Course Description - Bachelor of Building Engineering

  • 15200106: ُEnglish (1) [3 Credit Hours]

    English 1 is a theoretical, 3-credit hour university requisite, and a general English Course which is designed to serve all BA and BSc Students of (PTUK) in all faculties. This course aims at developing students’ repertoire of the English language main skills as well as sub-skills through providing them with broad varieties of language patterns, grammatical and structural rules, and vocabulary items that can enable them to communicate meaningfully within ordinary and real-life contexts and situations. This course is also oriented towards equipping students with the skills they need to comprehend texts, contexts, and situations that are related to ordinary and real-life topics. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to a wide and various aural inputs in order to broaden and deepen their skills in listening, judgment, and critical thinking. Students of this course are expected to acquire and practice the skills they need to maximize their capabilities to express opinions about ordinary and real life topics both orally and in a written format, which will help in widening the students’ academic horizon.


  • 13020023: Astronomy [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020034: Introduction to Automotive Engineering [2 Credit Hours]


  • 12210137: Engineering workshop [1 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to provide students with Workshop principles basics, safety measures and precautions. Also it aims to provide students with basic manual skills in dealing with measuring equipments, manual sheet cutting operations, manual metal sawing and filing, Riveting process, manual threading, electrical metal welding, and Lathe cutting processes.


  • 15020102: General Physics II [3 Credit Hours]

    Charge and matter, electric field, gauss's law, electric potential, capacitors and dielectrics, current and resistance, electromotive force and circuits, the magnetic field, ampere's law, faraday's law of induction.


  • 12140101: Computer Programming [4 Credit Hours]

    Computer Programming is an introduction to the automated processing of information, including computer programming. This course gives students the conceptual background necessary to understand and construct programs, including the ability to specify computations, understand evaluation models, and utilize major constructs such as functions and procedures, data storage, conditionals, recursion and looping. At the end of this course, students should be able to read and write small programs in the language of C++ in response to a given problem or scenario, preparing them to continue on to Object Oriented Programming. The knowledge and skills acquired and practiced will enable students to successfully perform and interact in a technology-driven society. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning skills and apply them to the information technology environment.


  • 12310457: Building Construction Engineering (I) [3 Credit Hours]

    Reconnaissance works, excavations, structural drawings (footings, ground beams, columns) formworks, walls, blocks, Stone works, staircases


  • 12310563: Steel Structures (1) [3 Credit Hours]

    The behaviour and design of trusses, frames, members and connections in steel building and bridge structures is presented and design methods are developed. Ultimate strength, stability, and post buckling are emphasized in topical examples including: plate girders, composite steel/concrete girders, second-order frame behaviour, high-strength bolted and welded framing connections. Design applications considering metal fatigue and brittle fracture, and methods of plastic analysis are also introduced


  • 12310248: Surveying [2 Credit Hours]

    Principles and basic definitions, units of measurements, plotting scale, linear measurements, leveling, bearings, the Theodolite and its applications, contour lines, traversing, locating points by intersection and resection, areas and volumes. Introduction to the work of Total station and GPS


  • 12310576: Building Acoustics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at understanding the physical properties of sound, The ear and the perception of sound. Introduction to ancient building acoustics, building materials and sound, Sound reflection, absorption, transmission, Room acoustic design, Room acoustic calculation, Sound transmission in buildings, Noise control, Linked rooms, Introduction of architectural acoustics calculations and measurement techniques., and electrical acoustical systems


  • 12310578: Advanced Architectural Illumination [3 Credit Hours]

    In this course, students are introduced to advanced work in daylighting, light distributions, interlocutions, vision, and color, application of theory of operation of motors, transformers and associated devices


  • 12310580: Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is an overview of engineering approaches to protecting water quality with an emphasis on fundamental principals. Theory and conceptual design of systems for treating municipal wastewater and drinking water are discussed, as well as reactor theory, process kinetics, and models. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are presented, including sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection, and sludge processing. Finally, there is discussion of engineered and natural processes for wastewater treatment, standards and specifications, techniques.


