COURSE DESCRIPTION


Electrical Engineering

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37

70

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160

University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110151 National Education 3
A0110144 Arabic Communication Skills 3
A0110155 Military Sciences 3
A0110143 English Communication Skills 3
A0110154 Life Skills 1
A0110152 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1
A0110153 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110161 Islamic Culture 3
A0110163 Archeology and Tourism in Jordan 3
A0110164 Development and Environment 3
A0110165 Contemporary Issues 3
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0110162 History of Jordan and Palestine 3
A0110166 Media and Public Relations 3

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

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.
A0110281 Society Health 3
A0110167 Critical Thinking Skills 3


Faculty Requirement - 37 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 37 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0833101 Numerical Analysis 3 General numerical methods: equation solving via iteration, interpolation; numerical integration, and numerical differentiation; numerical methods in linear algebra, Gauss elimination, least squares method, numerical methods for differential equations.
A0852202 Communication Skills and Artificial Intelligence 2
A0110111 General Physics 1 3
A0832101 Differential Equations 3 Different methods of solving ordinary differential equations of first, second and higher-order DEs. Using Laplace transform and Power series method for solving Des. Modeling of some engineering, physical, and social problems will be given.
A0110201 Linear Algebra 3
A0831201 Engineering Drawing 2 Use of instruments; lettering; Drawing of basic views and projection method; orthographic; isometric drawing and sketching; sectional views; computer aided design applications using AutoCAD (2D & 3D) in all engineering aspects.
A0110113 General Physics Lab. 1
A0832103 Engineering statistics and probability 3
A0110102 Mathematics (2) 3
A0851201 Computer Skills (Engineering) 3 The Basic Concepts of Programming using C++ language: C++ Programming; Controls Structures; Functions; Arrays; Pointers; An introduction to Classes and Objects.
A0110121 General Chemistry 3
A0851202 Engineering Workshops 1 Workplace safety and use of tools; basic skills of measurements; basic skills of hand filing, welding, carpentry, sheet metal fabrication, and household electric circuits.
A0110112 General Physics (2) 3
A0110101 Mathematics (1) 3
A0852203 Engineering Ethics 1


