#	Lvl	Code	Course Title	Credits and SWL			Contact Hours				Classification				Assessment (%)				Prerequisites
				CH	ECTS	SWL	Lec	Tut	Lab	TT	UR	FR	DR	PR	SA	MT	PE	FE
1		UPL413	Introduction to Urban Design	3			0	0	0	0					15	25	10	40
1		UPL413s	Introduction to Urban Design	3			0	0	0	0					40	20		40
1. Urban Design
1	2	UPL211	Context and Place Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8			x		55	10	10	20	( ARC112 )
1	2	UPL211s	Context and Place Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8			x		60	10	10	20	( ARC112s )
1	2	UPL212	Principles of Urban Design and Landscape	3	4	100	2	2	0	4			x		35	20	0	40
1	2	UPL212s	Principles of Urban Design and Landscape	3	4	100	2	2	0	4			x		40	20	0	40
1	2	UPL213	Mixed-use Design Studio	4	7	175	0	8	0	8				x	55	10	10	20	( UPL211 )
1	2	UPL213s	Mixed-use Design Studio	4	7	175	0	8	0	8				x	60	10	10	20	( UPL211s )
1	3	UPL311	Urban and Landscape Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8			x	x	55	0	20	20	( UPL212 )
1	3	UPL311s	Urban and Landscape Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8			x	x	60	0	20	20	( UPL212s )
1	3	UPL312	In Situ Development Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	55	0	20	20	( UPL251 )
1	3	UPL312s	In Situ Development Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	60	0	20	20	( UPL251s )
1	3	UPL313	Eco Urban Design	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	55	10	10	20	( UPL212 )
1	3	UPL313s	Eco Urban Design	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	60	10	10	20	( UPL212s )
1	4	UPL411	Mega Projects Urban Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	55	0	40	0	( UPL311 )
1	4	UPL411s	Mega Projects Urban Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL311s )
1	4	UPL412	Sustainable Contextual Architectural Design Studio	3	6	150	0	6	0	6				x	55	0	40	0	( ARC313 )
1	4	UPL412s	Sustainable Contextual Architectural Design Studio	3	6	150	0	6	0	6				x	60	0	40	0	( ARC313s )
2. Regional and City Planning
1	2	UPL221	History and Theory of Urbanism	3	4	100	2	2	0	4			x		35	20	0	40
1	2	UPL221s	History and Theory of Urbanism	3	4	100	2	2	0	4			x		40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL321	Participatory Planning and Community	2	4	100	2	1	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL321s	Participatory Planning and Community	2	4	100	2	1	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL421	Town and Regional Planning	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	15	25	10	40
1	4	UPL421s	Town and Regional Planning	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL422	Smart Cities and Intelligent Residential Buildings	3	3	75	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL422s	Smart Cities and Intelligent Residential Buildings	3	3	75	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL423	City Governance and Land Management	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL423s	City Governance and Land Management	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL424	Selected Topics in Architecture and Urbanism	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	60	0	40	0
1	4	UPL424s	Selected Topics in Architecture and Urbanism	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
3. Urban Planning
1	2	UPL331	Planning and Urban Upgrading	3	5	125	1	4	0	5			x		35	20	0	40	( UPL221 )
1	2	UPL331s	Planning and Urban Upgrading	3	5	125	1	4	0	5			x		40	20	0	40	( UPL221s )
1	2	UPL332	Sustainable Urban Development	3	4	100	2	3	0	5				x	35	20	0	40
1	2	UPL332s	Sustainable Urban Development	3	4	100	2	3	0	5				x	40	20	0	40	( UPL221s )
1	3	UPL333	Urban Infrastructure	3	3	75	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( PHM022 ) AND ( PHM032 )
1	3	UPL333s	Urban Infrastructure	3	3	75	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( PHM022s ) AND ( PHM032s )
1	3	UPL334	Site Analysis (Spatial Analysis and Land Mapping)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL334s	Site Analysis (Spatial Analysis and Land Mapping)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL431	Strategic Action Planning Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	15	25	10	40	( UPL311 )
1	3	UPL431s	Strategic Action Planning Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL311s )
1	3	UPL432	Urban Engineering	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40
1	3	UPL432s	Urban Engineering	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL433	Land Management and Land Subdivision	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( UPL331 )
1	4	UPL433s	Land Management and Land Subdivision	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( UPL331s )
1	4	UPL434	Sustainable Urban Mobility	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL434s	Sustainable Urban Mobility	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL435	Urban and Architectural Heritage	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL435s	Urban and Architectural Heritage	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL436	Urban Renewal	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL436s	Urban Renewal	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
4. Landscape
1	2	UPL241	Principles of Residential Urban Spaces and Landscape	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	2	UPL241s	Principles of Residential Urban Spaces and Landscape	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	2	UPL242	Sustainable Urban Landscape	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	35	20	0	40	( UPL212 )
1	2	UPL242s	Sustainable Urban Landscape	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	40	20	0	40	( UPL212s )
1	3	UPL341	Horticulture and Garden Design	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL341s	Horticulture and Garden Design	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL342	Arid Landscape Architecture Design Studio	4	7	175	0	8	0	8				x	55	0	20	20	( UPL311 )
1	3	UPL342s	Arid Landscape Architecture Design Studio	4	7	175	0	8	0	8				x	60	0	20	20	( UPL311s ) AND ( UPL341s )
1	3	UPL343	Landscape Working Design (1): Landscape Detailed Working Documents	3	4	100	1	4	0	5				x	35	20	0	40	( ARC352 )
1	3	UPL343s	Landscape Working Design (1): Landscape Detailed Working Documents	3	4	100	1	4	0	5				x	40	20	0	40	( ARC352s )
1	3	UPL344	Landscape for Dwellings and Public Buildings	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL344s	Landscape for Dwellings and Public Buildings	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL441	Landscape Working Design (2): Landscape Execution Documents Complexity	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	35	20	0	40	( ARC254 ) AND ( UPL343 )
1	4	UPL441s	Landscape Working Design (2): Landscape Execution Documents Complexity	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	40	20	0	40	( ARC254s ) AND ( UPL343s )
1	4	UPL442	Ecological Landscape	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL442s	Ecological Landscape	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
5. Housing
1	2	UPL251	Residential Complex Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	55	10	10	20	( ARC212 )
1	2	UPL251s	Residential Complex Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	60	10	10	20	( ARC212s )
1	3	UPL351	Housing Studies	3	4	100	1	4	0	5			x		35	20	0	40	( UPL221 )
1	3	UPL351s	Housing Studies	3	4	100	1	4	0	5			x		40	20	0	40	( UPL221s )
1	3	UPL352	Neighborhood Planning & Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	55	0	20	20	( UPL221 )
1	3	UPL352s	Neighborhood Planning & Design Studio	4	8	200	0	8	0	8				x	60	0	20	20	( UPL221s )
1	3	UPL353	Housing Policies, Strategies and Action Plans	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL353s	Housing Policies, Strategies and Action Plans	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL451	Housing Studies & Real Estate Development	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( UPL353 )
1	4	UPL451s	Housing Studies & Real Estate Development	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
6. Environmental Studies
1	1	UPL161	Environmental Studies and passive energy systems	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	1	UPL161s	Environmental Studies and passive energy systems	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL361	Outdoor Noise Propagation in Built Environment	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL361s	Outdoor Noise Propagation in Built Environment	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL461	Contemporary Environmental Issues	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40
1	4	UPL461s	Contemporary Environmental Issues	3	4	100	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL462	Urban Ecology and Environmental Studies	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL462s	Urban Ecology and Environmental Studies	2	3	75	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL463	Environmental Impact Assessment	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL463s	Environmental Impact Assessment	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL464	Environmental Planning	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL464s	Environmental Planning	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
7. Sociology and Urban Economy
1	2	UPL271	Society and Housing Economics	2	4	100	2	1	0	3			x		35	20	0	40
1	2	UPL271s	Society and Housing Economics	2	4	100	2	1	0	3			x		40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL371	Human Behavior and the Built Environment	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL371s	Human Behavior and the Built Environment	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	3	UPL372	Equity and urban Justice	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	0	40
1	3	UPL372s	Equity and urban Justice	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL471	Urban Economics	2	4	100	2	1	0	3			x		35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL471s	Urban Economics	2	4	100	2	1	0	3			x		40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL472	People and Environment	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	UPL472s	People and Environment	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	UPL473	Urban Sociology & Human Settlements	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40
1	4	UPL473s	Urban Sociology & Human Settlements	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
8. Urban Informatics
1	3	UPL381	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	35	20	40	0	( ARC142 )
1	3	UPL381s	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	40	0	( ARC142s )
1	4	UPL481	Urban Informatics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	40	0	( ARC142 )
1	4	UPL481s	Urban Informatics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	40	0	( ARC142s )
1	4	UPL482	Introduction to Geo Design	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	35	20	40	0	( CSE031 ) AND ( ARC142 )
1	4	UPL482s	Introduction to Geo Design	3	5	125	1	4	0	5				x	40	20	40	0	( CSE031s ) AND ( ARC142s )
9. Graduation Projects
1	4	UPL491	Urban Design Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	15	25	10	40	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL311 )
1	4	UPL491s	Urban Design Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	40	0	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL311s )
1	4	UPL492	Urban Design Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	15	25	10	40	( UPL411 ) AND ( UPL491 )
1	4	UPL492s	Urban Design Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL411s ) AND ( UPL491s )
1	4	UPL493	Urban Planning Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	15	25	10	40	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL311 )
1	4	UPL493s	Urban Planning Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	40	0	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL311s )
1	4	UPL494	Urban Planning Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	15	25	10	40	( UPL431 ) AND ( UPL493 )
1	4	UPL494s	Urban Planning Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL431s ) AND ( UPL493s )
1	4	UPL495	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	60	0	40	0	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL342 )
1	4	UPL495s	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	40	0	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL342s )
1	4	UPL496	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL411 ) AND ( UPL495 )
1	4	UPL496s	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL411s ) AND ( UPL495s )
1	4	UPL497	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	60	0	40	0	( ASU112 )
1	4	UPL497s	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (1)	2	4	100	1	2	0	3				x	40	20	40	0	( ASU112s )
1	4	UPL498	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL497 )
1	4	UPL498s	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (2)	6	17	425	0	12	0	12				x	60	0	40	0	( UPL497s )

