THE PREPARATORY ENGLISH PROGRAM
A major portion of the teaching time of the two 15-week semesters in the Preparatory Year is assigned to English Language courses. These intensive courses, to which all new students are initially admitted, are designed to equip them with solid basis of English and are common to both Engineering Technology and Business students. The PEP courses are listed below:
| Semester | Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Contact Hours | Credit Hours |
|---|
| LT | LB/T | Total |
|---|
| First | ELC 001 | English I | 10 | 12 | 22 | 13 |
| Second | ELC 002 | English II (Tech.) | 10 | 12 | 22 | 13 |
| ELC 003 | English II (Bus.) | 20 | 2 | 22 | 13 |
THE SPECIALIZATION ENGLISH PROGRAM
As part of their degree requirements, all students are required to take a certain number of courses in the ELC which are designed to enable them to cope better with the demands of their specialization areas. These courses develop their language skills to a higher level to handle technical and communicational proficiencies they need in their majors. The SEP courses are given below:
| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Contact Hours | Credit Hours |
|---|
| LT | LB/T |
|---|
| ELC 103 | English III | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| ELC 104 | English IV | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ELC 205 | Technical Writing | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ELC 407 | Advanced English | 1 | 3 | 2 |
