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	PENG 301 - Petroleum Geology and Exploration Description History of Petroleum Geology , Oil & Gas accumulation, Origin (Chemical, Biological, and Physical), Porosity, Source Rocks, Migration, Accumulation, Types of Traps (Structural Traps, Stratigraphic Traps, Hydrodynamic Traps and combination Traps), Timing and preservation of Traps, Subsurface Geology and mapping; well sitting (duties of well geologist, introduction to logging and formation testing), Oil and Gas Exploration (Seismic, Gravity and magnetic Methods), Exploration Risk and Analysis, Project. Prerequisites PENG 200 When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3cr.)
	PENG 302 - Fluid and Rock Properties Description Physical Properties of the Rocks; Lithology, Porosity, Relative and effective Permeability, Capillary pressure and rock-fluid interactions; Petroleum Fluid properties, Gas behavior, Application of deviation factor to ideal gas law, Fundamentals of phase behavior: bubble point and dew point curves, retrograde, characterizing the reservoir fluid, Properties of reservoir fluids: Formation Volume Factor, Viscosity, Solution Gas-Oil Ratio, API gravity, specific gravity; and estimating gas, oil, and water properties from correlations. Prerequisites PENG 301 When Offered Offered in spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 303 - Fluid and Rock Lab Description Lab safety and working with petroleum fluids and rocks, Introduction to rock measurement equipment, Fluid saturation measurement from core, Fluid saturation by high temperature retort oven, Capillary pressure calculation versus saturation curves, Porosity measurement, Permeability measurement, Introduction to reservoir fluid measurement (PVT), Evaluation of black oil properties, review of phase behavior experiments in the lab to obtain pressure and volume graph, Saturation pressure, Solution gas oil ratio, oil formation volume factor, etc. Also, the students will be introduced to the state of the art PVT simulation software in the lab. Prerequisites PENG 302 or concurrent. When Offered Offered in spring or fall. (1 cr.)
	PENG 311 - Drilling Engineering I Description Properties of Reservoirs; Subsurface Pressure & Temperature; Conventional & Current Drilling Techniques; Drilling Fluids; Drilling Hazards & Safety; Hydraulics of Rotary Circulation & Penetration Rates; Casing; Cementing; Well Head Equipment, well planning and control, basic rig components, drilling bits, hole stability and problems, vertical and directional hole drilling Prerequisites PENG 302 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 313 - Drilling Engineering I Lab Description This drilling lab will cover the following; lab safety, introduction to drilling machinery simulator, drilling Controls, drilling Operations & guidelines, data acquisition systems, hydraulics, blow out preventers (BOP), rate of penetration against drilling parameters and drilling well control. In addition, the students will be introduced to the state of the art drilling design software and well planning, well design, rig types, components, selection, drilling oil well, drilling bits, dull classification, hole problems, well control, well surveying, directional drilling and cost estimation Prerequisites PENG 311 or concurrently. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (1 cr.)
	PENG 320 - Well Logging Description Methods of Well Logging, Basic Relationship of Well Logging, Spontaneous Potential Logs, The Resistivity Logs, Porosity Logs, Gamma Ray Log, Lithology logs, Well Log Interpretation Techniques, Lab exercise using the Electrical Properties System (EPS) equipment to simulate well logging tools measurement and obtain resistivity and formation factor from core plug. Also, the students will be introduced to the state of the art well logging interpretation software to perform exercises, logging objectives, basic petrophysical relationships, calipers, dipmeters, pressure and temperature logs, porosity determination, fluid saturation and Archie equation, cross plotting techniques, permeability relationships, reserve estimation, correlation between well logging and core data, nuclear magnetic resonance, latest techniques (LWD, logging on bit and geosteering), integrated formation evaluation, recommended logging program, introduction to cased-hole logging and case study. Prerequisites PENG 311 When Offered Offered in fall. (2cr. + 1cr.)
	PENG 322 - Oil and Gas Production Description Pressure Draw Down and Productivity; Flow regime in Vertical and Horizontal Pipes; Off Shore and Deep Water Production; Gas Lift Principles and Design; Well Inflow Performance; Naturally Flowing Wells; Vertical lift performance, Multiphase flow, Well Pumping Design and Analysis; Pumps; Gas Separation; Emulsions and Inhibitors; Field Measurements; Pumps; Exercises’ on analysis of the production systems using the state of the art software, nodal analysis, formation damage, stimulation, matrix acidizing, hydraulic fracturing, numerical analysis of petroleum production system. Prerequisites PENG 332 When Offered Offered in spring. (2cr. + 1cr. lab)
	PENG 331 - Reservoir Engineering and Recovery Description Properties of Reservoirs, Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, Classification of Petroleum Reservoirs; Oil and Gas Calculations; Oil Material balance equations, Gas material balance equations, Reserves; Principles of Fluid Flow, Single & Multiphase flow, In-compressible Fluid Flow, Flow in Porous Media, Unsteady State Diffusivity Immiscible frontal advance theory and its applications; Introduction to water flooding theory. Prerequisites PENG 302 When Offered Offered in fall. (3 cr.)
	PENG 332 - Well Completion and Workover Description Classification of completions, design, productivity, perforation, completion fluids and equipment, unstable formations and sand control, subsea completion (for offshore wells), workover operations, corrosion control, scale deposition, intelligent completion. Prerequisites PENG 322 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered in fall. (3 cr.)
	PENG 333 - Reservoir Simulation and Well Testing Description Overview of the Diffusivity Equation for Well Test Analysis, Well Test Analysis (Build up and Draw down well testing); Variable Rate Testing; Well Interference Testing; Gas Well Testing, Design of Well Tests, drillstem (DST) test, multiple-well test, pressure derivative analysis, Reservoir Simulation Fundamentals; Data Required; Models; Exercises using the state of the art well simulation and testing software. Prerequisites PENG 331 . When Offered Offered in spring (3 cr.)
	PENG 334 - Reservoir Simulation and Well Testing lab Description Data Analysis and Modeling Exercises using the state of the art well testing and reservoir simulation software. Prerequisites PENG 333 or concurrently. When Offered Offered in spring. (1 cr.)
