The main objective of this course (English I) is to encourage the leaners to acquire the English language skills they need to pursue their specialized courses in different Departments of the Faculty. In order to achieve this purpose, emphasis should be relied upon the formal grammar of the language, reading and writing activities in the classroom and listening comprehension and note-taking practice in the language laboratory. Undoubtedly, this can help the students to express themselves freely while dealing with technical terminology, vocabulary items and structures related to their subject areas. The overall program is a complimentary and prerequisite course for all Engineering Departments (Four hours per week). It covers the following:- Intensive Reading of different passages containing materials the students need to follow their departmental courses (vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, contextual references, affixation, etc.).

Review of Arabic courses taken in high school, including construction of Arabic sentence, spelling and punctuation (Part one).

· Review: sets, inequalities and absolute values inequalities. · Functions: definition, limits, continuity, asymptotic lines, and derivatives (definition, theorems, chain rules, implicit differentiation, rates of change, derivative of higher order). · Trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions and their derivatives. · Applications: slop of a tangent, the differential and approximations, the critical points, the relative and absolute maxima and minima, concavity and points of inflection, curve sketching, Roll’s theorem, mean value theorem, and L’hopital’s rule.

Waves: Wave equations, traveling waves and stationary waves; principles of superposition, Doppler Effect. Sound; Definitions, velocity of sound in air and material media and its variation, velocity of transverse & longitudinal vibration in wires and rods. Echoes briefly. Optics: properties of light, the electromagnetic character of light; sources of light and their spectra, absorption & scattering, dispersion, polarization of light. Heat, thermal equilibrium, Temperature measurement, heat as a form of energy, work, general gas Law, 1st Law of thermodynamics and its applications.

Statics of particles; forces in plane and spree; statics of rigid bodies : Equivalent system of forces; equilibrium in two and three dimensions, work and energy, analysis of trusses, frames, and machines, free body diagram; kinematic; stability friction, centroids and center of gravity-lines, area and volumes. Moment of inertia of areas and masses.

Industrial safety; engineering materials and their mechanical and physical properties; classifications, ferrous and nonferrous metals, natural and synthetic materials; introduction to manufacturing processes: casting, welding, forging, rolling, extrusion; sheet metal working methods, metal machining.

This program (English II) aims at developing the students' scientific and vocational skills. It is specially designed to introduce the learners to the basic patterns of technical terminology at the introductory stage and thereafter deals with more advanced topics. Thus the students can go further and become creative by way of discussion and various original contributions to the materials. It also offers an opportunity for the learners to evolve their communicative competence and comprehend their departmental contents with a restricted period of time. However, this course tends to give instructions to the learners in a variety of subjects such as:- Intensive Reading of passages (texts) including materials to students' needs with comprehension questions, contextual references, vocabulary exercises and affixation and so forth. The study of scientific and technical vocabulary which involves the use of dictionary, spelling, picking up the meaning form the context, rules of affixation, etc. Description of the laboratory experiments. Revision and study of basic English verb tenses, active and passive voice in scientific technical English. The English noun phrases, relative clauses, deletion of relative relation in active and passive voice. The study of English pronouns, adjectives, adverbial phrases, etc. Summary Writing.

Review of Arabic courses taken in high school, including construction of Arabic sentence, spelling and punctuation (Part two).

Writing technical reports, Report preparation and presentation. Preparation of minutes of meetings. Translation of technical document.

· Integration: definite and indefinite integrals, and their applications (area under a curve, area bounded by two curves, solids of revolution (disc method)). · Transcendental functions: exponential, logarithm functions, the hyperbolic functions, hyperbolic inverse functions, and their derivatives and integrations · Techniques of integration: (change of variables to find integrations, integration by parts, integration by substations, integration using partial fraction, reduction formulas). · The complex numbers: (definition, properties, conjugates, absolute values, polar forms, and determining roots). · Functions of several variables: (partial derivatives, implicit differentiation, chain rule and its applications, total differentiation and its applications, total differentiation of derivatives of second and higher order, maxima and minima, and Lagrange multiplier method).

Electrostatics: changes and fields, the electric potential; electric current; the magnetic field, electric fields in matter. Photoelectric effect, Einstein’s explanation and quantum theory of the hydrogen atom. Radioactive decay law derivation.

