Course Description
MEE 205 Statics (3 credits)
This Statics course provides the students with the principles that treats the equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; trusses; frames and machines; friction; centroids, center of gravity and area moment of inertia.
Prerequisite: MAT 213
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CIE 210 Engineering Drawings (1 credit)
This course provides the students with the basics of drawing to be able to understand and create technical drawings. An introduction in the basics of drawing: orthographic drawing and theory of sketching shapes, Plan and sectional views. Application of Autocad software for 2D drawings.
Co- requisite: ENG 100
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CIE 220 Engineering Surveying (3 credits)
This course provides students with the basis of engineering surveying. It covers distances and angles measurement, leveling, principles of stadia, traverse and topographic survey and computations. Applications in highway curves, construction surveys and land surveys. Also, it trains students to perform field practice of distance measurement, difference of elevation, horizontal and vertical angles using tapes, automatic levels and total stations. This will provide students with surveying data analysis using commercial software.
Co-requisite: CIE 210
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CIE 290 Construction Materials (3 credits)
This course introduces the mechanical behaviors of materials, it covers the properties of all commonly used civil engineering materials: metals, concrete, masonry, timber, asphalt, and polymer composites. It emphasizes fundamental materials science, production and processing, engineering properties, chemical durability, and practical applications. Materials sustainability and latest development in innovative materials and technology are also covered.
Prerequisite: CHE 205; Co-requisite
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CIE 290L Construction Materials Lab (1 credit)
This laboratory consists of a series of experiments to test various properties of commonly used civil engineering materials including metals, concrete, aggregates, timber, and polymer composites.
Co-requisite: CIE 290
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MEE 322 Mechanics of Materials I (3 credits)
An introduction to stress, strain and stress-strain relations. The course covers the members subjected to axial load, torsion, bending and transverse shear with their related stresses; bending and shear diagrams of statically determinate system; thin walled pressure vessels; and state of stress caused by combined loading.
Prerequisite: MEE 205
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CIE 334 Soil mechanics (3 credits)
This course provides students with soil types and classification, phase relationships, soil permeability, seepage, soil consolidation, effective stresses in soil, shear strength, shear plane and basics of slope stability analysis.
Prerequisite: MEE 322 ; Co-requisite GEO 330
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CIE 334L Soil mechanics Lab (1 credit)
Students will perform experiments to study behavior and properties of soils: soil classification, shear strength, compaction... Application to slope stability, liquefaction and seepage.
Co-requisite: CIE 334
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CIE 340 Structural Analysis I (3 credit)
This course covers the analysis of statically determinate frames, stress and strain transformation (failure theory), buckling, deflection calculation of statically determinate structure by various methods, influence lines and moving loads, combined stresses and introduction to statically indeterminate structures.
Prerequisite: MEE 322
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CIE 350 Reinforced Concrete I (3 credits)
This course provides students with behavior of reinforced concrete and ultimate strength design method, analysis and design of short column, slender column, beam, solid and ribbed one-way slab, T-beam and doubly-reinforced beam including development length and splicing of reinforcement bar.
Prerequisite: MEE 322 ; Co-requisite: CIE 340
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CIE 360 Transportation Engineering (3 credits)
This course provides an introduction to traffic engineering studies: vehicle flow, road capacity, level-of-service and highway design. The highway design elements will focus on the basic design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super elevation, and cross-section design.
Prerequisite: CIE 290 – CIE 220 – MAT 225
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CIE360L Transportation Engineering Lab (1 credit)
Design of highway elements using professional software: geometric design of highway, vertical and horizontal alignments, curves, super-elevation and intersections. The earthwork operations and the highway materials testing are considered.
Co-requisite: CIE360
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CIE370 Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
The aim of this course is to ensure that the development and the use of water, land and air resources are sustainable. Students in this course will review and assess the following topics: planning and control of the environment, wastewater treatment and disposal, groundwater pollution, groundwater pollution, air pollution, radiation protection, housing and residential environment, environmental impacts of projects.
Prerequisite: CHE205
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CIE 380 Construction Management (3 credits)
This course introduces the student to the profession of construction management. It focuses on the role of the construction manager and the fundamental concepts and terminology employed in planning, developing and constructing projects. Students are introduced to the Lebanese construction law and requirements for submitting the documents for project permit. Students are trained to prepare the documents used in design and construction, including design and construction agreements, drawings and specifications, general and special conditions and others used for procurement and construction administration.
