Today’s world witnesses tremendous progress in the field of information technology which in turn leads to the emersion of new needs such as transferring information through faster and safer communication systems. Therefore, it is essential to recognize and understand different types of communications systems and techniques.

The Telecommunication Engineering programme offered at An-Najah National University includes 73 credit hours over two years.

Students should have the ability to work in telecommunications companies and should:

  • Learn about the network components and how to provide new clients with networks and solve the  problems encountering the system
  • Know how to deal with companies’ and banks’ data lines
  • Know how to maintain new clients’ lines and install internet lines for them
  • Technically
  • know how to deal with analog and digital communication techniques
  • Know how to use the measuring and testing instruments of communication circuits
  • Know how to install and maintain data and fiber optic lines
  • Know how to maintain communication systems
  •  Know how to monitor different communication networks
  • Know how to deal with digital PBX techniques and phone systems 
  • Know how to work in mobile telecommunication companies
  • Know how to deal with mobile communication systems especially GSM and their transmission  methods
  • Know how to recognize the basic structure of  GSM systems
  • Have the ability to maintain telephone networks in large companies
  • Know how to maintain telephone lines and mediums in the company
  • Know how to design and maintain the internet networks in the company
  • Know how to design and maintain the Internet systems to transfer [K1] information
  • Learn the marketing skills as the competition among internet companies is strong
  • Have the ability to install internet ADSL lines
  • Learn about the internet lines and speed
  • Learn about ADSL lines in terms of free installation, maintenance and speed
  • Telecommunications Companies such as PalTel
  • Cellular communication Companies such as Jawwal and Wataniya Mobile
  • Internet Service Providers Companies

REQIURED CREDIT (72)

 

first semester

No

Course Title

Credit

Points

Lecture

Lab

Hrss

Notes. Req.

C

100118

Introduction to Computer

3

1

3

 

100111

English Language

3

3

 

 

160476

Engineering Workshop

1

 

3

 

160511

Applied Mathematics

3

3

 

 

160469

Electromagnetic

3

3

 

 

160122

Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits

3

3

 

 

 

Total

16

 

 

 

Second Semester

No

Course Title

Credit

Points

Lecture

Lab

Hrss

Notes . Req.

C

100152

Studies in Arabic and Islamic Thought

3

3

 

 

100113

Arabic Language

3

3

 

 

160478

Principles of Telecommunication

3

3

 

160122

160121

Electromagnetic/ Lab

1

 

3

160469

160123

Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits/ Lab

1

 

3

160122

160125

Instrumentation and measurements

2

2

 

160122

160471

Electronics

3

3

 

160122

160514

Antenna Theories

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

19

 

 

 

third semester

No

Course Title

Credit

Points

Lecture

Lab

Hrss

Notes

C

160584

Protection Systems and Control

1

1

 

160471

160444

Drawing Using The Computer )AutoCAD)

1

 

3

 

160512

Field Training (1)

3

 

 

30 CR REQIURED

160193

Fundamentals Telecommunication

1

 

3

160478

160473

Logic Circuits

2

 

 

160471

160481

Digital Communications

3

3

 

160478

160513

Mobile Communication

3

 

3

160478

160140

Electrical Measurements Lab

1

 

3

160125

160577

Fiber Optics Communications

2

 

 

 

100142

Physical Education

0

1

 

 

160515

Technical English Language

1

1

 

100111

160460

Electronics Lab

1

 

3

160471

160585

Protection Systems and Control Lab

1

 

3

160471

 

Total

18

 

 

 

 

Fourth semester

No

Course Title

Credit

Points

Lecture

Lab

Hrss

Notes

C

160485

Internet Networks

3

2

3

160118

160516

Telephone Networks Design and Maintenance

3

3

 

 

160482

Communication Skills & Occupational Behaviors

1

1

 

 

160484

Mobile  Communication Lab

1

 

3

160513

160517

Transmission Line

2

2

 

 

160576

Transmission Lines and Fiber Optics Lab

1

 

3

160577

160518

Field Training (2)

3

 

 

50 CR REQIURED

160519

Project of Graduation

2

 

 

51 CR REQIURED

160488

Digital Communications Lab

1

 

3

160481

160462

Logic Circuits Lab

1

 

3

160473

 

Total

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Description for Telecommunication Engineering Technology Diploma

 

  1. Semester

 

Course No.100111

Course Name: English Language/3credit hours

Course Description:

 

This is a general English course, which is designed to include a total of 10 theme-based units where each unit is divided into 5 focuses related to the various language basic skills, including : listening , speaking ,reading ,and writing. The material offered is so motivating , as it leads learners into discovering language rule by themselves. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to deal with very important areas of vocabulary , structure and usage which they need in order to become fluent . As a whole teaching material aims at providing writing tasks and a grammatical summary which gives explanations of the language points that cause difficulty at this level.

