Engineering Geology ASE 262

ASE 262 Engineering Geology - 3 lecture hours per week, (3+3)= 6 Units.

Coerequisite: GES 202

Introduction and Overview: engineering geology vs. geology, engineering geology and civil engineering. The Earth Origin and Materials: earth materials and processes, history of the earth- geologic time and eras. Plate Tectonics: continental drift and plate boundaries. Minerals: Minerals physical properties and mineral rock formation. Rocks: major rock groups Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and their characteristics, the rock cycle, weathering and erosion Earthquakes: Magnitude, depth and intensity. Elastic rebound theory Earthquake prediction and protection against damages. Mass Movement: Types of slope failure, Rock slide, control of mass movements. Geological structure: Strike and dip, Folds, Faults: types and structures, Joints. Geologic Maps : construct a geologic cross-section; construct a contour map . Geology of Lebanon: History and Major Formations. Engineering Applications: Geological investigations, Dam engineering, hydrogeology and groundwater, Tunneling.

Workshop & Photo. Laboratory ASE 252

ASE 252 Workshop & Photo. Laboratory - 3 lecture hours per week, (3+3)= 6 Units.

Prerequisite: ASE 211

Basic of models' execution, application is carried out in the workshop by executing of models of design tasks assigned to student followed by introduction to the invention of camera, the usage and the principles of copying and development films, photos geometry, their characteristics and colors, the application and usage the photography on architecture, such as filming the building and the architectural scene, perspective shots, photographing samples.

Freehand-Drawing & Visual Composition ( II ) ASE 242

ASE 242 Freehand-Drawing & Visual Composition - 4 lecture hours per week, (4+0)= 4 Units.

Prerequisite: ASE 241

Introduction to the course, systems of visualization, architectural design process (a project task, a preliminary sketch and working drawings), the significance of drawing; point, line, plane, volume, defining through measurement, geometric simplification of a subject, transparency, Construction, size and position of a drawing on paper

Surveying ASE 232

ASE 232 Surveying - 4 lecture hours per week, (4+4)= 8 Units.

Prerequisite: GES102

Basics of surveying theory, recording field data and representation of data.
Digital mapping production and contouring.
Surveying applications including field work of detail surveying, stakeout, and parcel boundaries. Survey planning and associated survey computations.
Operation of automatic level, total station and GPS.
Introduction to 3D scanning of buildings.

History of Architecture & Fine arts ( II ) ASE 222

ASE 222 History of Architecture & Fine arts ( II ) - 2 lecture hours per week, (2+2)= 4 Units.

Prerequisite: ASE 221.

early Christian and early Byzantine architecture, middle and late period of the Byzantine architecture, Islamic architecture, pre-Romanesque architecture, early, high and late Romanesque architecture, architecture of monasteries, Romanesque style in Europe, Gothic architecture and the rise of cities, The architecture of Gothic in the 12th and 13th century, Gothic Cathedral as an architectural system, Italian Gothic, European Gothic.

Architectural Design ( II ) ASE212

ASE 212 Architectural Design ( II ) - 8 lecture hours per week, (8+8)= 16 Units.

Prerequisite: ASE 211.

Study of space (spatial organizations, enclosure, qualities of different spatial definitions), units connected into a configuration (approach and entry, sequence of spaces, relationships). Identical units connected into a structure (activities within space, user requirements, principle of repetition). Various units connected by circulation (movement through space, path-space relationship).