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CIE 410 Precast and Pre-stressed Concrete Design (3 credits)
This course presents the fundamentals of pre-stressed concrete design and analysis for conventional and lateral loading. It provides students with the difference between pre-stressed and reinforced concrete, advantages of this sophisticated method, analysis and design of concrete elements: beams, slabs and circular elements, losses types and calculation in pre-stressed cable and deflection control.
Prerequisite: CIE 450
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CIE 420 Hydraulics (3 credits)
This course covers the basic concepts of hydraulics in civil engineering. It offers the design of water supply and distribution systems, methods of flow measurement, closed conduit flow, open channel flow and capacity of needed hydraulic machinery. The course includes a design project in which students, working in groups, develop hydraulic design projects.
Prerequisite: MEE 280
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CIE 420L Hydraulics Lab (1 credit)
This course entails Lab experiments in Hydraulics. Topics include the determination of forces on surfaces under hydrostatic pressure in liquids; pressure losses in the piping system, transparent measuring objects for determining the flow rate; open channel and closed channel flow; and software modelling of pipe network.
Co-requisite: CIE420L
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CIE 430 Geotechnical Engineering (3 credits)
This course provides students with an introduction to geotechnical structures and foundation engineering, including bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, soil lateral pressure, retaining wall, shoring systems, introduction to anchors reinforcement and deep foundation.
Prerequisite: CIE 334
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CIE 440 Structural Analysis II (3 credits)
This course covers the analysis of statically indeterminate beams and frames with various methods, indeterminate analysis of trusses, cables and arch structures analysis and introduction to stiffness method.
Prerequisite: CIE 340
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CIE 450 Reinforced Concrete II (3 credits)
This course covers the design of reinforced concrete elements against torsion, analysis and design of different footing types, cantilever retaining wall and different types of two ways slab with or without supporting beams.
Prerequisite: CIE 350 ; Co-requisite: CIE 440
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CIE 460 CIE Design Lab (1 credit)
This course provides student with concrete design using professional software. Design of beams, columns, footings and slabs: concrete sections, reinforcement details, reinforcement layout.
Prerequisite: CIE 210 ; Co-requisite: CIE 450
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CIE 470 Steel Design (3 credits)
This course considers the structural design principles and techniques of steel structure. It covers the design methods of steel structure: design tension and compression members, design of beams for bending and shear, behavior and design of frames and design of bolted and welded connections for steel structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 340 – CIE 290
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CIE480 Advanced CIE Design Lab (1 credit)
The course provides students with intermediate level of structural modeling, analysis and design using professional software. The course includes modeling, analysis and design against seismic loads. The course also introduces post-tension slabs analysis and design.
Prerequisite: CIE460
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CIE 475 Building Information Modelling (1 credit)
The emphasis of this course is BIM fundamentals which allows students to more efficiently plan, design, and construct buildings and infrastructure. This course will train students to effectively use BIM tools for various construction project management: create 3D model of structures, code checking, obtain bills of quantities and model the building information.
Co-requisite: CIE450
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CIE 497 Practical Training (3 credits)
Students in their junior year are required to work on part time or full time basis in order to experiment with and practice what they learned in class. A student presents a formal report by the end of this training period then he/she makes a public presentation exposing his/her experience.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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FOE 200 Intro to Engineering (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the engineering profession and mindset, the effective skills, habits, and strategies necessary to engineering students. Topics cover fundamental engineering concepts, including engineering communication, ethics, and design process. Insights into different engineering basic theories are discussed for different majors of engineering and their corresponding applications. The course presents an introduction to the methods and tools of engineering problem solving and design. The course also provides a forum where students from different majors gather and tackle engineering problems. A high-level computer software tool, MATLAB, is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite: ENG 100
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FOE 430 Engineering Economy (3 Credits)
Students are introduced to the theory and practice of engineering economy principles. Topics include time value of money; economic study techniques, feasibility analysis, bond cash flows and pricing, loan amortization, depreciation, taxes, project selection, retirement, and replacement of engineering facilities.
