Mediterranean International University
Department of Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering aims to graduate qualified civil engineers who are able to participate effectively in building national institutions, using modern scientific methods and the best advanced technologies. The department awards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering after a student successfully completes the required number of credit hours (153) according to the Department Academic Study Plan.
The Civil Engineering Academic Program is concerned with studying, designing and analyzing human facilities such as buildings, roads, bridges, tunnels, ports, water and sewage networks, and other various engineering constructions. The science of civil engineering, like any other science, is constantly developing as it is linked with industrial developments to produce new and advanced construction methods and materials.
The Department of Civil Engineering offers an integrated undergraduate program that includes:
- Structural Engineering: this includes the study, analysis, design and implementation of wood, concrete, and metal structures, as well as the science of resistance and testing of the properties of engineering materials used in construction.
- Foundation engineering and soil mechanics: focusing on studying soil properties, designing and implementing foundations.
- Transport, Roads and Airports Engineering: specializes in designing and constructing roads and airports and regulating their traffic.
- Sanitary engineering: including designing and implementing sanitation networks, water networks and sanitation stations, as well as re-supply of wastewater.
- Survey and Geodesy: focusing on studying survey dimensions, ground levels, and engineering project implementation sites, as well as remote sensing science and its various uses in civil engineering.
Attainment of leadership, distinction, and creativity in all fields of civil engineering, through scientific research, distinguished university education and modern applications of advanced technology.
Providing theoretical and practical scientific knowledge and skills that qualify students to advance the level of actual local and regional civil construction in accordance with modern requirements and with locally and internationally approved standards in the field of civil engineering; striving to support and develop areas of scientific research that serves to provide studies that balance society’s need for long-term infrastructure and environmental health, and promoting cooperation and exchange of expertise with other departments inside and outside the university.
- Providing higher education opportunities in the field of civil engineering, according to modern theoretical, practical and cognitive applications.
- Preparing specialists in the scientific and practical fields of civil engineering.
- Graduating distinguished students in their specialty capable of research and innovation that contribute to building local and regional constructions based on scientific and practical foundations that serve the community and enhance its capabilities.
- Optimizing the use of information technology, communications and computer science to establish a concept civil engineering to enhance the profession and to take advantage of the application of modern technology in scientific research and architectural and construction designs.
- Working to build partnerships and cooperation with other departments inside and outside the university.
- Participating effectively in local and international academic and scientific events and hold seminars, conferences, and workshops in cooperation with other professionals and institutions.
- Providing a supportive and promising educational and training environment to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge in the field civil engineering.
- Establishing the concept of preserving and protecting the environment among students and supporting the efforts towards the achievement of the goal of sustainable development.
Students graduating from MIU Civil Engineering Program are expected to have the ability to:
- Conserve and protect the environment in order to achieve the goal of sustainable development.
- Provide technical advice to solve problems facing the various engineering sectors.
- Keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of civil engineering and engineering materials.
- Acquire communication and teamwork skills and utilize their knowledge of comprehensive civil engineering essentials.
- Prepare designs and implement large and small scale buildings and prepare executive programs for them.
Students are granted a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering after successfully completing (153) credit hours. These credit hours are divided into compulsory and elective specialization courses.
