission; and all of this will be investigated by doing genetic studies with the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Some sections of this course will arm students with a good experience in preparing karyotype slides. Moreover, bacterial mutagenesis will be covered extensively in this course. The last section will be devoted for molecular genetics, where students will be asked to extract and characterize different types of genetic material. Prerequisite: Pre/Co:

44 General Biochemistry 3-0:3 The course is designed to provide an understanding of the structure of the chemical components of living matter. Topics covered include chemical principles of biologic systems; chemical and physical properties of nucleotides, amino acids, proteins and water; protein structure and stability; introduction to steady-state kinetics; enzyme mechanism; controlling enzyme activity; metabolic circuitry; glucose transport and metabolism; pyruvate metabolism; the TCA cycle; electron flow and oxidative phosphorylation; glycogen metabolism; gluconeogenesis and the pentose shunt; fatty acid catabolism and synthesis; disposal of nitrogen: the urea cycle; amino acid catabolism and synthesis; integrating metabolism: fed and fasted states and exercise. Prerequisite: ; General Biochemistry Lab 0-3:1 The aim of the laboratory course is to provide an introduction to general laboratory techniques in biochemistry with a focus on the experimental basis for theoretical training in biochemistry. The course deals with principles and practices of biochemistry, chromatography and electrophoresis for investigations of metabolites, proteins, polysaccharides; application of enzymes for quantitative determinations by spectroscopic methods; introductory experiments with protein purification and kinetics of enzyme action. Prerequisite: Pre/Co: Tissue Culture and Animal Biotechnology 1-3:2 The course is designed to study the basic principles of animal tissue culture. The topics include: types of culture, biology of cell culture, culture media and their preparation, disaggregation of tissues, maintenance of culture, methods of cell separation, culture of specific cell types and specialized techniques in tissue culture. The course will also introduce the student to basic hybridoma technology concepts and monoclonal antibodies production techniques. Good laboratory practices and good manufacturing practices are also discussed. Prerequisite: ; Field Training 3-9:3 The department contacts certain private and public sectors in order to make a schedule for training in specialized areas, such as: hospitals, forensic labs, food industries, environment labs control, private and governmental labs and research labs. The duration of such training will be 6 weeks. A faculty member is assigned to the students, visits them while training and arranges lectures and seminars for them. After that the student writes a report in which he describes the basic skills learned during that period. Prerequisite: Completion of 90 credit hours Plant Biotechnology 2-3:3 This class designed to provide students with up-to-date ways to develop higher-yielding and more nutritious crop varieties, to improve resistance to disease, or to reduce the need for inputs of fertilizers and other expensive agrochemicals. Prerequisite: Microbial Processing and Biotechnology 2-3:3 This course includes the following topics: Principles and practices of microbiology in industry, substrate for industrial fermentation, methods of fermentation, and product recovery of organic feed-stocks produced by fermentation, large scale cultivation and commercial exploitation of industrial microorganisms to produce organic acids, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, antibiotics and single cell protein. Prerequisite: ;

45 Environmental Biotechnology 2-3:3 The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the specific application of metabolic capability and molecular biology of microorganisms for exploitation of many areas of biotechnology to reverse and prevent environmental problems. Topics will cover: Environmental monitoring, Sewage treatment, pollution control of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastes, bioremediation and clean technology, energy and biofules, and mineral resource recovery. Prerequisite: , Human Molecular Genetics 3-0:3 The course covers topics in human genetics such as: Human genetic diseases, Mapping the human genome; The molecular analysis of single gene disorders; the genetic analysis of complex diseases; Gene therapy, Gene testing; The human genome project; Human population genetics and evolution; DNA fingerprinting; Human genetics and society. Prerequisite: Molecular Biology 3-0:3 A lecture course dealing with the molecular nature of gens and genomes and analysis of the biochemical processes (homologous recombination, transcription, RNA splicing, and translation) involved in expression and regulation of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes. Prerequisite: Molecular Biology Lab 0-3:1 This course will provide students with a hands on introduction to modern molecular biology techniques. Students will learn bacterial transformation and plasmid DNA purification, restriction digest and gel electrophoresis, gene transfer and expression, isolation of DNA and RNA from eukaryotic cells, Southern hybridization, reverse transcription, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR and RT-PCR), and cloning DNA fragments. Prerequisite: Pre/ Co Seminar 1-0:1 The student should consult his supervisor and agree with him on a breaking news topic in biotechnology to be presented in an acceptable form of a scientific report. Pre-requisite: Completion of 90 credit hours. College of Sciences Research Project 0-9:3 A well-defined problem is assigned to the student in order to carry out experimental work to be presented in an acceptable form of a scientific report. Prerequisite: Completion of 90 credit hours. Elective Courses The technical elective courses consists of two groups, 16 credit hours of courses offered by the Biotechnology program and 12 credit hours taken from courses offered in other departments. Those course are described below English for Medical Students 0-3:3 This course focuses on academic reading and writing skills, including extensive work in reading comprehension and retention. Students will practice identifying topics, determining the main idea of a text, recognizing the supporting deals of a paragraph, recognizing authors writing patterns, and understanding new vocabulary through context clued. Emphasis is given to the rhetorical structure of cause and effect. Prerequisite:

46 Biostatistics 0-3:3 This course provides students with an understanding of the principles of biostatistics as related to biological sciences. It helps students to understand the nature of data, data sources, methods of data presentation, sampling distributions, data transformations, statistical inference, correlation and regression analyses. It also gives the student an idea about the concept of hypothesis testing and tests of significance. Prerequisite: None Organic Chemistry for HS 4-3:3 Chemistry of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated, and aromatic compounds; alcohols, phenols, ethers, and thiols; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and esters; amines and amides; and a brief introduction to biochemistry are covered. Experiments on qualitative and qualitative general chemistry, various organic synthesis, purification and separation techniques also introduced. Prerequisite: Analytical Chemistry for HS 3-0:3 Calculations used in Analytical Chemistry; Chemical equilibrium; Treatment of errors; gravimetric and volumetric techniques; acid/base; precipitation; complex formation; redox titrations; and introduction to electrochemistry will be covered. Prerequisite: Analytical Chemistry Lab for HS 0-3:1 Experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of major topics of the course are covered. Prerequisite: Pre/ Co Program Electives Group A (12 Credit hours) Introduction to Forensic Science 3-0:3 This course introduces the basic principles and relationships between the applications of chemistry, biology, and physics to forensic science as they relate to the criminal investigative process. The course is designed to give students insight into the many areas of forensic science and to study the newest techniques used by forensic laboratories. Topics discussed include organic and inorganic chemical analyses of physical evidence, principles of serology and DNA analysis, identification of fresh and decomposed human remains, ballistics, fingerprint analysis, facial reconstruction, drug analysis, and forensic entomology. Prerequisite: ; Microbial Genetics 2-3:3 This course will cover the following topics: Cell growth, reproduction and differentiation. Classical genetics of bacteria and microorganisms. DNA structure and replication, genetic recombination, transformation, transduction and transposition. Linkage and mapping in prokaryotes and viruses. Gene structure and expression, gene transfer systems, cloning and expression systems, proteolytic systems and bacteriophages. Prerequisite: ; Scientific Writing and Presentation 1-0:1 This class outlines the basic requirements for science essay and technical report writing and covers the tools of writing (references, using illustrations). Prepare the students how to write a CV and letters for job application. Prerequisite: ;

47 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3-0:3 The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the specific application of metabolic capability and molecular biology of microorganisms for exploitation of many areas of biotechnology to reverse and prevent environmental problems. Topics will cover: Environmental monitoring, Sewage treatment, pollution control of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastes, bioremediation and clean technology, energy and biofuels, and mineral resource recovery. Prerequisite: Protein Biochemistry and Engineering 2-3:3 This course covers basic biochemical principles along with a comprehensive survey of products currently available or under development by the biotechnology industry. The scope of protein biochemistry; protein sources; downstream processing of protein products; therapeutic proteins (blood products, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and related substances, hormones, regulatory factors and enzymes, proteins employed for diagnostic purposes) and polymer degrading enzymes of industrial significance will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Biotechnology in Medicine 3-0:3 This course will focus on the uses of modern biotechnology in the areas of medicine, from making vaccines and drugs to determining genetic origins of diseases, producing organs for xenotransplant and developing nanomedical diagnostic methods. The student will be exposed to genetic counseling training, based on studying and writing a report on selected cases that address specific genetic diseases and their outcomes. Prerequisite: Molecular Developmental Biology 3-0:3 This course will introduce students to basic concepts in developmental biology, including: vertebrate limb cell specification, microarrays, RNA interference, microtubular motors, floxed genes, vertebra formation, neural crest differentiation, neural crest specification, heart cell specification, herbicide-induced gonadal disruptions, pancreatic development, digit determination, developmental symbioses, and the developmental origins of feathers, jaws, and teeth during evolution. Prerequisite: College of Sciences Selected Topics in Biotechnology A (3-0:3) B (2-0:2) C (1-0:1) This course will be taught to 4th year-level or expected graduate biotechnology students. The course will explore different areas of biotechnology program through discussion of lecture material or research articles and students are expected to write a report and present it in an acceptable format. Prerequisite: Completion of 75 credits and departmental approval Ethical Aspects of Biotechnology 1-0:1 This course will focus on discussing what is morally right or wrong in the practice of biotechnology. Because the applications of modern biotechnology impinge upon some of the most fundamental of human situations our health, food and environment they raise serious questions in our minds. Focus will be on topics such as medical biotechnology: moral, religious, legislative and public perspectives in regards to human cloning; public acceptance of biotechnology and cultural aspects of food and the use of transgenic animals and plants; considering the ethical aspects of agricultural biotechnology in relation to the environment. Prerequisite:

48 )Program Electives - Group B (4 credit hours Medical Microbiology 3-3-0:4 This course focuses on the basic microbiology concepts to MLT, with emphasis on the general characteristics of prokaryotic cell, general properties of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. Methods of antiseptic and microbial growth and antibiotic sensitivity. Students in practical sessions will experience preparation of bacterial culture media, sterilization and antiseptic techniques and an antibiotic sensitivity test. Prerequisite: or departmental approval Histology 2-3-0:3 This course focuses on the study of microscopic structure of the human body. The course will introduce the structure of human cells, basic tissues types and organization including epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous tissues. This is followed by the study of the microscopic structure of major organs and systems of the human body. The relationship between structure and function is addressed. The practical part of this course focuses on the microscopic examination of tissues within different organs of the human body. Prerequisite: or departmental approval Molecular Genetics 3-3-0:4 This course will examine the molecular basis of cellular processes, with emphasis on gene structure and function, DNA replication, transcription and translation, gene expression and regulation, genetic engineering and genetic diseases which will be studied in theory and in the practical laboratory sessions. Laboratory experiments are designed for the student to become familiar with micro pipettes and reagent preparation for use in the preparation of agarose gels to identify human DNA and RNA, plasmids after bacterial cell transformation, PCR products and DNA that has been manipulated by restriction enzymes and ligase for use in Southern blots. Prerequisite: or departmental approval Clinical Chemistry (1) 3-3-0:4 This course is designed to introduce the student to the various analytical techniques and methods used in the measurement of various parameters in the blood and other body fluids, and to gain technical skills and knowledge of interpretation of test results in health and disease states. The course mostly covers routine laboratory investigations related to disorders of plasma proteins and amino acids, kidney function, liver function, carbohydrate disorders, lipids and lipoprotein abnormalities, pancreatic function, and gastrointestinal disorders. Prerequisite: or departmental approval Hematology (1) 3-3-0:4 Blood composition, hematopoiesis and its requirement, erythrocytes and their disorders, hemoglobin and leukocytes structure and function are closely examined. Students are expected to gain sufficient skills and knowledge in performing procedures and laboratory techniques (manual and automated) used in the investigation and diagnosis of various blood disorders. Prerequisite: or departmental approval Medical Virology 2-0-0:2 The course introduces the basic principles of virology including definitions, structure, nomenclature, classifications, modes of viral infection, viral diseases and viral vaccines. Prerequisite: or departmental approval. 728

