COURSE DESCRIPTION

University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:

Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0161201	English Communication Skills	3	Grammar: question tags, modals, future forms, articles, adjectives, adverbs, if structures; vocabulary: relationships, work, activities, media, war, sport; writing skills: essay, notes, messages, application letters; basic and advanced reading skills; basic and advanced listening skills; verbal skills: oral presentations, arguments.
A0161101	Arabic Communication Skills	3	Language levels: phonological level, grammatical level, rhetorical level, orthographic level, comprehension and speaking; grammar exercises, nominal sentences, verbal sentences, kana and its sisters, Inna and its sisters, dual, masculine plural, feminine plural, indeclinable nouns, vocative, appositives; exercises in morphology, present participle, and past participle; spelling and punctuation, dictionaries, listening and speaking.
A0161301	National Education	3	Concepts and terms; Geography of Jordan; contemporary political history of Jordan; Jordanian Society; Jordanian constitutional and democratic life; Jordanian national institutions; challenges facing Jordan; threats to civic life: fanaticism, extremism, terrorism, violence; corruption: definitions, types, causes, impact, and prevention.
A0161112	Leadership and Societal Responsibility	1	This course deals with prominent titles related to leadership, such as: the meaning of leadership, the vocabulary that falls under the term, leadership styles, leadership and social responsibility, change management and strategies, building an effective team, the leader and managing diversity, how to discover future leaders and support them, and women leaders.
A0161401	Military Sciences	3	The establishment and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; the history of the Arab Legion; peacekeeping troops; preparing the nation for defense and liberation.
A0161113	Life Skills	1	This course deals with the vital interest of the individual on the individual and collective level. It is like a passport to the success of individuals and helps them understand their personal competencies. It discusses the meaning of skills, their levels, characteristics and importance, communication skill and communication, and trains them on self-skills such as the skill of time management, organizing and defining it, and providing examples of its fields of application and activities. carried out by the students themselves. It also deals with thinking skills, its importance, education, and forms such as problem-solving and decision-making as forms of complex thinking or its strategies. The course also deals with training students on methods of dialogue and exchange of views as an entry point to resolving differences and mitigating frictions when we witness the openness of societies, correct study skills, family success and conservatism.
A0161111	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	1	Economic science definition: its objectives and the economic problem; The relation between the economic science and other sciences; Economic analysis methods; Production possibilities curve; National income accounts; Consumption; Investment; Saving; Unemployment; Inflation; Money and Banking; Financial and monetary policy and its role in dealing with the imbalanced economy through these policies; Economic development in terms of importance and objectives and economic planning to achieve such objectives; Demand and supply theory and consumer equilibrium; Cost and production theory; Producer equilibrium in different markets.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0161501	Islamic Culture	3	Definition of the culture, characteristics of the Islamic culture, Islamic culture and other cultures; the sources of Islamic culture: The Holy Quran, Sunna, the Arabic language, history of Islam; fields of Islamic culture: faith, worship, morals; challenges facing the Islamic culture: orientalism, globalization, secularism; young people and the impacts of foreign cultures, women and Islam, Islam and terrorism.
A0161701	History of Jordan and Palestine	3	The geography of Jordan and Palestine, Jordan and Palestine in ancient times, general historical look, Jordan, and Palestine in the Mamluk era, Jordan, and Palestine during the First World War (1914- 1918), Emirate of East Jordan (Transjordan), constitutional and legislative life in Jordan, Palestine under the British Mandate, and Jordanian-Palestinian relations, Jerusalem, historical status.
A0161703	Archaeology and Tourism in Jordan	3	Tourism definition; Classification of Tourism; The difference between tourist and other traveler?s concepts, Travel types, The definition of Archaeology and archaeological sites: Archaeological surveys and excavations; Documentation; Jordan through the ages; Components of tourism in Jordan; Elements of tourist attractions in Jordan: Archeological sites, Natural sites, Natural reserves, Forests; Tourist movement and types in Jordan; Economical impact of tourism in Jordan.
A0161802	Development and Environment	3	The course provides awareness and insight into the environmental issue, its vocabulary, the human relationship with the ecosystem, and environmental hazards to avoid. It also works to develop students' understanding and awareness of basic ecological concepts, and to reinforce their attitudes and values, in order to practice solving environmental problems. And linking it to comprehensive development and its relationship to water, food and energy security.
A0161601	Contemporary Issues	3	Identify the most important contemporary local, national and regional issues, the most prominent contemporary challenges and their questions from development, youth, extremism, globalization, culture and identity; Jerusalem and its central position, the Arab-Israeli conflict
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.
A0161901	Media and Public Relations	3	The nexus between media and society in terms of the social, political, economic and cultural power of the media, the role of the media in giving people the opportunity to express their opinions and promote international relations. Communication and public relations, communication and its types, levels, forms, properties, fields, activities, physical and nonphysical (symbolic) environment, and obstacles to the communicative process. Public relations: its beginnings, development, principles, bases, importance, functions, planning, activities.

