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Architecture Engineering Curriculum

Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree
( 166 Credit Hours ) as Follows:

University Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Prerequisite

Theoretical

Practical
000011110 COMMUNITY SERVICE 1 - 0 -
010610014 BEGINNING ENGLISH 3 - 0 -
010610025 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 3 - 2 010610014
010610026 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB - 2 1 010610014
010610035 ADVANCED ENGLISH 3 - 2 010610025, 010610026
010610036 ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB - 2 1 010610025, 010610026
040111001 ARABIC LANGUAGE 2 - 2 -
040511011 PALESTINIAN STUDIES 2 - 2 -
040521301 FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH METHODS 2 - 2 010610035, 010610036
110411000 COMPUTER SKILLS 2 - 2 -
  • Beginning English, Intermediate English, and Advanced English can be waived with a (TOEFL) score of 500 or above or depends on the score of the placement test.
  • Student must fulfill community service equivalent to at least 100 hours during their years of study at Arab American University.
Students must pass ( 8 ) credit hours from any of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Prerequisite

Theoretical

Practical
040511052 ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I 2 - 2 -
040511053 JERUSALEM: CIVILIZATION AND HISTORY 2 - 2 -
040511061 ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES II 2 - 2 040511052
040511071 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 2 - 2 -
040511081 HOME GARDENING 2 - 2 -
040511091 FINE ARTS 2 - 2 -
040511101 CURRENT WORLD ISSUES 2 - 2 -
040511121 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 - 2 -
040511132 ELECTION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 2 - 2 -
040511133 THE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS MOVEMENT 2 - 2 -
040511140 LAW IN OUR LIFE 2 - 2 -
040511150 ISLAMIC CULTURE 2 - 2 -
040511160 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 2 - 2 -
040511170 TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE 2 - 2 -
040511180 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY SCIENCE 2 - 2 -
040511200 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 2 - 2 -
040511211 ANTHROPOLOGY 2 - 2 -
040511220 ANTI-CORRUPTION CHALLENGES AND SOLUTION 2 - 2 -
040511230 FRENCH LANGUAGE 2 - 2 -
040511240 GERMAN LANGUAGE 2 - 2 -
040511260 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 2 - 2 -
040511270 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 2 - 2 -
040511280 HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT 2 - 2 -
040511290 HISTORY OF SCIENCE 2 - 2 -
040511311 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2 - 2 -
040511321 SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2 - 2 -
040511400 TURKISH LANGUAGE 2 - 2 -
040511411 POLITICAL SCIENCES 2 - 2 -
040511421 CRITICAL THINKING 2 - 2 -
040511470 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN HEBREW 2 - 2 -
040511511 MODERN ARAB THOUGHT 2 - 2 -
040511521 ARCHEOLOGY 2 - 2 -
040511611 HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 - 2 -
040511621 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS 2 - 2 -
040511990 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 2 - 2 -
060411001 NUTRITION & FOOD SECURITY 2 - 2 -

Faculty Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Prerequisite

Theoretical

Practical
100111010 GENERAL PHYSICS I 3 - 3 -
100111021 GENERAL PHYSICS II 3 - 3 100111010
100111051 GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I - 2 1 100111010
100411010 CALCULUS I 3 - 3 -
100411020 CALCULUS II 3 - 3 100411010
230311050 ENGINEERING WORKSHOP I - 3 1 -
230311110 ENGINEERING DRAWING - 4 2 -
230312050 ENGINEERING WORKSHOP II - 3 1 230311050
230711200 STATICS 3 - 3 100111010, 100411010

