This course reviews the fundamentals of good academic writing in English, teaches essay writing essentials and research skills in two rhetorical modes (persuasion and argumentation), and provides practice in writing essays in these modes, research papers and oral presentations.

Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or TOEFL 550+ (paper) or 80+ (computer).

This course is designed to help students develop effective professional communication skills, both orally and in writing. In this course, students learn how to write emails, memos, letters, proposals, reports, and other forms of employment correspondence. In addition, this course helps students sharpen their presentation skills. Broadly, this course enables students to behave professionally and effectively in their prospective jobs.

Prerequisite: ENGL 210.

This course presents the fundamentals of structured and modular programming concepts. It covers primitive data types, expressions, control statements, functions, arrays, basic searching/sorting algorithms, and an introduction to pointers.

Prerequisite: None. Equivalent to CCEE 214.

This course introduces freshman students to poets with intrinsic literary merit. In addition to broadening the student’s understanding and appreciation of literature, the chief aim of the course is to develop the student’s critical thinking and analysis and to encourage original responses to literary expression in well-developed oral and written criticism.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course introduces literature through works of fiction, poetry, and drama. It introduces students to the pleasures of reading literature and to interpretative approaches to literature. It aims to provide students with competence in critical thinking and practice in close reading and analysis, knowledge of the formal characteristics of each genre, and appreciation of literary excellence. Readings include a variety of short stories, poems, and plays selected from a wide range of British, American, and World literature.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

Students study Shakespeare's representative comedies, histories, and tragedies in this course. The plays are read intensively and understood in the context of the period's theatrical conventions, the culture of play in early modern England, and the social, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the period.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This broad survey course provides a narrative of British history from 1066, including political, social, and cultural developments.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This is an elective course whose major objectives are to familiarize students with contemporary issues to enhance their level from historical and cultural points of view.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course examines the ties between Europe and the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the reaction of Middle Eastern societies to European intervention and influence.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This elective course aims to familiarize students with various events that shaped the evolution of social and economic developments in the Middle East to enhance their level from the historical and economic dimensions.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This is a study of some major topics in philosophy. The course emphasizes theory of knowledge, theory of mind, determinism and free will, and morality and ethical values. Along with some assigned readings, students will watch movies, the analysis of which will help them comprehend the content of the course better.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course is a standard introduction to the formal techniques of argument analysis. Formal logic was invented to mirror and evaluate mathematical reasoning; however, this course will concentrate on the relationship between formal logic and everyday reasoning and language usage in general.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

People often wonder about what makes good ways to live and the right ways to act. They also speculate about the best way of life, what action is right, and what authority moral claims have over us. The course introduces students to the major moral theories and thinkers addressing these questions.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course introduces contemporary philosophical thinking on ethical issues in business. Students will be exposed to important ethical issues they might face, asked to give sound ethical judgment to problems they might face in their line of work, helped become armed with a set of codes that will prepare them to confront and resolve ethical dilemmas they might encounter at work, and enabled to apply the techniques for analyzing and resolving ethical problems when they arise.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course introduces students to peace building and conflict prevention by examining the main theories on peace and security. It examines the ideas of Thucydides, Aristotle, Erasmus Grotius, Kant, Gandhi, and other thinkers who believed that the whole peace was of high value. It develops students’ critical skills and understanding necessary to translate their academic learning to specific practical situations, such as those posed by peace building either with the UN, governments, or NGOs. It helps understand the complex and interconnected challenges to peace and provides knowledge to meet them.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

Through reading, writing, and speech, students will become familiar with the persuasive strategy described in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and consider how that strategy can be employed in professional and personal situations in writing, public speaking, and negotiation.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course teaches students rhetorical modes in short essays and journalism, including memoirs, reportage, and reflective essays. Students will practice a writing style focusing on conciseness and clarity, effective oral presentations, and reading articles, essays, and other increasingly complex materials.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course addresses the ethical problems in journalism, public relations, and advertising, particularly in today’s digital media environment.

Prerequisite: CMNS 301.

This course integrates methods, perspectives, and concepts of Peace Studies, Culture Communication, and Peace Journalism to explain contemporary debates in the global public sphere. It considers how cultural stereotypes about ideology, religion, and culture frame Arabs and Americans in the mass media. RHU students will engage with students from collaborating universities in the United States in online, asynchronous conversation and participate in shared projects that explore the role of the media in influencing Arab and American relations.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course is designed to provide a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of public speaking and a forum for practicing public speaking skills. Students will learn how effective speeches are conceived, prepared, and delivered through various instructional strategies (discussion, class workshops, readings, lectures, and presentations).