	PENG 351 - Natural Gas Engineering Description Phase Behavior of Multicomponent Systems; Differential and Flash Vaporization, gas reservoir deliverability, material-balance calculations and decline curve analysis, gas flow measurement, dehydration and gas sweetening processes, hydrate control. Prerequisites PENG 331 . When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 361 - Thermodynamics Description Fundamental Concepts and Definitions; Properties of Pure Substances; First and Second Law of Thermodynamics; Reversed Cycles; Reversibility and Entropy; Vapor and Gas Power Cycles. Prerequisites ENGR 261 and CHEM 105 When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3cr.)
	PENG 363 - Heat Transfer Description Steady and Unsteady State Conduction, Forced and Natural convection, Radiation Heat Transfer and Solar Radiation, Heat Exchangers. Prerequisites PHYS 111 and PENG 361 When Offered Offered in spring (3cr.)
	PENG 373 - Principles of Energy Engineering Description Basic energy calculations; material, mass, and energy balance; reaction rates during chemical transformations in energy systems. Energy storage; Regeneration. Prerequisites ENGR 261 and PENG 363 When Offered Offered fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 374 - Corrosion and Oxidation Protection Description Corrosion theory; types of Corrosion; Oxidation; Wagner’s theory; gas solid reactions; Creep; Fatigue; Stress Corrosion; Hot Corrosion; Inspection; Corrosion and Oxidation Protection of Pipe Lines and Drilling equipment.; Underwater Protection. Prerequisites CHEM 105 , PENG 227 and PENG 361 When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3cr.)
	PENG 375 - Hydrogen and Fuel cells Description Principles of electrochemical conversion; Hydrogen production; Chemical and physical storage; Multicomponent storage systems; Efficiency of hydrogen energy; Principles of fuel cell technology; Fuel Reforming; types and design of fuel cells; fuel cell materials; efficiency and emissions. Prerequisites PENG 218 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 411 - Drilling Engineering II Description Controlled drilling, Drilling Hazards & Safety, Horizontal Drilling; Multilateral Drilling, Drilling Optimization; Hole Problems; Modern Drilling Techniques; Well Control, Offshore Drilling, principles of directional drilling engineering, new drilling technologies, well survey, MWD and LWD tools, state of the art directional drilling technology (horizontal, multilateral, relief wells), different directional trajectory using basic calculations , software for well trajectory. Prerequisites PENG 320 When Offered Offered in fall (3 cr.)
	PENG 412 - Enhanced Oil Recovery Description Fundamentals of enhanced oil recovery; Immiscible displacement, fractional flow and frontal advance; Overview of water flooding, patterns, mobility ratio and Recovery Efficiencies; water flooding reservoir heterogeneity, Stiles Method, Dykstra-parsons method, Craig-Geffen & Morse Method; polymer flooding, surfactant flooding, miscible gas flooding and thermal EOR, microbial EOR, technical challenges and futures techniques Prerequisites PENG 331 When Offered Offered in spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 451 - Petroleum and Gas Transmission and Storage Description Pipe line transport, pipe line design, calculation of the pressure drop through the pipes, fittings, valves, and bends, pipe line construction, pumping and boosting stations, gas transmission lines, metering, pipe line automation, tanker and railroad transportation, pipeline safety, regulations, specifications of the pipeline for onshore and offshore networks, examples of international pipelines, pipeline operations and maintenance, crude oil storage type, temporary storage of crude oil, crude oil stock calculations. Prerequisites PENG 322 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered every other semester. (3 cr.)
	PENG 461 - Reservoir Economics, Management, & Risk Analysis Description Analysis of investment projects, reserves, depletion, regional and global legislation and taxation regulations, management functions focusing on planning, organizing, leading and controlling, production forecasts and reserves estimation, human resources development and people management; incentives, industrial risk assessment and management in terms of hazard, spill control, dose response, exposure, risk and uncertainty, and characterization. Prerequisites PENG 322 and ENGR 345 When Offered Offered in spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 462 - Renewable and Alternative Energy Description Principles of Renewable and Alternative Energy Systems: Wind, Solar, Biogas, Geothermal, Fuel Cells, and Hydrogen Technologies. Economic Aspects; Efficiency; Introduction to Nuclear Energy. Connection to Grid, Smart Grids and intermittency, Market liberalization. Prerequisites PENG 373 and PENG 375 When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 463 - Energy conversion and materials Description Conversion of fossil, nuclear, biomass to fuel; Electrochemical conversion in fuel cells and photovoltaics; Criteria determining efficiency of energy conversions; Materials for energy applications including membranes, catalysis, electrodes, supercapacitors, and semi conductors. Prerequisites PENG 462 When Offered Offered fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 470 - Environmental Protection & Chemical Pollution Description Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Chemical Pollution, Combustion Emissions; Toxicity, and Poisoning; Environmental Management; Environmental Hazards; Industrial Pollution; Safety; Regional and Global Regulations and Certifications. Biologica Oxygen Demand, Health and Safety, Oil spills and disasters, selected Case Studies. Prerequisites PENG 373 When Offered Offered every other semester. (3 cr.)
	PENG 471 - Reservoir Simulation and Modeling Description Reservoir simulation fundamentals, data required, model design concepts, simulation results interpretation, History matching, Field wide Simulation, Future performance prediction, Reservoir Management, and Optimization techniques using economic analysis. Prerequisites ENGR 313 and PENG 333 When Offered Offered in fall. (3cr.)
	PENG 472 - Ground Water Hydrology and Contamination Description Underground Hydrologic Cycle; Aquifers; Ground Water Movements; Flow Lines and Flow Nets; Steady and Unsteady State Flow; Flow Problems; Oil Field Waters; Corrosion and Microbiological Problems; Scales and Sludge; Water Treatment and Disposal; Well Injection. Prerequisites PENG 363 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered occasionally. (3cr.)