Some experiments related to GS115 course.

Introduction; definitions, conventions. Instrument, dimensioning, some geometrical constructions; e.g., drawing of some polygons, parallel lines, line and arc tangents. Projection; theory, types of projection, one view projection, multi-view projection, first and third angle projection, applications, including missing line views. Sectional vie s; complete section, half section, pant section, removed sections, revolved section, and applications.

Experiments about sound, light, electricity, magnetism, heat and electro-chemical conversion.

Introduction, the purpose of Descriptive Geometry, different types of projection. Representation of point, line arid plane. Position problems. Metric problems. Projection on auxiliary views. Polyhedrons, development and intersections. Circle and sphere. Cone and cylinder. Curved surfaces, development arid Intersection.

Linear Algebra. · Definition of matrices, Types of matrices, and their properties. · Operations on matrices and their properties. · Elementary row operations and reduced row form (Echelon form) · Systems of linear equations and their solutions using reduced matrix and matrix inverses. · Determinants, their properties, and a determinant formula for matrix inverse. · System of linear equations and their solutions using Cramer’s rule and using elementary transformations. · Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and the Hamilton Cayley theorem. · Introduction to fields (Real, complex), vectors, linearly dependent and independent vectors, basis, and dimension. Dot product, cross product, and their applications. · Calculus of vectors; functions of vectors and their derivatives, gradient, divergence and curl. The vector differential operator del.

Geology and the earth, Plate Tectonics, Minerals, Igneous Rocks, Plutons and Volcanoes, Weathering and Soil, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Geologic Time, Earthquakes and Earth’s Structure, Ocean Basins, Geologic Structures, Mass Wasting, Streams and Lakes, Groundwater, Deserts. Glaciers and Ice age, Coastlines, Geologic Resources.

Introduction to dynamics. Kinematics of particles; Kinematics of rigid bodies. Three-dimensional motion of a particle relative to a rotating frame (Coriolis acceleration). D’Alembert’s principle. Kinetic energy of a rigid body in plane motion. Kinetics of rigid bodies in three dimensions; motion of a gyroscope. Introduction to mechanical vibrations.

Some experiments related to GE129 course prepared by specified department.

Introduction; theory of measurements and errors, type of measurements, type of errors, error propagation, survey field notes , linear measurement , taping, EDM, leveling , curvature and refraction, instruments, differential leveling , trigonometric leveling , angles , bearing , azimuths, the compass survey, theodolite instrument, field operations with theodolite, traversing ,traverse computations, areas and volumes.

Behaviour of real and ideal gases; the first law of thermodynamics and its applications; the second law of thermodynamics; the third law of thermodynamics; electromotive force; thermodynamics of electrochemical cells; chemical kinetics; reaction rates including zeroth, first, second and third order reactions. Introduction to stability.

Ordinary differential equations · Basic definitions, first order and first degree differential equations (Separable Equations, Homogeneous and nearly homogeneous equations, Exact equations, Integrating factors, linear equations, Bernoulli equation, Riccati equation, brief discussion of existence and uniqueness of a solution, orthogonal trajectories). · Linear higher order differential equations: theoretical considerations, constant coefficient case, nonhomogeneous equation (variation of parameters method, undetermined coefficients method), and Euler’s differential equation. · Laplace transformations and its inverse, calculating Laplace transformation and its invers, using Laplace transformation on solving linear equations. · System of linear differential equations; solution of differential equations in series; gamma, beta function, Bessel function, modified Bessel function, Legendre polynomials; Spherical harmonics, hyper geometric functions.

Introduction to computer science; basic principles of computer structure; basic components of programming languages; problem solving steps; Algorithms; introduction to Programming Language; Tokens; Values & variables; Input & Output statements; Statements, Expressions and Operators; Flow of Controls (if, if..elseif, switch statements, ternary operator); Iteration and loops (while, do-while and for loop statements); Continue and Break statements; Built-in functions, User defined functions; Scope of variables (global, local and static variables); Arrays (one dimensional array, 2 dimensional array , multi-dimensional arrays); some arithmetic operations on arrays; Arrays and functions; File I/O, files and streams, opening and closing files, reading & writing text files; other data types (i.e. structures, pointers)

Measurements of density; viscosity; phase-equilibria; kinetics of first order reaction (inversion of sucrose); refractive index; equilibrium constant (by means of electrical conductivity, Ka of succinic acid; molecular weight determination (Victor Mayer); thermodynamics of galvanic cells (Zinc-Copper electrodes).

