B.Sc.

in Computer Science - Cloud Computing 2020

General University
Program Components Studies Requirement
Elective 8%
Course Type CRD 8%
Major
Elective
University Requirement (UR) 11 9%
College Requirement (CR) 24
College
Major Support Requirement (MSR) 14 Requirement
18%
Major Requirement (MR) 60
Major Elective (ME)1 12 Major
Major
Requirement
Support
General Studies Elective (GSE)2 10 46%
Requirement
CR- Training (Internship) Yes 1 11%

Total Credit (CRD) 132

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Student must select four courses from Major Elective(ME) List.

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Student must select three General Studies Electives according to the following:
- One course must be selected from any field of
science: the following courses are suggested:
1. CHEMY101 (GENERAL CHEMISTRY I )
2. BIOLS102 (GENERAL BIOLOGY I )
Or any other science course approved by the department chair.

- One course must be selected from Business

College:
the following courses are suggested:
1. ACC112 (FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING )
2. MGT131 (INTRO. TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION )
3. MGT341 (SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT)
4. MKT261 (MARKETING MGT. )
Or any other business course approved by the department chair.

- One course must be selected from Humanities and Social Science Component.
This include any course from the following:
Humanities: Fine Arts, History, American Studies, Classics, Communications, English, (Foreign
Language) French, Music, Philosophy, Theatre, Literature (Arabic), Religion (comparative).
Social Science: Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Psychology, Sociology,
Women's Studies, Political Science.

Teaching Language: English

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Detailed Study Plan

Year 1 - Semester 1

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA

ITCS 113 Computer Programming I 3 2 3 CR ------ Yes

ITIS 103 Fundamentals of Information Systems 3 2 3 MR ------ Yes

ENGL 154 Language Development I 3 0 3 CR ------ No

MATHS 101 Calculus I 3 0 3 CR ------ No

PHYCS 101 General Physics I 3 3 4 MSR ------ No

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 Year 1 - Semester 2

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA

ITCS 114 Computer Programming II 3 2 3 CR ITCS 113 Yes

Introduction to Computer and Network

ITNE 110 3 2 3 MR ------ Yes
Technology
ENGL 155 Language Development II 3 0 3 CR ENGL 154 No

PHYCS 102 General Physics II 3 3 4 MSR PHYCS 101 No

MATHS 102 Calculus II 3 0 3 MSR MATHS 101 No

Year 2 - Semester 3

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA

ITCS 214 Data Structures 3 2 3 CR ITCS 114 Yes

ITCS 113 &
ITNE 231 Computer Network I 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITNE 110
ITCS 113 &
ITCS 254 Discrete Structures I 3 2 3 MR Yes
MATHS 101

ITSE 201 Introduction to Software Engineering 3 2 3 MR ITCS114 Yes

STAT 273 Probability and Statistics 3 0 3 CR MATHS 101 No

ISLM 101 Islamic Culture 3 0 3 UR ------ No

Year 2 - Semester 4

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
ITNE 110 &
ITCC 240 Fundamental of Cloud Computing 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITCS 114

ITCS 285 Database Management Systems 3 2 3 MR ITCS 214 Yes

ITCS 222 Computer Organization 3 2 3 MR ITCS 214 Yes

ITCS 255 Discrete Structures II 3 2 3 MR ITCS 254 Yes

ARAB 110 Arabic Language Skills 3 0 3 UR ------ No

ENGL 219 Technical Report Writing 3 0 3 CR ENGL 155 No

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 Year 3 - Semester 5

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
ITCC 240 &
ITCC 341 Cloud Computing Architecture 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITNE 231
ITCS 333 Internet Software Development 3 2 3 MR ITCS 285 Yes

ITCS 214 &

ITCS 347 Analysis and Design of Algorithms 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITCS 255

ITCS 316 Human-Computer Interaction 3 2 3 MR ITCS 214 Yes

ITCS 214 &

ITCS 325 Operating Systems 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITCS 222