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
A0591111	Digital Literacy	3	Digital Literacy is a concept that describes how technology and the Internet are shaping the way people interact and how they affect us as individuals and as a society. This course educate students on the uses of digital technologies, the dangers of digital technology and the need to build a culture of ethical use of the Internet and introduce the concept of responsible freedom.
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.
A0612303	Society Health	3	The course aims to provide students with the basic principles that enhance the concept of health and health prevention in its various physical, psychological and social aspects. The student will also be provided with information that helps individuals realize their health needs in the context of the culture and values ??systems they live in and how to meet these needs, which is known as improving health and quality of life.
A0161602	Critical Thinking Skills	3	The concept of critical thinking, its components; characteristics of critical thinking individuals; Critical thinking skills: the skill of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, expectation, prediction; Stages of critical thinking: Motivation, searching for information, linking information, evaluation, expression, and integration

Faculty Requirement - 21 Credit Hours:

Compulsory Courses - 21 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0341311	Networks and Cybersecurity Essentials	3	The course studies the basic of computer networks: types of networks, main devices, Ethernet technology, principles and structure of IP addressing; overview of the common protocols such as: TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, POP, IMAP, SMTP, DNS, FTP, DHCP; basic security measures and tools: malware, general means of authentication, password-based authentication, physical security, firewall basics; cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, hash functions, basics of digital signature and steganography.
A0111101	Mathematics (1)	3	Introduction to Calculus; The rate of change of a function; Limits; Derivatives of algebraic functions and their applications; Integration; Application of the definite integral.
A0331202	Introduction to Programming	3	Sequential execution: program structure, command line arguments, string literals, output, Limerick layout; Program errors: syntactic errors, semantic errors, compile time errors, runtime errors; Types, variables and expressions: string, double and integer types, hard-coded data, assignment statement, arithmetic expressions and associativity, type conversions, parsing input data, integer division, grouping expression terms and long statements layout; Conditional and repeated execution: choice and iteration statements, Boolean expressions, relational operators, program design using pseudo code, lists of command line arguments, comments, standard classes; Control statements nested in loops: declaring variables in compound statements, conditional expression operator;
A0334600	Ethical and Professional Issues in Computing	1	An overview of ethics, Professional ethics of workers and users in the field of information technology, Cyberattacks and Cybersecurity, Privacy, Intellectual property, Ethical decisions in software development.
A0312201	Object Oriented Programming	3	Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts using Java language: Classes, Objects, Constructors, Encapsulation: Visibility Modifiers; Packages; Overloading; using this keyword; using static keyword; Array of objects: Store and Process objects in array; Relationships between Classes: Composition, Inheritance: Superclasses and Subclasses, using super keyword, Constructor Chaining, Overriding, Polymorphism, Preventing Extending and Overriding, The Object Class and its toString() Method; Abstract Classes; Interfaces; Exception Handling; introduction to GUI programming.
A0311101	Discrete Mathematics	3	Logic, relations, functions, basic set theory, countability and counting arguments, proof techniques, mathematical induction, graph theory, combinatorics, discrete probability, recursion, recurrence relations, and number theory. The fundamental mathematical tools used in computer engineering as: sets, relations, and functions; propositional logic, predicate logic, and inductive proofs; summations, recurrences, and elementary asymptotic; counting and discrete probability; undirected and directed graphs; introductory linear algebra, with applications in computer engineering.
A0371201	Introduction to Information Technology	3	Basic elements of computing: programming, computer, program, operating environment, data, file; Number systems: decimal, binary, conversion; Describing problem solution using standard flowcharting notation; Linux basics: basic commands, working with files, working with directories, file name substitution, input/output and I/O redirection; Linux shell: overview, programming tools; User-defined commands and shell variables: command files, variables, integer arithmetic; Passing arguments: $#, $#, ${n}; Decisions: exit status, test command, else, exit, elif, Null, && and || constructs; Loops: for, while, until, breaking a loop, skipping commands in a loop; Git: installation and configuration, basic commands, branching.
A0334605	Communication Skills and Technical Writing	2

