Al-Quds University ::: جامعة القدس - Department of Computer Science & IT

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Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Computer Science

Required Courses for the Bachelors Degree

The Computer Science department offers 3 programs all leading to the B.SC degree:

I- Full Major in Computer Science

Elective	Required	Credit Hours	Requirements
6	18	24	University
-	22	22	College
21	59	80	Department
6 credit hours to be chosen from any university department			Free Electives

II- Major in Computer Science / Minor in other program

Elective	Required	Credit Hours	Requirements
6	18	24	University
-	22	22	College
3	56	59	Department
(as specified by the other department)			Minor Requirements

III- Minor in Computer Science

Elective	Required	Credit Hours	Requirements
9	19	28	Department

Note: Field Training (40 hours) is a requirement for graduation.

B.Sc. Requirement in Computer Science

A- University Requirements (24 Credit Hours)

I- University Requirements (18 Credit Hours)
Credit Hours	Course Name	Course No.	No.
2	Arabic Language skills1	0400101	1
2	English Language skills1	0400100	2
2	English Language skills2	0400110	3
2	Jerusalem Throughout History	0400120	4
2	Palestine: Nature & Environment	0400121	5
2	Islamic Culture	0400122	6
3	World Civilizations	0400128	7
3	Logical Thinking	0400124	8
II - University Electives (Languages: 6 Credit Hours from the following)
Credit Hours	Course Name	Course No.	No.
3	Hebrew Language 1 (Level1)	0400111	1
3	Hebrew Language 2 (Level2)	0400112	2
3	French Language 1 (Level1)	0400113	3
3	French Language 1 (Level1)	0400114	4
3	German Language 1 (Level1)	0400115	5
3	German Language 2 (Level2)	0400116	6
3	Spanish Language 1( Level 1)	0400117	7
3	Spanish Language 2( Level 2)	0400118	8
3	Turkish Language 1(Level 1)	0400119	9
3	Turkish Language 2(Level 2)	0400129	10
3	Italian Language 1 (Level 1)	0400146	11
3	Italian Language 2 (Level 2)	0400147	12
6	Any Foreign Language Approved by the Academic council	/	13
OR II- University Electives (6 Credit Hours from the following)
3	Science and Life	0300142	1
3	Fine Arts	0400130	2
3	Literary Appreciation	0400132	3
3	Women and Men in Human Societies	0400133	4
3	Issues In Modern And Contemporary Arab Thought	0400141	5
3	Internet For Special Purposes	0303100	6
3	Democracy, Human Rights And International Humanitarian Law	0500140	7
3	Conflict Resolution By Peaceful Means	0500143	8
3 Non-Science Students	Introduction To Public Health And Environment	0305100	9
3	Communication Skills	0403131	10
3 Non-law students	Introduction To Legal Thought	0500145	11
3	History and Philosophy of Science	0409135	12
3	Special Topic	0400148	13
3	Internship Course		14

B- College Requirements (22 Credit Hours)

No.	Course name	Course Number	Theory	Lab	Total	Perquisites
1	Introduction to Biology	0305101	3	1	4	-
2	Introduction to Physics	0302101	3	-	3	-
3	Introduction to Physics- Lab	0302111	-	1	1	0302101
4	Introduction to Computer Science	0303101	3	1	4	-
5	Introduction to Chemistry	0304101	3	-	3	-
6	Introduction to Chemistry-Lab	0304103	-	1	1	0304101
7	Introduction to Chemistry to Mathematics	0306101	3	-	3	-
8	Introduction to Environmental science	0316101	3	-	3	-

Full Major in Computer Science Requirement

86 credit hours of Courses are required by the Department. All students must complete 59 credit hours of compulsory courses as shown in Table 1. To fulfill departmental requirements the student should choose courses with a total value of 6 credit hours from courses which are 200-level or above from the Department of Mathematics. He or she should choose courses with a total value of 21 credit hours from courses which are 200-level or above from the Department of Computer Science shown in Table 2.

Table 1. Mandatory Courses (59 Credit Hours)

No.	Title	Course Number			Credit Hours		Prerequisites
1	Principles of Statistics	0306130			3		-
2	Math II	0306102			3		0306101
3	Fundamentals of Programming	0303102			4		0303101
4	Data Structure and Algorithms	0303201			3		0303102
5	Data Structure and Algorithms II	0303202			3		0303201
6	Computer Proficiency	0303212			1		0303102
7	Integrative Programming and Technologies	0303216			2		0303202
8	Discrete Structures	0303221			3		0303102
9	Digital Circuit Design	0303231			3		0303102
10	Computer Organization	0303232			3		0303231
11	Software Engineering I	0303242			3		0303201
12	Scientific Computing	0303321			3		0303221
13	Automata Theory	0303322			3		0303221
14	Computer System Architecture	0303331			3		0303232
15	Database Systems I	0303351			3		0303242
16	Intelligent Systems	0303362			3		0303201
17	Computer Operating Systems	0303371			3		0303232
18	Computer Network	0303373			3		0303232
19	Computer Network Lab	0303475			1		0303373
20	Distributed Systems &Computer Network	0303476			3		0303373
21	Graduation Project I	0303491			1		Department
22	Graduation Project II	0303492			1		Department
23	Digital Lab	0307242			1		0303231
	Total				59
A: 21 Credit Hours to be chosen from courses 200 level or above from the Department of Computer Science. Table 2. Elective Courses:
No.	Title		Course Number	Credit Hours		Prerequisites
1	C and UNIX Systems Administration		0303271	3		0303201
2	Operations Research		0303324	3		0303221
3	Performance Evaluation of Computer System		0303326	3		0303202
4	Microprocessor Systems Architecture		0303336			0303331
5	Database Systems II		0303341	3		0303342
6	Logic Programming		0303361	3		0303201
7	Translators and Programming Languages		0303362	3		0303222
8	Computer Graphics		0303382	3		0303202
9	Image processing		0303383	3		0303202
10	Simulation		0303421	3		0303221
11	Security		0303444	3		0303242
12	Software Quality Control		0303446	3		0303242
13	Management Information Systems		0303448	3		0303242
14	Optimization Theory		0303464	3		0303221
15	Knowledge Base Systems		0303465	3		0303362
16	Visualizations		0303480	3		0303202
17	Mobile Computing		0303482	3		0303202
19	Bioinformatics		0303483	3		0303202
20	Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition		0303484	3		0303202
21	Parallel Programming		0303485	3		0303202
22	Remote Sensing and GIS Systems		0316464	3		0306101
23	Special Topics in Computer Science		0303494	3		Department
24	Internship Course			3		Department
B: 6 Credit Hours to be chosen from courses which are 200-level or above from the Department of Mathematics.

Major in Computer Science (59 credit hours)

56 credit hours of Courses are required by the Department. All students must complete 56 credit hours of compulsory courses as shown in Table 3. In addition, three credit hours to be chosen from courses in Table 2.

Table 3. Mandatory Courses (56 Credit Hours)

No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
1	Principles of Statistics	0306130	3	-
2	Math II	0306102	3	0306101
3	Fundamental of Programming	0303102	4	0303101
4	Data Structure and Algorithms	0303201	3	0303102
5	Data Structure and Algorithms II	0303202	3	0303201
6	Computer Proficiency	0303212	1	0303102
7	Integrative Programming and Technologies	0303216	2	0303202
8	Discrete Structures	0303221	3	0303102
9	Digital Circuit Design	0303231	3	0303102
10	Computer Organization	0303232	3	0303231
11	Software Engineering I	0303242	3	0303201
12	Scientific Computing	0303321	3	0303221
13	Automata Theory	0303322	3	0303221
14	Computer System Architecture	0303331	3	0303232
15	Database Systems I	0303351	3	0303242
16	Intelligent Systems	0303362	3	0303201
17	Computer Operating Systems	0303371	3	0303232
18	Computer Networks	0303373	3	0303232
19	Computer Networks Lab	0303475	1	0303373
20	Graduation Project I	0303491	1	Department
21	Graduation Project II	0303492	1	Department
22	Digital Lab	0307242	1	0303231
	Total		56

Minor in Computer Science - 28 Credit Hours for student from other departments.

All students must complete 19 credit hours of compulsory courses as shown in Table 5. He or she should choose courses with a total value of 9 credit hours from those which are 200-level or above in the Department of Computer Science shown in Table 1 and Table 2.

Table 5. Mandatory Courses for the Minor in Computer Science* (19 Credit Hours)

No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	Fundamentals of Programming	0303102	4	0303101
2	Data Structure and Algorithms I	0303201	3	0303102
3	Data Structure and Algorithms II	0303202	3	0303201
4	Discrete Structures	0303221	3	0303102
5	Scientific Computing	0303321	3	0303221
6	Database Systems I	0303351	3	0303202

* The above requirement applies only for students at the college of science and technology. The following conditions apply for student who are from other university departments:

Must have a tawjeehe scientific stream.

Applicants should take the course introduction to computer science (0303101) they should choose courses with a total value of 6 credit hours from those course which are 200-level or above from the Table 1 and Table 2.

Plan of Study

Major in Computer Science

Course Sequence

First Year-Fall Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Introduction to Computer Science	0303101	4
2	Introduction to Mathematics	0306101	3
3	College Requirement		4
4	University Requirement (comp.)		2
5	University Requirement (comp.)		2
Total			15

First Year-Spring Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Fundamental Of Programming	0303102	4
2	Math II	0306102	3
3	College Requirement		4
4	University Requirement (comp.)		2
5	University Requirement (comp.)		3
Total			16

Second Year-Fall Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Principles of Statistics	0306130	3
2	Data Structure and Algorithms I	0303201	3
3	Discrete Structures	0303221	3
4	Digital Circuit Design	0303231	3
5	College Requirement		4
6	University Requirement (comp.)		2
Total			18

Second Year- Spring Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Digital Lab	0307242	1
2	Data Structure and Algorithms II	0303202	3
3	Computer Organization	0303232	3
4	Software Engineering I	0303242	3
5	College Requirement		3
6	University Requirement (comp.)		2
7	University Requirement (comp.)		2
Total			17

Third Year-Fall Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Computer Proficiency	0303212	1
2	Integrative Programming and Technologies	0303216	2
3	Scientific Computing	0303321	3
4	Computer System Architecture	0303331	3
5	Database Systems I	0303351	3
6	Departmental Elective		3
7	University Requirement (comp.)		3
Total			18

Third Year-Spring Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Automata Theory	0303322	3
2	Intelligent Systems	0303362	3
3	Computer Operating Systems	0303371	3
4	Computer Networks	0303373	3
5	Departmental Elective		3
7	University Requirement (elec.)		3
Total			18

Fourth Year-Fall Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Computer Network Lab	0303475	1
2	Distributed Systems & Computer Networks	0303476	3
3	Graduation Project I	0303491	1
4	Departmental Elective		3
5	Departmental Elective		3
6	Departmental Elective		3
7	University Requirement (elec.)		3
Total			17

Fourth Year-Spring Semester
No.	Title	Course Number	Credit Hours
1	Graduation Project II	0303492	1
2	Departmental Elective		3
3	Departmental Elective		3
4	Departmental Elective		3
5	Departmental Elective		3
Total			3

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