📚 History and Architectural Theory

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course includes the study of architecture of ancient times, starting from Egyptian civilization, Mesopotamia, Greek civilization through Roman and Byzantine periods. It includes identifying the various influences that affected the development of design and architectural thought of these civilizations and the ability to critique and analyze them.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course includes the study of the philosophy, origins, emergence and development of Islamic art and architecture, its most important characteristics and principles, and following the most prominent artistic styles throughout successive eras and various regions, including the implementation of some practical applications that include the art of decoration and Arabic calligraphy and some architectural elements through the study of these styles.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

Continuation of the History of Art and Architecture course, following the development of architecture from the dawn of Christianity, Byzantine and Middle Ages through the Renaissance and ending with Baroque and Rococo periods, with the ability to critique.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course addresses the development of architecture from the Industrial Revolution to the present, explaining its roots and the circumstances of its emergence since the Enlightenment. The course presents movements and trends in architecture, architects and buildings of this time period. It also covers the role of social, economic and political transformations, and their impact on the development of visions and the development of materials and technology toward modernism and beyond, with the ability to critique.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

Introducing students to theories of architectural criticism, its principles and methods, with application of these methods of criticism and analysis to selected groups of international examples of contemporary architectural projects and contemporary architects. It also aims to introduce students to the social, political, technological, economic and other aspects related to architectural criticism.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course includes introducing students to the concept of beauty, its essence and philosophy through following the most prominent philosophical schools in this field (aesthetics), as well as addressing the most important artistic concepts and studying the most important views of aesthetics philosophers and their different viewpoints. It also covers the principles of sociology and environmental psychology as a basis for human behavior, the mutual influences between humans and the environment, and how to translate social and psychological behavior into design and architecture.

🎨 Design Fundamentals and Drawing

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course includes the study of design elements and principles with emphasis on the structural idea of two-dimensional design, as well as the study of the fundamentals of abstract composition and their distribution on the spatial surface to organize them visually to develop students' creative and expressive abilities.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course includes the study of three-dimensional design elements and principles, identifying the relationship between mass and space, their formation and connection to architectural and design works, by training students to analyze work elements, study their relationships with each other and their composition in design.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course includes introducing students to various drawing tools and materials and methods of using them, and implementing manual exercises for drawing nature and its design and architectural elements, as well as drawing various scenes of models showing continuous movement derived from aspects of daily life in the city, village and others.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course focuses on training in architectural drawing techniques, and clarifying all elements of architectural drawing necessary to display all architectural drawings so that they are readable. It includes types of lines used in architectural drawing and their meanings, symbols used in architectural drawing, in addition to learning to write in technical font. Three-dimensional drawing (isometric and axonometric) is also learned. The course aims to graduate students with the ability to produce all architectural drawings from general site plan, floor plans, architectural elevations and sections by presenting a complete project.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

Representation of architectural spaces and perspective drawing, projection of shade and shadows using ink and colors, and studying different architectural compositions and their relationship with light, representing them spatially and employing them in architectural compositions in architectural design. The course explains different means and methods of architectural rendering and expression, using rendering techniques (ink or watercolor, wood or pastel) and employing them in architectural compositions and distinguishing between basic three-dimensional compositions (cubic, spherical, conical and cylindrical), so that at the end of the course the student can render a complete engineering project including site plan, floor plans, sections and architectural elevations using one of the techniques.

💻 Computer Applications in Architecture

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 6

This course includes an introduction to computer use and file management, and covers two-dimensional drawing methods using AutoCAD, and using Photoshop to learn architectural rendering techniques using computers, so that the student can use basic commands to prepare two-dimensional architectural plans, render them and have the ability to produce a complete engineering project.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 6

This course is a continuation of Computer-Aided Architectural Drawing, focusing on three-dimensional drawing and rendering techniques using AutoCAD, in addition to applying lighting settings, backgrounds and other three-dimensional drawing aids using special architectural programs such as 3D MAX/Cinema 4D. Other related programs are also introduced.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 6

Advanced training on a complete architectural project using Revit software and preparing various types of drawings and executive architectural details, and training on rendering two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings.

🏗️ Architectural Design Courses

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 6

This course is the beginning of the transition from basic design principles to architectural design, which is done through designing real and specific projects instead of abstract formations and compositions. It focuses on designing a complete engineering project in terms of form and function through designing buildings that have a direct relationship with the student's life experience, such as residential buildings (villas and residential apartments), branch banks and branch post offices. This is due to the ease of understanding their elements and the relationship of these elements to each other, as well as the ease of identifying administrative methods used in service buildings, which enables the student to understand the purpose of design, which is to achieve benefit by facilitating the use process for activities to be practiced in the buildings to be constructed.

