October 6 University

Course Description

111-English Language I

To go through all computer expressions and terms contained in an abbreviated computer dictionary, Articles, nouns, adjectives , Kinds of pronouns, interrogative adjectives, pronouns and adverbs, possessive adjectives, personal and other pronouns, relative pronouns and relative clauses.

121 English language II

The material reflects the stylistic variety that advanced learners have to be able to deal with. The course gives practice in specific points of grammar to consolidate and extend learners existing knowledge. Analysis of syntax; comprehension; Skimming and scanning exercises develop the learner's skills; comprehension questions interpretation and implication. The activities and games used develop listening, speaking and writing skills through a communicative, functional approach, with suggested topics for discussion and exercises in summary writing and composition.

112 Physics I

Mechanics: physics and measurements, motion in one dimension, vectors, motion in two dimensions, laws of motion, circular motion and its applications, work and energy, potential energy and conservation of energy, linear momentum and collision, rotation of a rigid body, rolling motion, law of gravity. Waves: Oscillatory motion, wave motion, sound waves.

113 Mathematics I

Pre-calculus review, sets. Real, valued function. The continuity and the differentiability of a real function, techniques of differentiation, derivatives of the trigonometric functions, implicit differentiation, linear approximations and differentials, applications of the derivative: Extreme of functions, optimization problems, velocity and acceleration. Integrals: Indefinite integrals, change of variables, definite integrals, the fundamental theorem of calculus, numerical integration. Applications of definite integrals: areas, solids of revolution, arc length and surfaces of revolution, work, moments and centers of mass. Transcendental functions: Derivative of inverse function, natural logarithm function, exponential functions, inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions, indeterminate forms and rule.

116 Fundamentals of Management

Management concepts, levels and types of management, characteristics of successful management, the planning process, setting organization objectives and goals, organization, people and production, decision making, fundamentals of control, control techniques and methods of human resources-management, role of purchasing and materials management in business.

122 Physics II

Optics: Superposition of waves, interference, diffraction and polarization. of magnetic field and law, electromagnetic waves. Selected topics: Introduction to modern physics and applications, molecules and solids, superconductivity.

123 Mathematics II

Techniques of integration: Integration by parts, trigonometric integrals and substitutions, integrals of rational functions, quadratic expressions, tables of integrals, improper integrals. Infinite series: Sequences, convergent or divergent series, positive-term series (basic comparison test, limit comparison test, ratio and root tests), alternating series and absolute convergence, power series, power series representations of functions, Maclaurin and Taylor series, applications of Taylor polynomials. Differential equations: Definition, classifications and terminology, techniques of solution of ordinary first-order first-degree differential equations (separable, reducible to separable, homogeneous, reducible to homogeneous, linear, reducible to linear, exact differential, nonexact differential-integrating factor), applications.

126 Discrete Mathematics

Sets, sequences, algorithms and pseudo codes, prepositional logic. Proof by induction. Matrices and Boolean matrices. Relations and functions. Graph theory. Posits lattices. Boolean algebra. Linear equations and matrices. Vector spaces. Inner product spaces. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Canonical forms. Jordan forms.

211 English Language III

This course aims to give the student the basic rudiments of report writing. The rationale for report writing, the structure of reports, and such details as physical appearance and linguistic style will be discussed. In addition to writing reports, students will also be given supplementary exercises, as necessary, to enhance their general writing skills

212 Electronics I

Electronic components and basic laws. Principles of circuit-analysis: Dividers, equivalent sources, methods of solutions, circuits with nonlinear resistance, maximum power-transfer, sinusoidal excitation and impedance concept, magnitude and phase-shift of RLC circuits. Frequency response of linear circuits, passive filter types and characteristics. Diode-circuits: half and full-wave rectifiers, Zener regulators and limiters. Transistor circuits: BJT characteristics, types, basic configuration, biasing and load line, equivalent circuits, voltage gain, input and output impedance, coupling, practical circuits, FET circuits: Characteristics, types, basic configuration, switching modes. Operational amplifiers: Principles, basic circuits: adder, follower, differentiator, integrator, comparator, Schmitt-circuit, special circuits. Active filters: types, characteristics. Oscillators: Relaxation, feedback, RC, LC, and Voltage controlled oscillators. Display elements: Light-emitting-diodes, liquid-crystal displays, and cathode-ray tubes.

213 Mathematics III

Second and higher-order differential equations. Applications of second-order differential equations with constant coefficients. Systems of linear differential equations. Series solutions. Laplace transforms. Special functions. Partial differential equations. Boundary value problems. Fourier series and integrals. Diffusion, positional and wave equations in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical co-ordinates.

216 Fundamentals of Economics

Good software project leadership requires an understanding of three major area: software technology, economic factors, and human relations. The course concentrates on the economic factors. It will focus on a set of pervasive management and economic paradigms which are highly valuable s/w engineering tools: teambuilding, empowerment, continuous process improvement, win-win situations, production functions, economics of scale, present value, constrained optimization, risk and decision analysis, process maturity models, W-Theory, the spiral model of S/W development, and S/W risk management.

