Offered Courses | المواد المطروحة
ACCT202 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is a continuation of the concepts and techniques covered in ACCT 201. In addition, some of the concepts and techniques that are used in accounting for manufacturing firms are introduced and applied
ARAB120 | ARABIC LANGUAGE SKILLS I | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is a platform for equipping the students with the basic skills in the Arabic language through reading, listening and writing various types of literary texts. Essential linguistic issues are handled such as spelling rules, the use of dictionaries. Heard and read common mistakes are dealt with in depth. Each study unit includes texts of a variety of genres. These are left for the students to read, comprehend and appreciate. Students are expected to use these texts to practice the skills they learn in each unit.
ARAB121 | ARABIC LANGUAGE SKILLS II | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is sequel to ARAB120. Students reinforce the skills they have gained in the previous course (ARAB120). They are given a variety of literary and scientific texts to read and criticize. They are assigned subject to express orally. They have to produce descriptive reports and have to write essays. Students also exercise listening to given topics and express the ideas in writing. Special attention is given to methods of academically sourcing their information using the APA style.
SCIE111 | GENERAL SCIENCE | Credits: 3
Description:
Science 111 is a university required course designed for non-science students that aims to expose students to the basic concepts of science in a variety of domains including Chemistry (atoms in combination), Biology (molecules of life, the living cell, genetics and evolution), Physics (Units, energy, heat, Astronomy, waves and electromagnetic radiation), Technology, Environment, Health, and Safety with emphasis on applications of modern sciences in our daily life.
BUSA210 | PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT | Credits: 3
Description:
This course involves a review of the principles of management. It aims to provide a framework for the orderly presentation of basic facts in business management, utilizing the functions of the manager with respect to planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
BUSA230 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | Credits: 3
Description:
This course covers all aspects of modern marketing and the business environment, including marketing information, product distribution, promotion, pricing, and total marketing strategy.
BUSM102 | BUSINESS MATHEMATICS II | Credits: 3
Description:
Business Mathematics II focuses first on developing of mathematical skills and then on the applications of these skills into solving applied business problems. This course covers the following topics in depth: exponential and logarithmic functions, arithmetic and geometric progressions, matrices, linear programming, derivatives, maxima, minima and other introductory topics in statistics to prepare students for ECON 234.
ECON102 | MACROECONOMICS | Credits: 3
Description:
This course provides the basic concepts of aggregate demand and aggregate supply of the market economy. It also provides the concept of national income and the recent problems facing the economy, inflation and unemployment. It includes the role of monetary and fiscal policy.
ECON300 | BASIC ECONOMICS | Credits: 3
Description:
This course attempts to equip the students with the economic tools needed to explain and understand today`s crucial issues in world problems such as, inflation, poverty and development. This course is designed to help the students develop their ways of thinking by integrating economics into analysis of other fields of studies.
CHEM109 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | Credits: 1
Description:
This course provides practical experience necessary to understand and appreciate better the information presented in the lectures and text of CHEM130. It acquaints students with several quantitative techniques in addition to basic qualitative analysis.
CHEM121 | INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY | Credits: 3
Description:
A course for Nursing students which requires no previous study of chemistry. It covers the basics of the atomic theory, chemical arithmetic, properties of solutions and gases, and chemical bonding, basic organic and biochemistry.
CHEM130 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR MLSC MAJOR | Credits: 3
Description:
An introductory course that covers the electronic structure of atoms, basic chemical laws calculations, stoichiometry, bonding, phase studies, periodic trends, gases, solutions and acids and bases.
CSSE321 | INTERNSHIP | Credits: 2
Description:
This is an opportunity to the student to gain some practical experience. The students enrolled in this course will explore career interests while applying the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom in a work setting. The course helps students to develop their personal career goal and can build a career network.
MATH111 | FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS | Credits: 3
Description:
This is a basic math course for non-science students which covers problem solving techniques, sets, basic probability and statistics, number systems and their structure, linear and quadratic equations, basic consumer mathematics.
