• Common Courses

• Thesis and Research Project Courses

• Courses in Structural Engineering

• Courses in Water Resources and Hydraulics

• Courses in Transportation Engineering

• Courses in Environmental Engineering

• Courses in Construction Engineering and Management

• Courses in Geotechnical Engineering

• MATH 505 (NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA )

• STAT 503 (PROBABILITY & MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS )

• CE 572 (COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CIVILENGINEERING )

Thesis and Research Project Courses

• CE 596 (THESIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL)

This course is open to students developing Master's thesis students who wish to develop a dissertation or independent research proposal in a structured setting.

• CE 598 (RESEARCH PROJECT IN PLAN B)

Research Project provides students with the opportunity to understand the research process, and to participate in it by analysing, presenting and writing up their research results. The students??research projects are supervised by the Course Convener.

• CE 600 (THESIS IN PLAN A)

The Master's Thesis course runs throughout a full semester and constitutes the final and concluding task in the Master Program in civil engineering. During this course, students will study research methods, will design and do an empirical and/or experimental study and present this in a written report called a Master's thesis and presenting the work in oral presentation.

• CE 501 (DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES)

Design of hydraulic structures, such as canals, drains, culverts, head works, outlet works, regulators, falls, canal transitions, cross drainage works, dams , spillways, energy dissipation structures and flood control structures.

• CE 520 (ADVANCED HYDRAULICS)

Steady pipe flow theory and computations. Design and analyses of sewer network system. Design and analysis of transmission lines. Design and analysis of distribution networks. Unsteady flow; Gradually varied unsteady flow and Rapidly varied unsteady flow, Transient flow equations and methods of solution.

• CE 522 (GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY)

Introduction to groundwater hydrology; occurrence, storage and supply of groundwater; basic differential equations for flow in confined and unconfined aquifers. Steady and unsteady groundwater wells and hydraulics problems; groundwater recharge; saline water intrusion; groundwater modeling; groundwater in Saudi Arabia.

• CE 525 (SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY)

Introduction to surface water hydrology, hydrologic cycle. Hydrologic Principles. Precipitation, Evaporation, Infiltration and Soil Water Movement. Unit hydrograph, Flood hydrograph computation. flood forecasting and frequency analyses; flood; Hydrologic simulation using HEC-HMS.

• CE 527 (WATER RESOURCES PLANNING)

Principles and standards for planning water resources; water uses and water supply alternatives; benefit-cost analysis, economic and financial analysis; environmental impact assessment, legal and institutional aspects; elements of project formulation and appraisal, programming water resources investigations.

• CE 528 (WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS)

Introduction to system engineering optimization by calculus, linear and nonlinear programming, dynamic programming, simulated annealing, chance constraints modeling, and decision analysis. Applications to water resources problems.

• CE 529 (SPECIAL TOPICS IN WATER RESOURCES & HYDRAULICS)

Any special topic related to Water Resources and Hydraulics not covered in the courses. The selected topics may cover flood damage assessment, flood control strategies and systems, application of remote sensing and GIS in rainfall runoff modeling. Such topics depend on student interest and faculty expertise.

• CE 531 (TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS)

An overview of microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow characteristics (flow, speed & density), and their associated techniques such as traffic Stream modeling, capacity and level of service analysis, shock wave analysis, supply-demand analysis, queuing analysis, and simulation modeling.

• CE 532 (ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION PLANNING)

This course offers a detailed treatment of the long-term strategic planning aspects of transport systems. The course provides a broad overview of the concepts, issues, techniques, and possible solutions involved in transport planning and evaluation, including environmental and economic considerations. The course focuses on the issues of assessing sustainable development and its relevance in transport, and the problems it poses to transport planning in developing a sustainable transport system.

• CE 534 (TRAFFIC FLOW OPERATION AND CONTROL)

The course will give master students an overview of concepts in traffic operations and control. Primarily this course will focus on the application of traffic control methods and devices to improve capacity and safety of urban street systems. Emphasis will also be put on the computer aids and the new technology of signal systems, and highway operations.

• CE 536 (ADVANCED GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS)

Design designations and criteria. Integration between horizontal and vertical alignments. At-grade intersections; types and design elements. Interchanges: types and design elements. Design of parking facilities and appurtenances. Surface Drainage. Safety considerations.

• CE 537 (ADVANCED PAVEMENT DESIGN)

The course provides master students an advanced topics in pavement analysis and design The course also includes topics related to pavement rehabilitation. The course covers distresses in flexible and rigid pavements (types, causes, and suggested repair), analysis of pavement performance, evaluation of the structural condition of a pavement, analysis of elastic and viscoelastic layer system, mechanistic-empirical pavement design (AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design), sustainable pavement practices and perpetual pavement, and overlay design for both flexible and rigid pavements. The course may includes a brief review on advanced pavement materials testing if the student does not have a previous knowledge. Beside these topics, the course attempts to address recent topics related to pavement design through reviewing recently published researches. The course also include report/research assignments on the topics covered.

