Jun 16, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

Courses


 

 

 

 

Egyptology

  
  • EGPT 250/2250 - Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation (3 cr.)



    Description
    The course will analyze Ancient Egyptian literary texts -including folk tales, myths, wisdom literature and poetry- in order to present Ancient Egyptian culture through its literature.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 253/2251 - Hieroglyphics I (3 cr.)



    Description
    The course introduces the student to the study of classical Egyptian script, grammar and hieroglyphic texts of the Middle Kingdom.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
  
  • EGPT 254/2252 - Hieroglyphics II (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     

    Description
    The course is a continuation of   . Students will concentrate on the verbal forms of classical Egyptian.

    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
  
  • EGPT 301/3010 - Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Instructor’s consent

    Description
    The class examines Egypt’s history and geography and devotes special attention to the effect of geography and natural resources upon the development of Ancient Egyptian history, art, and civilization.
    Prerequisites instructors consent

     

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 361/3201 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt I (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
       or consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course covers the period between the Predynastic and the Middle Kingdom and includes: reliefs, statuary, architecture, and minor arts, illustrated with images. The class focuses on learning how to look at and to analyze Egyptian art and to place it in its context. This course involves a significant amount of memorization that enables the student to create a mental data-bank that is useful when putting excavated material in context and in analyzing Egyptian art. There will be field-trips to the museum and to Giza and Saqqara durign the semester.

     

    When Offered
    Offered in fall.

  
  • EGPT 362/3202 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt II (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      or consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course covers the period betweem the Middle Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Period. It includes: reliefs, statuary, architecture, and minor arts, illustrated with images. The class focuses on identifying the basic principles of Egyptian art and architecture, learning how to look at and to analyze Egyptian art and to place it in its context. There will be field-trips to the museum and to other sites, possibly including Luxor, during the semester.

     

    When Offered
    Offered in spring.

  
  • EGPT 343/3211 - History of Ancient Egypt I: Pre-Dynastic Through Middle Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.)



    Description
    This course covers the history of Egypt from the Predynastic period to the Middle Kingdom. The course focuses on the ‘official’ history of Egypt rather than the cultural/social history which is covered in a separate course. The scope of ‘official’ history includes: the rise of the Egyptian state, the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, religious changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary souces will be augmented by archaeological evidence. Field trips to archaeological sites in the Cairo area are an obligatory aspect of the course.

     

    When Offered
    Offered in fall.

  
  • EGPT 344/3212 - History of Ancient Egypt II: Middle Kingdom through Ptolemaic Egypt (3 cr.)



    Description
    This course covers the history of Egypt from the Middle Kingdom to the end of Pharaonic history. The course focuses on the ‘official’ history of Egypt rather than the cultural/social history that is covered in a separate course. The scope of ‘official’ history includes: the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, religious changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary sources will be augmented by archaeological evidence. Field trips to archaeological sites are an important component of the course.

     

    When Offered
    Offered in spring.

  
  • EGPT 403/4030 - Independent Study in Egyptology (1-3 cr.)



    Description
    Independent research projects in Egyptology, with consent of instructor and student’s adviser.

    When Offered
    Offered every semester.
  
  • EGPT 440/4040 - Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: instructor’s permission.

    Description
    The course will examine in detail the beliefs and religious institutions of the Ancient Egyptians. Special attention will be devoted to official and popular religions, and to their manifestation in architecture as well as in the literature of Ancient Egypt.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 000/5030 - Independent Study and Guided Readings (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Department approval.

    Description
    Guided individual readings and/or research on a subject of mutual interest to student and faculty member that is beyond the scope of what is offered.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    May be taken only twice.
  
  • EGPT 304/5100 - Culture and Society of Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     

      and HIST 2902  .

    Description
    The course identifies the basic structure of ancient Egyptian society and culture, and places special emphasis upon the interaction of economics, social organization, environment, law, politics, and religion.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.

  
  • EGPT 510/5100 - Culture and Society of Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course will cover the cultural, technological, and social history of ancient Egypt, with an emphasis on using primary sources and, if appropriate, experimental work. The subject matter covered includes the social organization of Egypt, the economy, agriculture, food, medicine, crafts, building methods, family structure, etc.



     

  
  • EGPT 341/5110 - Egypt in the First Millennium BC (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   , or instructor’s consent.

    Description
    The course covers the history of Egypt during the first millennium BC (1069-332 BC), a period characterized by much internal conflict and long periods of foreign domination. It examines the factors that led to the demise of Egypt’s New Kingdom, traces the rise of the Libyan and Nubian dynasties, and the subsequent annexation of Egypt by the Persian Empire. Special Attention will be devoted to the last dynasties of the Pharaonic tradition, Dynasties XXI-XXX.
     

