Course Descriptions

(A) Courses Offered By Architecture and Building Sciences Department:

ARCH 130:   Basic Design (1)                               3 (2+2 Studio)                                                    

Introduction to the Basic Principles of Two Dimensional Design,  including: repetition, grade, similarity, gradation, radiation, contrast, texture, space, in addition to the principles of color perception including : contrast, homogeneity in colors, forms, and spatial color effects .

ARCH 135: Basic Skills (1)                                                                4(2+4 Studio)

 

Introduction to architectural drafting to develop the student's skills in drafting and the use of drawing tools and instruments, the syllabus includes three parts:

1-Freehand drawing: Minimum two hours of exercises to improve the student's ability of how to express and represent the urban environment.

2-Techniques of Architectural drawing: by the use of instruments to gain the required skills such as accuracy, cleanness, and control.

3- Architectural Projection: Training on the skills of imagination, projection of three dimensional geometric forms.

  

ARCH 140: Basic Design (2)                                                              3(2+2Studio) 

Design basics of three dimensional forms: serial planes, wall structure, prism and cylinder, repetition, polyhedral structures, triangular planes, linear framing, linear layers, interlinking lines. The study of model making and the preparation of its components, by means of two and three dimensional drawings.

ARCH 145: Basic Skills (2)                                                                 4(2+4Studio)

 

A set of exercises ranging from abstract geometric forms to urban clusters, the syllabus includes three parts:

 

1- Freehand drawing "2": As continuation to basic skills "1" to develop the student's skills in presentation and design.

2- Techniques of architectural drawings: training the student on the ways of drawing perspectives.

3-Architectural presentation: training the student on the ways of presentation (shades and shadows, photographing, and color presentation).      

 

 

ARCH 230: Architectural Design (1)                          5(0+10 Studio)  

Concentrates on emphasizing the concept of architectural design and enhancing the student's ability to correlate architectural compositions with functions, by gradual awareness of the design principles and its application on simple architectural projects.   

2(2+0)                                           ARCH 238: History of Architecture

 

The influence of natural , social, and cultural environment on architecture ,and the impact of building technology on architecture since pre historic era to the 20^th century architecture , in addition to an introduction to the history of  Islamic architecture.

 

ARCH 241: Man and the Built Environment                                   2(2+0)

 

Defining the human behavior and its relation to environment , and the study of basic theories in analyzing and designing urban spaces. The impact of human behavior as a basic element in forming urban spaces.  In addition to the study of human needs and considerations including socio-cultural concepts and the application of these theories throughout several exercises based on behavioral programs extracted from a case study of local urban environment.  

 

ARCH 243: Building Materials                                                              2(2+0)

 

A brief analysis of building materials, its characteristics, products, and uses. Including stone, red brick, cement, and concrete slabs of different kinds, metals, glass, fibbers, plastics, and water proof materials. In addition to the simple constructions: bearing walls, windows and ceilings treatments. The course includes practical exercises and field technical reports.        

 (B) Courses Offered by Physics and Mathematics Departments- Faculty of Science:

PHYS 105: General Physics for Architecture Engineering Students         2+1

1- Mechanics: scalars and vectors, speed, velocity and acceleration, free fall, motion in vertical plane, Newton's laws of motion.

2-Properties of matter: density, elasticity, Young's modulus, shear and bulk modulli, fluid pressure, fluid flow.

3- Wave motion and sound: waves, resonance, sound, interference, of waves, sound intensity.

4-Light: reflection, refraction, elimination, image, formation, the lens equation, magnification, the telescope, spherical mirrors. 

5- Heat: temperature, thermal expansion, Boyles and Charles laws, ideal gas law, internal energy and heat, specific heat capacity, heat conduction, convection and radiation.

6- Electricity : Coulomb's  law, electric field , potential difference, electric current Ohm's law, determining wire size, electric power, resistors in series and parallel, ammeters, voltmeters and ohmmeters, A.C. circuits .

