Faculty of Engineering

Department: Renewable Energy Engineering Department

COURSE SYLLABUS
Students Copy

This Course Syllabus is to be kept in the course file for this course. All changes, update and/or modifications
should be reflected on the form, and should be kept in the Course Quality Assurance Form.
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1. Course Information
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Course Title
Course Code
Credit Hours
Prerequisite
Co-requisite

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Probability and Statistics for Engineers

090601234
3
Calculus II
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2. Instructor Information
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2.
3.
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Instructor
Office
Phone
Email
Office Hours

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Dr. Samer Asad

www.facebook.com/Dr.Samer.Asad
samer.asad@hotmail.com
Monday and Wednesday (10:00-12:00)

3. Class Time and Place

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2.
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4.

Class Days and Time:

Class Location
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Lab Days and time :
Lab Location
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Sun, Tue (9:30 11:00) and Mon, Wed (2:00 3:30)

B 203 and B 018
n/a
n/a

4. Resources
Text Book: Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, Douglas C. Montgomery and
George C. Runger, Willy & Sons, 6th Edition, 2014
Reference (s):
1. Introduction to Probability and Statistics, William Mendenhall, Robert Beaver and
Barbara Beaver, Gengage Learning 13th Edition, 2009

5. Course Purpose and Description

1.

Probability and Statistics for Engineers 3 Credits.

2.

Purpose:
The purpose of his course is to provide engineering students with the skills of
understanding the meaning of probability and statistics. It introduces several

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Statistical Analysis techniques and their applications as related to engineering

field.
3.

Course Description:
Basic concepts, Types of data, Sampling methods, Tables and graphs.
Descriptive Statistics, Basic probability concepts, Random experiment. Sample
spaces, Rules of probability. Counting techniques. Conditional probability.
Independence, Discrete and continuous random variables. Sampling distributions,
The Student-t distribution, Fdistribution and ChiSquare distribution, Point
estimation. Confidence intervals for a single population. Testing hypotheses for a
single population. Statistical software like Excel and Minitab will be used

6. Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
1. Identify the role that statistics can play in the engineering problem-solving process
2. Discuss how variability affects the data collected and used for making engineering
decisions
3. Compute and interpret the sample mean, sample variance, sample standard deviation,
sample median, and sample range
4. Explain the concepts of sample mean, sample variance, population mean, and
population variance
5. Discuss how probability and probability models are used in engineering and science
6. Understand and describe sample spaces and events for random experiments with
graphs, tables, lists, or tree diagrams
7. Calculate the probabilities of joint events such as unions and intersections from the
probabilities of individual events
8. Determine probabilities from probability mass functions and the reverse
9. Select an appropriate discrete probability distribution to calculate probabilities in
specific applications
10. Determine probabilities from probability density functions
11. Calculate means and variances for continuous random variables
12. Use joint probability mass functions and joint probability density functions to calculate
probabilities

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13. Explain the general concepts of estimating the parameters of a population or a

probability distribution
14. Understand the central limit theorem
15. Construct confidence intervals on the mean of a normal distribution, using either the
normal distribution or the t distribution method

7. Course Schedule/Calendar
Wk
No.
1

Topic
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Types of data
The Engineering Method and
Statistical Thinking

Collecting Engineering Data

Descriptive Statistics
Numerical Summaries of
Data
Frequency Distributions and
Histograms
Sample Spaces and Events
Interpretations and Axioms
of Probability
Conditional Probability
Discrete Random Variables
Probability Distributions and
Probability Mass Functions
Continuous Random
Variables
Probability Distributions and
Probability Density
Functions
Mean and Variance of a
Continuous Random
Variable
Two or More Random
Variables
Covariance and Correlation
Point Estimation
Sampling Distributions
and the Central Limit
Theorem
Confidence Interval on the
Mean of a Normal
Distribution, Variance
Known

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7

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11
12

13

Assignments/
workshops due
date

Assignment #1

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Reference in
the textbook

CLO

CH 1

1+2

CH6

3+4+5

CH 2

6+7

CH 3

8+9

CH 4

10

CH 5

11+12

CH 7

13+14

CH 8

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8. Method of Teaching
The methods of instruction may include, but are not limited to:
1. Lectures
2. Discussion and problem solving
3. Individual assignments/quizzes
4. Minitab or Microsoft Excel

