Master’s Degree in Geomatics
Student must complete 36 credit hours
Speciality Requirements Student must complete 30 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 434601 | Methods of Scientific Research and Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
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| This course addresses multiple statistical methods such as multiple regression, multiple correlation, and advanced methods in testing various statistical hypotheses in geographical issues. The course includes practical applications on statistical programs and conducting applied research on various population problems. | |||
| 434603 | Mobile Applications Design | 3 |
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| This course introduces students to important concepts and aspects in developing mobile applications on Android phones based on the Java system, including user interface design, data storage methods, multimedia support, management of mobile phone sensors, and programs built through multithreads. , inspect and track software, and deploy applications. Although the course focuses on Android, the general principles of mobile application development discussed here can also be applied to other mobile operating systems. Students will learn to build applications related to spatial data as practical examples throughout the course. | |||
| 434604 | Photogrammetry and Laser Surveying | 3 |
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| 434606 | Engineering Surveying | 3 |
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| This course aims to enhance advanced knowledge in engineering surveying methods. It focuses on methods of calibrating various surveying devices, analyzing their accuracy, and adjusting survey measurements, as well as methods of making longitudinal and cross-sections and calculating quantities of earthworks with high accuracy for different projects. The student will be required to study and prepare the technical specifications in the bid book for various surveying projects. This course will contain a practical application aspect for studying several surveying engineering cases using several surveying devices and comparing, analyzing and modifying their results | |||
| 434607 | Internet Maps and Open Resources of Spatial Information Systems | 3 |
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| 434617 | Applications in Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
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| The course covers advanced topics in geographic information systems, geographic data, maps, their automation, and spatial analysis as a basis for modern geography. The course also includes practical applications of geographic information systems in the fields of topographical and hydrological analysis, building cartographic models, implementing real projects, choosing the appropriate location for those projects, and solving problems in natural, human, and economic issues. | |||
| 434659 | Urban and Regional Planning | 3 |
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| The course covers advanced topics in regional planning and its importance in developing countries, the relationship of regional planning to national planning, planning theory, information systems theory, theories of regional and urban planning, developing the regional plan, practical applications in urban and regional planning, sectoral development studies such as the education, health, roads and others. | |||
| 434661 | Applications in Remote Sensing | 3 |
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| This course deals with all stages of applications related to digital satellite images, starting with collecting field data and projecting them onto images, processing digital satellite images and correcting them for geometric errors and the effects of atmospheric layers, analyzing them, studying spatial changes in images taken at different periods, preparing thematic maps, and integrating remote sensing data into geographic information systems. and photogrammetry. | |||
| 434699 | Thesis | 6 |
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| The student prepares a scientific research weighing 6 credit hours on a subject not previously studied, after the approval of the Program Committee and the Deanship of Graduate Studies. | |||
Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 6 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 434620 | Global Navigation Systems and Space Geodesy | 3 |
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| This course aims to give students advanced concepts in global positioning systems, processing their observations in multiple ways (such as absolute and differential static monitoring), and methods of using positioning devices in closed environments. The course also includes studying the standards for building geodetic networks using this modern technology. This course will include collecting data from various sites, building a geodetic network, analyzing and processing its observations using scientific methods using specialized computer programs in order to obtain accurate coordinates. The course includes extensive practical applications on positioning devices. Global GNSS | |||
| 434621 | Digital Image Processing | 3 |
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| 434622 | Geophysical Exploration | 3 |
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| This course includes an Introduction to image processing and its applications. Digital image processing techniques have entered many applications ranging from medical imaging, computer graphics, and pattern recognition. In this course, students will learn basic concepts of visual perception and advanced techniques for image processing, segmentation and encoding, and a basic understanding of pattern recognition and computer vision. The course will guide students to work on images related to spatial data in order to apply what they have learned in the course. | |||
| 434624 | Applied Geomorphology | 3 |
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| This course deals with some applied aspects of geomorphology, and these aspects will cover topics in planning and sustainable development of projects through choosing the optimal locations for establishing vital projects in which the least risks and greatest benefits are achieved. The teaching of this course focuses on selecting the optimal sites for dams and determining land uses based on an evaluation of the slow, fast, and perhaps sudden geomorphological processes prevalent and potential in the study sites. It also addresses hydromorphological, pedological, morphoeconomic and morpho-tourism applications, in addition to morphological assessments, through microscopic sections and comprehensive studies based on field and laboratory work. | |||
| 434626 | Computer Programming in Spatial Information Systems | 3 |
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| This course includes the theoretical and practical aspects of using different programming languages in spatial information systems, such as the Python programming language. It also includes the use of free, open data sources on the Internet to produce new data and analyze it. | |||
| 434627 | Projects Management | 3 |
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| The project management course covers a comprehensive vision of how projects are initiated, planned, scheduled, implemented, monitored, and closed, through the application of the latest concepts, principles, and techniques in project management. This course also deals with managing the project’s resources, scheduling its activities, and controlling its financial expenditures, resources, in-kind, and human resources. It also deals with risk management, managing employees, facilitating the process of institutional change and its integration with the projects that operate under the umbrella of this institution and its complete strategic outlook.Moreovrr, it focuses on the unique integration of project determinants (quality, time, cost, scope of work, and risks) and how to manage them comprehensively so that we can change one of them and control the impact of this change on the remaining determinants. | |||
| 434656 | Location Theory | 3 |
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| The course deals with the industrial location: A. Industrial systems and their structures in different social and economic environments. B. Industrial site modeling. C. Evaluation of industrial sites. Selection of city sites and services. Agricultural site, spatial organization of industry, agriculture and services within city systems and city territory. The course includes carrying out practical research in selecting the optimal locations for various projects. | |||
| 434664 | Techniques of Applied Geographic Data Collection | 3 |
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| This course includes a theoretical aspect that presents the techniques and methods used in collecting, processing and analyzing geographical data to prepare digital plans for the study areas. This course also includes a practical application aspect using various surveying devices such as a total station device and a global positioning device (GPS) to collect geographical data for different locations and create a general location plan using various programs. | |||
| 434665 | Land Use Studies | 3 |
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| This course deals with practical applications at all stages of preparing land use maps and analyzing them at different drawing scales and using them in general and detailed studies. It also includes a theoretical study of the land use systems recognized in the world and their analysis. The course also deals with the study of structural plans for rural and urban population centers and their suitability according to standards. Local, regional and international. | |||