Open Learning Unit

Admission criteria

For the students to be accepted, they must obtain bachelor's degree from faculty of commerce (Economics and management projects) section.

1. The student must have a high school degree or any other intermediate and above intermediate technical diplomas, providing that the student must have obtained the degree 5 years ago, disregarding total grades.
2. Students who have academic qualifications, university graduates, and high institutes.
3. Prospective students, with same terms of acceptance, must follow the same steps.

Requirements

1. High school or technical diploma success certificate.
2. Birth certificate or a copy of it.
3. 6 personal photos
4. Military status
5. Selection card (Original and copy)
6. Payment transaction (copy)

Papers exchange

1. The Open Learning Unit, head-quarted at faculty of commerce, will handle the student an envelope with documents. The student must fill in these documents, according to the acceptance guide and due date announced by the Unit.

Receiving papers

1. The Unit specify a date to receive the documents from students. The documents must be handed over to the unit by the student or one of his\her relatives. The student must pay the fees of services and learning toolsat the same time.

For Services and Learning Tools

For one credit hour in return for learning services and tools, the student must pay extra fees rated with: 35 Pounds for Egyptian students and for non-Egyptians 35 dollars.

Learning Tools

Online learning tools provide learning service for any student at any place. These learning tools include: written lectures, prepared references, and recorded tap in different courses. In addition to organizing periodical symposiums to follow up students and answer any questions related to “the students' guiding system”. For each course, there will be one staff member or more in charge to prepare the materials for each course, follow up students, and check their understanding by contacting them directly.

Learning plan

1. In order to obtain commerce bachelor's degree (Economics and Project Management sections), students must pass four years as a minimum number of years that the student may take in the learning program.
2. The learning system follows the credit hours system in each semester.
3. The number of the credit hours is 138 hours (8 semesters).
4. The period of each semester is 15 weeks.
5. Minimum number of registered courses must not be less than 3 courses and not more than 8 courses.
6. The credit hours are divided into obligatory hours and elective hours. Obligatory hours are 96 hours, divided as the following:

• 37 hour in the first year (2 semesters).
• 24 hour in the second year (2 semesters).
• 20 hour in the third year (2 semesters).
• 15 hour in the fourth year (2 semesters).

7. Elective hours are 42 hours, divided as follows:

• 8 hours in second year from total (26 hours) optional among the 2 semesters.
• 18 hours in third year from total (71 hours) optional among the 2 semesters.
• 16 hour in fourth year from total (120 hours) optional among the 2 semesters, included in 6 modules with different specifications.

Examination system

1. Theoretical exams are cinducted in all courses, by the end of each semester.
2. Exam duration is 2 hours.
3. Success and failing, are followed by the same terms of internal regulation of the faculty.
4. The total grade of one-hour course-exams (one lecture per week), shall be 10 grades and 20 for the courses of more than one hour.
5. Students grades are determined according to the following:

• Excellent: 90% or more
• Very Good: from 90% to 80%
• Good: from 80% to 65%
• Pass: from 65% to 50%

Failed students grades are determined according to the following:

• Weak: from 50% to 35%
• Very Weak: less than 35%

6. The student transfers to the following, if he\she passes all the courses or fails in two courses of the year he/she enrolled in or in the previous years, in this case the student takes the exam according required material. Graduation will take place in January and July of each year. As for failed senior students (with less than 2 courses), their repeat exams will take place in January. In case they failed again, their exam will take place at the same time at the same year they failed.
7. Available elective courses in the second year are 13 courses. Students must choose 4 of them (with a total of 8 hours). Available elective courses in the third year are 17 courses. Students must choose 6 of them (with a total 18 hours).
8. Proposed learning plans are done according to choices of the second and third year, taking into consideration the previous requirements of the previous courses.
9. Choices in fourth year are done according to the choice of the courses group of, each group consists of 8 courses and they must be related to each other and one of them must be related to economics and management of a specific type of projects. Students should be guided at the beginning of the second year.