Motivations and opportunities, Structural mapping techniques and tools, Characterizing structures using differential geometry, Physical quantities, fields, dimensions, and scaling, Deformation and flow, Force, traction, and stress, Conservation of mass and momentum, Elastic deformation, Brittle behavior, Viscous flow, Rheological behavior, Model development and methodology.

Crystallization, crystal symmetry, crystal systems, forms, habits, elements of crystal chemistry, Bravais Lattice.  physical properties of minerals, chemical properties of mineral crystals (Isomorphism, Polymorphism. psedomorphism), ionic substitution, solid solution, descriptive mineralogy, native minerals, Sulfides, Oxides……, and Silicates. Studying physical properties, occurrence, and uses of important economic and rock-forming minerals. Studying Igneous rocks, origin, composition, texture, and classification. Studying Metamorphic rocks, origin of contact and regional metamorphism, properties and classification. Studying Sedimentary rocks, origin of detrital and chemical sedimentary rocks, composition, texture, and classification. Lab: Crystal models to identify symmetry and form. Identification and description of the important of some portant economic and rock forming minerals and their thin sections. Hand specimens of ore and rock-forming minerals to identify minerals using physical Properties. Field trips to recognize some rock-forming minerals.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the fields of sedimentology and stratigraphy. Students examine the physical and chemical processes that govern sediment production, transport, and deposition in a variety of environments, and gain expertise in the identification and classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks using various classification schemes. The course also introduces different principles and methods for stratigraphic analysis and correlation. Students incorporate these methods with sedimentological data and observations to describe and interpret sedimentary facies, predict facies architecture, and resolve depositional histories. Students learn associations between tectonic settings and depositional facies, and the tectonic controls on the development of sedimentary basins are presented with a focus on basin development in Libya.

Introduction and definitions, Importance and development of fluid mechanics, Mathematics and physical background, Fluid Static: Pascal Law, Fluid dynamic: Classification of flow, laminar and turbulent, continuity, bernolli, momentum. Open channel flow, Flow through porous media.

Knowledge of basic geochemical principles, Geochemical composition and elemental distribution in Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks, to enhance knowledge of economic minerals in such rocks, Studying geochemical environment with emphasis on pH and Redox potential (Eh) to better understanding Oxidation and Reduction reactions of earth materials.

Overview of rock engineering problems, Index properties of rock system, Engineering classification of rocks, define the characteristics and classification of rock masses, the mechanical properties (strength and failure criteria) of rock discontinuities, Modes of rock failure, Common laboratory strength test for characterizing criteria, Stress-strain behavior in compression, moher-Coulomb failure criterion, The effect of water, deformation behavior of rock masses, The influence of the principal stress ratio on failure, Stress in a rock mass, Initial stresses in rock and their measurement, normal and shear stresses on a plane, problem-solving assign­ments, Exalt sheet.

Hydrological cycle. Precipitation. Evaporation and Transpiration. Infiltration. Stream flow. Stream flow hydrograph. Precipitation and run off relations. Hydrological design (Reservoir and Dams). Hydrological statistics. Climatic change impact on hydrological environment. Laboratory consists of Precipitation measurements. Evaporation and transportation measurements. Infiltration measurements. stream flow measurements. hydrograph analysis statistics analysis.

Introduction to the physical and mechanical properties of highway construction materials. Properties of building stones. Aggregate for concrete. Cement. Lime and its types. Industrial gypsum. Bricks and Tiles and their specifications. Laboratory testing of material properties according to standard specifications.

Basic formation evaluation concepts, borehole environment, principles of resistivity, radiation, thermal and elastic wave measurements and measuring tools, applications to formation evaluation using commercial software packag, lithology plots, saturation, irreducible saturation and porosity studies from well logs. shale sand analysis, complex reservoir analysis, wire-line formation testing, cementing quality monitoring.