EDUC150 | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS | Credits: 3
Description:
This workshop-style course guides the students into processes of self-discovery and self-appreciation as it gives them tools to understand and value the importance of emotional development in people and its impact in academic achievement and other aspects of personal and social life. It aims to start the students in a personal journey of human development and to make them able to promote and accompany similar journeys in their students from the forum of their subject teaching.
EDUC201 | DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | Credits: 3
Description:
This course introduces fundamental concepts in psychology and developmental psychology with greater emphasis on mental functions and personality, developmental stages and theories. Focus is placed on their implications in relation to educational process.
EDUC205 | MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION IN EDUCATION | Credits: 3
Description:
The course studies the theory of testing and measurement in the school. Emphasis is given to construction, administration, evaluation, and interpretation of teacher-made tests. Study is made of the techniques for measuring intelligence and achievement.
EDUC220 | STUDENT ACCOMPANIMENT AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT | Credits: 3
Description:
This is a practical course for students with a strong focus in the interaction of psychology and education. It acquaints students with fundamentals of modern accompaniment techniques, guidance programs, classroom management systems and techniques, and general counseling principles and styles. Students develop foundations for the application of these processes in the West Bank and East-Jerusalem.
EDUC305 | GUIDANCE & COUNSELING | Credits: 3
Description:
This is a practical course for students with a strong interest in psychology and education. It acquaints students with fundamentals of modern guidance programs and general counseling principles and techniques. Students develop psychological foundations for the counseling setting on the West Bank
ENGL120 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS I | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is the first university English language requirement that aims to introduce students to the academic language skills that are necessary for pursuing their university education. It focuses on the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
ENGL121 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS II | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is the second university English Language requirement that continues to advance the students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking required for success in an academic setting.
ENGL213 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS III | Credit: 3
Description:
This course in English for Specific Purposes is the third university requirement. It aims to provide non-major students with additional opportunities to improve and apply the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills and sub-skills that were introduced in ENGL 120 and ENGL 121 and are necessary for the students’ chosen major. It also focuses on the study skills, critical thinking skills, and vocabulary building skills necessary for success in an academic setting using materials from the student’s field of study.
ENGR102 | REMEDIAL ENGLISH II | Credits: 2
Description:
This course is the second level of remedial English that is offered to students who show minimum language proficiency level on the English Entrance Exam. It aims to help them attain the language proficiency required for university entry level and to move to ENGL 120. It covers the four language skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
HOTM104 | THEORY & PRACTICE OF KITCHEN & PASTRY II | Credits: 3
Description:
These courses cover the basics of quality food production, innovative cooking ideas and advice on technical details of food production equipment and styles. These courses are divided into two hours of theory plus three hours for practicum.
HOTM208 | FRONT OFFICE PRACTICAL & COMPUTER APPLICATIONS | Credits: 3
Description:
This course provides information about micro management systems for the hospitality industry.
HOTM307 | INTERNSHIP | Credits: 1
Description:
This is an industry internship course. Students are required to participate in internships at local hotels for two months. This provides students the opportunity to practice their learning skills and hospitality techniques.
ARTS110 | CREATIVE ARTS | Credits: 2
Description:
Creative activities include collage, mask making, printing techniques, individual and group projects using paint and crayons. Activities are analyzed for their physical, cognitive and emotional properties. The adaptation and structuring of activities to meet the needs of people with physical, developmental and emotional difficulties are discussed.
HIST120 | MODERN & CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF PALESTINE | Credits: 3
Description:
The course deals with the modern and contemporary history of Palestine from the 19th century until the present era. It analyzes the political, social, and economic history of Palestine during the late stage of the Ottoman period, and then examines the colonial activity in Palestine since the mid-nineteenth century through the Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) and the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), and what accompanied this activity from the European Zionist penetration since the first half of the nineteenth century until now. The course sheds light on the Zionist movement and its creed, as well as the misconceptions it promoted about the land and people of Palestine. Then the course deals with analysis and evaluation of the British mandates until 1948, and during this pivotal stage in the history of Palestine, the course analyzes the Palestinian national movement from 1920 until the Nakba in 1948. The course also deals with the situation of the Palestinian people after the Nakba of 1948 and discusses the conditions of the Palestinians in the refugee camps inside Palestine and the diaspora, the formation of the PLO, and the conditions of the Palestinian people during the First Intifada and the resulting signing of the Oslo Accords.