• CE 538 (PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE)

Development of skills in pavement evaluation and maintenance: pavement performance; distresses identification; visual inspection; roughness measurements; skid resistance; structural evaluation; levels and methods of maintenance; and economic analysis of pavement maintenance strategies.

• CE 599 (SPECIAL TOPICS IN TRANSPORTATION)

This course covers a wide range of topics of current interest in planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and / or management of transportation systems. The specific subject will be selected based on the need, student interest and faculty expertise.

• CE 539 (Traffic Safety Analysis)

This course helps in understanding crash research concepts, and it provides a detailed coverage of safety analysis focusing on the methodologies of the Highway Safety Manual. Topics include; crash modification factors, safety performance functions, before-after study methodologies, identification and evaluation of high crash locations, and safety countermeasures to enhance highway safety.

• CE 540 (Intelligent Transportation Systems)

This course aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), focusing on technologies and systems. Topics include: advanced traveler information systems, transportation network operations, public transportation applications, ITS and safety, cooperative ITS, and ITS and mobility.

• CE 541 (Mass Transportation Systems)

This course aims to provide the fundamentals of urban mass transit planning and design. Topics include: estimating transit demand, route design, frequency determination, vehicle and crew scheduling, pricing policy, and service quality and ridership.

• CE 547 (Transportation Logistics planning)

The course will include numerical planning approaches in transport logistics with a focus on implementations in transport systems  as well as the planning and design of logistically oriented service systems.

• CE 548 (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligent Applications in Transportation Systems)

This course aims to introduce the students to the fundamentals of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) and their applications in the transportation sector. Students will get exposed to a wide range of AI applications related to road safety, micro mobility and sustainability. Topics include: exploratory data analysis, regression analysis, classification and clustering algorithms. Moreover, students taking this course will gain hands-on experience of design, and implementation of a technical project using real-world transportation datasets.

• CE 550 (Geographic Information Systems Applications in Transportations)

This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and introduce transportation infrastructure and road safety related data collection, and analytical methodologies and techniques using GIS. Topics include: basics of GIS, geospatial data and geo-referencing techniques, visualization and GIS data query, spatial analysis and modeling, multilayer mapping and overlay analysis, micro and macro simulation models, and heat maps and hotspot analysis.

• CE 551 (Statistical Modeling in Transportation)

This course aims to provide a good understanding of statistical methods to analyze transportation data. Topics include: Poisson model, negative binomial models, models with random effects, univariate and multivariate models, and discrete choice modeling.

• CE 552 (Highway Infrastructure Management)

Processes and techniques of managing rehabilitation and maintenance of highway infrastructure facilities including roads. Evaluation of pavement, and roadway maintenance, the primary emphasis on data collection, life cycle cost analysis, priority setting and optimization, and program development strategies.

• CE 553 (Design and Performance of Airport Pavement)

Pavement types and materials, aircraft traffic consideration and loading analysis, design procedure for flexible and rigid airport pavement. methods of classifying load ratings of aircraft and bearing strengths of airfield pavements, pavement thickness requirements, overlay design, evaluation, and performance of airport pavements.

• CE 554 (Sustainable Transportation Assets Management)

Overview of the multimodal transportation system, data collection processing, and management, transportation performance modeling, transportation needs assessment economic analysis of investment strategies for highway pavement and traffic control and safety, transportation environmental impact analysis, project selection, programming, and trade-off analysis methods.

• CE 555 (Pavement materials and design of asphalt mixes)

The course aim is to provide the graduate students of transportation engineering a thorough knowledge of properties of the various materials used on in Hot Mix Asphalt production. The topics include the testing methods of asphalt cement, aggregate, and hot mix asphalt; and how these tests can be used to predict Hot Mix Asphalt performance. The course also provides the latest improvement in the method of design of Hot Mix Asphalt to satisfy the requirements of different applications in pavement construction field.

• CE 556 (Transportation economy)

Transport system costs and benefits. Engineering economic feasibility and evaluation methods. Evaluation of congestion in transport facilities. Economic regulations in public and private transport sectors. Shadow pricing. Multi-objective evaluation.

• CE 506 (ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY)

The course provides comprehensive coverage of the chemistry of natural and polluted waters and on the applied chemistry of water and wastewater treatment. The course covers dilute aqueous solution chemistry of acid-base reactions, chemical kinetics, equilibrium principles, complex formation, precipitation and dissolution reactions, and oxidation-reduction reactions. These fundamental chemical principles are applied to the natural and polluted water, water, and wastewater treatment processes.

• CE 508 (PHYSICOCHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES)

Fundamentals of process kinetics and reactor engineering. Aeration and gas transfer, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. Adsorption, ion exchange and membrane processes. Chemical sludge treatment and handling.

• CE 509 (BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES)

Kinetics of biological growth. Modeling of suspended and attached growths. Aerobic treatment processes: Trickling filters, rotating biological contactors, activated sludge, Aerated lagoons and stabilization ponds. Sludge treatment.

• CE 543 (PLANNING AND DESIGN OF WATER AND WASTEWATER NETWORKS)

Development of design skills in water distribution and wastewater collection networks: Estimation of flows; systems layout and planning; selection and setting of design criteria; computer network analysis and design. Preparation of design reports for selected local projects.

• CE 544 (ENVIRONMENTAL AIR POLLUTION)

Air pollutants causes, sources, and effect; air emission standards; design of equipment and system for removal of particulate and gaseous pollutants emitted from stationary source; air pollution and meteorology, emission dispersion equations and modeling.

• CE 546 (SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT)

Study of the engineering and management principles, practices, and techniques for the management and disposal of solid wastes. Topics include characteristics, generation, transport, processing, resource recovery, disposal, landfill design and operation, leachate management, and contaminant transport.

• CE 547 (INDUSTRIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT)

Definition and characteristics of industrial and hazardous wastes. Industrial and hazardous waste generation rates and prevention. Introduction to Industrial and hazardous waste collection, transportation, treatment, monitoring, and disposal. Applicable international, federal, and provincial regulations and initiatives. Municipal services and planning associated with industrial and hazardous waste management. Physical, chemical and biochemical treatment technologies, and disposal methods, including landfilling and incineration. Environmental impact of industrial and hazardous waste management.

• CE 549 (SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING)

Study of special topics in environmental engineering with emphasis on current problems. Participants are expected to write a report and give an oral presentation on an environmental topic of their choice and of local concern. The work may include literature search, laboratory work and field investigation.

• CE 511 (CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL)

This course provides the students an opportunity to study and apply a different planning and scheduling tools and techniques throughout a life cycle of a project.

• CE 512 (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT)

Advanced study and analysis of construction top and upper-middle management responsibilities, on construction management, construction financing, construction safety, inspection and quality control, and disputes and claims. Stresses investigations to improve construction management efficiency and to lower construction costs.

• CE 513 (CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING)

Introduction to the economics, utilization and limitations of large-scale horizontal construction methods. Advanced study of planning, analysis, and methods improvement techniques as applied to public works and energy facilities construction. Emphasizes computer simulation of construction operations and time lapse analysis.

• CE 514 (DECISION MAKING AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION)

Concepts and current issues surrounding construction project evaluation and financing. The use of decision theory in evaluating project feasibility studies. Decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty.

• CE 515 (COST ANALYSIS AND CONTROL)

Basic principles of cost accounting, financial analysis, and cost control. Integration of scheduling and cost control. Systematic cost control as related to job production and historical data.

• CE 516 (CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CONTRACTS)

Basics of contract law; types and selection of construction contracts; essentials of plans and specifications; bidding, awarding and administration of contracts; liability, bonding claims, and other legal aspects associated with construction projects.

• CE 517 (COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION)

Microcomputer applications in construction management, planning, scheduling, cost estimate, and risk analysis. Should also gain exposure to the use of expert systems, data bases and other integrated packages.

• CE 581 (ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS)

• Stress-strain relations, elasticity equations, shear strength theories. Principles of effective stress in saturated and partially saturated soils. Classical plasticity theory, critical state concept._ _Geosynthetics (Types, properties, & function).

• CE 582 (ADVANCED SHALLOW FOUNDATION ENGINEERING)

• Development of design skills in foundation engineering for upnormal soil type and condition, such as foundation on layered soil , sabkha soil ,expansive soil , collapsing soil , weathered and fractured rock material.

• CE 583 (RETAINING STRUCTURES AND SLOPES)

• Limit equilibrium and limit analysis methods. Pressures on earth retaining structures. Analysis, design, and construction of retaining structures. Stability of natural and man-made slopes under various loading conditions.

• CE 584 (GEOTECHNICAL MEASUREMENTS AND EXPLORATION)

• Planning and execution of subsurface exploration. Exploratory holes and sampling. Field instrumentation and testing. Generation of field parameters. Interpretation of field data for planning and design. Special laboratory tests.

• CE 585 (APPLIED ROCK MECHANICS)

• This course is designed to exposure the student to the applications of rock mechanics in engineering practice and to develop his skills with regard to assessment and evaluation of rock mechanics related projects.

• CE 588 (NUMERICAL METHODS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING)

• Numerical versus analytical solution. Approximation and solution of governing differential equations. Basic principles of finite elements, finite difference, and boundary elements methods. Numerical solutions of typical geotechnical engineering problems.

• CE 589 (SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING)

• This course deals with special topics in geotechnical engineering which are of current interest.