	PENG 474 - Energy and the Environment Description Energy use and energy patterns in modern society; Resource estimates; Engineering analysis of energy systems; Managing carbon emissions; Environmental impact and protection, Environmental remediation technologies. Supply and Demand of energy; Energy Scenarios and modeling; Energy Policy and Auditing; Sustainable development. Prerequisites PENG 218 PENG 373 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered in fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 475 - Greenhouse Technology and Emission Reduction Description Technologies employed to reduce CO2, CH4, and soot emissions from energy utilization; Advantages and limitations of technologies applied to reduce energy emissions; Efficient use of energy; Catalytic conversion; Greenhouse challenges; Emerging greener technologies; Capture and storage of CO2 ; Emissions from nuclear power; Reforming; Sulphur and sulphur scrubbers; Climate changes and green house gases; Energy efficiency in combating emissions NOFA (non fossil fuel agreements) Kyoto and beyond. Prerequisites PENG 218 , PENG 373 and PENG 374 When Offered Offered fall or spring. (3cr.)
	PENG 476 - Principles of Nuclear Engineering Description Introduction to nuclear engineering; Global and nationals energy requirements; Radioactivity; Atomic models; Fission and fusion reactor concepts; Neutron diffusion theory; Radiation protection and safety. Prerequisites PENG 373 and PENG 462 When Offered Offered fall or spring. (3 cr.)
	PENG 480 - Special Problems in Petroleum and Energy Engineering Description Independent study in various problem areas of Petroleum and Energy Engineering may be assigned to individual students or groups. May be repeated for credit if content changes. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held. Prerequisites Consent of instructor and department chair on the basis of a well-defined proposal. (1-3 cr.)
	PENG 490 - Senior Project I Description A capstone project. Topics are selected by groups of students and approved by faculty advisor. Topics must be related to applied industrial problems using an integrated engineering approach. Prerequisites Prerequisite: Senior standing. When Offered Offered fall and spring. (1cr.)
	PENG 491 - Senior Project II Description Continuation of the capstone project. Oral presentation and report submission required. Prerequisites Prerequisite: Senior standing and PENG 490. When Offered Offered fall and spring. (2cr.)
	PENG 494 - Selected Topics in Petroleum and Energy Engineering Description Petroleum Topics chosen from: Petroleum or Gas exploration, drilling production, simulation, recovery, and gas liquefaction. Field study including assessment, evaluation, feasibility and economic studies will be required. Energy Topics chosen from: Alternative Energy resources including solar, wind, biomass, fuel cells, nuclear or geothermal energy. Field study including assessment, evaluation, feasibility and economic studies will be required. Prerequisites Senior standing. When Offered Offered fall and spring. (3cr.)
	PENG 497 - Industrial Training Description Each student is required to spend a minimum of eight weeks of industrial training in Egypt or abroad. A detailed report is presented and evaluated. Prerequisites Prerequisite: Completion of 110 credits including 18 credits in PENG. When Offered Offered fall and spring. (1cr.)
	PHDE 691 - Advanced Research Seminar Description All Ph.D. students should attend a common class. This class will be a series of general lectures having a broad interdisciplinary nature. Each student should give a presentation in this series on a topic that shows how his/her capability of dealing with more than one discipline. The student will be evaluated based on: Reports submitted at the end of each class. The quality of the presentation and the extent of diversity. The first four lectures Will be given by faculty members or renowned researchers conducting diverse interdisciplinary research. This will give the students guidance on how to select their topics and how to link to other disciplines. The maximum number of students who can register in the Ph.D. seminar must not exceed 10. The Ph.D. seminar will be offered only once every academic year. Prerequisites Graduate Seminar I (BIOT 590, CHEM 590, CSCE 590, ENGR 590, NANO 590, RCSS 590). (1 cr.)
	PHDS 691 - Advanced Research Seminar Description All Ph.D. students should attend a common class. This class will be a series of general lectures having a broad interdisciplinary nature. Each student should give a presentation in this series on a topic that shows how his/her capability of dealing with more than one discipline. The student will be evaluated based on: Reports submitted at the end of each class. The quality of the presentation and the extent of diversity. The first four lectures Will be given by faculty members or renowned researchers conducting diverse interdisciplinary research. This will give the students guidance on how to select their topics and how to link to other disciplines. The maximum number of students who can register in the Ph.D. seminar must not exceed 10. The Ph.D. seminar will be offered only once every academic year. Prerequisites Graduate Seminar I (BIOT 590, CHEM 590, CSCE 590, ENGR 590, NANO 590, RCSS 590). (1 cr.)
	PHDS/PHDE 601 - Systems and Computational Biology Description Systems biology is an interdisciplinary study field that focuses on complex interactions in biological systems. A major goal of systems biology is the modeling and discovery of emergent properties, properties of a system whose theoretical description is only possible using techniques, which fall under the remit of systems biology. The course targets graduate students from various scientific backgrounds. This course aims to provide hands-on experience in computational systems biology by combining experimental data and mathematical modeling with emphasis on modeling of cellular pathways. Potential biomedical and biotechnological applications are introduced. When Offered Offered in the fall. (3 cr.)
