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Princess Sumaya University

for Technology

King Abdullah II Faculty

of Engineering

Bachelor Degree

In

Communications Engineering

Curriculum

Starting Academic Year

2015 / 2016

The King Abdullah II Faculty of Engineering ـةــــي للهندســـهللا الثانـ بدــلك عــــة المــــكليـ

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Bachelor in Communications Engineering

Curriculum

Curriculum Composition

University Requirements 27 16.9 %

College Requirements 30 18.8 %

Department Requirements 103 64.4 %

Total 160 100 %

Course Numbering System

D5 D4 D3 D2 D1

Where:

Digit Description Details

D1 Serial Number Within the area

D2 Area 1. General Engineering

2. General Electrical Engineering

3. Electronics

4. Computers

5. Communication 6. Power & Machines

7. Control & Specialized Topics

8. Technical Electives

9. Senior Project and Training

D3 Level (Year)

D4 Academic Program 1. Electronics Engineering

2. Computer Engineering

3. Communications Engineering

4. Electrical Power & Energy

D5 College 1. King Hussein Faculty of Computing Sciences

2. King Abdullah II Faculty of Engineering

3. King Talal Faculty of Business & Technology


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1. University Requirements (27 Credit Hours): a. Mandatory courses (12 credit hours):

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours Prerequisite

11000 Computer Skills Placement Test 0 ̶

11100 Computer Skills (Remedial) (1) 0 ̶

31010 Arabic Language Placement Test 0 ̶

31019 Arabic Language (Remedial) (2) 0 ̶

31020 English Language Placement Test 0 ̶

31029 English Language (Remedial) (2) 0 ̶

31111 Communication Skills/Arabic Language 3 31019

31121 Communication Skills/English Language 3 31029

31151 National Education (Jordanian Students) (3) 3 ̶

31153 Introduction to Society, Technology and

Environment Protection 3 -

31251 Military Science (Jordanian Students Only) (4) 3 ̶

(1) Students who pass the placement test successfully or obtain the ICDL certification

are exempted from this remedial course. (2) Students who pass the placement test successfully are exempted from taking this

remedial course.

(3) Non Jordanian students may choose to take it or any other University Elective course

instead.

(4) Non Jordanian students may choose to take, in lieu of this course, any other

University Elective course.


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b. Elective Courses (15 credit hours):

1. Scientific & Practical Skills (9 credit hours)

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours Prerequisite

31255 Entrepreneurship for Business 3 -

31311 Scientific Research Method 3 -

31372 Business Skills 3 -

31130 Foreign Language 3 -

2. General (6 credit hours)

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours Prerequisite

31161 Introductions to Library Science 3 ̶

31261 Introductions to Politics and Economics 3 ̶

31262 Introductions to Educational Science 3 ̶

31361 Introductions to Philosophy 3 ̶

31100 Sport & Health 3 ̶

20251 History of Science 3 ̶

31271 Environmental Science 3 ̶

31371 Health Education 3 ̶

31152 Islamic Arabic Civilization 3 ̶

31211 Arabic Literature 3 31111

31351 Current Issues in the Arab World 3 ̶

31352 Jerusalem: History and facts 3 ̶


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2. College Requirements (30 credit hours):

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours

Prerequisite

(* Co-requisite)

11103 Structured Programming 3 11100

11151 Structured Programming Lab 1 11103*

24218 Engineering Drawing Using Computers 1 ̶

24219 Engineering Workshop 1 ̶

24411 Engineering Ethics 1 99 Cr. Hrs.

20132 Calculus (1) 3 ̶

20133 Calculus (2) 3 20132

20141 Physics (1) 3 ̶

20142 Physics (2) 3 20141

20148 Physics (1) Lab 1 20141*

20149 Physics (2) Lab 1 20142*

20231 Calculus (3) 3 20133

20200 Technical Writing & Communication Skills 3 31111, 31121

32431 Engineering Economics 3 99 Cr. Hrs.


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3. Department Requirements (103 credit hours):

a. Mandatory Courses (94 credit hours):

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours

Prerequisite

(* Co-requisite)

21231 Electronics (1) 3 24221

21331 Electronics (2) 3 21231

21332 Digital Electronics 3 21331

21338 Electronics Lab 1 24229, 21331*

21339 Digital Electronics Lab 1 21338, 21332*

21431 Communications Electronics 3 21331, 23353

21439 Communications Electronics Lab 1 21338, 21431*

22241 Digital Logic Design 3 ̶

22344 Microprocessors 3 22241, 21231

22347 Logic & Microprocessors Lab 1 22344*

22442 Embedded Systems 3 22344

22448 Embedded Systems Lab 1 22442

23321 Electromagnetics (1) 3 20142, 20331

23351 Signals and Systems 3 24222, 20232,

23352*

23352 Programming Applications in Signals and Systems 1 23351*

23353 Analog Communications 3 23351

23421 Electromagnetics (2) 3 23321

23422 Microwave Engineering 3 23421

23451 Digital Communications 3 23353, 20334

23458 Cellular Applications Lab 1 11103

23459 Communications Lab 1 21338, 23451*

23490 Engineering Training 3 99 Cr. Hrs.

23551 Optical Communication 3 23353

23552 Cellular Communication 3 23451

23553 Communication Networks 3 23451

23557 Optical Communication Lab 1 23551*

23558 Cellular Communication Lab 1 23552

23559 Communication Networks Lab 1 23553*


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Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours

Prerequisite

(* Co-requisite)

23571 Digital Signal Processing 3 23351

23591 Senior design Project (1) 1 120 Cr. Hrs.

23592 Senior design Project (2) 2 23591

24221 Electric Circuits (1) 3 20142

24222 Electric Circuits (2) 3 24221

24229 Electric Circuits Lab 1 24222*

24471 Automatic Control 3 23351

24479 Automatic Control Lab 1 24471*

20232 Engineering Mathematics (1) 3 20133

20241 Physics (3) 3 20142

20331 Engineering Mathematics (2) 3 20231, 20232

20333 Numerical Analysis 3 20133

20334 Applied Probability 3 20231

b. Elective Courses (9 credit hours):

Course

No. Course Title

Credit

Hours

Prerequisite

(* Co-requisite)

11206 Object Oriented Programming 3 11103

21573 Image Processing 3 23351

22443 Computer Networks 3 22344

22444 Computer Architecture & Organization (1) 3 22241

22546 Network Management and Security 3 22443

23554 Coding and Cryptography 3 23451

23555 Advanced Communication Systems 3 23451

23556 Satellite Communication 3 23451

23572 Telecommunications Equipment Operation 3 23451

23573 Radar Systems 3 23353

23574 Wireless Networks 3 23451

24464 Electric Machines & Power Systems 3 24222, 23321

24561 Power Electronics 3 21331

21581 Special Topics in Electronics Engineering 3 To be set by Dept.

22581 Special Topics in Computer Engineering 3 To be set by Dept.

23581 Special Topics in Communication Eng. 3 To be set by Dept.


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24583 Special Topics in Power and Energy Eng. 3 To be set by Dept.

The King Abdullah II Faculty of Engineering ـةــــللهندسي ـــهللا الثانـ بدــلك عــــة المــــكليـ

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Bachelor in Communication Engineering Curriculum Course Distribution

Science & Electricity Electronics Communication Computers Control No. Course Title Cr No. Course Title Cr No. Course Title Cr No. Course Title Cr No. Course Title Cr

24221 Electric Circuits

(1)

3 21231 Electronics (1) 3 23351 Signals and Systems 3 22241 Digital Logic

Design

3 24471 Automatic

Control

3

21331 Electronics (2) 3 23352 Programming

Applications in Signals &

Systems

1


(2) 3 21332 Digital

Electronics

3 22341 Microprocessors 3 24479 Automatic

Control Lab

1

22347 Logic &

Microprocessors

Lab

1


Lab

1 21338 Electronics Lab 1 23353 Analog Communications 3

21339 Digital

Electronics Lab

1 23422 Microwave Engineering 3

23321 Electromagnetics

(1)

3 23451 Digital Communications 3 22442 Embedded

Systems

3

21431 Communications

Electronics

3 23458 Cellular Applications

Lab

1

23421 Electromagnetics

(2)

3 22448 Embedded

Systems Lab

1


Electronics Lab

1 23459 Communications Lab 1

20232 Engineering

Mathematics (1)

3 23551 Optical Communications 3

23552 Cellular Communications 3

20331 Engineering

Mathematics (2)

3 23553 Communications

Networks

3

20241 Physics (3) 3 23557 Optical Communications

Lab

1

20333 Numerical

Analysis

3

23558 Cellular Communications

Lab

1

20334 Applied Prob. 3


Networks Lab

1 23571 Digital Signal Processing 3

Total 28 Total 15 Total 30 Total 11 Total 4

Electives: 9 Credit Hours

Engineering Training: 3 Credit Hours

Senior Projects (1) & (2): 3 Credit Hours


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Suggested Study Plan for Bachelor in Communications Engineering (2015/2016) First Year (16 + 17) Second Year (17 + 16) Third Year (15 + 16) Fourth Year (17 + 16) Fifth Year (14 + 13)

No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq.

31111 Arabic Language 31019 24218 Engineering Drawing −

21331 Electronics (2) 21231 22442 Embedded Systems 22344 23551

Optical

Communications 23353

20132 Calculus (1) − 21338 Electronics Lab

24229

21331*

23421 Electromagnetics (2) 23321

20141 Physics (1) −

24219 Engineering

Workshop − 23451

Digital

Communications

23353

20334 23552 Cellular Communications 23451

20148 Physics (1) Lab 20141* 22344 Microprocessors 22241 21231

31151 National Education − 24221 Circuits (1) 20142 22347

Logic &

Microprocessors Lab 22344* 23459 Communications Lab

21338

23451* 23557

Optical

Communications Lab 23551* University Elective 20231 Calculus (3) 20133

20232 Engineering

Mathematics (1) 20133

23351 Signals and

Systems

24222

20232

23352*

24471 Automatic

Control 23351 23571

Digital Signal

Processing 23351

20200 Technical Writing 1101 1104

24479 Automatic

Control Lab 24471*

Technical Elective

23352 Prog. Applications in

Signals & Systems 23351*

23591 Senior Design Project (1) 120 Cr.

Hrs. University Elective 20331

Engineering

Mathematics (2)