HRLC 107 Human Rights 2 0 2 UR ------ No

Year 3 - Semester 6

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
ITCC 240 &
ITCC 345 Cloud Development 3 2 3 MR Yes
ITCS285
ITCC 240 &
ITCC 343 Cloud Operations 3 2 3 MR ITNE 231 & Yes
ITCS325
ITCS 396 Professional Issues and Ethics 3 2 3 MR ENGL 219 Yes

AS per ME
ITXX 4XX ITCC/ITCS Major Elective I 3 2 3 ME Yes
list

GSE XXX Science Elective X X 4 GSE ------ No

Training Requirement

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
CR- Pass 85
ITCC 481 Industrial Training 0 3 1 Yes
Training Credits

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 Year 4 - Semester 7

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA

ITCS 411 Cryptography and Computer Security 3 2 3 MR ITCS 347 Yes

ITCS 440 Intelligent Systems 3 2 3 MR ITCS 347 Yes

AS per ME
ITXX 4XX ITCC/ITCS Major Elective II 3 2 3 ME Yes
list

GSE XXX Business Free Elective 3 0 3 GSE ------ No

ENGL 219 &
ITCC 498 Senior Project 0 6 3 MR pass 85 Yes
credits

Year 4 - Semester 8

Course Hours Course Pre Major

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
AS per ME
ITXX 4XX ITCC/ITCS Major Elective III 3 2 3 ME Yes
list
AS per ME
ITXX 4XX ITCC/ITCS Major Elective IV 3 2 3 ME Yes
list

MATHS 211 Linear Algebra 3 0 3 MSR MATHS 101 No

GSE XXX Humanities / Social Sciences 3 0 3 GSE ------ No

HIST 122 Modern History of Bahrain and Citizenship 3 0 3 UR ------ No

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Major Elective Courses
Course Hours
Course Pre Major
Course Code Course Title
Type requisite GPA
LEC PRAC CRD

ITCC 442 Cloud Security 3 2 3 ME ITCC341 Yes

ITCC 445 Advanced Cloud Development 3 2 3 ME ITCC345 Yes

ITCC 493 Selected Topics in Cloud Computing I 3 2 3 ME Department Yes

Approval

ITCC 494 Selected Topics in Cloud Computing II 3 2 3 ME Department Yes

Approval

ITCS 400 IT-Based Entrepreneurship 3 2 3 ME ITCS 396 Yes

& MGT 131
ITCS 416 Advanced Operating Systems 3 2 3 ME ITCS 325 Yes

ITCS 421 Geographical Information Systems 3 2 3 ME ITCS 214 Yes

ITCS 214 &
ITCS 437 Computer Graphics 3 2 3 ME
MATHS 211
Yes

ITCS 441 Parallel and Distributed Computing 3 2 3 ME ITCS 325 Yes

ITCS 214 &

ITCS 443 Optimization Techniques 3 2 3 ME
MATHS 211
Yes

ITCS 444 Mobile Application Development 3 2 3 ME ITCS 333 Yes

ITCS 347 &

ITCS 449 Computer Vision 3 2 3 ME Yes
STAT 273

ITCS 453 Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems 3 2 3 ME ITCS 214 Yes

ITCS 455 Semantic Web 3 2 3 ME ITCS 333 Yes

ITCS 285 &

ITCS 457 Data Mining 3 2 3 ME Yes
ITCS 347

ITCS 458 Big Data Analytics 3 2 3 ME ITCS 255 Yes

ITCS 461 Advanced Database Management Systems 3 2 3 ME ITCS 285 Yes

ITCS 464 Information Retrieval 3 2 3 ME ITCS 333 Yes

ITCS 255 &

ITCS 465 Numerical Computations 3 2 3 ME Yes
MATHS 211

ITCS 496 Physical Implementation of DBMS 3 2 3 ME ITCS 285 Yes

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General Studies Elective Courses List