UPL413	Introduction to Urban Design										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				0 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL						Equivalent ECTS
Course Content
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL413s	Introduction to Urban Design										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				0 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL						Equivalent ECTS
Course Content
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			%			40%

UPL211	Context and Place Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC112 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course explores the relationship between architecture and its urban context focusing on the relation with the built environment. The course stresses upon the meanings of the integrated architectural design situated in an urban complex with heritage dimension. It reinforces the basics of cultural and aesthetic values, environmental and construction challenges, and the role of urban context in shaping the architecture/urban forms. The students learn the design process of creating public or residential building defining relationship between indoor and outdoor. They experiment different architectural treatments and approaches to build within the heritage site, considering certain potentials and limitations.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						2			5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			10%			10%			20%

UPL211s	Context and Place Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC112s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course explores the relationship between architecture and its urban context focusing on the relation with the built environment. The course stresses upon the meanings of the integrated architectural design situated in an urban complex with heritage dimension. It reinforces the basics of cultural and aesthetic values, environmental and construction challenges, and the role of urban context in shaping the architecture/urban forms. The students learn the design process of creating public or residential building defining relationship between indoor and outdoor. They experiment different architectural treatments and approaches to build within the heritage site, considering certain potentials and limitations.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						2			5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			10%			10%			20%

UPL212	Principles of Urban Design and Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at developing an understanding of the urban context and its surrounding landscaping elements. This course is an introduction to urban design meanings, theories and practices. Also, it analyses the elements of the urban landscape: open spaces, greenery, and street furniture and movement patterns. The student acquires a clear understanding of the meaning of urban morphology, and the vocabulary of urban form and space and best practice of urban design and its surrounding landscape elements through cases study and sites visits
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						2			5
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						1			5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL212s	Principles of Urban Design and Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at developing an understanding of the urban context and its surrounding landscaping elements. This course is an introduction to urban design meanings, theories and practices. Also, it analyses the elements of the urban landscape: open spaces, greenery, and street furniture and movement patterns. The student acquires a clear understanding of the meaning of urban morphology, and the vocabulary of urban form and space and best practice of urban design and its surrounding landscape elements through cases study and sites visits
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						2			5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL213	Mixed-use Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL211 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			175			Equivalent ECTS			7
Course Content
The design studio focuses on designing mixed use buildings gathered by one or more open spaces. Emphasizing throughout the various design stages on the philosophical aspects. Students acquire the skill to integrate inner and outer spaces through designing medium / large buildings in a landscape context. Moreover, they should be capable of designing landscape elements details through aesthetic forms and functions with the use of natural and man-made materials.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						2			6
Landscape Architecture						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			10%			10%			20%

UPL213s	Mixed-use Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL211s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			175			Equivalent ECTS			7
Course Content
The design studio focuses on designing mixed use buildings gathered by one or more open spaces. Emphasizing throughout the various design stages on the philosophical aspects. Students acquire the skill to integrate inner and outer spaces through designing medium / large buildings in a landscape context. Moreover, they should be capable of designing landscape elements details through aesthetic forms and functions with the use of natural and man-made materials.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			10%			10%			20%

UPL311	Urban and Landscape Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at the students to understand the relationship between architecture and urban landscape through designing a themed urban complex project and exploring the meaning of public and private spaces. The principles of the legibility and the permeability are explored through the studio with focus on connectivity, walkability needs of the communities, and the quality of exterior and interior spaces. The students apply the design process to embrace the ramifications and diversity of urban design from conceptual design to details, using tools of landscaping and theories of urban design.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			20%			20%

UPL311s	Urban and Landscape Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at the students to understand the relationship between architecture and urban landscape through designing a themed urban complex project and exploring the meaning of public and private spaces. The principles of the legibility and the permeability are explored through the studio with focus on connectivity, walkability needs of the communities, and the quality of exterior and interior spaces. The students apply the design process to embrace the ramifications and diversity of urban design from conceptual design to details, using tools of landscaping and theories of urban design.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			20%			20%

UPL312	In Situ Development Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL251 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at developing an in-situ upgrading project of a deteriorated 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 informal areas, revitalization of residential within historical areas, urban regeneration projects …etc.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			20%			20%

UPL312s	In Situ Development Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL251s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at developing an in-situ upgrading project of a deteriorated 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 informal areas, revitalization of residential within historical areas, urban regeneration projects …etc.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			20%			20%

UPL313	Eco Urban Design										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course offers a theoretical basis in the principles of urban design and the possibilities of creating more sustainable and harmonious urban spaces, public transportation systems, architecture, urban landscaping, ecology and master planning. This theoretical study teaches students some tools and techniques for analysis of the health and efficiency of different urban environments around the world. Then, students will be able to analyse cases from the surrounding current urban environment. Analysis looks at a specific aspect such as traffic, uses, view shed, skyline, wind, solar exposure, urban grid, urban resource supply and demand, etc. These analyses then become the basis for an urban design strategy to be proposed and developed by students.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						4			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			10%			10%			20%