20231

20232

University Elective

11103 Structured

Programming 11100

21231 Electronics (1) 24221 21332 Digital Electronics 21331 21431

Communications

Electronics

21331

23353 23553

Communications

Networks 23451

22241 Logic Design − 21339

Digital Electronics Lab

21338 21332*

11151 Structured

Programming Lab 11103*

24222 Circuits (2) 24221 21439

Communications Electronics Lab

21338 21431*

23558 Cellular

Communications Lab 23552

24229 Electric

Circuits Lab 24222* 23321 Electromagnetics (1)

20142 20331 31121 English Language 31029

22448 Embedded Systems

Lab 22442 23559

Communications Networks Lab

23553* 20133 Calculus (2) 20132 20241 Physics (3) 20142 23353 Analog Comm. 23351

20142 Physics (2) 20141 31251 Military Science − 20334 Applied Probability 20231 23422 Microwave Engr. 23421 Technical Elective

20149 Physics (2) Lab 20142*

20333 Numerical Analysis 20133 23458 Cellular App Lab 11103 Technical Elective

University Elective

24411 Engineering Ethics 99 Hrs. 23592 Senior Design Project

(2) 23591

32431 Engr. Economics

99 Cr.

Hrs.

University Elective

* Prerequisite or co-requisite. (Students can take their practical training in any semester once they finish 99 Cr. Hrs. No courses or labs are allowed to be taken during that

semester.)

University Electives

Communication Engineering Technical Electives

Select 2 courses: Select 2 of the following courses:

No. Course No. Course No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq. No. Course Prereq.

31152 Islamic Arabic Civilization 31351 Current Issues in the Arab World 11206 OOP 11103 23554 Coding & Cryptography 23451 24464

Electric Machines

& Power Systems

24222 & 23321 31211 Arabic Literature 31352 Jerusalem: History and facts 21573 Image Processing 23351 23555 Adv. Comm. Systems 23451

31261 Intro. to Politics &

Economics 20251 History of Science 31262

Intro. to Educational

Science 22443 Computer Networks 22344 23556 Satellite Communication 23451 24561 Power Electronics 21331

31161 Intro. to Library Science 31361 Intro. to Philosophy 31371 Health Edu. 22444 Computer Arch (1) 22241 23572 Telecom. Equipment Oper 23451 21581 Special Topics in Electronics Engr.

Set By

Dept.

31100 Sport & Health 31271 Environmental Science

22546 Network Mgmt

& Security 22443

23573 Radar Systems 23353 22581 Special Topics in Computer Engr.

Select 3 courses:

23574 Wireless Networks 23451 23581 Special Topics in Comm. Engr.

31130 Foreign Language 31372 Business Skills

31311 Scientific Research Method 31255 Entrepreneurship for Business 24583 Special Topics in Power & Energy Eng.


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Course Description

11000 Computer Skills Placement Test

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

This test covers all topics taught in 2100 Computer skills (Remedial).

11100 Computer Skills (Remedial)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

Introduction to computers: historical, components, functionality. Introduction to

computer hardware and software. Programming languages. Introduction to operating

systems. Introduction to word processing with practical applications in preparing

homework and reports. Spreadsheets. Computer graphics. Presentation design. Using

the Internet and emails.

11103 Structured Programming

Prerequisite: 11100

Credit Hours: 3

Concepts of structured programming. Structured programming languages. Program

design, development, running, and testing, and debugging programs. Syntax and

semantics of the programming language C++. Basic elements of the language:

variables, constants, and data types. Basic input/output functions. Conditional and

iterative control structures. Concept of procedural programming, Top/down design.

Structured decomposition. Functions and parameter passing. Recursive functions.

Pointers and dynamic variables. Basic data structures: one and two-dimensional

arrays, string manipulation, structures. Input / Output files, Concepts of OOP and

Classes.

11151 Structured Programming Lab

Co-requisite: 11103

Credit Hours: 1

Laboratory sessions on applications of structured programming. It includes training

on the different aspects and topics of the structured programming using C.

11201 Geographical Information Systems

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

The goal of this course is to introduce the students to the basics of GIS. Specific

features of the course include: coverage of basic geographic, cartographic, and GIS

concepts. Topics include: computer representation of physical, political, statistical,

and social aspects of space using vector-based maps, graphic design principles for

using shape, hue, size, and patterns in mapping, attribute-based and graphic feature-

based queries for spatial analysis. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow

individuals and organizations to pose, explore and answer a variety of public- and

private-sector questions using spatial data.


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11206 Object Oriented Programming

Prerequisite: 11103

Credit Hours: 3

Object oriented programming concepts and paradigms. Review of control structures,

data types and functions. Data abstraction and ADT. Encapsulation and information

hiding. Classes, attributes and methods (operations). Objects, instantiation, and

constructors. Software reuse and reengineering. Inheritance. Overloading.

Polymorphism. Templates. Graphical User Interface.

21231 Electronics (1)

Prerequisite: 21221

Credit Hours: 3

Basic semiconductor concepts. Diodes: DC and AC analysis, special type diodes.