  • 13020016: Law in Our Lives [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020036: Software Applications [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15020105: Lab. For General Physics I [1 Credit Hours]

    Experiments on balance of forces, motion, free fall and motion of projectiles, force and motion, Newton's laws, friction, rotational motion, work, the principle of conservation of energy, the principle of conservation of linear momentum, the moment of inertia of bodies.


  • 12210345: Strength of Materials [3 Credit Hours]

    Topics covered in the course include Equilibrium of deformable body, stress, normal stress, allowable stress, deformation and strain, material properties, axial loading, principle of superposition, thermal stress, statically indeterminate axially loaded member, torsional deformation, torsional formula, power transmission, shear-bending diagram, bending deformation of straight member, flexure formula, shear stress in beams, thin walled pressure vessel, combined loading.


  • 12310241: Building Materials Technology Lab [1 Credit Hours]

    Experiments on cement, concrete, and tiles in order to cover the theoretical aspects of the course. This includes but not limited to conducting the following tests: specific gravity, sieve analysis, consistency of cement, initial and final setting times, compressive strength, non destructive tests, abrasion of aggregates, slump test, abrasion of glazed and non glazed tiles.


  • 12310351: Structural Analysis 2 [3 Credit Hours]

    Introduction to indeterminate structures, static and kinematic indeterminacies, principle of superposition, method of consistent deformations, influence lines of continuous beams, qualitative influence lines, indeterminate trusses, influence lines for indeterminate trusses, slope deflection, moment distribution for beams and frames, frames subject to side-sway.


  • 12310564: Quantities and Costs Calculation [2 Credit Hours]

    This course is the entrance to estimate the cost of construction and their techniques, with an emphasis on the amount of materials and pricing of work items. The purpose of this course is to cover the ways and methods used to estimate the costs and the prices for construction projects. Applications to estimate the unit price and lump sum contracts, the scope of work to assess the applications will include construction work in construction projects.


  • 12310571: Introduction to Graduation Project [1 Credit Hours]

    In coordination with the department, the student or group of students will choose a theoretical or practical project that is related to the Civil Engineering major


  • 12310463: Enviromental Design Studio [1 Credit Hours]

    "The student works individually on modelling a design project to evaluate the thermal comfort, daylighting sufficiency, natural ventilation, and building energy performance using simplified simulation tools. According to the analysis, the student proposes design solutions to improve building indoor comfort and energy performance. This course should be in parallel with course N: 12310461. "


  • 12310582: Buildings Regulations and Laws and Practice of Profession [3 Credit Hours]

    This course will help you to understand how the regulations operate in practice and you'll be provided with a concise, up-to-date overview of changes that have been, and are being, made. It deals selectively with some of the approved documents, examines their implications and considers the future.


  • 12310584: Interior Design [3 Credit Hours]

    "This class is designed to help the student learn to make wise housing choices, to learn about art principles and their application to decorating choices, study floor plans, room and furniture arrangement and selection, study housing styles, as well as, consumer rights and responsibilities. A major final project of the student’s choice will include floor plans and composite of materials and color choices, selection and arrangement of furnishings, accompanied by a detailed report of cost and reasons for the choices. "


  • 15200102: Arabic Language [3 Credit Hours]

    The course aims to develop the students’ cognitive abilities and communication skills in Arabic language by introducing Arabic dictionaries, spelling and grammatical errors, and familiarizing them with ancient and modern Arabic literary models including models from the Holy Qur’an.


