Academic Plan

Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 133 Credit Hours ) as Follows

University Requirements

Univ. Req.
Univ. Elec.

Students must pass all of the following courses

Course Number	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course Number	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
000011110	COMMUNITY SERVICE	COMMUNITY SERVICE	1	-	0	-
010610014	BEGINNING ENGLISH	In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main idea and supporting details; make predictions about a text; answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents; identify parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of unknown words from context; and recognize prefixes and suffixes. In Writing, students learn to write both simple and compound sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization. They write at the sentence and paragraph level using simple present tense, simple past tense, and simple future tense. In Grammar, students review the basic parts of speech and their functions in a sentence, the simple tenses (present, past, and future) and present and past continuous, pronouns, prepositions of time and location, articles, singular and plural nouns, and question formation.	3	-	0	-
010610025	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH	In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main and supporting details; make predictions and answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents, parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of contextual words; recognize prefixes and suffixes, recognize noun, adjective, and adverb clauses, and distinguish between fact and opinion.	3	-	2	010610014 BEGINNING ENGLISH In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main idea and supporting details; make predictions about a text; answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents; identify parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of unknown words from context; and recognize prefixes and suffixes. In Writing, students learn to write both simple and compound sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization. They write at the sentence and paragraph level using simple present tense, simple past tense, and simple future tense. In Grammar, students review the basic parts of speech and their functions in a sentence, the simple tenses (present, past, and future) and present and past continuous, pronouns, prepositions of time and location, articles, singular and plural nouns, and question formation.
010610026	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB	The Language Center courses are designed to help students cope with university education in English. The unlock listening and speaking 2 (Intermediate English Lab.) focuses on developing students’ listening, speaking and critical thinking skills. Students watch videos, listen to audios, think critically to be able to speak about different topics using a simplified academic language. The intermediate English lab is meant to prepare students for speaking and listening contexts. Students learn strategies for improving listening comprehension and stimulating critical thinking. The language lab component is specifically designed to improve students’ speaking and listening skills.		2	1	010610014 BEGINNING ENGLISH In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main idea and supporting details; make predictions about a text; answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents; identify parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of unknown words from context; and recognize prefixes and suffixes. In Writing, students learn to write both simple and compound sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization. They write at the sentence and paragraph level using simple present tense, simple past tense, and simple future tense. In Grammar, students review the basic parts of speech and their functions in a sentence, the simple tenses (present, past, and future) and present and past continuous, pronouns, prepositions of time and location, articles, singular and plural nouns, and question formation. 010610025 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main and supporting details; make predictions and answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents, parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of contextual words; recognize prefixes and suffixes, recognize noun, adjective, and adverb clauses, and distinguish between fact and opinion.
010610035	ADVANCED ENGLISH	This is an integrated skills course in which students work on reading, Writing, listening' and speaking. In reading, student learn to distinguish between fact and opinion,determine the author's purpose or point of view, justify answers to comprehension questions,make inferences, read academic texts, recognize grammatical relation ship in atext. In Writing, student learn to write complex sentences and comma splices. In Grammar, the review parts of speech, articles, and phrases and clauses.	3	-	2	010610025 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH In Reading, students learn to skim; scan; identify the main and supporting details; make predictions and answer questions about a text; identify signal words, transitions, pronouns, and referents, parts of speech and verb tenses; guess the meaning of contextual words; recognize prefixes and suffixes, recognize noun, adjective, and adverb clauses, and distinguish between fact and opinion. 010610026 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB The Language Center courses are designed to help students cope with university education in English. The unlock listening and speaking 2 (Intermediate English Lab.) focuses on developing students’ listening, speaking and critical thinking skills. Students watch videos, listen to audios, think critically to be able to speak about different topics using a simplified academic language. The intermediate English lab is meant to prepare students for speaking and listening contexts. Students learn strategies for improving listening comprehension and stimulating critical thinking. The language lab component is specifically designed to improve students’ speaking and listening skills.