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course surveys some key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the 19th century to the present. The concentration will be on the historical, political, religious, cultural, and institutional aspects during this period. Students will read, analyze, and interpret certain primary works to gain insight into the contexts in which they originated.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course will examine motivational factors that influence children’s learning. Topics include attribution theory, teacher influences (expectancy effects), learning structures (competitive vs. cooperative learning), family influences (the socialization of achievement), cultural influences (how cultural background impacts college performance), and individual differences (intrinsic motivation and sex differences in learning).

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

The course surveys selected works in English or translation from non-Anglo-American cultural traditions. Texts can be drawn from African, Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature focusing on their historical and cultural contexts.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course will survey language acquisition theories. It will deal with human language processing, learners’ motivational factors, and contextual factors influencing language learning. It will uncover the principles of first and second language acquisition.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course introduces the psychology discipline's theories, concepts, and viewpoints. The course is directed toward understanding human behavior by dealing with topics such as the history of psychology, learning, personality, behavior, motivation, perception, social psychology, mental health, and other areas.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course studies the dynamics and effects of social influences on individual human behavior. In this course, students will explore topics such as attitude changes, social beliefs, roles, conformity to group processes, and prejudices, with special attention given to the Middle Eastern perspective.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course presents the theories of personality, including psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanist, and others, while considering different factors that shape personality and behavior. The study includes methods of assessing personality.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course examines the biological, sociological, and cultural influences on the psychology of women. It includes such topics as gender stereotypes, the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and work, love relations, women’s physical and mental health, violence against women, and women in later adulthood.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course examines scientific research on happiness and its practical application in three main areas: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. This course also presents practical ways to promote and maintain a sense of well-being and happiness in all aspects of one’s life.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course is intended to help students be aware of the consequences of war and conflicts on children's mental health and well-being. The course will examine a variety of effects, emphasizing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological conditions that result from war. The course will empower the students with the techniques of working with children affected by war.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course explores practical theories for understanding congregational conflict and various perspectives on conflict transformation. Students will reflect on their styles of dealing with conflict and learn new ways of responding. They will explore practices of dialogue and mediation for addressing conflict in interpersonal, small group, and congregational settings to develop an approach to addressing inevitable situations of difference, change, and conflict in various situations.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

An introduction to the theories of abnormal behaviors, including addiction and substance abuse, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, phobias, schizophrenia, and sexual disorders. Students will consider the theoretical implications and treatments for various abnormal behaviors.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course is designed for psychology, sociology, communications, and other social sciences students. It introduces them to advanced research design and methodology, including statistical analysis.

Prerequisite: MATH 220.

This course explores a variety of sociological theories and approaches to understanding society. The student will learn about human social life, groups, and societies and be helped to detect the social influences shaping our lives. The approach used in this course is a self-exploratory process that develops individual and social awareness. A secondary objective is discussing methods common to sociology, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and feminism.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course introduces the study of sociological concepts as they apply to the institution of education. Students will examine race, class, status, poverty, and bureaucracy issues in the educational setting. They will also examine current perspectives and research about the social aspects of the learning process.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course deals with cultural issues like cultural awareness, enculturation, acculturation, and cultural shocks. It involves hands-on activities to promote cultural awareness and equip students with skills for dealing with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. It includes team-oriented research and presentation that reflects all the cultural aspects and some minute details of the culture they choose to work on.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

Students in this course examine communication theory and case studies to gain insight into the factors that affect human communications. It aims to improve students’ communication skills and equip them with techniques to enhance the quality of their relationships. The course also offers strategies for managing interpersonal conflicts.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course examines contemporary Arab society, considering its social structures and groups, cultural patterns, and other aspects of the society. Students consider current issues related to Arab culture and society.

Co-requisite ENGL 210.

This course analyzes the role of culture in an individual’s sense of identity, emphasizing how it manifests in the Middle East.

Co-requisite ENGL 210.

The course addresses class, status, and gender inequalities, examining how they affect individuals and society.

Co-requisite ENGL 210.

This course tackles the social issues of various political ideologies' historical and contemporary evolution. It aims to develop students’ understanding of the social bases of politics and political ideologies, along with the recent changes in the socio-political world. Different economic and political philosophies are considered, and their effects on the fate of nations and their citizens are detected.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

Probability and conditional probability, Discrete and continuous random variables, marginal distributions, expectation, variance-mean-median-covariance and correlation, conditional expectation, Normal distribution, Sampling distribution, Prediction and confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing, and regression line and correlation coefficients.