  • 13020015: International Relations [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020026: Leadership and Creativity [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020031: Contemporary Global Issues [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15010102: Calculus (2) [3 Credit Hours]

    antiderivatives; the indefinite integral; the definite integral; the fundamental theorem of calculus ; the area under a curve; the area between two curves.Techniques of integration: integration by substitution; integration by parts, integrating powers of trigonometric functions, trigonometric substitutions, integrating rational functions, partial fractions, rationalization, miscellaneous substitution; improper integrals; application of definite integral: volumes, length of a plane curve, area of a surface of revolution infinite series: sequences, infinite series, convergence tests, absolute convergence, conditional convergence; alternating series; power series: Taylor and Maclurine series, differentiation and integration of power series:


  • 12310349: Soil Mechanics Lab [1 Credit Hours]

    Sieve analysis, Hydrometer analysis, Water content determination, Atterberg limits, Visual soil classification, Compaction test, Permeability, Consolidation test, Direct Shear Test, Unconfined Compression Test


  • 12310356: Electrical and Lighting Systems for Building [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces you to the design of electrical building services, i.e. electrical systems and installations that provide power, movement, communication, comfort and safety in modern buildings. Building services are designed by electrical engineers prior to the construction of new buildings, and before maintenance and upgrade work in existing buildings


  • 12310359: Environmental Systems II- Thermal Systems [3 Credit Hours]

    Thermal comfort in buildings (Temperature, humidity, Ventilation and Odors), heat transfer by conduction convection and radiation in buildings, building envelope and insulation, Heat loss and heat gain in buildings, Introduction to Heating and cooling strategies, Underfloor heating system Design.


  • 12310461: Passive Solar Systems Design [3 Credit Hours]

    Introduction to Sun movement, azimuth and altitude angles, Passive solar engineering, Solar Windows, Solar Walls (Trombe walls), Solar Roof, Solar Chimneys, Solar room. Solar forced ventilation, shading design, thermal mass and thermal storage for solar energy. Design and analysis of different types of solar collectors and Solar Water heaters


  • 12310338: Soil Mechanics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers the principles of soil mechanics and fundamentals of application in geotechnical engineering. This course covers soil behaviors and mechanical properties of soil, engineering classification of soil, permeability and seepage, consolidation and settlement, shear strength, lateral earth pressures, fundamentals of retaining structures, soil bearing capacity, and slope stability. This course also provides students the opportunity to obtain “hands-on” experience with some of the laboratory tests, techniques used in geotechnical engineering data collection and analysis methods. 


  • 12310581: Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment [3 Credit Hours]

    The process and techniques for assessing and managing the impacts on and risks to humans and the ecosystem associated with engineered facilities, processes and products. Both biophysical and social impacts are addressed. Topics include: environmental assessment processes; environmental legislation; techniques for assessing impacts; engineering risk analysis; health risk assessment; risk management and communication; social impact assessment; cumulative impacts; environmental management systems; the process of considering alternative methods for preventing and controlling impacts; and stakeholder involvement and public participation. Examples are drawn from various engineering activities and facilities such as energy production, chemical production, treatment plants, highways and landfills.


  • 12310583: Fininte Elements [3 Credit Hours]

    Analysis of beams, frames, and trusses using finite element theory, computer applications


  • 12310587: Steel Structures (2) [3 Credit Hours]

    Behavior and design of bolted and welded moment resistant connections, design of plate girders and composite steel-concrete beams, Design of curved beams. Further topics are behaviour of steel structures exposed to fire and design for fatigue loading. The course gives examples of structures and components and practices how to design large steel beams, thin walled sections, stiffened plate elements, bridge box cross-sections, joints and structural frames.


  • 12310588: Special Topics in Building Engineering & Environment [3 Credit Hours]

    A course covering selected topics in building and environmental Engineering not covered in other courses. The topics, which may be different every year, are selected by Staff in coordination with students.


  • 13020013: History of Jerusalem [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020014: Political Science [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020017: E-government Legal Framework [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020018: The Palestinian Captive Movement [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020027: Health Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020029: My Career II [2 Credit Hours]


  • 12210244: Dynamics [3 Credit Hours]

    Study the geometry of motion for particles and rigid bodies in different coordinate systems without reference to forces which either cause the motion or are generated by the motion. Deriving the relationship between the external forces acting on rigid bodies/ particles and the corresponding motion applying newton's laws, principle of work and energy, and Impule-momentum.