UPL313s	Eco Urban Design										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course offers a theoretical basis in the principles of urban design and the possibilities of creating more sustainable and harmonious urban spaces, public transportation systems, architecture, urban landscaping, ecology and master planning. This theoretical study teaches students some tools and techniques for analysis of the health and efficiency of different urban environments around the world. Then, students will be able to analyse cases from the surrounding current urban environment. Analysis looks at a specific aspect such as traffic, uses, view shed, skyline, wind, solar exposure, urban grid, urban resource supply and demand, etc. These analyses then become the basis for an urban design strategy to be proposed and developed by students.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			10%			10%			20%

UPL411	Mega Projects Urban Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
The course will focus on the design of a complex themed urban project with various uses and spaces situated in a remote area. The student will experiment all previous accumulated knowledge in urban/architecture design to embrace the ramifications of the project theme and its brand. More advanced focus on urban/architecture design issue. Examines modern theories, urban/architecture paradigms. Based on the site intervention, the student will explore constraints and potentials, and will be able to integrate various aspects through urban/architecture design processes. Sustainability principles and future trends will be the framework for idea collaborations and concepts. By the end of the course the student will be well prepared to start his graduation phase.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			40%			0%

UPL411s	Mega Projects Urban Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
The course will focus on the design of a complex themed urban project with various uses and spaces situated in a remote area. The student will experiment all previous accumulated knowledge in urban/architecture design to embrace the ramifications of the project theme and its brand. More advanced focus on urban/architecture design issue. Examines modern theories, urban/architecture paradigms. Based on the site intervention, the student will explore constraints and potentials, and will be able to integrate various aspects through urban/architecture design processes. Sustainability principles and future trends will be the framework for idea collaborations and concepts. By the end of the course the student will be well prepared to start his graduation phase.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL412	Sustainable Contextual Architectural Design Studio										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC313 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				6 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			150			Equivalent ECTS			6
Course Content
A design studio focusing upon the study of sustainable building concepts within its specific urban context, green architecture strategies, and systems development. An understanding of these issues is gained through research activity practical simulations covering the latest developments in the field of environmental interdependence, and the building performance. A comprehensive studio design project will encompass site and environmental planning, material and system selection, and integration of technology to create works that are functionally, aesthetically, and environmentally sound and comprehensive. Students will develop integrated design solutions in public, commercial, or industrial contexts.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						5			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			40%			0%