9. Course Learning Assessment/Evaluation

The following methods of learning assessment will be used in this course:
Assessment

Weight

2 Tests

40%

B
C
D

Quizzes
Assignments
Final Exam
Total

5%
5%
50%
100%

Description
Multiple choice questions
Problem solving
Problem solving
Problem solving
Problem solving

Note: The details for the above methods of assessment are presented below:
(a) Tests
Test
Test 1
Test 2
B+C
Final
Total

Weight %
20%
20%
10%
50%
100%

CLO
1-7
8-12
To be defined
1-15
1-15

Due Date
Week 7
Week 11
Week 14
To be defined

(b) Quizzes
Method+

Quiz 1
Total

Weight

To be
defined
5%

CLO

Focus & Scope

Due Date

To be defined by To be defined by To be defined

instructor
instructor

Relevant CLO will be addressed based on selected topics, will be determined by the instructor
according to his/her decision regarding emphasis on selected topics.

(c)

Assignments
Method+

Weight

Assignment 1

To be

CLO

Focus & Scope

Due Date

To be defined by To be defined by To be defined

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defined
5%

Total

Instructor

Instructor

(d) Participation
Method

Participation
Total

Weight

Bonus grades for

attendance and
participation
n/a

CLO

Focus & scope

Due Date

Student
contribution and
motivation

All Weeks

All CLO's will be addressed in the students' participation, depending on the class and topic under
consideration

10. Course Policies

Should be explained to students at the first meeting:
1.

Class Attendance:
a. Students must attend all classes of this course.
b. Any student with absence of 15% of the classes of any course, will be illegible
to sit for the final exam and will be given the university zero (35%) in this
course.
c. In the case (b) above, if a student submits an official sick report
authenticated by university clinic or an accepted excuse by the Dean of
his/her faculty, the student will be considered as withdrawn from the course,
and a "W" will be shown in the transcript for this course.

2.

Tardy: Students are not allowed to come late to classes. Any student coming late
will not be allowed to attend the class and he/she will be marked absent.
Exams:
Failure in attending a course exam other than the final exam, will result in
zero mark unless the student provides an official acceptable excuse to the
instructor who approves a make-up exam.
Failure in attending the final exam will result in zero mark unless the student
presents an official acceptable excuse to the Dean of his/her faculty who
approves an incomplete exam, normally scheduled to be conducted during the
first two weeks of the successive semester.

3.

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4.

Assignments & Projects: Assignments and projects should be submitted to the

instructor on the due date. Zero mark will be given for late submissions unless
the student has an acceptable excuse approved by the instructor of the course.

5.

Exam Attendance/Punctuality:
A student who is late more than 10 minutes will not be permitted to sit the
exam (first, second or mid exams).

A student who is late more than 30 minutes will not be permitted to sit to
final exam, and no student will be permitted to leave the exam center before
the elapse of 30 minutes.

6.

Cheating: Cheating is an attempt to gain marks dishonestly and includes; but not
limited to:
Copying from another students work.
Using materials not authorized by the institute.
Collaborating with another student during a test, without permission.
Knowingly using, buying, selling, or stealing the contents of a test.
Plagiarism which means presenting another persons work or ideas as ones
own, without attribution.
Using any media (including mobiles) during the exam.

7.

Penalty for Cheating: The minimum penalty for cheating is an automatic Zero for
the test or assignment leading to a possible F for the course. The exam
invigilator will produce a report on the case to the examination committee
chairman. The report will be kept in the student file. The student may remain
seated in the exam center, but in case that causes a disturbance to other
students, the student will be expelled out of the exam center if approved by the
examination committee chairman. A second offense will result in the immediate
suspension of the student for the remainder of the current semester. A copy of
the decision will be kept in the student file.

8.

Mobiles: Mobile phones should be kept turned off or silent while in class. Usage of
mobile phones is not allowed in classes in any form (talking and/or texting).

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