Study plans and courses descriptions

As presented in Table 1, the curriculum is structured into 166 credit-hours spanning a period of ten semesters in sequential order, such that the students’ knowledge and understanding are increased each semester. Further, there is a compulsory 1 credit 8-week field training program aimed at exposing students to practical training to complement their theoretical classroom and laboratory learning. The training provides students an insight into the design methodology and implementation of real systems. As given in Table 1, the 166-credit curriculum consists of three components made up of core and elective university requirements, compulsory college requirements, mandatory departmental requirements, and departmental elective courses.

Table (1) Structure of Curriculums of College of Engineering Programs 

The degree study plan requirements of the College of Engineering at Al-Kharj are given in Table (2):

Table (2) Distribution of Credit Hours for the Bachelor degrees

This module comprises 12 Credit Hours as illustrated in Table (3) and is required from all students in Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in all colleges and these Credit Hours are called University Requirements.

Table (3): University Requirements

This module includes 58 Credit Hours for the Second Edition of plan of study as shown in Table (4) and is required from all students in the College of Engineering in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in different Departments and these Credit Hours are called College Requirements. 

Table (4): College of Engineering Requirements

IC 101: Entrance to Islamic Education                                                                            2(2,0,0) 

This subject aims to introduce the student to the Islamic culture; manifestation of the Muslims attitude towards other cultures; explaining the characteristics of Islam, such as: Universality, Comprehensibility, integrity, consistency with human nature (instinct), reason, and science. This subject also explains the Islamic tenet and its fundamentals, such as: To believe in Allah, the Hereafter, the Angles, the Holy Books, the Messengers, and Divine Destiny. 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Department of Islamic Studies. “Introduction to Islamic Culture”. 2024.

IC 102: Islam and Building of Society                                                                               2(2,0,0)

This course studies the following: The concept of the Muslim society; its basics, its method and characteristics, means of consolidating its social ties; the most important social problems, the Islamic philosophy of family affairs, marriage: its introductory formalities, aims and effects. It also deals with ways of strengthening the family bonds.

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Department of Islamic Studies. “Islam and Community Building”. 2024.

IC 103: Economic System in Islam                                                                                    2(2,0,0)

This course depicts the Islamic concept of life, the nature of man, the basic constituents of the Islamic economics and its objectives; it studies as well the legal evidences of these topics. It also explains the opinion of Islam toward finance, ownership, production, maintenance, conception, distribution of wealth, and the exchange in the Islamic Economic system. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Department of Islamic Studies. “Introduction to Economic system in Islam”. 2024. 

IC 106: Biography of the Prophet                                                                                      2(2,0,0)

This course studies the concept of the prophets biography and its authentic sources, and presents the most prominent events in the prophet life, through the study, the students will realize the  prophets status and his rights over his nation.

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• King Saud University, Studies in the Prophets Biography”. 2024.

ARAB 101: Arabic Language Skills                                                                                  2(2,0,0) 

The original and secondary parsing, the dual, the five verbs, masculine and feminine, (the weak letter), etymology and the semantic evolution, nunation of accusative, diptote the original and secondary parsing, apocopate and jussive, dative/ genitive, verbal sentences, the signification of tenses, the passive verb (its signification and its forms in present and past verbs), the nominal sentences, the pronouns, the neglected letters, the conjunctions, numbers (how to write them). 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbooks: 

• Muhammad Hamasa Abdullatif, et al. “Basic Grammar”. Last Edition.

• Abdo Al-Rajhi. “Applied Grammar” Last Edition

ARAB 103: Arab Editing                                                                                                    2(2,0,0)

Applications in reading and speaking skills, the adverb of time and the adverb of place, accusative of explanation (specification), Punctuations, computer-based writing, dictionaries and E-dictionaries, applications to reading and writing skills, accusative of cause or reason, denotative of state (circumstantial accusative or accusative of the state or condition), writing a paragraph and essay, application to reading and writing skills, appositions (adjective/ corroboration/ substitute/ explanatory apposition and syndetic explicative, diminutive (nomendeminutivum), applications in reading and writing skills, relation quiescence (pause), completion fifth text’s exercises, and writing formal and informal letters. 