Course Hours Course Pre

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite
ARAB 141 Modern Arabic Lit. 3 0 3 GSE ------

ARAB 242 Arabic Poetry In The Renaissance Period 3 0 3 GSE ------

Fundamentals of Music and Its
ART 133 3 0 3 GSE ------
Appreciation
ART 141 Drawing and Painting 2 1 3 GSE ------
Traditional Music of Bahrain and Its
ART 221 3 0 3 GSE ------
Application
CHL 101 Introduction to Chinese Language 3 0 3 GSE ------

EDAR 126 Playing on Piano and Org 1 3 0 3 GSE ------

EDPS 144 Psychology of Learning and Memory 3 0 3 GSE ------

EDTC 100 Teaching and Learning Technology 3 0 3 GSE ------

ENGL 130 Introduction to Literature 3 0 3 GSE ------

FREN 141 French I 3 0 3 GSE ------

GERM 101 Introduction to German 3 0 3 GSE ------

HISTO 212 Contemporary History of The Arab World 3 0 3 GSE ------

HISTO 281 Landmarks of Islamic Civilisation 3 0 3 GSE ------

ISLM 114 Quranic Sciences 3 0 3 GSE ------

ISLM 136 Biography of The Prophet 3 0 3 GSE ------

ISLM 141 Introduction to Shari'a 3 0 3 GSE ------

ISLM 252 Islamic Doctrine 3 0 3 GSE ------

JAPN 101 Japanese Level I 3 0 3 GSE ------

KL 101 Korean Language 3 0 3 GSE ------

TL 101 Turkish Language 3 0 3 GSE ------

LAW 101 Introduction to Legal Studies 3 0 3 GSE ------

LAW 102 History of Law 3 0 3 GSE ------

LAW 106 Constitutional Law I 3 0 3 GSE ------

PSYC 103 Introduction to Psychology 3 0 3 GSE ------

PSYC 120 Psychology of Marriage 3 0 3 GSE ------

PSYC 211 Educational Psychology 3 0 3 GSE ------

SOCIO 161 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 3 GSE ------

SOCIO 181 Introduction to Anthropology 3 0 3 GSE ------

SOCIO 191 Citizenship, Identity and Globalization 3 0 3 GSE ------

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 Course Hours Course Pre
Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite
SOCIO 224 Sociology of Health 3 0 3 GSE ------

SOCIO 226 Sociology of Arabian Gulf 3 0 3 GSE ------

Department
GSE XXX Other electives X X 3 GSE
Approval

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Course Description

Course Code: ITIS 103 Course Title: Fundamentals of Information Systems

This is a foundation course that introduces students to the definitions, concepts and tools used in the
IS field. It focuses on discussing the business implications of information systems, social and ethical
issues it creates, their relationship with organization activities and how they support e-Commerce,
knowledge management and decisions making. Topics covered include: information systems in
global business today, ethical and social issues in information system, achieving operational
excellence and customer intimacy, e-commerce, building and managing systems, managing
knowledge and collaboration, enhancing decision making.

Course Code: ITNE 110 Course Title: Introduction to Computer and Network Technology
This foundational course teaches basic computer and network theory, and component identification
and function. Hardware Basics: Case, Motherboard, CPU, Cards (PCI, ISA, etc..), HDD, FDD, CD, Power
supply, memory, etc. BIOS, CMOS, POST, Basic connections and troubleshooting, Operating
systems (Windows versions, DOS prompts), Important files (Win.ini, System.ini, config.sys,
autoexec.bat, etc.), Registry, Upgrading; Networks glossary, OSI Model, Physical Media, Internet
Backbones, Basic network troubleshooting.

Course Code: ITCC 240 Course Title: Fundamental of Cloud Computing

This course introduces cloud-computing concepts. Topics include cloud fundamentals,
infrastructure, architecture, deployment models, security, compute services, storage services,
network services, finance.

