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First Semester

FSC 111 - INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY

  1. Unifying themes in biology.
  2. Concepts common to all living things.
  3. Organization of life.
  4. Properties of life: cells, tissues, organs, organ systems.
  5. Metabolism: Anabolism and catabolism.
  6. Cell structure and functions.
  7. Taxonomy.
  8. Homoeostasis .
  9. Ecology .
  10. Heredity and Evolution (geological time chart and natural selection) .
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FSC 112 - INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY

  1. SI units and prefixes.
  2. Accuracy and Precision.
  3. Significant figures.
  4. Stoichiometry .
  5. Balancing Redox equations.
  6. Quatum numbers and laws/principles.
  7. Chemical kinetics .
  8. Chemical equilibrium.
  9. Thermodynamics.
  10. Thermochemistry .
  11. Electrochemistry .
  12. Introduction to Organic Chemistry .
  13. Simple organic compounds reactions .
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FSC 114 - INTRODUCTORY MATHEMATICS

  1. Sets and Operations with real numbers.
  2. Polynomials.
  3. Rational expression.
  4. Stoichiometry .
  5. Inequalities.
  6. Quadratic equations and application.
  7. Logarithmic functions.
  8. Sequences and Series
  9. Binomial theorem
  10. Trigonometry
  11. The Cartesian Coordinate System
  12. Circle.
  13. Complex Numbers.
  14. Mathematical Induction
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FSC 115 - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

  1. Physical quantities
  2. Dynamics and motion laws
  3. Mechanical equilibrium
  4. Elasticity and Plasticity.
  5. Introduction to Hydrostatics.
  6. Thermodynamics.
  7. Gas laws and Kinetic theory of Gases.
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GST 102 - PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC

  1. Problems and Scope of Philosophy.
  2. Metaphysics as a branch of Philosophy .
  3. Epistemology as a branch of Philosophy.
  4. Ethnics and Aesthetics.
  5. Socio-Political Philosophy.
  6. Logic: Its Nature and Scope.
  7. Fallacies and Conditional Statements.
  8. Basic Concepts of Quantification Theory.
  9. Elements of Formal Logic
  10. Man, Philosophy, Science and Technology.
  11. The Rise and Development of Science and Technology.
  12. Environmental Philosophy.
  13. Common Features of Science .
  14. Epistemological Appraisal of Scientific Methodology.
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GST 105 - USE OF ENGLISH

  1. Listening Skills.
  2. Speaking Skills.
  3. Rational expression.
  4. Reading Skills.
  5. Writing Skills.
  6. Vocabulary.
  7. Grammar.
  8. Library.
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Second Semester

GPS 121 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICS

  1. Definition of Applied and Environmental Geophysics.
  2. Geophysical methods.
  3. Matching geophysical methods to applications.
  4. Planning a geophysical survey - general survey.
  5. Planning strategy.
  6. Survey constraints
  7. Geophysical survey design - target identification,Optimum line configuration Selection of station intervals, Noise, data analysis, problem of ambiguity in geophysical interpretation.
  8. History of seismic explorations and activities.
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GLY 121 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOlOGY

  1. Definition of Geology and its branches.
  2. Structure of the earth and its solar system.
  3. History of the Earth(origin).
  4. Formation of the crust, hydrosphere and biosphere.
  5. Classification, properties and description of major minerals, rock types and occurence of economic minerals.
  6. Theory of evolution of organism.
  7. Distribution and classification of major fossil groups and their occurence and uses.
  8. Introduction to basic principles and concept of historical general geology and stratigraphy.
  9. The Geological time scale
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