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 000/5111 - Egyptomania (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course will enable students to recognize Egyptianizing art and architecture in Egypt and around the world and to understand its religious, social, and ideological origins. Students will also gain an understanding of Ancient Egypt’s cultural impact on the world.

  
  • EGPT 530/5120 - Graeco-Roman Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course will explore the history of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman period and the momentous confrontation between Greek and Egyptian culture between 300 BC and 700 AD.


     

  
  • EGPT 342/5120 - History of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Era (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   , or instructor’s consent.

    Description
    The course will study the history of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman period and the momentous confrontation between Greek and Egyptian culture between 300 BC and 700 AD. It will also examine the social consequences of the spread of Christianity in Egypt and the rise of Coptic culture.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 512/5130 - Art, Societies, and Cultures of the Ancient Near East (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course provides students with an overview of the prehistory and early historical periods of the ancient Near East. Considerable attention is given to the fundamental transitions which occurred in this region. In particular, we will examine: (1) the first emergence of settled village life, hierarchical social organization and the domestication of plants and animals during the Neolithic period; (2) the rise of urban centers, temple and palace elites and writing; (3) the emergence and spread of the states and subsequent militaristic empires which became the dominant political force in the ancient Near East for several millennia. This course examines both archaeological and historical evidence with a heavy emphasis on material culture, primary archaeological and historical data and the process of scholarly interpretation.


     

  
  • EGPT 346/5130 - Societies and Culture of the Ancient Near East (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   , or instructor’s consent.

    Description
    The course constitutes a historical overview of the societies and cultures of Egypt, the Mediterranean world and the Middle East, from the emergence of urban society in Iraq in the fourth millennium BC to the rise and fall of the great empires of Babylon, Assyria, the Hitties, Achaemenid Persia, Greece and Rome. Special attention will be paid to the position of Ancient Egyptian civilization within the wider context of Ancient Near Eastern history.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 348/5140 - Societies and Cultures of Ancient Nubia (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent or of instructor.

    Description
    The course will survey the emergence of food-producing societies in Nubia and the Sudan from 6000 BC, and will examine the development of Nubian civilization from the Kerma culture and the kingdoms of Kush and Meröe to the advent of Islam. Special attention will be devoted to the interaction between Egyptian and Nubian civilizations.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 521/5140 - Societies and Cultures of Ancient Nubia (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course is intended to serve as a broad survey of the development of history, culture and society in Nubia and the Northern Sudan from the earliest era of food production (ca. 6000-4000 BCE/BC) to the development of the medieval kingdoms of Nubia (ca. 600-700 CE/AD). Special attention will be devoted to the question of the relations - cultural, commercial, technological, political - between Ancient Egypt and Ancient Nubia. For the purposes of this class, the term “Nubia” will mean the long stretch of the Nile Valley that extends between the Nile’s First Cataract (located in Southern Egypt just south of the city of Aswan) and its Sixth Cataract (located in the Sudan some distance north of the city of Khartoum). The term “Nubian” will describe the people of this specific area as well as all the distinctive languages and cultures that flourished here from the beginning of recorded history to the early modern period.

  
  • EGPT 400/5150 - Introduction to Coptic (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     

    Description
    Coptic represents the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language. The course will include reading of selected texts in two Coptic dialects.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 505/5150 - Introduction to Coptic (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
       or basic hieroglyphs.

    Description
    Coptic represents the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language. The course will include reading of selected texts in two Coptic dialects.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 353/5151 - Hieroglyphics III (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     

    Description
    Students will read a number of Egyptian texts and learn how to translate and interpret written documents.

    When Offered
    Offered every fall.
  
  • EGPT 500/5151 - Hieroglyphics III (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      or equivalent.

    Description
    Students will read a number of Egyptian texts and learn how to translate and interpret written documents.


     

     

    When Offered
    Offered every fall.

  
  • EGPT 401/5152 - Introduction to Hieratic (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     

    Description
    Hieratic is a script derived from hieroglyphics used mainly on papyrus. The course is a study of this script through reading selected texts literary, religious, or administrative- related to daily life in ancient Egypt .

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 402/5153 - Hieroglyphics IV (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      .