Prerequisite: MATH 211.

This course covers fundamental topics in Electricity and Magnetism: Electric forces and Electric Fields for discrete and continuous charge distribution, Gauss’s Law, Electric Potential, Capacitance and Dielectrics, Kirchhoff’s rules, Magnetic Fields and Forces, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere’s Law, Magnetic Flux and Gauss’s Law in Magnetism. It also includes a laboratory component that introduces students to the “real world” by offering a set of experiments in electricity and magnetism.

Prerequisite: None.

A general overview deals with cell structure, function, physiology, anatomy, and physiology of the human body systems. These include cardiovascular, central nervous, respiratory, urinary, digestive, immune, and musculoskeletal systems. The course also offers a set of experiments that deal with basic biological processes and advanced biological assessments.

Prerequisite: None.

First-order linear differential equations, linear differential equations of second and higher order, linear differential equations with variable coefficients, series solutions, systems of differential equations, Laplace transforms, and their inverses.

Prerequisite: MATH 211.

Error Analysis, solutions of nonlinear equations using fixed point- Newton-Raphson-Muller’s methods, solution of linear system using Gaussian elimination-iterative methods, interpolation and approximation using Taylor series-Lagrange approximation-Newton polynomials, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical optimization, solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations using Euler’s and Heun’s and Rung-Kutta methods, MATLAB codes Related to the topics mentioned above.

Prerequisite: MATH 311.

This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of chemistry, including stressing atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, gases, solutions, acids and bases, and solution equilibria.

Prerequisite: None.

This course provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of several basic environmental functions, the complicated nature of environmental systems, and the need for multidisciplinary solutions to environmental problems. Topics covered include the hydrosphere, water quantity and quality, soil and the soil ecosystem, biological resources, waste disposal, air pollution, ozone depletion, acid rain, and global warming. The course also includes a set of experiments that offer students practical experience in different environmental analysis settings, including air and water quality.

Prerequisite: None.

Physical and chemical properties of earth, structure of the earth, plate tectonic theory and continental drift, volcanism; mountain building processes, surface processes, mineralogy, formation and classification of rocks, earth hazards, geological problems related to civil engineering such as landslide and earthquake, geologic maps, geophysical exploration methods, earth works and tunneling.

Prerequisite: None. Annually.

This course addresses Boolean algebra and logic simplification techniques, data representation, and the design of combinational logic networks for decoders, encoders, multiplexers, and demultiplexers. Design of sequential logic devices including flip-flops, registers, and counters, as well as analysis of devices used to build logic networks, including programmable logic devices.

Equivalent to COSC 351.

This Lab covers design techniques and implementation of combinational and sequential logic circuits. Experiments include logic gates, design and implementation of logic circuits, combinational logic circuits (decoders, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers and adders), and design of sequential logic devices using flip-flops, registers, and counters.

Prerequisite: CCEE 221.

Equivalent to COSC 351L.

This course addresses the design of embedded real-time systems, models of computation, validation techniques, and automatic synthesis. Finite state machines, synchronous languages, data flow networks, Petri nets, software optimization and performance estimation, operating systems and scheduling, system-level simulation, and interface-based design.

Prerequisite: CCEE 221. Equivalent to COSC 356.

This lab complements topics covered in the CCEE 426 course. It involves design of embedded real-time systems, models of computation, validation techniques, and automatic synthesis. Experiments include design using finite state machines, synchronous languages, data flow networks, petri nets, software optimization and performance estimation, scheduling, system-level simulation, and interface-based design.

Co-requisite: CCEE 426. Equivalent to COSC 356L.

This course covers semiconductors, PN junctions, diode theory and circuits, bipolar junction transistors, transistor fundamentals, transistor biasing, amplifiers, MOSFETs, and operational amplifiers.

Prerequisite: ELEC 210.

This is a Lab course with experiments in Electrical and Electronic Circuits. It covers passive electrical elements and sources; lab instruments; voltage divider circuits; Thevenin’s theorem; RC circuits; diode circuits; Op-Amp circuits; BJT and MOSFET characteristics.

Co-requisite: ELEC 320.

This course covers three-phase power systems, symmetrical components, transmission lines, power transformers, power systems modeling, per unit analysis, power flow studies and fault analysis.

Prerequisite: ELEC 210.

This course covers magnetic circuits, fundamentals of electromechanical energy conversion, construction, testing, steady-state analysis, and operational characteristics of DC machines, transformers, induction machines and synchronous machines.

