Bachelor in

University of Tripoli - Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Department

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Study Plan

The Bachelor in prepares students to qualify for Bachelor in . The student studies several subjects which have been carefully chosen in this major to cover its different aspects.

It comprises 8 Semesters of study, in which the student will study a total of 135 units, which include 80 units of general subjects, and 40 major units, 15 of elective units. In addition to a final project in the student's major.

Study plan for this program is shown below:

1st Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITEL111 General English1 02 Compulsory +

Nouns (types, function, derivations), adjectives (types, sequence, derivations) adverbs (forms, position), use and forms of the ultimate tense, interrogative formations, negative of verbs. Passive constructions (forms, usages), adjective clauses (recognition and types, case of relative pronoun), gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, listening comprehension.

ITST111 Introduction to Statistics & Probability 03 Compulsory +

ITPH111 Physics 03 Compulsory +

Current and voltage: resistance and resistivity, Ohm's law, Power, energy, series and parallel resistance cuircuits, Kirchoff's laws. Waveforms: sinusovoltage: resistance and resistivity, Ohm's law, Power, energy, series and parallel resistance cuircuits, Kirchoff's laws.Waveforms: sinusoidal AC voltage and current, inductance, phase relations and elements of phasor, digital waveforms, digital timing (clock signals, jitter, drift, skew, hysteresis.Semiconductor diodes: semiconductor materials, extrinsic materials (n-type & p-type, energy levels, diode notation, diode equivalent circuits, transition and diffusion capacitance, reverse recovery time, zener diode and LEDs.Diode applications: load line analysis, diode approximation, series diode configurations, parallel and series-parallel configuration, AND/OR gates, half-wave rectification, full-wave rectification, clippers, clampers, voltage multiplier circuits

ITMM111 Mathematics I 03 Compulsory +

This course provides students with basic concepts of real functions in a single variable, and concepts of ends and continuity. It also addresses the rules of differentiation. This course aims to develop the student's ability to determine the types of real, compulsory and non-compulsory functions, to chart them, to determine the scope, extent and reverse functions of them, to determine the existence of the end, as well as to know the continuity of the functions and to determine whether they are derivable. The course also aims to enhance students' skills in drawing curves using preferential concepts and demonstrations, through scheduled training and the diversity of evaluation methods. The rapporteur focuses on understanding real functions in a single and derivative variable and its applications that help him to understand the behaviour of multiple functions in his future study.

ITAR111 Arabic language 1 02 Compulsory +

Introduction: the importance of studying Arabic, the need for mastering Arabic, the importance of Arabic in nationalistic, religious, civilization and cultural frames, the role of civilization in effacing Arabic, some grammatical rules: words, sentence structures, verbal sentences, some dictation rules, looking up words.

2nd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITAR122 Arabic language 2 02 Compulsory ITAR111 +

Some grammar rules, nominal sentences (starters, predicates and comparing them, abrogatives), addition, numbers and specifiers, appositives, some dictation rules, dictionaries, scientific and literary styles and their application.

ITMM122 Mathematics II 03 Compulsory ITMM111 +

Vector Calculus: Vector Function. Derivative of a Vector function. Gradient of a scalar function. Divergence and curl of vector functions. Directional derivative and calculation of pressure, Kinetic interpretation of energy.Linear Algebra: integral of matrices. Addition and multiplication of matrices. Inverse of square matrix. Orthogonal, Hermition and Unitary matrices. Properties of determinants and expansion of the determinants. Solution of nonhomogeneous linear equations by Cramer’s rule. Elementary operations. Echelons and reduced echelon forms. Rank of a matrix. Equivalent matrices. Gauss-Jordan elimination method. System linear homogeneous and nonhomogeneous equations vector spaces. Subspaces. Linear dependence and independence Span, Basis and Dimension. Eigen value problems Eigen vectors. Cayley - Hamilton theorem.

ITGS126 logic Circuit Design 03 General ITPH111 +

Introduction to information representation & number systems and codes; Boolean algebra and logic gates; simplification of Boolean functions; Analysis and design of combinational logic circuits; multiplexers; Decoders and adders,; Introduction to synchronous sequential logic; flip flops; Analysis and design of clocked synchronous sequential circuits.

ITGS113 Problem solving Technic 03 General +

This course introduces the student to different heuristic techniques that aid programmers and computer scientists in solving problems. The course uses classical math and word problems for generating potential solutions to ''real-life'' problems encountered in the profession, and problem solving in teams. Topics covered include: Errors in reasoning; verbal reasoning; analogy problems; heuristics; mathematical word problems; analysis of trends; lateral thinking; deductive and hypothetical reasoning; computational problem solving; problem solving in-the-large; generating, implementing, and evaluating solutions; discrete mathematics, statistics; interpersonal problem solving.

