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▪ Satisfy CAD requirements
▪ Satisfy Program requirements
▪ Satisfy Experiential Learning /Community Link requirements (e.g., Co-Op, internship, senior
project, etc).

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.

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

NUMBER OF CREDITS ARCH ID
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS 23 23
COLLEGE | DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS 28 28
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 78 81
APPROVED ELECTIVES 9 6
Total 138 138

The CAD curricular design is composed of four types of courses as described above:
University, College|Department, Program, and Elective. All CAD 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 Architecture and Design University Required
Courses.