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Professional Electives and Open Electives 15 Credit Hours BACHELOR OF

Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
PRE1 Professional Elective I - 3 ARCHITECTURE - Study Plan
PRE2 Professional Elective II - 3
PRE3 Professional Elective III - 3
OE1 Open Elective I - 3
OE2 Open Elective I - 3 First Year (Freshman)

Code Title Credit Prerequisite(s)
Professional Elective Themes 9 Credt Hours
ARL 101(A) Communication Skills in Arabic Lang. 3 No Prerequisite
Course
Themes options Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours IELTS average score of 6 or EMSAT average score
Code of 1400 or passing grade in ENG 102
ARC 581 Landscape Architecture ARC 210 3 ENG 200 English II 3
Fall (FWS100(E)/ USS001 as co-requisite if placed in
ARC 584 Housing ARC 360 3 (Semester 1) ENG200)
ARC 585 Islamic Architecture ARC 220 3 ISL 100 Islamic Culture 3 No Prerequisite
Special Design STT 100 General Statistics 3 No Prerequisite
Focus ARC 586 Architectural Conservation ARC 260 3
ARC 588 Interior Architecture ARC 210 3 DES 110 Design Communication I 3 No Prerequisite
ARC 589 Architecture in Extreme Environments 60 Crs 3 Total Credit Hours 15
DES 580 Architectural Photography DES 220 or LAR 230 3 ENG102 (P) & FWS100 (E)/ USS001 as pre-requisite
FWS 205 UAE and GCC Society 3 FWS100(E)/ USS001 as co-requisite if students
ARC 582 3D Modeling ARC 280 3 enter to ENG200 course directly
Computer
Applications ARC 583 Building Information Modeling ARC 280 3 Spring MTT 101 Pre-Calculus 3 MTH 100 or MPT
ARC 591 Geographical Information Systems ARC 280 3 (Semester 2)
GEN 101 Introductory Artificial Intelligence 3 STT 100
ARC 587 Project Management ARC 340 3
Management DES 130 Design Foundations 3 No Prerequisite
ARC 590 Building Economics ARC 340 3 DES 120 Design Communication II 3 DES 110
Total Credit Hours 15

Second Year (Sophomore)

Code Title Credit Prerequisite(s)
ARC 210 Architectural Design I 4 DES 120 + DES 130
ARC 220 Architectural History I 3 ENG 200
Fall
ARC 230 Building Technology I 3 DES 110
(Semester 3)
ARC 240 Architecture and the Environment 3 No Prerequisite
MTT 102 Calculus I 3 MTT 101
Total Credit Hours 16

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