The Electrical
Engineering (Power and Machines) Program offers two options for its bachelor’s
degree program, namely, regular and cooperative (coop) students. Both
options require the PME student to successfully complete not less than 155
credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 out of 5 or better to qualify for
attainment of the bachelor’s degree. Regular option students are required
to complete one summer training of 10 weeks in the field of electric power
engineering, under the supervision of a faculty member. Cooperative program
students undertake coop work for 26 weeks in lieu of the summer training
and 6 credit units of departmental electives. Students whose GPA is lower than 2.75 but
have otherwise fulfilled all other graduation requirements must retake
enough of the technical courses in which their grade is lower than C to
bring their GPA up to the 2.75 minimum. The typical study period of the PME program
is five years (10 semesters).
The distribution of
155 credit hours is as follows:
Table
1: Regular/ Cooperative Option Program
Requirements
|
Credit Units
|
Regular
|
Cooperative
|
Foundation year
|
27
|
27
|
University Requirements
|
14
|
14
|
Faculty Requirements
|
37
|
37
|
Department Requirements
(core excluding training)
|
30
|
30
|
PME Program Specialization
Requirements
|
39
|
39
|
PME Program
Specialization Electives
|
6
|
-
|
Summer Training
|
2
|
-
|
Coop Work Program
|
-
|
8
|
Total
|
155
|
155
|
ECE Departmental Requirements
Course
Title
|
English
Code/
No.
|
Arabic
Code/
No.
|
Contact
Hours
|
Cr.
Units
|
Prerequisites
|
Th.
|
Pr.
|
Tr.
|
1
|
Object-Oriented Computer
Programming
|
EE 202
|
هـ ك 202
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
EE 201
|
2
|
Engineering Management
|
IE 256
|
هـ ص 256
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
IE 255
|
3
|
Analytical Methods in
Engineering
|
EE 300
|
هـ ك 300
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
MATH 207
|
4
|
Electrical Circuits and
Systems
|
EE 301
|
هـ ك 301
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
MATH 204,
EE 250
|
5
|
Electronics I
|
EE 311
|
هـ ك 311
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
4
|
EE 250
|
6
|
Introduction to
Communications
|
EE 321
|
هـ ك 321
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
4
|
EE 301
|
7
|
Digital Design I
|
EE 360
|
هـ ك 360
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
EE 250
|
8
|
Microprocessors and
Microcontrollers
|
EE 366
|
هـ ك 366
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
EE 202,
EE 360
|
9
|
Summer Training
|
EE 390
|
هـ ك 390
|
-
|
-
|
400**
|
2
|
Approval of Department
|
10
|
Senior Project
|
EE 499
|
هـ ك 499
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
Approval of Department
|
Total
|
23
|
21
|
400
|
32
|
|
**EE 390 – the summer
training, 400 hours of on the job training distributed over 10 weeks that
is included in the counting of training units.
Cooperative students are
required to take all of the above mentioned 10 courses except EE 390
which is replaced by the following course:
|
1
|
Coop
Work Program
|
EE 400
|
هـ ك 400
|
-
|
|
1000**
|
8
|
Approval of Department
|
** 1000 hours of on the job
training distributed over 25 weeks
|
All
students in the PME Program are required to take 39 credits (14 courses) as
per the program requirement as indicated in Table below:
The PME Program Specialization Requirements
Course
Title
|
English
Code/
No.
|
Arabic
Code/
No.
|
Contact
Hours
|
Cr.
Units
|
Prerequisites
|
Th.
|
Pr.
|
Tr.
|
1
|
Thermodynamics I
|
MEP 261
|
هـ م ق 261
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
MATH 206, PHYS 281
|
2
|
Electromagnetic Fields
|
EE 302
|
هـ ك
302
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 250,
MATH 207
|
3
|
Electrical Measurements
and Instrumentation
|
EE 303
|
هـ ك 303
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
EE 311,
STAT 110
|
4
|
Principles of Automatic
Control
|
EE 331
|
هـ ك
331
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
EE 300,
EE 301
|
5
|
Numerical Methods in
Engineering
|
EE 332
|
هـ ك 332
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
EE 201,
MATH 204
|
6
|
Electromechanical Energy
Conversion I
|
EE 341
|
هـ ك
341
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 250
|
7
|
Electrical Power Systems I
|
EE 351
|
هـ ك 351
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 250
|
8
|
Power Systems lab
|
EE 404
|
هـ ك
404
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
EE 351
|
9
|
Machines Lab
|
EE 405
|
هـ ك 405
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
EE 441 (co)
|
10
|
Electromechanical Energy
Conversion II
|
EE 441
|
هـ ك
441
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 341,
EE 351
|
11
|
Power Electronics I
|
EE 442
|
هـ ك 442
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 311
|
12
|
Electrical Power Systems II
|
EE 451
|
هـ ك
451
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 351
|
13
|
Power Transmission and
Distribution
|
EE 453
|
هـ ك 453
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 351,
STAT 110
|
14
|
Switchgear and Protection of
Power Systems I
|
EE 454
|
هـ ك
454
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 341,
EE 351
|
Total
|
34
|
22
|
0
|
39
|
|
1*: One-hour tutorial session
co:
concurrent prerequisite i.e. prerequisite with concurrency option
Department Elective Courses
Regular students in the PME
Program are required to take 6 credits (2 courses) as the elective course
requirement from the courses listed in the table below (cooperative
students are not required to take any elective course).
Elective Courses for the PME Program
Course
Title
|
English
Code/
No.
|
Arabic
Code/
No.
|
Contact
Hours
|
Cr.
Units
|
Prerequisites
|
Th.
|
Pr.
|
Tr.
|
1
|
Power Plants for
Electrical Engineers
|
MEP 369
|
هـ م ق369
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
MEP 261
|
2
|
Advanced Control Systems
|
EE 431
|
هـ ك 431
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 331
|
3
|
Power Electronics II
|
EE 444
|
هـ ك 444
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 442
|
4
|
Utilization of Electrical Energy
|
EE 445
|
هـ ك 445
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 341,
EE 351
|
5
|
Power System Planning
and Reliability
|
EE 448
|
هـ ك 448
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 351,
STAT 110
|
6
|
Power System Control
|
EE 450
|
هـ ك 450
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 331
EE 441 (co),
|
7
|
High Voltage Techniques
I
|
EE 452
|
هـ ك 452
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
EE 351
|
8
|
Economic Operation of Power Systems
|
EE 455
|
هـ ك 455
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 451,
STAT 110
|
9
|
Computer Applications in
Power Systems
|
EE 458
|
هـ ك 458
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 451
|
10
|
Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
|
EE 490
|
هـ ك 490
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
Approval of Department
|
11
|
Special
Topics in Electrical Power Engineering
|
EE 491
|
هـ ك 491
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 451
|
12
|
Special Topics in Electrical
Machines
|
EE 492
|
هـ ك 492
|
3
|
1*
|
-
|
3
|
EE 441
|
13
|
Any
Course offered by the Department, Faculty or University and approved by
the Department
|
xx xxx
|
|
|
|
|
2, 3, or
4
|
Approval of Department
|
1*: One-hour tutorial session
co: concurrent prerequisite i.e. prerequisite with concurrency
option
|