Major Requirement - 70 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 61 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0874506 Renewable Energy Systems 3 Conventional and renewable energy sources; Possible approaches for conversion of sunlight into electricity; Statistics on world installations of renewable energy systems and costs; Environmental considerations; Wind turbines (WTs) and Wind characteristics: Types of WTs, Power in the wind, Impact of tower height, Maximum rotor efficiency, Average power in the wind; WT generators: Review of induction generators, Fixed- and Variable-speed WTs, Types of Control systems, Typical wind generation configurations, Estimates of produced electrical energy, WT power curve, WT economics, Environmental impacts of WTs; Solar radiation: Properties of light, Solar Radiation in Space and the Earth's Surface, Solar angles, solar radiation measurements, calculation of average monthly insolation on a tilted surface, Peak Sun Hours; Physics and electrical characteristics of solar PV Cells: Basic semiconductor physics, Equivalent circuit for a solar cell, The I?V curve under STC, Bypass diodes and blocking diodes, Types of PV cells; Grid-connected PV systems: Principal components, Configurations of inverters and PV arrays, Interfacing with the Utility, DC and AC rated power, STC efficiency of PV module or array, Estimating PV energy production, PV System sizing (Design), PV System economics; Computer applications to all studied topics using Matlab.
A0875510 Electrical Drives 3
A0872304 Electric Circuits Lab. 1 DC Circuits: Kirchoff?s Voltage and Current Laws, Network theorems, Maximum Power Transfer; Transient Circuits: RL, RC, RLC; Resonant Circuits; Magnetically Coupled Circuits; Two-Port Networks.
A0875601 Graduation Project (1) 1
A0874301 Power Electronics 3 General introduction; Power semiconductor Switches: Features, Characteristics and Classification of Diodes, Transistor, Thyristor and others; Quality Assessment and Parameters of AC & DC Waveform; Single-Phase and Three-Phase Rectifier Circuits; Uncontrolled, Fully-Controlled, and Semi-Controlled Converters; AC/AC Converters (AC Voltage Regulators); DC/DC Converters (DC Choppers); DC/AC Converters (Inverters); Applications of Power Electronics.
A0875502 Design of Electrical Power Systems 3 Introduction to Electrical power system AC and DC Analysis of the electrical power system, Introduction to Generating Stations and Power Plants, Variable Load to Power Stations: Load Curves, Load Factors, and Selecting Generating Units, Power Factor Improvement. Overhead Transmission Lines (OHLs): Conductors for OHLs Sizing of OHL?s Conductors, and Insulators for OHLs, Sag and Tension in OHLs, Introduction to Under-Ground Cables, Design and Analysis of Substations in Electrical power systems.
A0872101 Principles of Engineering Mathematics 3
A0873507 Design of Lighting and Electrical Installations 3
A0874601 Field Training 3 Practical experience to be gained through working for eight continuous weeks in an accredited establishment.
A0872301 Electric Circuits (1) 3 Basic Components and Electric Circuits: Units and Scales, Current, Voltage, Power, Voltage and Current Sources, Ohm's Law; Voltage and Current Laws: Kirchhoff's Voltage, Kirchhoff's Current Laws; Nodal and Mesh Analysis; Techniques of Circuit Analysis: Linearity and Superposition, Source Transformations, Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits, Maximum Power Transfer; Energy Storage Elements: Capacitor, Inductor; Basic RL and RC Circuits: The Source Free RL Circuit, The Source Free RC Circuit, The Unit-Step Function; The RLC Circuit: The Source Free Parallel Circuit, The Over Damped Parallel RLC Circuit, Complete Response Analysis; Introduction to AC Circuits.
A0874401 Applications of AI in Electrical Engineering 3
A0874507 Renewable Energy Lab. 1 Solar energy; photovoltaic devices; energy conversion; solar beam measurement; solar cell characterization; unit characterization; Fundamentals of wind aerodynamic properties; dynamic behavior of wind turbines and generated energy; wind speed and quality analyzers.
A0873301 Instrumentations and Electrical Measurements 3
A0874502 Control Systems Lab 1 Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Systems; Servomechanism Principles; Transient Response; Closed-Loop Position and Velocity Control Systems; The Effect of Gain, PI, PD, and PID Controls on System Performance; Control Systems for First and second order differential equations; Frequency Response Measurements; Analogue Computer Simulation of Control Systems.
A0872501 Electromagnetic 3 Basic vector algebra and vector calculus; Coordinate systems and transformation; Electric field: Coulomb's law, electrostatic field, electric potential, electric flux density, Gauss?s law and boundary value problems, capacitor and energy density in electrostatic fields; Maxwell's equation; Magnetic field: steady electric current, Biot-Savart law and magneto-static fields, magnetic flux density, Ampere's law, magnetic vector potential, magnetic forces, inductance and energy density in magneto-static fields, ferromagnetic material and magnetic circuits; Time-varying fields and Maxwell's equations; Electromagnetic waves: characteristics, speed, power and polarization.
A0873505 Electrical Power Systems (1) 3
A0874505 Electrical Power Systems Lab. 1 Transmission Line Parameters and Performance: single and three phase; Current and voltage transformers; Overcurrent, earth fault, and under voltage relays.
A0874513 Electrical Machines Lab. 1