UPL412s	Sustainable Contextual Architectural Design Studio										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC313s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				6 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			150			Equivalent ECTS			6
Course Content
A design studio focusing upon the study of sustainable building concepts within its specific urban context, green architecture strategies, and systems development. An understanding of these issues is gained through research activity practical simulations covering the latest developments in the field of environmental interdependence, and the building performance. A comprehensive studio design project will encompass site and environmental planning, material and system selection, and integration of technology to create works that are functionally, aesthetically, and environmentally sound and comprehensive. Students will develop integrated design solutions in public, commercial, or industrial contexts.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL221	History and Theory of Urbanism										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at understanding the evolution of cities and meaning of urbanism and the evolution of social housing development. It stresses the emergence and evolution of the city and their Locations. It emphasizes on Egyptian historical cities, main Egyptian capital schemes through eras – Cairo urban history – Forces influencing the shaping of Cairo.  The course develops the basic knowledge at understating the urban patterns and morphologies, utopia philosophers and urbanism – industrial revolution and its implications for cities – the students will have an overview of the history and form of urban spaces in cities of different civilization, and the factors affecting its form.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2			6
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						1			4
Landscape Architecture						2			6
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL221s	History and Theory of Urbanism										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at understanding the evolution of cities and meaning of urbanism and the evolution of social housing development. It stresses the emergence and evolution of the city and their Locations. It emphasizes on Egyptian historical cities, main Egyptian capital schemes through eras – Cairo urban history – Forces influencing the shaping of Cairo.  The course develops the basic knowledge at understating the urban patterns and morphologies, utopia philosophers and urbanism – industrial revolution and its implications for cities – the students will have an overview of the history and form of urban spaces in cities of different civilization, and the factors affecting its form.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						2			6
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL321	Participatory Planning and Community										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces participatory approaches for urban development with practical applications of methods used in project planning and sustainable community development. The course illustrates a set of tools and techniques for the integration of theory and the community participation practices among urban challenges and city strategies. The course focuses on the importance of involvement of different stakeholders throughout the decision-making process and focuses on strategies to empower local community and local government.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL321s	Participatory Planning and Community										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces participatory approaches for urban development with practical applications of methods used in project planning and sustainable community development. The course illustrates a set of tools and techniques for the integration of theory and the community participation practices among urban challenges and city strategies. The course focuses on the importance of involvement of different stakeholders throughout the decision-making process and focuses on strategies to empower local community and local government.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL421	Town and Regional Planning										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course aims at the students to introduce basic concept and frameworks for regional planning as well as introducing issues for urban and regional development. It explores contemporary dimensions of how cities form and develop- and how human interventions shape these complex processes. The students would draw upon a diverse range of sources to examine the past, present, and future of cities by looking at four distinct yet interrelated themes- environment, equity, economy, and culture. They learn how to develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL421s	Town and Regional Planning										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course aims at the students to introduce basic concept and frameworks for regional planning as well as introducing issues for urban and regional development. It explores contemporary dimensions of how cities form and develop- and how human interventions shape these complex processes. The students would draw upon a diverse range of sources to examine the past, present, and future of cities by looking at four distinct yet interrelated themes- environment, equity, economy, and culture. They learn how to develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL422	Smart Cities and Intelligent Residential Buildings										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course aims at the students to explore the “smart city” and the intelligent buildings and the IT that underpins their operations in order to save energy consumption and to reduce carbon and ecological foot print. The course aims at improving the students’ technical knowledge about the different aspects of smart cities e.g. energy, mobility and buildings, giving students an overview of current smart city related projects and enable students to develop a vision on which steps can be taken to transform our cities to smart cities.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL422s	Smart Cities and Intelligent Residential Buildings										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course aims at the students to explore the “smart city” and the intelligent buildings and the IT that underpins their operations in order to save energy consumption and to reduce carbon and ecological foot print. The course aims at improving the students’ technical knowledge about the different aspects of smart cities e.g. energy, mobility and buildings, giving students an overview of current smart city related projects and enable students to develop a vision on which steps can be taken to transform our cities to smart cities.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL423	City Governance and Land Management										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course aims at the students to examine governance from legal, political, social, and economic perspectives. In addition, we will discuss how these structures constrain collective decision making about particular urban issues.  It invites students to reflect upon the problems confronting those who must make decisions about land management and resource use. It analyses the 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL423s	City Governance and Land Management										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course aims at the students to examine governance from legal, political, social, and economic perspectives. In addition, we will discuss how these structures constrain collective decision making about particular urban issues.  It invites students to reflect upon the problems confronting those who must make decisions about land management and resource use. It analyses the 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL424	Selected Topics in Architecture and Urbanism										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary challenges in the Architecture and Urbanism fields and improve their critical understanding of their local context. Students will work in groups on a case study related to contemporary issues under the guidance of a supervisor. Through this course, students should enhance their communicative and management skills. The typical tasks for the group are the following: Analyse the problem of the case study and describe it in detail, develop objectives and methods of the group work, Implement the project independently while distributing tasks and roles within the group, Develop and discuss solutions within the team and finally Document the status of the work and project management during implementation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL424s	Selected Topics in Architecture and Urbanism										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary challenges in the Architecture and Urbanism fields and improve their critical understanding of their local context. Students will work in groups on a case study related to contemporary issues under the guidance of a supervisor. Through this course, students should enhance their communicative and management skills. The typical tasks for the group are the following: Analyse the problem of the case study and describe it in detail, develop objectives and methods of the group work, Implement the project independently while distributing tasks and roles within the group, Develop and discuss solutions within the team and finally Document the status of the work and project management during implementation.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL331	Planning and Urban Upgrading										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to explore planning theories and approaches and methodology. It provides an understanding of urban hierarchy and different sociological and cultural, urban political, demographic and ethnic issues and their impact on the urban built environment. It introduces types of urban upgrading, renewal, and rehabilitation. Development policies of urban upgrading are reviewed through comparative analysis based on local and international examples through field surveys the student will be able to diagnose the urban problems with focus on the reasons of deterioration of the urban environment specifically in the third world. An Identification of types of slums and squatters; understand the historical context for urban deterioration.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			7
Landscape Architecture						4
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL331s	Planning and Urban Upgrading										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to explore planning theories and approaches and methodology. It provides an understanding of urban hierarchy and different sociological and cultural, urban political, demographic and ethnic issues and their impact on the urban built environment. It introduces types of urban upgrading, renewal, and rehabilitation. Development policies of urban upgrading are reviewed through comparative analysis based on local and international examples through field surveys the student will be able to diagnose the urban problems with focus on the reasons of deterioration of the urban environment specifically in the third world. An Identification of types of slums and squatters; understand the historical context for urban deterioration.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL332	Sustainable Urban Development										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				3 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course discusses the current debates on sustainable urban development. It reviews the evolution of the concept and defines weak and strong sustainability. It discusses the objectives, challenges, constraints and principles for sustainable development. It explores the relationship between economy, ecology and equity and explains what is meant by a sustainable city. The course analyses best practices of sustainable development projects from around the world to draw lessons and identify the theoretical and methodological challenges which face urban development.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL332s	Sustainable Urban Development										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				3 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course discusses the current debates on sustainable urban development. It reviews the evolution of the concept and defines weak and strong sustainability. It discusses the objectives, challenges, constraints and principles for sustainable development. It explores the relationship between economy, ecology and equity and explains what is meant by a sustainable city. The course analyses best practices of sustainable development projects from around the world to draw lessons and identify the theoretical and methodological challenges which face urban development.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL333	Urban Infrastructure										3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM022 ) AND ( PHM032 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course will develop the application of knowledge, and communication skills, as well as proficiency in the identification and solution of complex civil engineering problems. The course will preview all basic services and utilities including electricity, gas, water supplies, sewage systems, solid waste disposal, storm networks and telecommunication, in addition it will Introduce transportation planning. Students should articulate basic designs of infrastructure planning as well as their impact on the environment, public health and safety. Moreover, they should identify regulations of safety, and environmental laws that control infrastructure utilities.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL333s	Urban Infrastructure										3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM022s ) AND ( PHM032s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course will develop the application of knowledge, and communication skills, as well as proficiency in the identification and solution of complex civil engineering problems. The course will preview all basic services and utilities including electricity, gas, water supplies, sewage systems, solid waste disposal, storm networks and telecommunication, in addition it will Introduce transportation planning. Students should articulate basic designs of infrastructure planning as well as their impact on the environment, public health and safety. Moreover, they should identify regulations of safety, and environmental laws that control infrastructure utilities.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL334	Site Analysis (Spatial Analysis and Land Mapping)										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course aims to provide the students with the academic and practical knowledge to analyse and evaluate projects locations. This is achieved through a practical study of one of real projects locations. The study includes the analysis of the location, the neighbourhood context, size and zoning, legal documentation, natural and man-made features, circulation networks, utilities networks, sensory, human and culture and climate. The student by the end of the course can prepare and analyse all spatial site condition and produce needed maps and graphics and data base.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2
