The University of Jordan /

AQABA
Faculty of Information
Technology
Academic Program
For the Bachelor Degree
In

Department of
Information Technology Systems

July 2009

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 Department of Computer Information Systems
Information Technology College
University of Jordan/ Aqaba

Curriculum for the Bachelor Degree

In
Computer Information Technology
Name of Degree: B.Sc. In Computer Information Technology
Name of Degree (in Arabic): ‫البكالوريوس في تكنوالوجيا المعلومات الحاسوبية‬

A. Curriculum Components: Students studying for the Bachelor’s Degree in Computer

Information Technology must successfully complete (132) credit hours distributed as
follows:
Serial Type of Requirement Credit Hours
University Requirements 27
First (I)
Mandatory 21
Electives
College Requirements
Second (II) 24

Specialization Requirements 81
Third (III)
Mandatory
Electives

Total 132

B. Campus Code

Code Campus
1 University of Jordan - Amman
2 University of Jordan – Aqaba

C. Numbering system:

54 02 4 7 1
Faculty department level major Serial number

1. - Departments’ codes:

Number Department

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 1 Computer Information Systems (CIS)
2 Business Information Technology (BIT)

2. Course’ Codes* :

Area Code Specialization Area Code Specialization

0 General 5 Applications
1 Languages 6 Distributed Systems and Communications
2 Information systems and tools 7 Systems Development
3 Hardware Based Erect 8 Specialized Topics
4 Theoretical Erect 9 Special Topics and Projects

I. University Requirements: (27) credit hours

a. Mandatory: (12) credit hours.
b. Elective: (15) Credit hours.

a. Mandatory: (12) credit hours as follows:

Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite

5101100 Communication skills- English language 3 -

5112100 Communication skills- Arabic language 3 -
5151100 Military sciences 3 -
5152100 National education 3 -

b. Elective: (15) Credit hours are chosen by the student from the following table:

The First Area: Human Sciences

Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite

5141100 Law Culture 3 -

5102100 Human civilizations 3 -
5111100 Islamic culture 3 -
5121100 Islamic system 3 -
5132100 Creative Writing 3 -
5142100 Artistic taste 3 -
5161100 Foreign language 3 -
5162100 Human Rights 3 -
5203100 Administration Skills 3 -
5313100 Sports and health 3 -
5402100 Introduction to libraries and information systems 3 -

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 The Second Area: Social and Economic Sciences

Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite

5101104 History of Jordan and Palestine 3 -

5122100 Principles of psychology 3 -
5131100 Logic and criticism 3 -
5171100 Principles of Politics 3 -
5172100 Introduction to sociology 3 -
5181100 Principles of Social Work 3 -
5201100 Global political economy 3 -
5311100 Geography of Jordan 3 -
5321100 Jordan Archeology 3 -

The Third Area: Science, Technology, Agriculture, and health

Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite

5182100 Principles in public health 3 -

5191100 Research Methodology 3 -
5213100 Principles of energy and economics 3 -
5301100 First Aid 3 -
5303100 Principles of human nutrition 3 -
5312101 Jordanian industries 3 -
5501100 Science and society 3 -
5502100 Environment 3 -
5512100 House Agriculture 3 -
5522100 Principles of public safety 3 -

II. Faculty Requirements: (24) Credit Hours:

a. Mandatory: (24) credit hours.
b. Electives: None
c. Specialty Conditions: None

a. Mandatory: (24) credit hours.

Weekly Hours
Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite
Theory Practical
5401101 Calculus – 1 3 - 3 -
5401131 Principles Of Statistics 3 - 3 -
5401201 Computer Skills Science Faculties 3 - 3 -
5401204 Digital Logic 3 - 3 -
5401202
5401231 Data Structures 3 - 3 or
5401215
5402101 Fundamentals Of Information Technology 3 - 3 -
5402121 Web Application Development-1 2 2 3 5402101
5402232 Management Information Systems 3 - 3 5402101

b. Electives: None
c. Specialty Conditions: None

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III. Department Requirements: (81) Credit hours as follows:
a. Mandatory: (63) Credit hours.

b. Training: (0) Credit hours - 8 Weeks Practices on Rescue Operation, Evacuation and Displacement.
c. Elective: (18) Credit hours.

a. Mandatory : (63) Credit hours, as follows:

