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STRUCTURE OF UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The structure of undergraduate academic programs consists of the following elements:
▪ University Requirements: set of core academic subjects that all PSU students in a
college must take.
▪ College Requirements: set of courses designed to meet the specific needs of individual
colleges
▪ Program Requirements: set of courses designed to meet the specific needs of individual
degree programs
▪ Major or Field of Specialization Requirements: set of core subjects that constitute the
main areas of knowledge in a particular field of specialization of each academic degree
▪ Electives: a discrete number of courses allotted in each academic degree that can expand
the students' knowledge in their fields of specialization or to broaden the range of their
intellectual pursuits
▪ Experiential Learning or Community Link: set of programs or activities targeted to enrich
the students' knowledge through practical experience, observations of real work
behaviors, and hands-on application of knowledge gained from classroom lectures and
discussions to actual situations such as solving real organization problems and concerns
▪ Language of Instruction: except for those subjects that are devoted to the study of the
Arabic Language and Islamic Studies, the medium of instruction at PSU is English.

CE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Students seeking a degree in the CE must take a minimum of 138 credits according to the
framework illustrated in the CE program table below.

NUMBER OF CREDITS CNE EM
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS 23 23

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS 54 45
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (INCLUDING TWO TECHNICAL APPROVED ELECTIVES APPROVED ELECTIVES) 51 60

FIELD EXPERIENCE / INTERNSHIP 10 10

Total 138 138

The CE curricular design is composed of four types of courses as described above: University,
College, Program, and Elective. All CE degree programs share the same list of university
requirements but differ in the composition of college|department and program
requirements. Below are the College of Engineering University Required Courses.