Distribution of Credit Hours based on the components of the study plan:
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No. |
Requirement |
credit hours |
Percentage |
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1 |
General Faculty Requirements |
33 hours |
22% |
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2 |
Compulsory Specialization Courses |
108 hours |
70% |
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3 |
Elective Department Courses |
12 hours |
8% |
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Total credit hours |
153 |
100% |
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1. General Faculty Requirements: (33 credit hours)
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No. |
Course No. |
Course Name |
credit hours |
prerequisite |
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1 |
10110 |
Arabic Language |
3 |
None |
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2 |
10120 |
Islamic Studies |
3 |
None |
|
3 |
10130 |
English Language I |
3 |
None |
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4 |
10131 |
English Language II |
3 |
10130 |
|
5 |
10140 |
Mathematics I |
3 |
None |
|
6 |
10141 |
Mathematics II |
3 |
10140 |
|
7 |
13100 |
General Chemistry I |
3 |
None |
|
8 |
13130 |
General Physics I |
3 |
None |
|
9 |
13200 |
General Chemistry II |
3 |
13100 |
|
10 |
13230 |
General Physics II |
3 |
13130 |
|
11 |
30110 |
Introduction to Computers |
3 |
None |
|
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Total Credit Hours |
33 |
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2. Compulsory Specialization Courses:
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No. |
Course No. |
Course Name |
credit hours |
prerequisite |
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1 |
33111 |
Engineering Drawing I |
3 |
None |
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2 |
33112 |
Engineering Drawing II |
3 |
33111 |
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3 |
31200 |
Engineering Mechanics I (Static) |
4 |
10141 |
|
4 |
31201 |
Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics) |
4 |
10141 |
|
5 |
31210 |
Differential equations |
4 |
10141 |
|
6 |
31220 |
Survey I |
3 |
10141 |
|
7 |
31221 |
Survey II |
3 |
31220 |
|
8 |
31222 |
Survey Lab. II |
2 |
31221 |
|
9 |
31230 |
Geology |
4 |
None |
|
10 |
31240 |
Building Construction |
2 |
None |
|
11 |
31250 |
Strength of Materials |
4 |
31200 |
|
12 |
31251 |
Strength of Materials Lab. |
1 |
31250 ⃰ |
|
13 |
31260 |
Linear Algebra |
4 |
10141 |
|
14 |
31300 |
Fluid Mechanics |
4 |
10141 |
|
15 |
31301 |
Fluid Mechanics Lab. |
1 |
31300 ⃰ |
|
16 |
31310 |
Structural Analysis I |
4 |
31250 |
|
17 |
31311 |
Structural Analysis II |
4 |
31310 |
|
18 |
31320 |
Soil Mechanics |
4 |
31250 |
|
19 |
31321 |
Soil Mechanics Lab. |
1 |
31320 ⃰ |
|
20 |
31330 |
Civil Engineering Materials |
3 |
None |
|
21 |
31331 |
Civil Engineering Materials Lab. |
1 |
31330 ⃰ |
|
22 |
31340 |
Principles of Electrical Engineering |
3 |
None |
|
23 |
31350 |
Design of Steel Structures |
4 |
31310 |
|
24 |
31360 |
Hydrology |
3 |
31300 |
|
25 |
31370 |
Highway and Transportation Engineering |
3 |
31221 |
|
26 |
31380 |
Environmental Engineering I |
3 |
31300 |
|
27 |
31390 |
Concrete I |
4 |
31310 |
|
28 |
31400 |
Concrete II |
4 |
31390 |
|
29 |
31410 |
Environmental Engineering II |
3 |
31380 |
|
30 |
31420 |
Quantities and Specifications |
2 |
None |
|
31 |
31430 |
Foundation of Engineering |
4 |
31230 |
|
32 |
31440 |
Highway Lab. |
1 |
31370 ⃰ |
|
33 |
31450 |
Preliminary Study for the Graduation Project |
3 |
None |
|
34 |
31451 |
Graduation Project |
5 |
31450 |
|
35 |
31460 |
Professional Practice |
3 |
None |
|
|
|
Total credit hours |
108 |
|
⃰ Preferably studied in the semester with previous requirement.
3. Elective Courses: Students should select three courses (12 credit hours) from the following list.
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No. |
Course No. |
Course Name |
credit hours |
prerequisite |
|
1 |
31441 |
Engineering Management I |
4 |
None |
|
2 |
31442 |
Harbour Engineering |
4 |
31220 |
|
3 |
31443 |
Airport Engineering |
4 |
31370 |
|
4 |
31444 |
Advanced Mathematics |
4 |
31210 |
|
5 |
31445 |
Surface and Groundwater |
4 |
31360 |
|
6 |
31446 |
Geodetic Survey |
4 |
31221 |
|
7 |
31447 |
Traffic and Urban Transportation |
4 |
31370 |
|
8 |
31448 |
Advanced Soil Mechanics |
4 |
31320 |
|
9 |
31449 |
Engineering Management II |
4 |
31441 |
|
10 |
31465 |
Public Health Engineering I |
4 |
31380 |
|
11 |
31470 |
Public Health Engineering II |
4 |
31410 |
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Course name: Arabic Language |
Course Number: 10110 |
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Prerequisite: none |
Teaching language: Arabic language |
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Course level: First |
Credit hours: 3 hours |
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This course deals with the Arabic language in general and focuses on its grammar, rhetoric and morphology. This includes analyzing parts of speech, the root of the word and its affixes, the active and passive voice, and types of verbs. The course also introduces literary devices, analogy, writing styles, and techniques of literary analysis.
