Course Code |
Course Name |
Credit hours |
Description |
A0871103 |
Principles of Renewable Energy |
3 |
Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity |
A0110168 |
Digital Literacy and Artificial Intelligence |
3 |
|
A1321100 |
Sport and Health |
3 |
Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism. |
A0110167 |
Critical Thinking Skills |
3 |
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A0110281 |
Society Health |
3 |
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Credit hours |
Description |
A0863710 |
Transportation Systems Engineering |
3 |
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A0865906 |
Computer and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Civil Engineering |
3 |
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A0862404 |
Applied Engineering Mathematics |
2 |
|
A0864301 |
Civil Engineering Drawing |
2 |
Introduction; primary structural plans: topographic and site plans; reinforced concrete building plans; detailing of: footing columns, slabs, beams section, stairs; detailing of steel structures; AutoCAD. Corridor selection; cross-section elements; curves for horizontal and vertical alignments; superelevation arraignment; drainage facilities (pipes and culverts); traffic signs and marking; intersections and interchanges; reading and executing highway plans. |
A0862303 |
Surveying |
3 |
Introduction; units and significant Figures; theory of errors in observations; distance measurement; leveling, angels, azimuths, bearings; coordinate geometry in surveying calculations; area and volume; introduction to GPS, Photogrammetry /and GIS. |
A0863712 |
Applied Data Analytics in Transportation Engineering |
1 |
|
A0862502 |
Concrete Technology Lab. |
1 |
Fineness of cement test; density of cement test; normal consistency of cement pastes and initial and final setting times tests; sieve analysis of aggregate test; Los Angeles abrasion test; impact value test; bulk density of coarse aggregates; specific gravity and absorption of fine and coarse aggregates; fresh concrete slump test; Vebe test; compaction factor test; Schmidt hammer test, cube test; concrete cube destructive test. |
A0864901 |
Specifications, Contracts, and Quantity Surveying |
3 |
Introduction to the Jordanian legal systems and law applicable to the construction industry; Introduction to value engineering and quality control; An introduction to the legal aspects of construction projects, emphasis on legal problems directly applied to the practice of project management; Contracts and specifications documents, codes and zoning laws and labor laws; Quantity survey procedure, methods and analysis; quantity surveys and pricing; bidding and negotiating. |
A0864502 |
Design of Steel Structures |
3 |
Introduction: specifications, loads and methods of design; analysis and design of tension and compression members; design of beams for flexure, shear, and torsion; analysis and design of beam-columns; bolted and welded connections. |
A0863801 |
Geotechnical Engineering |
3 |
Introduction to soil mechanics; formation and structure of soil; Atterberg's limits; classification of soil; compaction; permeability; seepage flow; stress distribution; consolidation; shear strength; lateral earth pressure; stability of slopes. |
A0864501 |
Reinforced Concrete Design (1) |
3 |
Materials properties; load calculations according to ACI; flexural analysis and design of beams; design for shear and diagonal tension; bond, anchorage and development length; design of one way slabs; short columns under compression combined with moment (interaction diagrams); design of foundation (spread footing and wall footing). |
A0864902 |
Field Training |
3 |
Students are required to conduct field training after passing 110 credit hours for eight weeks in a pre approved and recognized institute, department, company or firm in one of the various areas in civil engineering. |
A0865902 |
Graduation Project (1) |
1 |
Students work in groups to conduct a graduation project in two phases, graduation project I is the first phase which includes developing proposal, literature review, problem identification and data collection. |
A0862401 |
Statics |
3 |
Principles of mechanics; system of units; force vectors; resultant forces; equilibrium of a particle; rigid bodies; equivalent systems of forces; centriods and centers of gravity; analysis of structures: frames, machines, and trusses; shear forces and bending moments; friction; moments of inertia; principle of virtual work. |
A0863601 |
Hydraulics |
3 |
Fluids in static state and motion; flow in pipes; head losses; cavitation; design of pipe networks; pump characteristics and selection; open Channel flow; uniform flow; Chezy and Manning equations; varied flow; specific energy; critical depth; hydraulic jump; engineering applications. |
A0864401 |
Engineering Economy and Management |
3 |
|
A0864801 |
Foundation Engineering |
3 |
Site investigation; foundation classifications; bearing capacity; foundation settlement; factors affecting foundation design; spread footing; combined footing; wall footing; mat foundations; lateral earth pressure and retaining walls; settlement. |
A0863510 |
Theory of Structures Analysis |
3 |
|
A0864702 |
Pavement Design Lab. |
1 |
The tests of asphaltic materials: Saybolt viscosity, Penetration, Ductility, Flash and Fire Point, Softening Point; Loss on Heating; Asphalt Mix Design (Marshall Method); Maximum Specific Gravity; Extraction Test; Skid Resistant and Surface Texture; British Pendulum; California Bearing Ratio test. |
A0862501 |
Concrete Technology |
3 |
Cement production; properties and types of cement; hydration of cement; aggregate properties and mixing water; mixing, placing, compaction and tests of fresh concrete; types and applications of admixtures and additives; strength, durability and tests of hardened concrete; concrete mix design. |
A0864603 |
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Lab. |
1 |
Analysis of drinking water and wastewater to determine: acidity, turbidity, alkalinity, hardness, ammonia, and chlorine content; Coagulation; Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD); Dissolved and suspended solid materials; Ion exchange; Carbon adsorption. |
A0862402 |
Strength of Materials |
3 |