  • 12310240: Building Materials Technology [3 Credit Hours]

    Cement types and manufacturing, properties of cement and hydration, properties of aggregates. Fresh concrete: Workability, segregation and mixing tests of fresh concrete. Strength of concrete: compressive, tensile and flexural. Elasticity, shrinkage and creep, durability of concrete, testing of hardened concrete, mix design. Steel mechanical properties. Stone and masonry properties. Tiles and their properties.


  • 12310453: Reinforced Concrete Design 2 [3 Credit Hours]

    Analysis and design of the structure as a whole unit. Design of concentrically and eccentrically loaded short columns, and slender columns, methods of analysis for two-way slabs, design of different types of two-way slabs, design for torsional moments in structures and deflecion calculations


  • 12310254: Principles of Architectural Design [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with: principles of drawing and reading architectural drawings, introduction to principles of architectural design systems, enhancing skills of readings the third dimension, the ability to amend the drawings within the fundamental architectural concepts and functionality, computer applications in 2D & 3D drawings


  • 12310360: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems HVAC Systems [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is a study of air-conditioning processes; psychometric and humid air calculations, heating-and cooling calculations, hot-water systems – theory and design, duct systems – theory and design


  • 12340412: Engineering ُ Economics [3 Credit Hours]

    Major elements of feasibility studies. Principles of engineering Economy. Equivalence and compound interest formula. Single payment model. Uniform payment model. Gradient payment model. Exponential payment model. Decision criteria for single and multiple alternatives: present worth, annual worth, future worth, rate of return, benefit cost ratio and payback methods.


  • 12310140: Architectural Drawing by the ِAid of Computer [1 Credit Hours]

    "Explores fundamental principles and elements of design: form, space, composition, systems, context, imagery, as well as functional and structural organizations. Solutions to architectonic design projects explored through presentation drawings and study models. Simple presentation graphics and model-building are introduced. "


  • 12310579: Restoration of Buildings [3 Credit Hours]

     To teach students the basic trades that are used to preserve and restore historic structures. Classroom education provides a foundation in preservation theory and history along with an in-depth technical analysis of why buildings and materials fail, and explores traditional and modern approaches used to stabilize and repair them


  • 15200112: English 2 [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is designed to serve PTUK students in the faculties of Science and Engineering as well as the students of Educational Technology (ET); it offers a broad overview of the English language learning skills in reading, writing, speaking that will enable them to communicate meaningfully in scientific contexts and situations. It also offers a broad variety of scientific language grammatical patterns and vocabulary items that are needed to comprehend scientific contexts and trends. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to a variety of scientific topics, aural input in order to broaden and deepen their critical thinking skills and to help them express opinions about modern scientific topics and problems.


  • 13010007: Communication Skills [1 Credit Hours]

    The course introduces the student to concepts, theories and skills in the field of human communication in Arabic and English, and provides him with basic skills in the field of communication with himself and with others through the art of recitation, dialogue, persuasion, negotiation and leadership, to enhance his practice in his daily and practical life using new methods based on diverse and effective training and evaluation. In addition to the knowledge of electronic communication and social intelligence, as well as enabling the student to write his CV and conduct a personal interview in Arabic and English. The course aims to develop the student's skills on written, oral and electronic communication and the use of body language in order to improve the abilities to communicate with others in general, in addition to the students' abilities to send and receive in the study and work environment in particular.


  • 13020005: Turkish Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020020: Anti-Corruption [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020024: Environmental Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020028: My Career I [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020033: Child Rearing and Family Upbringing [2 Credit Hours]


  • 12210444: Introduction To Research Methodology [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to promote the breadth of scientific endeavour, the integrated nature of scientific disciplines, the importance of scientific process and critical thinking. The course includes discussions about how data, information, knowledge and decision-making relate to research. The course also focuses on the theoretical considerations involved in the first stage of the research process: formulating the research problem and research questions, hypotheses or objectives. Tips on writing research questions and developing hypotheses are provided. Students are expected to examine a series of scientific issues, dealing with medical, environmental, social and other issues. This course is taught using a combination of scientific discussion, self-directed learning, student presentations, class activities and a research assignment.