49 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Personnel Chairperson: Professors: Associate Professors: Allawy Mohsin Assistant Professors: Lecturer: Ihsan Ahmed Shehadi Ideisan Abu Abdoun Ahmed Marza Ahmed Lari, Ayssar Hussein Nahle, Ihsan Ahmad Shehadi, Mahmoud Abdelaziz Elgamouz, Ahmed Ali Mohamed, Kamrul Hasan, Mariam El Rachidi, Mohamed Hamdy EL Nagrr Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, Mona Kanj, Azeera Abdulraheem, Aihsha Bagham Vision The Department of Chemistry envisions itself to be a centre of excellence in teaching chemical sciences, community based-research, creative activities, and outreach services. Mission The mission of the Department of Chemistry is to provide high quality education at the undergraduate level, and to prepare chemistry professionals to participate and contribute to their societies. It aspires to carry out the University of Sharjah s objective to instill in its student a spirit of independent research and a deep commitment to scientific thinking and continuous progress. Objectives The Bachelor of Science degree program in chemistry has the following goals: 1. Students are able to be critical and independent learners, and should recognize, recall, show an understanding of scientific knowledge, and communicate information. Graduates will be able to update their professional skills continuously to design integrated systems of people, information, energy, machines, materials and financial resources. 2. Students are able to design, perform, analyze the results of chemical experiments, and be able to select appropriate practical methods and implement the safety techniques. 3. Students are able to act as a source of expertise and assume responsibility in handling instrumentation independently and in team, and be able to formulate and present technical reports concisely. 4. Students are able to carry out independent research in preparation for pursuing higher degrees and be observant to the ethical standards. College of Sciences 729

50 Program Outcomes Upon the successful completion of the BS program in Chemistry, graduates will be able to: 1. Draw defendable conclusions from data. 2. Solve problems using systematic methods. 3. Rationalize properties and structures using the principles of chemistry. 4. Identify relationships between chemical principles and the other sciences. 5. Correctly describe chemical principles and theories. 6. Use correct chemical nomenclature, structural symbols, and terminology to accurately describe a process. 7. Write a formal publication-quality report which concisely and unambiguously summarizes results of an experiment and states a conclusion and reviews a scientific topic. 8. Assess the safety of a procedure and take the necessary precautions, based on the issues of safety regulations, ethics and societal issues in the use of chemicals in the laboratory work. 9. Correctly use the proper tools and other equipment in laboratories. 10. Be able to work in research and industrial institutions. Career Opportunities Chemistry graduates have the opportunity to work in various areas such as: 1. Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries. 2. Environmental and Waste Management. 3. Police Forensic and Criminal Laboratories. 4. Quality Control and Safety Laboratories. 5. Fine and Heavy Chemical Industries. 6. Research Laboratories. 7. Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries. 8. Medical and Clinical Laboratories. 9. Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Laboratories. 10. Laboratory Supervisors and Teaching Assistants. 11. Education. 12. Postgraduate: MS and PhD Program Overview The Department of Chemistry offers a BS program in chemistry which is accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates in The BS Chemistry program is designed in accordance with the mission and vision of the University and the College of Sciences to meet the needs of the students, the chemistry community, and the society at large. Quality and excellence in both 730

51 the curriculum and the instructional pedagogy are ensured. During the beginning of the Fall , the chemistry programs has been internationally recognized for good practice in providing quality of chemistry teaching for the next generation of chemists, therefore it was accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom. Student undertaking this program should complete a total of 123 credit hours which are distributed as: BS in Chemistry (123 Credits) UR CR PR Total Mandatory Core Credits Electives Core Credits Free Elective Credits Supporting Credits Total I. University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages.of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin II. College Requirements The list of the College required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages.of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin III. Program Requirements College of Sciences A. Mandatory Core Courses The Chemistry core courses are listed in the table below: Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: General Chemistry II ; General Chemistry II Lab 1 Co-Pre Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Lab Organic Chemistry (1) Organic Chemistry I Lab Organic Chemistry II Organic Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co:

52 Physical Chemistry I Physical Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: Inorganic Chemistry I Identification of Organic Compounds Biochemistry Physical Chemistry II Physical Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co: Inorganic Chemistry II Inorganic Chemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: Instrumental Analysis Instrumental Analysis Lab 1 Pre/Co: Chemical Literature and Seminar 3 Note Chemistry Senior Project 3 Senior standing Industrial Training 3 Completing 80 CrHrs Note 1: Third year standing or Departmental approval B. Elective Core Courses Every student in the chemistry department must take 15 credit hours of elective chemistry courses chosen from the list given in the table below. The support and chemistry core courses are the preparatory courses, which are designed to meet the breadth requirement in chemistry. After completing the preparatory courses, students are strongly encouraged to choose from alternative groupings of electives (referred to as groups ) in different areas of chemistry to fulfill the depth requirement. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Electrochemistry Separation Methods in Chemical Analysis Computer Applications in Chemistry Quantum Chemistry Polymer Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Petrochemistry Homogeneous Catalysis Organic Chemistry III Chemistry of Natural Products Photochemistry

53 C. Free Electives Each student registered in the chemistry program is required to take 6 credits (2 courses) as general free elective courses. Such courses can be taken from the university s pool of courses at large upon the approval of the academic advisor. These courses are intended to broaden the knowledge of students by combining studies from chemistry with studies from other academic disciplines. Study Plan The BS program in Chemistry encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Arabic Language or Arabic Language for non-arabic Speakers English for Academic Purposes General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: Physics I Physics I Lab 1 Pre/Co: Calculus I 3 Year 1, Semester 2 (14 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Introduction to IT General Chemistry II General Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co: Physics II Physics II Lab 1 Pre/Co: Calculus II College of Sciences Year 2, Semester 3 (18 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Programming Critical Reading and Writing Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: Organic Chemistry I Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: xx Specialized Elective

54 Year 2, Semester 4 (14 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites University Elective Islamic Culture Organic Chemistry II Organic Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co: Physical Chemistry I Physical Chemistry I Lab 1 Pre/Co: Year 3, Semester 5 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Inorganic Chemistry I Identification of Organic Compounds Biochemistry Physical Chemistry II Physical Chemistry II Lab 1 Pre/Co: Technical Writing 3 Year 3, Semester 6 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites 14203xx Specialized Elective Inorganic Chemistry II Inorganic Chemistry Lab 1 Pre/Co: Instrumental Analysis Instrumental Analysis Lab University Elective Chemical Literature and Seminar 3 Note 1 Note 1: Third year standing or departmental approval Year 3, Summer Training (3 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Industrial Training 3 Junior Standing Year 4, Semester 7 (12 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites 14204xx Specialized Elective xx Specialized Elective 3 University Elective 3 General Free Elective 3 734

55 Year 4, Semester 8 (12 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites 14204xx Specialized Elective 3 General Free Elective Chemistry Senior Project 3 Senior standing University Elective 3 Course Description Courses in the proposed program that are offered in the department of Chemistry start with (1420). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, chemistry courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (1420 ABC) where: A B C Core Courses Areas (as follows): 0: Genera Chemistry 1: Organic Chemistry 2: Analytical Chemistry 3: Inorganic Chemistry Course sequence in area Year (level) Descriptions of the core courses are given below. 4: Physical Chemistry 5: Applied Chemistry 6: Biochemistry 9: Seminars and Projects College of Sciences General Chemistry I 3-0:3 Matter; atomic structure; stoichiometry of chemical reactions; chemical reactions in solutions; Energy and thermochemistry; atomic and electronic structure; chemical bonding; periodic correlations; properties of gases; liquids and solids; solutions are covered. Prerequisite: None General Chemistry I Lab 0-3:1 Experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of general chemistry. Prerequisite: Pre/Co General Chemistry II 3-0:3 Thermodynamics; reaction kinetics; chemical equilibrium; electrochemistry; nuclear reactions; properties of metals and metal complexes; organic compounds and macromolecules are covered. Prerequisite: General Chemistry II Lab 0-3:1 Experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of general chemistry. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Organic Chemistry I 3-0:3 Structure; stereochemistry; properties of organic compounds; synthesis and reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, dienes, alicyclics, aromatic compounds; mechanisms of radical substitution, radical and electrophilic addition, electrophilic substitution are covered. Prerequisite:

56 Organic Chemistry I Lab 0-3:1 Various separation, purification, and synthesis techniques are covered. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Organic Chemistry II 3-0:3 Identification of organic compounds by spectroscopic methods; synthesis and properties of alkyl halides, alcohols, and ethers; carboxylic acids; aldehydes and ketones; amines, phenols and derivatives are covered. Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry II Lab 0-3:1 Synthesis of various organic compounds and basic spectroscopic techniques are covered. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Analytical Chemistry 3-0:3 Treatment of errors; gravimetric and volumetric techniques; acid / base, precipitation, complex formation, and redox titrations; extraction; and electrochemistry will be covered. Prerequisite: ) Analytical Chemistry Lab 0-3:1 Experiments related to the course main topics. Prerequisites: Physical Chemistry I 3-0:3 Basic gas laws and equations of state; laws of thermodynamics; reaction kinetics, entropy, and free energy; chemical equilibrium; phases and phase equilibrium are covered. Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry I Lab 0-3:1 Techniques of physical measurement error analysis and statistics with experiments on gas laws; calorimetry; equilibrium, and phase diagram are covered. Prerequisite: Pre/Co Identification of Organic Compounds 1-6:3 Physical properties; purity determination; molecular formulas; classification by solubility; spectrometric methods; functional groups by chemical tests; preparation of derivatives; and separation of mixtures are covered. Prerequisite: Instrumental Analysis 3-0:3 The theory and practice of modern methods of instrumental analysis including UV-VIS and infrared absorption spectrophotometry; emission spectroscopy; mass spectroscopy; electron and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; electrochemical methods; and chromatography will be covered. Prerequisite: Instrumental Analysis Lab 0-3:1 Experimental implementation of instruments related to materials covered in the theoretical course. Prerequisite: Pre/Co