 

MATH 103: General Mathematics I                                            3+0

Inequalities, functions, limits, and continuity. Differentiability, differentiation techniques, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential function. Application of differentiation (curve tracing, rates of change, maxima and minima), anti-derivatives, indefinite integral. Definite integral and its properties, simple methods of integration (substitution by parts). 

 

MATH 104: General Mathematics II                                            3+0

Prerequisite MATH 103

Conic section, polar coordinates, applications of the definite integral, integration of exponential logarithmic and hyperbolic functions. Integration techniques. First order differential equations. Cramer's rule for solving systems of linear equations. Three dimensional coordinates, quadric surfaces, partials differentiation. 

 

(C) Courses Offered By Survey Department – Faculty of Engineering:

 

This Course is concerned with highlighting the importance and role of the field of "Surveying" in Urban Planning. Students learn the basics of field surveying, techniques of distance measurement, errors in surveying, use and applications of the "theodolite", directions and azimuths, leveling, profiles and cross-section leveling, contour plotting, area and volume calculations, triangulations networks, point location by resection and intersection.

 

(D) Courses Offered By Faculty of Languages and Translation:

 

 

Course Title :                General English for Architecture Students - 1 .

Credit Hours:                3 Hours

Contact Hours: 4 Hours a Week.

Textbook:

·     Enterprise 1 Course Book Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley.(Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84216 886 X

·     Enterprise 1 Workbook. Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley. (Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84216 888 6

Prerequisite: -- None

Course Descriptions:

This is a beginner level general English course designed to motivate and involve students in effective learning.  The course provides students with extensive, systematic and well-integrated practice in the productive and receptive skills necessary for successful communication in both oral and written forms of the language.  The course embodies a multi-syllabus approach and a wide variety of presentation methodology.  Emphasis on systematic learning of grammar and vocabulary is balanced with development of linguistic sub-skills.  The course ensures coverage of common, useful language related to topics of general interest with which students should be familiar.  Particular emphasis is placed on reading, with texts on factual topics, reflecting authentic types and styles of writing.  These texts allow students to develop sub-skills such as reading for gist or for specific information, and present new vocabulary in a meaningful context.  On completion of the course students should be reasonably proficient in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

 

 

Course Title :                General English for Architecture Students - 2

Credit Hours:                3 Hours

Contact Hours: 4 Hours a Week.

Textbook:

·     Enterprise 1 Course Book Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley.(Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84216 886 X

·     Enterprise 1 Workbook. Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley. (Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84216 888 6

·     Enterprise 2 Course Book Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley.(Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84325 076 4

·     Enterprise 2 Workbook. Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley. (Express Publishing) ISBN: 1 84325 079 9

 

Prerequisite: -- English 123

Course Descriptions:

This a pre-intermediate level general English course that assumes the students have successfully completed 123, an elementary English course.  It builds on and strengthens the language skills acquired in 123 and prepares students for the study of scientific and technological subjects in English.  The course promotes complete motivation through interesting situations and challenging language activities.  In this course aspects of language use common to all scientific and technical disciplines are presented.  Students are provided with a framework within which they will rapidly develop reading and listening comprehension skills, and the course provides a sound basis for the following ESP course.

 

 

Course Title :                Special English for Architecture Students.

Credit Hours:                2 Hours

Contact Hours: 2 Hours a Week.

Textbook:

·        Nucleus – Architecture and Building Construction James Cumming. Longman. ISBN: 0-582-74808-9

·        Readings & Worksheets based on the textbook.

 

Prerequisite:                  English 124

Description:

English 125 is an ESP (English for Special Purposes) course for students of Architecture.  It provides a comprehensive review of the grammatical and lexical items previously taught in English 123 and 124 while exposing students to more extensive reading, writing and listening activities.  The material used is designed to be stimulating and challenging, and directly related to the academic needs of the students.  Their knowledge of technical English and writing is expanded through various kinds of productive and receptive activities and revision exercises.

In addition to chore the text, a set of supplementary readings is included in the course.  They are technical and scientific in content, and relevant to the students' field of study and professional life.