Weekly Hours
Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite
Theory Practical
5401102 Calculus –2 3 - 3 5401101
5401105 Discrete Mathematics 3 - 3 -
5401215 Advanced Programming 2 2 3 5401201

5401341 Algorithms Theory 3 - 3 5401231

5401353 Human Computer Interaction 3 - 3 5401359
5401359 Computer Graphics 3 - 3 5401231
5401361 Computer Networks-1 3 - 3 5402101
5401473 Operating System 3 - 3 5401201
5402201 Interpersonal Communication 3 - 3 5402101
5402211 Object Oriented Programming -1 3 - 3 5401100
5402321 Database Systems 3 - 3 5401231
5402322 Information Systems Security 3 - 3 5401231
5402341 Artificial Intelligence 3 - 3 5401231
5402351 Multimedia 3 - 3 5402212
5402352 Web Publishing 3 - 3 5402121
5402353 Web Application Development-2 3 - 3 5402121
5402451 Geographical Information Systems 3 - 3 5401359
5402453 Information Systems Applications 2 2 3 5402321
5402471 Software Engineering 3 - 3 5402321
5402475 System Analysis 3 - 3 5402321
Department
5402495 Project 3 - 3
Approval
6 Department Department
5402498 Training
weeks Approval Approval

b. Elective: (18) Credit hours are chosen by the student from the following table:
Weekly Hours
Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite
Theory Practical
5401203 Visual Programming 3 - 3 5401100
5401241 Theory of Computation 3 - 3 5401241
5401355 Computer Assisted Learning 3 - 3 5402212
5401356 Patterns Recognition 3 - 3 5401231
5401425 Distributed Databases 3 - 3 5402321
5401442 Machine Learining 3 - 3 5401231
5401445 Natuaral Language Processing 3 - 3 5402341
5401455 Image Processing 3 - 3 5401359
5401456 Expert Systems And Neural Networks 3 - 3 5402341
5401458 Certified Software 3 - 3 Department

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 Approval
5401477 Object Oriented Design 3 - 3 5402471
Department
5401494 Special Topics 3 - 3
Approval
5402212 Object Oriented Programming -2 3 - 3 5402211
5402252 E-Systems Applications 2 2 3 5402232
5402332 Decision Support Systems 3 - 3 5402232
5402345 Computer Ethics 3 - 3 5402101
5402354 E-Business 3 - 3 5402352
5402381 Quality Management 3 - 3 5402321
5402457 Database Languages And Tools 3 - 3 5402321

Courses taught by the Department

Weekly Hours
Course No. Course title Cr. Hours Prerequisite
Theory Practical

5401100 Computer Skills-1 3 - 3 5401098

5401101 Calculus – 1 3 - 3 -
5401102 Calculus – 2 3 - 3 5401101
5401105 Discrete Mathematics 3 - 3 -
Computer Skills-2 (Humanities and 5401100
5401201 3 - 3
Clinical)
5401203 Visual Programming 3 - 3 5401100
5401212 Object Oriented Programming -2 3 - 3 5401221
5401215 Advance progrming 3 - 3 5401201
5401221 Object Oriented Programming -1 3 - 3 5401100
5401201
5401231 Data structure 3 - 3 Or
5401215
5401241 Theory of Computation 3 - 3 5401105
5401321 Database Systems 3 - 3 5401231
5401322 Information Systems Security 3 - 3 5401231
5401341 algorithems 3 - 3 5401231
5401342 Artificial Intelligence 3 - 3 5401231
5401351 Multimedia 3 - 3 5401221
5401353 Human Computer Interaction 3 - 3 5401359
5401355 Computer Assisted Learning 3 - 3 5401221
5401356 Patren recognition 3 - 3 5402341
5401359 Graghics Computers 3 - 3 5401231
5401361 Computer networks 3 - 3 5402101
5401442 Machine Learning 3 - 3 5401342

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5401445 Natuaral Language Processing 3 - 3 5401342
5401451 Geographical Information Systems 3 - 3 5401359
5401452 Distributed Database Systems 3 - 3 5401321
5401453 Information Systems Applications 2 2 3 5401321
5401455 Image Processing 3 - 3 5401359
5401456 Expert Systems And Neural Networks 3 - 3 5401342
5401458 Department
Certified Software 3 - 3
Approval
5401471 Software Engineering 3 - 3 5402101
5401473 Operating systems 3 - 3 5401201
5401475 System Analysis 3 - 3 5401471
5401477 Object Oriented Design 3 - 3 5401212
5401494 Department
Special Topics 3 - 3
Approval
Department
5401495 Project 3 - 3
Approval
6 Department Department
5401498 Training 0
Weeks Approval Approval