A0873509 Electrical Machines (1) 3
A0874504 Electrical Power Systems (2) 3 Power (load) Flow analysis: (bus admittance matrices, Gauss-Seidel method, Newton-Raphson method, Decoupled and fast decoupled methods, dc load flow method). Economic (Optimal) Dispatch of Generators, the bus impedance matrices building algorithm. Power system control: Load Frequency Control (LFC), Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR). Power System Stability, transient stability, Swing equation, Equal area criteria. Computer applications to all studied topics using Matlab and Power World Simulator.
A0874512 Electrical Machines (2) 3
A0873508 Design of Lighting and Electrical Installations Lab. 1
A0872302 Electric Circuits (2) 3 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis: Characteristics of Sinusoids, Forced Response to Sinusoidal Functions, The Phasor, Phasor Relationships for R, L, and C, Impedance, Admittance; AC Circuit Power Analysis: Instantaneous Power, Average Power, Effective Values of Current and Voltage, Apparent Power and Power Factor, Complex Power; Three-Phase Circuits; Magnetically Coupled Circuits; Complex Frequency and Laplace Transform; Circuit Analysis in The s-Domain; Frequency Response; Two-Port Networks.
A0874302 Power Electronics Lab. 1 Single-Phase Half-Wave Rectifiers: Controlled, and Uncontrolled; Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers: Controlled, and Uncontrolled, and Semi-Controlled; Three-Phase Half-Wave Rectifiers: Controlled, and Uncontrolled; Three-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers: Controlled, and Uncontrolled, and Semi-Controlled; Regulators; Invertors.
A0875602 Graduation Project (2) 2 The student implements and finalizes the work described in project (1). After full implementation of the project?s goals, the student must present a comprehensive report on the entire graduation project to an examining committee.
A0874501 Control Systems 3 Concept of Control Systems; Open-loop and Closed-loop Systems; Mathematical Modeling of Physical Systems; Transfer Function and System Modeling Diagrams; Response Characteristics of Control Systems; Specifications of System Performance; Stability Analysis of Linear Control Systems; Routh?s Stability Criterion; Time-domain Analysis of Control Systems; Design of Controllers and Compensators.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0875603 Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering 3 The objective of this course is to introduce advanced and new topics in one of the areas of electrical engineering. The topics can be changed from one semester to another by the Department Council.
A0875401 Programmable Logic Controller 3
A0875501 Power Systems Protection 3 Protection objectives; Basic components of PSP; Current transformers; Voltage transformers; Protective relay; Circuit Breaker and trip circuit; Basic requirements of PSP; Primary and back-up protection; Various principles of power system protection; Types of relay based on relay operation mechanism; Overcurrent relays: Basic types of overcurrent relays, Time-current curves of time delay relays, Relay coordination, Protection of a Three-phase Feeder; Distance relays: Introduction to simple impedance distance relay and its R-X diagram, Impact of fault arc resistance, MHO distance relay, Three-stepped Distance Protection, Distance protection of a three-phase line; Differential Protection: Simple Differential Protection, Percentage Differential Relay, Power transformer protection; Rotating machinery protection: Stator faults, Phase fault protection, Ground fault protection, Rotor faults; Bus protection: Differential Protection of Buses, Selection of CT ratios in case of bus protection, External and internal fault, Actual behavior of a protective CT, Circuit model of saturated CT, Computer applications to all studied topics using Matlab.
A0875504 Computer Applic .in Elec. Power Systems 3 Computer applications in power systems planning, operation and control. Power flow solution using computer applications. Computer application on power system protection and fault analysis, on transient analysis of power systems, and on economic dispatch in power systems.
A0875503 Distributed Generation and Smart Grids 3 Traditional and new concepts of power systems; Possible benefits and drawbacks of Distributed Generation; DG definitions; Types of DG; Interface with the grid; Point of common coupling (PCC); Hosting capacity of DG; Impact of DG on power flow: Steady state voltage rise, Voltage profile for multi-bus radial feeder, Methods for steady state voltage regulation, Estimation of hosting capacity, Evaluation criteria, Power losses; DG impact on hosting grid under fault conditions: DG impact on balanced fault levels, DG impact on unbalanced fault levels, Behavior of DGs under fault conditions; Power Quality in presence of DG: Long duration voltage variation, Short duration voltage variation, Harmonics, Harmonic producers, Individual and total harmonic Distortion, Effect of harmonics on power system components; DG and Smart Grids: Definitions, Structure, Advantages, Smart grids worldwide, Microgrids, Smart grids and information technology; Computer applications to all studied topics using Matlab.
A0875505 High Voltage Engineering 3 Introduction in insulating materials and their application. Breakdown of insulating materials: gases, liquid and solid dielectrics. Generation and measurement of high voltages and currents. Insulation coordination in electrical power systems. High voltage testing of electrical equipment.