Theory of Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT): biasing techniques, BJT amplifier

analysis. Field Effect Transistors (FET): biasing techniques, FET amplifier. Simple

applications of BJT’s and FET’s.

21331 Electronics (2)

Prerequisite: 21231

Credit Hours: 3

Operational amplifiers: basic theory, characteristics and applications. Differential and

multistage amplifiers. Frequency response of single and multistage amplifiers.

Negative feedback analysis: feedback topology, properties and stability analysis.

21332 Digital Electronics

Prerequisite: 21331

Credit Hours: 3

Dynamic operation of the BJT switch. Early form of the digital circuit. Study of DTL

and TTL circuits. Characteristics of the standard TTL circuit. TTL families with

improved performance. Emitter-coupled logic (ECL) circuits. Design and

performance evaluation of CMOS logic circuits. Types of the CMOS logic circuits:

pass transistor, dynamic logic. Latches, flip-flop, architecture of memories (SRAM,

DRAM, ROM). Logic gate based multi-vibrator circuits. BiCMOS and GaAs logic

circuits. Interface of various logic gates. Sampling circuit, D/A and A/D conversion

techniques.

21338 Electronics Lab

Prerequisite: 21229

Co-requisite: 21331

Credit Hours: 1

Diode characteristics and applications. BJT characteristics and DC biasing. FET

characteristics and DC biasing. BJT amplifiers. Operational amplifiers. Multistage

amplifiers. Differential amplifiers. Frequency response. Feedback techniques.


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21339 Digital Electronics Lab

Prerequisite: 21338

Co-requisite: 21332

Credit Hours: 1

Basic TTL circuits. TTL characteristics. Basic MOS logic circuits. MOS

characteristics. Logic gate based oscillators. Sampling circuits. A/D and D/A

converters. Introduction to Hardware Description Language (HDL).

21431 Communication Electronics

Prerequisite: 21331 and 23353

Credit Hours: 3

Power amplifiers: classification of output stage A, B, C, and AB. Efficiency analysis

of power amplifiers and basic techniques in heat sink design. Tuned amplifier: theory

and design. Oscillators: LC and crystal oscillators. Modulation and demodulation

circuits and synthesizers. Phase-Locked Loop (PLL): theory and design. Active and

passive filters.

21439 Communication Electronics Lab

Prerequisite: 21338

Co-requisite: 21431

Credit Hours: 1

Power amplifier. Oscillators. Modulation and demodulation circuits. Phase Locked

Loop (PLL) circuits. Active filters.

21573 Image Processing

Prerequisite: 23351

Credit Hours: 3

Enhancement in the spatial domain. Image enhancement in the frequency domain.

Image restoration. Color image processing. Wavelets. Image compression.

Morphological image processing. Image segmentation.

21581 Special Topics in Electronics Engineering

Prerequisite: To be set by the Dept.

Credit Hours: 3

The objective of this course is to introduce advanced and new topics in one of the

areas of electronics engineering. The topics can be changed from one year to another

depending on the instructor’s area of specialty.

22241 Digital Logic Design

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Number systems. Basic gates and logic functions. Boolean algebra, Boolean

expressions. Logic minimization techniques. Combinational logic building blocks:

decoders, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers and magnitude comparators. Digital

arithmetic: adders and subtractors. Basics of sequential circuits: latches and flip-

flops. Timing diagrams. Counters and shift registers. Basic PLDs, CPLDs and

FPGAs. State machines. System design with state machines using VHDL. Memory

devices and systems: RAM, ROM, FIFO, LIFO and DRAM.


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22344 Microprocessors


Credit Hours: 3

Assembly language instruction set. Addressing modes. Arithmetic instructions.

Logical and bit manipulating instruction. I/O instructions. Microprocessor pin out and

timing diagram. Address decoding circuits. Memory interfacing. Input output

interfacing. Serial and parallel communications. Counter and timers. Interrupts.

DMA controllers.

22347 Logic and Microprocessors Lab

Co-requisite: 22344

Credit Hours: 1

Combinational logic circuits. Decoders and Multiplexers. ROM and RAM. Registers

and Counters. Assembly language programming. Input/Output interfacing. Keyboard

and 7-Segment display interfacing.

22442 Embedded Systems

Prerequisite: 22344

Credit Hours: 3

Embedded systems characteristics. Microprocessors versus microcontrollers.

Microcontrollers characteristics. General-purpose microcontrollers. Examples of

microcontroller architectures. Interrupts. Counters/timers. Input/output ports.

Microcontroller programming. Instruction set. Program development and use of

assemblers. Memory maps and addressing modes. Digital to analogue and analogue

to digital conversion in microcontrollers. Data acquisition and distribution. Serial and

parallel communications. Real-time systems and its constraints. Interfacing to

external devices. Power consumption consideration. Applications.

22443 Computer Networks

Prerequisite: 22344

Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to computer networks and the Internet. Protocol layers and the OSI

model. Application layer: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS and peer-to-peer

applications. Transport layer: UDP, TCP and congestion control. Network layer:

virtual circuits, routers, IP protocols and routing algorithms. Link layer: error

detection and correction, multiple access, MAC addressing, switches, ARP, Ethernet,

PPP, local area networks and wide area networks. Wireless and mobile networks.