57 Inorganic Chemistry I 3-0:3 Atomic structure; molecular structure and shape; symmetry and group theory; structure of solids; acids and bases; nomenclature of inorganic compounds; introduction to organometallic compounds of the main group elements; d-metal complexes; and electronic spectra will be covered. Prerequisite: Inorganic Chemistry II 3-0:3 Classical complexes; complexes of pi-accepter (pi-acid) ligands; organometallic compounds of transition metals; organometallic compounds in homogeneous catalytic reactions; bio-inorganic chemistry of iron, cobalt, and some other metals; hydrogen bonding; and the noble gases are covered. Prerequisite: Inorganic Chemistry Lab 0-3:1 Pre/Co- Experiments based upon synthesis and physical measurements of coordination and organometallic. requisite: Physical Chemistry II 3-0:3 Electromagnetic radiation; old quantum theory, Schrodinger s wave quantum, quantum mechanical postulates; quantum mechanics of simple systems; pure and vibration rotation spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy; electronic spectra, viscosity; diffusion and sedimentation. Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry II Lab 0-3:1 Experiments involving electrochemistry; conductivities and transport properties of solutions; kinetics of reactions; measurements of surface properties; and transport properties of gases and liquids are covered. Pre/ Co-requisite: Chemical Literature and Seminar 2-3:3 A survey course concerning the use of traditional and automated methods for searching chemical information, with emphasis on on-line computer searching. Students will participate in giving and attending seminars of general chemical interest. Topics cover review of current literature. Prerequisite: 3rd year standing or departmental approval. College of Sciences Biochemistry 3-0:3 A study of the constituents of living cells and their chemical reactions, emphasis is on intermediary metabolism and biologically important reactions of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. Prerequisite: Industrial Training 0-8:3 This course consists of a period of 6 weeks during the summer of the junior year training in an appropriate chemical industry or firm. The students will be evaluated based on their performance at the training site, and are required to submit a report and to present a seminar about their experience before receiving a grade for the course. Prerequisite: Junior Standing Chemistry Senior Project 1-6:3 Students are introduced to research under the direction of a member of faculty, different techniques and principles of chemistry will be introduced. Both a formal oral and written report of the results of the research must be presented. Prerequisites: Senior standing. 737

58 Specialized electives Descriptions of the specialized electives in Chemistry are given below: Organic Chemistry III 3-0:3 Modern synthetic organic chemistry including catalytic hydrogenation; metal hydride and dissolved metal reductions; oxidations with chromium, manganese, peracids and peresters; halogenation, alkylation of active methylene compounds; aldol condensation and related reactions; and acylation at carbon are covered. Prerequisite: Chemistry of Natural Products 3-0:3 Biosynthesis of fats, carbohydrates, proteins, steroids, terpenes, alkaloids, postaglandins; Polysaccharrides, natural products from carbohydrates; aliphatic compounds; prostaglandins; antibiotic; aromatic compounds; terpenes; steroids; alkaloids; the penicillins; and coenzyme A, amino acids, peptides, proteins. Prerequisite: Electrochemistry 3-0:3 This course covers advances in electrochemistry and electrochemical techniques such as voltammetry, and rotating disc electrodes. Prerequisite: Separation Methods in Chemical Analysis 3-0:3 This course covers separation methods of analysis, which include, distillation, solvent extraction, partition chromatography, adsorption chromatography, ion exchange, size-exclusion, high performance liquid chromatography, Gas liquid chromatography and gas solid chromatography. Prerequisite: Computer Applications in Chemistry 3-0:3 Application of Fortran programming and numerical methods to chemical problems in quantum mechanics; thermodynamics; and kinetics; with emphasis on literature review and implementation of ready-to-use programs in chemistry. Prerequisite: Photochemistry 3-0:3 A study of the fundamental photochemical and photophysical processes which follow absorption of radiation by molecules and the techniques used to study these processes. Prerequisite: Quantum Chemistry 3-0:3 Classical mechanics versus quantum mechanics; postulates of quantum mechanics; Schrodinger equation; particle in a box; atomic wave functions; Russell-Saunders coupling and perturbation theory; and molecular wave functions are covered. Prerequisite: Homogeneous Catalysis 3-0:3 Transition metal chemistry; isomerization and hydrogenation; addition reactions of olefins and dienes; reactions of carbon monoxide; oxidation of olefins and dienes; arene reactions; acetylene reaction; olefin metathesis and alkene reaction; oxidation of hydrocarbons by oxygen; trends in homogeneous catalysis are covered. Prerequisite:

59 Polymer Chemistry 3-0:3 Introduction to polymer science; polymerization reactions; mechanism and kinetic studies; physical and analytical characterization of polymers; polymers properties and synthesis; copolymerization reactions; additives in polymer industries; basic concepts of polymer technology are covered. Prerequisite: Environmental Chemistry 3-0:3 This course explores the relationship between chemistry and the environment from the chemical point of view. Prerequisite: Courses offered to other majors Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Chemistry I for Medical Sciences 3 None Chemistry (II) for Medicine and Medical Sciences General Chemistry Laboratory for Medical Sciences 1 Pre/Co General Chemistry for Health Sciences 4 None Organic Chemistry for Health Sciences Analytical Chemistry for Health Sciences Analytical Chemistry lab for Health Sciences 1 Pre/Co College of Sciences Description of these courses follows General Chemistry 1 for Medical Sciences 3-0:3 Structure and properties of ionic and covalent compounds; calculations and the chemical equation; states of matter: gases, liquids, and solids; solutions; energy, reaction rate, and equilibrium; acids bases; oxidation-reduction reactions; the nucleus, radioactivity, and nuclear medicine. Introduction to organic chemistry of saturated, and unsaturated hydrocarbons are covered. Perquisite: None General Chemistry-2 for Medical Sciences 3-0:3 This course offers an introduction to carbon of alcohols, phenol, ethers and thiols; aldehyde, and ketones; carboxylic acids and carboxylic acids derivatives; amines and amides. Structure and function of classes of biomolecules including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the metabolic pathways of these organic molecules will be introduced. Prerequisite: General Chemistry 2 lab for Medical Sciences 0-3:1 Experiments on qualitative and qualitative general chemistry, various organic synthesis, and purification and separation techniques are covered. Prerequisite:

60 Organic Chemistry for Health Sciences 4-3:3 Chemistry of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated, and aromatic compounds; alcohols, phenols, ethers, and thiols; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and esters; amines and amides; and a brief introduction to biochemistry are covered. Experiments on qualitative and qualitative general chemistry, various organic synthesis, and purification and separation techniques also introduced. Prerequisite: General Chemistry for Health Sciences 4-3:3 Topics in this course include: measurements in chemistry; atoms and elements; nuclear radiation; compounds and their bonds; energy and states of matter; chemical reactions; chemical quantities; gases; solutions; and acid and bases. This course also covers experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of general chemistry. Prerequisite: None Analytical Chemistry for Health Sciences 3-0:3 Calculations used in Analytical Chemistry; Chemical equilibrium; Treatment of errors; gravimetric and volumetric techniques; acid/base; precipitation; complex formation; redox titrations; and introduction to electrochemistry will be covered. Prerequisite: Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for Health Sciences 0-3:1 Experiments on qualitative and quantitative aspects of major topics of the course. Prerequisite: Pre/Co

61 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Personnel Chairperson: Abdulaziz Sufyan Professors: Abdelaziz Soufyane, Ali Mohamed Jaballah, Basim Saleem Suleiman Atteli, Khalil I. Taha AL Dosary Associate Professors: Assistant Professors: Lecturers: Belkacem Said Houari, Firas GH Ahmed, Hshyar KH. Abdullah, Mahmoud Benkhelifa, Mohammad Saleh Bataineh, Mohammad Suboh Mohammad Sababheh, Mostafa Zahri, Muhammad Islam Shafiq Ahmad Mustafa, Zahid Raza Mohammad Ghalib AL Akhrass, Luai M S AL Labadi Kholoud Abu Riziq, Nida Siddiqui Vision The Department of Mathematics envisions itself to be a centre of excellence in teaching mathematical sciences, community based-research, creative activities, and outreach services. Mission The mission of the Department of Mathematics is to provide high quality education at the undergraduate level, and to prepare mathematics professionals to participate and contribute to their societies. It aspires to carry out the University of Sharjah s objective to instill in its student a spirit of independent research and a deep commitment to scientific thinking and continuous progress. College of Sciences Objectives The Department of Mathematics seeks to provide quality education aimed at preparing high caliber professionals capable of achieving success and contributing to the development of the country in line with an ever-changing world. The mathematics program is designed to achieve the following goals: 1. Give students a strong foundation in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics 2. Enable students to develop relevant skills in solving problems of mathematical nature 3. Give students an understanding of the impact of mathematics on other disciplines and the real world 4. Enhance students behaviors and attitudes towards learning 5. Enable students to acquire a sound foundation in computer science 6. Enable students to acquire a knowledge about the latest development in computational techniques and information technology 7. Enable students to pursue graduate studies 741

62 Program Outcomes The program objectives are fulfilled by defining Program Outcomes to be achieved by the curriculum. Specifically, graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics program will be able to: 1. define and explain various relevant concepts 2. solve problems of theoretical nature 3. solve problems of computational nature by using appropriate computer algebra systems, algorithms, and statistical software 4. develop and formulate mathematical models of real life problems 5. analyze and interpret statistical data extracted from real life problems 6. self learn as well as work in a team 7. present material/results both in writing and orally 8. analyze, design and implement algorithms and data structure for a variety of real-life problems 9. write, implement and test computer programs to meet desired specifications 10. use the techniques of modern IT tools necessary for computing practice Career Opportunities Graduates of the Department of Mathematics will be prepared to pursue graduate studies and research or start career paths in a myriad of fields in governmental and private sector enterprises, including Ministry of Education, Census and Information Bureau, electricity and water companies, petroleum companies, financial and banking sector, insurance companies, the Meteorology Department and many more. Program Overview Established in 2007, the Department of Mathematics provides students at the University of Sharjah with the opportunity to learn fundamental scientific and mathematical concepts in an atmosphere that is friendly, conducive to learning and encourages intellectual curiosity, exploration and independent thinking, and high ethics. The Department offers a wide array of courses in pure and applied mathematics for all types of learners in addition to applications. More adventurous student can study advanced courses in mathematics and its applications. Faculty members are active professionals in the fields they teach. All are graduates of prestigious universities and are active in research and self -development. The faculty, through their dedication to teaching and guidance help students develop meaningful and lasting bonds with science and mathematics, while providing invaluable skills for leading a more interesting and productive lives. 742

63 A student undertaking the BS program in Mathematics should complete a total of 123 credit hours distributed as follows: BS in Mathematics UR CR PR Total Mandatory Core Credits Mandatory Support Credits Elective Core Courses Elective Support Credits Total I. University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this Bulletin. II. College Requirements The list of the College required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this Bulletin. III. Program Requirements A. Mandatory Core Courses The Department of Mathematics core courses (45 credit hours) are listed below: College of Sciences Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Calculus II Linear Algebra I Calculus III Vector Calculus Foundations of Mathematics Ordinary Differential Equations I Geometry ; Introduction to Probability and Statistics Mathematical Statistics Abstract Algebra I Real Analysis I ; Complex Analysis Numerical Analysis I ; Operations Research I Graduation Project 3 Senior Standing 743

64 Mandatory Support Courses All Mathematics major students are required to take the following four courses (12 credits) of mandatory computer science courses. Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Programming II Data Structures Object Oriented Design with Java Introduction to Database Management Systems B. Elective Courses The program includes 27 credit hours of elective courses chosen from various categories; 21 credits are Mathematics core electives and 6 credits of Computer Science courses. Elective Core Courses The following courses are offered by the Mathematics Department as electives although all may not be available in a particular semester. Additional courses may be developed in the future, based on changes in the discipline and demand. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Linear Algebra II Number Theory ; Partial Differential Equations , Graph Theory Abstract Algebra II Real Analysis II Ordinary Differential Equations II ; Topology Numerical Analysis II Operations Research II Stochastic Processes Selected Topics in Mathematics 3 Department s Consent 744

