Compulsory Courses

The Engineer’s Base: Calculus, Forces, and Materials

PHM111: Mathematics (1) 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (3) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Review on Calculus, Integration Formulas, Chain Rule, Inverse Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Hyperbolic Functions, L’ Hospital Rule, Techniques of Integration, Conic Sections. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM112: Mathematics (2) 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (3) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: PHM111 
Description: Quadric Surfaces, Functions of Several Variables, Partial Differentiation, Chain Rule, Applications of Partial Differentiation, Multiple Integrals and applications, Line Integral, Green’s Theorem, Linear System of Equations, Matrix Algebra, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 30 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM113: Probability and Statistics 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: PHM111 
Description: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, Data Description, Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion and Position. Review on Probability, Bayes’ Theorem, Random Variables (Continuous and Discrete), Probability Distributions. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 35) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM121: Vibration and Waves 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (3) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Review of basic physical mechanics: Work, Energy, Forces, Potential gradient and Power. Vibrations: Uniform circular motion, Simple harmonic motion and its energy, Superposition of harmonic vibrations, Damped vibration, Forced vibration and resonance. Wave motion: Wave equation, Transverse and Longitudinal waves, velocity of sound waves, Intensity of sound waves and intensity levels, Standing waves, Interference and Diffraction of light. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 25 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 10 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM122: Electricity and Magnetism 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (3) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Electricity: Review of vectors, Coulomb’s law, Electric field, Electric flux, Gauss Law and its applications, Electric potential, Capacitance and Dielectrics, Electric current and RC circuits. Magnetism: Magnetic field, Magnetic Force, Sources of Magnetic Fields, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s Law, Electromagnetic induction, Magnetic properties of materials and AC circuits. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 25 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 10 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM132: Dynamics 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: CES111 
Description: Kinematics of particles, linear motion, Motion in resistive media, Study of curvilinear motion using: Cartesian coordinates, Cylindrical coordinates and Intrinsic coordinates, Relative motion, Kinetics of motion with applications on projectiles and harmonic, Work and energy, Applications on conservative and non-conservative fields of forces, Impulse and impact, Newton’s empirical formula, Impact of particle with fixed pane, Impact of two small balls, Introduction to vibration mechanics. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 25 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 5 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

PHM141: Engineering Chemistry 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (2) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Physical chemistry: Gases, Liquids, Solids. Thermochemistry, Thermodynamics, Solutions, Ionic equilibrium, and Electrochemistry. Applied chemistry: Corrosion of metals, Alloys, Water chemistry and its treatment, Chemistry of cements, Chemistry of polymers, Fuels and Combustion, Environmental pollution, and its control. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 15 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

The Architect’s Base: Craft, Context, and Construction

ARC111: Fundamentals of Architecture Design 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (5) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The fundamental skills to use principles of graphic communication and model making techniques effectively as a design tool; Design fundamentals: conceptual, formal, and spatial aspects of architecture; Application in Design simple spaces and compositions by considering functional activities, spatial requirements, and circulation 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 35 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

ARC131: History of Arts and Architecture 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Relation between the arts and architectural concept, and the philosophy of design in different ages; The effects of physical, cultural, natural and constructional possibilities on the different architectural elements; Comparative analytical study of art and architecture for different old cultures. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC141: Architectural Representation 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (5) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Fundamental skills of freehand drawing techniques and investigate the different visual design elements and principles. Different exercises are to be applied in both 2D and 3D. Communicating simple forms graphically by transforming visual information into a 2d image with shade and shadows, visualizing 3D objects and presenting them in terms of perspective. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 20 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC151: Basics of Conventional Construction Systems 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (3) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Conventional construction systems concepts and elements, “Rule of thumb” calculations for main structural system elements sizing, the process of constructing: RC moderate scale buildings, achieving building’s essential needs such as protection against sun heat and dampness, bridging wall openings, retaining soil, and connecting different levels. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

