COURSE DESCRIPTION


Electrical Engineering

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37

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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
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.
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.
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.
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 - 37 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 37 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0111203 General Physics Lab. 1 A laboratory courses for Engineers covering the fundamental principles of physics to reinforce physics concepts through experimental approaches and applying basic measurement techniques in order to help students to understand phenomena related to his study and encounter in his daily life using. Experimental error and data analysis, Measurements, Force Table, Newton?s Second Law, Friction, Motion in One and Two Dimensions, Work and Energy, Simple Harmonic Motion (Simple Pendulum), Simple Harmonic Motion (Spring Mass system) Ohm?s Law, and Kirchhoff?s Law.
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.
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
A0111301 General Chemistry 3 "Chemistry and the atomic/ molecular view of matter; scientific measurements elements compounds, and the periodic table; the mole and stoichiometry; molecular view of reactions in aqueous solutions: doublereplacement reaction, redox reaction the quantum mechanical atom: electron configuration, properties of elements; basics of chemical bonding: ionic bonds, covalent bonds, intermolecular forces; chemical kinetics: rates laws; acids and bases: strong acids, weak acids, buffers. "
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.
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.
A0811201 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.
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.
A0811202 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.
A0812201 Communications Skills & Professional Ethics 3 "Basics of Communication Skills: Communication Process, Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication, Barriers to Communication; Listening Skills, Types of Listening, Speaking Skills: Strategies for Developing Speaking Skills, types of Speaking, Effective Presentation Strategies; Reading Skills: Reading Techniques, Reading Comprehension; Writing Skills: Attributes of Technical Writing, Benefits of Technical Writing, Types of Writing, Research Papers, Technical Reports, Job Application.
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.
A0111102 Mathematics (2) 3 The course includes: Applications of the Definite Integral; Techniques of Integration; Hyperbolic Functions; Inverse Trigonometric Functions; Improper Integrals; Polar coordinates and its applications; Taylor?s Formula; Sequences and Infinite Series and Applications with Emphasis on engineering models
A0111202 General Physics (2) 3 The course includes: electric charge and electric field, Gauss?s law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, current, resistance, and electromotive force, magnetic field, and magnetic forces, sources of magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, inductance, alternating current, electromagnetic waves.
A0832102 Engineering Statistics 3 Applications of statistics in engineering; Introduction to descriptive statistics, presentation and treatment of data; introduction to probability theory and probability distribution (discrete and continuous); counting techniques; sampling theory; statistical estimation; statistical hypothesis testing; correlation; finding regression equations and regression analysis.


Major Requirement - 58 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 49 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.
A0875601 Graduation Project (1) 1
A0873503 Electrical Machines 3 Principles of Electromagnetic circuit; Single-phase transformers: ideal, practical transformer, equivalent circuit, auto-transformer; Three-Phase Transformer: Types, Connection; AC Machinery Fundamentals: Principle of work, rotating magnetic field; Three phase induction motors: Principle of work, properties and performance, starting, speed control; Synchronous Machines: Construction, Internal Generated Voltage, Equivalent Circuit; Operation Modes: Alone, Parallel; Synchronous Motors: Steady state operation, starting. DC machines
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.
A0874509 Design of Lighting and Electrical Installations Lab. 1 Identify structural equipment; Training on domestic and industrial installations; Fault detection; safety systems and electrical protection installations; phone system for the entrances of buildings combinations; Fire alarm systems; Closed-Circuit Television; Lighting design and evaluation of lighting devices combinations.
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.
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.
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.
A0874601 Field Training 3 Practical experience to be gained through working for eight continuous weeks in an accredited establishment.
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.
A0873504 Electrical Machines Lab 1 DC Machines: Motors, Generators; Transformers: Single phase, Three-phase Transformers; Three-phase Synchronous Machines: Motors, Generators; Three-phase Induction Motors: Squirrel Cage Rotor, Wound Rotor (Slip-ring); Single-phase Motors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A0874508 Design of Lighting and Electrical Installations 3 Residential and Commercial building wiring: blueprint reading, branch circuit and feeder installations; Lighting: Illumination basic concepts, parameters and units, types and characteristics of lamps and luminaries, Indoor lighting design and public road lighting design; Low-voltage installations with TT earthing system of panels and boards; Single line diagram electrical safety; Special electrical installations: Fire alarm systems, Closed-Circuit Television.
A0874503 Electrical Power Systems (1 3 Structure of modern power systems, Basic concepts; Per unit system; Power transmission lines; Characteristics and Performance of power Transmission Lines; Load flow studies; Formulation of ZBUS Matrix; Symmetrical Fault Analysis; Symmetrical components; Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis; Unsymmetrical components.
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.
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.
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.
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 - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0875507 Power Systems Economics 3 Introduction containing general economic concepts; Power stations economics; Optimal dispatch of generation; Optimal power flow; Economics of transmission and distribution lines; Evaluation of electrical power projects; Impact of power system restructuring on its economics.
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.
A0875508 Power Systems Security 3 Introduction; Security analysis; Contingency Analysis; DC Power Flow; The DC Power Flow ? Generalization; Contingency Analysis using Sensitivity Factors; Generation shift sensitivity factors (G-Factors); Line outage sensitivity factors (L-Factors); Line Load ability; Methods for enhancing power systems security.
A0874510 Electrical Drives 3 Introduction to electric drive systems: elements of modern electrical drives, dynamics of motor-load system, load and motor torque-speed characteristics, steady state stability, thermal consideration; power electronic converters in electrical drives; DC Motors and Feedback Controller; AC Machines and Space Vectors; Drives for Synchronous Machines; Induction Machines; Reluctance motor drives; modeling of electric drives systems; braking of electric motors (dc and induction motors); drives of stepper motors.
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.
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.
A0875509 Power Systems Restructuring 3 Key points of electricity market liberalization: unbundled structure, competition, studies of new paradigms, market efficiency; Supply and demand modeling: definition, bidding and demand profiles, marginal cost, utility cost, revenue and benefit, complex bids for a multiple period market; Energy contracts and market mechanisms: spot market vs. open energy market, forward and futures contracts, bilateral trading: long term - over the counter - electronic trading, pool trading: market clearing price - impact of demand elasticity and price CAP, risk management: price volatility - call & put options - contracts for difference, examples;Transmission pricing & congestion management.
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.
A0875506 Power Systems Reliability 3 Introduction: the basic components of electrical power systems, basic definitions of reliability; Mathematical fundamentals for reliability analysis; Methods of reliability analysis: analytical methods and computer modeling methods for quantitative assessment of reliability; Reliability analysis of generation, transmission and distribution systems; Economics of reliability: Consumer Losses, Economic Indicators of Reliability, Cost-Benefit Estimation Process to Improve the Reality of Network Reliability.