65 Elective Support Courses The required six-credit electives encompass two Computer Science courses selected from the following list: Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Programming Languages and Paradigms Operating Systems Database Design and Implementation Software Engineering Introduction to Computer Graphics Study Plan The BS program in Mathematics encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites or Arabic Language Introduction to IT Physics I Physics ILAB Calculus I 3 University Elec. I 3 College of Sciences Year 1, Semester 2 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites English for Academic Purposes Programming I Chemistry I Chemistry I LAB Calculus II Linear Algebra I

66 Year 2, Semester 3 (15 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Islamic Culture I Programming II Calculus III Found. of Mathematics Intro. To Prob.& Stat Year 2, Semester 4 (15 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Data Structures Vector Calculus Ord. Diff. Equation xxx Dept. Support Elect. I 3 Univ Elec (2) 3 Year 3, Semester 5 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Object Oriented Design with Java Geometry Abstract Algebra I Numerical Analysis I ; University Elect. III 3 Year 3, Semester 6 (15 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Mathematical Statistics Complex Analysis xxx Dept. Support Elect. (2) xxx Dept. Core Elect. I 3 University Elect. (4) 3 Year 4, Semester 7 (12 Credits) Course # Tile CrHrs Prerequisites Introduction to Database Operations Research I xxx Dept. Core Elect. (2) xxx Dept. Core Elect III 3 Depart. Core Elect. (4) 3 746

67 Year 4, Semester 8 (15 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Real Analysis I ; Graduation Project 3 Senior Standing 1441xxx Dept. Core Elect.(5) xxx Dept. Core Elect. (6) xxx Dept. Core Elect. (7) 3 Course Description Courses in the proposed program that are offered in the Department of Mathematics start with (1440). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the College. Consistent with the University policies, mathematics courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (1440ABC) where: A B C Year (level) Areas (as follows): 1: Algebra 3: Calculus and Analysis 4: Differential Equations Course sequence in area 5: Geometry 7: Applied Mathematics 8: Statistics 9: Projects and Selected Topics Calculus I 3-0:3 Functions, domain and range, examples of functions. Limits and continuity. Derivatives, applications of derivatives in optimization, linearization and graphing, the Mean Value Theorem. Integration, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, areas, volumes of solids of revolution, arc length. Conic sections. Prerequisite: None. College of Sciences Calculus II 3-0:3 Functions, Inverse functions. Transcendental functions. L Hopital s rule. Techniques of integration. Improper integrals. Sequence and infinite series of real numbers. Polar coordinates. Parametric curves in the plane. Prereq-.uisite: Linear Algebra I 3-0:3 Systems of linear equations, Gauss and Gauss-Jordan elimination processes. Matrix algebra, determinants, Cramer s rule. Vector spaces, subspaces, basis and dimension, rank, change of basis. Characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of square matrices, diagonalization. Inner product spaces, orthogonal projections, Gram-Schmidt process. Computer applications. Introduction to linear transformation. Prerequisite: , Calculus III 3-0:3 Vectors and analytic geometry in space. Graphing surfaces in three dimensions. Vector valued functions and motion in space. Functions of several variables. Extreme values and Lagrange multipliers. Multiple integrals. Areas and volumes. Prerequisite: ,

68 Vector Calculus 3-0:3 Integration in vector fields. Line integrals, circulation and flux, path independence and conservative fields. Green s Theorem in the plane. Surface area and surface integrals. Parameterized surfaces. Stocke s and Divergence Theorems. Curvilinear coordinates. Transformation of coordinates. Introduction to Cartesian tensors. Prerequisite: Foundations of Mathematics 3-0:3 Logic, propositional logic, truth tables, propositional formulas, logical implication and equivalence, tautologies and contradictions, quantifiers. Methods of proof. Sets, applications of sets, Venn diagrams, Cartesian product, the power set. Cardinality. Mathematical Induction. Relations and partitions, functions. Zorn s Lemma and Axiom of Choice. Prerequisite: Ordinary Differential Equations I 3-0:3 This course covers first and higher order ordinary differential equations (ODE) with applications in various fields. It contains: Basic concepts. First order ODE s, initial value problems, an existence and uniqueness theorem. Higher order ode s with constant coefficients. Laplace transform and inverse. Power series solutions, Frobenius theorem. Introduction to Linear systems of ODE s. Prerequisite: Geometry 3-0:3 The axiomatic Systems, Finite geometry. Finite Projective Plane, Non-Euclidean geometry. Hyperbolic geometry (Sensed Parallels, Asymptotic Triangles. Saccheri Quadrilaterals, Area of Triangles, Ultraparallels, Transformation of the Euclidean Plane. Prerequisite: Introduction to Probability and Statistics 3-0:3 Descriptive statistics; Axiomatic probability; Random variables and their moments; Special discrete and continuous distributions; Sampling distributions; Estimation; Hypothesis testing; Linear regression; Analysis of variance. Prerequisite: Mathematical Statistics 3-0:3 Review of basic concepts of probability, random variables and distribution theory. Distribution of functions of random variables. Expectation and moment generating functions. Unbiased and Sufficient estimators. Point estimation, optimal properties of estimators. Interval estimation. Hypotheses testing. Prerequisite: Abstract Algebra I 3-0:3 Groups. Subgroups. Quotient groups and homomorphisms. Introduction to rings and fields. Ideals. Ring homomorphisms and quotient rings. Applications. Prerequisite: Linear Algebra II 3-0:3 Linear transformations. Change of basis, transition matrix and similarity. Nilpotent linear transformations and matrices. Canonical representation of matrices, Jordan canonical forms. Linear functionals and the dual space. Bilinear forms. Quadratic forms and real symmetric bilinear forms. Complex inner product spaces. Normal operators. Unitary operators. The spectral theorem. Prerequisites: and

69 Number Theory 3-0:3 Divisibility. Prime numbers. Euclidean algorithm. Linear congruences. The Chinese remainder theorem. Fermat s little theorem. Wilson s theorem. Euler s theorem. Quadratic residues and reciprocity laws. Diophantine equations. Fermat s last theorem. Applications to cryptology and primality tests. Other possible applications. Prerequisites: and Real Analysis I 3-0:3 Sequences and Cauchy sequences of real numbers. Topology of the real line. The Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem. The Heine-Borel theorem. Limits, continuity, uniform continuity and differentiability of real-valued functions. The Mean Value Theorem. L Hopital s rule. The Riemann integral. Prerequisites: and Complex Analysis 3-0:3 Complex numbers; Analytic functions; Derivatives; Differentiation; Cauchy-Riemann equations; Polar coordinates; Harmonic functions; Elementary functions; Integrals; Complex-valued functions; Antiderivatives; Cauchy- Goursat theorem; Cauchy integral formulas; Morera s theorem; Liouville s theorem; Fundamental Theorem of algebra; Series; Taylor and Laurent series; Power series, Integration and differentiation of power series; Residues and poles. Prerequisite: Partial Differential Equations 3-0:3 First order partial differential equations, the method of characteristics. Classification of second order pde s: parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic. The canonical form. Boundary value problems with applications to physical sciences and engineering. Detailed analysis of the wave, heat and Laplace equations; Separation of variables. Application of Fourier theory. Prerequisite: Numerical Analysis I 3-0:3 Error analysis. Roots of nonlinear equations: bisection, fixed point, secant and Newton s methods. Systems of linear equations: direct methods, iterative methods. Systems of nonlinear equations: Newton s method. Interpolation: Lagrange, Newton s formulas, Gaussian quadrature. Approximation theory: orthogonal polynomials (Legendre, Laguerre, Chebychev, Hermite), Gram-Schmidt process, LS approximation. Numerical differentiation and integration: trapezoidal, Simpson, Newton-Cotes formulas. Prerequisites: ; College of Sciences Operations Research I 3-0:3 Linear Programming. The simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis, various versions of the simplex method. Transportation models. Network models. Nonlinear programming. Constrained and unconstrained optimization, KKT conditions. Prerequisites: , Graph Theory 3-0:3 Introduction to graphs. Representation of graphs. Graph isomorphism, connectivity. Euler and Hamilton paths. Shortest path problems. Planarity, graph coloring. Trees, tree traversal, sorting, spanning trees, matching. Networks, max flow. Prerequisite: Abstract Algebra II 3-0:3 Unique factorization domains. Modules and sub-modules. Field extensions. Finite Fields. Introduction to Galois theory. Applications. Prerequisite:

70 Real Analysis II 3-0:3 The Riemann-Stieltjes integral and functions of bounded variation. Metric spaces. Pointwise and uniform convergence of sequences of functions in metric spaces. Completeness of the space C(X, Y) of continuous functions. Pointwise and uniform convergence of infinite series of real-valued functions. Prerequisite: Ordinary Differential Equations II 3-0:3 Existence and uniqueness of solutions. Some fixed point theorems. Matrix analysis of differential equations. Second order differential equations in phase plane. Lyapunov functions. Stability of equilibria. Qualitative theory. Autonomous systems in one and two dimensions. Phase portraits, stability. Sturm-Liouville theory: eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Prerequisites: and Topology 3-0:3 Topological spaces. Open and closed sets. Bases and sub-bases. Interior, exterior and boundary points. The closure of a set. Continuous functions. Homeomorphisms. Product spaces. Axioms of countability and separability. Compact spaces. Connected spaces. Metric spaces. Prerequisite: Numerical Analysis II 3-0:3 Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. One-step methods: Euler, Taylor, Runge-Kutta. Multistep methods. The eigenvalue problem: power and inverse power methods. Numerical solution of boundary value problems: finite difference and shooting methods. Numerical solution of partial differential equations: Difference methods. Prerequisite: Operations Research II 3-0:3 Dynamic programming. Integer programming. Inventory models. Introduction to Game Theory. Queuing theory. Simulation models. Markov chains. Nonlinear programming algorithms: unconstrained optimization, constrained optimization. Prerequisite: Stochastic Processes 3-0:3 Revision of probability. Bernoulli processes and sum of independent random variables. Poisson processes. Markov chains and their application to queuing theory and branching process. Markov processes. Renewal process. Prerequisite: Selected Topics in Mathematics 3-0:3 Senior standing; Consent of the department. Prerequisite: Senior standing; Consent of the department. 750

71 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Personnel Chairperson: Professors: Associate Professors: Assistant Professors: Lecturers: Zaher Al Aghbari Mahir S. Ali, Ashraf Elnagar, Zaher Al Aghbari Abdullah Hussein, Ahmed Khedr Djedjiga Mouheb, Imad Afyouni, Manar AbuTalib, Mohammad Lataifeh, Naveed Ahmed, Sohail Abbas Fatima Alshamsi, Mohamed Ockba, Amani M.M Abusafia, Nasr Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Vision The Department aims to be a leader in the region in providing highly qualified IT professionals who can contribute to the development of the nation and the region. Mission The Department is committed to graduate highly qualified IT professionals equipped with state of the art knowledge and skills who can contribute to the economic development of the United Arab Emirates and the region, and have ability for life-long learning and a sense of professional responsibility. Goals The department goals were set to: 1. Educate and train the next generation of computer professionals. 2. Attain leadership in computer-related education and research. 3. Foster close relationships with industry, institutes and government agencies. 4. Equip students with independent and critical thinking, and competency in communication skills. 5. Produce graduates with an understanding of their personal, professional and ethical responsibilities. 6. Prepare students to engage in life-long learning and to effectively work in a collaborative environment. College of Sciences 751