CES111: Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics (1) 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Types of loads, Types of supports, Reactions, Stability of statically determinate structures, Internal forces in statically determinate plane beams, Frames and arches, Two and three dimensional analyses of statically determinate trusses,‎ Influence lines for statically determinate beams, Frames, Arches and trusses,‎ Properties of plane areas, Straining actions, Distribution of normal stresses in homogeneous sections, Distribution of normal stresses in heterogeneous and composite sections, Core of cross sections.‎ 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL321: History and Theory of Urbanism 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The evolution of cities and their location, Old World Cities, Egyptian historical cities and the factors affecting its form, main Egyptian capital schemes through eras, Cairo urban history and Forces influencing the shaping of Cairo, the meaning of urbanism, the urban patterns and morphologies, utopia philosophers and urbanism, Industrial revolution and its implications for cities 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC353: Working Design (1): Execution Drawings Coordination, Annotation and Coding

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC255 
Description: Base drawings concept and requirements, “US CSI” standards for working drawings: dimensioning, tagging, annotations, referencing, sheets organization, and others. Types and elements of working drawings as needed to tender, site construction, and/or factory/shop manufacturing, Coordination between the spatial needs of basic technical systems: Structure, HVAC, Lights, and Sanitary, Analyzing, evaluating, choosing, and integrating into design the optimum specifications of different items, 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 30 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

Scaling Humanity: From Building Units to Thriving Neighborhoods

ARC216: Multi Story Accommodation Building Design Studio

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (6) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC141 AND ARC111 
Description: Building form, Massing, building enclosure, 3DModeling, Residential Plan prototypes 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 5 Project Based = 40 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

UPL251: Residential Complex Design Studio

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (6) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC216 
Description: Developing a residential complex project or housing clusters and applying the principals of Residential urban spaces and landscape. Incorporating social, culture, environmental, and economic dimension for attaining public realm. Formulating an integrated program with accommodating divergent functions, circulation and construction systems. Context and Site limitations and aligning with codes. Approaches to demonstrate the design methods and skills gained previously to produce an appropriate output including: final and working/testing physical models, spatial and scaled drawings, computer representatives as 3D models and time-based animations 
Recommended projects: Residential complex, accommodation complex, hotels, dorms and hostels … etc. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 20 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

UPL314: Urban Regeneration Design Studio

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL251 
Description: Developing and retrofitting of an in-situ upgrading project of an existing area, through studying its physical, environmental and socio-economic needs. The project would consider planning codes and regulations, as well as context constraints and limitations. The project would also explore housing issues in developing countries, urbanization challenges and informal growth. Examples of selected projects would be upgrading of deteriorated / informal areas or areas with low land values, revitalization of residential within historical areas, urban regeneration projects …etc. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 55 (Seminar Based = 30 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 10 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 0 AND Technical Assessment = 20 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

UPL352: Neighborhood Planning and Design Studio 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (6) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL251 AND UPL321 
Description: Design of a residential neighborhood situated in new cities through different ranges of scales from planning to architecture design of the typical residential units through different high-tech components and environmental treatments of the buildings through architectural design strategies. Consideration of community needs, and the quality of life with the application of all principles, knowledge and skills obtained through precedent courses to create a livable and sustainable neighborhood 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 0 AND Technical Assessment = 20 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC414: Smart Housing Design Studio

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (6) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Introducing students to complex building design with diverse functions, as residential, Retail and administrative. Solving different user's needs, How to segregate different functions and coordinate entrances and services, How to implement smart and sustainable systems and Architectural treatments through design to further enhance the design and user experience. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

Designing Equitable Environments: From Community Roots to Smart Futures

UPL111: Community-Centered Design Methods 

Total Credit Hours: 4 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The course introduces the students to the process of design from studies, site analysis, phases of conceptual, schematic and detailed design up to the complex consideration of design such as the considerations of the environment, energy conservation and resource efficiency, social considerations such as human needs and scale, space and place differentiation etc. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 20 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

