Alexandria University

Courses

Ø  Typically, Both Virginia Tech, VT, and Alexandria University, AU, classes are offered every semester.

Ø  Both VT and AU classes are offered following the Virginia Tech academic schedule.  Classes are closed for both VT and AU holidays.  Accordingly, missed classes are made up with special arrrangements with the course instructor.

Ø  Students can take up to 15 credit hours of transferable AU course credits towrds the VT PhD degree.

Ø  AU classes are taught by AU instructors in class (face to face).

Ø  VT classes offered in Egypt are taught as they are taught at VT in the US with the same textbooks and same course syllabi. Classes would be taught using either:

§  Traditional instruction (Professor in class) by either a traveling VT faculty or a resident VTAdjunct faculty selected from reputable Egyptian institutions, or

§  Distance Videoconference live instruction (would be synchronized with class time at VT in the USA, 7 hours time difference) with a VT adjunct faculty acting as a Distance Learning Instructor, DLI, would be available in class to facilitate course instruction and student interface with the course’s videoconference instructor

 

Ø  Courses offered vary from one semester to another and from year to year depending on students' need.  A sample course offering is shown below for Spring 09.

AU Courses for Spring 09

Course # Title Instructor Instructor's Affiliation Format Times
10681 Digital Communications Said M. Elnoubi Alexandria Univ Face to Face Days?
Time-Time
(Alex)
11727 Advanced Computer Architecture Mohamed Rizk Alexandria Univ Face to Face Days?
Time-Time
(Alex)
11752 Theory of Algorithms Ayman Khalafalah Alexandria Univ Face to Face Days?
Time-Time
(Alex)
11714 Software Engineering Walid Rabie AAST,
Arab Academy for Science & Technology		 Face to Face Days?
Time-Time
(Alex)

AU Courses for Spring 09


Course #
Title
Instructor		 Distance Learning Instructor
Format
VT-CRN
Times
ECE 5565 Network Architecture & Protocols Eltoweissy Mohamed Mohurram VTEL from NoVA to MENA 17740 ARR
ECE 5605 Stochastic Signals & Systems Besieris --- Besieris Travel to MENA 17741 MTWR
10:00AM-11:30AM
(Alex)
ECE 5664 Cellular Radio and Personal Communications Tranter & Reed Mohamed Khedr VTEL to MENA 17742 M
4:00PM-6:45PM
(US)
ECE-6504 Trustworthy Wireless Networks Eltoweissy Mohamed Mohurram VTEL from NoVA to MENA 17743 T
4:00PM-6:45PM
(US)
ECE-5944 ECE Graduate Seminar Brown Mohamed Rizk/
Hania Farag		 VTEL to MENA 12179 F
4:00PM-5:30PM
(US)
 
Notes:
  1.  All courses are taught according to the VT class schedule for the current semester.  VT no-class holidays will be observed as well as local Egyptian holidays.  Lectures to replace those missed during Egyptian holidays will be made up during other days as needed.
  2. "Travel to MENA" courses taught by the VT traveling (visiting) faculty will operate on a condensed semester schedule as set by the traveling faculty.
  3. All VT Video Conference (VTEL) Courses will be video streamed for registered VT-MENA students to watch later at convenient times.
  4. Week day abbreviations used are:
    M=Mon, T=Tue, W=Wed, R=Thur, F=Fri, Sa=Sat, Su=Sun, ARR=To be Arranged
  5. All VT "VTEL" course times are local VT times.  The times for the "MENA" and "Travel to MENA" courses are local Egyptian times. 
  6. VT is located in the eastern time zone in the US, GMT-5,  which is 7 hours behind Egypt, GMT-2, except during the daylight savings, DST, transition periods as both counties operate different DST timings. 
  7. The daylight savings for the Eastern US zone starts at 2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March (forward Clock one hour) and ends at 2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November (Backward Clock one hour).
  8. Typically, Egypt operates Daylight-Saving Time between the last Friday in April and the last Thursday in September when the clocks are 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+3).  Some years, Egypt enforces DST times during the month of Ramadan.

Spring 2009 Condensed Schedule (Tentative):
Feb 11, 2009 to Mar 3, 2009
AND
Mar 16, 2009 to Apr 7, 2009