 

By the end of this course, the students will have extended their knowledge of the vocabulary and terminology in the field of Architecture, and the grammatical structures used in technical and academic English.  Students will be able to read and comprehend a wide variety of technical texts, and analyze the system of language in use in these texts.  Students are encouraged to participate in discussions so as to increase their ability to handle information found in real academic discourse and follow lectures given in English.

(E) Courses Offered by the Urban Planning Department:

 

 

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-         To define the natural features and physical aspects of a site -         To introduce students to the analysis of the natural and human components of a site and its surrounding. -         To understand the methods of site analysis and its development based on this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The studio puts an emphasis on how to deal with the natural components within a site like the contour lines, rainwater drainage, ponds, soil types, climatic influences, environmental influences, etc. It shows students the techniques and methods to site design and planning using these components to serve human needs and space composition.

 

 

 

 

 

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Since the nature of the studio relies heavily on practical studies and field surveys, and since the issues studied will change from one term to another, this course does not have any fixed book reference. The course should limit itself to field work surveys, reports, theoretical courses, ..etc.

 

 

 

 

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To introduce students to the field of land uses, and how to use this knowledge in analysis, future planning and decision-making in urban planning.

 

 

 

 

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The course focuses on the importance of land use analysis in urban planning. It introduces the student to the categories of land uses, their types, sizes, ratios, distributions and relationships. It shows how to use of this information in his plans and how land use is affected by socioeconomic forces, public interest. Some estimates of land use areas according to population increase and economic growth will also be dealt with.

 

 

 

 

 

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احمد خالد علام، تخطيط المدن، مكتبة الأنجلو المصرية، القاهرة 1983. جميع إصدارات وزارة الشئون البلدية والقروية، وكالة تخطيط المدن، مثل التقارير الفنية والمخططات الهيكلية للمدن السعودية. Kaiser, Edward J., Godschalk, David R., and Chapin, F. Stuart, Urban Land Use Planning, 4th Edition, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1995. Chapin, F. Stuart and Kaiser, Edward, Urban Land Use Planning, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 3rd Edition, 1985. Leung, Hok Lin, Land Use Planning Made Plain, Published by Ronald P. Frye & Company, 1989.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To teach the students the principles and theories related to residential neighborhood planning and design

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces students to the history of residential neighborhood planning and design. It shows them the skills to develop a spatial residential program together with the codes, regulations and policies appropriate to residential districts. Students will have to develop residential subdivisions taking into account the factors that affect them whether they be natural, social, economic, aesthetic or administrative, etc. They will also be introduced to graphic design and how to use the tools required, how to describe geometric solids through projections in 2 & 3 dimensions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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American Public Health Association Committee on the Hygiene of Housing, Planning The Neighborhood, Public Administration Service, Chicago, U.S.A., 1960. Untermann, Richard, Cluster Housing United States, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1977. Bentley Ian and et al., Responsive Environments, A Manual for Designers, The Architectural Press, London, 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To introduce the student to the general concept of land subdivisions and its language and to understand the philosophy and methods behind subdivisions and site design through the elements and rules of zoning and land uses.

 

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces types, objectives and problems of subdivisions whether they are residential, industrial, agricultural, or educational. It shows models and applications of subdivision plans, its procedures and its newer trends. It goes through contemporary methods of subdivisions and the factors that determine land use and zoning distribution. The course deals also with the economic, administrative, social and environmental problems that underlie contemporary methods of land subdivision (residential neighborhood problems, privacy concerns, high costs of development, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reid, Grant W. From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1993. McHarg, Ian. Design with Nature, Garden City, NY., 1969. Bentley Ian and et al., Responsive Environments, A Manual for Designers, The Architectural Press, London, 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-         To develop students skills and abilities and to build on what has been already learned -         To understand the principle elements in residential neighborhood planning. -         To develop student abilities in setting up policies, planning decisions and strategies. -         To boost the student ability to generate innovative ideas and alternative designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The studio places emphasis on teaching the student the different stages in the planning process as related to residential land subdivisions and neighborhood design. It introduces him to the analysis of all factors affecting regulations, decisions, strategies and policies of residential districts so as to come up with planning ideas, evaluate them and make alternative subdivision proposals.

