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Academic English I

Course Code: EGH1310
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course: Pass Level 4
Course Description: This course is intended for the students willing to go to develop and improve their skills in expository English writing. It focuses on the writing process which covers organization, structure and development of types of paragraphs. It is also focuses on structure, outline and unity and coherence of essays. In the end of the course APA format will be introduced briefly.

Academic English II

Course Code: EGH1311
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course: Academic English I
Course Description: This course is designed for students who have already pass Academic English I. It is further develop the academic skills that the students acquired in the previous course.The main focus of the course will be on academic writing. The first part of the course is to introduce the students to different types of academic essays. The students need to utilize their writing skills that they have already learned in the previous course, which focus on writing a paragraph and the structure of an essay. The course will start with are view of how to structure an essay. Then it will move to different types of essays. These essays are: problem-solving, comparing and contrasting argumentative, persuasive and expository. Each type of the essays will be practiced with students by giving them an example of that type which will be also used as a reading comprehension activily. The second part of the course will introduce the students to writing a research paper. The students will be taught the structure of the research paper, how to develop their essays into research papers. They will be taught how to write a good abstract, introduction and conclusion, and how to cite previous academic works.

Critical Thinking

Course Code: HUM1205
Credits Hours: 2
Prerequisite Course: Talent Communication/Science
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Course Description: This course involves key concepts and tools of critical and creative thinking, describing the reflective thinking by giving examples in social and academic life. It deals mainly with logical argument, truths, fallacies, deductive and inductive reasoning in both an informal and formal context. It brings out the role of criticality and creativity in science, human communication and Innovations.

Introduction to Ethics

Course Code: HUM1200
Credits Hours: 2
Prerequisite Course: Talent Communication
Course Description: This course involves the key concepts of theoretical and applied Ethics, describing the relationship betweenEthics and related fields such as religion, law, etiquette as well as local and international codes for human behaviors. This course, on the other hand, summarizes the main theories of ethics: Egoism, Altruism, Hedonism, Utilitarianism, Deontology and Existentialism. However, it involves the nature of Ethics in applied areas of life and professional fields, especially with regard to Komar University specialties: Business Ethics, Engineering Ethics and Medical Ethics.

Kurdology

Course Code: SOS1205
Credits Hours: 2
Prerequisite Course: Talent Communication
Course Description: This course will offer a general mosaic survey of the linguistic, geographical, historical, social, religious, political, cultural, and artistic aspects of the Kurdish people, especially in Iraq. Moreover, the Kurdology is the study of all issues that relate to Kurdish people and Kurdish homeland: Kurdistan. Under topics of Kurdology we will study, the Kurdish language, race of Kurds, Kurdish dialects and their geographic distribution, the structure of the Kurdish society, religion of Kurds, the religious and tribal hierarchy of the Kurdish people, Kurdish political history, Emirates and Kurdish revolutions and political movements,Kurdish folklore, literature, Journalism and modern arts.

Professional Communication

Course Code: EGN3315
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course: Academic English II
Course Description: This course is the peak of English track in which students gain the skills they need to communicate verbally and in writing on a professional level using common technical terminology and idioms from the engineering fields. Emphasis in the course is in productive language skills, i.e. writing and speaking on engineering topics using a formal/professional register.

Research Methodology

Course Code: HUM3315
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course: Academic English II
Course Description:This course is an introduction to fundamentals of conducting research. It will teach the students different research methodologies, research designs and parts of the research paper. The curriculum is sequential, helping the students to identify a study topics, formulate inquiry questions, organize a literature review, and select appropriate designs and methodologies. By the End of the course, students will complete a proposal that includes an introduction, problem statement (significance of study), literature review, methods section, references, and a project timeline. This work can be converted next year into a full research that will include the following sections: findings, discussion, conclusions, and references.

University Experience

Course Code: SOS1100
Credits Hours: 1
Prerequisite Course: None
Course Description: This course is designed to help students to adjust to a new life at KUST, understand major issues which are related to his/her affairs as a student and some skills to reach higher standards of academic achievements.

Elective of Humanities and Social Sciences

Intro to Psychology

Course Code: SOS1310
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course:  Talent Communication  /  Talent Science
Corequisite Course: None
Course Description:This is a general overview course focusing on the scientific study of both the behavioral and mental processes of human beings and animals. More specifically, we will be covering: history of psychology and scientific thought, biological basis of behavior, research methodology, statistics, sensation and perception, states of conscious, memory, language and intelligence, developmental psychology, personality, and learning.

General Psychology

Course Code: SOS2315
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course:  Talent Communication  /  Talent Science
Corequisite Course: None

Kurdish Studies

Course Code: SOS3320
Credits Hours: 3
Prerequisite Course:  Kurdology
Corequisite Course: None
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