UPL243: Principles of Residential Urban Spaces and Landscape 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: An overview of the urban spaces and its landscaping elements within residential context. Elements of the urban landscape: Open spaces, Built form, Urban form, Greenery, Street furniture, Movement patterns. Human needs, urban form and space as the standards and best practice of urban design elements 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL272: Society and Housing Economics 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The definitions, concepts and main targets of feasibility studies; Economic models for cities and economic trends governing allocating of activities and uses, supply and demand and their effects on urbanization and on the society. Appling feasibility studies techniques in urban projects. It addresses pre-investment, preliminary and final feasibility studies for urban projects. Different investment opportunities and their costs and factors affecting real estate appraisal. Different cost and revenues items in different project stages, cost benefit analysis, financial structure of projects, cash flow tables and balance between the execution time table and the financial structure of the urban project. Demographic analysis and population projections methods using statistics computer applications. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 30 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL331: CityLab

Total Credit Hours: 3
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL321 
Description: CityLAB studio introduces students to the fundamental knowledge and technical skills used by urban planners to research, analyze, create and implement plans and projects for the built environment. The studio uses GCR and its districts and neighborhoods as a planning laboratory and students will be expected to understand the city through the lens of planning elements such as demographics; economic, market, social, cultural, environmental dimensions; urban character and built form; and public and private stakeholder interests, all of which shape the city and inform decisions about land use, development, and infrastructure. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 15 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 20 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 15 

UPL361: City Development Strategies 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Housing challenges and strategies abroad and in Egypt. Roles of the agencies and the pillars contribute to formulating the housing policies and urban strategies in different cities and their managements. Approaches for Sustainable Development: Resilience, Energy, Net Zero Design, Livability, ... Economic business models and marketing policies for housing projects. Through practical cases study: investigating problems and potentials, making needed analysis of partners and stakeholders and formulating convenient programs, action plan, and log-framework. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC371: Architectural Projects Management and Economics 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Basics of project management and its objectives, Initial and running costs, The importance of feasibility studies, Land economics and marketing studies in making design decisions, Types of projects turnovers as well as administrative and environmental aspects, Skills for Planning and time scheduling of jobs through the evaluation of programs, Critical path method, “Gantt” chart, Cost-time analysis, progress curves and resource allocation, The “Entrepreneurship” definition, importance, and skills. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC372: Architecture Profession and Legislations 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The course focuses on the different roles of architects/urban designers, contractors and building owners during the construction process. Moreover, it previews codes of ethics, professional practices and legislation. The course also investigates and illustrates the construction bylaws and executive regulation No. 119 for 2008. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL436: Land Management and Land Subdivision 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC372 
Description: Building and land subdivision law, its implementing regulation, its impact of legislation on urbanism, basics and principles of land management, land readjustment and informal settlement regularization. Introduction to the problems confronting those who have to make decisions about land management and resource use legislation that governs practicing the profession. Needed documents of land subdivision and detailed planning according to Egyptian regulation. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

UPL437: Smart CityLab 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The Smart CityLab brings the perspectives of design thinking and urban planning to the visions and practices of smart cities. Through a project, the student tackles issues related to Buildings, housing, transport, energy, governance, and digital infrastructure 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 20 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

Code to Construct: Computational Intelligence for the Built Environment

ARC142: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Overview of fundamental principles of computer graphics (vector and raster based) and their consequence for real graphical applications. Basic operations to be performed in 2D and 3D computer graphics. Specification of principles and usage of main graphical interfaces. Methods and algorithms for drawing lines, circles and curves (Bezier and NURBS) in 2D. Principles of closed areas clipping and filling. Methods and solutions for 2D/3D object transformations, visibility problem, lighting, shading and texturing. Basics of the photorealistic rendering of 3D scenes. Different methods of 3D geometry representation 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 35 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 0 