Pre-requisite: None  

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Othman Al-furai, Ahmed Ridwan. “The Arts of writing and Editing”. 1425. 

College Requirements

ENGL 1210: Reading Skills                                                                                                3(3,3,0)

This course represents the foundation for the other courses. The general aim of this course is to provide experiences contributing to the development of efficient reading habits. In addition to reading for vocabulary and structure building, this course focuses on comprehending two common units of meaning: the sentence and the paragraph in addition to short passages. Clear and accurate understanding of sentences is essential to all other comprehension skills and to the effective reading and study of whole documents. Specific performance objectives: understanding sentences (recognize complete sentences, identify core components of the sentence, identify modifiers and the meanings they add to core components, recognize relationships among parts of the sentence, identify punctuation functions); understanding paragraphs (identify the topic of the paragraph–all details relate to and expand, in some way, the paragraph’s main idea, recognize details: facts and ideas which prove, explain, support, or give examples of the main idea of the paragraph, define the main idea). 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• English Language Center, “Practicing Academic Reading Skills – Books 1-2”, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Last Edition. 

ENGL 1220: Writing Skills                                                                                                 3(3,3,0) 

This course is designed to give students control over their writing, to help them write clearly, precisely, and coherently. It will introduce students to the fundamentals of writing. The prime purpose is to guide students for refining topics; developing and supporting ideas; reviewing and editing. The course enhances the students’ English language usage through increasing vocabulary and engagement with English grammar. The focus of the course is training students how to write different genres of writing using their critical thinking skills Within a variety of writing exercises for the improvement of writing habits in academic English. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbooks: 

• Joe McVeigh & Jennifer. “Q Skills for Success Reading and Writing”, Special Edition – level 2, 

• Oxford Q Skills for Success Reading & Writing 2 Special Edition I-tools. 

ENGL 1230: Listening/Speaking Skills                                                                  3(3,3,0)

The general objective of this course is to provide teaching- learning activities which should contribute to the development of the skill of understanding spoken English, particularly in an academic context, e.g. lectures and discussions. Since English is the language of instruction at colleges of Engineering, students must possess the requisite ability to listen to a lecture in English and to take notes on it; the lecture method is an integral part of the instructional process in institutions of higher education. Specific performance objectives: by the end of this course, students should be able to (locate and understand specific information in a recording, understand the overall message (gist) of the recording, recall specific information in the text). Extract the relevant points to summarize the whole recording, a specific idea or the underlying idea – in other words, make notes. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• English Language Center, “Practicing Academic Reading Skills – Books 1-2”, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Last Edition. 

ENGL 1604: English for Technical Purposes                                                                 3(3,3,0) 

The course introduces reading, writing and speaking and listening of English for the special purposes required of students in the disciplines of science and technology. Students discuss, read and write with focus on increasing their vocabulary of and spoken and written responses to specialized texts used in science and technology. Students identify and create these specialized texts, spoken and written, from a wide variety of technological fields and practical situations. Students learn and use a wide range of technical and scientific vocabulary in this course. The general objective of this course is to provide teaching-learning activities which should enable the students to write a good paragraph on a particular topic. The paragraph should be well-organized, well developed and well-connected. It should: have a key sentence expressing the main idea; have details supporting ideas; and have clearly related sentences, following each other in an orderly way. Specific performance objectives: by the end of this course, students should be able to (outline a paragraph by choosing a main idea and details to support it, start with a suitable sentence, introducing the topic and controlling idea of the paragraph, follow the topic sentence with sentences expressing the supporting details, connect the sentences in a logical and orderly way, observe cohesion, using transitional devices, use proper punctuation). 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Vicki Hollett, Tech talk, “Oxford University press intermediate student's book. Tech Talk Workbook”.