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Course name: Islamic Studies
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Course number: 10120 |
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Prerequisite: none
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Language of Instruction: Arabic language |
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Course level: The first level
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Credit hours: 3 |
Course Description
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A number of topics aim at introducing the tolerant Islamic Sharia according to the moderate approach that is free from extremism and exaggeration and which focuses on true faith and the noble ethics of Islam. |
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Course Number: 10130
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Course Title: English I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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English I course introduces the students to the language encountered while studying in the academic fields. The course includes readings and vocabulary exercises designed to develop students’ skills in the English language in general and the language of the professions related to the study in academia, in particular. |
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Course Number: 10131
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Course Title: General English II |
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Prerequisite: 10130
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Language of instruction: English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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General English 2 is a course that enables students to build a foundation of English Language by applying the step- by- step approach to gain skills and confidence. The course includes readings and vocabulary exercises designed to develop students’ skills in the English language. Students develop their writing skills utilizing the sentence and paragraph structure for a coherent writing. |
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Course Number: 10140
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Course Title: Mathematics I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic + English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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The course is concerned with the study of groups – periods – variances – functions -endings – communication – differentiation – differential applications. |
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Course Number: 10141
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Course Title: Mathematics II |
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Prerequisite: 10140
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on · Definite integral, fundamental theorem of calculus. · Exponential and logarithmic functions, hyperbolic functions. · Techniques of integrations. · Geometrical and physical applications of the definite integral. · Functions of several variables, partial derivative. · Maxima and minima and Lagrange’s multiples · Line integrals. · Double integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates. · Series, power series, Taylor’s theorem. |
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Course Number: 13100
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Course Title: General Chemistry I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course includes 1. Definition of chemistry and its importance. 2. Substance: Definition: a. Forms: elements, compounds and mixtures. b. Her conditions: gas, solid and liquid. c. Chemical and physical properties. 3. Chemical Union Laws: Preservation Article fixed proportions the law of multiple volumes. 4. Elements Definition. Elements names and symbols – Items and their equivalents. 5. Atomic weights. 6. Atom Molecule Molecular Weight Formula Weight. – 7. Atomic anions (atomic groups) and their equivalents. 8. Chemical formulas: primary (experimental) – Structural molecular. 9. Valence writing molecular formula and its importance. 10. Chemical equations: writing – Equations and their weight. 11. Solutions. 12. Gases: Theory and Kinetics of Gases. |
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Course Number: 13130
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Course Title: Physics I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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1. Dimensions, units, vectors, and basic physics such as velocity, acceleration, free fall, and vehicle analysis. 2. Newton’s laws, work, energy, torque, movement, velocity, rotational acceleration, pressure and propulsion, and Archimedes rule. 3.Speed of sound in solid objects, in fluids, and Doppler effect. |
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Course Number: 13200 |
Course Title: General Chemistry II |
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Prerequisite: 13100
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Second Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with chemical bonds, classification of chemical compounds, thermochemistry and electrical chemistry, and organic chemistry. |
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Course Number: 13230 |
Course Title: Physics II |
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Prerequisite: 13130
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Second Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with Electricity and magnetism: Charge, Coulomb’s Law, electric field. Gauss’s Law, and its application, electric potential, capacitors and dielectrics, current and resistance EMF and circuits, and circuits, magnetic field, magnetic induction hall effect, Ampere’s Law, inductors and solenoids, self-induction, R-L and R-C circuits, magnetic properties of matter, Electromagnetic oscillators, E.M.W and Maxwell’s equations, transmission lines, traveling waves. Alternating currents and voltages. Waves and optics: Light waves, refraction and reflection of light, mirrors and lenses and their applications in optical instruments. |
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Course Number: 30110
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Course Title: Introduction to Computer |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: First year |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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The course introduces computer applications and programs, and how to use the operating system (Dos) (Windows), Microsoft word processor, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentation, the Internet and e-mail. |
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Course Number: 33111