Prerequisite: ELEC 210.

This is a Lab course with experiments on electric machines. It covers the following topics: basics of DC motors and generators, DC series, shunt and separately excited motors and generators, single phase AC induction machines and 3-phase machines.

Co-requisite: ELEC 331.

This course covers vector analysis, static electric fields, static magnetic fields, time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves.

Prerequisite: PHYS 211.

This course aims to teach students how to design various electrical systems based on equipment selection, protection systems, EMC and safety requirements, international standards, draw and interpret schematics and wiring diagrams, cost considerations, energy efficiency.

Prerequisite: ELEC 210.

The aim of this course is to provide the student with information about the different renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and wave energy as well as energy from biomass. This course will also illustrate how to link these sources with loads and how to synchronize them with the grid to deliver electricity reliably and efficiently.

Prerequisite: ELEC 210.

This course familiarizes the students with basic power switch technology and associated electronic circuits. In this course power electronic circuits and switching devices are studied. Their applications in AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC converters as well as switching power supplies are studied.

Prerequisite: ELEC 320.

This Lab course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of power electronics. It covers the following topics: uncontrolled single and 3-phase rectifiers using diodes, controlled single phase and 3-phase rectifiers using thyristors, DC-to-AC converters, DC-to-DC buck and boost converters, applications on DIAC, TRIAC and IGBT.

Co-requisite: ELEC 432.

This course is to explore the modeling of linear dynamic systems via differential equations and transfer functions utilizing state-space and input-output representations; analysis of control systems in the time and frequency domains, study of the classical stability tests, such as the Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criterions, and design methods using root-locus plots and Bode plots; and the development of control techniques based on PID, lead and lag networks.

Prerequisite: CCEE 331.

This Co-op work experience is designed to provide students with five weeks of short-term work experience in the field of electrical engineering. Students are encouraged to network in the discipline-related industries. Report, poster, and power-point presentation are required.

Prerequisites: ENGL 217 ; Senior Standing.

The lab teaches students how to measure and interpret different types of signals. Experiments include signal, noise, pressure (strain gauge) and temperature measurements; flow, motion and force measurements; and applications using research and simulation kits.

Co-requisite: BIOM 301.

This course focuses on design and measurement processes for medical systems and associated constraints. Students are required to apply the learned concepts in projects to design healthcare technology.

Prerequisites: BIOM 301, Co-requisite: ELEC 320.

Circuit elements and laws, mesh and node equations, network theorems, energy storage elements, RC, RL, and RLC circuits, Laplace Transform, sinusoids and phasors and introduction to network theory. Sinusoidal (AC) steady state, mutual inductance, transformers, and introduction to three phase circuit.

Prerequisite: PHYS 191 or Equivalent.

This course covers the fundamentals of instrumentation and measurement of various physical quantities. Topics include sensor types, technologies, characteristics and calibration; design of a measurement system; statistical analysis of measured data; measurement noise and uncertainties; data acquisition, data storage and display devices; signal conditioning and interface electronics concepts including filtering, A/D and D/A conversion, amplification, modulation, compensation; applications;

Prerequisite: ELEC 320, Annually.

The lab experience complements the topics covered in MECA 341. Students learn to use the NI ELVIS platform, LabVIEW programing and data acquisition systems characteristics to build a measurement system, perform data analysis and senor calibration, and design and build signal conditioning circuits for various types of measurements. The lab involves a team project to integrate all instrumentation and measurement tools and techniques are applied to build a measurement system and submit a report.

Co-requisite: MECA 341.

This course seeks to impart fundamental concepts of thermal-fluid (including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer) to non-mechanical engineering students. These cover: thermodynamic state and properties of pure substances; concepts of work and heat, energy analysis of closed systems (First Law) and simple flow devices, Fluid statics; Bernoulli’s equation; Conservation of mass, momentum & energy, viscous flow in pipes, introduction to conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer.

Prerequisite: MATH 211. Annually.

This course introduces the fundamentals of transmission and reception in communication systems and the effect of noise. Topics include power spectral density, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, analog communication system performance in the presence of noise, sampling and analog‐to‐digital conversion, introduction to digital modulations, channel capacity.

Prerequisite: CCEE 331.

Team-oriented, project-based experience that culminates in the creation of an artifact; milestones include project selection and proposal, creative solution, report, presentation, and demonstration of the created device.

Prerequisite: Taken in the last semester of the BS Program; ENGL 217. Annually.