    Description
    The course consists of further reading of Egyptian texts with an introduction to the new Egyptian language of the later periods of Pharaonic history. In order to introduce students to epigraphy, they are required to copy and study texts from the Cairo Museum.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
  
  • EGPT 501/5153 - Hieroglyphics IV (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Hieroglyphics I-III or equivalent

    Description
    The course consists of further reading of Egyptian texts with an introduction to the new Egyptian language of the later periods of Pharaonic history. In order to introduce students to epigraphy, they are required to copy and study texts from Cairo Museum.


     

    Cross-listed
    Same as

     .
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.

  
  • EGPT 000/5154 - Late Egyptian (3 cr.)



    Description
    This class introduces students to the language and literature of Egypt’s New Kingdom. Late Egyptian is a unique stage of Egyptian in which the vernacular found its way into the textual record. By the end of this course, students will be able to read a variety of literary and non-literary texts.

  
  • EGPT 445/5160 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.)



    Description
    This course allows instructors to offer a topic in Coptic Studies. The topic will be chosen from year to year in coordination with the departments concerned and the dean of the School of HUSS, and according to the individual interests and areas of expertise of the instructors. Topics chosen may include various aspects of Coptic art and history, monasticism, folklore, or other subjects.

    Cross-listed
    Same as , , , , and  .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    Repeatable
    The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes.
    Notes
    Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.

  
  • EGPT 539/5160 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.)



    Description
    This course allows instructors to offer a topic in Coptic Studies. The topic will be chosen from year to year in coordination with the departments concerned and the dean of the School of HUSS, and according to the individual interests and areas of expertise of the instructors. Topics chosen may include various aspects of Coptic art and history, monasticism, folklore, or other subjects.
    The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes.
    Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.

    Cross-listed
    Same as , , , , .
  
  • EGPT 459/5170 - Selected Topics in Cultural Resource Management and Museology (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course deals with different types of cultural heritage present in Egypt and their physical and cultural environment, and with the various methods of managing them in order to ensure their proper preservation while making them accessible to tourists and scholars. At the instructor’s discretion, the course may also provide an understanding of the role of museums in the modern world and the basic methodology and practice of museum management.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 545/5170 - Selected Topics in Cultural Resource Management and Museology (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course deals with different types of cultural heritage present in Egypt and their physical and cultural environment, and with the various methods of managing them in order to ensure their proper preservation while making them accessible to tourists and scholars. At the instructor’s discretion, the course may also provide an understanding of the role of museums in the modern world and the basic methodology and practice of museum management.
     

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • EGPT 540/5180 - Advanced Method and Theory: Archaeological and Historical (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This seminar is geared to providing a methodological basis and theoretical approach for both the disciplines of archaeology and history. More time and emphasis will be put on the archaeological, however, as it is the more basic discipline in Egyptology.

     


     

  
  • EGPT 491/5191 - Field Work (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Permission of instructor.

    Description
    Preference will be given to majors in Egyptology, anthropology, archaeology. Inquiries concerning the course must be made no fewer than seven months prior to the start of the summer semester for participation in archaeological and/or epigraphic fieldwork in Egypt. Sites and projects will vary.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
  
  • EGPT 591/5191 - Field Work (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Permission of instructor.

    Description
    Preference will be given to majors in Egyptology. Field-work may take the form of epigraphy, excavation, survey, or museum work. Inquiries concerning the course must be made no fewer than seven months prior to the start of the summer semester.

     

    Cross-listed
    same as  .
  
  • EGPT 519/5199 - Selected Topics in Ancient Egyptian Art and Culture (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    The topic of this course changes regularly and can be taken more than once. The subject matter chosen for the course can be any aspect of ancient Egyptian art, architecture, archaeology and culture.

     

  
  • EGPT 499/5199 - Selected Topics in Egyptology (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: junior standing and/or consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit when content changes.
  
  • EGPT 522/5220 - Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course will investigate ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and practices, their origin, and development. The great mythic Solar Cycle of creation and Osirian Cycle of betrayal and revenge, death and rebirth are discussed, as well as the place of the myriad local and minor Gods and Goddesses within Egyptian mythology. The interaction of sacred and secular in Egyptian society is considered through the nature of divine kingship, large temple institutions, and funerary foundations. The relationship between the state cults and private worship by noble and commoner is explored, and the nature and potency of ancient Egyptian magic and curses investigated. The nature and development of Egyptian funerary beliefs are also detailed.

  
  • EGPT 525/5230 - Settlement and Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)



    Description
    This seminar introduces students to the material culture of the ancient Egyptians, specifically that of their settlements and daily life. The seminar concentrates on the archaeological evidence from settlements of the three most important periods of ancient Egyptian civilization: the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. The seminar will first discuss urban settlement patterns in ancient Egypt, and secondly the processes by which material assemblages form in settlements. The plans and structure of dwellings will also be considered along with the material evidence found inside of them.