Security in computer networks.

22444 Computer Architecture and Organization (1)

Prerequisite: 22241

Credit Hours: 3

Register transfer & microoperations. Design of arithmetic logic unit. Computer

Instructions. Number representations and computer arithmetic. Computer

organization and components. Processor design: datapath and control units.

Instruction cycle. Pipelining.


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22448 Embedded Systems Lab

Prerequisite: 22442

Credit Hours: 1

Introduction to PIC MPLAB IDE. Interfacing switches and LED displays. Use of

mechanical and solid-state relays. Interrupts and counters. A/D conversion.

Temperature measurement. Waveform generation. PWM techniques.

22546 Network Management and Security

Prerequisite: 22443

Credit Hours: 3

Network management overview. Security policy and procedures. Cryptography and

its application to network security. Authentication. Intrusion detection and

prevention. Securing E-Commerce systems. Web security. Firewalls security

implementation. Application of security tools. Wireless security technologies.

Disaster recovery and continuation of E-Business functions.

22581 Special Topics in Computer Engineering


Credit Hours: 3


areas of computer engineering. The topics can be changed from one year to another

depending on the instructor’s area of specialty.

23321 Electromagnetics (1)


Credit Hours: 3

Review of coordinate systems and vector calculus. Electrostatic fields. Electric fields

in material space. Magnetostatic fields. Magnetic fields in material space. Maxwell’s

equations.

23351 Signals and Systems

Prerequisite: 24222 and 20232 and 23352

Co-requisite: 23352

Credit Hours: 3

Classification of signals and systems. System modeling and time domain analysis.

The Fourier series, the Fourier transform, and Laplace transform and applications.

Frequency response and filter concepts. Signal transmission. Spectral analysis.

Discrete-time signals and systems: classification of signals and systems. The Z-

Transform and applications.

23352 Programming Applications in Signals and Systems

Co-requisite: 23351

Credit Hours: 1

Introduction to MATLAB. Using MATLAB in signals and systems. Signal

generation and the convolution process. Fourier series. Laplace and Fourier

transforms. Transient and steady state response. Filter design. Discrete signals: Z-

transform and frequency domain analysis.


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23353 Analog Communications

Prerequisite: 23351

Credit Hours: 3

Spectral densities. Correlation function. Power-bandwidth product. Distortion and

distortionless channels. Analog modulation: DSB-SC, DSB-AM, SSB, Vestigial AM,

modulator, demodulator: coherent, non-coherent. Angle modulation: FM, PM,

modulator, demodulator. Base-band modulation: sampling theorem, PAM, PWM,

PPM. Noise in analog communications: noise types, signal to noise ratio, the additive

white Gaussian noise, signal interference.

23421 Electromagnetics (2)

Prerequisite: 23321

Credit Hours: 3

Electromagnetic wave propagation. Transmission lines. Smith chart. Rectangular and

cylindrical waveguides. Waveguide resonators. Antennas.

23422 Microwave Engineering

Prerequisite: 23421

Credit Hours: 3

Microwave transmission lines and matching techniques. Design of microwave

amplifiers and oscillators. Microwave passive devices. Microwave antennas.

Introduction to microwave systems.

23451 Digital Communications


Credit Hours: 3

Base band digital modulation techniques: PCM, DM, D-Σ, and DPCM. Line coding.

Intersymbol interference: M-ary signaling, bandwidth, data rate. Multiplexing: FDM,

TDM, CDM. Passband digital modulation and demodulation techniques: ASK, FSK,

PSK, DPSK, M-ary, coherent and non-coherent detection. Bit error rate performance.

Channel coding theory: convolution coding, block codes. Error performance using

coding.

23458 Cellular Applications Lab

Co-requisite: 11103

Credit Hours: 1

.

23459 Communications Lab

Prerequisite: 21338

Co-requisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 1

Spectral analysis. Amplitude modulation. Frequency modulation: phase shift keying,

amplitude shift keying, frequency shift keying. TDMA. FDMA. Lab project.


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23490 Engineering Training

Prerequisite: Finish 99 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 3

Grade: Pass/Fail

Students undertake suitable and supervised internships for a period of 8 consecutive

weeks in Jordan, or 6 consecutive weeks outside.

23551 Optical Communications

Prerequisite: 23353

Credit Hours: 3

Light propagation. Types of optical fibers and their properties. Light sources for

optical fibers. Optical detectors. Optical digital communications. Fiber optic

communications.

23552 Cellular Communications

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Elements of cellular radio systems: specifications, cell coverage for signal traffic, cell

site, mobile antenna, frequency management and channel assignment. GSM network

systems. Introduction to the latest developments.

23553 Communication Networks

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to communications networks. Design principles of communications

networks TCP/IP protocol. The OSI model and applications. Introduction to queuing

theory. Network capacity improvements using coding techniques.

23554 Coding and Cryptography

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Shannon limit theorem. Punctured codes. Turbo code-decode process (iterative

decoding). Iterative decoding error performance for block and convolutional codes.

Private and public key cryptography.

