The Bachelor's program in Sustainable Development and Technology aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the interaction between sustainable development and technology and qualify them to deal with the challenges facing societies and the environment by integrating the main concepts and foundations of sustainable development with modern technologies, innovations as well as new technological transformations.
The program consists of a variety of courses, including the principles of sustainable development, spatial justice, crisis management and development, the foundations of database design, mobile applications, artificial intelligence in addition to other theoretical courses in development and practical courses in technology. These courses will in total work in depth to enable the student to understand and analyze the close relationship between development in its comprehensive concept as a process and modern technologies as tools. They will also reflect the students’ understanding on the development of the society and its environment. Based on this understanding, the student will be able to explore innovative technological solutions that contribute to solving problems and achieving sustainable development. This will be followed by case studies and analysis in the context of the balance between technological development and the preservation of natural resources from the Palestinian, regional and international reality.
This program provides the student with the opportunity to acquire critical thinking skills, advanced thinking based on providing sustainable and creative solutions, and interaction with the social, economic and environmental aspects of development. The graduate will be able to deal with complex challenges that arise as a result of technological development, and work on developing new technologies that contribute to achieving sustainable development in various fields.