Landscape Architecture						3
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL334s	Site Analysis (Spatial Analysis and Land Mapping)										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course aims to provide the students with the academic and practical knowledge to analyse and evaluate project locations. This is achieved through an empirical study of one of the actual project locations. The study includes the analysis of the site, the neighbourhood context, size and zoning, legal documentation, natural and man-made features, circulation networks, utility networks, sensory, human and culture and climate. By the end of the course, the student can prepare and analyse all spatial site conditions and produce needed maps, graphics, and databases.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL431	Strategic Action Planning Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This studio aims to raise the student skill to the systematic design of a strategic plan, applying various (technical, functional as well as exploratory) design methods and planning techniques. The plan as a spatial and policy frame (a vision concerning the intended development of the area and a spatial concept) on the one hand and an action plan (projects, measures) on the other.  Students are meant to design a process (leading to a strategic plan) as well as the plans and projects that relate to it. The object of the studio will be a complex area on a supra local scale (region, large city) in order to explore the relationship between different spatial scales and eventually the related policy levels. Another main objective is to emphasize the relationship between the long-term vision, the phase of conceptualization, the implementation and action
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL431s	Strategic Action Planning Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This studio aims to raise the student skill to the systematic design of a strategic plan, applying various (technical, functional as well as exploratory) design methods and planning techniques. The plan as a spatial and policy frame (a vision concerning the intended development of the area and a spatial concept) on the one hand and an action plan (projects, measures) on the other.  Students are meant to design a process (leading to a strategic plan) as well as the plans and projects that relate to it. The object of the studio will be a complex area on a supra local scale (region, large city) in order to explore the relationship between different spatial scales and eventually the related policy levels. Another main objective is to emphasize the relationship between the long-term vision, the phase of conceptualization, the implementation and action
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL432	Urban Engineering										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course will preview all basic services and utilities including electricity, gas, water supplies, sewage systems, solid waste disposal, storm networks and telecommunication, in addition it will Introduce transportation planning: 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.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL432s	Urban Engineering										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course will preview all basic services and utilities including electricity, gas, water supplies, sewage systems, solid waste disposal, storm networks and telecommunication, in addition it will Introduce transportation planning: 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						5			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL433	Land Management and Land Subdivision										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL331 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to prepare details plans and their accreditation. It includes a deep understand for 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. It comprises an introduction of the problems confronting those who have to make decisions about land management and resource use legislations that govern practicing the profession – the students will be capable to submit needed documents of land subdivision and detailed planning according to Egyptian regulation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL433s	Land Management and Land Subdivision										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL331s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to prepare details plans and their accreditation. It includes a deep understand for 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. It comprises an introduction of the problems confronting those who have to make decisions about land management and resource use legislations that govern practicing the profession – the students will be capable to submit needed documents of land subdivision and detailed planning according to Egyptian regulation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL434	Sustainable Urban Mobility										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course aims at the students to examine the complex relationship between transportation, land use and urban form, and the varied instruments available to planners seeking to influence this relationship. It discusses how different urban accessibility pathways impact directly on other measures of human development and environmental sustainability. It also presents the enabling conditions for increasing accessibility and low-carbon mobility in cities and what makes a city or neighbourhood liveable. It addresses the effectiveness of applying policies of green transportation in urban areas.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2			5
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL434s	Sustainable Urban Mobility										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course aims at the students to examine the complex relationship between transportation, land use and urban form, and the varied instruments available to planners seeking to influence this relationship. It discusses how different urban accessibility pathways impact directly on other measures of human development and environmental sustainability. It also presents the enabling conditions for increasing accessibility and low-carbon mobility in cities and what makes a city or neighbourhood liveable. It addresses the effectiveness of applying policies of green transportation in urban areas.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL435	Urban and Architectural Heritage										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course emphasizes on the importance of architectural and urban heritage. It introduces different criteria for identification, classification, documentation and levels of conservation. Students will identify urban and environmental threats: spaces, negligence and lack of maintenance and deterioration significances. They will also recognize the principles and degrees of conservation and techniques of restoration for urban architectural heritage, and the ways to deals with heritage in the urban context.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						4
Landscape Architecture						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL435s	Urban and Architectural Heritage										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course emphasizes on the importance of architectural and urban heritage. It introduces different criteria for identification, classification, documentation and levels of conservation. Students will identify urban and environmental threats: spaces, negligence and lack of maintenance and deterioration significances. They will also recognize the principles and degrees of conservation and techniques of restoration for urban architectural heritage, and the ways to deals with heritage in the urban context.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Architectural Engineering						5			10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL436	Urban Renewal										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course focuses on the reasons of deterioration of the urban environment specifically in the third world. Students identify types of slums and squatters; understand the historical context for urban deterioration. Moreover, they should recall the urban upgrading and development policies as the course reviews case studies on comparative analysis based on local and international examples.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						4
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL436s	Urban Renewal										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course focuses on the reasons of deterioration of the urban environment specifically in the third world. Students identify types of slums and squatters; understand the historical context for urban deterioration. Moreover, they should recall the urban upgrading and development policies as the course reviews case studies on comparative analysis based on local and international examples.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL241	Principles of Residential Urban Spaces and Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to develop an understanding of the urban spaces and its landscaping elements within residential context. This course analyses the elements of the urban landscape according different ages: children, youth, families, and elderly. The course includes tutorials which focuses on space design. The student acquires a clear understanding of community needs, urban form and space and best practice of urban design elements. The course includes cases study and site visits.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2			5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL241s	Principles of Residential Urban Spaces and Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to develop an understanding of the urban spaces and its landscaping elements within residential context. This course analyses the elements of the urban landscape according different ages: children, youth, families, and elderly. The course includes tutorials which focuses on space design. The student acquires a clear understanding of community needs, urban form and space and best practice of urban design elements. The course includes cases study and site visits.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL242	Sustainable Urban Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course will explore the place and potential of urban agriculture in environmental planning, management, and development. Topics to be covered include fundamentals of a sustainable food system, horticultural principals and techniques, the place of food systems in urban planning, how urban agriculture can be accommodated within the urban built fabric, and contemporary examples of community gardening and urban agriculture locally and in other parts of the country. The principles of storm water and solid waste management, nutrient and water cycles, and sustainable material sourcing will be explored as well.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL242s	Sustainable Urban Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL212s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course will explore the place and potential of urban agriculture in environmental planning, management, and development. Topics to be covered include fundamentals of a sustainable food system, horticultural principals and techniques, the place of food systems in urban planning, how urban agriculture can be accommodated within the urban built fabric, and contemporary examples of community gardening and urban agriculture locally and in other parts of the country. The principles of storm water and solid waste management, nutrient and water cycles, and sustainable material sourcing will be explored as well.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL341	Horticulture and Garden Design										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course is an introduction to the Flora potentials existing in Egypt. Students should identify various plants (exotic trees, shrubs, grass, etc.) that are common in the Egyptian environment. The course emphasizes on the sustainability of these plants within an environmental context. Students will identify different art techniques of creating plant compositions in the landscape within cultural and biophysical context. They will recognize soil properties along with plant/soil relevant relationships to the built environment. Moreover, they will develop methods of site inventory, plant pallets and plants assemblages based on expressive and functional needs. In addition, Students will compile different techniques to prepare plants before planting. This process includes outlining standards for plants selection based on plants lists and specifications as well as identifying threats to plants and different ways to deal with. By the end of the course, Students should be able to recognize names and characteristics of approximately 200 different types of ever green or deciduous plants as the course covers a wide range of horticulture information.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL341s	Horticulture and Garden Design										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course is an introduction to the Flora potentials existing in Egypt. Students should identify various plants (exotic trees, shrubs, grass, etc.) that are common in the Egyptian environment. The course emphasizes on the sustainability of these plants within an environmental context. Students will identify different art techniques of creating plant compositions in the landscape within cultural and biophysical context. They will recognize soil properties along with plant/soil relevant relationships to the built environment. Moreover, they will develop methods of site inventory, plant pallets and plants assemblages based on expressive and functional needs. In addition, Students will compile different techniques to prepare plants before planting. This process includes outlining standards for plants selection based on plants lists and specifications as well as identifying threats to plants and different ways to deal with. By the end of the course, Students should be able to recognize names and characteristics of approximately 200 different types of ever green or deciduous plants as the course covers a wide range of horticulture information.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL342	Arid Landscape Architecture Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			175			Equivalent ECTS			7
Course Content
This course aims to introduce the concepts of architectural and Landscape design in hot arid environments and the way a building form and structure moderates the climate for human comfort. The course addresses both passive and mechanical methods (and the combination of both) to achieve human comfort in arid environments. However, the emphasis understands both established and innovative approaches to passive design methods in hot arid environments.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			20%			20%

