Speciality Requirements Student must complete 15 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
461601	Probability & Statistics for Engineers	3
This course looks at the random variable and probability calculations, distribution functions, statistical prediction, statistical analysis, frequency and its applications, the methods used to find the relationship between the variables time series and computer applications in statistical analysis.
461660	Transportation Facilities Eng'g	3
Concepts in transportation systems engineering. Human factors. Design of highways and urban streets. Design of parking facilities. Introduction to airport design. Introduction to railway design. Introduction to port layout. Environmental impacts.
461661	Urban Transportation Planning	3
This course looks at the context and definition of urban transportation planning. This includes the characteristics of urban travel, transportation planning and decision making, transportation demand and supply, data collection and processing. Issues regarding the urban land use, location choice of urban activities and transportation are also analysed.
461662	Pavement Analysis and Design	3
Structural Analysis of flexible and rigid pavements. Design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports. Mechanistic-Empirical approaches for highway pavements. Pavement materials analysis, sampling and testing. Failure analysis of flexible pavement.
461663	Transportation Operations	3
Basic concepts in transportation operations. Traffic operations and control. Public transportation operations. Pedestrian flow. Safety and accident analysis.
461691	Seminar	0
Students are allowed to register for this course after the completion of 15 credit hours. The supervisor of this course is to arrange a meeting during the week to provide a particular topic within an hour of time as follows: The members of the specialised committee provide lectures on the topics of research in the area of specialisation. Master's students in the advanced stages of the research to provide a summary of the master's work. Requests from other master's students to submit a proposal to discuss.
461698	Comprehensive Exam	0
A graduate student must pass a qualifying examination (See Academic Rules and Regulations for Graduate Students).

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 21 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
434556	Location Theory	3
This course consists of an introduction to neo-classical location theory. It includes analyses of various approaches to location theory and studies the evaluation of basic determinants of location decisions, industrial location theory, agricultural and urban rent theory and land uses and central place theory.
434670	Urban Geography	3
This course consists of an analysis of settlement systems and hierarchies. This includes models of urban form, land use type and density of variations in urban space and different statistical methods for the description and analysis of spatial distributes.
434674	Theories & Models of Spatial Interaction	3
This course looks at the basic understanding of the model building process. It examines systems theory, mapping theory, theory-model relationships, the spatial interaction (gravity) model and the use of these models and theories as location models in urban policy making.
453557	Total Quality Management	3
This course looks at the advanced topics in quality control, assurance and quality management. This includes an introduction to statistical quality control, quality function deployment, process engineering, assessment of quality programs, quality infrastructure and international standards.
461602	Computer Applications in Civil Eng'g	3
This course looks at several computer applications in civil engineering including finite elements, structural dynamics, stability theory and bridge engineering.
461603	Finite Elements	3
This course looks at the one and two dimensions of finite elements analysis of structures including plates. It looks at the problems of plane stresses and strains, formation of finite elements for structures and computer applications including structural dynamics.
461605	Urban Infrastructure Planning	3
This course consists of an introduction to urban environmental issues and network type service systems. It looks at the concepts and practice in infrastructure planning, urbanisation, ecological and social consequences of development in cities, regulatory aspects and planning, infrastructure development, risk analysis and assessment.
461615	Stability Theory	3
This course looks at the principles and types of stability, the deformation of elastic columns, beams, the deformations of frames, the lateral deformation of beams, the stability loads using energy methods and numerical methods and computer applications.
461620	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3
This course consists of an introduction and historical overview. It looks at database management systems VS CAD, automated mapping and facilities management VS GIS, GIS components and subsystems, GIS applications and GIS design and implementation.
461630	Advanced Topics in Soil Mechanics	3
461640	Water Resources Development & Planning	3
This course consists of an introduction to water resources, water demand and supply, surface and ground water systems, cost-benefit analysis, deterministic and stochastic modelling for water systems and the planning principles of water resources through case studies.
461648	Irrigation & Drainage Systems	3	461645
Topics covered in this course include the irrigation system, surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, design, testing and cost analysis, drainage systems, design, testing and cost analysis, computer use in the design of irrigation and drainage systems.
461658	Environment Impact Assessment	3
This course consists of an introduction to environmental degradation and impacts, environmental impact assessment methods, the objectives of assessing the environmental impact of different levels, the basic processes used in environmental impact assessment, the role and responsibilities of the environmental assessment teams, the means used in the environmental assessment, information collection, analysis and assessment, writing assessment and environmental impact reports.
