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CS100 – Introduction to Computers<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThe course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary for using computers. Emphasis will be on applications and independent work. The objective of this course is to equip students with fundamental computer skills that enables them to use computers, word processing and graphics software. Students will also be exposed to spreadsheets and presentation software as will as Windows operating systems in order to arrange and work with files and folders.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SKILL110 – Learning Skills<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course is designed to increase the chances of success for first year students. The course teaches proven academic learning strategies that require in-depth analysis and consistent application, resulting in academic success and preparation for professional careers. These skills and strategies include goal setting, time management, self-assessment of preferred learning styles and career aptitudes, academic reading, note-taking, test taking and memory techniques.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SKILL120 – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThe course begins with an introduction to problem solving via simple logical puzzles. This is followed by an elementary study of arguments, including general rules for arguments and types of arguments. Critical thinking and reasoning are approached through a more advanced study of arguments dealing with values and ethics, reality, causality, induction and deduction. The course concludes with discussions of faulty reasoning and fallacy. The teaching methodology for the course involves student-centred learning through collaborative enquiry.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SKILL121 – Leadership and Team Work<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nTeamwork and leadership depends on willingness to act and to learn from experience. Exercising leadership and building successful teams requires information from a wide variety of disciplines. The course increases students\u2019 capacity to enhance their performance potential, competence and skills. Students learn that leadership involves inspiring and developing people toward goal mobilization. Success as a leader requires learning continually from experience through the disciplined integration of action and reflection. Leaders must know how to use feedback to create change. Because of the emphasis on leadership and teams, this course requires that students interact in class. Although a great deal of learning takes place in class, learning depends significantly on how much effort students put into this course outside of the classroom.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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MATH100 – Elementary Mathematics<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nStudents on this course will study: Real number: Integers and rational numbers; Exponents; Polynomials; Factoring; Complex numbers; Linear and absolute value equations; Quadratic & other types of equations; Inequalities; Two-dimensional coordinate system and graphs; Introduction to functions; Linear functions; Quadratic functions; Properties of graphs; Algebra of functions; Inverse functions; Remainder theorem and factor theorem; Polynomial functions of higher degrees; Zeros of polynomial functions; Fundamental theorem of algebra; Graphs of rational functions and their applications.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PE101 – Physical Education (1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course introduces a number of activities at a basic level, e.g. basketball, football, handball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, taekwondo, karate, judo, weight-training and physical fitness. Each introduction lasts for three weeks.Each student selects a minimum of three activities. There are also seminars on health maintenance for over-40s, on healthy diets and on infectious diseases.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PE102 – Physical Education (2)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Prerequisites: PE101<\/span>
\nThis course introduces at a basic level some activities such as basketball, football, handball, swimming, table-tennis, tennis, volleyball, taekwondo, karate, judo, weight-training and physical fitness. Each introduction lasts for three weeks. Each student selects a minimum of three activities. There are also seminars on Non-infectious diseases, on addictive drugs and on common laboratory tests and their indications.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ARAB101 – Arabic Language Skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nNo description in English<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ARAB102 – Arabic Language Writing<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nNo description in English<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ISLM101 – Introduction to Islamic Doctrine (Fiqh)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course is an introduction to jurisprudence bases and the history of Islamic legislation. Accordingly, this course identifies the sources of Islamic legislation known as the canonical law of Islam: the Holy Quran, the Sunna, the Ijma’ (unanimity of savants), the Giyas (analogy), the Istihsan (application of discretion in a legal decision) and interests. It also includes the role of Fiqh at the time of Prophet Mohammad, peace and blessings be upon him, of the Khulafa’ (successors), of Attabi’in (followers and partisans), of the Mujtahidin (ijtihad or independent judgment) and in the era of Taqlid (adoption of the legal decision of a Madhab), the rite of fiqh (religions school). The course examines the types of Shar’ and degrees.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL001 – Integrated Skills Foundation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Prerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL002, ENGL003, and ENGL004
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course is intended for students with a beginner to elementary level of English proficiency. It focuses on improving basic language skills through gradual presentation of functional skills needed for communication. While all skills will be improved in this course, the focus will be on reading and writing skills specifically. The course will be student-centered and will include a significant amount of group and pair work, in addition to all-class activities.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL002 – Oral Communication Foundation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL001, ENGL003, and ENGL004
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course is intended to provide students with opportunities to develop their communication skills by providing guided and graded listening activities that help students take part in speaking activities. Students practice listening for specific information and general ideas. The speaking section of the course begins with guided speaking activities to more open-ended and student initiated themes towards the end. Although the course focuses on listening and speaking skills, writing is used at the end of each unit to reinforce oral activities. Basic grammatical aspects introduced deductively throughout are presented as a reference at the end of every unit. This course will use a variety of group and pair work, in addition to all-class activities in order to reach its goal.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL003 – Grammar Foundation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL001, ENGL002, and ENGL004
