Courses

 

مواد الكلية

Animal and plant tissues, Mammalian circulation, immune system, gas exchange, controlling the internal environment, nervous system and motor mechanism.  Transport in plants, plant nutrition, plant reproduction and development.
Eco-distribution and adaptations of organisms, population ecology and community ecology.

This course deals with the cell as a unit of structure of all living organisms. It includes: Cell theory. Principles and technology of microscopy, biological membranes: Ultrastructure and function and their role in controlling cellular responses to cell matrix. Intracellular compartments:  Endoplasmic reticulum, golgi complex, lysosomes and peroxisoms ultrastructure and function. Energy transformers:  Mitochondria and chloroplasts. The course concentrates also on the nuclear ultrastructure. Chromatin and DNA packaging. Nucleolus and ribosome’s biosynthesis.  Cell cycle and mechanism of cell division.  Also studies cellular junctions. Adhesions and extracellular structures.  Cell-to-substratum interactions. Transient differentiations associated with surface activity.  Motile cell processes.  Plant cell wall and plasmodesmata and bacterial cell wall.  The course investigates also the structural elements of cytoskeleton, microtubules, microfilaments and intermediate filaments ultrastructure and functions.  Cellular movement: motility and contractility and cell-to cell signaling.  The course deals also with cellular aspects of cancer, aging and death.

Motion in One Dimension, Vectors, Motion in Two Dimensions, The Laws of Motion, Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton’s Laws, Work and Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy, Linear Momentum and Collisions, Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis, Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum.

DNA structure, techniques of gene analysis, chromosome structure and cell division, immunogenetics, Cancer, genes in kindreds, somatic cell hybridization, cytogenetics, multifactorial inheritance, the human gene map, heritability, population statistics, genetic testing in individuals and populations, human biochemical disorders, gene therapy, hereditary defects with altered drug responses, genetic counseling.

Motion in a Straight Line, Motion in two Dimensions, Newton’s Laws of Motion, STATICS, Work, Energy, and Power, Linear Momentum, Temperature and the Behavior of Gases, Thermodynamics, Thermal Properties of Matter, Electric Forces, Electric Fields, Electric Potentials, Direct Currents.

Students perform 12 experiments of 3 hr/ week duration. These experiments are: Electric Field Mapping, Specific Charge of Copper Ions, Power Transfer, Potentiometer, Capacitors: RC Time Constant, Kirchhoff's Laws, Magnetic Field of a Current, Lenses, Young's Double Slit Experiment, Electromagnetic Induction, Ohm's Law.

Students perform exercises  involving filing and shaping of metals, marking, drilling and tapping work pieces, and using the lathe.

Nature of Light; Huygens's Principle; Fermat's Principle; Wave Equations; Superposition of Waves; Interference of Light; Optical interferometry; Production of Polarized Light; Fraunhofer Diffraction; Diffraction Grating.

Atomic and Nuclear Structure, Radiation Sources, Radioactivity and Radiation, Interaction of Radiation with Matter, Radiation Units And Limits, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Radiation Protection , Radiation Hazard And Dosimetry, Biological Effects of Radiation, Radiation and Life (Application).

Complex Numbers, Linear Equations; Vectors Matrices and Determinants, Partial Differentiation, Multiple Integrals, Vector Analysis, Fourier Series, Ordinary Differential Equations.

This course is an interdisciplinary course that requires the knowledge of basic Physics and Mathematics and utilization of computational and programming techniques to implement a solution.  The course introduces a wide selection of computer-powered mathematical tools for doing physics and mathematics problems.  It will introduce software packages starting with basic instructions and commands.  Students are exposed to the following packages: ( Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, ...etc) in real and complex algebra, trigonometry, linear algebra, differential equations, special functions, and graphics.  Some applications to intermediate physics course problems will be addressed including : Optics, Waves and Vibrations, Modern Physics, Thermal Physics,....etc.  Document preparation and programming is in the manner of a research paper.

Students perform 12 experiments of 3 hr/week duration. These experimental are: Measurements, Diode and Transistor Characteristics, Rectification and Filtering, Zener Diode and Regulation, Transistor Biasing, Transistor Amplifiers , Operational Amplifiers, Comparators, Oscillations (Sine Wave), Oscillations (Relaxation), Logic Gates.

Number Systems and Codes, Digital Electronic Signals and Switches, Basic Logic Gates, Boolean Algebra and Reduction Techniques, Exclusive-OR and Exclusive-NOR Gates, Arithmetic Operations and Circuits, Code Converters, Multiplexers, and De-multiplexers, Flip-Flops and Registers, Practical Considerations for Digital Design, Counter Circuits, Shift Registers, Multi-vibrators and the 555 Timer, Interfacing to the Analog World, Microprocessor Fundamentals.

This course deals with the following topics: Male reproductive system, spermatogenesis, oogenesis, fertilization, assisted reproduction technology, cleavage, gastrulation, neurulation, and early human development.
In addition, the course covers development of the following: The skin and its derivatives; the central nervous system, the sense organs; the heart and major blood vessels, the excretory and the reproductive systems, the limbs, the digestive system; the respiratory system. Also a study of the fetal membranes, parturition, and twinning is covered.

Newtonian Mechanics, Oscillations, Gravitation, Lagrangian Dynamics, Central Force Motion