72 COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM Program Goals 1. Provide students with a broad knowledge of Computer Science. 2. Develop students abilities to analyze, design, implement, and test complete software systems. 3. Develop students capabilities in critical thinking and in communicating their ideas. 4. Develop students abilities to work in a team. 5. Equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary for professional career and for pursuing post-graduate studies. 6. Nurture students understanding of their personal, professional and ethical responsibilities. 7. Motivate students for continued self-development through life-long learning and professional development. Program Outcomes 1. Apply knowledge acquired in mathematics, science and computing courses to solve computer-related problems. 2. Analyze, design and implement algorithms and data structures for a variety of problems. 3. Design software systems or components (software/hardware) to meet desired specifications. 4. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing. 5. Work effectively in a team. 6. Demonstrate critical thinking. 7. Use effectively the techniques, skills and modern computer science tools necessary for computing practices. 8. Appreciate professional, social and ethical responsibilities and behave accordingly. 9. Understand the impact of computer sciences in a global and societal context. 10. Engage in life-long learning. Career Opportunities Graduate from the Computer Science program will be prepared to pursue advanced degrees in related fields and seek career pathways as a: Programmer Application Designer, Application Developer, Systems Analyst, Data Mining Program Developer, Database Designer and Developer, Database Administrator, User Interface Designer, E-commerce Application Developer, Graphic designer, Game Designer and Developer, Product Design Specialist, Advertisement Designer, Web Developer, Audio/Video Production Specialist, Visual Effect Artist, Cinematic Artist, Technical Artist, 3D Tool Programmer, Computer Animator. 752

73 Program Overview The program is designed to satisfy the curricular requirements of the ACM/IEEE-CS curricular task force and other relevant professional accreditation bodies, such as CSAC/CAAB. A student undertaking this program should complete a total of 123 credits distributed as follows: BS in Computer Science UR CR PR Total Mandatory Credits Elective Credits Free Elective Credits Total I. University Requirements The list of the 24 credits of University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin. II. College Requirements The list of the 15 credit hours College required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin. III. Program Requirements The program requirements of 84 credit hours are divided into four major sets. 48 mandatory core credits, 15 mandatory support credits, 15 elective core credits and 6 free electives. College of Sciences A. Mandatory Courses This set consists of 48 credit hours listed below. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Programming II Data Structures Object Oriented Design with Java Comp. Org. and Assembly Language Introduction to Database Management Systems Discrete Structures Programming Languages and Paradigms Prof. Social and Ethical Issues in CS 2 None Operating Systems Database Design and Implementation

74 Software Engineering Design and Analysis of Algorithms , Formal Languages and Automata Theory , Junior Project in Computer Science 2 None CO-OP Summer Training 0 Senior Standing Senior Project in Computer Science Digital Logic Design Digital Logic Design - LAB B. Mandatory Support courses This set consists of the 15 credit hours offered by other programs. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Critical Reading and Writing Calculus II Linear Algebra Intro. to Prob. and Statistics / Biology I/ / / / Physics II / Physics II C. Elective Courses Every student in the CS Department must take 15 credit hours of elective Computer Science courses chosen from the list given in the table below. The support and chemistry core courses are the preparatory courses, which are designed to meet the breadth requirement in Computer Science. After completing the preparatory courses, students are strongly encouraged to choose from alternative groupings of electives (referred to as groups ) in different areas of chemistry to fulfill the depth requirement. Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Introduction To Artificial Intelligence , Web Programming Introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing , Introduction to Computer Graphics Database Programming and Administration Multimedia Technology Information Security Development of Web Applications Computer Architecture

75 Computer Networks Numerical Methods , Compiler Design Topics in Computer Science I 3 Senior standing Topics in Computer Science II 3 Senior standing Free Elective Courses Each student registered in the CS program is required to take 6 credits (2 courses) as general free elective courses. Such courses can be taken from the University s pool of courses at large upon the approval of the academic advisor. These courses are intended to broaden the knowledge of students by combining studies from CS with studies from other academic disciplines. Study Plan The BS program in Computer Science encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Arabic Language English for Academic Purposes Introduction to IT (English) Calculus I Physics I ; Pre/Co: Physics I LAB Advising and Guidance 0 College of Sciences Year I, Semester 2 (14 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites University Elective Programming I Calculus II General Chemistry I General Chemistry I LAB

76 Year 2, Semester 1 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Islamic Culture Programming II Introduction to Probability and Statistics Discrete Structures Digital Logic Design Digital Logic Design LAB Year 2, Semester 2 (16 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites University Elective Data Structures Object Oriented Design with Java Computer Organization and Assembly Language Linear Algebra I Year 3, Semester 1 (17 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Department Specialized Elective 1 3 University Elective Intro. to Database Management Systems Design and Analysis of Algorithms ; Junior Project in CS Critical Reading and Writing 3 Year 3, Semester 2 (18 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Programming Languages and Paradigms Operating Systems Database Design and Implementation Formal Language and Automata Theory ; Software Engineering / Physics II / / / Chemistry II/ / Biology I None 756

77 Year 4, Semester 1 (14 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Professional, Social and ethical Issues in Computer Science 2 General Free Elective 1 3 Department Specialized Elective 2 3 Department Specialized Elective 3 3 University Elective 4 3 Year 4, Semester 2 (12 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Senior Project in CS General Free Elective 2 3 Department Specialized Elective 4 3 Department Specialized Elective 5 3 Courses Descriptions Courses in the proposed program that are offered in the Department of Computer Science start with (141a). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, Computer Science courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (141XABC) where: X A B C Program in the Department 0: Common to more than one IT program 1: Computer Science 2: IT Multimedia 3: IT Network (future program) 4: IT Business (future program) Year (level) Areas (as follows): 1: Basic Skills 2: Programming Languages 3: Social, Ethical and Professional Issues 4: Artificial Intelligence Course sequence in area 5: Graphics, Multimedia and Internet 6: Systems and Architecture 7: Database and Software Engineering 8: Theoretical Foundations 9: Special Topics, Seminars and Projects Courses in the proposed program that are offered in the Department of Computer Science start with (1411). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the College. Consistent with the University policies, Computer Science courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (1411ABC). College of Sciences 757

78 Mandatory Core Courses Description of the core courses are given below: Introduction to IT (Science) (2-2:3) History and evolution of computer technology, hardware and software definitions, PC applications, Windows, MS-Office, Word Processing, electronic spreadsheets, presentation tools, Internet and World Wide Web. Prerequisite: None Programming I (3-2:4) This course introduces basic programming techniques with a high level programming language. Topics include general introduction to computers and numbering systems, program development process, variables, data types, expressions, selection and repetition structures, functions/procedures, text files, arrays, and pointers. Perquisite: None Programming II (2-2:3) This course introduces fundamental conceptual tools and their implementation of object-oriented design and programming such as: object, type, class, implementation hiding, inheritance, parametric typing, function overloading, polymorphism, source code reusability, and object code reusability. Object-Oriented Analysis/Design for problem solving. Implementation of the Object-Oriented programming paradigm is illustrated by program development in an OO language (C++). Prerequisite: Programming I Data Structures (3-0:3) Basics of algorithm design. Linear Structures: Multidimensional arrays and their storage organization, Lists, Stacks and Queues. Introduction to recursion. Nonlinear structures: trees (binary trees, tree traversal algorithms) and Graphs (graph representation, graph algorithms). Elementary sorting and searching methods: bubble sort, quick sort, sequential search and binary search algorithms. Prerequisite: Programming II Object Oriented Design with Java (2-2:3) The main objective is to introduce students to designing software systems with emphasis on design concepts, strategies and their applications to domain specific systems, using an object modeling language, such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) to illustrate the relevant concepts. The focus will also be on design quality issues such as usability and maintainability. Other major objectives are: to provide hands-on experience/training to understand evaluation as an integral part of the design process and to implement prototypes using Java. Prerequisite: Programming II Computer Organization and Assembly Language (3-2:4) This course introduces the basic concepts of computer architecture and low level programming, Subject includes: Microprocessors architectures, Bus concepts, 8086 assembly language instructions set, Segmentation and memory addressing modes, debugging and testing programs, DOS system calls, Multiprocessor systems, pipelining. Prerequisite: Digital Logic Design Introduction to Database Management Systems (3-0:3) This course explores how databases are designed, implemented, and used. The course emphasizes the basic concepts/terminology of the relational model and applications. The students will learn database design concepts, data models (the Entity-Relationship and the Relational Model), SQL functional dependencies and normal forms. The students will gain experience working with a commercial database management system. Prerequisite: Programming I. 758

79 Discrete Structures (3-0:3) This course emphasizes the representations of numbers, arithmetic modulo, radix representation of integers, change of radix. Negative and rational numbers. Sets, one-to-one correspondence, properties of union, intersection, and complement, countable and uncountable sets. Functions: Injective, subjective, and bijective functions. Mathematical Induction, proof by contradiction. Combinatory: Multiplication rule, Pigeonhole principle, Recurrence relations. Fundamentals of logic, truth tables, conjunction, disjunction, and negation, Boolean functions and disjunctive normal form. Logic circuits. Graphs theory: Introduction, Paths and connectedness, Eulerian and Hamiltonian Graphs, Graph Isomorphisms, coloring of graphs. Trees: Spanning trees, Binary Search Trees, Huffman Code. Prerequisite: Calculus I Programming Languages and Paradigms (3-0:3) This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of programming languages and Paradigms. In particular, it focuses on design issues of the various languages constructs and the criteria used for evaluating PL and PL construct. It covers the role of programming languages; Primary formal methods for describing the syntactic and semantics structure of PL; Design issues for imperative languages and examines data abstraction facilities which support Object Oriented Programming, Functional. Prerequisite: Data Structures Prof. Social and Ethical Issues in CS (2-0:2) This course introduces many social and ethical perspectives: using information technology. Subjects include: Milestones in Computing, Milestone in Networking. Different Ethical theories, privacy in the Web, security vs. privacy and civil liberties, Copyright on the Net, Copyright and software, and spam, morality of breaking law, Internet addiction. Protecting Intellectual property. Data mining, Identity Theft. Computer Reliability, Professional Ethics, Network Security and Case studies. Prerequisite: None Operating Systems (3-0:3) History of operating system concepts. Processes: IPC, process scheduling, process synchronization, and deadlocks. I/O: Principles of I/O hardware and software, disks and clocks. Memory management: Swapping, paging, virtual memory and page replacement algorithms. File systems: Some examples of operating systems such as UNIX, Linux, and Windows. Prerequisite: Data Structures. College of Sciences Database Design and Implementation (3-0:3) This course will build on the concepts introduced in The students will further enhance their database design techniques and will be exposed to more advanced implementation related aspects of database management systems such as query optimization, transaction processing, concurrency control, database recovery, object and object-relational databases. Further topics to be covered such as database security, XML and Internet databases, distributed databases. Prerequisite: Introduction to Database Management Systems Software Engineering (3-0:3) Follows the formal software life cycle from the requirement, specification, and design phases through construction of actual software. Topics include models for the software life cycle, object-oriented analysis and design, management of software projects, CASE tools, verification and testing techniques, software quality assurance, and issues related to maintenance and delivery. Prerequisite: Data Structures. 759

