All concentration programs (i.e. CXs) in KFUPM require FOUR courses. Any selected CX program, its four courses are mapped to:

1. THREE COE 4xx Electives, and
2. ONE Technical XE xxx Elective.

COE Electives COE 4xx and Technical/Free electives are listed on this page: 

List of Electives (New)

An Islamic/Arabic elective is any IAS 100-499 course that is not required.

A General studies elective is any GS 100-499 course that is not required.

The term "Technical" elective is used for the old COE program, while the new COE program uses the term "Free". The above link lists these Technical/Free electives.

The list of COE CX programs can be found at: 

CX Programs

The list of non-COE CX programs that are open for COE students can be found at: 

Concentration Programs Available to COE Students

COE OLD Program Electives (Summer Training Option)

• ONE COE depth elective (COE 405 or COE 444)
• FOUR COE electives (i.e. COE 4xx)
• TWO Technical electives (i.e. XE xxx)
• TWO General studies electives (i.e. GS xxx)

If a CX is selected, the remaining electives are as follows:

• ONE COE depth elective (COE 405 or COE 444)
  
• ONE COE elective (i.e. COE 4xx)
• ONE Technical elective (i.e. XE xxx)
• TWO General studies electives (i.e. GS xxx)

COE OLD Program Electives (Cooperative Work Option)

• ONE COE depth elective (COE 405 or COE 444)
• TWO COE electives (i.e. COE 4xx)
• TWO General studies electives (i.e. GS xxx)

With this option, the student cannot select a CX program.

• FOUR COE electives (i.e. COE 4xx)
• ONE Technical/Free elective (i.e. XE xxx)
• ONE Islamic/Arabic studies elective (i.e. IAS xxx)
• ONE General studies elective (i.e. GS xxx)
  

If a CX is selected, the remaining electives are as follows:

• ONE COE elective (i.e. COE 4xx)
• ONE Islamic/Arabic studies elective (i.e. IAS xxx)
• ONE General studies elective (i.e. GS xxx)

• THREE COE electives (i.e. COE 4xx)
• ONE Islamic/Arabic studies elective (i.e. IAS xxx)
• ONE General studies elective (i.e. GS xxx)

With this option, the student cannot select a CX program. The term "Internship" and "Cooperative work" mean the same thing for the new program.

Other Useful Rules:

• You cannot have other courses registered with COE 399, COE 351/COE 351 (old program), or COE 398 (new program)
• For both OLD and NEW COE programs, summer training COE 399 cannot be in the last semester of the degree plan.
• For the OLD program with cooperative work, COE 351 cannot be in the last semester of the degree plan.
• For the NEW program with cooperative work, COE 398 cannot be in the last semester of the degree plan.
• For the OLD program, if a student selects CX on computer networks, he must take COE 405 as a depth elective.
• If a student is not enrolled in a given concentration and would like to register for a course that is part of the concentration, the student just needs to send an email to the chairman at the beginning of the semester requesting enrollment in the desired course.