461664	Transportation Systems Management	3
461665	Transportation Systems Management	3
This course looks at maximising the potential of the surface streets and public transportation systems. This includes travel demand managements and traffic system management of the urban system.
461666	Analysis of Transportation Systems	3
461667	Road Design	3
461668	Airport Planning Design	3
461669	Pavement Management System	3
461670	Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering Materials	3
This course looks at physical and chemical aspects of constitution and fundamental properties, cements and concrete mixes, asphalts and asphaltic concrete and laboratory investigations such as sampling and testing.
461671	Bridge Engineering	3
This course looks at bridge types, structural analysis of bridges, influence lines, the design of concrete bridges, the design of steel bridges and detailing.
461672	Transportation Economecs	3
461673	Tech. of project Evaluation	3
461679	Construction Management	3
Topics included in this course include life cycle, construction costs, types of contracts, (here to perform economic based analysis of one more alternatives), management principles, project break-down structure, project planning, scheduling using network, project control, resource leveling and safety and quality control.
461680	S.T. in Civil Engineering	3
In this course, selected topics to be thoroughly studied and analysed in areas of civil engineering and design.
461686	Special Topics In Transportation And Traffic Eng.	3
461689	Special Topics in Design of Trasport. Facilities	3
462602	Planning & Develp. Issues and Legislation in Palestine	3
This course consists of an analysis of the transformation in planning laws and regulations, current planning issues and development proposals, development agencies and the legislation in Palestine.
462610	Planning Theory	3
This course looks at the development of planning ideas and thought, basic concepts and functions of planning types and their interrelations, public expenditure decisions, planning theories and processes, models of rational choice, decision environment, policy design, programming techniques and strategies, goal formulations, projections and project evaluation.
462611	Fundamentals of Urban & Regional Planning	3
This course is designed to analyse the energy systems of our nations, preparing to solve energy planning problems in Palestine in efficient and cost effective ways, anticipate future energy needs and identify and evaluate options for developing and using resources to meets our needs. The course also covers the demand and supply side energy planning issues.
462674	Land Use Planning	3
An introduction to site planning, layout, design standards and general guidelines for the major land use elements in urban areas. Examination of public and institutional land uses (residential, industrial, commercial, transportation, recreation and public space, etc.) in a variety of cities.
462678	Urban Morphology	3
This course looks at the emergence of the nineteenth century urban design schools and the twentieth century urban design models within a framework of the evolution of urban design approaches and theories. It includes the exploration of urban space from a structuralist perspective. The primary emphasis of this course is on the relationships between socio-economic, experiential and formal structures of the urban environment.
465212	Quality Management	3
This course introduces students to advanced topics in quality control, assurance and quality management, including introduction to statistical quality control, quality function deployment, process engineering, assessment of quality programs, quality infrastructure and international standards.
465322	Technology Management	3
This course focuses on planning technological changes in diversified corporations, understanding inventions, implementing new technology in new product/services/manufacturing, forecasting impact of technological change, and forecasting technological change and planning research.
465452	Strategic Decision Making	3
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to decision making, multiple attributes decision making techniques, modelling with uncertainty and risk influence diagrams, game theory methods, linear programming and assessment of decision making process.
465511	Engineering Project Management	3
This course focuses on the classification of engineering projects, project organisation, project budgeting, project scheduling techniques, resources allocation, materials distribution and logistics, project information system, construction projects, cost control, project termination and auditing, claims management, arbitration, project information system.
465512	Human Resources Management	3
This course is designed to provide students with a review of basic human resource management functions, examination of human resource policies, exposition to human resource laws, human resource techniques including job analysis and design, recruiting, training, appraisal, retention planning, human resource compensation and human resource information systems.
465532	Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution	3
This course focuses on assessment of potential risks associated with crisis, organisational preparedness, information disaster recovery planning, types of conflicts, legal framework and international laws, conflict resolution models, mediation and arbitration and strategies for avoiding conflicts.
465600	Linear Programming	3
This course consists of an introduction to optimisation, linear programming problems, symbex method, the Brayal Dawal method, transforming problems and civil engineering applications.
465602	برمجة غير خطية	3
465604	Operations Research	3
This course consists of an introduction to the methodology of operational research. It covers examples of operations research models, linear programming, networks, integer programming, queuing models, dynamic programming and multicriteria analysis and games.