UPL342s	Arid Landscape Architecture Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL311s ) AND ( UPL341s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			175			Equivalent ECTS			7
Course Content
This course aims to introduce the concepts of architectural and Landscape design in hot arid environments and the way a building form and structure moderates the climate for human comfort. The course addresses both passive and mechanical methods (and the combination of both) to achieve human comfort in arid environments. However, the emphasis understands both established and innovative approaches to passive design methods in hot arid environments.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			20%			20%

UPL343	Landscape Working Design (1): Landscape Detailed Working Documents										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC352 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
In integration and continuation with previous working and construction courses, this course emphasizes profoundly on the implementation of landscape composite materials. Simultaneously, it previews the execution of urban lighting and soft-scape elements along with multiple combinations and different construction stages. It focuses also on how to implement different interfaces with other categories such as infrastructures and natural elements.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL343s	Landscape Working Design (1): Landscape Detailed Working Documents										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC352s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
In integration and continuation with previous working and construction courses, this course emphasizes profoundly on the implementation of landscape composite materials. Simultaneously, it previews the execution of urban lighting and soft-scape elements along with multiple combinations and different construction stages. It focuses also on how to implement different interfaces with other categories such as infrastructures and natural elements.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL344	Landscape for Dwellings and Public Buildings										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to develop their skills in creating thematic landscape in special purpose. It includes the demonstration and the analysis of different approaches of designing therapeutic gardens, children, and elderly parks that reflect their special needs. Moreover, it includes different approach of green networks and ecological corridors in cities, also it raises the sensitivity of the students to the meaning of conservation and the designs of buffer zones and to ensure biodiversity. The course ends by a design landscape project chosen to match the contemporary era and the special requirements. Student applies all theories gained through the course on his project to be presented as professional primary project output and working drawings of landscape architecture.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL344s	Landscape for Dwellings and Public Buildings										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to develop their skills in creating thematic landscape in special purpose. It includes the demonstration and the analysis of different approaches of designing therapeutic gardens, children, and elderly parks that reflect their special needs. Moreover, it includes different approach of green networks and ecological corridors in cities, also it raises the sensitivity of the students to the meaning of conservation and the designs of buffer zones and to ensure biodiversity. The course ends by a design landscape project chosen to match the contemporary era and the special requirements. Student applies all theories gained through the course on his project to be presented as professional primary project output and working drawings of landscape architecture.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL441	Landscape Working Design (2): Landscape Execution Documents Complexity										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC254 ) AND ( UPL343 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
In integration and continuation with previous working and construction courses, students should produce and implement, by the end of this course, execution drawings which are in reference to an “Avant-Projet” including inner and outdoor spaces combining natural / man-made landscape elements. The drawings production will probably be with the help of different computer software. Students will develop especial skills in the implementation of architectural and landscape details and materials in coordination with other engineering specialties (electro-mechanical, irrigation, sewage systems, etc.).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL441s	Landscape Working Design (2): Landscape Execution Documents Complexity										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC254s ) AND ( UPL343s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
In integration and continuation with previous working and construction courses, students should produce and implement, by the end of this course, execution drawings which are in reference to an “Avant-Projet” including inner and outdoor spaces combining natural / man-made landscape elements. The drawings production will probably be with the help of different computer software. Students will develop especial skills in the implementation of architectural and landscape details and materials in coordination with other engineering specialties (electro-mechanical, irrigation, sewage systems, etc.).
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL442	Ecological Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course introduces the principles of ecological landscape. It focuses on integrating the landscapes with ecological systems. It aims to integrate key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers biogeography and plant selection, assembling plant communities, competition and coexistence, designing ecosystems, materials cycling and soil ecology, plant-animal interactions, biodiversity and stability, disturbance and succession, landscape ecology, and global change towards producing integrated sustainable solutions. The course includes the theoretical and historical backgrounds of landscape studies, site analysis, plant materials and landscape elements.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4
Landscape Architecture						5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL442s	Ecological Landscape										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course introduces the principles of ecological landscape. It focuses on integrating the landscapes with ecological systems. It aims to integrate key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers biogeography and plant selection, assembling plant communities, competition and coexistence, designing ecosystems, materials cycling and soil ecology, plant-animal interactions, biodiversity and stability, disturbance and succession, landscape ecology, and global change towards producing integrated sustainable solutions. The course includes the theoretical and historical backgrounds of landscape studies, site analysis, plant materials and landscape elements.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL251	Residential Complex Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC212 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This studio aims at developing a residential complex project or (Clustering) with a cultural, recreational, or themed buildings of a complex program with different functions, circulation and construction systems. Site limitations and context and the application of specified codes would be taken into consideration. Examples of selected projects would be residential complex, accommodation complex, hotels, dorms and hostels … etc.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2			6
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			10%			10%			20%

UPL251s	Residential Complex Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC212s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This studio aims at developing a residential complex project or (Clustering) with a cultural, recreational, or themed buildings of a complex program with different functions, circulation and construction systems. Site limitations and context and the application of specified codes would be taken into consideration. Examples of selected projects would be residential complex, accommodation complex, hotels, dorms and hostels … etc.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			10%			10%			20%

UPL351	Housing Studies										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to Understand the Housing market and needs: demand and supply issues, housing provision system, its components and relevant actors. Housing problems, housing typology in terms of types and levels. Assessment of housing and services needs for a neighbourhood. Fundamentals of land parcelling, with application in real project. Movement network, roads hierarchy, and parking areas. 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 housing projects.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						3			7
Landscape Architecture						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL351s	Housing Studies										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to Understand the Housing market and needs, demand and supply issues, housing provision system, its components and relevant actors. Housing problems, housing typology in terms of types and levels. Assessment of housing and services needs for a neighborhood. Fundamentals of land parceling, with application in real project. Movement network, roads hierarchy, and parking areas. 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 housing projects.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL352	Neighborhood Planning & Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at the students to design of a residential neighbourhood situated in new cities. The student would consider community needs, and the quality of life with the application of all principles, knowledge and skills obtained through precedent courses to create a liveable and sustainable neighbourhood. Students will design the neighbourhood through different ranges of scales from planning till the architecture design of the typical residential units through different high-tech components and environmental treatments of the buildings through architectural design strategies.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
55%			0%			20%			20%

UPL352s	Neighborhood Planning & Design Studio										4 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL221s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				8 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			200			Equivalent ECTS			8
Course Content
This course aims at the students to design of a residential neighbourhood situated in new cities. The student would consider community needs, and the quality of life with the application of all principles, knowledge and skills obtained through precedent courses to create a liveable and sustainable neighbourhood. Students will design the neighbourhood through different ranges of scales from planning till the architecture design of the typical residential units through different high-tech components and environmental treatments of the buildings through architectural design strategies.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			20%			20%