 

 

 

 

 

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* DE Chiara, J / Koppelman, Lee: The Urban Planning & Design Criteria. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975. * Crawbowski, R: The Illustrated AutoCad: Quick Reference. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers Inc. 1993. * Lynch, K: Site Planning. Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. * Newman, O: Defensible Space. London: Architectural Press, 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To teach the student how to design and plan infrastructure such as water, electricity, telephone, drainage and sanitation systems. It is also aimed at providing them with the necessary skills to distribute infrastructure spatially.

 

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces students to planning principles of infrastructure and how to calculate its carrying capacity. It also teaches them how to decide where it should be located and how it should be run efficiently within a broader concept of comprehensive development and how it affects the future pattern of development of a city. The necessary regulations infrastructure should follow and its impact on land uses, urban and population density and road networks. It goes through the systems and types of infrastructure like water, electricity, telephone, drainage and sanitation and discusses its environmental impacts. The course deals also with the of government agencies responsible for the management, running and maintenance of such infrastructures. The application of geographic information systems (GIS) to infrastructure management is also introduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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معهد تنمية الأراضي، المرجع في تطوير المرافق العامة، أعضاء مجلس تنمية المرافق والخدمات، 1989م . Project Infrastructure Development Handbook, ULI, The Urban Land Institute Urbanization Primer, Horacio Caminos and Reinhard Geothert, 1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-         To teach students the codes and regulations necessary to manage and run the urbanization process and the different plans at the local, regional and national level.

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces students to the history and objectives of urban regulations and codes, and the factors that affect them. It deals also with the Islamic urban  legislative measures. It goes through the social, economic, security, health, environmental and aesthetic principles. The national, regional and local administrative and functional framework of these codes will also be introduced. The notion of rigid and flexible regulations will be part of the course. Codes and regulations for residential, commercial, city center, and special uses constitute important chapters. Issues of execution, variations,  monitoring, public participation in code application are also taught in this course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Weaver C., Babcook R. (1979), City Zoning, Planners Press, APA. Smith H., Citizen’s Guide to Zoning, APA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To introduce the student to transport planning and teach him the principles of such planning and how to get use of it in the wider field of urban planning.

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces students to the field and issues of transport planning and its role in urban, regional and national planning. It teaches the transportation and street networks in the city, its hierarchy and its characteristics. It estimates its carrying capacity and goes through the intersection types and speed on different roads. Street movements and daily commuting and passenger density will be main chapters in the course. Planning and design of transportation services and stops are to be dealt with. Public transport and urban circulation types together with pedestrian movement, traffic accidents and its relationship with town planning will also be part of this course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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عبدالواحد، عبدالحميد، مقدمة في تخطيط النقل الحضري، 1986 م . وليام، هاي، مقدمة في هندسة النقل، ترجمة سعد عبدالرحمن القاضي وأنيس عبدالله التنير، النشر العلمي والمطابع، جامعة الملك سعود، 1419 هـ. The Institution of Highways and Transportation with the Department of Transport, Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas, 1987. Richards, Brian, Transport in Cities, Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1990.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To teach students the principles of Geographic information systems analysis and to be able to use this technique.

 

 

 

 

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The course introduces students to the principles of Geographic Information Systems and the techniques necessary to introduce the data, run, manipulate and manage it. It also teaches them how to perform the different applications on GIS. It focuses on mapping, digitizing, classifying data and relating it to each other. Many exercises will be used to grasp the various applications of GIS.

 

 

 

 

 

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كبارة، فوزي سعيد عبدالله، مقدمة في نظم المعلومات الجغرافية وتطبيقاتها الحضرية والبيئة، -- . Hurvitz, P. 1999-2002. Introduction to GIS with Arc View. ESRI. 1992-99. Arc View on-line documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To teach students the process of preparing the methodology of the Graduation Project's program.  Individual students, or groups of them, are expected to use and demonstrate the skills that they had gained during the previous academic years.  It's also expected that students carry out field surveys and data collection (or data collected from other sources) in order to analyze them in a scientific manner and according to a realistic methodology. 