	PHDS/PHDE 612 - Design and analysis of Experiments Description Learn how to plan, design and conduct experiments efficiently and effectively, and analyze the resulting data to obtain objective conclusions. Both design and statistical analysis issues are discussed. This course is intended for practical researchers and scientists from a variety of fields such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biotechnology, and biology. Applications from various fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, and biotechnology will be illustrated throughout the course. Computer software packages (Design-Expert, Minitab) to implement the methods presented will be illustrated extensively, and you will have opportunities to use it for homework assignments and the term project. Prerequisites ENGR 518 or equivalent. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 100 - Reading Philosophy Description In this course we read philosophy in class, and therefore read it together. This classroom experience is learning to read in a new way, a careful way, the way of philosophy. Reading together, we open ourselves to understanding also in a new way. This course will not only prepare students for Phil.220, but also for any other course in philosophy that is based on the capacity to read, to interpret, and then to write philosophy. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective to major. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 220 - Philosophical Thinking (core curriculum requirement) Description This course concerns the human desire to know. It is, therefore, a course in learning how to understand and how to be understood. It teaches students to listen to what others say, interpret what others have written, and take responsibility for one’s own words. This is accomplished through reading texts of great intellectual distinction, patiently practising the art of interpretation without easy answers, and carrying out a sustained effort to write thoughtfully. This course encourages students to think independently, responsibly, and critically. Prerequisites RHET 102 or concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 221 - Informal Logic Description Informal logic aims to analyze and improve argumentation and reasoning as they occur in everyday life, to identify logical fallacies, and to critically examine common techniques of persuasion. The course examines logically valid forms and rules of inference, introduces deductive and inductive methods in ancient and modern logic, and elaborates the nature of definitions, categories and judgments. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 224 - Self and Society Description What is self ? What do we mean by ‘consciousness’ or ‘personal identity’ ? Is the self a social being, or is it an entity within society that stands apart from it ? Through selected readings drawn from the meeting-points and confrontations between philosophy and fields such as psychology, anthropology and sociology, this course investigates the nature of the self and its place within that plurality of selves we call society. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 226 - Philosophy of Religion Description Many religions include an intellectual and theoretical component that can be investigated independently of the religion itself. This course examines and clarifies some themes that arise from the rational investigation of the intellectual component of religion. Topics may include: reason and religious belief, proofs of the existence of God, the nature of religious language, the problem of evil, mysticism as a form of knowledge, and theological paradoxes (omnipotence, omniscience and free will, etc.) When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 230 - Introduction to Ethics Description This course introduces moral philosophy, the attempt to provide systematic explanations of standards for human conduct. Can we determine what the right thing is for us to do? How does society set its normative rules? How is a normative discourse possible? Selected texts provide the relevant context in which these questions will be examined. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 234 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences Description The social sciences do not consist simply of the application of the methodology of modern natural science to the study of society, but instead are grounded in philosophy, both historically and thematically. This course presents the basic philosophy and presuppositions from which the social sciences operate. The course is especially for students who major or minor in a social science and who need a philosophic background as a context in which the social sciences can be properly understood. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 238 - World Philosophy Description The goal of this course is to introduce students to the wider context of philosophy beyond the West. Philosophical issues and methodologies will be discussed as they have been addressed by classical philosophical texts and eminent philosophers of Eastern traditions. This course will offer an advanced introduction to philosophical thinking using this broader historical scope. Topics covered may include issues of ethics and action, knowledge and awareness, reality, truth, and value. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 242 - Philosophical Anthropology Description In this course we engage and explore various philosophical accounts of human nature. What are the unique features of the human being? Ever since Aristotle defined man as a rational animal, as the animal with language, or as a political animal, there have been various attempts at defining what is specifically human. Other philosophers have emphasized, in addition to rationality and an interest in public life, the religious dimension of human beings. These considerations lead to further questions: What is the good life, and what role do reason and passion play in it? Are human beings essentially selfish, or are we ‘hard-wired’ for altruism? This course comes to grips with these fundamental philosophical issues from a variety of places and periods. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 258 - Political Philosophy Description What is the justification of state power and legal authority? What is a good political system? How do we relate our judgments about how the political world should be to the way it actually is at present? This course will examine such questions, which will involve a study of the genesis and structure of political entities and the mutual responsibilities of citizen and government. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. Prerequisites RHET 101 When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 310 - Philosophy and Art Description The course introduces the theme of beauty and issues of aesthetic value. Examples are drawn from areas such as literature, music, the plastic arts, and architecture. When Offered Offered in spring. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 312 - Ancient Philosophy Description This course explores some philosophical systems and issues characteristic of the earliest period of philosophy, especially fourth-century BC Greece. Typical figures discussed might include: Thales, Anaxagoras, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Parmenides, Plato and Aristotle; and also later figures from the Stoic, Epicurean and Neoplatonic traditions. Topics may include: early natural philosophy, the riddle of non-being, theories of intelligible form, the good-life theories of knowledge, and the nature of the human soul. Prerequisites Prerequisite: Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered every year. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 313 - Medieval Philosophy Description This course explores some philosophical systems and issues characteristic of the period commonly called the “Middle Ages”, from 500 CE to 1500 CE. Typical figures discussed might include: Augustine, Boethius, al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Anselm, Maimonides, Ibn Rushd, Aquinas, Al-Ghazali, John Duns Scotus, William Ockham, and Suarez. Topics may include: reason and faith, divine command ethics, truth and meaning, theories of human nature, occasionalism, virtues and the soul, the problem of universals, free will, and illumination and knowledge. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered every year. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 314 - Modern Philosophy Description Philosophical progress played an essential role in the historical changes of the Enlightenment and the development of industrial society. This course focuses on some of the major schools and figures of Modern thought, which include Rationalists such as Descartes and Leibniz, Empiricists such as Locke and Hume, and/or pivotal thinkers such as Bacon, Rousseau, Hegel, Kant, and Marx. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered every year. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 315 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy Description This course examines how nineteenth century philosophers reacted to the Enlightenment’s faith in reason: Whereas earlier nineteenth century thinkers believed that all aspects of reality and human experience could be explicated with a rationalistic ‘system’, this faith in reason became increasingly undermined by the belief that a more adequate insight is provided by non-rational ‘feeling’ and/or aesthetic experience. The course will also explore the ‘historical turn’ in nineteenth century philosophy. Figures discussed might include: Reinhold, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Feuerbach, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, and Bergson. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 316 - Twentieth Century Philosophy Description The twentieth century has been marked above all by a focus on issues of language and the constitution of meaning. This course will examine representative thinkers drawn from one or both of the traditions of analytic and continental philosophy. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered every year. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 317 - Current Trends in Philosophy Description This course covers key philosophical themes found in books published since the year 2000. While the popular imagination still regards Derrida and Foucault as the cutting edge in continental philosophy, different and even opposed trends have arisen over the course of the past decade. By the end of the semester, students should feel comfortable with major themes of philosophical debate going on at this very moment. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 318 - Theory of Knowledge Description What is the nature of knowledge? How can we know? How is science possible? Is knowledge innate or acquired? These are some of the questions that are examined in the context of selected classical as well as contemporary texts. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 319 - Development and Responsibility Description Western Civilization has gone to great lengths to ‘develop’ the ‘underdeveloped world’. This course is a critical review of practices and goals of international development. By concentrating on ethical considerations within the various relevant fields, such as business, engineering and environmental protection, the students explore the mutual responsibilities in this cooperative enterprise. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 330 - Advanced Ethics Description This course will explore the theoretical underpinnings of ethical judgments and behavior. It will involve a more complex set of reading than the Introduction to Ethics and apply ethical theories to particular issues. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 344 - Literature and Philosophy Description The course concentrates on the intersection of the literary mode with the philosophical quest in Eastern and Western writing. Students are trained to analyze philosophical myths, tales, poems and dialogues as well as grasp the symbolic structures and expository techniques of philosophers. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 344. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes (3 cr.)
	PHIL 354 - Islamic Philosophy Description A survey of the rational and spiritual dimensions of Arab-Islamic civilization as shown in the thought and ideas of major theologians, philosophers, and mystics. Prerequisites HIST 246 or ARIC/ HIST 343 or consent of instructor. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 354. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 356 - American Philosophy Description The course examines philosophy in North America, focusing on the central themes of democracy and pragmatism. A guiding question of the course will be: How is the democratic process embedded in the philosophic enterprise? The views of major thinkers such as Peirce, James, Royce, Santayana, Dewey, Quine, and Hartshorne will be examined. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Language and Communication Description Language is the basis of learning, understanding and communication. Therefore, a detailed study of language (oral, physical and written) is necessary for any true understanding of self and society. This course investigates such topics as the nature of sign systems, the problems of meaning, reference, sense and interpretation, the place of rhetoric and the methods of communicative practice. Prerequisites Prerequisite: Two philosophy or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 362 - Formal and Mathematical Logic Description This course is an introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical logic. The basis of predicate calculus (first order logic) will be presented in some details. More advanced topics such as Goedel’s completeness and incompleteness theorems, some of the philosophico-mathematical problems in set theory and alternative logics will be discussed. Prerequisites PHIL 221 or MACT 200 or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed Same as MACT 362. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 382 - Philosophy of Science and Technology Description The relationship between science and technology has become a serious topic of debate. Is technology applied science or is science itself techno-science? Both have become pervasive facts which have altered human abilities and experiences of the world. This increase in power brings with it new responsibilities for the creators and users of science and technology. This course will explore these new powers and attendant obligations upon humanity, other cultures and the environment. When Offered Offered in alternate years. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 402 - Metaphysics Description This course deals with questions as to the ultimate reality of the world, e.g., why is there something rather than nothing? Profound metaphysical questions posed by ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophers will be discussed. Issues may include Aristotle’s Being qua Being, Leibniz’ Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Heidegger’s Analysis of Being. Prerequisites Two philosophy courses on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 403 - Selected Topics in Philosophy Description According to special interest of faculty and students. Prerequisites One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 405 - Independent Study in Philosophy Description Independent research projects in Philosophy. Prerequisites Three philosophy courses and consent of instructor (1-3 cr.)
	PHIL 410 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics Description This course offers in-depth analysis and discussion concerning key texts from the history of aesthetics and/or addressing current debates in aesthetic theory. Issues covered may include the beautiful and the sublime, classicism and romanticism, tragedy and the absurd, modernism and post-modernity. Prerequisites PHIL 310 or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 418 - Philosophical Masterpieces Description This course will be an in-depth study of a single great work of philosophy and its place in the history of ideas. Prerequisites One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if the content changes (3 cr.)
	PHIL 420 - Philosophical Figures Description This course is an in-depth study of one great philosophical figure. It is an opportunity to explore the philosophy of the thinker as a whole concentrating on his/her place in the history of ideas and in history itself. Prerequisites Prerequisites: One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 500 - Classical Western Philosophy Description This course will deal with issues in Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy that are relevant for an appreciation of Egypt’s philosophical tradition, as well as for an understanding of the philosophical debates that contributed to the development of Islamic Philosophy. Special emphasis will accordingly be placed upon the following: Some of the great philosophers who lived and worked in Egypt (such as Philo Judaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen and Moses Maimonides); the history of Platonism (Plato, Plotinus and the Ancient commentators on Plato and Aristotle working in the schools of Athens and Alexandria); and the Aristotelian tradition (Aristotle, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Themistius). Because it provides valuable background material for PHIL 501, the course will generally run in the Fall Semester. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 501 - Advanced Seminar in Islamic Philosophy Description This course will survey the classical tradition of Islamic Philosophy. It will constitute a close study of the works of figures such as Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali, and the Andalusian thinkers such as Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd. Ibn Al-Arabi and the Sufi tradition, as well as selective writings by Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra, may also be studied. Some consideration may also be given to the significant status of Islamic Philosophy within the History of Science. Additionally, towards the end of the course, some contemporary work in the field of Islamic Philosophy may also be considered. Because PHIL 500 provides valuable material for PHIL 501, the latter will generally run in the Spring Semester. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 502 - Metaphysics Description This course deals with questions as to the ultimate reality of the world, e.g., why is there something rather than nothing? Profound metaphysical questions posed by ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophers will be discussed. Issues may include Aristotle’s Being qua Being, Leibniz’ Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Heidegger’s Analysis of Being. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 503 - Selected Topics in Philosophy Description According to special interest of faculty and students. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 504 - Kant and Idealism Description This course will focus upon the transformation of philosophy during the late enlightenment period that was enacted by Immanuel Kant and which gave rise to what is now known as ‘Continental Philosophy.’ Kant’s works will be studied alongside either those thinkers by whom he was influenced, such as Leibniz and Hume, or those thinkers upon whom he had an influence, such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 505 - Advanced Seminar in Phenomenology Description This course will begin by investigating the origins of phenomenology by means of a close reading of key selections from the work of Husserl. It shall then move on to consider Heidegger’s transformation of phenomenology. The work of later phenomenologists, such as Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, may also be discussed. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 510 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics Description This course offers in-depth analysis and discussion concerning key texts from the history of aesthetics and/or addressing current debates in aesthetic theory. Issues covered may include the beautiful and the sublime, classicism and romanticism, tragedy and the absurd, modernism and post-modernity. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 517 - Current Trends in Philosophy Description This course covers key philosophical themes found in books published since the year 2000. While the popular imagination still regards Derrida and Foucault as the cutting edge in continental philosophy, different and even opposing trends have arisen over the course of the past decade. By the end of the semester, students should feel comfortable with major themes of philosophical debate going on at this very moment. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 518 - Philosophical Masterpieces Description This course will be an in-depth study of a single great work of philosophy and its place in the history of ideas. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if the content changes. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 520 - Philosophical Figures Description This course is an in-depth study of one great philosophical figure. It is an opportunity to explore the philosophy of the thinker as a whole concentrating on his/her place in the history of ideas and in history itself. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 530 - Advanced Ethics Description This course will explore the theoretical underpinnings of ethical judgments and behavior. It will involve a more complex set of reading than the Introduction to Ethics and apply ethical theories to particular issues. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 560 - Philosophy of Language and Communication Description Language is the basis of learning, understanding and communication. Therefore, a detailed study of language (oral, physical and written) is necessary for any true understanding of self and society. This course investigates such topics as the nature of sign systems, the problems of meaning, reference, sense and interpretation, the place of rhetoric and the methods of communicative practice. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 562 - Formal and Mathematical Logic Description This course is an introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical logic. The basis of predicate calculus (first order logic) will be presented in some details. More advanced topics such as Goedel’s completeness and incompleteness theorems, some of the philosophico-mathematical problems in set theory and alternative logics will be discussed. (3 cr.)
	PHIL 599 - Research Guidance and Thesis (3 cr.)
	PHYS 100 - Physics for Poets Description A conceptual overview of classical and modern physics. Mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, relativity theory. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes No credit for Thannawia Amma Math/Science students, or equivalent, or students majoring in any of the departments of the School of Sciences and Engineering. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 111 - Classical Mechanics, Sound and Heat Description An introduction to classical mechanics covering vectors, applications of Newton’s laws, conservation laws and forces, motion in a plane, circular motion, equilibrium and elasticity, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, energy and power; mechanical and sound waves, temperature, heat and the first law of thermodynamics. Prerequisites Prerequisites: Thanawiya Amma MACT or Science, or IGCSE O-level physics, or German Abitur, or French Baccalaureate, or International Baccalaureate, or PHYS 100. MACT 131 or concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment with PHYS 123L When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 112 - Electricity and Magnetism Description An introduction to electricity and magnetism covering the electric field, Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitance, dc circuits, magnetic fields, Faraday’s and Ampere’s laws, time-varying fields, Maxwell’s equations in integral form and alternating currents. Prerequisites PHYS 111 , PHYS 123L , MACT 132 or concurrent. Concurrent with PHYS 124L When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 123L - General Physics Laboratory I Description The fundamental quantities of physics are measured through selected experiments in mechanics, heat, and sound. Data are summarized, errors are estimated, and reports are presented. Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 111 Hours .One three-hour laboratory period When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (1 cr.)
	PHYS 124L - General Physics Laboratory II Description The fundamental quantities of physics are measured through selected experiments in electricity, magnetism, and optics. Data are summarized, errors are estimated, and reports are presented. Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 112 Hours One three-hour laboratory period When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (1 cr.)
	PHYS 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 204L - Optics Laboratory Description Basic experiments in physical optics with special emphasis on laser optics. Prerequisites PHYS 214 or concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (1 cr.)
	PHYS 211 - Modern Physics Description Concepts of general relativity. The postulates of special relativity. The Lorentz transformations, length contraction and time dilation. The relativistic Doppler effect. Relativistic dynamics. Introduction to general relativity. Nuclear physics: nuclear properties, radioactivity and nuclear reactions. Blackbody radiation and the Compton effect. Rutherford’s nuclear model. The Bohr model. X-ray spectra. Experimental foundations of quantum mechanics. Prerequisites PHYS 112 and MACT 231 or concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 212 - Quantum Mechanics I Description Wavelike properties of matter. The probability interpretation. The uncertainty principle. The Schrodinger equation in one dimension for simple potentials. The harmonic oscillator. The Schrodinger equation in three dimensions and the hydrogen atom. Spin and angular momentum. Classical and quantum statistics. Identical particles. Modern applications of quantum mechanics in solid state physics and other areas. Introduction to particle physics and fundamental interactions. Prerequisites MACT 233 or concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 214 - Waves and Optics Description Wave phenomena; EM waves, geometrical and physical optics. Prerequisites PHYS 112 and PHYS 204L concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 215 - Introduction to Electronics Description Foundation of circuit analysis, AC theory, introduction to semiconductor devices, amplifiers, feedback oscillators. Prerequisites PHYS 112 and PHYS 221L concurrent. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (3 cr.)
	PHYS 221L - Electronics Laboratory I Description Basic experiments in electronics. Prerequisites Prerequisite: concurrent with PHYS 215 . When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. (2 cr.)
	PHYS 222L - Electronics lab for Computer Scientists & Computer Engineers Description Basic experiments in electronics for the Computer Science & Engineering majors. Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 215 When Offered Offered in fall and spring. (1 cr.)
	PHYS 279 - Computational Methods in Physics Description Linear systems of equations and matrices; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; numerical errors; numerical solution of linear and nonlinear equations; curve fitting; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations; applications in various fields of physics. MATLAB will mostly be used as a programming language in the weekly computer laboratory sessions. Prerequisites CSCE 106 and MACT 231 . Hours Two credits lectures and one credit computer lab. When Offered Offered in spring. (2 cr. + 1 cr.)

