Program Overview

The minor in Computer Science is open to all students, except those majoring in Computer Engineering. This minor allows students to enhance their knowledge in Computer Science and Engineering to meet the multidisciplinary needs of modern technology. Students wishing to pursue the minor are responsible for completing all course prerequisites or establishing prerequisite equivalency. In addition to university-wide requirements, up to 6 credits counting towards the Arts & Sciences Core, General Electives, and/ or Mathematics and Natural Sciences can be counted toward this minor. A course may not be used to fulfill the requirements of more than one minor.

Program Details

To complete the Minor in Computer Science, students must earn a minimum of 15 credit hours chosen from following list of courses:

Requirements		Credit Hours
EECE 345	Computer Architecture w/lab	3
EECE 350	Data Structure and Algorithms	3
EECE 355	Software Engineering	3
EECE 360	Computer Networks	3
EECE 440	Embedded System Design, w/lab	3
EECE 450	Operating Systems	3
EECE 452	Relational Databases	3
EECE 455	Digital Image Processing	3
EECE 457	Mobile Applications	3
EECE 460	Routing and Switching	3
EECE 462	Data and Network Security	3
EECE 250	Discreet Mathematics	3
Total Minor Requirements		15

Students are responsible for completing all course prerequisites. In addition to university-wide requirements, only courses counting toward the General Electives can also be counted toward this minor. A course may not be used to fulfill the requirements of more than one minor.

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Facilities

FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY
Equipped to perform and demonstrate a number of experiments that provide undergraduate students with the practical applications of fluid mechanics, facilities include:

• Hydrostatic pressure apparatus to measure hydrostatic forces on submerged bodies;
• Orifice and jet apparatus to allow students to compare between actual and jet trajectories, calculate the coefficient of discharge for various orifices, and identify different methods of flow measurement;
• Fluid friction, bends and fitting apparatus to allow students to determine major and minor losses in pipes;
• Pipe network apparatus to measure flow and pressure drops in a wide range of network configuration, e.g. individual pipes, series pipes and parallel pipes;
• Flow visualization channel for conducting several applications in open channels such as hydraulic jump, discharge under sluice gate and energy equation;
• Osborne Reynold’s apparatus facilitating the demonstration of laminar and turbulent flow.

MATERIALS/STRUCTURES LABORATORY
Equipped with testing apparatus chosen to demonstrate wide variety of experiments in materials engineering as well as structural theory, facilities include:

• 150 kN Instron Universal Testing Machine;
• 2000 kN Autocon concrete compressive strength machine;
• Shmidt Hammer and ultrasonic kit for assessing the compressive strength of concrete;
• Profometer that detects bar location and orientation, bar size, and concrete cover;
• RAB Rockwell/Brinell hardness tester.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Occupies more than 200 square meters of lab space and houses multiple sets for soil classification and testing, including:

• Casagrande and fall cone devices for liquid and plastic limits;
• Sieve sets for particle size analysis;
• Manual and automatic compaction devices;
• Four panel stations available for constant head and falling head permeability testing;
• Automated testing equipment including pneumatic consolidation apparatus, and direct shear apparatus;
• Unconfined compression loading frames and triaxle cells for shear strength testing of soil specimens.

CIRCUITS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS LABS

• Circuits and Electronics Lab
• Electromagnetics and Antenna Lab
• Digital Systems and Microprocessors Lab
• Communications Systems Lab
• Electric Power Systems Lab
• Robotics Lab
• Senior Design Lab
• Computational Modeling and Simulation Lab

ENTERPRISE COMPUTING LAB
Dedicated general purpose computer labs, each equipped with:

• 25-30 PCs and projector;
• High-speed internet network;
• Software includes MATLAB, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Primavera, Etabs, SAP, Pspice.

ADMISSIONS ENTRY

All applying students must have:

• A high school/secondary school certificate or equivalent from an institution accredited by the Ministry of Education in the U.A.E. or by the relevant national or regional institutional accrediting body;
• International TOEFL® or Academic IELTSTM or the equivalent score on another internationally-recognized English exam. PBT is accepted from specific centers in the UAE.
• The University administers the ACCUPLACERTM Exam (Math) to place students at the appropriate mathematics level. Students may substitute the SAT for this, depending on the score.

Students should consult with the Admissions Office for further details at admissions@aud.edu.

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