     

  
  • EGPT 526/5240 - Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course will cover the funerary practices and beliefs of ancient Egypt from the Old Kingdom to the Graeco-Roman period. The subject matter covered will include the process of mummification and the spells used during the operation; the development of coffins, sarcophagi, amulets, canopic jars, canopic chests, shabtis, and other tomb furnishings; the evolution of the tomb, both royal and private, and any symbolic values that might be attached to the decoration and architecture; funerals, the cult of the dead, economic foundations supporting the tomb, and the religious rituals associated with funerals, the afterlife, and the mortuary cult. Experimental archaeology (mummification) might be involved in this class.

     

  
  • EGPT 532/5310 - Classical Art and Archaeology (3 cr.)



    Description
    This course examines the techniques and methods of Classical Archaeology as revealed through an examination of the major monuments and artefacts of the Greek and Roman world from Prehistory to the Late Empire. Architecture, sculpture, fresco painting, and the minor arts are examined at such sights as Mycenae, Olympia, Athens, Pompeii, and Rome.

  
  • EGPT 531/5320 - The Romano-Byzantine World and Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of the instructor.

    Description
    This course is designed to familiarise students with the material and historical culture of the Late Antique and Byzantine periods, with an emphasis on the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. This course includes direct experience with actual works of Late Antique and Byzantine visual culture.

  
  • EGPT 533/5330 - Coptic Art and Architecture (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of the instructor.

    Description
    A course designed to introduce students to Coptic art and architecture, with an emphasis on monasticism. Field trips are required.


     

  
  • EGPT 541/5420 - Material Culture: Looking at Artifacts in Context (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course will provide an overview of different types of objects from funerary, ritual, and quotidian contexts, with special museum sessions. It is designed to familiarize students with different types of material culture of ancient Egypt so that they can identify and work with objects confidently, in museums or on excavations.

     

  
  • EGPT 542/5430 - Site Analysis (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    This course is intended for students to learn about the history of a site in preparation for working at it, or on excavated material from it. They will choose sites and research its excavation history, as well as tracing back any documentation culled from the accounts of Eastern and Western travellers and historians. Understanding, using, and critiquing site reports will form part of the course, as well as learning to ask questions of the data. Site visits, local accounts, and modern imaging techniques should be used in order to understand and explore the past and present of the chosen site.
     

  
  • EGPT 560/5440 - The Iconography of Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    A course In Egyptian art.

    Description
    The civilization of ancient Egypt left behind a vast material culture, both inscribed and decorated. An important part of a student’s understanding of ancient Egypt is to be able to recognize and understand the attributes and symbols recorded and depicted on ancient Egyptian monuments. This class is designed to draw upon students’ understanding of hieroglyphs, art and religion, and apply their knowledge to the comprehension of the iconography in tombs, temples, and in the minor arts.

     

  
  • EGPT 504/5510 - Advanced Hieratic (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      or equivalent.

    Description
    The class consists of more advanced readings from the different stages of the hieratic writing, the different hands encountered, and the different categories of texts. Although this course will focus primarily on Palaeography, the translation of these texts will also familiarize students with aspects of the culture they may not necessarily have come across as undergraduates. They will also enhance their training in grammar and improve their knowledge of the Ancient Egyptian Language in general.


     

  
  • EGPT 502/5520 - Introduction to Demotic (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Equivalency to advanced hieroglyphs.

    Description
    Demotic is a cursive script derived from Hieratic, and rooted in Hieroglyphics. It emerged in the 7th century B.C. and remained in use in parallel with Hieroglyphics and Hieratic, and later also with Coptic until the Byzantine Period, when the latter language took over. The Egyptian Language in its Demotic manifestation has further developed and new grammatical forms and vocabulary have appeared. In this class students will learn Demotic and work on a series of different texts.


     

  
  • EGPT 503/5530 - Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
         or equivalent.

    Description
    Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs are mostly used for historic or religious texts of the Greco-Roman Period. Although the hieroglyphic signs are mostly known, the scribes assign different phonetic values to them based on a different system that needs to be understood and practiced. Religious texts in the Greco Roman Period are written in a more elaborate manner, with more details and explanatory glosses and are, therefore very important for a better understanding of Ancient Egyptian religion and its development across time.

  
  • EGPT 506/5540 - Advanced Coptic Texts (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Basic Coptic.

    Description
    An advanced course in Coptic that permits students to read a variety of texts. The subject matter changes regularly, and the course can be taken more than once as long as the material is different.