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Course Title: Engineering Drawing I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: First Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of drawing operations and the development of skills in the implementation, understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings, as well as developing thinking and visualizing things in a vacuum with its three dimensions and transforming it into two dimensions on the drawing paper in a way projected or vice versa, which is reflected in the ability of the trainee to understand the correct engineering methods. |
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Course Number: 33112
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Course Title: Engineering Drawing II |
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Prerequisite: 33111
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Second Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the basic principles of assembly and structural drawing, types of structural plans and a system. The course also includes the study of numbering, plotting, construction, identification, understanding, and plotting of details for beams, columns, and tiles. Concrete of all kinds, bases, ground beams, electrical plans and structural structures are also included in the course. |
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Course Number: 31200
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Course Title: Engineering Mechanics I Statics)) |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Third Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of the basic principles of static, which is dealing with the equilibrium state of bodies and means. In addition to the study of how objects remain in a state of stillness (without moving) or in a state of movement at a constant speed as a result being affected by the dominant forces. |
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Course Number: 31201
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Course Title: Engineering Mechanics II Dynamics)) |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of the basic principles of dynamics and with the movement of accelerated objects (Increase or decrease in speed). |
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Course Number: 31210
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Course Title: Differential Equations |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Third Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of the basic principles of differentiation, as it explores the differential equations of degree, the first, second and top grades and methods of solving them as well as standard or classical equations and numerical methods. |
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Course Number: 31220
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Course Title: Surveying I |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic |
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Course Level: Third Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course covers the following topics: · Chain survey, leveling, contouring. · Traversing and its computations, theodolites. · Area and its computation; volumes from cross-sections and contours. · Tachometry system. · Plane table. |
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Course Number: 31221
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Course Title: Surveying II |
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Prerequisite: 31220
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course addresses the basic principles of curves (vertical transitional circular) and working principles, telemetry devices and introduction to astronomy, and aerial photography. |
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Course Number: 31222
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Course Title: Surveying Lab. II |
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Prerequisite: 31221
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 2 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification and training of surveying devices, the theodolite apparatus and the Checkerboard leveling apparatus. |
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Course Number: 31230
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Course Title: Geology |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Third Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of the basic principles of geology so that it studies the Earth’s formations of rocks, minerals, nature of their composition, deformations of rocks and phenomena resulting from earthquakes and their applications from dams and tunnels. The studies of landslides and the nature of surface and ground water are also included. |
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Course Number: 31240
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Course Title: Building Construction |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 2 |
Course Description:
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This course introduces the construction industry forms of business ownership; Legal contracts and relations – Concrete: foundational materials and properties, mix design, strength and durability, mixing and quality control Steel: Structure – Characteristics, deformation properties, creep and fatigue cost accounting and financial evaluation of the proposed projects. |
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Course Number: 31250
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Course Title: Strength of Materials |
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Prerequisite: 31200
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course includes • Stresses and strains, linearly elastic material, axial forces, bending moment, shear force and torsional moment. • Combined stresses. • Mohr’s circle. • Deflections of beams. • Buckling of columns. |
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Course Number: 31251
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Course Title: Strength of Materials Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: 31250
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 1 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on the following topics: • Tensile and compressive tests for ductile, semi ductile and brittle materials. • Bending tests for metallic and non-metallic beams. • Torsion tests of metallic shafts. • Tests for shear in connections. |
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Course Number: 31260
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Course Title: Linear Algebra |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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• Arabic +English Vector spaces, matrices and determinants, simultaneous linear equations, linear transformations, eigenvalue problems, canonical forms, numerical linear algebra, linear differential equations, linear programming, inner product spaces. • Applications in various areas such as control theory. • Statistics, linear circuit and vibration theory, etc. |