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CIE 498 Capstone Project Proposal (1 credit)
Students are prepared in this course seminar to deal efficiently and effectively with the fundamentals of systematic research. Graduating students will learn to brainstorm the different available research opportunities and prepare a formal outline that shall constitute the structure for their graduation senior project. Topics include design philosophies, problem conceptualization, problem definition, project planning and budgeting, written and oral communication skills, teamwork, development of specifications, and effective utilization of available resources.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE 499 Capstone Project (3 credits)
Students will utilize the blue prints prepared in CIE 498 to realize the physical design. In this course, the hardware will be completed, tested for specifications and a prototype could be finalized. The final report shall include all necessary steps to describe the whole process including software development. A formal oral presentation is required under the supervision of a formal judging committee formed from the faculty members.
Prerequisite: CIE 498
CE Technical Electives Courses
CIE 500 Special Topics in Civil Engineering (3 credits)
This course presents advanced topics and special research areas in civil engineering, which may vary each time the course is offered.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE 505 Independent Study in Civil Engineering (1-3 credits)
Students are trained to be independent in their quest to research contemporary subjects in Civil Engineering. With the supervision of a faculty member, students are responsible to deliver a research project related to any of the Civil Engineering topics. A formal report and oral presentation shall be scheduled to fulfill requirements of the course.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE 510 Bridges (3 credits)
This courses covers the types of bridges, methods of construction, loads distribution, design of bridge decks, design of concrete bridge beams and box girder, design of pier, design of bearings and expansion joints and an overview on bridge footings.
Prerequisite: CIE 410 – CIE 440 – CIE 470
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CIE 530 Plates and shells (3 credits)
This course provides students with the plate’s theory; Kirchhoff theory. The course covers the analysis and design of different types of shell roofs as dome with or without skylight, umbrella, long and short cylindrical roof, hyperbolic paraboloid roof and folded plates.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – CIE 470
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CIE 545 Wind and Earthquake Engineering (3 credits)
This course covers an introduction to free and forced vibration systems. Students will be provided with a comprehensive examination of Wind and Earthquake Engineering principles and related practices. Topics covered include: calculation of lateral forces from seismic events and wind, lateral force-resisting systems, diaphragms and center of rigidity, response spectrum and time-history, ductility, concrete and steel frame structures, braced frames, shear walls, dual systems, story drift and detailing requirements.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – PHY 260
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CIE 547 Special works (3 credits)
This course provides students with the design of special structures in civil engineering as water tanks, concrete open canals and concrete pipes. This course will cover an introduction to tunnel and dam structures.
Prerequisite: CIE 450
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CIE 548 Advanced geotechnical works (3 credits)
This course provides advanced topics in geotechnical engineering as deep foundations design for axial and lateral loading, advanced methods for slope stability analysis, soil improvement, dewatering systems, and design of anchored shoring systems: sheet pile and cut braced systems.
Prerequisite: CIE 430
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CIE 570 Advanced steel constructions (3 credits)
This course provides advanced topics in steel design including torsion design, eccentrically loaded element, inclined beam design, steel-concrete composite beam design, composite column design, built-up girder and bearing design. The course includes a project in which students design a steel structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 470
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CIE 580 Electrical, Mechanical, and Sanitary Systems in buildings (3 credits)
This course provides the civil engineer students with electrical requirements (lighting, security system) and distribution in buildings, the design basis of cooling, heating and ventilation, the source, volume and design of water supply system and the wastewater system distribution.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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MEE 503 Finite Element Method (3 credits)
This course introduces the fundamentals of finite element method. Beginning with simple one-dimensional problem, continuing to two and three-dimensional elements. Applications in solid mechanics (structural components), fluid mechanics and heat transfer are covered.
Prerequisite: MAT 350 (or Consent of Advisor)
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CIE571 Water Recourses Management
This course will introduce students to the management of water resources systems: rainfall design, reservoir operations, flood control, overland flow, water allocation, water quality management, impact assessment strategies, and sustainable use of water resources. The hydropower is also considered.
Prerequisite: CIE370
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CIE572 Water and Wastewater Treatment
The aim of this course is to design and analyze the treatment process for drinking water, municipal wastewater and water reuse application. Analysis and integrated design of municipal water and wastewater treatment plants with an emphasis on novel water conservation and water reuse applications.
