2020 Summer Courses Description
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Course Description


Art History

  • Course Number: ARH 011

Course Name: History of Western Art

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

Ancient to Medieval History of Western European Art and Architecture is a general introduction to the history of western European art, its ancestry and its heritage. It is designed for the beginning student and assumes no previous experience in art or art history. In addition to lectures, students will be expected to participate in class discussions.


Business

  • Course Number: FIN 021

Course Name: Introduction to Finance

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of fundamental ideas of finance, such as the time value of money, risk and return, the cost of capital, and the no-arbitrage principle. Emphasis will be placed on capital budgeting, financial asset valuation, portfolio theory, and capital asset pricing theory.


  • Course Number: BLAW 031

Course Name: Business Law

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course will introduce the student to basic ethical theories and value systems. Students will apply these perspectives to moral issues, problems, and situations which arise within the business environment. Emphasis will be placed on how the applicable laws are being interpreted.


Computer Science

  • Course Number: CSC 012

Course Name: Computer Science I

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of programming and computer science. This course includes basic programming constructs such as variables, functions, conditions, exceptions, loops, tuples, lists, sets, dictionariesfiles, class, objects and methods. It also includes basic algorithmic techniques, object-oriented programming, test-driven development and problem-solving. Previous programming experience is not required.


  • Course Number: CSC 022

Course Name: Programming in Java

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course introduces the main purpose of the Java language programming method, new methods based on computer science. In the first part of the course, students will learn programming: software impose hierarchical structure development technology on program design. In the second part of the course, students will learn object-oriented principles programming (OOP): Object-based programming technology. The course includes algorithm construction principles, basic Java commands, control structures, arrays, various methods (including recursive methods), principles of object-oriented programming, collection, dynamic data structure and file operations.


ECONOMICS

  • Course Number: ECON 021

Course Name: Intermediate Microeconomics

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course focuses on the following topics: basic theory of consumer behaviour, production and cost, partial equilibrium analysis of pricing in competitive and monopolistic markets, overall equilibrium welfare, and externalities. More topics will be course if we have enough time. It is recommended for students planning to apply for postgraduate courses in economics, accounting or finance.


  • Course Number: ECON 022

Course Name: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course uses the tools of macroeconomics to deeply study various macroeconomic policy issues. Problems include long-term economic growth, medium-term government finances, and short-term economic stability. Many economic models in use today have been investigated. It is recommended for students planning to apply for postgraduate courses in economics, accounting or finance.


  • Course Number: ECON 041

Course Name: Money and Banking

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

It provides students with the opportunity to learn and discuss the topics of money, money markets, money market participants, monetary policies and its effects, and regulation of money markets, in addition to examining banks, banking services, and the banking industry. The dynamic nature of the banking industry will be examined, highlighting recent changes and expected future developments. Students will also learn to identify and manage financial risks.  


  • Course Number: ECON 042

Course Name: Econometrics I

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

Introduction to econometric models and techniques, simultaneous equations, program evaluation, and emphasis on regression. Advanced topics include instrumental variables, panel data methods, measurement errors, and limited dependent variable models.


Engineering

  • Course Number: EIT 011

Course Name: Engineering Graphics

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

The course will introduce the students to the Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (including graphic entities, hatch patterns, layering, and information extraction), object visualization, Isometric drawings and Multiview projection. Two-dimensional drafting and pictorial drawings using a CAD system. Descriptive geometry.


  • Course Number: ENGG 022

Course Name: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course introduces the dynamics and vibration of lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Topics covered include kinematics, force and momentum formulation of particles and rigid body systems in-plane motion, functional concepts, virtual displacements and virtual work. Students will also be familiar with the following topics: Lagrangian equations for particles and rigid body systems in-plane motion, and linearization of equations of motion.


English

  • Course Number: ENG 021

Course Name: English Composition I

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course emphasized the fundamentals of written communications, including expository prose, reading comprehension and interpretation, and rhetorical modes.

Individual instructors develop the schedule of instruction and assignments for each course they teach and provide this information on a course syllabus. The outline which follows is confined to topics that commonly appear on course syllabus for English composition I.


  • Course Number: ENG 023

Course Name: Technical and Business Writing

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course will expand upon your effective writing and critical reading abilities. Stresses invention, drafting, revising, editing, and self-assessment, along with effective critiquing and collaborating. You will also learn how to locate academic sources and how to approach these academic sources in a critical way.