  • 12310467: Foundations Engineering [3 Credit Hours]

    Site investigation, bearing capacity of soils and rocks, distribution of stresses in soils, settlement of shallow foundations, factors to consider in foundation design, deep foundations capacity and settlement, lateral earth pressure and retaining walls, foundation on expansive soils, stability of slopes


  • 12310468: Green Buildings [3 Credit Hours]

    Students are introduced to the key principles of green building, including current standards and considerations for regional factors. They are also introduced to the five components of green building that include energy, water, sustainable sites, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. The hands-on audit provides students with an opportunity to gather basic information about their school building and grounds to prepare them to do more in-depth audits related to energy, water, and more


  • 12310469: Structural Design By The Aid Of Computer [3 Credit Hours]

    Practical applications to various topics covered in reinforced concrete design courses (1) and (2) using uptodate structural analysis and design softwares


  • 12310346: Structural Analysis by the Aid of Computer [2 Credit Hours]

    In this course, students will be introduced to use a comerical finiite elements software in order to do the required structural analysis for different structures like 1D elements, 2D elements, 3D eleements, trusses and steel structure,


  • 12310574: Dynamic Analysis for Structures [3 Credit Hours]

    One degree of freedom of structures. Review of basics principles of dynamic analysis. Numerical and close form solution analysis of structures. Multi degree of freedom of structures. Material and structure ductility. Analysis of dynamic loadings


  • 12310586: Tall Buildings [3 Credit Hours]

    Integrated treatment of analytical methods and technical aspects in design of tall building structures; includes structural modeling, frames, shear walls, outrigger-braced systems, core-walls, tubular structures.


  • 12310565: Earthquake Resistant Building Design [3 Credit Hours]

    This subject introduces the fundamental concepts and practice of earthquake resistant design of buildings from an international perspective, incorporating consideration of design in regions of low to moderate seismicity 


  • 15200099: Pre-English [3 Credit Hours]

    Remedial English: The course is a compulsory service course offered for first year students. It is a prerequisite for E1 and it focuses mainly on the language learning skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is intended to equip the students with basic skills necessary for successful communication in both oral and written forms of the language. In addition to grammar and how to use vocabulary in a meaningful context.


  • 15200101: Palestinian Issue [3 Credit Hours]

    The course deals with the events of the Palestinian issue through the most important ages from the Canaanites until the year 2021. It focuses on the Islamic conquest of Palestine in the year 15 AH 636 AD, the Crusader torch from 1099 to the liberation of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi of Palestine in 1187, and it talks about the Ottomans in Palestine from 1516 to 1917. The course is concerned with the Palestinian issue during the British occupation in 1917, until the Nakba in 1948, and the establishment of the occupation state .It deals with the Palestinian resistance and revolutions during 100 years, and Arab-Israeli wars from 1948 to 2021.The course talks about Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinian resistance movements and parties, Palestinian Authority and the peace negotiations projects since the 1978 Camp David Accords until 2021.The course talks about attempts to Judaism Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque since the Palestinian setback in 1967 until 2021, and the issue of Palestinian refugees since 1948. It also anticipates the future of the Palestinian issue.


  • 13020004: Russian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020009: Islam and Contemporary Issues [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020012: Islamic Civilization [2 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to introduce students to civilization, its’ characteristics, patterns, and its relationship to civics and culture. It focuses on the study of Islamic civilization, its’ genesis, components, characteristics, contemporary problems and issues, such as the civilizational interaction between Islamic civilization and the West, the contributions of Muslim scholars to human civilization, the impact of Islamic civilization on global human civilization, and ways of transmission to various countries of the world. It also deals with scientific development, Islamic systems and institutions, architecture and arts in Islamic civilization.