221 English Language IV

Introduction to natural language processing, different levels of language analysis. Linguistic background, words, verbs and phrases. Grammar and parsing, sentence structure, top-down and bottom up charts, finite state models. Feature and augmented grammar, morphological analysis, parsing with features. Auxiliary verbs, relative clauses. Human preference in parsing, deterministic parser and efficient encoding of ambiguity, statistical methods for ambiguity resolution, Arabic/English semantics and logical forms. Linking syntax and semantic interpretation using feature unification. Ambiguity resolution using selection restrictions. Different strategies for Arabic/English Semantic interpretation and reasoning frames. Hybrid knowledge representation using knowledge about action and causality. Symbolic computation, symbol data structure, matching, search and unification algorithms. Speech processing and recognition.

222 Electronics II

Types and sources of data, communication models, standards, Data transmission: techniques, transmission media and characteristics. Information theory: Information sources, information measure, entropy, source codes. Line codes: characteristics, return-to-zero and non-return-to-zero signaling, bipolar alternate mark inversion, code (radix, redundancy and efficiency), important codes in current use, frequency spectra characteristics of common line codes, receiver clock synchronization, optical fiber systems, scramblers. Modems: characteristics, modulation, equalization, control, V-standards. Error Control: Transmission impairments, forward error control, linear block codes, feedback error control.

223 Mathematics IV

Computational errors. Floating-point computation. Root finding: Bisection method, Newton’s method, and secant method. Approximation theory: Polynomial approximation, least squares method, interpolation, extrapolation, Numerical differentiation and integration. Initial value problems for ODE: Euler’s method, Taylor-series methods, and Rung-Kutta methods. Numerical solutions of nonlinear systems of equations: Boundary-value problems for ODE. Numerical solutions to partial differential equations.

226 Organizational Behavior

Computer crime and ethics, nature of computer crime, criminal and civil law overview, basis for protection against computer crimes, suitability and application of intellectual property to computers, application of patent to computers, copyright and its range of application ownership and third party rights, trade secrets and unfair competition, computer contracts and liability, privacy, viruses and other programmed threats, legal protection against viruses, global information networks and related legal aspects.

311 Probability and Statistics

Sample space, probability axioms, combinatorial techniques, conditional probability, independence and Bayes’; distribution functions, moments and generating function. Some probability distributions. Joint distribution, the Chebychev inequality and the law of large numbers. The central limit theorem and sampling distributions. Review of sampling theory and distributions. Estimation theory :Unbiasedness, efficiency, points estimates, confidence interval estimates (for means, proportions, differences, sums, variances, and variance ratios), maximum likelihood estimates. Tests of hypotheses and significance: Null hypothesis, type I and type II errors, level of significance, special tests of significance for large or for small samples, operating characteristic curves, quality control chart, fitting theoretical distributions to sample frequency distributions, goodness of fit. Curve fitting, regression and correlation: Method of least squares, multiple regression, (linear generalized and rank) correlation, correlation and dependence. Analysis of variance: Purpose, one-factor experiments, variation, linear mathematical models, F-test for the null hypothesis of equal means, modifications for unequal numbers of observations, two-factor experiments, experimental design.

316 Accounting and Cost Accounting

Overview of transaction processing systems and their implementation for application, e.g., airline reservations, banking, and inventory control. Evolution and history of transaction processing systems. Review of fault tolerance, processing monitors and their implementation, lock managers, recovery managers, file management and access paths, and disaster recovery and data replication. Information retrieval systems. Survey of commercial systems and research prototypes.

321 Operations Research I

Linear programming: Formulations and graphical solution. Algebraic solution: the simplex method and dual-simplex method. Sensitivity analysis. Transportation and assignment problems. Integer programming: cutting-plane algorithms, branch and bound method. Dynamic programming: Examples of the dynamic programming. Models and computations, solution of linear programs by dynamic programs. Project scheduling by PERT-CPM.

326 Feasibility Studies

This course provides the participants with a working knowledge of how to prepare a feasibility study for any projects. It covers all the steps necessary to evaluate an investment opportunity, and gives an insight to the importance of each evaluation criterion. The impact of different production/development strategies on the feasibility of the project is also assessed and evaluated. Economic indicators commonly used are introduced and compared in the context of investment decision examples. The course includes work examples in practical sessions.

416 Communication Skills

Perception, learning, motivation and value; individual differences and work performance; understanding yourself; motivating yourself and others, working within groups, achieving success through goal setting, achieving high personal productivity and quality; achieving rewarding and satisfying career; communicating with people; leading and influencing others; building relationships with supervisors, co-workers and customers.

426 Marketing and Selling

The course concentrates on recognizing and explaining business processes and identifying and recommending Internet/E-Commerce opportunities that can enhance service quality and cost effectiveness topics include challenges, opportunities, internet service Providers, Intranets, Extranets, marketing concepts in the context of the internet, basics of marketing a site on the Net, electronic purchasing and shopping models using search engines, understanding what e-customers want and the key points to satisfy them, Web-copyright issuers, ethic markets, Growth of business to business.