Course Description
Bachelor Program in Computer Information System
5401100 Computer Skills – 1:
An introduction to Computing and Information Technology. Topics covered include the basic
Structure of digital computer systems, microcomputers, operating systems. Application software,
database technology, data communication and networks, and the Internet. Hands-on learning using
Windows, MS-office and the Internet. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401203 Visual Programming:

Introduction to Visual Basic and Visual Studio environment: Controls, components, wizards;
Language constructs and structures: Variables, assignment, arithmetic, selection, repetition, arrays,
functions; Advanced controls: Frames, labels, Boxes and others; MDI models; Vbasic DB: Data
Report, data designer, data form, data object, queries, intellilist; Classes; ActiveX: Encapsulation,
relationships, interfaces, automation, tools; API Applications: windows API, keyboard, mouse,
display; Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401201 Computer Skills-2 (Humanities and medicals):

Solving Problems using the computer: Variables, Algorithms and its representation, Data: types and
definitions. Advanced applications using software packages such as: MS Word: templates,
comparing documents, master, Table of contents, Index, inserting, mailing merge, macros, MS
Excel: Charts, Functions, sorting and filtering, Solver, Macros, MS Access: Tables, relations, forms,
queries, reports, import and export files and data, macros; introduction to the Web applications. Small
Projects and applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401221 Object Oriented Programming – 1:

Object-Oriented (OO) Programming Environment; OO Building Blocks; Input/Output; Loops;
Decisions; Functions; Arrays and Strings; Data structures; Encapsulation; Advanced variables;
Object Oriented Programming; Useful OO features; Classes and objects; Inheritance; Polymorphism;

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Exceptions handling; Threads; Files; Writing programs in JAVA languages. Weekly practice in the
lab.

5401212 Object Oriented Programming – 2:

Strings and string tokenization, simple and advance graphical user interface, integrated visual
environment: Project, libraries, multimedia: images, animation, audio anr video. Java database
connectivity and ODBCs. Servlets. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401321 Database Systems:

Data Base (DB) Environment; DBMS architecture; Data modeling: Conceptual model, Entity
relationship model (ERM), Extended ERM, Object Modeling Technique (OMT); Relational DBs; Data
Base design; Data Base language: Structured Query Language (SQL); Views; Data Dictionary;
Normalization process: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF; DB Integrity; DB Security; Modern DBMSs: Object-Oriented
DBMSs; Physical Data Base design; Centralized and distributed Database systems; Case study.
Weekly practice in the lab.

5401322 Information Systems Security:

Identify a range of methods, techniques and current issues of security and privacy problems
associated with the use of CISs; Security models: Take-Grant model, Acton (Action-entity) model,
wood model, bell-lapadula model, biba model, sea view model, and other models; Ways to minimize
risks and losses; Apply the information security methods and management to the development and
management of information system security within an organization; Encryption and decryption;
Security controls: flow control, interface control, access control; Security packages; Trusted and
secure DBMS; User Identification / Authentication; Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401342 Artificial Intelligence:

Introduction to AI and application; Exhaustive Search methods; Heuristic search Methods; First Order
Logic for knowledge representation; Programming in PROLOG; Production rule systems; Principles
of expert systems; Expert systems Programming in PROLOG; Knowledge Acquisition. Weekly
practice in the lab.

5401351 Multimedia:
Introduction: basic concepts of multimedia; Media types; Concepts and techniques; Multimedia
information servers; Design support; Production and evaluation of multimedia information servers;
Software and hardware requirements; Image compression; Image database: Feature-based retrieval,
content-based retrieval; Audio signal processing; Speech analysis; Music analysis and synthesizing;
Teleconferencing and video compression; Animation; Virtual reality; Web publishing; Multimedia
Programming: Composition mechanisms, metaphors; Synchronization: aspects of synchronization,
techniques; Interaction; Case study. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401353 Human-Computer Interaction :

Designing, building, and programming graphical user interfaces, Human-centered software
evaluation, Human-centered software development, HCI aspects of multimedia systems and Web-
based systems, these topics are intended as an introduction to human-computer interaction.
Emphasis will be placed on understanding human behavior with interactive objects, knowing how to
develop and evaluate interactive software using a human-centered approach, and general knowledge
of HCI design issues with multiple types of interactive software. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401355 Computer Assisted Learning:

Introduction to Computer use in teaching; Teaching Authoring Tools; Human computer interaction;
Software and hardware requirements; Task analysis and design; Multimedia and task development;

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Internet in Education; Question answer design; Student computer interaction; Static and dynamic
interaction; Computerized examination; Virtual teaching; Case Study. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401452 Distributed Databases:

Distributed Database (DB) environment; Distributed Database (DDB) processing: Homogeneous
distributed Database (DB) systems, heterogeneous distributed systems; Distributed (DB) design:
Fragmentation, allocation, replication; Distributed query processing; Concurrency control:
Serializability, locking-based algorithms, time stamp-based algorithms, optimistic algorithms,
deadlock management; Reliability and recovery; Distributed data servers; Distributed parallel data
servers; Integrity and Security issues in distributed systems; Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401442Machine Learning
Introduction and learning bayesian learning, decision tree learning; learning sets of rules, genetic
algorithms, analytical learning; reinforcement learning; applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401445 Natural Languages Processing:

Origins of Natural Language Processing (NLP); Language structure representation; The role of
knowledge; Knowledge representation; Parsing techniques; Finite-state techniques; Recursive and
augmented transition networks; Language ambiguity; Well-Formed constructs; Features and the
lexicon; Language semantics; Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401451 Geographical Information Systems:

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and information age; Geographic data in the computer;
What does GIS do: Spatial data; Raster and Vector Data; Topology and spatial relationships; Data
entry and data acquisition; Database and inventory operations; Basic analysis (overall map algebra);
Advanced analysis (proximity and terrain analysis); Site suitability and models; Data issues and
problems; GIS software systems; Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401455 Image Processing:

Introduction, Data structure for image analysis; Shape representation; Image preprocessing; Image
formats; Recognition; Feature extraction; Processing primitives; Modeling (e.g. quad applications);
Local and global operations; Clustering: hierarchical and non-hierarchical methods, clustering using
neural networks and genetic algorithms; Classifications; Nearest neighbors; Neural nets; Image
enhancement; Segmentation application and measurement; Image storage and retrieval;
Applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401 456Expert Systems and Neural Networks:

Knowledge representation; Uncertainty Management; Inferences and Explanation; Knowledge
Acquisition and Validation; Tools for Expert Systems; Neural Computational Models, Neural
Networks Learning Training; Knowledge-based Neural Networks; Rule Generation from Neural
Networks. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401458Certified Software:
This course offers a variety of intensive certificate programs, which help the student to be prepared to
apply for a certificate according to the offered training. The course will be taught by qualified and
certified instructors in different fields. The offered programs include: Advanced oracle PL/SQL
program, Practices in Web Design program, Java Developer program, .Net Developer program, and
other microsoft software. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401471 Software Engineering:

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Software engineering processing methods; Software life cycle; Computer-based system engineering;
Software project Management; Requirements and Specification: Requirement engineering,
requirement analysis, models, prototyping, formal and algebraic specification; Software design:
Architectural design, object-oriented, function-oriented, real-time and user interface design;
Reliability; Maintenance; Portability; Documentation; Re-engineering and reverse-engineering; Case
study. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401475 System Analysis:

Introduction to systems development; Development life cycle; System Development feasibility;
Development of fact finding methods; Context diagram; Data flow diagram; Decision tables and trees;
Data dictionary; Installation; Training; Development Tools: Documentation, Maintenance, Conceptual
design, DB design, Reverse engineering, Graphical user interface, Systems life cycle, System
conversion, System charts and flow of control; Case study. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401477 Object Oriented Design:

Understanding the (object-oriented) software development process; object-oriented paradigm, with all
the support such as object-oriented languages, a formal presentation of the design, Object-oriented
design concepts, features and problems of object-oriented design, evolution the object-oriented
model, foundations and elements of the object-oriented model, classes and objects, relationships
among classes, relationships among objects, approaches to identifying classes and objects, object-
oriented design methodologies, standardized representation for design: the Unified Modelling
Language (UML), and design patterns for high-level design re-use. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401494 Special Topics

Selected Topics in advanced areas of Computer Information Systems, Report and Documentation
required. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401495 Project:
Project includes theoretical and practical aspects in Computer Information Systems, related to the
currrent problems and applications in IT, Research oriented, technical report, and presentation.
Weekly practice in the lab.