Prerequisite: CIE370
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CIE573 Solid Waste Management
This course will introduce students to the practices and techniques for solid waste management: characteristics of municipal and industrial solid wastes, compositions, properties, impacts, storage collection systems, transport, recycling, processing and disposal. The principles of landfill design is covered: Site characterization, gas extraction and leachate collection, covers and closure.
Prerequisite: CIE370
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CIE575 Renewable Energy Resources
This course is specialized in energy engineering with a focus on clean and renewable energy technologies: energy policy, marine renewables, bio-fuels, electrical power and networks, wind, photo-voltaic and thermal technologies. The course covers the principles, potentials and limitations of these various energy resources.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE577 Sustainable Buildings
This course deals with the concepts, methodologies and processes required for designing, building and operating sustainable buildings and evaluating their resources efficiency as well as environmental and socio-economic performance in various stages of their operation and overall lifecycle: lifecycle assessment, economic and environmental impacts and carbon footprint.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE515 Rehabilitation and Strengthening of RC Structures
This course aims to provide a good knowledge and guidance on evaluating the condition of the concrete in a structure, relating the condition of the concrete to the underlying cause or causes of that condition, selecting an appropriate repair material and method for any deficiency found, and using the selected materials and methods to repair or rehabilitate the structure. A section is also included for strengthening and stabilizing of inadequate structural members in a structure using various strengthening techniques including FRP materials. Guidance for maintenance and protection of concrete is also included together with the preparation of concrete investigation reports for repair and rehabilitation of projects.
Prerequisite: CIE 450
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CIE518 Offshore Structures Design
Overview of the offshore industry and the various types of offshore structures. Serviceability and safety design criteria, including requirements to overall stability and strength as well as evacuation and escape. Design rules for offshore structures including offshore wind turbines. Overview of functional, environmental and accidental loads for marine structures, with emphasis on wind and wave induced loads. Methods for calculating characteristic natural loads with emphasis on use of statistical methods; Nonlinear, time domain simulation of offshore structures and wind turbines subjected to extreme environmental actions; Limit state design checks, structural resistance against accidental actions: fires, explosions, ship collision; Materials for marine structures; Alternative designs of facilities for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
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CIE562 Transportation Systems (3 credits)
This course covers the travel patterns in the urban areas, data requirements for planning and data collection techniques, the fundamentals of traffic flow theory and analysis, traffic control and analysis of intersections, travel demand and forecasting, airport and harbor design concepts.
Prerequisite: CIE 360
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CIE 566 Quantity Surveying (3 credits)
This course provides students with the quantity takeoff for construction projects and cost engineering for construction organizations. It covers the quantity estimation methods for concrete and steel structures and finishing works. The quantity estimation will be followed with cost indices, unit price proposals and cost estimation. The course includes a project in which student computes the amount of required materials and estimates the total cost of a civil engineering structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – CIE 470
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CIE585 Project Scheduling and Planning
This course is designed to equip students with a thorough and working knowledge of planning and scheduling in the construction industry: bar charts, CPM network diagrams, project schedule and schedule components, priority rules, schedule reduction, work breakdown, schedule risks, collaborative planning, resource management, resource allocation and cost control.
Prerequisite: CIE 380
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CIE520 Geographic Information System
This course provides students with the practical and theoretical knowledge for working with GIS. It provides coverage of state-of-the-art GIS methods and tools: system navigation, data acquisition, data generation and digital geographical data analysis. Students learn how to use GIS within environmental and planning applications.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
Faculty Requirements
MAT 213 Calculus III (3 credits)
This advanced calculus course prepares students in theory and practice by building their abilities to define, model, and solve related problems in the following topics: functions of multiple variables, partial differentiation, Conic sections, Planes and surfaces, quadratic surfaces. Sequences and series, and areas in polar coordinates, Double integrals. Special emphasis is also put on the applications. Use MATLAB in the previous subjects.
Prerequisite: Placement
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MAT 225 Probability & Statistics for Science (3 credits)
Students from the sciences and engineering programs are introduced to the basics of probability and statistics concepts. Students will cover the concepts, applications and techniques to solve related problems. Contents include probability theory, laws, models, and applications, density functions, statistical analysis using Chi-square testing, t- and f- distributions, estimation, confidence limits, significance tests, and regression analysis.
