Faculty of Engineering
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AIMS

The Faculty of Engineering endeavors to graduate engineers who understand the ethical, social, economic and environmental context of their profession and who apply their knowledge with judgment and responsibility to develop ways to utilize the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.

The programs in civil, computer and communication, electrical and mechanical engineering prepare the students to enter immediately the professional practice upon graduation and to pursue graduate study.

The curricula of the Engineering Departments share three basic tenants: scientific and technological competence, balance between theory and practice, and commitment to self-maintained and enduring personal and professional development.

Courses are enhanced by excellent computing facilities and by extensive hands-on state-of-the-art laboratory experiences that are integrated throughout the five-year curricula.
Class and laboratory enrollment is maintained at small class sizes to ensure personal attention by a faculty that is committed to outstanding instruction as well as close student-faculty interaction both within and outside the classroom.

The Faculty supports and counsels on-campus chapters of international professional organizations that engage in a variety of activities to provide the students with national and international exposure.

 Academic Departments and Programs

The Faculty of Engineering (FE) consists of the following departments:

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer and Communication Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

and offers programs in Civil Engineering (CE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE), and Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE), leading to the degree of Bachelor of Engineering.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers a minor in Engineering Management which is open to all Engineering students.

Facilities

The states-of-the-art and extensive laboratories of the Faculty of Engineering are available for faculty and student research, senior engineering projects, engineering competition projects and instruction, through open hours and scores of regularly scheduled laboratory courses.

Faculty members in the academic ranks are responsible for the lab course content, relevance to the curriculum, project supervision and the facilities development and update. Dedicated instructors supported by the laboratory staff are in charge of the laboratory courses instruction.

With these academic functions, laboratories have the effective capabilities, practical functionalities and excellent quality to provide wide-ranging services to the engineering profession. These services include certified testing to the construction industry as well as advanced and unique experimental research.

Curricula

The curriculum of each program is listed under the appropriate department. All engineering curricula share a common General Education Requirements (GER) component:

General Education Requirements (27 cr.)

Communication Skills in English and Arabic (9 cr.)
Communication Skills in English: ENL 213 & ENL 223 or ENL 230 (6 cr.)
Communication Skills in Arabic, One course from: ARB 211, ARB 212, ARB 224, ARB 231, ARB 317 (3 cr.)

Philosophy and Religion (6 cr.)
Religion, One course from: REG 212, REG 213, REG 313, REG 314 (3 cr.)
Philosophy & Ethics, One course from: ENS 205, ENG 310, PHL 311, POS 345 (3 cr.)

Cultural Studies & Social Sciences (6 cr.)
Cultural Studies, One course from: ARP 215, COA 315, COA 359, FAP 215, HUT 305, HUT 306, MUS 210, NTR 215, LIR 214 (3 cr.)
Social Sciences, One Course from: PSL 201, SOL 201, SOL 301, BAD 201, ECN 200, ECN 211, ECN 212, ENG 210 (3 cr.)

Citizenship (3 cr.)
One course from: HIT 211, IAF 301,POS 201, POS 210, POS 240, POS 319, POS 337 (3 cr.)

Science & Technology (3 cr.)
One course from: PHS 211, PHS 207, AST 201, CHM 211, ENS 201, ENS 202, ENS 206, BIO 202, BIO 203, HEA 201, NTR 201 (3 cr.)
or a total of 3 credits from: HEA 203, CHM 271, CSC 270, PHS 271, PHS 272 (3 cr.)

Study and Learning Skills (6 cr.)

Note:
Old students with ID numbers 2007 or earlier have to take 24 credits in GER courses.
These students can take any course listed above (if not already taken) as part of their two GER free electives on condition of not taking more than one Arabic course.

Faculty of Engineering Courses:

  • ENG 201 Introduction to Engineering (3.0); 3 cr. Engineering design: needs, specifications, feasibility, models. System, detailed alternative and optimum design. Reliability and liability. Communication. Patents and copyrights. Ethics.

  • ENG 202 Computers and Engineering (3.0); 3 cr. Operating systems. Application softwares: MATLAB. Programming and Languages. Computer Architecture. Input/output. Storage. Network Architecture. Hardware applications: Data acquisition, PLC.

  • ENG 210: Introduction to Engineering Economy (3.0); 3 cr. Interest and time value of money. Investment, financing, depreciation, and economic selection. Analysis of engineering costs and capital investment in the design and implementation of engineering projects. Prerequisite: ENG 201.

  • ENG 310: Ethics in Engineering (3.0); 3 cr. Ethical issues in the practice of engineering: corporate responsibility; personal rights; honesty, ethical aspects of safety, risk and liability and conflicts of interest; environmental issues and sustainability; codes of ethics; emphasis on developing the capacity for independent ethical analysis of real cases.