Course Description Semester 1 Course 1: Civil Engineering Generality Credit: 1 Semester hours: 16 hours (lectures) Form of evaluation: Final Examination This undergraduate course is designed to introduce the overview of civil engineering and the curriculum of the undergraduate program. The fundamentals of good oral and written communication skills for the Civil Engineer are emphasized. An introduction to engineering library resources is also included. Course 2: Computer Culture Foundation Credit: 3 Semester hours: 48 hours (18 hours of lecture and 30 hours of computer lab study) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination, plus one project assignment. This undergraduate course covers topics related to word processing, spreadsheet, database, use of the school’s local area network, Internet access and usage for research, interfacing computers with laboratory instruments and the calculator, multimedia, visualization techniques (such as graphing), and an initial introduction to computer programming process using Language C++. Course 3: Advanced Mathematics A (Calculus I ) Credit: 5 Semester hours: 80 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination This undergraduate course discusses the topics of Limits, continuity, differentiation, Integral calculus, Vector Geometry, and some important applications in engineering research. Course 4: Graphic Geometry and Cartography A Credit: 3 Semester hours: 48 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination This course introduces technical drafting from the fundamentals through advanced drafting practices. Teaches lettering, metric construction, technical sketching, orthographic projection, sections, intersections, development, fasteners, theory and applications...