 

 

  Course No. 100118

   Course Name: Introduction to Computer/ 3credit hours                  

   Course Description:

 

This course aims to identify the components of the computer and its different units and the development of computer , and computer classifications and generations , and classifications of accounting systems and memory unit , and Arithmetic and Logic Unit ,and input and output units ,and the operating system ,and  basics of programming.

The practical part:

Learn the students the basics of dealing with computer , identify the physical computer components such as Mother board and Hard disk , and the other software components , Work on the MS-DOS operating system and identify the most important commands ,and files and folders commands , work on MS windows operating system ,and control files and folders , and deal with MS office programs , and identify the internet and E-mail service

 

 

 Course No.  160122 

 Course Name: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits/3credit hours   

Course Description:

This course covers the basic terms and fundamental concepts of DC current circuits. Series, parallel and series parallel circuits are analyzed by Ohms law, including power and work, Voltage divider rules, superposition theorem, Thevenins theorem. Series and parallel RLC circuits, resonance circuits and three phase systems. 

 

 

Course No. 160469

Course Name: Electromagnetic/3credit hours

Course Description:

 

the  focus of  this  course is put on the properties and magnitudes of the electic, magnetic field, sources of magnetic field, faradays Law and their importance for technical applications.

 

Course No. 160476

Course Name: Engineering Workshop/1 credit hour

Course Description:

 

This course aims to give the student basic skills in electrical installation according to the laws of municipalities, mechanical skills (using measurements caliber, micrometer), and student to acquire basic skills in metal and the use of electric welding.

 

Course No.160511

Course Name: Applied Mathematics/3credit hours

Course Description:

 

 This course aims to introduce students to use complex no in the solution of electrical circuits and knowledge of series and sequences of all kinds and using tests such as(integral—comparator-----etc) to test converges and diverges of it. it also contains Fourier sequence(odd and even functions) and also find the Lap lace transform of all functions such as electrical control (a function of transport) and solve differential equations.

 

 

2 Semester

 

Course No.100113

Course Name: Arabic Language /3credit hours

Course Description:

 

This course aims at providing learners with definition of Arabic as a system formed of well-linked and integrated sub-systems and to allow learners to employ them in their linguistic, grammatical, morphological and rhythmic in accuracy with the available poetic and theoretical texts, and adhere and observe the written and punctuation regulations accurately. Also  to be able to distinguish between different kinds of biology ,fiction poetic forms and contemporary problems which encounter Arabic and hinder its growth and development.

 

Course No.100152

Course Name: Studies in Arabic and Islamic Thought / 3credit hours

Course Description:

  This course is designed to identify Islamic Thoughts: Its principles and features as well as outlining resources for Arab thoughts and Islamic ideology, worships, ethics, Islamic law, Islamic Arabic culture : its achievements and aspects. Finally, learners will have the opportunity to examine in depth contemporary issues.   

 

Course No. 160121

Course Name: Electromagnetic Lab/1 credit hour

Course Description:

the  focus of  this  course is put on the properties and magnitudes of the electic,   magnetic field, sources of magnetic field, faradays Law and their importance for technical applications.

 

 

Course No.160123

Course Name: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:

 

In this course, students will verify the theories and learn how to set up various experiments and  use and read correctly measuring tools like AVO meter,  and oscilloscope

 

Course No.160125

Course Name: Instrumentation and Measurements/ 2 credit hours

Course Description:

This course includes the study of both analog and digital measuring instruments including ammeters, voltmeters, ohmmeters and wattmeter’s. Oscilloscopes, signal generators, and frequency counters and presented  with an emphasis on practical applications and safe operation of these instruments.

 

 

Course No.160471                

Course Name: Electronics/ 3 credit hours

Course Description:

This course covers AC and DC properties of diods and transistors and practical configurations such as rectifier and amplifier circuits . Operational amplifiers will be also analysed .