Course Code: ITNE 231 Course Title: Computer Networks I

Packet-Switched Networks. Protocol Layers. Application Layer. HTTP, FTP, Electronic Mail, DNS.
Socket Programming. Web Servers. Transport Layer: Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Reliable Data
Transfer and Congestion Control. Network Layer and Routing: The Internet Protocol (IP), IPv6,
Multicast Routing and Mobility.

Course Code: ITSE 201 Course Title: Introduction of Software Engineering

The course covers software evolution; introduction to software engineering, software development
processes, and analysis and design methods, software engineering standards and metrics. Software
and system applications, emerging software engineering for cloud services. Software
development and CASE tools.

Course Code: ITCS 222 Course Title: Computer Organization

This course introduces basics of computer organization. Topics include data representation, basics of
digital logic, basics of Assembly language, instruction formats, addressing modes, instruction set
architecture, performance evaluation, single-cycle data path, and processor control. Assembly
language programming is used as a means of exploring instruction set architectures.

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Course Code: ITCS 254 Course Title: Discrete Structures I
This course covers basic discrete structures that are backbones of computer science. Topics include
logic, predicate calculus, proofs, sets, relations, functions.

Course Code: ITCS 255 Course Title: Discrete Structures II

This course is a continuation of discrete structures I. Topics include elementary number theory,
asymptotic notations of growth of functions, recurrence relations and their solutions, graphs and
trees, Combinatorics.

Course Code: ITCS 285 Course Title: Database Management Systems

This course exposes the fundamental concepts of database management systems. Topics include
information management concepts, database architecture and data independence, conceptual models,
relational and object oriented data models, query mechanisms, database recovery, security, integrity,
backup, transaction processing, indexing.

Course Code: ITCS 316 Course Title: Human-Computer Interaction

This course covers techniques used to analyze and design Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
systems. Topics include user interface design methods, social interactions, interface evaluation,
human capabilities, interface technology, GUI programming concepts.

Course Code: ITCS 325 Course Title: Operating Systems

This course presents fundamental concepts and practices to design and implement modern
computer operating systems. Topics include functions and types of operating systems, operating
system structure, process and thread management, process coordination, memory management and
virtual memory, file system and I/O device management, protection and security.

Course Code: ITCS 333 Course Title: Internet Software Development

This course exposes the key technologies underlying the World-Wide Web and the principles and tools
that are used to develop dynamic web applications. Topics include web design technologies (HTML,
CSS style sheets), current server-side programming, web server processing, database access, event-
driven programming.

Course Code: ITCC 341 Course Title: Cloud Computing Architecture

This course provides technical and management skills to effectively design, operate, and maintain
cloud computing systems. Topics include: transform an organization's current infrastructure to an
efficient infrastructure on the cloud, Load balancing, High performance computing, Secure
architecture, well designed infrastructures, designing a high available, scalable, reliable, fault tolerant
cloud infrastructure.

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Course Code: ITCC 343 Course Title: Cloud Operations
This course covers in-depth knowledge in the field of cloud operations. Topics include cloud
administrations, system and network troubleshooting, system deployment in the cloud, cloud
infrastructure deployment, monitoring and configuration.

Course Code: ITCC 345 Course Title: Cloud Development

This course provides technical knowledge in development of applications using cloud technologies.
Topics include: Development in a cloud environment; Cloud Programming SDKs and IDEs;
Programmatic configuration security and identification; Programmatic creation and utilization of
object storage; Design and development of scalable applications using Caching and Content Delivery
Networks; containers; Development and integration of non-relational databases; Message queues and
notifications.

Course Code: ITCS 347 Course Title: Analysis and Design of Algorithms
This course covers techniques used to design and analyze algorithms. Topics include time and space
complexity analysis of recursive and non-recursive algorithms, brute force, divide- and – conquer,
greedy, heaps, and dynamic programming design methods and their applications to real world
problems.