Major Requirement - 60 Credit Hours:

Compulsory Courses - 51 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0314201	Mobile Applications Development	3	Android overview: android platform, user interface, dalvik virtual machine, platform architecture, application building blocks, development tools; Building applications: creating and running applications, emulator, activity, android manifest file, layout and layout file, widgets, strings file, intents; Supporting different devices: languages, layout mirroring, screens, platform versions; User interface: user interface fundamentals, linear layout, relative layout, constraint layout; Activity lifecycle: lifecycle call-backs, starting activity, pausing and resuming activity, stopping and restarting activity, recreating activity; Interacting with other activities and applications: intent types, building intent, intent filters, receiving intent, starting another activity, processing intent, common intents; Saving data: internal and external storage, shared preferences, files, SQL database; Dynamic user interface: fragments, fragment types, interacting with other fragments;
A0313101	Algorithms Analysis and Design	3	Introduction: Asymptotic Behavior, O, Omega , Thata notation, analysis of algorithms complexity, proving algorithm correctness with loop invariant, solving recurrences; Sorting: insertion, quick, merge, heap; Advanced Algorithm Analysis and Design: amortized analysis, dynamic programming; Graph: breadth first search, depth first search, Topological sort, minimum spanning tree, shortest path; Advanced data structures: B-trees; String matching: naive, KMP; NP-Completeness: P, NP, NP-Complete classes, proving NP-completeness.
A0314301	Parallel Computing and Distributed Systems	3	Distributed Systems: definition, types, goals, hardware concepts; Communication: layered protocols, remote procedure call, remote method invocation, synchronous /asynchronous persistent/transient communication, stream based communication; Processes: threading in the server side, threading in the client side, code migration; Naming: name Spaces, locating mobile entities, removing unreferenced entities; Synchronization: physical clock synchronization, logical Clocks, global State, election algorithms, mutual exclusion algorithms, distributed transactions; Consistency and Replication: reasons for replication, consistency protocols; Fault Tolerance: introduction, process resilience, reliable client server communication, distributed Commit protocols, recovery.
A0314604	Graduation Project	3
A0312401	Fundamentals of Databases	3	Database Concepts; Database Design Methodologies; Data Modeling using ER and EER; Database Integrity Constraints; Relational Model: Relational algebra, Relational Calculus; Functional Dependencies and Normalization.
A0312101	Data Structures	3	Lists: static allocation, dynamic allocation; Stacks: static implementation, linked implementation, operations, applications; Recursion: applications, program stack; Queues: static implementation, linked implementation, operations, applications; General Trees; Binary Trees; Binary Search Trees: traversal, search, add and delete operations; Files: input, output; Graphs: traversal, adjacency matrix, and adjacency list.
A0312203	Visual Programming	3	Introduction to Visual Programming; Creating Applications with Visual C#; Processing Data; Making Decisions; Loops; File Access: reading and writing; Random Numbers; Methods; Arrays and Lists; Multiform Projects; Databases.
A0312301	Computer Organization and Architecture	3	Components of a computer: Performance, Technology and Delay Modeling, Intro to Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Design: MIPS ISA, Translation of High-Level C Constructs into MIPS, Assemblers, Object Code Generation, Linking and Executable Loading, Run-time Execution Environment; Computer Arithmetic and ALU Design, Digital-Logic Design for Sequential Circuits, Register-Transfer Level Description of Systems; Single-Cycle Datapath and Control; Multi-cycle Datapath and Control: Micro-programming and Hard-wired Control Units; Pipelining: Pipelined MIPS Datapath; Pipeline Hazards: Structural, Control, Data; Hazard Detection and Resolution; Pipelining control; Exceptions Handling; SRAM and DRAM Design, Memory Hierarchy, Cache memory design, Virtual memory.
A0313402	Advanced Databases	3	Database Management Systems Protection and Security Functions; Views; Transaction Management; Concurrency Control and Serialisability; Database Recovery; Database integrity; Rapid Application Development for Database Systems using CASE tools and 4GLs; PL/SQL Programming.
A0313401	Theory of Computation	3	Regular Languages: Deterministic and Non-Deterministic Finite Automata, Regular Expressions, Closure Properties of Regular Languages, Non-regular languages; Context Free Languages and Grammars: Pushdown Automata, Closure properties of Context Free Languages; Turing Machine.
A0313301	Operating Systems	3	Fundamental Concepts of Operating Systems; Evolution of Operating System; Operating System Structure; Process: Process Management, Inter-process Communication, Process Scheduling, Deadlocks, Process Synchronization; Memory Management; File System Management; I/O Management; Secondary Storage Management; Case Studies.
A0311301	Digital Logic Design	3	Binary Systems: Digital Computers & Systems Binary numbers, Number Base Conversion: Octal & Hexadecimal Numbers, 1's & 2's Complements Binary codes; Boolean Algebra & Logical Gates: Basic Definitions of Boolean Algebra, Theorems of Boolean Algebra, Boolean Functions Digital Logic Gates, IC Digital Logic Families; Simplification of Boolean Function: Karnaugh Map Method with 3 variable , 4 variable, 5 variable Map. Sum of Products, Product of Sums, Don?t care; Combinational Logic: Integrated combinatorial circuits, Sequential circuits, Flip-flops, registers, counters, memory units.
A0312403	Systems Analysis and Design	3	Introduction to systems development: System development life cycle, System Development feasibility; Development of fact finding methods: Context diagram, Data flow diagram, Decision tables and trees, Data dictionary; Conceptual design: DB design, Normalization; System Implementation: Installation, System conversion, Training, Development Tools, Documentation.
A0333203	Internet Applications Development (2)	3
A0333204	Web Services Programming	3
A0332202	Internet Applications Development (1)	3
A0314401	Programming Languages Design	3	Introduction: language features, compilation stages; Syntax: BNF, attribute grammar; Lexical Analysis: study of simple lexer; Parsing: Recursive Decent, Bottom up parsing with examples; Binding and Scope: static and Dynamic; Types: type checking, strings, enumeration, arrays, records, lists, unions, pointers, generic; Garbage collection: reference Counting, mark and sweep, Expressions: associativity, overloading, conditional, side effects; Control structures: dangling else, composite, scope, breaks, labeled breaks, continue, switch; Subprograms: procedures, functions, call by value, call by reference, activation record, recursion; Object-Orientation: encapsulation, overloading, polymorphisim, dynamic binding, abstract class, nested classes; Functional Programming: program examples with LISP; Logic Programming: example with Prolog
A0314601	Practical Training	0	The student is required to do practical training in a well-known software company for a period of 8 weeks full time training with at least (15) hours per week. The student is assigned some tasks to perform that are related to his major, such as developing a software, or learning some new skills, technologies and capabilities. At the end of training, reports should be submitted to the department then evaluated by the supervisor.