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nThis course provides students with a solid foundation for English grammar through contextualized listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. It helps students bridge the gap between comprehending grammatical structures and actually using them as it combines controlled and communicative practice in a consistent approach. It aims to link form, meaning, and use through meaningful and engaging communicative activities.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL004 – Vocabulary Foundation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL001, ENGL002, and ENGL003
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>None
\nAs a parallel to Integrated Skills Foundation, this course gives students an intensive vocabulary review and application, providing them the opportunity to practice many aspects of English. It helps students use increasingly new vocabulary to express themselves effectively and appropriately on topics of immediate relevance. The course focuses on high-use words that will give students a solid vocabulary foundation, which will in turn improve their reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The course offers vocabulary learning strategies, which students can utilize after they have completed the course.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL111 – Oral Communication I<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL112 and ENGL113
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Foundation or IELTS 3
\nIn this course, students will develop effective oral communication skills through a variety of general academic situations such as lectures, interviews, and reports. Through guidance and extensive listening practice, the course focuses on getting main ideas, listening for specific detail, and note-taking skills. Speaking activities are linked to listening themes and as such students use current and developing vocabulary resources to discuss listening content and expand them. Students are encouraged to critically think and evaluate different viewpoints and express their own. The course will emphasize fluency but also focus on appropriate accuracy through practice activities on pronunciation, different intonation patterns, and word and sentence stress placement.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL112 – Grammar<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL111 and ENGL113
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Foundation or IELTS 3
\nThis course will provide students with formal rules of language and both controlled and communicative practice of these rules. Students will learn to use new structures in a variety of contexts in order to internalize and master them. At this level, students will be building on a foundation of basic grammar to become familiar with increasingly complicated grammar structures.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL113 – Reading & Writing I<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL011 and ENGL012
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Foundation or IELTS 3
\nThis course integrates reading and writing together in an attempt to provide ample exposure to texts to facilitate transition to writing. The course provides instruction and practice on reading strategies like scanning, skimming, guessing word meaning from context, paraphrasing, and summarizing. It also focuses on recognition of main ideas, and supporting details. The writing section of the course attempts to develop writing accurate, concise, and well-connected paragraphs, and reports. Concepts of writing processes like brainstorming, planning, drafting and revising are introduced and practiced. Students practice writing topic sentences that introduce a paragraph, controlling ideas that limit its scope, supporting sentences, and further details that expand a given topic. Writing instruction also focuses on paragraph coherence and cohesion.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL121 – Oral Communication II<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL122 and ENGL123
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Level B or IELTS 4
\nFollowing on from Oral Communication Skills1, students will use their vocabulary resources, syntactic knowledge and idiomatic expressions developed to support students in functioning confidently in more challenging academic content. In this second level, there will be a greater focus on effective listening and speaking strategies in using English in extended academic lectures, talks, reports, and radio programs. The importance of non-verbal, verbal communication and intercultural communication will be emphasised in one-to-one, small group and large group communication settings. Practice activities on pronunciation, intonation patterns, and stress placement at the phrase\/sentence level and above will be a feature of this course. Suitable appropriate authentic resources and materials \u2013 in both e-learning and paper format – will be used to support trainees in taking responsibility for their own learning.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL122 – IELTS Exam Preparation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL121 and ENGL123
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Level B or IELTS 4
\nThis course will cover each of the four skills tested in the IELTS test: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Using a textbook, classroom activities, and practice tests, students will be exposed to a variety of strategies for improving their IELTS score and will become familiar with the format and design of the exam. A variety of test-taking skills will be taught and practiced.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ENGL123 – Reading & Writing II<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Co-requisite:<\/span> <\/strong>ENGL121 and ENGL122
\nPrerequisite:<\/span> <\/strong>Level B or IELTS 4
\nThis course focuses on the development of critical reading skills and academic writing. These interrelated skills are taught through a hands-on approach where potential written material students will deal with after they complete the course are highlighted. It introduces academic reading skills with an emphasis on speed, vocabulary expansion, and inferential ability. Reading passages contain themes common in academic contexts. Post reading activities include review, interpretation, and evaluation of texts. The course also provides instruction on basic research skills such as collecting material from different sources, synthesizing and reporting gathered information. For their course projects, students write informative papers that require library use and online reading on topics relevant to the students\u2019 areas of interest. This is accomplished through careful structured planning for writing that includes aim, audience, message, and appropriate style. It utilizes a combination of the writing process approach with genre-specific models of writing found in the reading section to guide and inform students’ practice.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CS100 – Introduction to Computers Co-requisite: None Prerequisite: None The course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary for using computers. Emphasis will be on applications and independent work. The objective of this course is to equip students with fundamental computer skills that enables them to use computers, word processing and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-339","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/upp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}