ARC242: Modeling of The Built Environment

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (3) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC142
Description: use computers as a medium for 3D modeling, form generation, and the analysis and evaluation of architectural design models. Students are introduced to concepts of wireframe modeling, surface modeling, solid modeling, parametric modeling, and generative design, and are exposed to software tools such as Rhino and its graphic algorithm editor Grasshopper. This course introduces the principles of building information modeling (BIM) and how it is used, through tools such as Autodesk Revit and other analysis tools, to model, analyze, and evaluate designs, with an emphasis on form-finding and performance-based evaluation. Students are also introduced to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS) to create, analyze, and visualize the built environment on different scales. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 50 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 35 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 0 

ARC346: Programming for Architects

Total Credit Hours: 2
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Data modeling, analyzing statistical data, data interpretation, algorithmic thinking, implementing algorithms, basics of programming and scripting, form generation process, programming languages supported by 3d Modeling, fabrication, 3D printing 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 35 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 0 

ARC442: Building Information Modeling (BIM) 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The course introduces BIM (Building Information Modeling) as an intelligent 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure. This course focuses on the process and tools that help architects to develop their designs and to create, coordinate, and manage the tender drawings. Students will learn how to use one of BIM applications to develop the schematic design and to generate its tender documents. Application will be on moderate scale architecture projects such as administration building, clubhouse, small MPUs, and similar projects 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 40 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

UPL381: Geoinformatics

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Spatial Data processing – Spatial descriptive statistics – Basic concepts in spatial data analysis – Multiple Criteria Evaluation for Planning and spatial decisions – Theoretical and technical aspects of Modeling spatial data – Introduction to remote sensing – Basic satellite image processing tasks – Concepts and tools for representing data in large urban areas – Basic spatial regression models – Through Research Survey , the students will Design of the questionnaire and survey – Data management, analysis and report writing – Statistical tools and their application to survey research 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

Build-Ready: Where Design Becomes Buildable Reality

ARC255: Mass Housing Production Techniques 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC151 
Description: coordinates system, advanced building construction processes for the mass housing and emergency procedures, the innovative structure systems for mass production, safety systems, precast system, landscape construction, advanced finishing, cladding materials and techniques. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

ARC354: Working Design (2): Blow-Ups Detailing, Items Specifications and BOQs

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC353 
Description: Space Design multi layers coordination: design requirements, technical systems, and manufacturing specification, Design and detailing of internal space finishing, installations, accessories, and fixtures, “Component”, “Sub-Component” and “Assembly Drawings”, Quantity surveying to produce BOQs. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 30 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

ARC456: Working Design (3): Residential Towers Execution Documents

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: ARC354 
Description: professional execution documents, complex moderate scale housing, coordinates systems and allocation, technical installations, security, firefighting, fire alarm, BMS, Automation, advanced technologies and systems, structure, HVAC, circulation mechanisms, lighting, Specifications and BOQs 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 10 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 30 

System Integrator: Mastering Surveying, Structural, and Urban Engineering 

CEP213: Surveying and Site Mobility 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (1) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Introduction to mapping and surveying science - Different surveying instruments and their uses - Surveying maps and their types - Scales – Methods of height difference determination (Ordinary levelling and its applications) – Grid Levelling and generation of contour lines - Area determination - Theodolite (Methods of observing angles and directions) - Coordinate Calculation – Introduction to Total Station – Tacheometry application 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 20 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 25) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

CES251: Structures and Properties of Construction Materials 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Introduction to engineering materials. Material properties: physical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Testing machines and Strain measurements. Basic properties of non-metallic materials (Building stones, Bricks, Timber, Isolation materials, glass, Ceramics, Polymers, advanced composite materials and Concrete). Behavior of metals under static loads (Tension, Compression, Flexure, and Shear). 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 30 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