Elective Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0313204	Computer Graphics	3	Graphics Systems and Models: Graphics Programming, Input and Interaction in OpenGL, Geometrical Objects and Transformations in 2D and 3D, homogeneous coordinates, matrix representation, windows and viewports; Viewing in 3D: projections, hidden surface removal; Color: color models, Light, shading and materials, Illumination and Shading, light sources; modeling: geometry processing, rasterization, fragment processing; Clipping: hidden surface removal, antialiasing. Discrete techniques: buffers, bit and pixel operations, texture mapping, compositing; Programmable shaders: OpenGL shading language, fragment shaders, cub and bump maps; Modelling Techniques: trees, scene graphs; Curve and surface representation: Advanced rendering techniques, ray tracing, radiosity, image based rendering.
A0314402	Selected Topics in Computer Science (1)	3	The most recent technological topics in computer science that are not covered in other courses in the program plan.
A0312204	Programming Technique in Special Languages	3
A0314303	Advanced Operating Systems	3
A0313205	Multimedia Systems	3
A0342314	Protection using Linux	3	Linux basic concepts: file system, commands, utilities, text editing, shell programs and word processing; Linux shells: command line syntax, properties, file name generation, redirection, piping and quote mechanisms; File system navigation: controlling access to files, file and directory naming rules and conventions, handling of files and links; Terminal control: working with vi, monitoring and controlling processes, using command line editing, replacing commands, using backup commands; Control operations: print jobs, network communication, group policy management.
A0373504	Robotics Programming	3	This course introduces robots programming, software modification, and operation, where the robot operating system and a number of tools commonly used in robotics programming with a focus on autonomous mobile robots, where the focus is on how to create a user program to interact with sensors and mobile robot actuators and implement algorithms Motion control. This course is concerned with debugging programs using available tools, testing them using simulation tools, and implementing them on a mobile robot.
A0314403	Selected Topics in Computer Science (2)	3

Free Ellective - 27 Credit Hours:

Compulsory Courses - 27 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0113101	Numerical Analysis	3	Computer Arithmetic?s and Error: Case study, applications to real world problems; Solutions of equations in one variable; Interpolation and polynomial approximation; Numerical integration; Numerical differentiations; Maple implementations of algorithms studied.
A0334503	Software Project Management	3	Introduction to project management; The project management and IT context; Project management process groups; Project integration management; Project scope management; Project schedule management; Project cost management; Project quality management; Project communications management; Project risk management.
A0111201	General Physics (1)	3	Introduction to Physics; Measurement and standards; Physical quantities; Vectors Addition and multiplication of vectors; Motion in straight line: displacement velocity, acceleration , finding the motion of an object, free fall, and vertical jumping; Motion in two dimensions Projectile in Biomechanics; Newton?s laws: Static C.G., Levers in the body, muscles and, and jaws of animals; Collisions
A0112101	Linear Algebra	3	Systems of linear equations: Homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems ; Matrices: operations on matrices ; Determinants: Operations on Determinates ; Vector spaces ; Method for solving systems of linear equations: Case study ; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors ; Error norms of vector and matrix ; Applications using software packages.
A0342313	Cybersecurity	3	This course covers some of the main topics of protecting information and information systems such as: access control, web security, mail security, social engineering; some of the common vulnerabilities and attacks are also covered: DoS, spoofing, MitM, buffer overflow, CSS; tools related to some of the aforementioned topics will be covered as well; ethical and legal considerations related to cybersecurity are discussed such as: privacy, intellectual property, cybercrime, cyberwarfare, and the organizations involved in the formulation of such laws.
A0111208	Electronic Physics (Practical)	1	Oscilloscope and Function Generator Operation; Ohm?s and Kirchhoff?s Laws; Semiconductor Diode: Characteristics, Half Wave and Full Wave Rectification, Clipper and Clampers, Logic Gates; BJT Characteristics, Transistor As A Logic Gate; FET Characteristics; Op-Amp: Inverting and Noninverting Amplifier; Op-Amp Practical Circuits: Unity gain, Summing, Integrator and Differentiator.
A0342311	Computer Networks	3	The course studies the architecture, functions, components, and models of computer networks; the main functions and protocols of the application, transport, network, data link, and physical layers of the OSI and TCP/IP layered models are discussed; the principles and structure of IP addressing, purpose and types of NAT, basics of routing, and the fundamentals of Ethernet standard are introduced.
A0111103	Statistics and Probability	3	Data collections; Sampling; Measure of central tendency; Measures of dispersions; Probability: Rules of probability, Counting rules; Discrete random variables; Binomial distributions; Poisson distributions; Normal distributions; Linear regression and correlation; Applications using software packages.
A0111207	Electronic Physics	2	Semiconductor Diodes: Structure, Characteristics, Applications; Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT): Structure, DC biasing, AC analysis, Applications; Field- Effect Transistors (FET): Structure, DC Biasing, AC Analysis, Applications; Op-Amp: Structure, Inverting and Noninverting Amplifier, Op-Amp Practical Circuits: Unity Gain, Summing, Integrator and Differentiator.
A0332501	Introduction to Software Engineering	3	"System Development Methodologies: Software Engineering Processes, Waterfall, Prototype, Incremental, and Spiral, with focus on the Unified Process in its agile form; Principles of Software Engineering: Requirements Elicitation, Validation and Verification; Review of Principles of Object Orientation; Object Oriented Analysis Using UML: Behavioural UML Diagrams Use Case, Sequence, Activity, And State Diagrams; Structural UML Diagrams: Object, Class, and Package Diagrams.

Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:

Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0161200	Remedial English Language	3	Grammar: auxiliary verbs, tenses (past, present, future) Vocabulary: friendship, communication, IT, TV shows, media, houses, places description, compound nouns, free time activities, books and movies description, food, dinning out. Variety of skills: paragraph writing, verifying formal and informal letters, writing unofficial emails, ways of using punctuation, upper case letters and conjunctions, outlining main ideas and details, inferring conclusions and impeded meanings, determining author?s perspectives, presentations, argumentation and persuasion, agreeing and disagreeing expressions, making comparisons, narrating events, expressing opinions, making official phone calls, ordering food, correct pronunciation.
A0331700	Remedial Computer Skills	3	Introduction to basic computer hardware and software; copyrights; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point, Access; Introduction to Internet.
A0161100	Remedial Arabic Language	3	Language level and definition, speaking and comprehension texts, syntax exercises, Nominal Sentence, safe feminine plural, safe masculine plural, singularity, auxiliaries, duality, numbers, subordinates, punctuations, morphological exercise, dictation issues, Nunnation.