PHIL302| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | Credits: 3
Description:
This course will inquire into the historical progress of philosophical sciences. It will discuss ancient Greek mythology, and philosophical development in the Middle Ages, Modernity, the Renaissance, and the contemporary era. We will also look at the vital relationship between faith and reason. Our goal is to improve the students’ mental and critical capacities. This includes their ability to understand and analyze texts, articles, etc within its historical settings. Finally, this course could help the students to grow in self-knowledge and understanding and their awareness of the world they live in.
POLS300 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE | Credits: 3
Description:
This course reviews definitions of Political Science and its relation to other sciences. Political theories will be also studied in order to understand and analyze political phenomena. It will look at old, modern, and contemporary Western political thought, without ignoring Arab and Islamic political thought, and key political movements in the Arab world. The emergence and development of the state and different systems of governance and its relationship to the individual and society will be stressed. The course concludes by defining principal theories of international relations and international institutions
THEA301 | THEATER FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES | Credits: 3
Description:
This introductory course offers rich theatrical experiences to the needs of a specific discipline, such as Occupational Therapy.
MDWF011 | PRACTICUM: BASIC NURSING | Credits: 2
Description:
This course is designed to prepare student midwives with basic Nursing skills that are needed during their work in addition to practicing their ability in applying nursing processes.
NURS131 | FIRST AID & PERSONAL SAFETY | Credits: 3
Description:
This course is designed to provide the student with the first aid principles and skills necessary to help victims of accidents, emergencies, and disaster situations.
NURS342 | PSYCHIATRIC NURSING | Credits: 3
Description:
This course will focus on the basic concepts of psychiatric nursing and the delivery of care to client and families experiencing psychiatric disorders and maladaptive behaviors. Emphasis is on the community mental health illness continuum throughout the lifespan and the nursing role in assisting the client with problem solving in a community setting.
NURS377 | INTERNSHIP | Credits: 5
Description:
This is a five credits program designed to provide the Nursing Student with an additional 400 clinical hours in a hospital setting for the mastery of nursing skills under the guidance of the nursing staff where the student is assigned. It has to be completed in the summer session after the third year of study.
OCTH401 | CLINICAL FIELD WORK I | Credits: 2
Description:
This course is an introduction to clinical practice. The emphasis is on observation of occupational therapists assessing and treating clients, practice in interacting with people of all ages and abilities and development of professional behavior.
PHTH401 | CLINICAL FIELD WORK I | Credits: 3
Description:
Students will complete a six-week full time period of supervised clinical practice during the summer session of the First Year of the program. This practicum will be mainly observation. Students will orientated them to the clinical setting and gain experience in relating to patients and staff in clinics, hospitals and rehabilitation centres. In this course students will be expected to complete 144 practical hours.
RELS300 | CULTURAL RELIGIOUS STUDIES | Credits: 3
Description:
This is a University required course taken by students who choose it in their fourth year. It focuses on the three major religions in the area: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It presents their history, beliefs, moral precepts, feasts and rituals in view of reaching a deeper and unbiased appreciation of their roles in contemporary society.
SOCI231 | SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY | Credits: 3
Description:
This course addresses issues of the family in terms of structure, internal strength relations, relations with other structures in society and multiple influences. To that end, the course addressed the historical evolution of the family, its role, function, position and relation with society as part of the power, authority and dominance relation, and their functions related to system value and ethics system, structural conflicts among generations and gender relations, all associated with the relations system and social engineering inside family and society.
SWER400 | INTERNSHIP | Credits: 2
Description:
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to use/apply in a real life setting what they have learned during the course of their degree. Moreover, it is intended to develop students’ practical skills and to reflect on their university experience. This course is organized to be offered in the Summer semester. There are no class lectures but rather scheduled weekly meeting with the instructor. There will be no test or exams. A detailed written plan of action will be developed for every student in order to know the type and amount of work that will be expected.