CES315: Concrete and Steel Structures 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Reinforced Concrete systems; students will know about the physical and mechanical properties of concrete and reinforcing steel. They will study the structural systems of slabs (solid, hollow block, ribbed, flat slab and paneled beams), in addition to knowing about the different loads the building may experience and how does the structure system distribute and transfers these loads. Students will study rules of thump to make a primary design of the main structure system elements such as slabs, beams, columns, stairs, and other elements. Steel structures: students will know about the main concepts and considerations of the steel structure system design. They will study structural systems, lateral resistance and bracing systems. In addition, they will study: the structural behavior of members, an Introduction to design philosophies, the different threats the steel structure system may experience and how to deal with. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 40 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

MEP341: Technical Installations 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Preliminary Studies for Plumbing, Installations, Design of Water Supply and Drainage Systems, Water Pipe Sizing, Fire Fighting, Sprinkler Systems, Special structures, Industrial Control of Thermal Environments, Design Criteria and Sustainability for Architectural Conditions, Effects of Shading on the Air Conditioning Thermal Loads, Distribution and Integration of Air Conditioning Exits with Other Building Systems, Air Grilles and Diffusers in Suspended Ceiling 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL433: Urban Systems 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The course previews all basic services and utilities including electricity, gas, water supplies, sewage systems, solid waste disposal, storm networks and telecommunication, in addition it introduces mobility and transportation planning: Networks, Modes, OD matrices, roads and highway classification, streets’ hierarchy, design control and criteria, roads cross section elements, horizontal and vertical alignment, types of intersections. Students should articulate basic designs of infrastructure planning as well as their impact on the environment, public health and safety 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 20 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

Forging Futures: Context-Driven Innovation in Housing Architecture and Urban Development

UPL392: Graduation Project (1) HAUD

Total Credit Hours: 1 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 1 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL314 
Description: Exposure to: Challenges related to Housing Architecture and Urban Development, new directions of scientific research topics in Housing Architecture and Urban Development, Opportunities in Housing Architecture and Urban Development In relation with other Engineering and non-Engineering disciplines 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 55 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 15 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 35 AND External Activities = AND Final Assessment = 0 

UPL494: Graduation Project (2) HAUD 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (6) Hs = 6 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL392
Description: On the planning level: Applying all skills and knowledge to create the convenient housing projects complying with the National Development Plans. Studying and analyzing similar projects. Benefiting from the application of science and the principles of planning and systems, Setting the suitable strategic approach on the planning level and it’s the objectives, extracting needed actions and its requisites. On the design level: Putting the Urban Program of the project components and Conceptual zoning–based on the study of surrounding urbanization and its impact on the project. Project preparation with all its elements, analytical studies, report and perspectives 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 0 AND Technical Assessment = 10 AND External Activities = 0 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL498: Graduation Project (3) HAUD

Total Credit Hours: 6 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (0) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (12) Hs = 12 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL494 
Description: This course considers the second phase of the outcome of this program. This course allows Students to elaborate his project within one of three tracks: the first track: is to focus on urban design and landscape architecture of the housing projects through urban and architecture scales focusing on the innovation and creation values. The second tracks: is to focus on the real estate development and the business models and marketing process of the project. While the third tack will focus on the mass housing production, its operation, economics and social impacts, as well as it demonstrates values in the innovation of the methods of construction, materials, phasing, operations and sustainable parameters. In addition, the project accompanied by a report (from the previous course of graduation) including the analysis, methodology, design considerations and concept. The jury and defense will examine the ability to the student to apply his skills and accumulative knowledge to produce an innovative project suitable to its context. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 60 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 40 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 0 AND Technical Assessment = 40 AND External Activities = 0 AND Final Assessment = 0 