MC 1400: Communication Skills                                                                                       2(2,0,0) 

This course deals with the life skills that student needs in terms of communication skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing, nonverbal communication skill), communication skills in public life, communication skills in the work environment, scientific research skills. recruitment skills, information processing, skills to deal with personal styles, and how the student uses these skills in the work of a pioneer project. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbooks: 

• Jay and Jay, “Effective Presentation”, Transatlantic Publications, Last Edition. 

• Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, “Communication skills”, Dar Al-Mutanabi. 2018. 

CT 1400: Computer Skills                                                                                             2(2,0,1) 

This course includes the basics of Computer (Computer definition, history, generations, and computer components, types of computers and advantages of computers). The student must be aware of how to use the computer and internet in all sectors of society (education, health, industry, labor and Security).The student learns how to use the computer as a means to search for information and knowledge by using various search engines. The student learns the computer operating systems (types, components, functions).The student learns to multiple applications of the word processor program and application, to spreadsheets and applications (types of spreadsheets perform calculations, dealing with multiple worksheets, sorting data, classification, spreadsheet applications), how to use the program Presentations (create a presentation using template, designing a new template, create and modify graphical objects on the slide, text formatting, add movements on slides, processing the final presentation.) 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Hardware and Software: 

• The faculty members teaching the course.

MATH 1050: Differential Calculus                                                                                    3(3,2,0) 

Real numbers, functions, Limits, continuity. Derivatives, differentials, chain rule, implicit differentiation. Higher order derivatives, local extrema, concavity, horizontal and vertical asymptotes, applications of extrema, related rates. Rolle ’s Theorem, mean value theorem, inverse trigonometric functions. Conic sections. 

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Howard Anton, “Calculus with analytical geometry”, John Wiley & Sons, Last Edition. 

MATH 1060: Integral Calculus                                                                                           3(3,2,0) 

The definite integral fundamental theorem of calculus, the indefinite integral, change of variable, numerical integration. Area, volume of revolution, work, arc length. Differentiation and integration of inverse trigonometric functions. The logarithmic, exponential, hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions. Techniques of integration: substitution, by parts, trigonometric substitutions, partial fractions, miscellaneous substitutions. Indeterminate forms, improper integrals. Polar coordinates. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 1050 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Howard Anton, “Calculus with analytical geometry”, John Wiley & Sons, Last Edition.

MATH 1070: Algebra & Analytic Geometry                                                                     3(3,1,0) 

Vectors in two and three dimensions, scalar and vector products, equations of lines and planes in space, surfaces, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Vector valued functions, their limits continuity, derivatives and integrals. Motion of a particle in space, tangential and normal components of acceleration. Functions in two or three variables, their limits, continuity, partial derivatives, differentials, chain rule, directional derivatives, tangent planes and normal lines to surfaces. Extrema of functions of several variables, Lagrange multipliers. Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, inverse of a matrix, Cramer’s rule. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 1060 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Howard Anton, “Calculus with analytical geometry”, John Wiley & Sons, Last Edition. 

MATH 2030: Differential and Integral Calculus                                                             3(3,1,0) 

Sequences, Infinite sequences, limit of sequence, Infinite Series, Convergence and Divergence of Infinite Series. Integral Test, Ratio Test, Root Test and Comparison Test, Alternating Series Test. Conditional Convergence and Absolute Convergence. Power Series, Taylor and Maclaurin Series. Double Integral and Its Applications to Area, Volume. Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates. Triple Integral in Rectangular, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates and Applications to Volume. Moments and Center of Mass. Vector Fields, Line Integrals, Surface Integrals. Green’s Theorem, the Divergence theorem and Stakes’ theorem. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 1060 and MATH 1070

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Howard Anton, “Calculus with analytical geometry”, John Wiley & Sons, Last Edition. 