80 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3-0:3) Prerequisite: Data Structures and Discrete Structures Core This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts of analyzing and designing algorithms, including divide and conquer, greedy methods, backtracking, randomization and dynamic programming. A number of algorithms for solving problems which arise often in applications of Computer Sciences are covered, including sorting, searching, graph algorithms, string matching, dynamic programming and NP-complete problems Formal Languages and Automata Theory (3-1:4) This course covers the fundamental concepts of formal languages and automata. The emphasis and focus are on finite automata and regular languages, pushdown automata and context-free languages, regular expressions, closure properties and pumping lemmas. Turing Machines, recursive and recursively enumerable languages. Chomsky hierarchy. Discuss fundamental notions and (un)decidability. Prerequisite: Data Structures and Discrete Structures Junior Project in Computer Science (2-0:2) This course introduces many skills and perspectives using information technology. Topics will vary. The course can include an individual study, which can be any topic that students and the instructor agree on, such as the new trends in networking, AI, Data mining, PLs, new hardware, development of applications building a hardware device and network security etc. Students present their project and submit a report. Prerequisite: None CO-OP Summer Training (3-0:3) This course aims to provide students with practical training, concentrating on their fields of study, and to enhance their abilities to communicate with industry, and real life projects. Summer Training Program provides students with knowledge, skills, abilities and opportunities required for success in their studies and workplace. Prerequisite: Senior Standing Senior Project in Computer Science (0-6:3) The course involves a significant project that requires different Computer Science techniques. It is a group based project. Prerequisite: Junior Project in Computer Science. Core Electives Descriptions of the Computer Science program core electives are given below Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (3-0:3) This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques in the field of artificial intelligence. Topics covered in the course include: problem solving and search, logic and knowledge representation, planning, reasoning and decision-making in the presence of uncertainty, and machine learning. Areas of application such as knowledge representation, natural language processing, expert systems, and robotics will be explored. AI programming languages (LISP/Prolog) will also be introduced. Prerequisite: , Web Programming (3-0:3) Introduction to the Internet and world wide web (WWW). Design and implement web pages/sites using HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript and multimedia techniques. The operation and administration of web servers and use of ASP technology. Prerequisite:

81 Introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing (3-0:3) This course presents an introduction on computer vision, basic techniques of analysis and manipulation of pictorial data by computer as: Image input/output devices, image processing software, enhancement, segmentation, property measurement, and image compression. Applications such as optical character recognition may be introduced. Prerequisite: , Introduction to Computer Graphics (3-0:3) This course presents an introduction on hardware and software components of graphics systems, also it covers the following topics: Output and filled data primitives, 2D and 3D geometric transformations, Two dimensional viewing: viewing pipeline, clipping, and windowing, Three dimensional viewing: viewing pipeline, viewing parameters, projections, viewing transformations, clipping, visible surface detection, illumination models and surface rendering. Prerequisite: Multimedia Technology (3-0:3) The course emphasizes underlying concepts rather than how to use the current multimedia tools. Topics covered by the course include introduction to multimedia, multimedia authoring, image and video representation, color basics, fundamental concepts of video, basics of digital audio, lossless and lossy compression algorithms, image and video compression standard, and content-based image and video retrieval. Prerequisite: Development of Web Applications (3-0:3) The course emphasizes the underlying concepts rather than the current hot tools to web-based database applications. It discusses the three-tier architecture commonly used in web-based database applications. Also, the course briefly introduces the tools to build web-based database applications, such as PHP, MySQL, Apache, HTML, HTTP, TCP/IP and JavaScript. Prerequisite: College of Sciences Computer Architecture (3-0:3) This course covers the core concepts of computer architecture design. The main focus is on key principles for highperformance and low-cost design. It covers in details logical design of computer systems. Topics include reduced instruction set computer architecture (RISC), using the MIPS central processor as an example, interface between assembly and high level programming constructs and hardware, interrupt systems, instruction and memory cache systems, parallelism, pipeline architecture and multiprocessors. Prerequisite: Computer Networks (3-0:3) Network uses. Network components. Network classification and services. Network architectures. Network protocols and their performance. Study of specific protocols, methods, and algorithms for framing, flow control, error detection and correction, medium access, routing, congestion control, internetworking, addressing, connection establishment and release, multiplexing, and fragmentation. Overview of Internet application protocols, resources, and services. Prerequisite:

82 Numerical Methods (3-0:3) This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts of errors, approximating the solution of a problem, and how to improve the accuracy of the approximating solutions. The course contents include error and approximations: Accuracy and precision, round-off and truncation errors. Roots of transcendental equations and zeros of polynomials: bisection, false position, secant, Newton s and fixed-point iterative methods. Linear systems of algebraic equations: Gauss elimination, matrix inversion. Curve fitting: interpolation, cubic spline. Numerical differentiation, Numerical integration: trapezium, Simpson s rules. Ordinary differential equations: simple Runge-Kutta methods. Prerequisite: and Compiler Design (3-0:3) This course will build on the top of the concepts introduced in Formal Languages and Automata course ( ). It is a heavily contradictory design oriented course. Students will learn about Compiler design concepts, different phases of compiler. The Lexical analysis, parsing techniques and syntax-directed translation (Semantics analysis) and Intermediate code generation. Exploring the different problems faced in these stages and how to overcome those problems. Exploring the different algorithms for compiler stages. Students will learn how to implement and integrate different phases of a compiler. Students will construct a small compiler. Prerequisite: Topics in Computer Science I (3-0:3) This course involves special topics in Computer Science. The course usually introduces advanced/specialized areas that are not currently offered as regular courses in the computer Science curricula. The topic depends on the interest of the instructor and those of the senior students. Prerequisite: Senior Standing Topics in Computer Science II (3-0:3) This course involves special topics in Computer Science. The course usually introduces advanced/specialized areas that are not currently offered as regular courses in the computer Science curricula. The topic depends on the interest of the instructor and those of the senior students. Prerequisite: Senior standing. 762

83 IT - MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM Program Goals 1. Provide students a thorough education in the technical and conceptual fundamentals of multimedia design. 2. Equip students with the skills and confidence of integrating different media and implementing the many facets of multimedia, using feedback from potential employers and alumni. 3. Blend students artistic creativity and technological proficiency in analysis, design and development of multimedia systems. 4. Increase students understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities towards the society. 5. Enable independent critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills. 6. Enable students to work in a team. 7. Prepare graduates for continued learning throughout their career. Program Outcomes 1. Apply knowledge acquired in multimedia and computing courses. 2. Analyze, design, implement, test and deliver multimedia solutions. 3. Integrate different media in the production of multimedia products. 4. Design and develop artistically creative and technologically proficient multimedia designs for the web and other mediums. 5. Discuss, demonstrate and analyze effective project plans. 6. Demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills. 7. Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning. 8. Work effectively in a team on large projects. 9. Take professional, social and ethical responsibilities towards the IT community. College of Sciences Career Opportunities Graduate from the IT-Multimedia program will be prepared to pursue advanced degrees in related fields and seek careers as: Programmer, Application Designer, Application Developer, Systems Analyst, Data Mining Program Developer, Database Designer and Developer, Database Administrator, User Interface Designer, E-commerce Application Developer, Graphic designer, Game Designer and Developer, Product Design Specialist, Advertisement Designer, Web Developer, Audio/Video Production Specialist, Visual Effect Artist, Cinematic Artist, Technical Artist, 3D Tool Programmer, and Computer Animator. 763

84 Program Overview The program is designed to satisfy the curricular requirements of the ACM/IEEE-CS curricular task force and other relevant professional accreditation bodies, such as CSAC/CAAB. A student undertaking this program should complete a total of 123 credits distributed as follows: BS in IT -Multimedia (123 credits) UR CR DR PR Total Mandatory Core Credits Support Credits Electives Core Credits Free Elective Credits Total I. University Requirements The list of the University required courses and their descriptions are presented in the introductory pages of the College of Sciences section in this bulletin II. College Requirements The college requirements are 15 credit hours that should be taken by all the students in the College of Sciences. The following 11 credits are mandatory: Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Calculus (I) Programming I Statistics for Sciences Statistics Lab 1 Students selects 4 credits from the following college requirements: Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Chemistry I Chemistry Lab I Biology I Biology Lab I Physics I Physics Lab I 1 764

85 III. Department Requirements The 21 credits of departmental requirements are divided into 2 sets: credits of General Information Technology core courses 2. 9 credits of Support courses The set of general IT core courses consists of the following 12 credits: Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Intro. to Database Management Systems Web Programming Networking Fundamentals Human Computer Interaction ; The 9 credits of support courses offered by other departments for IT-Multimedia students are: # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Project Management 3 or Principles of Marketing Critical Reading and Writing III. Program Requirements The program requirements are divided into 3 sets: 1. Multimedia compulsory core courses (39 credits) 2. Multimedia program elective courses (18 credits) 3. General Free elective courses (6 credits) The set of IT Multimedia core courses (39 credits) are the ones listed below: College of Sciences Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Problem Solving Graphics Design Interactive Multimedia Design and Authoring Multimedia Programming Programming with Data Structures Multimedia Junior Project D/3D Computer Animation OO Software Design and Implementation CO-OP Summer Training 0 Junior/Senior standing 765

86 D Design for Web Game Design and Development Development of Web Applications , Multimedia Senior Project 4 Senior standing Multimedia elective courses (18 credits) are to be chosen from a list of courses offered by the Department. The support and core courses are preparatory courses which are designed to meet the breadth requirement in information technology. After completing the preparatory courses, students are to choose a total of 18 credits of multimedia elective courses from the following list: Course # Course Title CrHrs Prerequisite Programming Language Paradigms Operating Systems Database Design and Implementation Software Engineering Introduction to Computer Graphics Multimedia Technologies IT Application in E-Commerce Mobile Applications and Design Information Security 3 Senior Standing Special Topics in IT 3 Senior Standing Each student registered in the IT Multimedia is required to take 6 credits (2 courses) as general free elective courses. Such courses can be taken from the university s pool of courses at large upon the approval of the academic advisor. These courses are intended to broaden the knowledge of students by combining studies from IT Multimedia with studies from other academic disciplines. Study Plan The IT-Multimedia program encompasses 123 credits hours that are spread over eight semesters and could be completed in four years. The following distribution of courses by semester facilitates student s normal progression through the study plan. Year I, Semester 1 (18 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Arabic Language English for Academic Purpose Introduction to IT Calculus I Problem Solving Graphic Design 3 766

87 Year I, Semester 2 (17 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites University Elective 1 3 University Elective Programming I Interactive Multimedia College Requirement 4 Year 2, Semester 1(15 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Islamic Culture 3 University Elective Design and Authoring Prog. with Data Structures Critical Reading and Writing Year 2, Semester 2(16 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites University Elective Statistics for Sciences Statistics Lab Principles of Marketing OO Design and Implementation Multimedia Programming College of Sciences Year 3, Semester 1 (14 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Multimedia Junior Project Intr. to DB Management Sys Web Programming D\3D Comp. Animation Program Elective