010610036	ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB	This course aims at developing students listening and speaking skills. This is to be accomplished through helping them enrich their lexical input so that they can understand English language in its spoken forms as a focus and in its written form too. As a result, they will be able to communicate successfully. The course provides students with a series of listening, speaking, reading, pronunciation and vocabulary exercises that meet Bloom’s learning objectives. Furthermore, it aims at developing their critical thinking skills.		2	1	010610026 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LAB The Language Center courses are designed to help students cope with university education in English. The unlock listening and speaking 2 (Intermediate English Lab.) focuses on developing students’ listening, speaking and critical thinking skills. Students watch videos, listen to audios, think critically to be able to speak about different topics using a simplified academic language. The intermediate English lab is meant to prepare students for speaking and listening contexts. Students learn strategies for improving listening comprehension and stimulating critical thinking. The language lab component is specifically designed to improve students’ speaking and listening skills.
040111001	ARABIC LANGUAGE	This course aims to teach the students the basics of Arabic language, and the methods of correct writing starting from the word itself till the syntax and expressions, the course focuses in particular on correct practice of the Arabic language in writing and pronouncing.	2	-	2	-
040511011	PALESTINIAN STUDIES	The migration of Arab tribes from Arab Peninsule to Palestine, major political and cultural developments in palestine during cann'anites period, the Assyrian-Egyptian Rivaly in Palestine, Palestinians and Jews, Palestine under Creek and Roman Rule, The Arab Islamic period, political and cultural conditions during Ummayad and Abbasaid period, Islam-crusades colission in pPalestine, Palestine under Ottoman Rule, Rule played by Ahmad Pasha Al-Jazzar and Thaher Al-Omar, Egyptian occupation 1831, European penetration and Zionist settlements, Sykes-Pekot Agreement, Balfour declaration and Britsg mandate, Brotain and Liquidation of Palestine land, Palestinian resistance movement, 1936 Uprising and the scheme of Palestine partition 1937, Partition resolution and 1948 war, Launching of the PLO and the 1967 war, 1987 Uprising, Independence Declaration 1988, Oslo Agreements , Future outlook.	2	-	2	-
040521301	FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH METHODS	This course is a basic one for all university students because it tackles the way of conducting research. The students through this course are exposed to the quantitative and qualitative researches and the differences between them. It also covers the meaning of hypothesis and its types, along with research questions and research problems. Through this course the students can come to know more about literature review and how to differentiate between primary and secondary literature.	2	-	2	010610035 ADVANCED ENGLISH This is an integrated skills course in which students work on reading, Writing, listening' and speaking. In reading, student learn to distinguish between fact and opinion,determine the author's purpose or point of view, justify answers to comprehension questions,make inferences, read academic texts, recognize grammatical relation ship in atext. In Writing, student learn to write complex sentences and comma splices. In Grammar, the review parts of speech, articles, and phrases and clauses. 010610036 ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB This course aims at developing students listening and speaking skills. This is to be accomplished through helping them enrich their lexical input so that they can understand English language in its spoken forms as a focus and in its written form too. As a result, they will be able to communicate successfully. The course provides students with a series of listening, speaking, reading, pronunciation and vocabulary exercises that meet Bloom’s learning objectives. Furthermore, it aims at developing their critical thinking skills.
240111000	COMPUTER SKILLS	A basic, introductory course in personal computers, it introduces students to basic computer concepts in hardware, software, networking. The course will include a basic computer literacy including computer concepts, fundamental functions and operations of the computer. Topics include identification of hardware components, basic computer operations, and use of some software applications such as windows operating system, a word processing using Microsoft Word, a spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel, and a presentation software using PowerPoint.	2	-	2	-