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Course Number: 31300
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Course Title: Fluid Mechanics |
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Prerequisite: 10141
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on the following topics: • Fluid properties. • Fluid statics. • Fluid flow concepts and equations. • Viscous effects-fluid resistance. • Compressible flow. • Ideal fluid flow. • Flow in closed conduits and open channels. |
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Course Number: 31301
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Course Title: Fluid Mechanics Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: 31300
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 1 |
Course Description:
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This Lab course investigates the following topics: • Fluid properties. • Center of pressure. • Metering hydraulic jump. • Hydraulic and energy grade lines in pipe flow. • Flow in pipe networks. • Potential flow. • Compressible flow. • Flow visualization. • Electric analogy. • Impulse turbines. • Hydraulic machinery. |
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Course Number: 31310
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Course Title: Structural Analysis I |
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Prerequisite: 31250
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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The course includes • Statical determinacy. • Analysis of beams, frames and trusses; shear and moment diagrams; influence lines. • Deflection analysis using moment area and conjugate-beam methods. • Use of moment distribution in indeterminate structures (without sway). |
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Course Number: 31311
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Course Title: Structural Analysis II |
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Prerequisite: 31310
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course further studies the following topics: • Statical determinacy. • Analysis of beams, frames and trusses; shear and moment diagrams; influence lines. • Deflection analysis using moment area and conjugate-beam methods. • Use of moment distribution in indeterminate structures (without sway). |
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Course Number: 31320
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Course Title: Soil Mechanics |
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Prerequisite: 31250
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on the study of simple soil properties, particle size distribution, sedimentation, atterberg limits, soil classification, permeability and seepage, flow nets, compaction of soils, stress in soils, consolidation and settlement, and shear strength of soils. |
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Course Number: 31321
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Course Title: Soil Mechanics Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: 31320
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 1 |
Course Description:
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This Lab course investigates moisture content; relative density, in-situ density, atterberg limits, grain size analysis; standard and modified proctor test, California bearing ratio (C.B.R); and consolidation; shear strength of soils and field collection of samples. |
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Course Number: 31330
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Course Title: Civil Engineering Materials |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course includes the following topics: • Concrete: Constituent materials and their properties, mix design, strength and durability, admixture and quality control. • Steel: Structure, properties, deformation characteristics, creep and fatigue. |
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Course Number: 31331
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Course Title: Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: 31330
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 1 |
Course Description:
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This Lab course investigates the following topics: • Cement: Properties, tests, admixtures, and manufacture. • Aggregate: Sampling, fineness modulus, and surface chemistry and tests. • Concrete Mix: Design, slump, modulus of rupture, strength and durability and testing. |
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Course Number: 31340
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Course Title: Principles of Electrical Engineering |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fifth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with getting to know the principles of Electrical Engineering and includes basic definitions (current, charge, voltage … etc.), Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s law, Equivalent Resistance (respectively, Parallel), Division Current and voltage, analysis of simple and networked circuits, transmission of electric energy, electrical power and its parameters. |
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Course Number: 31350 |
Course Title: Design of Steel Structures |
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Prerequisite: 31310
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on the following topics: Uses (features, defects, structural sectors used in construction, necessary proofs, loads), Fastening devices (rivets, nuts, welds), tension members (central, decentralized, structural members exposed to torque (pressure organs) central, decentralized, single pressure organs, compound pressure organs, buckling), Cameras (simple bending stresses, double bending stresses, twisting), wall brackets, design Full truss with graphics and details. |
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Course Number: 31360 |
Course Title: Hydrology |
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Prerequisite: 31300
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of: surface water, rain, evaporation, leaching, and runoff, hydroponic soil moisture, drainage of water resources, and systems of water sources. |
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Course Number: 31370 |
Course Title: Highway and Transportation |
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Prerequisite: 31221
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of: Rout location, highway materials, drainage geometric design, traffic survey and control, bituminous and concrete pavement design, and environmental impact. |
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Course Number: 31380 |
Course Title: Environmental Engineering I |