UPL353	Housing Policies, Strategies and Action Plans										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course aims at the students to introduce the housing problems and policies abroad and in Egypt. It highlights the roles of the agencies and the pillars contribution in formulating the housing policies and urban strategies in different cities and their managements. It introduces economic business models and marketing policies for housing projects. Through practical cases study the students will be able to investigate problems and potentials, and then to make needed analysis of partners and stakeholders and formulate the convenient programs, action plan, and log-framework.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL353s	Housing Policies, Strategies and Action Plans										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course aims at the students to introduce the housing problems and policies abroad and in Egypt. It highlights the roles of the agencies and the pillars contribution in formulating the housing policies and urban strategies in different cities and their managements. It introduces economic business models and marketing policies for housing projects. Through practical cases study the students will be able to investigate problems and potentials, and then to make needed analysis of partners and stakeholders and formulate the convenient programs, action plan, and log-framework.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL451	Housing Studies & Real Estate Development										3 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL353 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to offer a better understanding of how the real estate market works and how to implement their knowledge in a business setting. Factors affecting the investment in real estate concerning location, opportunities of funding, organizing laws and legislations as well as protection for both the investor and the consumer are included. The course includes the assessment of housing strata and service’s needs and land surveying and parcelling, with application in real project. 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL451s	Housing Studies & Real Estate Development										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to offer a better understanding of how the real estate market works and how to implement their knowledge in a business setting. Factors affecting the investment in real estate concerning location, opportunities of funding, organizing laws and legislations as well as protection for both the investor and the consumer are included. The course includes the assessment of housing strata and service’s needs and land surveying and parcelling, with application in real project. 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL161	Environmental Studies and passive energy systems										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course addresses the environmental issues in order to raise the students’ sensitivity to meaning of sustainability. The course introduces the objectives of neutral carbon emission and saving energy and includes the appropriate consideration in designing urban spaces and buildings to ensure the passive cooling and natural ventilation. Beginning with the basics of human thermal comfort, followed by the concept and practice of solar heating, passive cooling, daylighting, indoor air quality. Students will learn how to shape the form of a building and its surroundings to respond to climate and the needs of its occupants’ thermal comfort.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						1			4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL161s	Environmental Studies and passive energy systems										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
The course addresses the environmental issues in order to raise the students’ sensitivity to meaning of sustainability. The course introduces the objectives of neutral carbon emission and saving energy and includes the appropriate consideration in designing urban spaces and buildings to ensure the passive cooling and natural ventilation. Beginning with the basics of human thermal comfort, followed by the concept and practice of solar heating, passive cooling, daylighting, indoor air quality. Students will learn how to shape the form of a building and its surroundings to respond to climate and the needs of its occupants’ thermal comfort.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL361	Outdoor Noise Propagation in Built Environment										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course will explore the range of discourses and practices that seek to understand sound’s relationship to social experience, from an anthropological perspective. It will discuss theoretical and discursive component of sound’s role in society. It will focus on the different ways in which humans perceive sound, as a socially constructed phenomenon, and design sonic experiences. The course will also discuss sound-studies theory and practice, explorations of historical audio technologies, imaginative recreations of ancient and early-modern soundscapes. In addition, it will feature a series of practice-based exercises whose outcome is to produce a sonic ethnography.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL361s	Outdoor Noise Propagation in Built Environment										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course will explore the range of discourses and practices that seek to understand sound’s relationship to social experience, from an anthropological perspective. It will discuss theoretical and discursive component of sound’s role in society. It will focus on the different ways in which humans perceive sound, as a socially constructed phenomenon, and design sonic experiences. The course will also discuss sound-studies theory and practice, explorations of historical audio technologies, imaginative recreations of ancient and early-modern soundscapes. In addition, it will feature a series of practice-based exercises whose outcome is to produce a sonic ethnography.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL461	Contemporary Environmental Issues										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces the contemporary environmental issues and challenges (pollution, environmental degradation, desertification, erosion, climate change) – Environment as an important factor in the planning process – Conflicts leading to ignoring the environmental factor in planning (political and economic factors) – Development alternatives, resources, input, output,  renewable energy, green infrastructure – The concept and aims of sustainable development, types: strong sustainability, weak sustainability. The concept of sustainable development (aims and types) – Natural protectorates (definition, planning process of the surrounding areas).
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL461s	Contemporary Environmental Issues										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces the contemporary environmental issues and challenges (pollution, environmental degradation, desertification, erosion, climate change) – Environment as an important factor in the planning process – Conflicts leading to ignoring the environmental factor in planning (political and economic factors) – Development alternatives, resources, input, output,  renewable energy, green infrastructure – The concept and aims of sustainable development, types: strong sustainability, weak sustainability. The concept of sustainable development (aims and types) – Natural protectorates (definition, planning process of the surrounding areas).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL462	Urban Ecology and Environmental Studies										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course identifies the relationship between human kind and the natural environment – New trends in environmental architecture and urban Planning – Green aspects that will lower costs – Development of new urban areas in the era of low consumption of energy – New and Renewable Energy – Causes of Pollution, its components and means of mitigation –Rationalizing the consumption of electricity and water – Development of Industrial areas from environmental perspective –Eco-lodge and eco-tourism- Sustainability and its concepts and types, physical and biological systems – Means of transportation from environmental perspective – Solid waste management –Design and planning of universities from an environmental perspective.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL462s	Urban Ecology and Environmental Studies										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			75			Equivalent ECTS			3
Course Content
This course identifies the relationship between human kind and the natural environment – New trends in environmental architecture and urban Planning – Green aspects that will lower costs – Development of new urban areas in the era of low consumption of energy – New and Renewable Energy – Causes of Pollution, its components and means of mitigation –Rationalizing the consumption of electricity and water – Development of Industrial areas from environmental perspective –Eco-lodge and eco-tourism- Sustainability and its concepts and types, physical and biological systems – Means of transportation from environmental perspective – Solid waste management –Design and planning of universities from an environmental perspective.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL463	Environmental Impact Assessment										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
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 with 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						4			9
Landscape Architecture						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL463s	Environmental Impact Assessment										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
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 surrounded 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						5			2
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL464	Environmental Planning										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course focuses on the examination of the fundamental concepts and issues related to urban environment that planners face. It focuses on land use and open space planning, planning and use of urban resources, interactions of urban residents and the physical environment, and the role of government in formulating appropriate policies and strategies.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL464s	Environmental Planning										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course focuses on the examination of the fundamental concepts and issues related to urban environment that planners face. It focuses on land use and open space planning, planning and use of urban resources, interactions of urban residents and the physical environment, and the role of government in formulating appropriate policies and strategies.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL271	Society and Housing Economics										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course explores 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. The course outlines different investment opportunities and their costs and factors affecting real estate appraisal. The course outlines 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						2			5
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL271s	Society and Housing Economics										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course explores 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. The course outlines different investment opportunities and their costs and factors affecting real estate appraisal. The course outlines 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.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL371	Human Behavior and the Built Environment										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This introductory course in human behaviour is designed to teach students why people act and communicate the way they do. The course addresses the four most prevalent types of motivation, which include the influence of other people, the environment, psychological factors and individual personalities. Students learn the real-life examples of human behaviour that illustrate each of these points. Having endowed on the mutual relationship between the built environment and human behaviour, the course objective is to provide an in-depth understanding, addressing, analysing and diagnosis of this relationship. It will then continue with several advanced topics in the field.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL371s	Human Behavior and the Built Environment										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This introductory course in human behaviour is designed to teach students about why people act and communicate the way they do. The course addresses the four most prevalent types of motivation, which include the influence of other people, the environment, psychological factors and individual personalities. Students learn the real-life examples of human behaviour that illustrate each of these points. Having endowed on the mutual relationship between the built environment and human behaviour, the course objective is to provide an in-depth understanding, addressing, analysing and diagnosis of this relationship. It will then continue with several advanced topics in the field.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL372	Equity and urban Justice										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces the principles of social equity and urban justice in urban planning and housing strategies. The course studies the reflection of these principles on housing provision systems, resources distribution and spatial planning, and investigates causes for segregation and inequality in planning. The course also illustrates the impact of lack of social equity on urban problems and built- environment deprivation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL372s	Equity and urban Justice										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course introduces the principles of social equity and urban justice in urban planning and housing strategies. The course studies the reflection of these principles on housing provision systems, resources distribution and spatial planning, and investigates causes for segregation and inequality in planning. The course also illustrates the impact of lack of social equity on urban problems and built- environment deprivation.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL471	Urban Economics										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course explores the definitions, concepts of feasibility studies; Economic models for cities and economic trends governing allocating of activities and uses – Market of goods and services. It aims at the students to apply feasibility studies techniques in urban projects. It addresses pre-investment, preliminary and final feasibility studies for urban projects. The course outlines 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL471s	Urban Economics										2 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				1 Hour				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course explores the definitions, concepts of feasibility studies; Economic models for cities and economic trends governing allocating of activities and uses – Market of goods and services. It aims at the students to apply feasibility studies techniques in urban projects. It addresses pre-investment, preliminary and final feasibility studies for urban projects. The course outlines 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL472	People and Environment										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
A study of the design of the natural world and the impact of humans on the environment. It also includes a study of the environmental problems created by the technology. Topics include basic ecology, the population explosion, energy and pollution. Students learn to understand the natural processes, the importance of these processes for mankind and to develop approaches for sustainable development. This will be achieved by understanding the fundamental environmental principles and being able to explain the dependency and importance for man. Principles of ecosystem structures, energy flow and elements cycles. Natural resources, Population and Development. Renewable energy. Pollution control and prevention: air pollution, global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and water pollution. Hazardous substances. Solid waste and recycling.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						5			2
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			0%			40%

UPL472s	People and Environment										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
A study of the design of the natural world and the impact of humans on the environment. It also includes a study of the environmental problems created by the technology. Topics include basic ecology, the population explosion, energy and pollution. Students learn to understand the natural processes, the importance of these processes for mankind and to develop approaches for sustainable development. This will be achieved by understanding the fundamental environmental principles and being able to explain the dependency and importance for man. Principles of ecosystem structures, energy flow and elements cycles. Natural resources, Population and Development. Renewable energy. Pollution control and prevention: air pollution, global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and water pollution. Hazardous substances. Solid waste and recycling.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL473	Urban Sociology & Human Settlements										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course aims at the student to Introduce the sociological principles linking the built environment, human behaviour and culture concepts. In addition, the course includes a theoretical and analytical approaches of diverse urban communities and their relationship with users of the city, their behavioural patterns, cultural aspects, ethnic backgrounds, and socio-spatial urban change that reflect environmental, cultural and historical aspects of the city, and their impact on the formation of society, behavioural patterns of different social groups. The course offers field research and comparative analytical study.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL473s	Urban Sociology & Human Settlements										3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
The course aims at the student to Introduce the sociological principles linking the built environment, human behaviour and culture concepts. In addition, the course includes a theoretical and analytical approaches of diverse urban communities and their relationship with users of the city, their behavioural patterns, cultural aspects, ethnic backgrounds, and socio-spatial urban change that reflect environmental, cultural and historical aspects of the city, and their impact on the formation of society, behavioural patterns of different social groups. The course offers field research and comparative analytical study.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			0%			40%