Prerequisite: MAT 213
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MAT 320 Linear Algebra (3 credits)
This course acquaints students with the concepts, techniques, and solutions of linear equations and matrices, vector spaces, subspaces, linear independence, bases, dimension, inner product spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, orthogonal matrices and diagonalization. Use MATLAB in the previous subjects.
Prerequisite: MAT 213
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MAT 340 Differential Equations (3 credits)
This course is a cornerstone for engineering and sciences students. It provides the students with the concepts of Differential equations with its applications. Topics covered include: classification, fundamentals, use, solution techniques, and applications of equations of the first order and second order. Also, this course familiarizes students with Fourier series and Laplace transforms and their solutions and applications, Use MATLAB in the previous subjects.
Prerequisite: MAT 213
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MAT 345 Calculus IV (3 credits)
This is a fourth semester calculus course. The course begins with triple integral in rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Next, we study the calculus of vector fields: the various differential operators (grad, curl, div) that can be applied to a function or vector field, types of integrals of vector fields (line integrals, surface integrals, Parametric surfaces, Surface Area), and the fundamental theorems (Green, Stokes, divergence or Gauss) relating differentiation and integration of vector fields. The last part of the course is an introduction to the theory of functions of a complex variable. This theory is important in many applications of mathematics, physics, and engineering, and draws upon the material of the first two thirds of the course.
Prerequisite: MAT 340
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MAT 350 Numerical Analysis (3 credits)
Students are introduced to the techniques, tools, and applications of numerical analysis methods. Topics include interpolation and approximation of functions; solution of algebraic equations; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations and boundary value problems; and computer implementation of algorithms. Use MATLAB in the previous subjects.
Prerequisite: MAT 320
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CHE 205 General Chemistry I (3 credits)
This course provides students with foundations of inorganic chemistry based on theoretical as well as practical working knowledge. Topics covered include: atomic structure, chemical bonding, properties of gases, liquids, and solids, acid-base chemistry, and chemical equilibria are emphasized.
Co-requisite: ENG 100
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CHE 205L General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 credit)
This is the practical part of CHE 205. Students will develop skills and techniques to experimentally assess and quantify chemical relationships.
Co-requisite: CHE 205
Core Requirements as per Major
PHY240 General Physics (3 credits)
Students in this course are introduced to the theory and practice of the general properties of waves, sound waves and resonances, optics, diffraction and polarization. Students are introduced to the basic laws of conservation of mass and energy. The course covers the properties and behavior of pure substances, concepts of work, temperature, heat and first law of thermodynamics, heat engines, entropy and second law of thermodynamics.
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PHY240L General Physics Lab (1 credit)
Students learn both physical principles and problem solving and concepts of experimental practice and analysis. The experiments conducted will develop a better conceptual understanding of physics theory.
Co-requisite: PHY 240
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GEO 330 Engineering Geology (3 credits)
This course covers the basic of earth science, internal and external globe structure, metallic and non-metallic minerals types and identification, soil and rock types and compositions, geotechnical risks, earthquake causes and effects, hydrology, geological maps interpretation and geological map of Lebanon.
Prerequisite: CHE 205
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CSC 210 C++ Programming (3 credits)
An introduction to a disciplined approach to computer programming and problem solving, utilizing C++ as a block-structured high-level language, with an emphasis on procedural abstraction and good programming style. This course covers the basic repetition and selection constructs, procedures and functions, parameter passing, scope of variables, arrays, I/O, memory management, references, defining structures & classes, and introducing pointers.
Co-requisite: ENG 100
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CSC 210L C++ Programming Lab (1 credit)
This course applies the theoretical concepts of programming design using a C++ compiler. Students will work with programming challenges under guidance in the lab. The main activity in the course is to work in a creative way and construct, try out and experiment with solutions. Team work and Group solving practical sessions are also encouraged.
Co-requisite: CSC 210
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MEE 280 Fluid Mechanics I (3 credits)
Students shall study in this course the fundamentals of fluid mechanics: fluid properties, fluid statics, and analysis of fluid motion using the continuity, momentum and energy relationship. Applications of Bernoulli’s equation and Navier Stokes, flow ducts, potential flows and boundary layers flows.