Fine Arts

  • Course Number: FAS 021

Course Name: Introduction to Film Studies

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This class provides an introduction to the basic tools of film analysis. We will examine how elements like mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing and sound work together to create meaning in a range of films. We will also examine how these elements are put together in different types of films – narratives, documentaries and experimental cinema – and how films function in society to circulate ideas and ideologies. Intro to Film Studies provides you with the skills to analyze film aesthetics, as well as the tremendously important role movies, play in our culture.


Mathematics

  • Course Number: MATH 011

Course Name: Calculus I

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course introduces the differentiation of algebraic and prior functions, application of derivatives, differentiation, indefinite integral, definite integral. Partially meet the core math requirements. The goal here is to develop students' geometric insight into the concepts of difference and integration, and to apply these concepts to problem-solving and "real-world applications."

  • Course Number: MATH 021

Course Name: Calculus II

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

Continuation of MATH 011. Topics include integrated technology, applications of definite integration, introduction to incorrect integration, introduction to differential equations, the convergence of sequences and series, Taylor series, parametric equations and poles coordinate


  • Course Number: MATH 032

Course Name: Differential Equation

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This is an advanced calculus course for students of greater aptitude and motivation. Topics include: Ordinary differential equations first order; Second-order ordinary differential equations; systems of ordinary differential equations; Laplace transforms; Introduction to higher-order linear differential equations.


  • Course Number: MATH 041

Course Name: Foundation of Analysis

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course serves as an introductory course in more rigorous advanced calculus and analysis. It covers real numbers, sequences, series, continuous functions, differentiation, and integration. Students will be able to construct the real number system and to apply abstract mathematical thoughts to mathematical problems after completing this course. This course emphasizes understanding, constructing, and writing proofs.


  • Course Number: MATH 042

Course Name: Linear Algebra

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

Linear Algebra is a mathematics area that deals with the study of properties and applications of vectors, matrices and other mathematical structures. Solving systems of linear equations is a basic tool of many mathematical procedures used for solving problems in science and engineering. This course is designed to introduce students to matrix algebra and solutions of linear systems. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to solve linear equations, use matrix and vector algebra, calculating determinants, finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, apply basic strategies of mathematical proof and work with applications with linear algebra.


Science

  • Course Number: BIO 011

Course Name: General Biology

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course will explore the basic principles of general biology related to the level of cells, organisms and populations of tissues. Including cell ultrastructure and function, energy transfer, reproduction, genetics, evolution, biodiversity and ecology.


  • Course Number: CHEM 011

Course Name: General Chemistry I

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

This course will continue to study the principle of chemical equilibrium and the rate and mechanism of chemical reactions. Topics include solutions, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, chemical thermodynamics, acid bases, electrochemistry, thermodynamics and nuclear chemistry. Each week we are going to have a three-hour lab that will reinforce the lecture material.


  • Course Number: PHYS 021

Course Name: General Physics II

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

General Physics II is the second part of a one-year course in physics. In this course, students will learn the basics of physics, i.e. electricity and magnetism, such as Coulomb's law, electric field and potential, electric currents and circuits, induction, electromagnetic wave and lights, and introduction to the special theory of relativity and quantum physics. Students are welcome to ask questions before, after and in the middle of the class. Lecture notes will be given on the site, which will be informed later.


Humanities

  • Course Number: PSY 011

Course Name: Introduction to Psychology

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

An introductory survey of the scientific studies of human behaviour on the following topics: Human development, physiology, learning, individual differences, motivation, perception, personality, abnormal and social behaviour.  


  • Course Number: PSY 021

Course Name: Social Psychology

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

A study of group behaviour and the influence of groups on the perception, thinking, and behaviour of the individual. Topics are chosen from the following: Social influences on the development of personality and attitudes; the causes of human aggression; the nature of prejudice why people conform; why people like each other; and the dynamics of groups.  


  • Course Number: PHIL 011

Course Name: Introduction to Philosophy

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

Philosophy is a course that is essential for living in the multi-cultural environment of today. This class challenges and clarifies what one believes, what one's notion(s) of reality are, what and how one comes to know about the world, and, in general, how one views the world at large. This class is an important element in preparing the student to be a careful and reflective critical thinker while being exposed to the greatest western philosophers who have ever lived. The basic understanding of philosophy and its various components are foundational to the notion of what it means to be an “educated” person in the world in which we live.


  • Course Number: SOC 011

Course Name: Introduction to Sociology

Credit Hours4

Course Description:

A comprehensive introduction to the discipline of sociology, examining the basic concepts, e.g., role, status, social structure, research methods, culture, socialization, stratification, norms, values, groups, associations, institutions, community, deviance and society, as well as exploring its foundations and history, and techniques of seeing and understanding the world from a sociological perspective.



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