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 is designed to help students develop interpersonal and communication skills fundamental for success in the workplace, no matter what industry, organization, or sector they are employed in. Students will improve their professional style as they study topics including polite conversation, personal appearance, office politics, diplomacy, telephone, cell phone, and voicemail etiquette, the protocol of meetings, job interview presentations, and even international travel. Students will participate in an off-campus formal dining experience.

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 aims to allow the student to develop the necessary skills and conceptual tools to understand and deal effectively with human behavior in organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on employee motivation, teamwork, leadership, communication, conflict, negotiation, and an overview of attitudes, values, personality, and perception.

Prerequisite: BMGT 200.

Students will study the general principles of microeconomics. Included are the theoretical constructs of consumer behavior, cost structure, and the operations of business firms in the market economy under conditions of perfect competition, oligopoly, monopoly, and monopolistic competition.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

Students will study the general principles of macroeconomics. This course presents the formal Keynesian theory of income determination and its contemporary critiques, including the study of the possible causes and solutions to unemployment and inflation and the importance of the international economy. Government fiscal and monetary policies are examined in detail.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

Given the constraints firms face, this course applies microeconomics theory to various management and planning decisions, such as output maximization and cost minimization. Demand analysis, cost analysis, and different market structures are studied.

Prerequisite: BECN 301.

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 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 examines the strategic uses, impacts, and implications of emerging social media and how social media impacts the daily lives of our society and its members. It expands the student’s knowledge of social media applications in business, advertising, and public relations, as well as its use in political movements and the development of communities.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course draws on the study of psychological principles, cognitive development, and learning theories applicable to teaching/learning situations. Focus areas include human growth and development, specifically on adolescent development and developmentally appropriate practices, learning theory, motivation theory, instructional and college practices, individual differences, student interpersonal and group behavior, classroom management, and organization.

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.

This course emphasizes defining news and its importance in a democratic society, the news-gathering process, news elements, introduction to basic news reporting and writing for print and broadcast, use of the Internet as a reporting and research tool, accuracy and fairness as journalistic imperatives. Outside community research and reporting time is required.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This introductory-level course is designed to help students learn the formats and conventions of media and public relations writing, including newspapers, magazines, web and interactive media, advertising copy, public relations writing, and social media. It also addresses ethical issues related to writing in these fields.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course familiarizes students with concepts and terminology used in various communication fields and helps them understand the development of mass communication in political, economic, social, and cultural contexts.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course aims to provide students with the theory and development of news stories, with special emphasis on interviewing, observation, document research, source development, and other standard reporting techniques. Students cover community beats, report, and write news stories from those beats, primarily in public affairs reporting.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course examines the relationship between the media and society, considering how each impacts the other. Students will be introduced to various theories that consider this relationship and its implications.

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 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 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.

This course provides an in-depth look into selected issues related to psychology and individuals. Current psychology-related issues are thoroughly explored through readings, research, discussion, and guest lectures.

Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

This course introduces students to contemporary business principles of ethics and social responsibility. Students learn to make ethical judgments on important ethical issues they face daily by relating them to a framework of ethical principles, including utilitarianism, justice, moral rights, ethics of care, and vices and virtues. Ethical dilemmas related to conflict of interest, sustainability in business strategy, and corporate governance are examples of issues discussed in this course.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

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

Prerequisite: CMNS 301.

This course surveys some of the key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the birth of civilization through the Middle Ages. 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 surveys some key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the 14th through the 18th centuries. 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 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.

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 considers major works of literature, specifically in the context of twentieth-century cultural theory, including Marxism, post-colonialism, national literature, ethnic writings, and feminist theory. The primary intention of this course is to explore how various texts interact with their societies or how those societies influence the construction of literary works.

Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

This course covers the evolution of graphic communication from prehistory through postmodern design and the digital revolution. This course provides graphic design students with the knowledge and understanding of the places, people, and events, as well as historical and cultural factors and technological innovations that have influenced the development of graphic design into the practice known today. Historical awareness provides a meaningful context for young designers to evolve and contribute positively to the cultures in which they live and work.

Prerequisite: FADR 215.

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.

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.

This course explores the theoretical and practical ethical questions about communication in four contexts: interpersonal, workplace, communication in one’s community and society, and mass and digital communication. Discussion of ethical theories in communication studies will provide a basis to explore case studies and contemporary communication dilemmas, heightening personal sensitivity to the underlying ethical implications of human communication.

Co-requisite: ENGL 210.

This course provides a survey of the development of thought about education by studying major philosophical writings considered in a historical context.

Prerequisite: EDUC 210.

The primary objective of this course is for educational practitioners to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the inter-relatedness of language and literacy learning and to apply this knowledge in the design and evaluation of effective literacy instruction.

Understanding of the basic principles of programming and computer systems; Applications of programming to the solution of engineering problems; Control structures, functions, arrays, pointers, and structures. Laboratory experiments of programming for concepts.

Equivalent to COSC 214.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Essential engineering concepts of drawings for civil and architectural applications, computer drafting skills in 2D and 3D are taught and implemented in producing floor plans, sections, elevations and reinforcement detailing for reinforced concrete elements. Emphasis is directed at teaching students proper placement of symbols, annotation, and scheduling information required for site construction.