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 6

Designing buildings indirectly related to students' life experience and focusing on complex functional relationships, such as service buildings (clinic, maternity centers, police station, commercial buildings - central market, arcade, agency) and educational buildings (kindergarten, school). The design of projects is based on foundational studies and integrated programs within the framework of laws and regulations governing the activity or activities practiced in the building to be designed, as well as within the framework of building laws and regulations specific to the location of the building to be designed.

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 6

This course aims to develop students' abilities to deal with buildings they have not experienced or lived with, and includes lectures on social, functional, economic, technical and artistic aspects with emphasis on foundational study and dealing with land topography and site analysis, taking into account structural aspects. Projects include multi-functional buildings such as hotels, cultural buildings (theater, museum, library and exhibition), sports clubs.

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 8

This course aims to complete the development of students' abilities with the same previous methodology, but with more complex buildings, whether at the level of multiple functions or limited building site and difficult topography, with emphasis on selecting the structural system and materials.

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 8

Designing public buildings such as office buildings, hotels, hospitals subject to building organization legislation and public health conditions, civil defense and environmental protection. Modern technology is also employed in electrical and mechanical works, fire fighting and acoustics.

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 8

Designing complex buildings with investment and cultural character such as tourist village, low-income housing, multi-purpose commercial complex, cultural complex (theaters, showrooms, libraries, conference hall, studios, etc.), where modern technology is employed in their design.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course aims to introduce the basic principles and methodology in design. The course develops ideas and skills in forming abstract two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in addition to building models to implement various architectural and artistic formation elements. It also aims to develop design skills, reviewing the steps of the design process with emphasis on form composition and interaction between form and space, containment and spatial relationships with each other. It reviews matters related to space, form and system and transforming them into meaning. It takes care of spatial function and architectural construction with linking them to the site, in addition to practicing the study and documentation of existing buildings.

🔨 Building Construction and Implementation

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course focuses on everything related to building construction and implementation, from laying out the building on site, construction implementation methods and structural systems, structural elements from foundations of all types, columns, beams and walls. It will also address the forces affecting foundations, soil bearing capacity and identification of building materials, and construction with brick, cement, metal and wood.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

Study of finishing materials and their types (plaster, wood, gypsum, paints), doors, windows (metal and aluminum sections).

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

Study of all architectural working drawings and their importance for implementation aspects (dimension plan, furniture plan, finishes plan, false ceiling plan, sections with all details and dimensions, architectural elevations), in addition to studying all architectural details. The course aims to graduate students capable of preparing architectural plans and details necessary to implement a project according to standards and Jordanian code.

🌿 Environmental and Sustainable Architecture

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course focuses on different climate elements as a basic influence on the design process, thermal balance of buildings and humans, designing and using shadow ruler in determining shadow and sun periods needed for buildings and designing sun breakers using shadow ruler. Study of wind movement inside and outside buildings, solar energy and its applications in buildings, traditional environmental solutions in different climate regions, introducing students to water harvesting systems and methods and the importance of their application as a design element, and the water circulation process in buildings where it has become important to redo sanitary installations so that wastewater networks are separated from each other. Gray water can be used for watering plants in the house garden, while water loaded with organic materials and human waste is discharged to public sewers to reach purification plants. Examples of traditional architecture in Arab countries and its consideration of climate and sustainable architecture.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course aims to understand environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture, which is the process of designing buildings in a way that respects the environment, taking into account reducing energy, materials and resources consumption while reducing the effects of construction and use on the environment, with organizing harmony with nature.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 2 | Practical: 2

Introduction to natural and artificial lighting in buildings and study of acoustics principles, sound insulation, and practical applications through the use of measuring devices in the field of lighting and acoustics.

2 Credit Hours | Theory: 2 | Practical: 0

This course focuses on designing water supply systems in buildings and residential communities, water treatment methods, cold and hot water tanks, sanitary drainage systems for buildings and sites, rainwater drainage systems, waste handling, hot and warm water systems, heating and air conditioning systems, solar energy, elevators and escalators, fire fighting systems.

🏙️ Urban Planning and Housing

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

Study of urban planning fundamentals, its emergence and development as a tool to address planning and architectural issues in specific areas of the city and focus on the importance of housing for developing societies and focus on models for solving the housing problem for different income groups and providing services with examples from Arab countries, Jordan and globally.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course aims to introduce students to the history and principles of urban design and the development of the city in its various functional and organic aspects as a response to influencing factors including social, human, administrative and political, economic and demographic. Theoretical and applied studies of the built environment, the concept of urban spaces and their typology, land use, movement, urban indicators and methods used in visual analysis and understanding the character and image of the place, and the social and economic impacts on the urban formation of the city.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course includes introducing the principles of site design and the philosophical and functional foundations and their historical development, study of engineering and natural design of sites, fundamentals and methods of design to achieve harmony, unity, expression and others. The student learns about different techniques and using computers in site design operations.