Specialization Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Prerequisite

Theoretical

Practical
230611120 BASIC DESIGN 1 1 6 3 -
230611210 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING - 6 2 230311110
230611220 BASIC DESIGN 2 - 9 3 230611120
230611230 FREE HAND SKETCHING - 3 1 -
230612150 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I 3 - 3 230611220
230612160 ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION - 3 1 230611230
230612210 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 1 - 12 4 230611220
230612220 VISUAL COMMUNICATION I - 3 1 230611230
230612230 VISUAL COMMUNICATION II - 3 1 230612220
230612240 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY II 3 - 3 230612150
230612250 COMPUTER PRESENTATION AND MODELING II - 6 2 230611220
230612260 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR ARCHITECTURE 2 3 3 230611210
230612270 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1 1 3 2 230611210
230612310 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2 - 12 4 230612210
230612410 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 3 - 3 230711200
230612530 COMPUTER PRESENTATION AND MODELING I - 6 2 230611220
230613120 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3 - 12 4 230612310
230613141 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR ARCHITECTURE 3 - 3 230612410
230613170 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2 1 3 2 230612270
230613180 THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE I 2 - 2 230612240
230613210 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4 - 12 4 230613120
230613220 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 3 1 3 2 230613170
230613230 THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE II 2 - 2 230613180
230613240 ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE 3 - 3 230613180
230613241 CONCRETE DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE 3 - 3 230612240
230613310 ENGINEERING ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT 2 - 2 -
230613340 SURVEYING FOR ARCHITECTURE 2 2 3 100411010
230614150 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE - 4 2 230612250
230614160 URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE 2 3 3 230613210
230614170 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION 2 - 2 230613210
230614180 LIGHTING AND ACOUSTICS 2 - 2 230612310
230614190 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5 - 12 4 230613210
230614230 ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230612310
230614240 SANITARY AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 3 - 3 230612310
230614260 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 6 12 - 4 230614190
230614350 INTERIOR DESIGN - 6 2 230612310
230615000 INTERNSHIP 18 - 6 -
230615100 SENIOR PROJECT I 2 - 2 -
230615110 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 7 - 12 4 230614260
230615120 CONTRACTS, SPECIFICATIONS AND QUANTITY SURVEYING 2 - 2 230613220
230615200 SENIOR PROJECT II - 9 3 230615100
230714950 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 3 - 3 230613220
Students must pass ( 6 ) credit hours from any of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Prerequisite

Theoretical

Practical
230614340 GREEN ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230613210
230615130 HOUSING 2 - 2 230612310
230615140 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230613230
230615150 SPECIAL TOPICS 2 - 2 230612210
230615160 PHOTOGRAPHY 2 - 2 230612210
230615170 SITE LAYOUT 2 - 2 230613120
230615210 INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING 2 - 2 230612310
230615230 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230614230
230615240 NATURAL ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230612210
230615250 LOCAL ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230613240
230615260 CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE 2 - 2 230613230

Free Elective


Each student must pass ( 6 ) credit hours from any courses offered by the university NOT INCLUDING any of the following courses:

Course #

Course Name

Weekly Hours

Cr.

Hrs.

Theoretical

Practical
010111610 PHYSICS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS 3 - 3
010111710 PHYSICS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3 - 3
010411000 HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION 3 - 3
010411050 JERUSALEM:CIVILIZATION AND HISTORY 3 - 3
010610022 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 3 2 2
010911050 BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 3 - 3
010911610 MATHEMATICS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS 3 - 3
020211000 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 3 - 3
020311000 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 3 - 3
020731001 COMPUTER CONCEPTS & BUSINESS APPLICATIONS I 3 - 3
020731002 COMPUTER CONCEPTS & BUSINESS APPLICATIONS 3 - 3
030111100 ISLAMIC CULTURE 3 - 3
030111121 LAW IN OUR LIFE 3 - 3
030111230 INTEGRITY,TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION 3 - 3
030121220 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 3 - 3
040111000 ARABIC LANGUAGE 3 - 3
040211510 FRENCH LANGUAGE 3 - 3
040211711 GERMAN LANGUAGE 3 - 3
040213430 TURKISH LANGUAGE 3 - 3
040411000 NUTRITION & FOOD SECURITY 3 - 3
040411009 NUTRITION & FOOD SECURITY 3 - 3
040511010 PALESTINIAN STUDIES 3 - 3
040511040 FINE ARTS 3 - 3
040511051 ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I 3 - 3
040511060 ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES II 3 - 3
040511070 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 3 - 3
040511080 HOME GARDENING 3 - 3
040511090 FINE ARTS 3 - 3
040511100 CURRENT WORLD ISSUES 3 - 3
040511120 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 - 3
040511130 ELECTION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 3 - 3
040511131 THE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS MOVEMENT 3 - 3
040511170 TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE 2 - 2
040511210 ANTHROPOLOGY 3 - 3
040511310 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 3 - 3
040511320 SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 3 - 3
040511410 POLITICAL SCIENCES 3 - 3
040511420 CRITICAL THINKING 3 - 3
040511510 MODERN ARAB THOUGHT 3 - 3
040511520 ARCHEOLOGY 3 - 3
040511610 HEBREW LANGUAGE ( for Bagrut Students ) 3 - 3
040511611 HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 - 2
040511611 HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 - 2
040511611 HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 - 2
040511611 HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 - 2
040511620 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS 3 - 3
040521300 FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH METHODS 3 - 3
050411000 ENERGY RESOURCES & USE 3 - 3
060411100 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 3 - 3
060411200 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 3 - 3
060511020 FIRST AID 3 - 3
100111000 ASTRONOMY SCIENCE 3 - 3
100112020 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY 3 - 3
100311000 HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT 3 - 3
100411000 HISTORY OF SCIENCE 3 - 3
110111001 TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE 3 - 3
110111012 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3 - 3
110113040 COMPUTER NETWORKS I 3 - 3
110113120 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE 3 - 3
110113130 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE LAB 2 - 1
110411001 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS 3 - 3
110411009 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS 3 - 3
110412110 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION 3 - 3
110413020 ALGORITHMS AND PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES 3 - 3
110413170 INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 3 - 3
110414020 COMPUTER GRAPHICS 3 - 3