These modules include six types of projects:

• Transportation and public utilities projects
• New Cities and Urban communities.
• Craftsmanship and environmental projects
• Power and mining projects
• Organization and financial markets
• Information systems and Computer

       These projects have been selected willingly, due to their importance in general development and local environment needs to it in the area of the university (Upper Egypt). In addition to the need of providing continuous learning chances for workers in these projects and scientific qualifications for learners from Upper Egypt residences, who are looking for working in it. These modules achieve for the learner choice chance.

10. Students who succeed in all exams of all selected courses with total of 138 hour among the four years or more, bachelor degree in commerce (Economics and Project Management section) Assiut University.
11. The graduate has the right to re-register to study other modules from the learning modules present in the learning plans, with the approval of faculty council.
12. The following is the learning plan to be followed for Economics and projects management section (according to open learning system).

Academic courses

First semester

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Technology information and its economics	4138
-	2	Electronic calculation system	4139
-	2	Uses of Computer in administrative field	4140
-	2	Advanced math	4141
-	2	Problems, managing and operating computers	4142
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Revision of electronic systems	4237
-	2	Information systems functionality	4238
-	2	Networks and computer information	4239
-	2	Problems of cost and pricing in computers	4240
Designing and developing (3219)	2	Analyzing and designing systems	4241
-	10	Total Hours

Second Semester (obligatory courses)

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Introduction in accounting	1217
-	3	Introduction in Economics (2)	1218
-	3	Introduction in management (2)	1219
-	3	Management of governmental authorities	1220
-	3	Commercial math	1221
-	3	Introduction to Law	1222
-	3	Commercial study  (in English)	1223
-	18	Total Hours

Second year: (code 2000)

First semester:

 (A)Obligatory courses:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Money and banks	2110
-	3	Intermediate accounting (1)	2111
-	3	Marketing	2112
-	3	Funding	2113
-	12	Total Hours

(B) Elective courses: student choose only two courses only

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Egyptian Economic structure	2114
-	2	Economics of transportation	2115
-	2	Economics of Middle East	2116
-	2	Math (pure)	2117
-	2	Applied accounting	2118
-	2	General finance	2119
-	2	Total Hours	July

Second Semester:

1. Obligatory courses

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Intermediate accounting (2)	2210
-	3	Investments and funding	2211
-	3	Process and production management	2212
-	3	Statistics	2213
-	12	Total hours	July

2. Elective courses: Student choose from them 2 courses only

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
Marketing (2112)	2	Marketing research	2214
-td>	2	Financial and cash markets	2215
-	2	Announcements and advertisements	2216
-	2	Works legislations and social insurance	2217
-	2	Accounting systems evaluation	2218
-	2	Bank credits and facilities	2219
-	2	Power economics	2220
-	2	Media and scaling public opinions	2221
-	16	Total hours

Third Year

First semester:

1. Obligatory courses:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Companies accounting	3110
-	2	Human resources management	3111
-	3	Feasibility studies and projects assessments	3112
-	3	Computer languages	3113
-	11	Total Hours

2. Elective courses: student choose 3 courses only

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
Math 2117	3	Operations research	3114
-	3	Assessment ways and quality fixing	3115
-	3	Mining economics	3116
-	3	Management of International business (English)	3117
-	3	Hotels and touristic constructions	3118
-	3	Mining economics	3119
-	3	Safety and industrial security	3120
-	3	Purchases management	3121
-	24	Total Hours

Second Term:

1. Obligatory courses:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Costs accounting	3210
-	3	Management polices	3211
-	3	Development and economic planning	3212
-	9	Total Hours

2. Elective Courses: (3 courses)

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Regional planning	3213
-	3	Environment economics	3214
-	3	Economic problems	3215
-	3	International Marketing	3216
-	3	Commercial law studies	3217
-	3	General Insurance	3218
-	3	Designing and developing	3219
-	3	Accounting of International companies (English)	3220
-	3	Office management	3221
-	16	Total Hours

