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Courses

Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

Required Courses

Students enroll in two required courses: A Hebrew language course (placement varies on level of proficiency) and a course in the Humanities or Social Science (selected from approved overseas program courses). All engineering and science courses are taught in English.

Elective Courses

Students choose three out of the following technical courses taught in English:

CAS MA 226 Differential Equations
Prerequisite: CAS MA 225 or MA 230. First-order linear and separable equations. Second-order equations and first-order systems. Linear equations and linearization. Numerical and qualitative analysis. Laplace transforms. Applications and modeling of real phenomena throughout. (Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS MA 231.) 4 cr. either semester. Taught in English.

CAS PY 313 Waves and Modern Physics
Prerequisites: CAS PY 211 General Physics, CAS PY 212 General Physics, and CAS MA 124 Calculus II, or equivalents. Focuses on waves and physical optics, relativistic mechanics, experimental foundations of quantum mechanics, atomic structure, physics of molecules and solids, atomic nuclei, and elementary particles. Taught in English.

ENG EK 307 Electric Circuit Theory
Prerequisites: ENG EK 125 Introduction to Engineering Computation; corequisite: CAS MA 226 Differential Equations, or equivalent. Introduction to electric circuit analysis and design; voltage, current, and power, element I-V curves, circuit laws and theorems; energy storage; frequency domain, frequency response, transient response, sinusoidal steady state and transfer functions; and operational amplifiers, design. Includes lab. Taught in English.

ENG BE 209 Principles of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Prereq: high school biology and at least one semester of college chemistry. For biomedical engineers. Principles of cell and molecular biology and biochemistry emphasizing biomolecules, the flow of genetic information, cell structure and function, and cell regulation. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. 4 cr, 2nd semester. Course Syllabus      Lab Syllabus

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