     

  
  • EGPT 561/5550 - Advanced Readings in Ancient Egyptian Religion Texts (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
           

    Description
    This course is designed to study ancient Egyptian religious texts in depth, including their form, their content, their various usages, whether in temple rituals, in funerary religion, or in magical compositions etc. and the development of the religious expression across history. By the end of the course students should have learned about religion as well as modes of expression of certain beliefs, as well as grammatical structures unique to sacred forms of expression.

     

  
  • EGPT 562/5560 - Advanced Readings in Historical Literature from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
           

    Description
    This course is designed to cover readings from all period of Egyptian history to expose students to different types of historical literature, and to allow them to be able to select the period they prefer for further research.

     

  
  • EGPT 598/5991 - Research Seminar: Research Design and Writing (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

    Description
    The course is intended to give students an opportunity to clarify and structure their thesis planning, particularly by way of identifying the major problem they wish to explore, its possible scope and dimensions, and justifying the theoretical perspectives and methodology appropriate for the purpose. This course will also ensure that students are taught the expectations and the culture of their specific academic discipline so that they can participate successfully in it.

  
  • EGPT 599/5992 - Thesis (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Completion of required coursework.

    Description
    For the MA degree in Egyptology a thesis of 25,000 words, exclusive of Bibliography and appendices is required on a topic that has been approved by the thesis committee. The committee should be made of the chief and second advisor. Additional advisors will be added if extra specialties are needed.


Electronics and Communications Engineering

  
  • ECNG 210/2101 - Digital Logic Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      . Concurrent with   

    Description
    The nature of digital logic and numbering systems. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh map, decision-making elements, memory elements, latches, flip-flops, design of combinational and sequential circuits, integrated circuits and logic families, shift registers, counters and combinational circuits, adders, subtracters, multiplication and division circuits, memory types. Exposure to logic design automation software. Introduction to FPGAs and HDL.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall, spring and summer.
  
  • ECNG 215/2105 - Circuit Analysis I (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Ohm’s law, Kirshoff’s law, Mesh current method, node-voltage method, superposition theorem, reciprocity theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, maximum power transfer theorem, compensation theorem, T and II networks, transformation equations II to T and T to II. Transients in RC and RL circuits, time constants, mutual inductance and transformers. Time domain behavior of inductance and capacitance, energy storage.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 216/2106 - Circuit Analysis II (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and concurrent with   and   

    Description
    Alternating current circuit analysis using complex numbers (phasors), complex impedance and complex admittance. Series resonance and parallel resonance, half power points, sharpness of resonance, the Q-factor, maximum power to an alternating current load, Decibels, power level measurements. The s-plane and poles and zeroes of the transfer function. Forced and natural response of circuits using complex frequency analysis. Three-phase circuits. Two-port networks and the y, z, h and ABCD parameters. Reciprocal networks. Laplace transform techniques.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 218L/2108L - Digital Logic Design Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with   

    Description
    The laboratory component will cover experiments in digital design and experiments illustrating material of course   including an FPGA-based project.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall, spring and summer.
  
  • ECNG 219L/2109L - Circuit Analysis Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with   

    Description
    Experiments illustrating material of course   .

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 315/3105 - Electronics I: Basic Electronic Devices & Circuits (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Devices and Basic Circuits: Introduction to Electronics, Operational Amplifiers, Active Filters, Diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT’s) (DC and small signal analysis), MOS Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET’s) (DC and small signal analysis).

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 316/3106 - Electronics II: Analog Circuits (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      , concurrent with   .

    Description
    Differential and Multistage Amplifiers, Frequency Response, Feedback, Output Stages and Power Amplifiers, Analog Integrated Circuits, Filters and Tuned Amplifiers, Signal Generators and Waveform Shaping Circuits.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 318/3108 - VLSI Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and  

    Description
    Introduction to fabrication techniques for silicon very large integrated circuits (VLSI), Introduction to MOS transistor. Details of CMOS inverter, transmission gates. Design of Complex CMOS gates; combinational and sequential design techniques in VLSI. CMOS technology and rationale behind various design rules. Design and synthesis using hardware description languages  (HDL) such as Verilog. Use CAD tools to design, layout, check and simulate some basic circuits. Design, layout and simulation of a project.

    Hours
    Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 319L/3109L - Electronics Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with   .

    Description
    Experiments illustrating material of course   .