Free Ellective - 41 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 41 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0814401 Embedded Systems 3 Introduction to Embedded Systems; Introducing PIC 16 Series: Architecture Overview of PIC16F84A, The 16F84A Memory, Power Up and Reset; Building Assembly Programs: Introduction to Assemblers, 16 Series Instruction Set; Parallel Ports; PIC 16F87XA: Architecture Overview, Special Memory Operations; The physical interface; Interrupts, Counters and Timers: Working with Interrupts, Counters and Timers, Watchdog Timer, Sleep Mode, Capture Mode, Compare Mode, PWM Module; Serial Communication; Data Acquisition.
A0822502 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.
A0823401 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.
A0823404 Analog Communications Lab. 1 Filters;AM and FM modulation and demodulation;amplitu demodulators;single-sideband transmission; super-heterodyne receiver.
A0812402 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
A0813402 Microprocessors 3 Introduction to the Microprocessor and Microcomputer; The Microprocessor and its Architecture; Addressing Modes; Instruction Set; Programming the Microprocessor using Assembly Languages; 8086 and 8088 Hardware Specifications: Memory Interface, Basic I/O Interface, Interrupts, Keyboard and Printer Interface, PPI 82C55, ADC, DAC and DMA Interface.
A0823502 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.
A0812401 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.
A0814403 Microprocessors & 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)
A0813201 Engineering Economy and Management 3 Engineering Project Development; Decision Making; Basic Concepts of Capital Investment: Formulas and Applications, Rates of Return, Economic Feasibility of Projects (Net Future Value, Net Present Value, and Equivalent Uniform Cash Flow); Comparison of Mutually Exclusive Proposals; Benefit-Cost Ratio Method; Depreciation; Corporate Taxation; Resource Allocation. basics of engineering mangment ,planing and organization of engineering project ,and project time schulding and mangment
A0823503 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.
A0823403 Analog Communications 3 Review of Fourier transforms; spectra, filters, and Hilbert transform; analog modulation techniques:AM, FM, and PM; band-pass noise representation: noise performance of analog modulation; FDM; super-heterodyne receiver.
A0812101 Discrete Mathematics 3 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics: 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.
A0824302 Wireless Communications 3 Fundamentals of wireless communication: the design, performance analysis, and fundamental performance limits of wireless communication systems. Overview of current and future wireless systems, wireless channel models including path loss, shadowing, and statistical multipath channel models.
A0823504 Digital Electronics Lab. 1 Characteristics of switching devices, characteristics of logic gates: RTL, TTL, and COMS; interfacing of TTL & CMOS gates and their problems; multivibrators circuit:monostables, astables, schmitt trigger, and bistables; 555 IC timer;DACand ADC circuits.
A0824401 Digital Communications 3 Sampling and analog to digital conversion: PAM, PCM, DPCM, delta modulation, and TDM; principle of digital data transmission: baseband transmission, Nyquist criteria, matched filter, and noise performance; inter symbol interference(ISI) and ways to address this problem; line coding; equalization; binary band-pass transmission: BASK, BFSK, BPSK, and DPSK; geometric representation of signals: orthogonal signals, correlation receivers and signal constellations; M-ary band-pass digital transmission: ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM; noise performance and bandwidth efficiency; synchronization.
A0825501 Communication Electronics 3 Transmitter and receiver performance; noise performance in communications electronics; noise figure; sensitivity; nonlinear behavior/performance of nonlinear devices; harmonics; blocking and desensitization; intermodulation, intermodulation distortion; one dB compression point (P1dB), third order intercept point (IP3); communication circuits at RF, PIN diodes, variable capacitance diodes, oscillators, mixers, RF power amplifiers, RF low noise amplifiers and IF amplifiers,phase locked-loop.


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.

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