ITGS111 Intro to Information Technology 03 General +

The course introduces modern management techniques that are used for the marketing, selling, and distribution of goods and services through the Internet. Topics include: E-business Strategy, Business Models in the new world, Cyber-services, E-business relationships, E-business technology, E-Marketing and e-payment, Antecedents and barriers to e-commerce, Business Process Management, Case studies with LAB work.

ITEL122 General English2 02 Compulsory ITEL111 +

Introduction and augmentation of specialized vocabulary and aspects of scientific technical English used in the different departments of engineering. Listening comprehension

3rd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITGS215 Introduction to Networking 03 General ITGS111 +

Introduction to fundamental concepts in the design and implementation of computer communication networks, their protocols (OSI model vs TCP/IP protocol stack), applications, circuit and packet switching access networks. Introduction to Application Layer, topics include: Web, HTTP, FTP, Email, DNS, and socket programming. Introduction to Transport Layer, topics include: UDP, TCP, flow control, congestion control. Introduction to Network Layer, topics include: routing principles, IP routing, IPv4, IPv6, broadcast, multicast, unicast. Introduction to Link Layer and local area networks, topics include: error detection/correction, multiple access protocols, LAN, Ethernet. Basics of physical layer and wireless networking and related Security issues.

ITGS224 Information Security 03 General ITGS111 +

This course introduces students to the basic principles and practices of computer and information security. Focus will be on the software, operating system and network security techniques with detailed analysis of real-world examples. Topics include cryptography, authentication, software and operating system security (e.g., buffer overflow), Internet vulnerability (DoS attacks, viruses/worms, etc.), intrusion detection systems, firewalls, VPN, Web and wireless security.

ITGS223 Computer Architucture & Organization 03 General ITGS126 +

System-level aspects of computing systems design, interconnection structures, Cache memory principles; Main memory; External memory; Input/ Output; CPU structure and function; computer arithmetic; instruction sets: characteristics and functions; instruction sets: addressing modes and formats; Control unit operation and design; Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC); Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors.

ITGS217 Discrete Structures 03 General ITMM122 +

This course include these topics: Number systems: natural numbers, radix r representation of integers, mathematical induction. Logic: propositional logic, predicate logic. Boolean algebra; sets; recursion; relations, and functions. Combinatory: counting principles; permutation groups. Graphs: graphs; diagraphs; trees; Euler's formula and coloring of graphs. Formal machines: automata and regular expressions; register machines: turning machines.

ITGS213 Introduction to Software Engineering 03 General ITGS111 +

This course offers an introduction to software engineering. Topics covered: Software Engineering fundamentals; Software processes; Object-oriented concepts and UML; Requirements analysis; System modeling and specification; Software design models; from design to implementation; Software testing; Software tools; Emerging software development methods; Teamwork.

ITGS122 Introduction to Programming 03 General ITGS113 +

An introduction to computing and program development in the C programming language. This includes a brief introduction to basic computer concepts, an understanding of the operating system sufficient for writing program. introduction to computer programming; Getting started in C programming: introduction to basic program syntax; Printing messages, data types and declarations, numeric and character data, expressions, printing results, and variables; Processing and interactive input: assignments, counting, and input and output of data; C's conditional statements; C's looping statements; Modularity using functions: user--defined functions, parameters and return values, standard library functions, scope, call--by--reference; More modularity using functions: scope, storage class, and call--by--reference; Arrays: single and two dimensional arrays, initializers, array parameters; Character strings: processing strings using loops, some character and string library functions; Structures: structure concepts, structures as parameters, arrays of structures; Additional or miscellaneous topics other material as time permits.

4th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITGS211 Object Oriented Programmin 03 General ITGS122 +

This course covers: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, introduces students to object-oriented programming concepts, such as classes, objects, methods, interfaces, packages, inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism. These concepts are emphasized through extensive programming examples and assignments that require problem solving, algorithm development, top-down design, modular programming, debugging, and testing

ITGS220 Data Structure 03 General ITGS122 +

Classification of data structures, space and time considerations. Linked lists, stacks and queues. Tree structures, binary search trees. Array and pointer based implementations. Recursive applications. Sorting and searching.