Course Code: ITCS 400 Course Title: IT-Based Entrepreneurship

This unit will give students insight into how to identify, create, and pursue opportunities for new
products and services. These opportunities have been growing rapidly due to the steady increase in
digital workflows and digital customers. Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Flickr are well-
known examples of digital entrepreneurship; there are many thousands of additional examples.
Specifically, this unit includes the study of entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis, feasibility
analysis, intellectual property, market research, accounting, financial management, sources of
funding, business models, teamwork, and business planning. Understanding these topics will
allow students to more readily identify, analyze, and develop opportunities for the creation of new
products and services.

Course Code: ITCS 411 Course Title: Cryptography and Computer Security
This course introduces fundamentals of computer security and cryptography. Topics include
network security, cryptography, symmetric encryption methods, authentication and
authorization mechanisms, public key infrastructure, electronic mail security, web security and
cryptographic protocols, defence mechanisms and countermeasures, malware.

Course Code: ITCS 416 Course Title: Advanced Operating Systems

This course discusses advanced topics in design and implementation of modern operating systems.
Topics include virtual machines, real-time and embedded systems, distributed operating, file systems,
fault tolerance, performance evaluation.

Course Code: ITCS 421 Course Title: Geographical Information Systems

This course introduces foundation in the science and technology of geographical information systems
(GIS).Topics include interpreting geophysical, geological and related data, accessing database, data

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translators, spatial data handling, storage capabilities of a GIS system, GIS programming,
integrated GIS solutions.

Course Code: ITCC 442 Course Title: Cloud Security

This course covers in-depth knowledge in the field of cloud security. Topics include cloud security
basics, Security of the cloud, Security in the cloud, security services, Securing the services,
Authentication, Access control, Compliance, Incident Management & Troubleshooting.

Course Code: ITCS 437 Course Title: Computer Graphics

This course covers theories and applications of the computer graphics. Topics include 2-D and 3-D
modelling and transformations, viewing transformations, projections, clipping, vectors lines and
planes, rendering techniques, graphical software packages and graphics systems.

Course Code: ITCS 440 Course Title: Intelligent Systems

This course covers analysis and design concepts of intelligent systems. Topics include problem
solving methods, searching techniques, heuristic search, game playing, knowledge representations,
expert systems, fuzzy logic, machine learning.

Course Code: ITCS 441 Course Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing
This course covers theory of parallelism and distributed computing. Topics include parallelism,
communication, coordination, sequential and parallel processing, parallel and scalable architecture,
parallel decomposition, multiple simultaneous computations, parallel computer models, parallel
and concurrent programming.

Course Code: ITCS 443 Course Title: Optimization Techniques

This course introduces optimization techniques and their applications to real life problems. Topics
include linear programming, network flow optimization, genetic algorithms, dynamic
programming, branch and bound.

Course Code: ITCS 444 Course Title: Mobile Application Development

This course covers key technologies underlying mobile application development. Topics include
mobile platforms, GUI design, mobile programming, web services processing, database access and
event-driven programming.

Course Code: ITCC 445 Course Title: Advanced Cloud Development

This course provides students with advanced technical expertise in development using cloud
technologies. Topics include: Serverless development and workflows; Step functions; Application
Programming Interfaces; Development and Operations; Continuous integration and continuous delivery
(CI/CD); Development and deployment of secure applications in a cloud environment.

Course Code: ITCS 449 Course Title: Computer Vision

This course introduces concepts and applications of computer vision. Topics include image
processing, boundary detection, segmentation and clustering, feature detection, motion
estimation and tracking, probabilistic and statistical methods for detection and classification,
multiple view geometry, object and scene recognition.

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Course Code: ITCS 453 Course Title: Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems
This course covers techniques used to design multimedia systems using conceptual frameworks and
multimedia authoring tools. Topics include multimedia system elements, ethical and legal issues
in using and creating multimedia contents, create and manipulate information using multimedia
presentation concepts.