📋 Professional Practice and Project Management

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course focuses on presenting everything related to provisions and legislation, building and organization regulations, building codes, contracting contract, in addition to principles of professional practice that define the responsibilities and authorities of the architect in the field, and their relationship with official and private entities concerned with building construction.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

Dealing with precise technical concepts of contracts and various engineering agreement documents, study of the concept of agreements locally and internationally such as FIDIC system, study of the relationship between the three parties of work, understanding the general technical specifications for buildings from preparation level to finishes level considering building materials, building technology, different measurement methods and various legal dimensions.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

Introduction to project management in terms of the dimensions it represents, its branches and inputs.

3 Credit Hours | Practical Training

Includes preparing students (after completing 90 credit hours) for professional life through training for 8 weeks in official and private institutions in the field of architecture. Students must demonstrate the professional and practical skills they acquired during discussion with the training supervisors assigned to them.

⚙️ Mandatory Supporting Courses

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

Introduction to surveying and its types, basic principles and definitions in surveying, types of measurements, scale, errors in surveying measurement operations, linear measurements, directions, leveling, leveling work for longitudinal and cross sections, contour lines, theodolite, calculating areas and volumes. Applications on linear measurements with tape and electronic devices, measuring horizontal and vertical angles, surveying and staking out details, measuring elevations and making sections, measuring target heights, making contour and topographic maps, applications on planimeter, compass and slope measuring tools.

2 Credit Hours | Theory: 2 | Practical: 0

This course aims to introduce force systems, equilibrium, structures (trusses and frames), distributed forces (center of gravity and center of area), beams (shear force and bending moment), moment of inertia, stress and strain conditions, stresses in composite bodies, thermal stresses, bending stress and strain, shear stress and strain, deflection of vertically loaded elements, torsion. Also introduction to structures in architecture, structural systems, structural elements and their materials, trusses and their analysis methods, beams and bending moment and shear diagrams, analysis of statically determinate frames, indeterminate structures advantages and their degree of indeterminacy, deflection and its calculation, approximate methods for solving indeterminate structures, use of tables and data for approximate analysis, computer methods.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course aims to define the properties of concrete and steel, design by working stress method, using Jordanian code for calculating ultimate loads, design by ultimate limit method, singly and doubly reinforced sections.

🎓 Engineering Projects

1 Credit Hour | Theory: 1 | Practical: 0

The student selects an architectural project that can be proposed in real life in any country and presents a theoretical study in the form of research containing all the information, analyses and programs related to the project from site analysis, similar examples and initial ideas to embody later in Engineering Project (2).

4 Credit Hours | Theory: 0 | Practical: 8

Formulating the final alternative after the evaluation stage of the three design alternatives reached in the first stage. Then developing this alternative to its final form to reach a complete project in light of analysis data and factors affecting the design process.

⭐ Elective Courses (9 Credit Hours)

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course aims to reduce the consumption of natural energies and to use natural materials in construction. This type of architecture achieves two extremely important goals at the same time: firstly, it reduces pressure on non-renewable natural energy resources, and secondly, it enhances the use and increases the efficiency of using the architectural system.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course aims to continue developing students' skills in using computer drawing and rendering programs for architecture and introducing them to more advanced programs with focus on specialized programs for architectural output, and forming their ability to apply them in the rendering process for complete architectural projects including interior architecture and architectural site design.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 3 | Practical: 0

This course addresses special topics in issues of architectural aesthetics and urban studies in addition to architectural and applied aspects.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course aims to enhance students' abilities to use computers as a means for three-dimensional modeling, creating models, and analyzing and evaluating architectural design models. Students are introduced to concepts of wireframe modeling, surface modeling, solid modeling, parametric modeling, and generative design, and are exposed to software tools such as 3D Studio Max, Rhino and the graphic algorithm editor Grasshopper. Students are also introduced to the principles of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how to use it, through tools such as Autodesk Revit and other analysis tools, to model, analyze and evaluate designs, with focus on finding models and performance-based evaluation.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

Introduction to project tendering methods and bill of quantities. Familiarity with Jordanian contracting contract document for construction projects. Understanding the specifications required in projects and familiarity with Jordanian specifications for projects. Ability to calculate quantities for various elements in the project and prepare bill of quantities.

3 Credit Hours | Theory: 1 | Practical: 4

This course is an introduction to producing construction documents used in the building industry using computer programs. It also develops the preliminary design to include details in materials and construction-related information. Construction plans and documents contain a complete set of plans for floors, elevations, site plan, foundations, construction type, roof plans, wall details, sections showing roof details and layers, interior and exterior finishing details, door and window schedules. In this course, students' computer drawing skills are developed and office management is also discussed.