 

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Teaching students how to identify and determine the subjects that will be tackled in the graduation project as well as how to choose the problem and the best ways of expressing it are considered important targets at this stage. Next, students are trained to set the planning process aims and goals, along with determining the plan and the methodology that are considered suitable to solve the problem.   After that, students look at how to determine the type of data needed and at how to choose the data sources. Data collection follows.  In the following phases, students do analyze the collected data (from the survey, questionnaire….) in order to expose the results and the issues.  Future requirements and predictions related to the project are also identified and made.  Depending on the nature and the location of the project, field trips may be necessary. 

 

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According to the nature of this course, field trips and surveys are usually required.  The themes and issues tackled do vary from one semester to the other. Consequently, the references which normally are in the form of reports from special bodies or field study reports vary from one project to another and depending on the nature of the chosen projects themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

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To define the land uses and transportation planning for the students and teach him the use of the benefit of analyzing process and planning for future in decision making for transportation planning and land uses.

 

 

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Define the role and the importance of transportation in planning process. First, studying the relation between the land uses and transportation planning specially which concern the urban transportation (UTMS) using mathematical equations.  In addition to, study the calculation of the traffic on the road networks.  It also studies the process of data collection and analysis about the current situation for all transportation means and the expectation of the future transportation volume using the computer programmes.  Preparing the strategic plan also is included in the course.

 

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To teach the students the concept and the idea of the regional planning and its components and principals.

 

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Introduction to the regional planning importance in national economy improving and developing the human welfare for the rural and urban residences.  Then explaining the meaning of Region and its limits bordering identifying.  The region hierarchy, spatial identity, administration units, spatial characteristics and economical and social relations are included in the course too.  Introduction to the economic developing and its impact upon the regional developing as approach for the regional developing and problems solutions.  Regional theories and developing aspects in solving the regional problems are included too.  Examples for the regional planning and developing will be illustrated and some of the planning examples application in the development countries will be discussed to find out the positive lessons to be applied in the national level.  Finally, the national regional planning in KSA will be discussed according to the international expertise

 

 

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To teach, encourage and develop the student skills in the last stage of the education plan under the supervision of the staff member.

 

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The studio plan is elastic and flexible and the studio subject is not fixed and variable from term to other according to the counsel plan.  The subject title is matching with the new trends in the urban design.  It may cover one of the governmental sector requirements, which may required from the counsel department.

 

 

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To understand the mechanism of urban campuses general planning and students' capability in making composition using volumes and masses and spaces and recognize the dynamic and visual studies

 

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Focuses upon translating the general plans of the urban campuses.  Illustrating the process and concepts of the urban communities.  The course includes the followings:

1-     compose relation between masses and spaces.

2-     Spaces relations and compositions degradation and details.

3-     Visual perception and 4 dimensions scale (including the time).

4-     Movements pass and circulations.

5-     Landscape design and prettiness perception.

 

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To teach the students the Urban design theories and principals focuses on design types and its impacts upon the city forms through understanding the principals and criteria of the general perceptions and visual perceptions.

 

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Focuses upon the followings:

1-     Design types, which affect the city forms.

2-     City and city urban elements (spaces – time – movements – city performance).

3-     Principals and criteria of visual perceptions.

4-     Design elements.

5-     City urban design fundamentals (grounds – street furniture – lightings - ….. etc. )

So the course focus upon roads, streets, cars, districts, zones, nodes, limits, elements, etc) to form the complete image of the city.  It also focuses on the analysis principals and elements which are man made in the project in compositing with the site elements and visual aspects.

 

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To train the students the process of presenting and preparing the alternatives of the planning based on the urban studies which evaluated using the scientific methods in addition to give the opportunity for the students to discuss his project as a step forward to future professional process.

 

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This project is considered the second step in teaching the students how to precede his final project and how to identify the goals, aims, target and strategic solutions for the urban problems.  How can the students translate the results of the data analysis to land uses area programs to disrepute its uses to fit it within the program.  Alternatives design then evaluate its efficiency are concerned within this stage following by selecting the best alternative with time table process in addition to choose a section to present detail study for this part.