Prerequisite: None. Annually.

Surveying fundamentals; theory of errors in observations; leveling; distance measurement; angles, azimuths, and bearings; traversing; topographic surveys and maps. The course also has field component in which students work in groups to conduct survey works in the learned topics and write technical reports.

Prerequisite: None. Annually.

Shear and bending moment diagrams for frames, equilibrium, stability, and determinacy; influence lines for determinate structures; Elastic deformation of beams, frames, and trusses; introduction to indeterminate structures.

Prerequisite: MECH 320. Annually.

Behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements; concepts of design and proportioning sections for strength and serviceability; theory of flexure and shear; analysis and design of beams for flexure and shear; analysis for crack width and deflection; design philosophies and process; design of one way solid and joist slabs; bond theory; development, anchorage and splicing of reinforcement; bars cut-off; continuous beams and one-way slabs.

Prerequisite: MECH 320. Annually.

Los Angeles abrasion test; specific gravity and absorption of coarse and fine aggregates and soils; moisture content; bulk unit weight and voids in aggregates and soils; sieve analysis; concrete mix design; mixing concrete and slump test; compressive strength of concrete; absorption, moisture content and density of concrete masonry units. Report writing and data analysis.

Co-req: CIVE 321. Annually.

Introduction to highway engineering standards; types and classifications of roads; characteristics of the driver, the pedestrian, the vehicle and the road, highway location and survey methods; earthwork, geometric design of highway components: vertical and horizontal alignment, transition curves, super-elevations and intersections, highway materials and evaluations, construction techniques and plants, quality control and testing, visual assessment, and maintenance.

Prerequisite: CIVE 240. Annually.

Social and economic impact of traffic engineering on the society; basis of traffic engineering; transportation planning; traffic flow theory; traffic studies and analysis; travel demand modeling and forecasting; queuing theory; capacity analysis; level of service; traffic control and analysis at signalized intersections.

Prerequisite: CIVE 341. Annually.

Principles of structural modeling of different types of structural elements: trusses, beams, columns, and frames; modeling the structural behavior of buildings under the effect of vertical and lateral loads, computational applications using structural analysis software; case studies and projects.

Prerequisite: CIVE 312. Annually.

Short columns, slender columns, uniaxially and biaxially bent columns; two-way slabs behavior, analysis, and design; retaining walls; wall footings, concentrically and eccentrically loaded single column footings, and combined footings; staircases.

Prerequisite: CIVE 312 and CIVE 314. Annually.

Soil classification; origin of soil and grain size; soil structure, weight-volume relationships; plasticity and structure of soil; soil compaction; permeability; seepage, stresses in a soil mass; compressibility of soil and consolidation; shear strength of soil.

Prerequisites: MECH 320 and GEOL 221. Annually.

Experimental testing of soil: Sieve Analysis, Atterberg Limits, Proctor test; sand cone field density measurement, consolidation and direct shear test; report writing, and data analysis.

Co-requisite: CIVE 423. Annually.

Geotechnical site investigation; field and laboratory tests; characterization of strata; foundation systems; ultimate bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations (spread footings, strip footings, combined footings, and mat); effect of water table level on bearing capacity; structural design of mat foundations; ultimate bearing capacity and settlement of deep foundations (single pile and group of piles); pile load test.

Prerequisite: CIVE 423. Annually.

Engineering approaches to the measurement control and conveyance of water flows with particular emphasis on the analysis, design, characteristics, and selection of hydraulic models, and design of water and wastewater systems.

Prerequisite: MECH 333. Annually.

This Co-op work experience is designed to provide students with an eight-week short-term work experience in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students will be aligned with discipline-related industries, institutions of higher learning, or government agencies.

Prerequisites: ENGL 217; Senior Standing.

Brief review of statics; proper use of different coordinate systems: Cartesian and normal/tangential axes; kinematics of a particle: rectilinear, curvilinear, and relative motion; kinetics of a particle: force and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum; planar kinematics of a rigid body: translating and rotating axes, absolute and relative motion; planar kinetics of a rigid body: force and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum.

Prerequisite: CIVE 211. Annually.

Mechanical stress, strain, and stress/strain relations under pure tension, compression, pure bending, and pure torsion of circular bars; 1-D thermal strain & stress; combined stresses; principal stresses; plane stress transformation & Mohr’s circle; basic 3-D elastic stress/strain relations; Euler-elastic buckling of columns.

Prerequisite: CIVE 211. Annually.

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.

Structural steel properties, loads, design methods, analysis, and design of members of steel structures: tension members, compression members, flexure members, and connections.

Prerequisite: CIVE 312. Annually.

Team-oriented, project-based experience where students work on a meaningful problem of concern to industry or the community at large, or to innovate a promising idea. The project involves whatever it takes to reach the intended project outcome: literature review, design work, data collection, experimentation, data analysis, report writing, and presentation.

Prerequisite: ENGL 217 and Senior Standing. Annually.

Static laws; force vectors and operations; force system and moment; free body diagram; equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in 2D and 3D; plane trusses and frames; cables; internal forces: shear and moment diagrams; centroid and center of mass; moment of inertia; and friction.

Prerequisite: None. Annually.