23555 Advanced Communications Systems

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communication link design and analysis.

Optimal design of practical communication systems. Spread spectrum, multicarrier

technologies.

23556 Satellite Communications

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Orbital aspect of satellite communications and spacecraft. Satellite link design,

modulation and multiplexing techniques for satellite links. Earth station technology.

Global position satellites systems (GPS).


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23557 Optical Communications Lab

Co-requisite: 23551

Credit Hours: 1

.

23558 Cellular Communications Lab

Prerequisite: 23552

Credit Hours: 1

Cell analysis and planning. Frequency management and channel assignment. GSM

network evaluation and performance measurements of cells through frequency noise

technique measurements of signal to noise ratio.

23559 Communication Networks Lab

Co-requisite: 23553

Credit Hours: 1

Network structure evaluation. Packet routing and delay evaluation. Throughput

evaluation. Packet arrival and queue distribution. Open project: evaluation of a

complete network performance and usage of different technology to improve the

actual performance.

23571 Digital Signal Processing

Prerequisite: 23351

Credit Hours: 3

Discrete-time signals and systems. Frequency analysis of discrete-time signals and

systems. Sampling and quantization. Discrete Fourier transform. Windowing effect.

Z-transform. FIR and IIR Digital filters design. Digital filters realization. Fast Fourier

transform.

23572 Telecommunications Equipment Operation

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to Mobile OS: Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux and Android. The

architecture of Mobile OS and the mobile Environment. Advanced communication

on mobile networks. Active objects and threads. Client-Server framework. Protocols

and operations of telecommunication equipment: switches, routers, gateways, MSC

and BSC.

23573 Radar Systems

Prerequisite: 23353

Credit Hours: 3

Basic concepts of radar: reflection and refraction. Radar equation. Detection theory.

Radar signal types: AM, FM, and CW radars. Analysis of tracking. Radar Resolution.

Frequency (Doppler) measurements. Moving Target Indicators (MTI).


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23574 Wireless Networks

Prerequisite: 23451

Credit Hours: 3

This course emphasizes the description, modeling and performance evaluation of the

physical and medium access control layers of the wireless personal area network. It

includes Bluetooth and Zigbee, Wireless Local Area Networks (IEEE802.11 and

HyperLAN). The course also covers networking of wireless medium and Wide Area

Networks including WiMAX, and introduces cognitive radio and programmable

wireless networks.

23581 Special Topics in Communications Engineering


Credit Hours: 3


areas of Communications engineering. The topics can be changed from one year to

another depending on the instructor’s area of specialty.

23591 Senior Design Project (1)


Credit Hours: 1

Grade: Pass/Fail

Projects are aimed at developing independent engineering problem solving skills. A

project should be performed by two or more students under the supervision of a

faculty member.

23592 Senior Design Project (2)

Prerequisite: 23591

Credit Hours: 2

Continuation of Senior Design Project (1). Students are required to fulfill the project

objectives, perform a formal presentation and submit a final report.

24218 Engineering Drawing Using Computers

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 1

Introduction to engineering drawing and AutoCAD software. Setting up drawing

parameters. Coordinates entry. Object snap. Basic editing techniques. Blocks. Multi-

lines. Polylines. Spline. Layers. Dimensions. Orthographic projection. Auxiliary

views. Sections. Three-dimensional pictorials. Editing solids and 3-D operations.

Boolean Operations.

24219 Engineering Workshop

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 1

Development of basic skills in fields of hand filing, turning, welding, piping and

plumbing, carpentry, sand casting, glass works, sheet metal fabrication, and

household electric circuits. Theories related to metal machining, measurements,

metal forming, sand casting, and welding. Industrial Safety. Engineering Materials

and Their, Properties. Electrical wiring. Casting Processes. Metal Forming (Working)

Processes. Metal Machining Processes. Metal Joining. Carpentering.


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24221 Electric Circuits (1)

Prerequisite: 20142

Credit Hours: 3

Types of circuits and circuit elements. Revision of Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws.

Circuit analysis techniques: voltage and current division, nodal and mesh analysis,

source transformation, superposition, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems. Inductance

and capacitance. Source-free RL and RC circuits. Applications of the unit-step

forcing function. The RLC circuit: source-free parallel and series RLC and complete

response. Sinusoidal forcing function. Phasor concept.

24222 Electric Circuits (2)

Prerequisite: 24221

Credit Hours: 3

The sinusoidal steady state response: application of phasor concept and circuit

analysis techniques AC circuits. Average power and RMS values. Poly-phase

circuits: three phase (Y) and (Δ) connection. Complex frequency. Frequency

response and Bode plot. Magnetically coupled circuits. Two-port networks.

24229 Electric Circuits Lab

Co-requisite: 24222

Credit Hours: 1

DC circuit: Kirchhoff’s laws and mesh analysis. Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems.

Superposition theorem. Wheatstone bridge. Transient response: RL, RC, and RLC

circuits. AC circuits: impedance concept, frequency response, three-phase circuits.

Y- Δ transformation. Maximum power transfer. Two-port networks.

24411 Engineering Ethics


Credit Hours: 1

Safety and responsibility. Professional responsibility tow customers and to

employers. Blowing the whistle. Codes of ethics and honor. Professional choices.