  • 15020101: General Physics I [3 Credit Hours]

    Measurement and system of units, vectors, motion in one and two dimensions, particle dynamics and Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, dynamics of system of particles, center of mass, conservation of linear momentum, collisions, impulse, rotational kinematics, rotational dynamics, conservation of angular momentum.


  • 15010229: Engineering Mathematics 1 [3 Credit Hours]

    Linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces and subspaces, linear transformation, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, similarity of square matrices, diagonalization. First order differential equation. The existence and uniqueness theorem differential equation of Higher order. Using lab face transform in solving differential equation. Power series solution of differential equations.


  • 12310247: Surveying Lab [1 Credit Hours]

    Distance measurement and adjustment, leveling exercises, Theodolite exercises, contouring exercises, topographic surveys, determination of areas and volumes, traversing exercises. Exercises to introduce Total station and GPS


  • 12310350: Structural Analysis 1 [3 Credit Hours]

    Structural forms, types of supports, stability and determinacy, reactions, determinate structures, plane trusses, method of joints, method of sections, space trusses, shear and moment diagrams for beams and frames, three hinged arches, moving concentrated and distributed loads, influence lines for beams and trusses. Deflections: direct integration, moment area theorems, conjugate beams, real and virtual work. Introduction to the analysis of statically indeterminated structures


  • 12310352: Reinforced Concrete Design 1 [3 Credit Hours]

    Properties of concrete and steel, working stress design, allowable stresses, cracked and uncracked sections, strength design, stress block, singly and doubly reinforced sections, rectangular, T-sections and other shapes, concepts of ductile and brittle behavior, design for bending, shear design, bond requirements, development length, one-way solid and ribbed slabs.


  • 12310358: Building Construction Engineering (II) [3 Credit Hours]

    Finishing works (Plastering, painting, tiles works), Insulation works, Wooden and Carpentry works, Lightweight roofing systems


  • 12310136: Engineering Drawing [2 Credit Hours]

    "This course is to teach students the tools and techniques for making engineering drawings. Students will gain the knowledge of hand drafting instruments and their use; orthographic projection; and principal views. Applications will include two-dimensional drawings using CAD software.Furthermore the sutudent has to have the basic skills in developing sketchs, sections and elevations. The course is oriented to introduce the students to drawings related to architectural and structural drawings of buildings. "


  • 12310577: Advanced Construction Projects Management [3 Credit Hours]

    The course provides the basis for the many methods used in the construction project management process. A look at the process and fundamentals of advanced studies in project management, which enables the student to develop awareness and knowledge of many construction project management issues. The main objective of the course is to introduce the methods of construction management, the activities that take place during a construction project, as well as the responsibilities involved in managing a successful project. Some specific topics include management and leadership teams, a description of the construction management process, a description of project controls and a description of how to monitor the success and failure of a construction project.


  • 15200104: Social Services [1 Credit Hours]

    Students perform voluntary work such as donating blood, repairing homes, tourist trails, or holding educational workshops at the university, and the student is committed to training or working for 40 hours.


  • 15200107: Islamic Studies [3 Credit Hours]


  • 13010006: Computer Skills and Applications [1 Credit Hours]


  • 13020002: French Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020003: German Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020006: Italian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020007: English language III [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020010: Islamic Econmic System [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020011: Contemporary Problems [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020025: Agriculture in Palestine [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020035: Professional Communication Skills [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15010101: Calculus (1) [3 Credit Hours]

    Functions: domain, operations on functions, graphs of functions; trigonometric functions; limits: meaning of a limit, computational techniques, limits at infinity, infinite limits ;continuity; limits and continuity of trigonometric functions; the derivative: techniques of differentiation, derivatives of trigonometric functions; the chain rule; implicit differentiation; differentials; Roll’s Theorem; the mean value theorem; the extended mean value theorem; L’Hopital’s rule; increasing and decreasing functions; concavity; maximum and minimum values of a function; graphs of functions including rational functions (asymptotes) and functions with vertical tangents (cusps);


  • 15020106: Lab. For General Physics II [1 Credit Hours]

    Experiments on Galvanometer and its uses, Ohm's law, electric field, electric potential , capacitor, Wheatstone bridge, potentiometer, electromotive force, Kirchoff''s laws.