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 320/3201 - Signals and Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
     ,   and CSCE 1101  

    Description
    Basic properties of signals and systems, linearity, stability, step and impulse response,superposition integral, block diagrams, Fourier series and Fourier transform for discrete and continuous time signals, sampling theorem, Z-transform.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 321/3202 - Automatic Control Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Principles of closed-loop feedback control systems, control systems design criteria, block diagrams, signal flow graphs, state space representation of linear systems, general feedback theory, transfer functions of control systems, Routh criterion, root locus theory and methods. Several experiments are conducted in the Control Lab to illustrate material covered in the course.

    When Offered
    Offered in Fall and Spring.
  
  • ECNG 341/3401 - Electromagnetic Theory (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    PHYS 2221  and   

    Description
    Electric field and potential. Gauss’s law; divergence. Conductors, dielectrics and capacitance. Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations. Electrostatic analogs. Magnetic field and vector potential. Time varying fields; displacement current. Maxwell’s equations in differential form, Poynting’s theorem and Electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in matter.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 352/3502 - Computer Ogranization and Assembly Language Programming (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and either CSCE 2301 * or ECNG 2101  

    *Can be taken concurrently

    Description
    Explaining the state of the art computer systems focusing on major components: CPU,I/O, and memory. In-depth discussion of the instructions set architecture of the MIPS microprocessors. This includes different types of assembly instructions doing basic arithmetic, data movement, decision making, and jumping. Discussing different performance matrices of microprocessors and how to measure and analyze performance and evaluate speedups. Going through basic computer arithmetic covering integer and floating point operations. Discussing I/O ports, I/O  devices and controllers, DMA channels, priority interrupts. Also discussing different I/O technologies, such as magnetic disks, flash disks, and optical storage. It also discusses the latest trends in microprocessors design and programming (such as SIMD and MIMD).

    Cross-listed
    Same as

     .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.

  
  • ECNG 360/3601 - Power and Machines (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   

    Description
    Power system components, basic concepts and operating characteristics of transformers, DC and AC machine fundamentals, theory of operation and basic concepts of induction motors, transmission line construction and operation, renewable energy sources, fault analysis and protection system elements, Electrical Installations in Buildings, Elements of Power Electronics, Switching, Converters, Applications of PE in Power systems (FACT, SVC), Harmonics in Power Systems.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 410/4101 - Solid-State Devices (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Description
    Theory of semiconductor surfaces, field effect transistors, application in static logic design, semiconductor sensors and transducers.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 413/4103 - Testing of Digital Circuits (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Basic concepts behind testing digital circuits. Causes of permanent and temporary failures. Test pattern generation techniques including exhaustive, Pseudo-exhaustive, Path sensitization, Critical path, Random and Pseudo-random Testing. Design for testability methods for testing Integrated Circuits. Techniques for testing Printed circuit boards.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 414/4104 - High Level Digital ASIC Design Using CAD (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Design of digital application-specific integrated circuits (ASICS) using synthesis CAD tools. Topics include the following: design flow, hierarchical design, hardware description languages such as VHDL, synthesis, design verification, IC test, chip-scale synchronous design, field programmable gate arrays, mask programmable gate arrays, CMOS circuits and IC process technology. For the project, students will design and implement a significant digital system using field programmable gate arrays.

    Hours
    Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 415/4105 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication: Materials and Processes (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Microfabrication techniques for silicon very large integrated circuits (VLSI), unit processes including lithography, native film growth, diffusion, ion implantation, thin film deposition and etching. Metal interconnects. Process integration for CMOS, BiCMOS, ECL and MEMS.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 420/4301 - Fundamentals of Communications I (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      ,   and   , concurrent with   .

    Description
    Review of signal representation and classification, time and frequency domains, Fourier transform; Energy and power spectral density. Basics of analog communication: amplitude, angle, and pulse modulation; modulators and demodulators; frequency division multiplexing. Introduction to digital communication: Review of sampling and quantization; pulse code modulation (PCM), Delta Modulation, Differential PCM, time division multiplexing, line codes; the matched filter. Introduction to Random Processes. Noise in communication systems.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 421/4302 - Fundamentals of Communications II (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Fundamentals of Digital Communications. Geometric Representation of Signals; Binary and M-ary Modulation and their Performance Analysis and Spectral Efficiency M-ary Baseband Transmission. Introduction to Information Theory and Source and Channel Coding; Channel Capacity; Block and Convolutional Codes. Introduction to Spread-Spectrum Communications and Discrete Multitone (DMT). Several experiments are conducted in the Communication Lab to illustrate the material covered in the course.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 404L/4304L - Photonics and Optical Communication Laboratory (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with   .

