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microeconomics theory and Bachelor of its subfields, and major application
applications. The course is designed areas. Students will learn the different
to introduce undergraduate students Science in types of data, data sources and data
to the fundamental concepts uses, and technologies for Big Data.
and theories of microeconomics Software Then, we move through the various
with the primary focus being types of analytics starting with basic
the application of principles and Engineering univariate descriptive analytics and
practices of microeconomics to moving through multivariate until
business, finance and managerial we reach predictive, model-based
economics. The first part of the analytics. The course is designed
course will involve discussing the in a way that balances between
problem of scarcity, demand, supply, Degree Requirements theory and practice. Throughout
equilibrium prices, and the use of the course, the students will follow
prices as guide for production and the data-driven approach to solving
consumption. Concepts including; real-life problems through a series
marginal analysis, opportunity cost, SWE 201 - Structured of practical labs and class activities.
production possibilities frontier and Programming They will learn how to explain and
elasticity. In the second part of the Credit Hours: 3 identify the elements of introductory
course, the discussion will center on Prerequisite: MTT101 or higher to intermediate data-driven systems
consumer choice; the behavioral and The main objective of this course is to using Microsoft Power BI. The
firm’s production decisions and on course concludes by introducing the
the short-run and long-run costs and provide students with the logic and students to a variety of special data
tools required to develop structured
output decisions. The theory of firm software programs in Java. Java is a analytics applications in engineering,
in perfect competition, monopolistic challenging programming language health, business, and the web
competition, monopoly, and oligopoly that is based on the object-oriented emphasizing social, security, and
markets are fully examined in the economic dimensions.
third part. In each of these market programming methodology. However,
this course focuses on structured
models, equilibrium price, output and programming as the main learning CSC 202 - Computer
profits are reviewed. Programming II
objective. It also serves as a
Throughout the course, particular preliminary foundation for learning Credit Hours: 3
emphasis is placed on the use of the object-oriented programming Prerequisite: SWE 201 or CSC 201
microeconomic analysis to explain methodology. Object-oriented programming offers
contemporary economic issues The material for this course includes: greater reliability, maintainability
and subjects influencing individual, Introduction to Computers and Java and reusability than structured
business and government decisions.
Programming, Control Structures programming. This course follows
(loops and conditions), Functions, on from Structured Programming
Arrays, and Strings and the notion of and introduces the concepts of
algorithms for solving problems. Object-Oriented Programming. It
develops the basic skills necessary
COE 102- Introductory Big Data to develop software application
Analytics programs in Java using objected
oriented principles and concepts.
Credit Hours: 3
The course presents the main
Prerequisite: STT100 principles of Objected Oriented
Programming: data abstraction,
This course provides a general objects and classes, inheritance,
introduction to Data Analytics. and polymorphism. Students should
It provides an essential guide to have a core foundation of structured
understanding and using data programming principles in order to
analytics in real-life applications progress smoothly and effectively in
without the need for any previous this course.
familiarity with programming. The
course starts by introducing the main
concepts of Data Analytics to provide
a solid understanding of the field,

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