MATH 2040: Differential Equations                                                                                   3(3,1,0)

Introduction to differential equations, equations with separable variables, homogeneous equations, exact equation, the linear equation of first order, linear equation of second order, direct deduction, comparison theorems. Linear equations with constant coefficients, inhomogeneous case, methods of undetermined coefficients and variations, Variation of parameters, systems of differential equations. Odd & Even Fourier Series, Fourier Integral. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 2030

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Morris Tenenbaum, Harry Pollard, “Ordinary Differential Equations: An Elementary Textbook for Students of Mathematics, Engineering, and the Sciences”, Dover Publications, Last Edition 

PHYS 1010: General Physics (1)                                                                                      4(3,1,1) 

Properties of Matter: Units and Dimensions, Physical Dimensional analysis, Estimates and order of magnitude calculations. Elasticity: Stress, Strain, Stress-Strain Curve Elasticity modulus, Strain energy. Fluid Static Fluid: Density and relative density, Pressure, Pascal’s principal, Archimedes’ Principle, Law of floatation, Relative density measurement. Fluid dynamics: Continuity equation, Bernoulli's Equation, application, Venturi tube, Piotot tube. Surface tension: Molecular theory of surface tension, Surface energy, Surface tension and spherical shape, Contact angle, Capillarity. SOUND: Circular motion, Types of sound waves, Speed of Sound Waves, Periodic Sound Waves, Intensity of Periodic Sound Waves, Spherical and plane sound waves, The Doppler Effect, Digital Sound Recording, Motion Picture Sound. HEAT: Thermal Basics: Temperature, Temperature Scales and Thermometers. Thermal Concept: Units of thermal energy, Heat capacity and Specific Heat, Newton’s law of cooling, Specific heat of gases. Heat Transfer: Thermal conduction, Prevost’s theory of heat change, Energy distribution of Black body radiation, Stefan’s law, Wien’s law, Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids, Latent Heat. Experimental part: Measuring tools, Hooke’s law, Simple pendulum, Free falling, speed of sound, Vectors, Viscosity coefficient, Boyle’s law, Archimedes’ principle, Newton’s law of cooling, Specific heat capacity of solid and liquid. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Serway, Raymond, “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”, Saunders College Publishing, Last Edition. 

CHEM 1010: General Chemistry                                                                                       4(3,1,1) 

Introduction, Measurements: Large and small numbers Units, Prefixes, Conversions between units (dimensional analysis, Temperature, Specific and heat capacity, Physical and Chemical Properties, Elements, Compounds and Mixtures, Energy changes in chemical reactions, Conservation of mass, Names and symbols of the elements, Dalton’s atomic theory, Formulas for molecular compounds, Composition of the atom, Atomic symbols, isotopes, Acids and bases, Hydrocarbons alkanes, Atomic weights, The chemical Bonds. The chemical reaction, Types of reactions, Acid/Base reactions, Ionic compounds and solubility in aqueous medium. Kinetic theory of gases, Boyle’s law, Charlie’s law. The electromagnetic spectrum. The emission spectra of the elements, Rutherford model of the atom, Bohr’s model of the atom, Modern atomic theory discovery of the quantum, The periodic table. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• J. Brady, “General Chemistry, Principles and structures”, Last Edition.

PHYS 1040: General Physics (2)                                                                                      4(3,1,1)

Basic properties of. Electric forces, and introduction of the fundamental law of force between two charges as Coulomb's law., Gauss's Law, electric potential. Capacitance and Dielectrics, Current and Resistance, Kirchhoff s law, Magnetic field, Biot-Savart law. Faraday's Law, Resonance, Power electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic Waves, Introduction to Quantum Physics, Insulating, metallic and semiconducting crystals.  Radio activity topics.

Pre-requisite: PHYS 1010

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Serway, R, A. "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", Saunders College, Last Edition.

GEU 1011: Introduction to Engineering                                                                           2(2,1,0) 

Introduction to engineering disciplines and careers. Role of the engineer in society. Rewards and opportunities of an engineering career. Engineering as a Profession. Orientation to the engineering education system. Engineering profession educational and career planning. Academic success skills such as time management, study techniques, working in teams, and study groups. Engineering approach to problem-solving. Engineering design process. Concurrent engineering and the interdisciplinary aspects of engineering projects. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Landis, Raymond B., “Studying Engineering”, Discovery Press, Burbank, CA, Last Edition. 