88 Year 3, Semester 2 (15 Credits) Course Title CrHrs Prerequisites Networking Fundamentals D Design for Web Human Comp. Interaction ; Program Elective General Free Elective Year 4, Semester 1 (15 Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Development of Web App ; Game Design and Dev Project Management or Program Elective 3 3 Program Elective Year 4, Semester 2 (13Credits) Course # Title CrHrs Prerequisites Multimedia Senior Project 4 Senior Standing Program Elective 5 3 Program Elective General Free Elective Course Description Courses in the proposed program that are offered in the Department of Computer Science start with (141X). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, Computer Science courses in the IT multimedia program will be assigned numbers of the form (141a ABC) where: X A B C Program in the Department 0: Common to more than one IT program 1: Computer Science 2: IT Multimedia 3: IT Network (future program) 4: IT Business (future program) Year (level) Areas (as follows): 1: Basic Skills 2: Programming Languages 3: Social, Ethical and Professional Issues 4: Artificial Intelligence Course sequence in area 5: Graphics, Multimedia and Internet 6: Systems and Architecture 7: Database and Software Engineering 8: Theoretical Foundations 9: Special Topics, Seminars and Projects 768

89 Courses in the proposed IT multimedia program that are offered in the department of Computer Science start with (1412). The program of study contains courses that are offered by other departments as well as from outside the college. Consistent with the university policies, Computer Science courses in the program will be assigned numbers of the form (1412ABC). A. Core Courses Description of the core courses are given below: to IT (Science) (2-2:3) History and evolution of computer technology, hardware and software definitions, PC applications, Windows, MS-Office, Word Processing, electronic spreadsheets, presentation tools, Internet and World Wide Web. Perquisite: None Programming I (3-2:4) This course introduces basic programming techniques with a high level programming language. Topics include general introduction to computers and numbering systems, program development process, variables, data types, expressions, selection and repetition structures, functions/procedures, text files, arrays, and pointers. Perquisite: None Problem Solving (3-0:3) General methods of problem solving and principles of algorithmic design using flowcharts and pseudo-code. Applications will be drawn from different domains. Perquisite: None Programming with Data Structures (2-2:3) Brief introduction to object oriented programming paradigm, classes and data abstraction; inheritance; templates; Linear data structures: lists, stacks, queues. Non-linear data structures: binary trees, and graphs. Prerequisite: Programming I. College of Sciences Graphic Design (2-2:3) This course teaches the students the basic elements and concepts of design and typography. The hands-on nature of this course shall be the key to successfully attain the course objectives. Thus, the course shall depend mainly on practical exercises, workshops, presentations beside the final project. Perquisite: None Interactive Multimedia (2-2:3) Core What is multimedia? Desktop publishing, media types: images, audio and video, authoring tools and systems, multimedia and WWW, multimedia tools and applications. Prerequisite: Introduction to IT Introduction to Database Management Systems (3-0:3) This course explores how databases are designed, implemented, and used. The course emphasizes the basic concepts/terminology of the relational model and applications. The students will learn database design concepts, data models (the Entity-Relationship and the Relational Model), SQL functional dependencies and normal forms. The students will gain experience working with a commercial database management system. Prerequisite: Programming I. 769

90 Design and Authoring (2-2:3) Using multimedia authoring programs, students create interactive presentations for publication on CD or the Web. Introduction to Lingo or Action Script. Topics include advanced tools within the software programs, importing and controlling video and audio, importing graphics and animation. Also, the use of Macromedia Flash to create web-enabled interactive animations, scenes, etc. Prerequisite: Introduction to IT Multimedia Programming (3-0:3) Students will explore fundamental programming issues applied to the use and representation of sound, graphics, animation, and text. They will be introduced to the key ideas of event-driven programming and object-oriented programming using primarily Java as the programming language. Prerequisite: Programming Object Oriented Software Design and Implementation (3-0:3) The course teaches the essential skills in object-oriented analysis and design in Universal Modeling Language (UML). The course introduces the students to the software life cycle, requirements, analysis, system design, and implementation. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures Web Programming (2-2:3) Introduction to the Internet and world wide web (WWW). Design and implement web pages/sites using HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript and multimedia techniques. The operation and administration of web servers and use of ASP technology. Prerequisite: Programming Multimedia Junior Project (0-2:2) This course involves a significant 3 rd -year project in any area of IT Multimedia. The project may be taken individually or in a small group. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures D/3D Computer Animation (3-0:3) Introduction to advanced topics in computer animation: principles of animation, motion capture, forward/inverse kinematics, key-framing, motion editing/retargeting, collision detection and response, rigid-body systems including articulated and hierarchical systems, and soft-body animation. Prerequisite: Multimedia Programming Human-Computer Interaction (3-0:3) Introduction to concepts centered on Human-Computer Interaction from hardware and software perspectives. Topics include design principles, usability principles and engineering, solving user-centered problems, device interaction, and graphical user interface design (2D and 3D interfaces). Prerequisite: Multimedia Programming and Web Programming D Design for Web (2-2:3) Core Students interested in learning methods and techniques involved with the designing and construction of 3D related objects that are suited for games, movies, and or TV broadcast will find this course of value. Students will learn fundamental and beginner knowledge that is essential for further exploration of 3D graphics. Prerequisite: Multimedia Programming. 770

91 Junior Project in Computer Science (2-0:2) This course introduces many skills and perspectives using information technol-ogy. Topics will vary. The course can include an individual study, which can be any topic that students and the instruc tor agree on, such as the new trends in networking, AI, Data mining, PLs, new hardware, development of applications building a hardware device and network security etc. Students present their proj ect and submit a report. Prerequisite: None CO-OP Summer Training (3-0:3) This course aims to provide students with practical training, concentrating on their fields of study, and to enhance their abilities to communicate with industry, and real life projects. Summer Training Program provides students with knowledge, skills, abilities and opportunities required for success in their studies and workplace. Prerequisite: Senior Standing Development of Web Applications (3-0:3) This course builds on student experience acquired in and provides an intensive hands-on experience for developing server-side web applications. The course would lead the students to be able to design and implement full interactive web applications. The course devotes special attention to data driven applications with focus on relational and XML data. Other topics discussed in this course include web application security, session management. The students will be exposed to several current and emerging technologies. Prerequisite: Web Programming; Introduction to Database Management Game Design and Development (3-0:3) How games function to create experiences, including rule design, play mechanics, game balancing, social game interaction and the integration of visual, audio, tactile and textual elements into the total game experience. Students will design and implement a game. Prerequisite: Multimedia Programming Networking Fundamentals (3-0:3) Foundation knowledge for computer networks and communications. Topics include basic network design, layered communications models, IP addressing and subnets, and industry standards for networking media and protocols, with an emphasis on TCP/IP protocol suite and Ethernet environments. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures. College of Sciences Multimedia Senior Project (0-4:4) This course involves a significant 4 th -year project in any area of IT Multimedia. The project may be taken individually or in a small group. Prerequisite: Senior Standing. 771

92 B. Core Electives Descriptions of the core electives are given below: Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (3-0:3) This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques in the field of artificial intelligence. Topics covered in the course include: problem solving and search, logic and knowledge representation, planning, reasoning and decision-making in the presence of uncertainty, and machine learning. Areas of application such as knowledge representation, natural language processing, expert systems, and robotics will be explored. AI programming languages (LISP/Prolog) will also be introduced. Prerequisite: , Mobile Applications Development (3-0:3) This course emphasis the fundamentals of mobile applications. It covers mobile and wireless network technologies from a software developer s perspective. The students will be exposed to several different markup as well as the techniques that can be used to generate this technology for the wide range of wireless devices. Furthermore, students will gain hands on experience in developing mobile applications for different devices. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures Introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing (3-0:3) This course presents an introduction on computer vision, basic techniques of analysis and manipulation of pictorial data by computer as: Image input/output devices, image processing software, enhancement, segmentation, property measurement, and image compression. Applications such as optical character recognition may be introduced. Prerequisite: , Introduction to Computer Graphics (3-0:3) This course presents an introduction on hardware and software components of graphics systems, also it covers the following topics: Output and filled data primitives, 2D and 3D geometric transformations, Two dimensional viewing: viewing pipeline, clipping, and windowing, Three dimensional viewing: viewing pipeline, viewing parameters, projections, viewing transformations, clipping, visible surface detection, illumination models and surface rendering. Prerequisite: Multimedia Technology (3-0:3) The course emphasizes underlying concepts rather than how to use the current multimedia tools. Topics covered by the course include introduction to multimedia, multimedia authoring, image and video representation, color basics, fundamental concepts of video, basics of digital audio, lossless and lossy compression algorithms, image and video compression standard, and content-based image and video retrieval. Prerequisite: Information Security (3-0:3) This course introduces ethical, theoretical and practical issues of information security in computing systems. It does not simply focus on security within networks but considers this topic within the wider context of the software system as a whole. Prerequisite: Intro. to Database Management Computer Architecture (3-0:3) This course covers the core concepts of computer architecture design. The main focus is on key principles for high-performance and low-cost design. It covers in details logical design of computer systems. Topics include reduced instruction set computer architecture (RISC), using the MIPS central processor as an example, interface between assembly and high level programming constructs and hardware, interrupt systems, instruction and memory cache systems, parallelism, pipeline architecture and multiprocessors. Prerequisite:

93 Computer Networks (3-0:3) Network uses. Network components. Network classification and services. Network architectures. Network protocols and their performance. Study of specific protocols, methods, and algorithms for framing, flow control, error detection and correction, medium access, routing, congestion control, internetworking, addressing, connection establishment and release, multiplexing, and fragmentation. Overview of Internet application protocols, resources, and services. Prerequisite: Numerical Methods (3-0:3) This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts of errors, approximating the solution of a problem, and how to improve the accuracy of the approximating solutions. The course contents include error and approximations: Accuracy and precision, round-off and truncation errors. Roots of transcendental equations and zeros of polynomials: bisection, false position, secant, Newton s and fixed-point iterative methods. Linear systems of algebraic equations: Gauss elimination, matrix inversion. Curve fitting: interpolation, cubic spline. Numerical differentiation, Numerical integration: trapezium, Simpson s rules. Ordinary differential equations: simple Runge-Kutta methods. Prerequisite: and Compiler Design (3-0:3) This course will build on the top of the concepts introduced in Formal Languages and Automata course ( ). It is a heavily contradictory design oriented course. Students will learn about Compiler design concepts, different phases of compiler. The Lexical analysis, parsing techniques and syntax-directed translation (Semantics analysis) and Intermediate code generation. Exploring the different problems faced in these stages and how to overcome those problems. Exploring the different algorithms for compiler stages. Students will learn how to implement and integrate different phases of a compiler. Students will construct a small compiler. Prerequisite: Topics in Computer Science I (3-0:3) This course involves special topics in Computer Science. The course usually introduces advanced/specialized areas that are not currently offered as regular courses in the computer Science curricula. The topic depends on the interest of the instructor and those of the senior students. Prerequisite: Senior standing. College of Sciences Topics in Computer Science II (3-0:3) This course involves special topics in Computer Science. The course usually introduces advanced/specialized areas that are not currently offered as regular courses in the computer Science curricula. The topic depends on the interest of the instructor and those of the senior students. Prerequisite: Senior standing Database Design and Implementation (3-0:3) This course builds on the concepts introduced in Students will further enhance their database design techniques and will be exposed to more advanced implementation related aspects of database management systems such as query optimization, transaction processing, concurrency control, database recovery, object and object-relational databases. Further topics to be covered such as database security, XML and Internet databases, distributed databases. Prerequisite: Introduction to Database Management IT Application in E-Commerce (3-0:3) This course focuses on the fundamental technological requirements for setting up an infrastructure to set up and operate an e-business. The students will have a thorough overview of the current ecommerce technology. The course also covers the major developments behind the transition from traditional to e-business transactions. Prerequisite: Web Programming. 773