Regional study of the geology of Libya through the geological formations from Precambrian to Quaternary with emphasis on tectonic framework, stratigraphy, geologic structures, geomorphology, mineral deposits, groundwater and hydrocarbons. Lab. work includes reading assignments, Analysis of Mapping and Cross Sections.

Introduction of geoengineering, Strength of discontinuities of rock masses, Description of jointed rock masses, Description and rock masses classification, Types of failure: Plane failure; Circular failure; wedge failure, Lab: Rock mass classification; Plane failure; Circular failure; Wedge failure, Excel software application.

Identify the geological origins of petroleum reservoirs and reservoir fluids, describe the history of the oil and gas industry, explain the structure of the modern oil and gas industry, list the various disciplines that make up the petroleum engineering profession; illustrate the differences between conventional and unconventional reservoirs, analyze rudimentary engineering methods, interpret semi-log aapply linear interpolation and regression, analyze statistical descriptions of reservoir data, identify and solve problems requiring simple iteration, and discuss the role of environmental stewardship in the petroleum engineering profession.

Examines endogenic processes originating within the Earth, exogenic processes occurring at the Earth's atmosphere and the way they interact to create landforms. Mechanics of geomorphic processes and the relationships between properties of earth materials and the forces applied to them by gravity, wind, ice, water, waves and humans. Methods of observing and analyzing landforms and geomorphic processes in the field.

Mathematical Preliminaries, Error Analysis, Linear Systems, Nonlinear Equations, Interpolation by Polynomials, Differentiation and Integration, Differential Equations. Differential Equations.

This course covers the principles of soil mechanics and fundamentals of application in geotechnical engineering, This course covers origin of soil and grain size, soil behaviors and mechanical properties of soil, engineering classification of soil, soil compaction, permeability and seepage, in situ stresses, stresses in soil mass, compressibility of soil, shear strength.

Wave theory, interference of waves, electromagnetic spectrum, review and principles of crystallography, physics of x-ray including generation, properties, and hazards, uses and applications of x-rays in geology, mineralogy and engineering, x-ray diffraction, bragg’s law, diffraction methods, basal spacing determination, diffraction directions, determination of mineral phases by powder diffraction methods, x-ray fluorescence, purpose, theory and use of xrf spectrometers, sample preparation and qualitative chemical analysis of rock and mineral samples using xrf techniques, scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis, lab: analysis of rock samples using xrd techniques, interpretation of their resulted xrd patterns, to determine mineral phases, this well is done through home assignments and term papers, quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of rock samples using xrf techniques, this also well be done using xrf analyzed rock samples to determine chemical analysis of these samples, contacting research centers to let students know analyzing x-ray facilities.

Study of the nature, classification, mineral association and origin of ore deposits, a brief history of the use of minerals and the development of economic geology, migration of ore-bearing fluids, structural and chemical controls on ore deposition, zoning in ore minerals, magmatic segregation (cr, ti, fe, ni, cu, pt) deposits, mineral texture and paragenesis, mineral deposits of pegmatites, hydrothermal deposits including epithermal, telethermal, mesothermal, xenothermal. volcanogenic deposits, contact and regional metamorphic deposits, open space filling and replacement, sedimentary deposits, mechanical and chemical, supergene enrichement, examples of economic mineral deposits in the world including placers, precambrian quartz pebble conglomerates, pb-zn deposits, and unconformity-related u deposits, roll front u, and porphery cu deposits, kemberlite pipes, carbonatite ore depoite, and albitite, microclinite, and greisen or deposit, resources ore deposits from the ocean floor, mn- bearing deposits, mineral deposits and plate tectonic, brief studying nonmetallic ore deposits (ground water and oil, natural gas), and ore deposited in libya, lab: maps and cross sections of mineral bodies using drill hole data. study of polished sections of some economic ore deposits, mineral textures of ores

Drilling fluids and hydraulics, Casing and Cementing, Bit technology, Drill string basics, Stuck pipe: stuck pipe problems, Well control, Rotary drilling, Directional drilling, Horizontal drilling, Cost analysis, Technical writing, Drilling in Libya problems.