 

 

 

 

Course No.160478

Course Name : Principle of Telecommunication/ 3credit hours

Course Description: 

This course includes a general introduction to communication systems, the representation of signals, bandwidth, amplitude modulation, ordinary AM, DSB-SC, SSB, VSB, frequency translation, phase modulation and frequency modulation, the transmission of information, noise sources and their effects in communications systems, filters and demodulation devices. It also looks at frequency division Multiplexing, sampling theorem and TDM and FDM.

 

 

Course No.160514

Course Name: Antenna Theories/ 2credit hours

Course Description:

 It Includes The Electromagnetic Waves, Waves Propagations, characteristics of waves, Propagation of Uniform Plane Waves, The wave equation, Power consideration of electromagnetic waves, Fundamentals of Antennas, antennas structure, matching conditions, antenna parameters, radiation patters, antenna polarization antenna Impedances, Basic antennas and feeding methods, Basic radiations, types of antennas, feeding methods, Antennas arrays, Practical antenna systems, Radar Systems.

 

 

3.Semester

 

Course No.160140

Course Name: Electrical Measurements / Lab/ 1credit hour

Course Description:

The students will apply practically the theoretical concepts covered in electrical measurements.

 

Course No.160193

Course Name Principle of Telecommunications / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:             

This course covers signal source, AM, DSB-SC, SSB-SC, FM, different kinds of demodulation for AM and FM, Modulation, PCM, noise in Digital systems and digital modulation techniques.

 

 

 

Course No.160444

Course Name: Drawing using the computer (Auto cad) 2 & 3 Dimensions /Lab/ 1credit hour

 

Course Description:

Learning and using AutoCAD , the students draw   electrical legend ,  lighting  layouts , power layouts ,low current layouts,   and   single line diagrams for small size electrical   installations .

 

 

 

Course No.160460

Course Name: Electronics / Lab/ 1credit hours

Course Description:

This laboratory course gives students practical experience in recognizing and testing semiconductors characteristics such as diodes, transistors: BJT, FET, MOSFET, EMOSFET, IGBT amplifiers and oscillators

 

Course No.160481

Course Name: Digital Communications/ 3 credit hours

Course Description:

Sampling Theorem, Aliasing, Types of sampling, Time Division Multiplexing of PAM, Pulse Analog modulation, demodulation of PAM and PWM and PPM, Digital Modulation, Analog to Digital converters, digital to analog convertors, quantization, coding word, quantization noise, types of coding, digital Multiplexing, PCM Modulation, Framing Structure, TNM Multiplexing and De-multiplexing, SS7(Signaling System # 7), ISDN.

 

 

Course No.160513

Course Name: Mobile Communication/ 3credit hours

Course Description:

The topics in this course include wireless generations and standards, cellular concept and cellular system fundamentals, trunking cell splitting and sectoring, mobile radio signal, Doppler, multiplexing and multiple access techniques and an introduction to GSM, UMTS, and LTE architecture.

 

 

Course No.160515

Course Name: Technical English Language/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:

About the Technical Colleges (Structure), Vocabulary Practice, Using Computers, Reading Communications and Electronics Manuals, Writing Reports, Safety, Computer Vocabularies, company structure, employment vocabularies, meetings vocabularies, numbers, Science Language, C.V and Resume, Letters and cover letters.

 

Course No.160584

Course Name: Protection Systems and Control/ 1credit hour

Course Description:

It shows all the systems in homes and hospitals, factories and molls design for fire and thief alarm, and all alarm systems control and remote control.

 

Course No.160585

Course Name: Protection Systems and Control / Lab/ 1credit hour

Course Description:

It shows all the systems in homes and hospitals, factories and molls design for fire and thief alarm, and all alarm systems control and remote control.

 

 

Course No.160473

Course Name: Logic circuits/ 2 credit hours

Course Description:

 Numbering System ( Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal) , numbering system conversion, Arithmetic operations for numbering systems, Basic Logic circuits ( AND, OR, Not, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR) Boolean Algebra, Logic circuits, Truth Table, Converting from Boolean Expressions to Truth Table and vice versa, Rules of Boolean Algebra, Demorgan’s Theorems, Simplifications of Boolean Expressions using Boolean Algebra Rules, Standard forms of Boolean Expressions (SOP, POS), Karnaugh Map, Adders and subtractors, Decoder, Encoder, Multiplexer (MUX), Demultiplexer (DEMUX), Comparators, Latches, Flip – Flops, Registers.