94 Special Topics in IT (0-3:3) This course involves special topics in IT Multimedia. Prerequisite: Senior standing Programming Languages and Paradigms (3-0:3) This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of programming languages and Paradigms. In particular, it focuses on design issues of the various languages constructs and the criteria used for evaluating PL and PL construct. It covers the role of programming languages; Primary formal methods for describing the syntactic and semantics structure of PL; Design issues for imperative languages and examines data abstraction facilities which support Object Oriented Programming. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures Database Programming and Administration (3-0:3) The course builds on the concepts learned in Students will be introduced to program with cursors, stored procedures, and triggers. The students will also experience working with some form and report builder. In the second part, the course introduces the concepts that database administrators and database operators will need on a day to day basis. It includes basic database setup and configuration, user administration and management, spacing considerations, best practices concerning logging and rollback, backup and recovery. At the end of the course the students should be familiar with the architecture of a commercial relational database management system and be able to perform routine administration tasks. The students also will be introduced to Web database programming. Prerequisite: Introduction to Database Management Software Engineering (3-0:3) Follows the formal software life cycle from the requirement, specification, and design phases through construction of actual software. Topics include models for the software life cycle, object-oriented analysis and design, management of software projects, CASE tools, verification and testing techniques, software quality assurance, and issues related to maintenance and delivery. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures Operating Systems (3-0:3) History of operating system concepts. Processes: IPC, process scheduling, process synchronization, and deadlocks. I/O: Principles of I/O hardware and software, disks and clocks. Memory management: Swapping, paging, virtual memory and page replacement algorithms. File systems: Some examples of operating systems such as UNIX, Linux, and Windows. Prerequisite: Programming with Data Structures. 774

95 FACULTY LIST Madjid Merabti, Professor and Dean, PhD in Computer Sciences, University of Lancaster, UK, Ismail Saadoun, Vice Dean, PhD in Microbiology, Auburn University, Auburn - Alabama, USA, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICS Academic Staff Hachemi Benaoum, Chairperson and Associate professor, PhD in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Syracuse University, NY (USA), 2007 Gaffar Attaelmanan, Professor, PhD in X-ray Physics, Göteborg University, Sweden, Ala Ahmad Al-Douri, Professor, PhD in Physics, University of York, UK, Bashir M. Suleiman, Professor, PhD in Physics of Materials, University of Goteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Najeh M Jisrawi, Associate Professor, PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Rutgers University, NJ, USA, Gehad Sadiek, Associate Professor, PhD in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Purdue University, USA, 2002 Hussain Alawadhi, Associate Professor, PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Purdue University, USA, Ilias Fernini, Associate Professor, PhD in Astronomy, The University of New Mexico University, USA, Mounir Kaidi, Associate Professor, PhD in Physics, Carthage College, Tunisia, Oleg Olendski, Associate Professor, PhD in Computational Physics, Grodno State University, Grodno, Belarus, Hafsa Khurshid, Assistant Professor, PhD in Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Devices. Kais Daoudi, Assistant Professor, PhD in Physics Optoelectronics, Claude Bernard Université, France, Muhammad Azeem, Assistant Professor, PhD in Physics Optoelectronics, University of Wellington, New Zealand, Rachik Soualah, Assistant Professor, PhD in Cosmology and Astroparticles Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Yassir Ahmed Abdu, Assistant Professor, PhD in Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden, Muhammad Mubasshir Shaikh, Assistant Professor, PhD in Physics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Bassam Rashed Khader, Lecturer, MS in Radiation Physics, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1991 Mohammad Hamza Mansour, Lecturer, MS in Physics, Electronics, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Omar Adwan, Lecturer, MS in Nuclear Physics, University of Jordan, Jordan, Nawal Nayfeh, Lecturer, MS in Material Physics - Magnetic Properties, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1991 Saja Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Lecturer, MS in Computational Solid State Physics, Al Najah University, Palestine, Tahani Sarayreh, Lecturer, MS in Physics, Memorial University, Canada, Abdul Raheem Khudada, Lecturer, Master in Physics, Baghdad University, Iraq, College of Sciences 775

96 DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BIOLOGY Amir Ali Khan, Chairman and Assistant Professor, PhD in Stem Cells Proteomics, University of Leeds, UK, Ismail Saadoun, Professor, PhD in Microbiology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA, Ali Al-Keblawy, Professor, PhD Desert Plant Ecology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Ihsan Ali Mahasneh, Professor, PhD in Biology, University of Durham, UK, Hassene Bin Mohammed Haj Kacem, Associate Professor, PhD in Molecular Biology & Genetics, Sfax University, Tunisia, Mona Rushdi Abdelhafez Hassuneh, Associate Professor, PhD in Molecular Immunology, Virginia Polytechnic Instit. and State Univ., USA, Abdelaziz Tlili, Assistant Professor, PhD in Biology of Engineering, National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia, Kreem Mosa, Assistant Professor, PhD in Plant Biotechnology, Massachusetts Amherst University, USA, Abdullah Fahd Al Mutery, Assistant Professor, PhD in Genetics, Kent University, UK, Khalid Bajou, Assistant Professor, PhD in Biochemistry & Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Belgium, Muhammad Nasir Khan, Assistant Professor, PhD in Human Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Ban Al-Joubori, Lecturer, MS in Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, University of London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, Racha Al-Khoury, Lecturer, MS in Biochemistry, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada, Uzma Inayat, Lecturer, MS in Molecular Genetics, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islam Mohamed, Lecturer, MS in Clinical microbiology, University of Sudan, Sudan, Tasneem Ahmed Obaid, Lecturer, MS in Human Genetics, Jordan University of Sciences and technology, Jordan, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Ihsan A. Shehadi, Associate Professor & Chair, Ph.D., Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A, 1997; Physical Chemistry. Ideisan Abu-Abdoun, Professor, Ph.D., University of Liver Pool, England, 1982; Polymer Chemistry. Mahmoud Allawy Mohsin, Associate Professor& Chair, Ph.D., University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, (UMIST), UK, 1984; Polymer Chemistry. Ayssar Nahlé, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Southampton, Southampton, England, UK, 1989; Electrochemistry. Ahmed Almehdi, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University, Oregon, USA, 1991; Biochemistry Ahmed Ali Mohammed, Assistant Professor, Ph. D, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, U.S.A, 2000; Inorganic Chemistry. Mohamad El-Naggar, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia, 2010; Organic Chemistry 776

97 Abdelaziz Elgamouz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Surrey, UK, 2009; Bio Analytical Kamrul Hasan, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2012; Organmetallic Mariam El Rachidi, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, 2012; Physical Chemistry Mona Kanj El-Harakeh, Lecturer, M.Sc., American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1984; Physical Chemistry. Ibrahim Abdul-Rahman, Lecturer, M.Sc., Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1984; Physical Chemistry. Azeera Abdul Rahim. Lecturer, M.Sc., Mahatma Gandhi University, India, 2007; Chemistry. Ayesha Begum Mohammad, Lecturer, M.Sc., Kakatiya University, Warangal, India, 2004; Organic Chemistry. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Zaher Al Aghbari, Professor, PhD in Computer Science - Databases, Data Mining, Data Streams Management, Arabic Handwriting Retrieval, Kyushu University, Japan, Mahir S. Ali, Professor, PhD, Nottingham University, UK, 1982; Operating Systems and Networks. Ashraf Elnagar, Professor, PhD in Computer Science - Computational robotics, pattern recognition, and data mining, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, 1993;. Abdullah Hussein, Associate Professor, PhD in Robotics, Numerical Computations, Differential Equations, Keele University, U.K, Ahmed M. Khedr, Associate Professor, PhD in Computer Science and Engineering - Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA, Naveed Ahmed, Assistant Professor, PhD in Computer Science - Computer Graphics, Video based Modelling and Rendering, MPI Informatik, Germany, Manar Abu Talib, Assistant Professor, PhD Computer Science and Software Engineering - Software Engineering, Software Testing, Software Quality and Software Measurement, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Mohammed Lataifeh, Assistant Professor, BMER (Masters in Business, Enterprise Resources Planning Systems) - Design and Multimedia, ERP system Implementations, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, Djedjiga Mouheb, Assistant Professor, PhD in Computer Science, Concordia University, Canada, Imad Afyouni, Assistant Professor, PhD in Computer Science, University of Western Brittany (Brest),France, Sohail Abbas, Assistant Professor, PhD in Wireless Network Security, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, Fatima Alshamsi, Lecturer, MSc. in Computer Science - Data mining, University of Sharjah, Mohammed Ockba, Lecturer, MSc. in Computer Science Sentiment Analysis, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Amany AbouSafia, Lecturer,, MSc. in Computer Science Anomaly Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Nasr Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed, Lecturer, MSc. in Computer Science, University of Sharjah, UAE, College of Sciences 777

98 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Abdelaziz Soufyane, Professor and Chair, PhD in Mathematics and its applications, University of France Comte, France, Ali Jaballah, Professor, PhD in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, University of Muenster, West Germany, Basem Attili, Professor, PhD in Numerical Analysis, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Khalil I.T. Al-Dosary, Professor, PhD in Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, University of London, UK, Muhammad Islam Shafiq Ahmad Mustafa, Associate Professor, PhD in Mathematics, King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA, Hishyar Abdullah, Associate Professor, PhD in Fluid Dynamics, Essex University, UK, Zahid Raza, Associate Professor, PhD in Mathematics, Govt. College University, Pakistan, Mohammed Sababheh, Associate Professor, PhD in Pure Mathematics-Classical Harmonic Analysis, McGill University Canada, Mahmoud Benkhelifa, Associate Professor, PhD in Mathematics, Nice University, France, Mohammad Saleh Bataineh, Associate Professor, PhD in Mathematics, Curtin University, Australia, Mostafa Zahri, Associate Professor, PhD in Mathematics, Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Mohammed Al-Akhrass, Assistant Professor, PhD in Potential Theory, McGill University, USA, Luai M S AL Labadi, Assistant Professor, PhD in Potential Theory, University of Ottawa, Canada, Belkacem Said Houari, Assistant Professor, PhD in Potential Theory, University of Annaba, Algeria, 2005, HDR (Habilitation á Diriger des Recherches), University of Savoie, Chambéry, France, Firas Ghanim, Assistant Professor, PhD in Mathematics, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia, Kholoud Mostafa, Lecturer, MSc in Mathematics, University of Jordan, Jordan, Nida Siddiqui, Lecturer, MSc in Mathematics, State University, India,

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