5402498 Training:
A student is required to ِtraining in one of organisations for not less than 6 weeks, presents a report
from the organisation to describe the effectiveness of the practice according to the training
regulations of Dean’s council for KASIT Departments. Or have a specialized certificate in one of
technological information subjects that considered and published from a certified organiaztion.

5401105 Discrete Mathematics:

Logical and Symbolic statements: true values of a statement; Connection tools, Truth table,
Equivalent; Counting methods; Methods of proof: induction and recursion; Sets and operations;
Languages; Relations: directed graph, characteristics of relations; Functions: characteristics, domain
and range; Matrices: algebra of matrices, simple operations, determinants, Cramer’s rule.

54012 01 Computer Skills-2:

Fundamental concepts of programming using C++; Basic structures of programming tools: variable
names; Data types; Control structures; Arrays; Functions; Pointers; Introduction to classes and
objects; Inheritance; Applications using C++. Weekly practice in the lab.

Advanced Programming:
5401215
A deeper look to C++ programming. Advanced topics include pointers and strings memory
management (dynamic memory allocation), object oriented design, classes and data abstraction,

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operator overloading, inheritance, virtual functions and polymorphism, and templates. Other topics
are, exception handling, file processing, standard templates library, detailed bits and strings
operations, and the pre-processor, I/O Streams.

5401231 Data Structures:

Data type and structures; Abstract data types and encapsulation; Stacks; Queues; Recursion; Linked
Lists; Binary trees; General trees; File organization: sequential and indexed files; Graphs:
representation, traversing, shortest path; Sorting: exchange, insertion, quick sort, heap and others;
Searching. Weekly practice in the lab.

11901241 Theory of Computation:

Sets; Relations; Closure and Languages; Finite automata: deterministic and nondeterministic;
Closure and pumping lemma; Regular languages and expressions; Context-free grammar: regular
languages and context-free languages, pushdown automata, closure, determinism and parsing, LL(1)
grammar; Turing machines, combining Turing machines and machine schemas, examples;
Introduction to P and NP classes.

5401341 Theory of Algorithms: (Prerequisite 5401231)

Definition of an algorithm, algorithm design and techniques, algorithm analysis. Concept of basic
operation, concept of worst, best, and average case analysis, complexity analysis: big O, Omega and
theta notations. Recurrence equations and recursive algorithms. Concept of algorithm correctness.
Basic searching and sorting algorithms, hashing. Concepts of NP-completeness, Classical NP-
complete problems. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401359 Computer Graphics (Prerequisite 5401231)

introduction to graphics systems: screens, input / output units, application coordinate systems, output
primitives: points, lines, polygons, circles, ellipses, area filling, attributes of output primitives, colors,
patterns, aliases, transformation: translation, scaling, rotation, reflection, clipping: windows and view
ports, line clipping, area clipping, text clipping, segments: structures, creating, updating, deleting,.
Interactive graphics systems: windows, icons, menus, virtual reality, 3D graphics: representation,
transformation, computer animation, applications. Weekly practice in the lab.

5401361 Computer Networks-1: (Prerequisite 5401231)

This course explores key concepts and essential technologies of computer networks and broad
range of topics in networking, including: General overview: Networks applications, Network
classifications and topologies, Network layers, Channel performance measures, transmission media,
Communication Network Protocols and architecture; Data link layer: framing, error detection and
correction, CSMA/CD, LAN IEEE standards; Network layer: IP service model, IP Addressing,
subnetting, Host configuration DHCP, ARP Protocol, ICMP protocol; Transport layer: UDP protocol,
TCP protocol, TCP reliable transfer and sliding window, TCP flow and congestion control; Application
layer: DNS protocol, NAT protocol, HTTP protocol, persistent and non-persistent HTTP connection

5401473 Operating Systems: (Prerequisite 5401231)

Definition and role of the operating systems; history of operating systems and development;
functionality and structuring methods of a typical operating system. Concepts of a process vs. the
concept of a thread; scheduling and dispatching and context switching; concurrent execution: the
"mutual exclusion" problem and some solutions. Deadlocks: causes, conditions, methods for
resolution. Memory management; virtual memory management. I/O management; files: data,
metadata, operations, buffering, sequential, nonsequential. Weekly practice in the lab.

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