    Description
    Experiments in fiber optics illustrating concepts pertaining to fiber dispersion, attenuation measurements, characterization of light sources (LEDs and Laser diodes) and detectors (photodiodes), optical multiplexing and demultiplexing, optical and interferometric sensors.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 432/4306 - Computer Communication Networks (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      .

    Description
    Introduction to communication networks including basic networking concepts, OSI and TCP/IP models; Transport layer protocols, Data link layer, multiple access, wireless LANs; Network layer including logical addressing, Internet Protocol (IP), data forwarding and routing.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 433/4308 - Telecommunications Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   

    Description
    Telephone system fundamentals including infrastructure, transmission, switching, capacity planning and DSL systems; Voice over IP network basics including major techniques such as H.323 and SIP; Satellite communications including configurations and characteristics of satellite communication systems, Services, Orbits and Satellite networks.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 434/4310 - Optical Communication Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   , concurrent with   .

    Description
    Operating principles of optical communication systems and fiber optic communication technology. Characteristics of optical fibers, laser diodes, and laser modulation, laser and fiber amplifiers, detection and demodulation, dispersion compensation, and network topologies. System topology, star networks, bus networks, layered architectures, all-optical networks.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 436/4312 - Mobile Communication Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    The development, structure, and techniques of mobile communications systems. Propagation models in mobile communications. Cellular Networks and their capacity. Coding and diversity for wireless communications. Wireless communication standards; control signaling; MAC-related concepts. Wireless LAN’s.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 439L/4314L - Communications Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with  

    Description
    Experiments illustrating material of course   .

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 442/4402 - Electromagnetic Waves (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      ,   and ECNG 3401  .

    Description
    Review of Maxwell’s equations. Transmission lines. Signal matching, Smith chart, Stub matching. Parallel plate, rectangular, and optical waveguides. Antennas and radiation of electromagnetic energy. Boundary Value problems. Several experiments are conducted in the Microwave Lab to illustrate material covered in the course.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 447/4407 - Microwave Systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Introduction to microwave engineering and wave equation review. Wave propagation and cutoff considerations. Transmission line power and mode limits. Planar and microstrip lines. Obstacles in transmission lines. Impedance matching and tuning. Quarter-wave transformer design. Microstrip transitions. Transmission line and cavity resonators. Sacttering-parameters and applications. Microwave transistor amplifier gain and stability design. Microwave filter design by insertion loss method.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 453/4503 - Microcontroller System Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
       ,  ,  and concurrent with   .

    Description
    Microcontroller architecture (ARM, Motorola 68HC11). Interrupts, serial and parallel Input/Output, Timers, Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion, Watchdog timers, I/O expansion, Interfacing to keypads and display devices, AC control, Introduction to RISC and CISC.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 455/4505 - Computer Architecture (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      ,   concurrent with   .

    Description
    The objectives of this course are to introduce the principles of Modern Computer Architecture and design. Topics to be discussed include Instruction Set Architectures, Arithmetic Logic Unit design, CPU data path design, CPU pipelining, memory hierarchy, cache and virtual memory, and introduction to I/O.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 456/4506 - Industrial control systems (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
       and   (for ECNG students);   (for MENG students).

    Description
    PLCs and DCS in industrial automation, Basic components of a PLC and DCS, Programming of PLCs by ladder logic, Internal markers, Timers, Counters, PLC program development for control applications, Interlocking and sequential logic, Advanced Sequential Control Techniques, Data handling instructions, A/D and D/A PLC modules, Industrial communication busses.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
  
  • ECNG 458L/4508L - Computer Architecture Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with  

    Description
    The laboratory will cover experiments in computer architecture and hardware design and experiments illustrating material of Course   .

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 459L/4509L - Microcontroller System Design Lab (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with  

    Description
    Experiments illustrating material of course   .

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 460/4601 - Product Design and Development (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Senior level standing.

    Description
    The focus of the course is integration of the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions to create a new product. The course is intended to provide you with the following benefits:

    • Competence with a set a tools and methods for product design and development.
    • Confidence in your own abilities to create a new product.
    • Awareness of the role of multiple functions in creating a new product (e.g. marketing, industrial design, engineering, production).
    • Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinary tasks in order to achieve a common objective.
    • Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action-oriented setting.
    • Enhanced team working skills.

     

  
  • ECNG 480/4920 - Special Problems in Electronics and Communications Engineering (1-3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor and departmental approval

    Description
    Independent study in various problem areas of electronics engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit if content changes.
  
  • ECNG 494/4930 - Selected Topics in Electronics and Communications Engineering (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Senior standing.