Legal obligations. Standard ethics theories. Case studies.

24464 Electric Machines and Power Systems

Prerequisite: 24222 and [24321 or 23231]

Credit Hours: 3

Per-unit system and applications. Transformer: single- and three-phase, ideal and

practical, modeling and equivalent circuits. Synchronous machines. Single-line

diagram. Y-bus and Z-bus matrices. Load flow analysis. Transmission lines:

classification (short and long), for communications purposes. Calculations of R, L

and C parameters. ABCD representation.


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24471 Automatic Control

Prerequisite: 23351

Credit Hours: 3

Transfer Functions: block diagrams and signal flow graphs. Mathematical modeling

of physical systems. State space representations. Control systems characteristics.

Time response of systems and closed loop performance of second order systems.

Stability and Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion. Root locus analysis. Nyqist stability

criterion. Bode plots. Frequency domain analysis. Design of control systems.

24479 Automatic Control Lab

Co-requisite: 24471

Credit Hours: 1

A set of experiments that cover the following: analog simulation, first and second

order systems, transient and steady state for step, ramp, and parabolic inputs. Time

and frequency response of second order systems. DC motor control. Application of

PID controller, phase-lead, and phase-lag controllers. Level control. Applications

using simulation software.

24561 Power Electronics

Prerequisite: 21331

Credit Hours: 3

Principles and methods of Electric power conversion (including waveform

components, phase control and pulse width modulation), semiconductor power

switches, supplementary components and systems (drivers, overcurrent protection

schemes, snubbers and filters), AC-to- DC converters, AC-to- AC converters

(including PWM AC voltage converters, cycloconverters and matrix converters),

DC-to-DC converters, DC-to-AC converters (Inverters), switching power supplies,

power Electronics for clean Energy (PV , Wind, Fuel cell and Electric and Hybrid

cars).

31010 Arabic Language Placement Test

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

Testing basic grammars in Arabic.

31019 Arabic Language (Remedial)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

The verb and noun. Grammars. Punctuation. Al Hamza. Applications.

31020 English Language Placement Test

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

Testing basic grammars in English.

31029 English Language (Remedial)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 0

Reading. Writing. Speaking. Listening. Application.


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31111 Arabic Language

Prerequisite: 31019

Credit Hours: 3

Summarization. Punctuation. Spelling. Deletion. Displacement. Construction and

inflection. Derivation. Substitution and the vowel system. Number. Indescribability.

Sentence. Clause. Rhetoric issues and various applications.

31121 English Language

Prerequisite: 31029

Credit Hours: 3

Advanced reading. Advanced writing. Grammar. Speech. Translation.

20132 Calculus (1)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Functions, limits and continuity. Derivatives. Differentiation. Inverse functions.

Trigonometric functions. Logarithmic and exponential functions. Hyperbolic

functions. Integrals.

20133 Calculus (2)

Prerequisite: 20132

Credit Hours: 3

Methods of integration. Applications of integration. Plane analytic geometry

including polar coordinates. Sequences and series, including power series.

20141 Physics (1)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Units and measurements. Vector algebra. Kinematics. Projectile and circular

motions. Newton’s laws of motion. Forces of nature. Applications of Newton’s laws

on rectilinear and circular motions. Work and energy. Law of conservation of

mechanical energy. Laws of conservation of linear and angular momenta.

20142 Physics (2)

Prerequisite: 20141

Credit Hours: 3

Electric fields. Gauss’ law. Electric potential. Capacitance and dielectrics. Current

and resistance. Direct current circuits. Magnetic fields. Source of the magnetic field.

Faraday’s law. Inductance. Alternating current circuits. Electromagnetic waves.

20148 Physics (1) Lab

Co-requisite: 20141

Credit Hours: 1

Basic measurements. Static equilibrium. Newton’s second law on the air track.

Moment of inertia. The simple harmonic motion of a spring. Young’s modulus of

elasticity. Resonance in air columns. Linear expansion of a solid.


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20149 Physics (2) Lab

Co-requisite: 20142

Credit Hours: 1

Electric fields. Slide-wire Wheatstone bridge. Damped electrical oscillations. Index

of refraction. Interference and diffraction. Photoelectric effect.

31151 National Education

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Jordan: the land, people and homeland. The Arab nation. History of Jordan. Political

system. Jordanian society. Major national institutions. Internal and external

challenges facing Jordan. The role of local institutions in achieving development in

national awareness. The family and its role in society.

31152 Islamic Arabic Civilization

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Concept of civilization. Stages of development of Islamic Arabic civilization.

Principles and grounds of Islamic Arabic civilization. Areas of cultural creativity in

Islamic Arabic Civilization. Linguistics. Theology. Islamic jurisprudence.

Philosophy. Natural and social sciences. Islamic art and music. Unity of the Arab and

Islamic worlds.

31161 Introductions to Library Science

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Information sources. Types of cataloging. Types of catalogs. Types of classification.

Information and knowledge. Information society. Information services. Information

technology. Information storage. Information retrieval and dissemination.

Information and Internet.

20251 History of Science

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Importance of understanding science as a socio-historic phenomenon. Science as

industry. Science and development. Cognitive conditions of scientific production.

Examples: Kepler and Planck. Science as social production. Socio-historic

determinants of the social production of science. Main epochs of the history of natural

science. Greek Science. Hellenistic science Roman science. Arabic Islamic science.

Modern European science. Science in the contemporary Arab world. Epistemological

periodization of natural science. Roots of the philosophy of nature. The Ionians.

Platonic project in astronomy. Aristotle. Ptolemy. Arabic Islamic astronomy. The 17th

century Scientific Revolution.

31211 Arabic Literature

Prerequisite: 31111

Credit Hours: 3

Developing students' taste of Arabic literature through reading of literature essays.

Analysis. Introducing some literature aspects from different eras.


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20231 Calculus (3)

Prerequisite: 20133

Credit Hours: 3

Vectors in a plane. Vectors in space. Plane and space curves. Functions of several

variables. Partial differentiation and derivatives. Gradient. Extremal values. Lagrange

multipliers. Double integrals in Cartesian and polar coordinates. Triple integrals in

Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates.

20232 Engineering Mathematics (1)

Prerequisite: 20133

Credit Hours: 3

First order ordinary differential equations. Second and higher order linear ordinary

differential equations. Systems of first order linear and nonlinear ordinary differential

equations and stability. Laplace transforms.

20241 Physics 3

Prerequisite: 20142

Credit Hours: 3

Nature of light and the properties of Ray, Image Formation, Diffraction Patterns and

Polarization, Electro-Magnetic Waves, Relativistic Mechanics, Introduction to

Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Atomic Physics, Molecules and

Crystalline Solids.

31251 Military Science (Jordanian Students Only)

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Grade: Pass/Fail

History of the Jordanian army. Jordanian peace forces. Preparing the nation for

defense and liberation. Genesis and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of

Jordan.

31261 Introductions to Politics and Economics

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

The nature of political economy. The issues of political economy. The importance of

the market. Market effects and political economy. Three ideologies of political

economy. The dynamics of the international political economy. The political

economy of structural changes. Long-term variations of economic growth and the

effect of political hegemonic. The politics of international trade. The political

economy of international finance.

31262 Introductions to Educational Science

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Education: principles and philosophy. Education and individuals. Education and

learning. Education and society. Education and development. Educational courses

and methods. Educational institutions and educational assessments. Education in the

Arab and Islamic worlds.


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20200 Technical Writing & Communication Skills


Credit Hours: 3

Organization of the technical report. Layout and organization of the front page.

Arrangement of information. Organization and layout of headings and sub-headings.

Numbering systems. Order of arrangements of results and recommendations. How to

prepare an undetailed proposal on any technical and scientific work.

31271 Environmental Science

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

The earth and natural hazards. Ecosystems. Biogeochemical cycles. Man and the

Environment. The natural resources in the solid Earth system. Air pollution. Water

resources. Management and pollution. Solid waste. Food and Health. Environmental

impact assessment.

20331 Engineering Mathematics (2)


Credit Hours: 3

Vector calculus. Line and surface integrals. The three main theorems: Green theorem,

Stokes theorem and divergence theorem. Fourier series, integrals and transforms.

Partial differential equations solutions using Fourier series and Transforms.

20333 Numerical Analysis

Prerequisite: 20133

Credit Hours: 3

Vectors and matrices. Determinants. System of linear algebraic equations. Cramer’s

rule and characteristics-value problem. Error analysis. Iterative methods for solving

linear and nonlinear systems of equations. Interpolation and approximation.

Introduction to numerical differentiation and integration.

20334 Applied Probability

Prerequisite: 20231

Credit Hours: 3

Probability principles and set theory. Random variables. Operations on random

variables. Various distribution functions. Introduction to random processes. Weak

stationary. Correlation functions, linear processing, and estimation. Poisson

processes and Markov chains. Queuing analysis.

31351 Current Issues in the Arab World

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Social and national fragmentation in the Arab east: Features and roots. The Arab-

Israeli conflict. Democracy and civil society in the Arab world. Pan- Arabism and

Islam. The self and the other. Secularism. The Arabs and globalization. Human

security in the Arab world.


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31352 Jerusalem: History and facts

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

The geographic borders of AL-Quds through history. A glance at the historical

discoveries in AL-Quds. AL-Quds and the British occupation. The establishment of

Israel. The Israeli plans to jadeite AL-Quds. Importance of AL-Quds from religion

point of view. The infringements of AL-Aqsa mosque since 1967 by Israel.

31361 Introductions to Philosophy

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Definition of philosophy. The relation between philosophy and science. The science-

based and religion-based thoughts. A historical review of philosophy and science. A

discussion of the most important fields in philosophy.

31371 Health Education

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Understanding the responsibility we have for our own health. Skills for dealing with

emergency cases. Personal safety and accident prevention. Mental health, mental

illness and stress.

32431 Engineering Economics

Prerequisite: None

Credit Hours: 3

Cost concepts, Decision making process, Concepts of time value of money, Simple

and compound interest, Interest formulas, rate of return, cash flow, project evaluation

methods, break-even analysis, evaluating a single project, comparison and selection

among alternatives and Depreciation calculations.

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