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0873605 Field Training in Renewable Energy 3
A0873606 Field Training in Control & Electrical Installations 3
A0873604 Field Training in Electrical Power Systems 3


Free Ellective - 29 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 29 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0852304 Electronics Lab 1 Diode characteristics: clipping and clamping circuits, half-wave and full-wave rectification,Zener diode, and voltage regulation; BJT characteristics and biasing circuits; FET characteristics and biasing circuits; transistor amplifiers;frequency response of single-stage and multi-stage transistor amplifiers,transfer characteristics of cascade amplifier;differential amplifier;operational amplifiers and applications; oscillators; passive and active filters.
A0853305 Signals and Systems 3 Classification of signals, basic concepts of sampling, basic continuous-time and discrete-time signals;signal processing using MATLAB; classification of systems, properties of continuous-time LTI systems, proprieties of discrete-time LTI systems, convolution processes, Laplace transform, transfer function; Fourier series; Fourier transform and applications, power spectral density, frequency response.
A0853309 Communication Systems 3
A0853308 Digital Electronics 3 Digital signals and systems, pulse waveforms, switching circuits, pulse distortion, periodic pulse waveforms; switching devices, diodes and transistors as switching devices, analysis of switching circuits and switching times;logic technologies and families, digital integrated circuits terminology, DTL, RTL and TTL family, open collector, tri-state, ECL family, MOS technology, operation and types, MOS inverter, NMOS, PMOS, CMOS, dynamic MOS, CMOS transmission circuits, interfacing between families and their problems;multivibraters circuits, monostables, astables, schmitt trigger, bistables, 555 IC timer; memory elements and types, programmable logic devices;analog to digital converter and digital to analog converter.
A0853502 Microprocessors and Embedded systems lab 1 This lab Identifying internal structure and operation of the Microprocessor intel 8086/8088 and microcontroller PIC 16F877A , Design methodology for software for each (Intel 8086&PIC16F877A)
A0864401 Engineering Economy and Management 3
A0853311 Digital Electronics Lab. 1
A0853310 Communication Systems Lab 1
A0853501 Microprocessors and Embedded systems 3 Introduction to microprocessor and microcomputer; the 8086/8088 microprocessors and their architecture; addressing modes; instruction set; programming the microprocessor using assembly languages; introduction to embedded systems; introducing PIC 16 series: architecture overview of PIC16F84A, the 16F84A memory; building assembly programs: introduction to assemblers, PIC 16 Series instruction set; parallel ports; interrupts; counters and timers.
A0852303 Electronics 3 Introduction to Electronics; Semiconductors: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Electrical Properties of Semiconductors, Diffusion Process in Semiconductors; The PN Junction Diode: Forward, Reverse Biased Junction, V/I Static Characteristics, Diode Types: Zener, LED, and Photodiode; Diode Applications: Rectification, Clipper, and Clamper Circuits, Voltage Multipliers; Bipolar Junction Transistors: CB and CE Characteristics, DC Biasing and Analysis; BJT Applications: BJT as a Switch, and Amplifier; Field-Effect Transistor: V/I Characteristics of JFET and MOSFET, DC Biasing and Analysis; Biasing of Transistor (BJT and FET); Single-Stage Amplifier; Cascaded BJT and FET Amplifiers; Composite Transistor Stages; Operational Amplifiers and Applications; Differential Amplifier; Operational Amplifier Architectures; Frequency Response of Amplifiers; Negative-Feedback Amplifiers.
A0854404 Wireless Communications &Communications Electronics 3
A0852301 Digital Logic Circuits 3 Numbering System and Information Representation: Arithmetic Operations, Decimal and Alphanumeric Codes, Binary Logic; Boolean Algebra: Identities, Functions and Manipulation, Standard Forms, Simplification, Logic Gates, , Integrated Circuits; Combinational Logic Design: Circuits (Gate Level), Design Hierarchy and Procedures, Computer-Aided Design, Combinational Two-Level and Multi-Level Implementations, Arithmetic (Add, Subtract, Multiply) and Other Popular Modules (Multiplexers, Encoders, Decoders); Sequential Logic Design: Latches, Flip-Flops, State Machine Design and Minimization (Mealy Digital and Moore Models); Design Problems.
A0852302 Digital Logic Circuits Lab. 1 The Digital Logic Circuits laboratory develops students with the ability of identifying the digital logic gates and combinational logic circuits such as adders, decoders. Students are also conducting experiment with memory elements (flip-flops) and sequential logic circuits


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110191 Computer Skills (Remedial) 3
A0110141 English Language (Remedial) 3
A0110142 Arabic Language (Remedial) 3

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