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Prerequisite: 31300
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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This course focuses on the following topics: Estimate of water quantity. Design of water supply networks including pumping stations and storage capacity. Types of Water Pipes. Lifting pumps. Excavation and Backfill. Testing the new pipelines. |
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Course Number: 31390 |
Course Title: Concrete I |
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Prerequisite: 31310
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Sixth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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The course includes the following topics: • Reinforced concrete: Behavior studies, introduction to working stress design, codes and specification requirements. • Ultimate strength design: Beams, one way slabs, columns to accommodate for flexure, shear, bond and development length and defecting. |
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Course Number: 31400 |
Course Title: Concrete II |
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Prerequisite: 31390
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of: design of two-way slabs – design of single foundations – design connected piling – Retaining walls design, stairs design, and integrated building project. |
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Course Number: 31410 |
Course Title: Environmental Engineering II |
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Prerequisite: 31380
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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The course includes the following topics: Types of wastewater – Estimate the quantity of sewage and storm water -Storm water drainage design – Appurtenances sewer- Loads on buried pipes. Pumping sewage. |
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Course Number: 31420 |
Course Title: Quantities and Specification |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 2 |
Course Description:
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This course includes the following topics: • Contract procedure and administration. • Inviting tenders. • Preparation of bills of quantities. • Quantities in geotechnical processes. • Concrete, piling, timber, steel, and other metals, roads and paving. • An integrated project that introduces the study of general and special specifications, bill of quantities and account papers, and calculate costs. |
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Course Number: 31430 |
Course Title: Foundation Engineering |
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Prerequisite: 31230
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
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This course includes the following topics: • Soil exploration. • Bearing capacity theories. • Field determination. • Theory of consolidation. • Settlement analysis. • General design criteria of footing and rafts. • Pile foundation. • Stability of slopes. • Earth pressure. • Retaining wall. |
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Course Number: 31440
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Course Title: Highway Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: 31370
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 1 |
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This Lab course deals with the identification of: Aggregates Tests – Sieve Analysis. Los Angeles Abrasion Test on Aggregates. Water Content. Asphalt Tests. |
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Course Number: 31450
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Course Title: Introduction to The Graduation Project |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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The student submits three proposals for the graduation project, specifying the advantages and disadvantages of each proposal. The student is guided by the criteria for choosing proposals on the following basis: • The project should be within the fields of civil engineering. • The project should be vital and appropriate to the future needs of Libya. After approving the proposal for each student of the project by the department council, the student will: • The student studies design standards, design and construction systems, and mechanical services engineering and used in such a project. • Through the student’s study of site conditions as well as similar examples and standards, the student will reach. A detailed design survey program showing the size of the project and the number and types of beneficiaries from it, as well It specifies the main components of the project and the functional relationships between these components. • The stages of the research work are discussed by the course professors. • A date for the final discussion, as well as the committee supervising the discussion, will be fixed by the department council for a purpose approving the program and the site of the project. |
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Course Number: 31451
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Course Title: Graduation Project |
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Prerequisite: 31450
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 5 |
Course Description:
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• Practical application to the subject of the study chosen during the preliminary studies course according to the work stages (Collect data and information on the current situation, analyze the current situation, find alternatives and the survey program – – Final designs and final report). • Discussing scientific methods in analyzing engineering problems and methods of treating them. Laboratory experiments, computer field visits, applications of practical use of devices and advanced technology in the field specialization. |
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Course Number: 31460
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Course Title: Practical Training |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Fourth Semester |
Credit Hours: 3 |
Course Description:
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The student is trained to field work and methods of work of the engineering sector by specialization chosen by the student or what he finds appropriate for him in terms of acquiring the necessary skills to get to know the way a sector works. |
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Course Number: 31441 |
Course Title: Engineering Management I |
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Prerequisite: None
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of: construction work – types of contracts and legal relations, structure organizational, work relationships and Incentives Planning Work Schedules Cost Accounting Financial Evaluation of the Project financial statements data. |