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Courses

PENG 301 - Petroleum Geology and Exploration

PENG 302 - Fluid and Rock Properties

PENG 303 - Fluid and Rock Lab

PENG 311 - Drilling Engineering I

PENG 313 - Drilling Engineering I Lab

PENG 320 - Well Logging

PENG 322 - Oil and Gas Production

PENG 331 - Reservoir Engineering and Recovery

PENG 332 - Well Completion and Workover

PENG 333 - Reservoir Simulation and Well Testing

PENG 334 - Reservoir Simulation and Well Testing lab

PENG 351 - Natural Gas Engineering

PENG 361 - Thermodynamics

PENG 363 - Heat Transfer

PENG 373 - Principles of Energy Engineering

PENG 374 - Corrosion and Oxidation Protection

PENG 375 - Hydrogen and Fuel cells

PENG 411 - Drilling Engineering II

PENG 412 - Enhanced Oil Recovery

PENG 451 - Petroleum and Gas Transmission and Storage

PENG 461 - Reservoir Economics, Management, & Risk Analysis

PENG 462 - Renewable and Alternative Energy

PENG 463 - Energy conversion and materials

PENG 470 - Environmental Protection & Chemical Pollution

PENG 471 - Reservoir Simulation and Modeling

PENG 472 - Ground Water Hydrology and Contamination

PENG 474 - Energy and the Environment

PENG 475 - Greenhouse Technology and Emission Reduction

PENG 476 - Principles of Nuclear Engineering

PENG 480 - Special Problems in Petroleum and Energy Engineering

PENG 490 - Senior Project I

PENG 491 - Senior Project II

PENG 494 - Selected Topics in Petroleum and Energy Engineering

PENG 497 - Industrial Training

PHDE 691 - Advanced Research Seminar

PHDS 691 - Advanced Research Seminar

PHDS/PHDE 601 - Systems and Computational Biology

PHDS/PHDE 612 - Design and analysis of Experiments

PHIL 100 - Reading Philosophy

PHIL 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

PHIL 220 - Philosophical Thinking (core curriculum requirement)

PHIL 221 - Informal Logic

PHIL 224 - Self and Society

PHIL 226 - Philosophy of Religion

PHIL 230 - Introduction to Ethics

PHIL 234 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences

PHIL 238 - World Philosophy

PHIL 242 - Philosophical Anthropology

PHIL 258 - Political Philosophy

PHIL 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum

PHIL 310 - Philosophy and Art

PHIL 312 - Ancient Philosophy

PHIL 313 - Medieval Philosophy

PHIL 314 - Modern Philosophy

PHIL 315 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy

PHIL 316 - Twentieth Century Philosophy

PHIL 317 - Current Trends in Philosophy

PHIL 318 - Theory of Knowledge

PHIL 319 - Development and Responsibility

PHIL 330 - Advanced Ethics

PHIL 344 - Literature and Philosophy

PHIL 354 - Islamic Philosophy

PHIL 356 - American Philosophy

PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Language and Communication

PHIL 362 - Formal and Mathematical Logic

PHIL 382 - Philosophy of Science and Technology

PHIL 402 - Metaphysics

PHIL 403 - Selected Topics in Philosophy

PHIL 405 - Independent Study in Philosophy

PHIL 410 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics

PHIL 418 - Philosophical Masterpieces

PHIL 420 - Philosophical Figures

PHIL 500 - Classical Western Philosophy

PHIL 501 - Advanced Seminar in Islamic Philosophy

PHIL 502 - Metaphysics

PHIL 503 - Selected Topics in Philosophy

PHIL 504 - Kant and Idealism

PHIL 505 - Advanced Seminar in Phenomenology

PHIL 510 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics