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Curriculum Major Requirements 110 Credit Hours
Total Credit Hours: 162
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours

General Education Requirements 27 credit hours DES 110 Design Communication I No Prerequisite 3
College Requirements 10 credit hours DES 120 Design Communication II DES 110 3
Major Requirements 110 credit hours DES 130 Design Foundations No Prerequisite 3
Professional Electives 9 credit hours ARC 210 Architectural Design I DES 120 + DES 130 4
ARC 220 Architectural History I ENG 200 3
Open Electives 6 credit hours
ARC 230 Building Technology I DES 110 3
ARC 240 Architecture and the Environment No Prerequisite 3
General Education Requirements 27 Credit Hours
ARC 250 Architectural Design II ARC 210 4
Course Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit ARC 260 Architectural and Interior Design History II ARC 220 3
Code Hours
ARC 270 Building Technology II ARC 230 3
ARL 101(A) Communication Skills in Arabic Lang. No Prerequisite 3
ARC 280 Computer Aided Design DES 110 3
IELTS average score of 6 or EMSAT average score of
1400 or passing grade in ENG 102 ARC 310 Architectural Design III ARC 250 6
ENG 200 English II 3
(FWS100(E)/ USS001 as co-requisite if placed in ARC 320 Env. Design I: Lighting and Acoustics ARC 210 3
ENG200)
ARC 330 Structures for Architects I ARC 270 3
FWS 305 Technical Communication for Workplace ENG 200 + Completion of 45 CHs. 3
ARC 340 Building Technology III ARC 270 3
ISL 100 Islamic Culture No Prerequisite 3
ARC 350 Architectural Design IV ARC 310 6
MTT 101 Pre-Calculus MTH 100 or MPT 3
ARC 360 Urban Planning ARC 210 3
MTT 102 Calculus I MTT 101 3
ARC 370 Professional Practice and Ethics ENG 200 3
ENG102 (P) & FWS100 (E)/ USS001 as pre-requisite ARC 399 Internship 90 Credit Hours 3
FWS 205 UAE and GCC Society FWS100(E)/ USS001 as co-requisite if students enter 3
to ENG200 course directly ARC 410 Architectural Design V ARC 350 6
STT 100 General Statistics No Prerequisite 3 ARC 420 Env. Design II: Energy and Systems ARC 240 + ARC 270 3
ARC 430 Working Drawings I ARC 340 3
FWS 310 Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ENG 200 + Completion of 60 CHs. 3
ARC 450 Architectural Design VI ARC 410 6
ARC 460 Structures for Architects II ARC 330 3
College Requirements 10 Credit Hours ARC 470 Urban Design ARC 360 3

Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours ARC 510 Graduation Project I ARC 450 6
ARC 520 Research Methods and Programming ARC 410 (co-req) 3
PHY 102 Physics and Engineering Applications I MTT 102 3
ARC 530 Working Drawings II ARC 430 3
PHY 102L Physics and Engineering Applications I Lab MTT 102 + PHY 102 as Co-req. 1
ARC 540 Sustainable Design ARC 410 3
GEN 101 Introductory Artificial Intelligence STT 100 3
ARC 550 Graduation Project II ARC 510 6
GEN 102 Intoduction to Big Data Analytics STT 100 3

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