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Course Number: 31442 |
Course Title: Harbour Engineering |
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Prerequisite: 31230
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course contains: wind analysis wave study sea level changes coastal currents and movement Sedimentary materials are an introduction to the beaches protection works. Ports design: (Elements and port planning Elements Port planning, wave barriers, docks, port facilities), harbor environmental impacts. |
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Course Number: 31443 |
Course Title: Airport Engineering |
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Prerequisite: 31370
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with the identification of the airport building planning, runway specifications and design, the design and installation of the wharf .The airport also studies internal traffic and airport capacity, and the design of airstrips and takeoff and environment features the basic airport. |
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Course Number: 31444 |
Course Title: Advanced Engineering Mathematics |
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Prerequisite: 31210
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course covers parameters, laws, theorems and the different methods of solutions in advanced mathematics, and their application in the field of civil engineering. Topics include Complex numbers and complex variables, Laplace and inverse Laplace transforms, Power series, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, Z-transforms, power series solution of ordinary differential equations, and partial differential equations. |
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Course Number: 31445 |
Course Title: Surface and Groundwater |
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Prerequisite: 31360
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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Natural Processes of Ground-water and Surface-water Interaction. The Effect of Ground-Water Withdrawals on Surface Water. Water quality criteria and fundamentals of acceptability. Natural purification of surface waters. Processes employed in the treatment of water. Ground Water Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water. Groundwater and Surface Water Treatment Processes |
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Course Number: 31446 |
Course Title: Geodetic Surveying |
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Prerequisite:31221
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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The history of geodesy including measurement techniques, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, and datum is reviewed. The modern geodetic and Cartesian coordinates systems, as well as the differences between grid and ground coordinates systems, and the current geodetic and Cartesian coordinate systems available today are discussed. |
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Course Number: 31447 |
Course Title :Traffic and Transport |
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Prerequisite: 31370
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with fundamental introduction of traffic engineering, such as human factor design, geometric design and section design, traffic flow theory analysis, capacity analysis, traffic count methods, signalized intersection analysis; introduction of ITS Problems in modern transportation systems will be introduced. The course will cover transportation planning and traffic engineering issues on highways and urban streets, while traffic simulation and animation will be applied to help students identify the problems. The concepts of highway (e.g., freeways, arterials and urban streets) operations and capacity, speed-flow-density relationships, traffic flow theory, ramp and weaving sections will be introduced prior to computer simulation analysis. The concepts of bus transit capacity and service quality as well as bus transit scheduling problems will be introduced. |
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Course Number: 31448 |
Course Title: Advanced Soil Mechanics |
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Prerequisite: 31230
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course deals with: Elasticity, Plasticity, Yield and Basic Soil Models. Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM) , Shear Strength, Cam Clay Models, Applications of CSSM , Pile foundations. Underground Megastructures. Building pit. Walls and lateral stress. Anchors, struts and wales. Natural floor & heave. Failure modes. |
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Course Number: 31449 |
Course Title: Engineering Management II |
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Prerequisite: 31441
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course introduces recognition: • How to prepare a work environment in the Primavera program. • How to prepare data in the form of planning documents for introduction to the program. • How to prepare a schedule using Primavera program. • How to analyze resource activities of project activities. •How to estimate project cost and prepare cost schedule. • How to prepare a plan to follow up the implementation of the project and update the schedule and cost schedule. • How to prepare schedule and cost schedule reports. |
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Course Number: 31452 |
Course Title: Public Health Engineering I (Water Treatment) |
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Prerequisite: 31380
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course introduces recognition: • Water characteristics (Chemical, Physical and Biological). • Water treatment processes Design (Sedimentation, Coagulation and Flocculation. Filtration) • Water disinfection. • Remove the salts dissolved in water (Desalination processes) . •Water quality parameters. • Water quality monitoring. |
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Course Number: 31453 |
Course Title: Public Health Engineering II (Wastewater Treatment) |
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Prerequisite: 31410
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Language of instruction: Arabic +English |
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Course Level: Seventh or Eighth Semester |
Credit Hours: 4 |
Course Description:
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This course introduces recognition: • Definition of terms of Wastewater. • Wastewater components and Characteristics (Physical, Chemical and Biological) • Wastewater treatment processes. • Design of Suspended and growth Wastewater treatment system. •Sludge Digestion. • Wastewater Disposal methods. |