Course Code: ITCS 455 Course Title: Semantic Web

This course covers core concepts of semantic Web. Topics include semantic Web technology, XML,
XML document models, RDF models, schema, metadata processing, web ontology, web services.

Course Code: ITCS 457 Course Title: Data Mining

This course introduces concepts and techniques of data mining and knowledge discovery. Topics
include analysis of large data sets, algorithms and techniques for association rule mining, clustering,
classification and prediction, and outlier detection.

Course Code: ITCS 458 Course Title: Big Data Analytics

This course covers concepts, techniques and tools needed to deal with various aspects of data
science practice, including data collection, cleansing, mangling, and integration, exploratory data
analysis, predictive modelling, descriptive modelling, data product creation, machine learning
algorithms, evaluation, and effective communication. Topics include: Data mining, Map-reduce and the
new stack software, mining data streams, link analysis, clustering, classification, recommendation, and
visualization of large data sets. Applications and projects using major big data tools (e.g. Spark,
Hadoop, Python, or R).

Course Code: ITCS 461 Course Title: Advanced Database Management Systems
This course covers advanced topics of database management systems. Topics Include query processing
and query optimization, concurrency control, active, temporal, and multimedia databases, distributed
databases and client- server architecture, data warehouse, data mining, emerging database
technologies.

Course Code: ITCS 464 Course Title: Information Retrieval

This course is an introduction to information retrieval systems. Topics include standard concepts
in information retrieval (such as documents, queries, collections, and relevance), theoretical and
practical aspects of information retrieval systems, recent advances in information retrieval, web
retrieval systems.

Course Code: ITCS 465 Course Title: Numerical Computations

This course covers principles of numerical computation and its application to engineering and
scientific problems. Topics include floating-point, round-off analysis, solution of linear and
nonlinear equations, least squares curve fitting, interpolation and extrapolation, finite differences
and polynomial approximations, finite integration.

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Course Code: ITCC 493 Course Title: Selected Topics in Cloud Computing I
This course covers advanced topics from various areas of cloud computing not covered in CS
curriculum

Course Code: ITCC 494 Course Title: Selected Topics in Cloud Computing II
This course covers advanced topics from various areas of cloud computing not covered in CS
curriculum

Course Code: ITCS 496 Course Title: Physical Implementation of DBMS

This course covers practical aspects of implementation of computerized database systems. Topics
include SQL programming, writing programs to interrogate databases, designing and
programming, triggers, GUI forms and reports, module development and integration, testing,
deployment.

Course Code: ITCC 498 Course Title: Senior Project

This course allows the student to use cloud computing related knowledge, techniques and skills
to design and develop a complete application or solve IT related problems.

Course Code: PHYCS 101 Course Title: General Physics I

Units and measurements; brief review of vectors; Newton’s laws of motion; projectile motion; work and
energy; impulse and momentum; rotational dynamics; equilibrium of a rigid body; periodic motion.

Course Code: PHYCS 102 Course Title: General Physics II

Electric charges and fields; Coulomb’s and Gauss’s laws; electric potential; capacitors and dielectrics;
direct current circuits; Kirchoff’s rules; magnetic field and flux; ampere’s law; induced emf; Lenz’s
law; mutual and self inductance; AC circuits; RLC circuit.

Course Code: MATHS 102 Course Title: Calculus II

Applications of definite integrals, including areas, volumes and surface areas of solids of revolution,
arc length and centroids. Transcendental functions, indeterminate form and L’Hopital’s Rule.
Techniques of integration and improper integrals. Infinite series, power series. Maclaurin and
Taylor Theorem.

Course Code: MATHS 211 Course Title: Linear Algebra

Fields. Vector spaces. Linear dependence and independence. Bases. Dimensions. Subspaces. Quotient
spaces. Linear transformations. Connection with matrices. Change of bases (PAQ and PAP). Eigen-values.
Characteristic polynomial. Minimal polynomial. Canonical forms in simple cases. Real and complex
inner-product spaces. Orthonormal bases. Orthogonal and complex unitary matrices and their
eigen-values. Orthogonal and unitary reduction of real symmetric and complex Hermitian
matrices.