ITGS226 Introduction to Internet Programming 03 General ITGS122 +

Introduction into internet and World Wide Web and their protocols, TCP/IP, MIME, http protocols. SGML – documents and their types. Html BASICS. CSS. Basics of Scripting languages programming. Server part of application (ASP, PHP,ASP.Net, or JSP), Web pages and accessing database(ADO and MS Access, or MySql).

ITGS228 Introduction to database 03 General ITGS217 +

This course introduce the fundamentals of database management system characteristics of DB approach, components of DB systems, DB architecture, Data modeling, Database users and administrators. Entity-Relationship model, Relational-Algebra, SQL Programming, Database design, Functional dependency and Normalization, Relational Database, Introduction to Object oriented database and UML, practical applications using a standard Relational DB system.

ITGS240 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 03 General ITGS122 ITGS217 +

ITGS242 Introduction to Data Science 03 General ITGS122 +

5th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITDA312 Data Engineering 03 Compulsory ITGS228 +

ITDA223 Statistics & Probability for Data Science 03 Compulsory ITST111 +

ITDA311 Data Mining 03 Compulsory ITGS242 +

ITGS303 IT Project Management 03 General ITGS213 +

This course studies how to plan and manage projects at each stage of the software development life cycle. It covers specific techniques of Planning, Organizing, Monitoring, and Adjusting phases of software projects. Topics include technical and managerial skills needed to achieve project goals. A required team project combines technical and managerial techniques of software design and development.

ITGS219 Numerical analysis 03 General ITGS122 ITMM122 +

This course is a programming course; students need to implement all discussed topics by any programming language in class per class fashion.This course include these topics: Introduction to error analysis, root finding methods for non-linear equations (interval halving, false position), Newton’s method, definition of interpolation, Newton’s-Gregory interpolation, central interpolation (Gauss forward and backward, Bessel, Stirling), Least square approximation, Spline curves, Numerical differentiation, Numerical integration (Trapezoidal method, Simpson's), Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations (Taylor’s series method), Euler method, Runge-Kutta method.

ITDA314 Linear Algebra 03 Compulsory ITMM122 +

6th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITDA322 Data visualization 03 Compulsory ITDA312 +

ITDA321 Big Data 03 Compulsory ITDA312 +

ITGS302 Operating System 03 General ITGS223 +

This course deals with all essential concepts of operating systems. Starting with describing role of an operating system in managing different tasks during the processing operation. The course explains the process concept, in particular process description within an OS environment and its scheduling strategies. Also, it covers: memory management, virtual memory, I/O management and disk scheduling, file management. Mutual exclusion and synchronization, deadlock and starvation concepts and algorithms are discussed in details in this course supported with LAB work.

ITGS301 Design and Analysis algorithms 03 General ITGS220 +

The module introduces formal techniques to support the design and analysis of algorithms, focusing on both the underlying mathematical theory and practical considerations of efficiency. Topics include asymptotic complexity bounds, techniques of analysis, and algorithmic strategies.

ITDA323 Machine Learning 03 Compulsory ITDA314 ITGS240 +

7th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITDA411 Neural Networks 03 Compulsory ITDA323 ITGS122 +

ITDA412 Pattern Recognition 03 Compulsory ITDA323 +

ITGS304 Scientific Writing 03 General ITEL111 +

This course covers topics related to IT. It covers reading, grammatical, writing skills in the context ot IT. It covers topics such as: IT terminology definitions, relative clauses, clauses with: who, what, which, etc. It includes several reading and writing exercises.

ITDA413 Natural Language Processing 03 Compulsory ITDA323 +

8th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITDA421 Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Future Trends 03 Compulsory ITDA323 +

ITDA422 Computer Vision 03 Compulsory ITDA411 +

ITDA500 Graduation Project 04 Compulsory ITGS303 +

Elective Subjects

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ITDA305 Information Search and Retrieval 03 Elective ITGS240 +

ITDA306 Introduction to Linux 03 Elective ITGS122 +

ITDA308 NoSql Database 03 Elective ITGS228 +

ITDA409 Special Topics in DS & AI 03 Elective +

ITDA407 Parallel and Distributed Computing 03 Elective ITGS302 +

ITDA406 Robotics 03 Elective ITDA323 +

ITDA405 Recommender Systems 03 Elective ITDA323 +

ITDA401 Cloud Computing 03 Elective ITGS223 +

ITDA402 Business Intelligence 03 Elective ITDA311 +

ITDA403 Game Theory 03 Elective ITDA223 +

ITDA404 Agent and Cognitive Systems 03 Elective ITDA323 +