ASUx31: Graduation Thesis

Total Credit Hours: 2
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 2 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Scientific research process and its integrated components, Guiding principles of research ethics, Relationship between research questions, designs and methodologies, Different research designs and methods such as correlational, experimental, ethnographic, Hone library search skills and knowledge about resources for locating research articles and reports, Critical thinking, Analysis of published reports 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 20 Project Based = 20 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 35 AND External Activities = AND Final Assessment = 0 

Elective Courses

Pool of HAUD Elective (1) & (2) Courses

ARC355: Housing Maintenance, Post-occupancy Evaluation, and Value Engineering 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Informing students about execution drawings needed to construct buildings. Teaching students the coordination between various technical systems and organizing related information. Preparing architectural execution drawings and coding them. Study of technical and drafting systems; preparation base drawings that guarantee appropriateness of spaces for structural, sanitary, electrical, air condition, and movement systems; organization data and annotations in plans, sections, and elevations. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL212: Placemaking and Place Identity

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: This course aims at acquainting the students with placemaking theory, as well as the idea of place identity. It examines different approaches, while highlighting the works of pioneers and different case studies in Egypt and the Mena Region. Concepts, such as: bringing nature into the city, DIY urbanism, tactical urbanism, planning by doing and urban prototyping are addressed. Differentiating one place from another is explained, showing the factors affecting place identity, while studying the relationship between the human and the surrounding environment. The course includes site visits. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 20 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

UPL271: Human Behavior and the Built Environment 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (1) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Human aspect in the design process from interior design, architectural design, landscape, to urban design scale, topics include human needs in physical space, cognition and navigation, personal space and territory, human behavior, behavioral mapping, design for behavioral change, environmental stressors, biophilic and topophilic design, crime prevention through environmental design, personalization, adaptation, and optimization of spaces, human scale, advances in environmental psychology 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 30 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL281: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (3) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Spatial data – Coordination systems and spatial projection – Spatial Data processing – Spatial descriptive statistics – Basic concepts in spatial data analysis – Multiple Criteria Evaluation for Planning and spatial decisions – Theoretical and technical aspects of Modeling spatial data – Introduction to remote sensing – Basic satellite image processing tasks – Concepts and tools for representing data in large urban areas 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 40 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 40 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 0 

Pool of HAUD Elective (3) Courses

ARC323: Interior Design 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The course provides an overview of interior design principles and concepts; including perspective, color theory, design aesthetics, and presentation methods. It tackles interior space elements through project-based activities (walls, ceilings, floors, windows, doors, furniture and accessories). It also focuses on the stages of concept development, and presentation toward the goal of creating a beginning interior design portfolio 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 50 (Seminar Based = 5 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 35 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 10 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

ARC356: Selected Topics in Housing Architecture 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (3) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Contemporary challenges in the Housing and neighborhood design, local context, contemporary issues, case studies, site visits, project management, report writing. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

Pool of HAUD Elective (4) & (5) Courses

UPL333: Sustainable Urban Mobility 

Total Credit Hours: 2
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 3 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: The relationship between transportation, land use and urban form, and the varied instruments available to planners seeking to influence this relationship. how different urban accessibility pathways impact directly on other measures of human development and environmental sustainability. The enabling conditions for increasing accessibility and low-carbon mobility in cities and what makes a city or neighborhood livable. The effectiveness of applying policies of green transportation in urban areas. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 35 

UPL424: Selected Topics in Urban Planning and Development 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 2 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Selected topics in recent challenges and directions in urban planning and development will be presented in this course 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL473: Equity and Urban Justice 

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 2 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Introducing the principles of social equity and urban justice in urban planning and housing strategies. The reflection of these principles on housing provision systems, resources distribution and spatial planning, and investigates causes for segregation and inequality in planning. The impact of lack of social equity on urban problems and built- environment deprivation. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL483: Urban AI