Advisory Plan


First Year

Fall Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

010610025 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH2
010610026 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB1
100111010 GENERAL PHYSICS I3
100111051 GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I1
100411010 CALCULUS I3
230311050 ENGINEERING WORKSHOP I1
230311110 ENGINEERING DRAWING2
230611120 BASIC DESIGN 13
TOTAL 16

Spring Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

010610035 ADVANCED ENGLISH2
010610036 ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB1
100111021 GENERAL PHYSICS II3
100411020 CALCULUS II3
230312050 ENGINEERING WORKSHOP II1
230611210 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING2
230611220 BASIC DESIGN 23
230611230 FREE HAND SKETCHING1
TOTAL 16

Second Year

Fall Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

000011110 COMMUNITY SERVICE0
230711200 STATICS3
230612150 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I3
230612160 ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION1
230612210 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 14
230612220 VISUAL COMMUNICATION I1
230612260 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR ARCHITECTURE3
230612530 COMPUTER PRESENTATION AND MODELING I2
TOTAL 17

Spring Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

230612230 VISUAL COMMUNICATION II1
230612240 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY II3
230612250 COMPUTER PRESENTATION AND MODELING II2
230612270 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 12
230612310 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 24
230612410 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS3
--------- Free Elective3
TOTAL 18

Third Year

Fall Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

110411000 COMPUTER SKILLS2
--------- Univ. Elec.2
230613120 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 34
230613141 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR ARCHITECTURE3
230613170 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 22
230613180 THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE I2
230613340 SURVEYING FOR ARCHITECTURE3
TOTAL 18

Spring Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

040511011 PALESTINIAN STUDIES2
230613210 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 44
230613220 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 32
230613230 THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE II2
230613240 ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE3
230613241 CONCRETE DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE3
230613310 ENGINEERING ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT2
TOTAL 18

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

040111001 ARABIC LANGUAGE2
230614150 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE2
230614160 URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE3
230614170 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION2
230614180 LIGHTING AND ACOUSTICS2
230614190 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 54
230714950 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT3
TOTAL 18

Spring Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

040521301 FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH METHODS2
--------- Univ. Elec.2
230614230 ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE2
230614240 SANITARY AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING3
230614260 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 64
230614350 INTERIOR DESIGN2
TOTAL 15

Summer Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

230615000 INTERNSHIP6
TOTAL 6

Fifth Year

Fall Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

--------- Univ. Elec.2
230615100 SENIOR PROJECT I2
230615110 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 74
230615120 CONTRACTS, SPECIFICATIONS AND QUANTITY SURVEYING2
--------- Spec. Elec.2
--------- Spec. Elec.2
TOTAL 14

Spring Semester

Course #

Course Name

Cr. Hrs.

--------- Univ. Elec.2
230615200 SENIOR PROJECT II3
--------- Spec. Elec.2
--------- Free Elective3
TOTAL 10
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