Prerequisite: MAT 340
General College Requirements
FOE 202 Engineering Ethics & Law (3 credits)
The aim of this course is to create awareness and compliance amongst the future engineers about the importance of ethics in their profession besides the professional knowledge. The course aims to integrate the ethical cycle into the engineer’s decision making process, hence making them aware and actively engaged in the ethical consequences of the engineering designs. This will be done via defining different types of responsibilities, codes of conduct, and building ethical models and distribution of responsibility. The course will also introduce the engineers to the basic local engineering laws and requirements of the order of engineers in Lebanon.
Prerequisite: ENG 100
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ENG 201 English Communication Skills I (3 credits)
ENG201 is the first course of the REP sequence. Course work focuses on advanced reading and writing skills. The goal for students completing this level of the REP is to refine their written skills in preparation for any/all core and major courses taught in English.
Prerequisite: Placement
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ENG 202 English Communication Skills II 3 credits
ENG202 is the second course of the REP sequence. Course work focuses on advanced language skills. This course focuses on four communication skills in English: listening and reading, in general, and speaking and writing, in particular. It aims to teach students effective listening/reading strategies that can improve students' ability to comprehend, synthesize, and critique multi-disciplinary academic lectures. It prepares students to initiate context-appropriate conversations (discussions, presentations, etc.) with confidence and professionalism. Emphasis is placed on pronunciation and practice of idiomatic language. This course is designed to replicate contexts relevant to student academic needs. It culminates in students writing an academic research paper following the APA style.
Prerequisite: ENG 201
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ENG 204 Public Speaking (3 credits)
This course provides students a unique learning experience by which they have the opportunity to discover and develop their public speaking personalities. Students develop the required communication skills and confidence to speak in open business, academic, and social contexts. They are exposed to different in-class and out-class settings that challenge their anxiety and nourish their communication capabilities. They gain the necessary tools to analyze their audience, tailor their message to serve the purpose of the speech, prepare proficient visual aids, use their body language to support their ideas, speak with a confident and lively voice, and become critical listeners and constructive evaluators.
Prerequisite: ENG 202
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ENG 215 Technical English (3 credits)
This course is designed to help students to develop their skills that will enable them to write clear, organized, and effective technical and business documents. It will allow student to generate a resume and cover letter and to write a technical document.
Prerequisite: ENG 204
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ARB 201 Arabic Communication Skills I (3 credits)
ينهض هذا المقرر على مهارات التواصل الأربعة في اللغة العربية: القراءة، الكتابة، الإصغاء والمحادثة؛ وهو يُشكّل أحد وأوّل المقرّرَيْن النظاميَّيْن (عربي 201 وعربي 202) في تدريس اللغة العربية في جامعة المعارف؛ ويهدف إلى تعليم الطلاب استراتيجيات القراءة الصحيحة، والإصغاء الفعّال، بغية تحسين قدراتهم على فهم النصوص الأكاديمية ذات الاختصاصات المتعدّدة؛ وعلى تأليفها ونقدها؛ كما يعزّز قدراتهم على تحديد أهداف الكتابة لديهم، وإنتاج الكتابة المنسجمة مع هذه الأهداف؛ بالإضافة إلى تدريبهم على المحادثة من خلال العروض والشروحات بثقةٍ عالية ومهارة مُتقنة.
بالإضافة إلى تعزيز المهارات التي أشرنا إليها أعلاه، يأخذ هذا المقرر على عاتقه؛ التركيز إستعادة الطالب لقواعد اللغة العربية ليُتقنها ويستخدمها بالشكل الصحيح، ويتمرّس في معرفة الأخطاء الشائعة، ويُحسِن إعراب الكلمات والجمل إعرابًا صحيحًا، ويتدرّب على استعمال الجمل والفِقَر والنصوص المتماسكة في الاختصاصات المتعدّدة، وقواعد الإملاء الأساسية، وقواعد البلاغة والبيان
Prerequisite: Placement
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CST 200 Cultural Studies I (3 credits)
The aim of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to engage with key contemporaneous questions about the meaning of our presence in the worldly journey. There will be an emphasis on the importance of reason and dialogue in Islam as well as the significance of addressing the current issues in forming the religious consciousness and its international outlook. Themes of the courses will touch on the phenomena of globalization, secularism, civil society, democracy, and the interventions made by a number of thinkers about these. Students in this course are assessed on their ability to think critically and make judgments as well as to introduce solutions to some of the addressed critical issues.