Total Credit Hours: 2 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (3) Hs + Tutorial (0) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Introduction to AI, Data acquisition and Governance, City Planning and AI: Similarities and Synergies, Citizen science and public engagement in smart cities, Role of planner in Industry 4.0, AI Urbanism, AI for Building and Infrastructure, AI and urban nexus, AI for Urban issues: Health, Safety, Resilience, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Digital revolution and AI challenges 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 15 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

Pool of HAUD Elective (6) & (7) Courses

ARC462: Sustainable Building Rating Systems 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Concept of building rating systems, rating system categories, the scoring system, the need to achieve certification, the certified building environment throughout all design and construction phases, the difference of various rating systems, the Egyptian Green Pyramid rating system. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL422: City Governance and Land Management 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: UPL331
Description: Urban governance from legal, political, social, and economic perspectives. Structures' Constrains towards collective decision making about particular urban issues. Various forces, institutions, and movements that guide economic and physical development, the distribution of resources, social interactions, and other aspects of daily life in urban areas focusing on the contemporary problems of urban management in Egypt 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL425: Selected Topics in Urbanization Issues 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Contemporary challenges and issues related to urbanization processes with case studies from the international and local contexts 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 20 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 10 Industry Based = 10) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL452: Housing Studies and Real Estate Development 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: This course investigates the dynamics of the real estate market; factors affecting the investment in real estate concerning location, opportunities for funding, organizing laws and legislation as well as protection for both the investor and the consumer are included. The course includes how to analyze the feasibility of urban and housing projects in relation to housing strata and service’s needs and land surveying and parceling, with application in real projects. Application of theoretical studies in a project dealing with urban, social, and economic surveys for an existing area. Analysis and diagnosis of alternative solutions to area according to real estate and housing studies 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL461: Environmental Impact Assessment 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: This course is designed to qualify students to gain insight into the origin and evolution of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. Students will explore key aspects of the EIA process and review selected methodologies designed to identify potential impacts of development project activities on the surrounding environment. They will get acquainted to the relationship between planning and EIA process and its implementation in Egypt. Furthermore, they will be introduced to related concepts such as Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and the contribution of EIA and SEA to sustainable development. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 10 Self Learning Based = 10 Project Based = 10 Industry Based = 5) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL463: Cities and Climate Change 

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Contemporary environmental issues and challenges, pollution, environmental degradation, desertification, erosion, climate change, city planning, environmental factors in planning, political and economic factors, Development alternatives, resources, input, output, renewable energy, green infrastructure, sustainable development, strong sustainability, weak sustainability, Natural protectorates. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 35 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 0 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 20 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40 

UPL482: Introduction to Geo Design

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (1) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (4) Hs = 5 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: Foundations of geo-design, the science of location-based information to improve human interaction with the functioning of the Earth, Decision/Design support methods, Scenario Analysis, Planning Support Systems, Application of city parametric planning concepts, planning protocols and spatial analysis skills to a complex planning or design problem 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 45 (Seminar Based = 0 Self Learning Based = 15 Project Based = 30 Industry Based = 0) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 15 AND Technical Assessment = 15 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 20 

CEP425: Urban Transportation Planning

Not applicable if UPL333 has been selected as elective

Total Credit Hours: 3 
Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture (2) Hs + Laboratory (0) Hs + Tutorial (2) Hs = 4 Hs 
Prerequisites: -----------
Description: This course examines the planning, engineering, and policies of transportation systems in urban areas, with a special focus on the Greater Cairo Region. It covers the principles of transportation systems planning and analysis, different methods of transportation demand modeling (sequential method, direct demand models, simultaneous models), calibration of trip generation models, gravity model calibration, direct demand models, discrete choice models, the use of some mathematical forms to formulate some problems in transportation planning, the use of some computer programs in transportation planning. 
Distribution of Marks: Student Activities = 30 (Seminar Based = 18 Self Learning Based = 12 Project Based = 0 Industry Based = 5) AND Mid-Term Assessment = 25 AND Technical Assessment = 0 AND External Activities = 5 AND Final Assessment = 40