  • 15010325: Numerical Analysis [3 Credit Hours]

    Numerical errors and their estimation, approximation and interpolation, roots of equations, solution of linear and nonlinear simultaneous equations, differentiation and integration, ordinary and partial differential equations, statistical methods


  • 12210243: Statics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is to cover force and position vectors; equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent system of forces and couples; free body diagrams; static analysis of trusses, frames, and machines; distributed forces; centroids and centers of gravity; internal forces; friction; and moments of inertia.


  • 12210481: Strength of Material Lab. [1 Credit Hours]

    Experiments covered in this lab include reactions on beams; modulus of elasticity and modulus of rigidity for various materials; stress-strain diagram; torsion in bars; motion of various mechanisms; static and dynamic balancing; tension; flexure; shear stress, hardness; Impact; fatigue; torsion and deflection.


  • 12310575: Modern Constructions Technology [3 Credit Hours]

    Introduction to new building systems, pre stressed and precast concrete and their analysis, bridges types and systems, modern formwork systems


  • 12310585: Reinforced Concrete Design 3 [3 Credit Hours]

    Design of differnt types of footings (isolated, wall, combined, raft, etc), different types of retaining walls and basement walls, shells, domes and water tanks


  • 13020001: Hebrew Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020008: Physical Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020019: Democracy and Elections [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020021: History of Science Among the Arabs [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020022: Library and Research Methods [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020030: Individual and Society [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020032: Economy in the Third World [2 Credit Hours]


  • 12130303: Probability and Random Variables [3 Credit Hours]

    Axiomatic definition of probability spaces, combinational methods, conditional probability, product spaces, random variables, distribution and density functions, multivariate distributions, conditional distributions and densities, independent RVs, functions of RVs, expected values, moments and characteristic functions, joint and marginal distributions, generating functions.


  • 15050101: General Chemistry (1) [3 Credit Hours]

    This is the first of two general chemistry courses. It introduces the basic principles of chemistry and shows students how chemists describe matter. It revolves around bonding, the most central concept in chemistry. Material covered includes introduction to chemical calculations, stoichiometry and simple reactions, gases, thermochemistry, atomic structure, the periodic table, types of bonding, liquids and solids.


  • 12210342: Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer [3 Credit Hours]

    This course provides students with an introduction to principal concepts and methods of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Fluid Mechanics includes pressure, hydrostatics, and buoyancy; mass conservation and momentum conservation for moving fluids; flow through pipes; pumps; boundary layer; lift and drag. Heat transfer includes Fourier's law; conduction processes; thermal resistance; fins; heat equation and lumped capacitance; elementary convection; including laminar and turbulent boundary layers; thermal radiation, ; and basic concepts of heat exchangers.


  • 12310462: Water and Sanitation Systems [3 Credit Hours]

    Water supply system design, sanitation system design, solid waste disposal and fire alarm and protection systems


  • 12310566: Engineering Management and Quality Control [3 Credit Hours]

    Projects management, planning, scheduling, organizing, monitoring, critical path methods, cost allocation, safety and quality control


  • 12310465: Contracts and Specifications [2 Credit Hours]

    Contractual procedures, types of contracts, contract documents, bills of quantities, specification drafting, and quantity measurement.


  • 12310570: Integrated Buildings Design [3 Credit Hours]

    Student passes through his studies at the Department of Building Construction much of intersections with other engineering disciplines, so there was a need to find a link between most of the information gathered by the student's courses which have been completed in the first 3 years of his study, in order to find a comprehensiveness view when solving the problems that may face the student in his career. This course is that cycle which makes a relationship between architectural design, structural design, environmental design, and mechanical design of building construction.


  • 12000599: Graduation Project [3 Credit Hours]

    Complement of the ' Introduction to Graduation Project' where a final report and presentation is required. A theoretical as well as practical discussion will be performed.