Fourth Year:

1. Obligatory courses:

First term:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Internal supervision and revision	4110
-	3	Total economics and social accounts	4111
-	3	Costs accounting (2)	4112
-	9	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	3	Taxes accounting	4210
-	3	Information systems and decision making	4211
-	6	Total Hours

2.  Elective courses:

(Student choose from them 4 courses per each term for selected Module)

• First Module: (Transportation and public utilities projects)
• First Term:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	structural planning	4113
-	2	Economics of public utilities	4114
-	2	Funding and pricing services of public utilities	4115
-	2	Management of public utilities	4116
Transportation Economics (2115)	2	Designing and planning of Transportation networks	4117
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Economics of Public services (education- health… etc.)	4212
Environment economics (3214)	2	Environment pollution	4213
-	2	Accounting of public utilities and transportation projects	4214
-	2	Management of Airports and ports	4215
-	2	Management of transportation risks	4216
-	10	Total Hours

Second Module: (New Cities and Urban communities.)

First Term:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Population studies	4118
-	2	Cities and new societies economics	4119
-	2	Systems and accounting in small projects and cooperation	4120
-	2	Settlement of projects	4121
-	2	Local systems and public organizing	4122
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	structural planning	4217
-	2	Economics of  land reclamation	4218
-	2	Local Funding	4219
-	2	Management of small projects and cooperation	4220
Environment economics	2	Environment pollution	4221
-	10	Total Hours

Third Module: (Craftsmanship and environmental projects)

First Semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Natural and environmental resources	4123
-	2	Choosing and settlement of Craftsmanship and environmental projects	4124
-	2	Economics of small projects	4125
-	2	Funding of small projects	4126
-	2	Cooperative legislation	4127
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Management of small and cooperative projects	4222
-	2	Management of craftsmanship projects needs	4223
-	2	Marketing products of Craftsmanship and environmental projects	4225
-	2	Accounting system in small and cooperative projects	4226
-	2	Costs problems and pricing in small projects	4227
-	10	Total Hours

Fourth Module: (Economics of Power and mining projects)

First semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
Mining economics 3119	2	Sources of mineral energy in Egypt	4128
-	2	Problems of mineral production and marketing	4129
-	2	Accounting in energy and mineral wealth projects	4130
-	2	Management of crisis in extractive industries	4131
Environmental economics	2	Environmental pollution	4132
-	10

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Problems of transportation and distribution of mineral and petroleum products	4227
-	2	Problems of costing and pricing of mineral and petroleum products	4228
-	2	Planning and development of human resources	4229
-	2	Funding of mineral and petroleum projects	4230
-	2	Legislation of mine and metallurgy	4232
-	10	Total Hours

Fifth Module: (Management of Organization and financial markets)

First semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Hierarchy and organizing financial markets	4133
-	2	Tools of Financial investments	4134
-	2	Management of facilities and financial markets	4135
-	2	Banks of investments and works	4136
-	2	Accounting of financial facilities	4137
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Analysis of Financial papers	4232
-	2	Guidelines of financial accounting	4233
-	2	Insurance economics	4234
-	2	Rules and legislations of investment	4235
-	2	Financial Markets, organization, regional and global	4236
-	10	Total Hours

Sixth Module: (Economics of Information systems and Computer)

First Semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Information technology and economics	4138
-	2	Systems of computer mechanism	4139
-	2	Computer uses in Management field	4140
-	2	Advanced math	4141
-	2	Computers Problems, management and operation	4142
-	10	Total Hours

Second semester:

Previous requirements	Number of hours	Course name	Course number (Code)
-	2	Revising of mechanism systems	4237
-	2	Employment information systems	4238
-	2	Networks and Information systems	4239
-	2	Costs problems and pricing in accounting mechanisms	4240
Designing and development 3219	2	Systems Analyzing and designing	4241
-	10	Total Hours