Course Code: MGT 131 Course Title: Introduction to Business Administration

Overview of business administration as a field of study and practice, survey of major functional
specialties within business management, accounting, finance, marketing and production,

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 interrelationships among various specialties and foundation-level, understanding of the
management profession.

College Requirement Courses Descriptions

Course Code: ENGL 154 Course Title: Language Development I
ENGL 155 is the second of three integrated language courses designed for IT students. The level is upper-intermediate.

Course Code: ENGL 155 Course Title: Language Development II

The first of a series of three integrated language courses designed specifically for IT/CS and CE majors. Special
attention is given to IT related vocabulary, reading texts and writing.

Course Code: ENGL 219 Course Title: Technical Report Writing

This course deals with professional and technical writing. It looks at the theoretical and practical aspects of technical
report writing. It also teaches the vocabulary and language structures typically found in report writing with a view to
producing a full-length formal research report.

Course Code: MATHS 101 Course Title: Calculus I

Algebra. Functions and graphs. Trigonometry. Conic sections. Limits and continuity. Derivatives and integrals.
Applications of derivatives which include mean value theorem, extrema of functions and optimization. Definite
integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

Course Code: STAT 273 Course Title: Probability and Statistics

Descriptive Statistics, Introduction to probability and probability distributions. Some of probability Densities,
Sampling distributions. Central limit theorem. t and F distributions. Estimation. Tests of hypotheses. Goodness of fit
tests. Regression and correlation.

Course Code: ITCS 113 Course Title: Computer Programming I

This course introduces problem solving and fundamental programming concepts and techniques
implemented by a high-level programming language. Topics include primitive and compound
data types, syntax, semantics, expressions, assignment, input, output, conditional and iterative
control structures, functions.

Course Code: ITCS 114 Course Title: Computer Programming II

This course covers key concepts of object-oriented programming. Topics include object oriented
design, encapsulation, event handlers, memory management, arrays, exception handlers,
searching algorithms, programming applications.

Course Code: ITCS 214 Course Title: Data Structures

This course covers data structures and their implementations in an object-oriented programming
language. Topics include subtyping, abstract base class, lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, hash
tables, strategies for choosing appropriate data structure.

Course Code: ITCC 481 Course Title: Industrial Training

This course provides the students an opportunity to get hands on experience of working in IT
industry.

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University Requirements Courses Descriptions
Course Code: ARAB 110 Course Title: Arabic Language Skills
This course focuses on basic Arabic skills including form, function, and meaning. It also helps the student to
appreciate and understand structures and approach them from a critical point of view, through various genres in
literature.

Course Code: HIST 122 Course Title: Modern History of Bahrain and Citizenship
Spatial identity of Bahrain: Brief history of Bahrain until the 18th century; the historical roots of the formation of the
national identity of Bahrain since the 18th century; the modern state and evolution of constitutional life in Bahrain;
the Arabic and Islamic dimensions of the identity of Bahrain; the core values of Bahrain’s society and citizenship
rights (legal, political, civil and economic); duties; responsibilities and community participation; economic change
and development in Bahrain; Bahrain’s Gulf, Arab and international relations.

Course Code: HRLC 107 Course Title: Human Rights

This course deals with the principles of human rights in terms of the definition of human rights, scope, sources with
a focus on the International Bill of Human Rights; The Charter of the United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human
Rights; The International Covenant on Economics, Social and Culture rights; Convention against Torture and other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Mechanics and the Constitutional Protection of Rights and
Public Freedoms in Kingdom of Bahrain.

Course Code: ISLM 101 Course Title: Islamic Culture

An introduction to the general outline and principles of Islamic culture, its general characteristics, its relationships
with other cultures, general principles of Islam in beliefs, worship, legislation and ethics.

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