Mechanical properties of materials; stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, and shear; torsion stresses; flexural and shearing stresses in beams; combined stresses; transformation of stresses and strains; deflection of beams; buckling of columns. |
A0862403 |
Dynamics |
3 |
Kinematics and kinetics pf particles and systems of particles with applications to central force motion, impact and relative motion, single-degree of freedom free and force vibration, dynamics of rigid bodies, relative motion, and gyroscopic motion, computer application. |
A0863711 |
Highway and Traffic Engineering |
3 |
|
A0865501 |
Reinforced Concrete Design (2) |
3 |
Serviceability of beams and one-way slabs; continuous beams: loading patterns, moment envelopes; design of biaxial Loaded columns; slender columns; design for torsion, torsion plus shear; design of two?way slabs; design of combined footings. |
A0865903 |
Graduation Project (2) |
2 |
This is a continuation of graduation project I, where students start their analysis and design to conclude with. |
A0863602 |
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Lab. |
1 |
Center of pressure; Flow above opening and control gates; Pressure in pipes; Flow under control gate; Hydraulic jump; Type of flow; Venture meter. |
A0865901 |
Construction Project Management |
3 |
Concepts and definition; Planning; Project scheduling techniques (Ghantt Chart, CPM, PERT); Developing the schedule; Cost management; Risk management; Project organization (site and resources). |
A0862601 |
Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
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A0864602 |
Water, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering |
3 |
Definitions of the environmental engineering concepts; Pollution sources and types; Pollution prevention; Air polution,sources and causes; Principles of water chemistry and Microbiology; Design of water distribution systems; Drinking water treatment; Wastewater characteristics and treatment. Contemporary issues |
A0863802 |
Geotechnical Engineering Lab. |
1 |
Specific gravity; moisture content; liquid; plastic and shrinkage limits; consolidation test; sieve analysis; field density; compaction test; permeability; Shear strength of soil: direct shear, unconfined and triaxial tests; consolidation test. |
A0862302 |
Engineering Materials Science |
3 |
Definition of engineering materials. Classification of materials and their properties. Metallic and non-metallic materials. Metals, alloys and composite materials. Conductors, insulators and semiconductors. Mechanical, Magnetic, Thermal and electrical characteristics of materials. Industrial applications of different types of materials. |
A0864601 |
Engineering Hydrology |
3 |
Hydrological cycle; Surface runoff; Rainfall-runoff analysis; Hydrograph analysis; Unit hydrograph; Synthetic unit hydrograph development; Hydraulic channel routing; Hydrologic reservoir routing; Basics of groundwater hydrology; Probability and statistics concepts in hydrologic design; Rational method design; Engineering applications. |
A0862304 |
Surveying Lab. |
1 |
Pacing and taping; slope distance measurement using tapes and clinometers; horizontal distance measurement through obstacle; building layout; leveling; measurement of elevation by rise and fall method; contour map and scale; profile leveling; application of theodolite. |
A0862301 |
Engineering Geology |
3 |
Earth structure; minerals; clay minerals; type of rocks and their properties; site investigation and exploration; use of rocks as construction materials; ground water, earthquake; landslides; soil classification. |
A0864701 |
Pavement Design |
3 |
Types of pavements; stress analysis in flexible and rigid pavements; traffic load forecasting and analysis; design of flexible and rigid pavement for highways; aphalt mix design; introduction pavement distresses type and causes and evaluation economic analysis and optimization of pavement alternatives; computer applications in pavement design. |
Course Code |
Course Name |
Credit hours |
Description |
A0865503 |
Earthquake Engineering |
3 |
Concept of seismic design; analysis of earthquake effects; choice and design of earthquake resistance systems; the behavior of reinforced concrete under cyclic loading; analysis according to static force procedure, response spectrum; analysis, design of reinforced concrete sections to resist earthquake loads. |
A0865502 |
Bridge Engineering |
3 |
Identification of material properties in reinforced concrete; load calculations by AASHTO; analysis of bridges in the form of one direction; analysis of bridges with gravity on reinforced concrete; design of reinforced concrete bridges and prestressed. |
A0865701 |
Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation |
3 |
Introduction to pavement maintenance management process; pavement networks definitions and classifications; pavement distress evaluation and rating procedure; Pavement testing types (destructive and nondestructive tests); pavement condition forecasting; overview of maintenance and rehabilitation techniques; network level management; project level management; computer applications in pavement maintenace and rehabiliation. |
A0865702 |
Public Transportation Systems |
3 |
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A0865910 |
Sustainable Construction and Automation |
3 |
|
A0865905 |
Selected Topics in Civil Engineering |
3 |
Selected Topics in Civil Engineering |
A0865601 |
Water Resources |
3 |
Hydrologic and hydraulic design concepts for water resources systems; Functions and design of hydraulic structures; Storm water systems design; Groundwater occurrences and Darcy's law; Equations of groundwater flow; Well hydraulics; Flow in confined and unconfined aquifers; Engineering economy concepts in planning and management of water resources systems; Computer applications in water resources; Contemporary issues. |
A0865603 |
Treatment of Liquid and Solid Wastes |
3 |
Wastewater conveyance systems; Design of sewers; Wastewater management; Advanced wastewater treatment and reuse; Sources, types, and composition of solid wastes; sanitary landfills; landfill techniques for domestic, industrial, and hazardous wastes; landfill rehabilitation. Contemporary issues. |
A0865911 |
Smart Civil Infrastructure |
3 |
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