Physics Curriculum

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

University Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
000011110	COMMUNITY SERVICE	1	-	0	-
010610025	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH	3	-	2	010610032
010610026	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB	-	2	1	010610032
010610032	BEGINNING ENGLISH	3	-	0	-
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
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
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
010411001	HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION	2	-	2	-
020311001	INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS	2	-	2	-
030111101	ISLAMIC CULTURE	2	-	2	-
030111122	LAW IN OUR LIFE	2	-	2	-
030111231	INTEGRITY,TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION	2	-	2	-
030121221	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS	2	-	2	-
040211511	FRENCH LANGUAGE	2	-	2	-
040211712	GERMAN LANGUAGE	2	-	2	-
040213431	TURKISH LANGUAGE	2	-	2	-
040511052	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I	2	-	2	-
040511053	JERUSALEM: CIVILIZATION AND HISTORY	2	-	2	-
040511061	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES II	2	-	2	040511052
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	-
040511211	ANTHROPOLOGY	2	-	2	-
040511311	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	2	-	2	-
040511321	SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY	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	-
050411001	ENERGY RESOURCES & USE	2	-	2	-
060411101	INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY	2	-	2	-
060411201	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY	2	-	2	-
100111003	INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY SCIENCE	2	-	2	-
100311003	HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT	2	-	2	-
100411002	HISTORY OF SCIENCE	2	-	2	-
110111002	TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE	2	-	2	-

Faculty Requirements

Obligatory Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
100111010	GENERAL PHYSICS I	3	-	3	-
100111051	GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I	-	2	1	100111010
100211010	GENERAL BIOLOGY I	3	-	3	-
100211051	GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I	-	2	1	100211010
100311010	GENERAL CHEMISTRY I	3	-	3	-
100311051	GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I	-	2	1	100311010
100411010	CALCULUS I	3	-	3	-
100411020	CALCULUS II	3	-	3	100411010

Specialization Requirements

Students must pass all of the following courses:

Course #	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
040313550	METHODS OF TEACHING SCIENCE	3	-	3	-
100111021	GENERAL PHYSICS II	3	-	3	100111010
100111030	GENERAL PHYSICS III	3	-	3	100111021
100111060	GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II	-	2	1	100111021, 100111051
100112011	MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR PHYSICS	3	-	3	100111021, 100411020
100112341	ELECTRONICS I	3	-	3	100111021
100112350	ELECTRONICS LAB	-	3	1	100112341
100112510	MODERN PHYSICS	3	-	3	100111021
100112611	THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS	3	-	3	100112011, 100113011
100112810	OPTICS AND WAVES	3	-	3	100111030
100112820	OPTICS AND WAVES LAB	-	3	1	100112810
100113011	MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS I	3	-	3	100112011
100113020	MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS II	3	-	3	100113011
100113110	CLASSICAL MECHANICS I	3	-	3	100113011
100113120	CLASSICAL MECHANICS II	3	-	3	100113110
100113320	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I	3	-	3	100113011
100113330	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II	3	-	3	100113320
100113510	QUANTUM MECHANICS I	3	-	3	100113011
100113520	QUANTUM MECHANICS II	3	-	3	100113510
100113751	MODERN PHYSICS LAB	-	3	1	100112510
100114620	STATISTICAL MECHANICS	3	-	3	100112611
100114710	SOLID STATE PHYSICS I	3	-	3	100113510
100114752	ADVANCED PHYSICS LAB	1	3	2	100114710
100114990	SEMINAR	1	-	1	-
100311020	GENERAL CHEMISTRY II	3	-	3	100311010

Students must pass ( 18 ) credit hours from any of the following courses:

Course #	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
100112020	INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY	3	-	3	100111021
100112050	PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE	3	-	3	100112011, 100113011
100112061	VIBRATIONS AND WAVES	3	-	3	100112011
100112361	ELECTRONICS II	3	-	3	100112341
100113050	COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS	3	-	3	100113011
100113090	TEACHING PHYSICS BY INQUIRY	3	-	3	100111021
100113141	FLUID MECHANICS	3	-	3	100113110
100113531	LASER DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY	3	-	3	100112510
100113650	MEDICAL PHYSICS	3	-	3	100112510
100114330	PLASMA PHYSICS	3	-	3	100113330
100114380	SEMICONDUTOR PHYSICS	3	-	3	100113510
100114420	NUCLEAR PHYSICS	3	-	3	100113510
100114430	ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS	3	-	3	100113510
100114440	ELEMENTARY PARTICLES	3	-	3	100114511
100114511	GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY	3	-	3	100112510
100114520	SPECTROSCOPY	3	-	3	100113520
100114720	SOLID STATE PHYSICS II	3	-	3	100114710
100114740	MATERIALS SCIENCE	3	-	3	100114710
100114810	OPTICS AND LASERS	3	-	3	100112810
100114820	MODERN OPTICS	3	-	3	100113330
100114980	SPECIAL TOPICS	3	-	3	-

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.
Course #	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.
010411000	HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION	3	-	3
010411050	JERUSALEM:CIVILIZATION AND HISTORY	3	-	3
010610022	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH	3	2	2
020311000	INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS	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
040511010	PALESTINIAN STUDIES	3	-	3
040511051	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I	3	-	3
040511060	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES II	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
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
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
100111000	ASTRONOMY SCIENCE	3	-	3
100111610	PHYSICS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	3	-	3
100111620	PHYSICS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	2	-	2
100111650	PHYSICS LAB FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	-	2	1
100111710	PHYSICS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	3	-	3
100111750	PHYSICS LAB FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	-	2	1
100211610	BIOLOGY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	3	-	3
100211620	BIOLOGY FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	2	-	2
100211650	BIOLOGY LAB FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	-	2	1
100311000	HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT	3	-	3
100311610	CHEMISTRY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	3	-	3
100311620	CHEMISTRY FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	2	-	2
100311650	CHEMISTRY LAB FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	-	2	1
100411000	HISTORY OF SCIENCE	3	-	3
100411050	BUSINESS MATHEMATICS	3	-	3
100411610	MATHEMATICS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS	3	-	3
100412010	CALCULUS III	3	-	3
100412020	ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS	3	-	3
100412021	ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I	3	-	3
100412050	MATHEMATICS FOR CHEMISTRY	3	-	3
100412410	LINEAR ALGEBRA I	3	-	3
100413010	PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS	3	-	3
100413020	ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II	3	-	3
110111001	TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE	3	-	3
110111012	INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	3	-	3
110411001	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS	3	-	3

Advisory Plan

First Year

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Fall Semester
010610032	BEGINNING ENGLISH	0
---------	Univ. Req.	2
---------	Univ. Req.	2
100111010	GENERAL PHYSICS I	3
100111051	GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I	1
100311010	GENERAL CHEMISTRY I	3
100311051	GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I	1
100411010	CALCULUS I	3
	TOTAL	15

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Spring Semester
010610025	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH	2
010610026	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB	1
100211010	GENERAL BIOLOGY I	3
100211051	GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I	1
100411020	CALCULUS II	3
100111021	GENERAL PHYSICS II	3
100111060	GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II	1
100311020	GENERAL CHEMISTRY II	3
	TOTAL	17

Second Year

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Fall Semester
010610035	ADVANCED ENGLISH	2
010610036	ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB	1
100111030	GENERAL PHYSICS III	3
100112011	MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR PHYSICS	3
100112341	ELECTRONICS I	3
100112350	ELECTRONICS LAB	1
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
	TOTAL	16

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Spring Semester
---------	Univ. Req.	2
100112510	MODERN PHYSICS	3
100112611	THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS	3
100112810	OPTICS AND WAVES	3
100112820	OPTICS AND WAVES LAB	1
100113011	MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS I	3
	TOTAL	15

Third Year

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Fall Semester
---------	Univ. Elec.	2
040313550	METHODS OF TEACHING SCIENCE	3
100113020	MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS II	3
100113110	CLASSICAL MECHANICS I	3
100113320	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I	3
100113510	QUANTUM MECHANICS I	3
	TOTAL	17

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Spring Semester
---------	Univ. Req.	2
---------	Univ. Elec.	2
100113120	CLASSICAL MECHANICS II	3
100113330	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II	3
100113520	QUANTUM MECHANICS II	3
100113751	MODERN PHYSICS LAB	1
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
	TOTAL	17

Fourth Year

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Fall Semester
100114620	STATISTICAL MECHANICS	3
100114710	SOLID STATE PHYSICS I	3
100114752	ADVANCED PHYSICS LAB	2
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
---------	Free Elective	2
	TOTAL	16

Course #	Course Name	Cr. Hrs.
Spring Semester
---------	Univ. Elec.	2
---------	Univ. Elec.	2
100114990	SEMINAR	1
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
---------	Spec. Elec.	3
---------	Free Elective	2
---------	Free Elective	2
	TOTAL	15

Physics Curriculum

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

University Requirements

Faculty Requirements

Specialization Requirements

Free Elective

Advisory Plan

First Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Second Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Third Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

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Physics Curriculum

Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree( 128 Credit Hours ) as Follows:

University Requirements

Faculty Requirements

Specialization Requirements

Free Elective

Advisory Plan

First Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Second Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Third Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILINGLIST

ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

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