GEU 1090: Computer Programming for Engineering                                                    3(1,0,2) 

Programming in C++ with emphasis on basic program constructs: variables, assignments, expressions, decision structures, looping, functions with output parameters, arrays, pointers, files and exceptions; Introduction to objects and classes. Introduction to Python. Design and analysis of engineering algorithms and structures. Multidisciplinary problem solving in engineering.

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Boguslaw Cyganek, “Introduction to Programming with C++ for Engineers Wiley-IEEE Press. 2021

• Irfan Turk, Ibrahim Emre Celikkale, “Python Programming: for Engineers and Scientists”, 1st Edition,  Create Space Independent Publishing Platform.

GEU 2100 Engineering Mechanics                                                                                  3(2,1,0) 

Students in this subject learn: Forces and moments for planar systems; Basic equilibrium conditions; centroids; friction; area and mass moments of inertia; Kinematics of a particle: rectilinear and curvilinear motion; Kinetics of particles: Newton’s law, work and energy; Kinematics of a rigid body in plane motion; Relative velocity and acceleration; Kinetics of a rigid body in plane motion: translation, fixed axis rotation, general motion, work and energy. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 1060, MATH 1070 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige, “Engineering Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics, SI Version”, Last Edition. 

GEU 2610: Engineering Professional Communications                                                2(1,0,2)

This course provides students with the fundamentals of interpersonal communication required in an engineering professional career. Students will learn how to develop daily communications: emails, memos, different letters, technical descriptions, and instructions. Various forms of professional writing: proposals, business follow-up reports, research and lab reports, professional correspondence, and oral presentations. Professional writing of essays/articles: Plan, organization of ideas, draft, review, and edit documents; Synthesize and report on the professional and technical literature and avoid plagiarism; recommendations and conclusions; perspectives and referencing. Students learn strategies for communicating effectively and persuasively with different audiences.

Pre-requisite: ENGL 1220

Co-requisite: None

Textbooks: 

• Nitin, B., Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals. Pearson Education, last edition.

• Beer, D., and McMurrey, D. A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

• Irish, R., and Weiss, P. Engineering Communication from Principles to Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

• Stevenson, S., and Whitmore, S. Strategies for Engineering Communication. Toronto, ON: John Wiley & Sons.

GEU 3201: Engineering Statistics                                                                                   3(3,1,0) 

Descriptive statistics: Statistical data classification; measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median); measures of dispersion (variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation). The theory of probabilities with applications to science and engineering: introduction; properties; applications. The random variables: Discrete and continuous random variables; expected value and variance of random variables; sums of discrete random variables; law of large numbers. Discrete & continuous distributions or engineering applications; Joint, marginal, conditional distributions. Selected distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Exponential, Weibull, Normal and Lognormal distributions. Basic concepts and methods of statistics: sampling, sampling distributions, parameters estimation, hypotheses testing. Analysis of variance; Correlation, simple and multiple linear regressions. Statistical software & its application. 

Pre-requisite: MATH 1060 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• R. E Walpole, R. H. Myers, “Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists”, Macmillan Publishing, Last Edition. 

GEU 4010 Engineering Economy                                                                                 2(2,1,0) 

Students in this subject learn: Introduction to engineering economy. Interest formulas and equivalence. Bases of comparison and alternatives. Decision making among alternatives. Evaluating replacement alternatives. Break- even and minimum cost analysis. Cost accounting. Depreciation. Economic analysis of operations. Economic analysis of public projects. 

Pre-requisite: None 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• White, Agee and case, “Principles of Engineering Economics Analysis”, Last Edition. 

GEU 4020: Engineering Projects Management 2                                                          3(2,1,0) 

Students in this subject learn: Basic Management Process approach, Strategies and planning methods, Project planning and scheduling, Bar-charts, critical path methods, PERT method, resource leveling and allocation, time-cost trade off. Construction and organizational approaches, leadership elements and decision making, time and cost control, computer applications. 

Pre-requisite: GEU 4010 

Co-requisite: None

Textbook: 

• Moder J., Phillips C., and Davis E., “Project Management with CPM, PERT and Precedence Diagramming”, Last Edition.