UPL381	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC142 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course aims at the students to introduce creation and edition of 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 modelling 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 – Practical applications of GIS for urban planners.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3
Environmental Architecture and Urbanism						3
Landscape Architecture						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			40%			0%

UPL381s	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC142s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The course aims at the students to introduce creation and edition of 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 modelling 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 – Practical applications of GIS for urban planners.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL481	Urban Informatics										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC142 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to use information tools to improve urban concentration and decisions. It includes 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 modelling 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 – Demographic analysis and population projections methods using statistics computer applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						3			8
Landscape Architecture						3			7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			40%			0%

UPL481s	Urban Informatics										3 CH
Prerequisites	( ARC142s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
2 Hours				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course aims at the students to use information tools to improve urban concentration and decisions. It includes 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 modelling 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 – Demographic analysis and population projections methods using statistics computer applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL482	Introduction to Geo Design										3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE031 ) AND ( ARC142 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course introduces: 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
35%			20%			40%			0%

UPL482s	Introduction to Geo Design										3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE031s ) AND ( ARC142s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				4 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			125			Equivalent ECTS			5
Course Content
This course introduces: 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL491	Urban Design Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL311 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The students will have to develop a project at an urban – medium -scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. Analysis of collected data regarding the proposed site. Analysis and discussion of similar projects and preparing a technical report concerning the environmental analysis of the site, comparative study with similar projects. The final report leads to the final architectural program of the project.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL491s	Urban Design Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL311s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The students will have to develop a project at an urban – medium -scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. Analysis of collected data regarding the proposed site. Analysis and discussion of similar projects and preparing a technical report concerning the environmental analysis of the site, comparative study with similar projects. The final report leads to the final architectural program of the project.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						5			1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL492	Urban Design Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL411 ) AND ( UPL491 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
The student will build on the technical report presented by him regarding studies and program of graduation project. He is supposed to make use of all the skills, the fundamentals, and the technical information he gained during his study. The student will utilize all this background information in his designs. He should prove through his work and at oral exam, his complete understanding of the elements of the project and his capability to apply them in his future career.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL492s	Urban Design Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL411s ) AND ( UPL491s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
The student will build on the technical report presented by him regarding studies and program of graduation project. He is supposed to make use of all the skills, the fundamentals, and the technical information he gained during his study. The student will utilize all this background information in his designs. He should prove through his work and at oral exam, his complete understanding of the elements of the project and his capability to apply them in his future career.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						5			10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL493	Urban Planning Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL311 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The students will have to develop a project at an urban – town or city sector -scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. Analysis of collected data regarding the proposed site. Analysis and discussion of similar projects and preparing a technical report concerning the environmental analysis of the site, comparative study with similar projects. The final report leads to the final architectural program of the project.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL493s	Urban Planning Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL311s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
The students will have to develop a project at an urban – town or city sector -scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. Analysis of collected data regarding the proposed site. Analysis and discussion of similar projects and preparing a technical report concerning the environmental analysis of the site, comparative study with similar projects. The final report leads to the final architectural program of the project.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL494	Urban Planning Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL431 ) AND ( UPL493 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
The student will build on the technical report presented by him regarding studies and program of graduation project. He is supposed to make use of all the skills, the fundamentals, and the technical information he gained during his study. The student will utilize all this background information in his plans and designs. He should prove through his work and at oral exam, his complete understanding of the elements of the project and his capability to apply them in his future career.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						0
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
15%			25%			10%			40%

UPL494s	Urban Planning Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL431s ) AND ( UPL493s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
The student will build on the technical report presented by him regarding studies and program of graduation project. He is supposed to make use of all the skills, the fundamentals, and the technical information he gained during his study. The student will utilize all this background information in his plans and designs. He should prove through his work and at oral exam, his complete understanding of the elements of the project and his capability to apply them in his future career.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Architectural Engineering									10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL495	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112 ) AND ( UPL342 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at developing a Landscape Architecture project at an urban scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. The students should apply all skills and knowledge to create the convenient and creative projects through studying and analysing similar projects – setting the Program of the project components– Analysing surrounded urbanization and its impact on the project – Putting evaluation criteria – Reviewing all data and tools required for the project and compiling all the outcomes in a report and a presentation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL495s	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112s ) AND ( UPL342s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at developing a Landscape Architecture project at an urban scale based on a real subject chosen by the coordinator. The students should apply all skills and knowledge to create the convenient and creative projects through studying and analysing similar projects – setting the Program of the project components– Analysing surrounded urbanization and its impact on the project – Putting evaluation criteria – Reviewing all data and tools required for the project and compiling all the outcomes in a report and a presentation.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL496	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL411 ) AND ( UPL495 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
This course considers the second phase of the outcome of this program. This course allows students to focus on architectural, urban and landscape design for their projects in addition to some details and special treatments and thematic studies. Students should update and finalize their reports (from the previous course of graduation) including the analysis, methodology, design considerations and concept. The jury and defence will examine the ability to the student to apply his skills and accumulative knowledge to produce an innovative project suitable to its context.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Landscape Architecture						4			10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL496s	Landscape Architecture Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL411s ) AND ( UPL495s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
This course considers the second phase of the outcome of this program. This course allows students to focus on architectural, urban and landscape design for their projects in addition to some details and special treatments and thematic studies. Students should update and finalize their reports (from the previous course of graduation) including the analysis, methodology, design considerations and concept. The jury and defence will examine the ability to the student to apply his skills and accumulative knowledge to produce an innovative project suitable to its context.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL497	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to apply all skills and knowledge to create the convenient housing projects complying with the National Development Plans – Study and analysing similar projects. Benefiting from the application of science and the principles of planning and systems, the student is required to analyses the situation, set the suitable strategic approach on the planning level and it’s the objectives, extract needed actions and its requisites On the urban level, the student starts the Urban Program of the project components and Conceptual zoning–based on the Study surrounded urbanization and its impact on the project –- Project preparation with all its elements, analytical studies, report and perspectives -.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4			9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL497s	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (1)										2 CH
Prerequisites	( ASU112s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
1 Hour				2 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			100			Equivalent ECTS			4
Course Content
This course aims at the students to apply all skills and knowledge to create the convenient housing projects complying with the National Development Plans – Study and analysing similar projects. Benefiting from the application of science and the principles of planning and systems, the student is required to analyses the situation, set the suitable strategic approach on the planning level and it’s the objectives, extract needed actions and its requisites On the urban level, the student starts the Urban Program of the project components and Conceptual zoning–based on the Study surrounded urbanization and its impact on the project –- Project preparation with all its elements, analytical studies, report and perspectives -.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
40%			20%			40%			0%

UPL498	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL497 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
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 defence will examine the ability to the student to apply his skills and accumulative knowledge to produce an innovative project suitable to its context.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement						Study Level			Semester
Housing Architecture and Urban Development						4			10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%

UPL498s	Housing & Urban Development Graduation Project (2)										6 CH
Prerequisites	( UPL497s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture				Tutorial				Laboratory
0 Hours				12 Hours				0 Hours
Required SWL			425			Equivalent ECTS			17
Course Content
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 defence will examine the ability to the student to apply his skills and accumulative knowledge to produce an innovative project suitable to its context.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities			Mid-Term Exam			Oral/Practical			Final Exam
60%			0%			40%			0%