    Description
    Course content will be selected each semester from current developments in the field of electronics engineering.

    When Offered
    Offered occasionally
  
  • ECNG 497/4950 - Industrial Internship (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Completion of 8 weeks of industrial training AFTER the completion of 100 credit hours

    Description
    Each Student is required to spend a minimum of eight weeks in industrial training in an ECNG related field. The training may be in Egypt or abroad, but at least four weeks must be with a single employer. A complete account of the experience is reported, presented and evaluated. Each Student is also required to be trained for 15 hours in the Mechanical Engineering workshops to the study fundamentals of manufacturing processes (forming, welding and machining) prior to, or while, taking the course.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 490/4980 - Senior Project I (1 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: senior standing.

    Description
    A capstone project. Topics are selected by groups of students according to their area of interest and the advisor’s approval. Projects address solutions to open-ended applications using an integrated engineering approach.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 491/4981 - Senior Project II (2 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    A continuation of the capstone project.

    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
  
  • ECNG 510/5210 - Advanced Solid-State Devices (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in engineering and physics. Electromagnetics, vector algebra, differential equations, and MATLAB programming.

    Description
    This course covers crystal structures, band gap theory, ionic equilibrium theory, fundamentals of carrier transport, compound semiconductors III-V. This course will make special emphasis on the properties of various types of junctions (p-n junctions, heterojunctions, metal-semiconductor junctions) leading to various electronic devices such as field effect transistors (FETs), metal oxide-semiconductor FETS (MOSFETs), high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), etc. Short Channel effects and nanoscale phenomena will be emphasized throughout the course and their impact on device modeling in analog and digital circuits.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
  
  • ECNG 516/5216 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Design techniques for analog and mixed-signal VLSI circuits. Amplifiers: operational amplifiers, transconductance amplifiers, finite gain amplifiers and current amplifiers. Linear building block: differential amplifiers, current mirrors, references, cascoding and buffering. Performance characterization of linear integrated circuits: offset, noise, sensitivity and stability. Layout considerations, simulation, yield and modeling for high-performance linear integrated circuits. CAD tools: Cadence.

  
  • ECNG 517/5217 - Digital Integrated Circuit Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      and   

    Description
    The Diode (DC and Dynamic Behavior), The MOSFET (DC and Dynamic Behavior as well as short channel effects), The CMOS inverter (Static and Dynamic Behavior - Power / Speed Tradeoffs), Combinational Logic Gates (Static CMOS Design, Transistor Sizing, Static vs. Dynamic logic styles, Power / Speed Tradeoffs), Sequential Logic Circuits ( Static and Dynamic circuits/flipflops, Power / Speed Tradeoffs), Low Power Circuit Techniques, Memory circuit design and power / reliability consideration, arithmetic logic blocks (adders/ multipliers) and its design.

  
  • ECNG 518/5218 - Advanced Integrated Circuit Design (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    The objective of this course is to provide the students with the knowledge of designing emerging nanoelectronic devices and using these devices to build future computing systems. After an introduction to CMOS devices and circuits, the course will cover CMOS design and simulation topics. More attention will be paid to the applications of these devices in the implementation of future computers. The memory and logic architectures that take advantage of the properties of the emerging devices will be discussed. Particularly, signal integrity and timing issues, as well as power consumption will be emphasized.

    Cross-listed
    Same as  .
  
  • ECNG 000/5219 - High-Performance Integrated Circuit Modeling (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
    ECNG 3108  or equivalent.




     

    Description
    Nano-meter CMOS devices (short channel effects, velocity saturation, device leakage, thermal effects, degradation effects NBTI, etc), Dynamic, short-circuit, and leakage power consumption of CMOS circuits, low power design, Classic I/O Modeling and design, The interconnect bottle-neck (modeling and analysis), Noise in integrated circuits, Approximate temporal information in RC and RLC trees (Elmore, Wyatt, Penfield-Rubinstien delay models, and equivalent Elmore delay for RLC trees), Model order reduction (AWE, PRIMA, numerical issues, stability, etc),3-D Modeling, Thermal effects in integrated circuits, Power distribution network models, electromigration, Ldi/dt noise, and RI drops, High-speed clock distribution network issues: Retiming, register allocation, skew control, and clock scheduling.

  
  • ECNG 553/5223 - Fault-Tolerant Computing and Reliability Modeling (3 cr.)



    Prerequisites
      

    Description
    Faults, errors, fault modeling, redundancy techniques, error detecting and correcting codes, self-checking circuits, reliability and availability modeling, performability.

 

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