 

 

Course No.160577

Course Name : Fiber Optics Communication/ 2 credit hours

Course Description:

 In this course students will study the properties of optical fibers (Glass and Plastic), SM and MM   which include refractive index, attenuation, chromatic dispersion, and laser and LED optical repeater design, fiber optic networks also will be examined, local distribution, fiber optic systems management including security.

 

 

Course No. 100142

Course Name: Physical Education / Zero credit hour

Course Description:

 

This course attempts to study the physical training concept and goals and their impact upon general discipline. It defines the most important skills and principles and rules related to certain individual and group games. It involves setting out internal

 

Course No.160512

Course Name: Field Training (1) / 3credit hours

Course Description:

 The aim of this course is to integrate students in the community-based organizations   that serve this specialty and improves their practical skills in the local market

 

 

4. Semester

 

Course No.160484

Course Name : Mobile Communication / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:             

 

An overview, Oscillators types and circuits, VCO, PLL, Mixers and applications, Conversion loss, Power amplifier, Low Noise amplifier.

           

 

Course No.160488

Course Name: Digital Communication / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:

 Demodulation of Frequency modulated signals with a c- Discrimator, Demodulation of Frequency modulated signals with a count Discrimnator, PLL, Demodulation of Frequency modulated signals with a PLL circuit, Demodulation of Phase Modulated signals wit a PLL circuit, Demodulation of Pulse Frequency Modulated signals, Digital Modulation Techniques – Demodulation ( Demodulation of Amplitude Shift Keying Signals (ASK), Demodulation of FSK signals with a PLL circuit, Demodulation of FSK with the C – Discriminator, Demodulation of PSK signals), Pulse Modulation Techniques – Demodulation ( Demodulation of PAM with LPF, Demodulation of a PAM wit Sample and Hold stage and LPF, Time Division Multiplexing), Pulse Code Modulation – Demodulation ( Transmission of DC voltage Values with a PCM System, Transmission of a Sinusoidal signal with a PCM system, Time Division Multiplexing and PCM, Quantization Noise), Delta Modulation and Demodulation.

 

 

Course No.160516

Course Name: Telephone Networks Design and Maintenance/ 3credit hours

Course Description:

Work Safety Rules, Introduction to Planning and design of Telephone Networks, Reading and design the telephone networking, Drawing the plans, Principles of Designing the local telephone networks, Telephone columns, exchanges, Payphones, Malfunctions of telephone networks.

 

 

Course No.160517

Course Name: Transmission Line/ 2 credit hours

Course Description:             

This course covers the Electromagnetic Wave (microwave) which includes attenuators, Microwave Components, Microwave Measurements. The students will also study the properties of Transmission Line theory (wire Transmission), Baseband and Broadband Transmission, UTP, STP, coaxial cable,

and the Electrical Equivalent Circuit.

 

 

Course No.160462

Course Name: Logic circuits / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course description:

Introduction to numbering system, Boolean Algebra, logic gates, simplification of Boolean Algebra, Map Simplification, combinational circuits, MSI and LSI logic circuits. Sequential circuits, Flip-Flops, Registers, Memories, Counters

 

 

Course No.160482

Course Name: Communication skills and occupational behavior/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:

This course aims to introduce students to the nature of the behavior of the individual in society.

 

 

Course No.160485                            

Course Name: Internet Networks/ 3credit hours

Course Description:             

It aims to introduce the students about the computer’s networking and types of the networks and its technology, OSI system for designing the computer networking, and comparing with TCP/IP Protocol Stack, and their protocols. Transmitting and receiving the signals through them. Describes the physical address of MAC and IP types and their objectives.

 

 

Course No.160576

Course Name Transmission Lines and fiber optics / Lab/ 1 credit hour

Course Description:             

In this course students will conduct advance experiments on topics like fiber optics, transmission lines, work on the characteristics of the fibers (structure, method of propagation, , model and chromatic dispersion, attenuation, bandwidth), optical sources and detectors (LED, Laser diodes, optical connectors, transmission and reception with TDM, attenuation in optical fiber).

 

 

 

Course No.160518

Course Name: Field Training (2)/ 3 credit hours

Course Description:

.

Students taking this course will be trained in the field of electrical installation ,  electrical    control. Supervision is carried out anged by both the college and owners of Manufacturing facility .

 

 

Course No.160519

Course Name: Project of graduation/ 2 credit hours

Course Description:

Graduate students are expected to design and  implement  a project.  This will give students practical experience ,  and professional guidance