0401103

English for Development Communication

This course is a first level English course designed for students who are entering the major programs. A major component of the course will be the further development of reading and writing skills. However, the integrated approach focuses on the skills of listening and speaking, leading to the strengthening of general aspects of communication. The following items will also be features of the course:

• Vocabulary development
• Principles and skills of independent work and thought
• Use of technology, particularly the computer to practice listening activities.

0401104

English for Academic Writing

The aim of this course is to develop students’ composition skills and improve sentence structure and the mechanics of writing. The course deals with academic writing and/or writing for academic purposes using a process-oriented approach. Students writing will involve extensive drafting and redrafting with individual input and tutorials. An important component of the course will be a research project combining original ideas with the ideas of others into a professional evidence-based written formats with appropriately constructed in-text citations and references. The course also reviews sentence structure and punctuation rules.

0402101

Computer Applications

This course is an introduction to basics of computer systems. It introduces students to basic computer concepts and terminology in hardware, software, networking, and security. It also includes labs activities to teach and enhance students’ skills on widely used office software including applications for word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation.

0405102

Arabic Communication Skills

This course provides an efficient and sufficient knowledge of the Arabic language basic functional skills, highlighting the close correlation and integration among such skills through writing, reading and comprehension applications of the grammatical functional rules as well as particular approaches of the language, such as affirmation, conditional, exclamation etc. Moreover, this course provides an insight into the origins, components & derivatives of the Arabic language along with applying them on reading, listening and writing functional skills, like internal brief, letter, report and search papers writing.

0406112

Culture and Islamic Studies

This course unfolds the Islamic culture principles subject to the Islamic scholars' reasoning methodologies. Furthermore, the course provides us with an explanation of a number of significant human being life systems from Islam point of view comparatively to other civilizations and perspectives. It also sheds light on the proper Islamic doctrine together with its perspective of existence, the optimal human being lifestyle and the evolution methods of the man/woman based on Islamic thinking, commitment and behavior through studying the Islamic thought as a theory and the Islamic rules as a practical application.

  0407111

Critical & Creative Thinking

The course introduces discussions of the topics in systematic manner to enhance the creativity and research methodologies. It is an introduction to the basic principles and techniques in critical thinking and innovative creativity. Relevant theories along with realistic examples to show how the theories are applied will be introduced. The course aims to help students generate new ideas to solve issues and problems and to appreciate the different theoretical ethics of reasoning and creativity in analysis, decision making and personal moral values.

  0407112

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The purpose of this course is to equip students with practices that are associated with creative thinking and innovative outcomes. The course explores how to generate creative ideas using mindsets and practices exhibited by successful innovators. Students will have opportunities for practice, experimentation and feedback. This course emphasizes on practical strategies that anyone can adopt while focusing on the origin of innovative ideas to provide a foundation for subsequent courses on implementation and organizational change.

  0407115

Psychology and Communication Skills

This course is an introduction to the basics of psychology and its application in human communication. The course provides overview of major areas in the field of psychology including psychological research, biopsychology, memory, sensation & perception, consciousness, and personality. It addresses the communications and behavioral skills which will lead to developing an appreciation for multiple perspectives in a multicultural society

  0407239

Ecosystem and Human Health

This course introduces the key concepts of ecosystems and health, emphasizing how they are related and the implications of this relationship to human wellbeing. Students explore the relationships between ecosystems and health. The course provides knowledge, skills and approaches of relevance to problem solving in both personal and professional settings. Topics include: Introduction to ecosystems, Ecology, environmental science, and human health outcomes, Ecological assessment methods, Environmental assessment methods and Planning to prevent noninfectious conditions in ecosystems & humans.

0407252  

UAE Society

This course introduces the UAE society in political, geographic, cultural, demographic and social terms. Students are encouraged to thinking on the society development in the light of the rapid changes caused by modernity & globalization, including the following topics: Emirates Geography & History, Aspects of Political, Economic & Social Development Life, Cultural Life before & after the UAE Union.

0501220

Business Reporting

This course introduces all aspects of written and oral communication applicable to the business world to the students. The course focuses on reporting mechanisms for business, industry, and government. Furthermore, written business correspondence (memos, letters, reports, e-mail, and resumes); analysis and interpretation of business problems; basic writing, editing, and presentation skills; and interpersonal communication; and ethical and legal considerations in the communication process are also included in the course that helps students to enhance their knowledge and communication skills.

  0509101

Principles of Statistics

This is an introductory statistics course.  Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts such as organizing data, measure of central tendency, measures of dispersion, normal distribution probability concepts, sampling, regression & correlation analyses, and computer application of these concepts.