Students must pass ( 8 ) credit hours from any of the following courses

Course Number	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course Number	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
040511052	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I	This course is a continuation of the first course, it focus on the study of the political system in Israel and on the security institution and the decision-making and electoral system and foreign policy of Israel, and an introduction to the Arab party scene in Israel as well as a presentation of the Israeli media organization.	2	-	2	-
040511053	JERUSALEM: CIVILIZATION AND HISTORY	Existence of Jerusalem, its ancient history, historical monuments and archaeological excavations, administrative situation developments and Architectural expansion, economic and education life, holy buildings, archeologic museums and schools. The strategy of Judaization and the Zionism occupation of the city, the Future and solutions of the political Jerusalem, and its situation with the international division projects.	2	-	2	-
040511061	ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES II	This course deals with the historical development of Jews in modern times, the conditions in which they lived in Europe and the Middle East, and the circumstances that led to the emergence of the Zionist movement, its activity and its role in the establishment of Israel and the Israeli society.	2	-	2	040511052 ISRAELI & ZIONISM STUDIES I This course is a continuation of the first course, it focus on the study of the political system in Israel and on the security institution and the decision-making and electoral system and foreign policy of Israel, and an introduction to the Arab party scene in Israel as well as a presentation of the Israeli media organization.
040511081	HOME GARDENING	This course aims to introduces how to create home gardens and how to coordinate and take care for them	2	-	2	-
040511091	FINE ARTS	This course aims to introduce students to the four main arts (visual arts, music, theater and architecture), focusing on the basic relations between the two arts: the first is to give a number of lectures, works shops, articles that contains international art works addressing the sources, function, materials, style and composition of the work. The second method is to assign an artistic subject to each student at the beginning of the semester for scientific research following an academic method, the student presents his research summary at the end of the semester in the form of a lecture accompanied by a research paper.	2	-	2	-
040511101	CURRENT WORLD ISSUES	The course deals with the changes in the world order since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of these transformations on a range of political issues in the modern world. The most prominent of these are the new world system, the role of the United Nations in issues of peace and war, regional and international civil wars, globalization and terrorism. Weapons of mass destruction, and other current political issues that arise during the course.	2	-	2	-
040511121	PHYSICAL EDUCATION	This course aims to explain the concepts of Physical Education and its major elements . The course contains a practical component that supports the theoretical concepts by relating physical activities with human health and correct shape habits.	2	-	2	-
040511132	ELECTION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION	This course covers the concepts of elections and the electoral process, and the concept of political participation: its components, characteristics, levels, and importance. The course also focuses on the system of human rights and civil liberties; Its charters and characteristics. In addition, the course deals with the nature of democracy as a concept and its relationship to a set of values and concepts such as democratic transformation, political upbringing, and the principle of separation of powers. Finally, the course discusses the electoral systems and their impact on the electoral process, the electoral process in Palestine, including the presidential elections, the legislative council, and the local councils.	2	-	2	-
040511133	THE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS MOVEMENT	This course aims at scrutinize the Palestinian Prisoners movement. Light will be shed on the historical stages the movement went through during in the last sixty years. The course highlights the legality of detaining those prisoners and show the international law’s violation by the Israeli forces and governments. Prisons, interrogation centers, and detention camps are defined and shown in one of the chapters and there illegal geographical places are to be shown during the semester.	2	-	2	-
040511140	LAW IN OUR LIFE	This course introduces the definitions of the law and its terms, sections, resources, illustrations, and its implementations,along with the current legal system in Palestine, the Palestinian laws, general rights and freedoms in Palestine	2	-	2	-
040511150	ISLAMIC CULTURE	This course is an exploration to the culture in general and Islamic culture in particular as well as the development in the Muslim World. The course informational intended to raise the awareness about the sociological aspects, cultural perspective of Islam and various problems in the Muslim World. However, it is also designed to provide a variety of cultural perspectives of the intern Muslim states institutions, the role of religious institutions, women, and the economic institution of the Muslim World. This course is going to develop a ?better understanding ? that student will find in many areas of life, work, and relationships in the Muslim World as well as with other Western countries.	2	-	2	-
040511160	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS	This course deals with the development of democracy, its applications, models, and its importance to modern societies. As well as an overview of human rights, their evolution, divisions, nature and international protection.	2	-	2	-
040511170	TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE	The technology in our life course addresses the concepts and principles of technology, and the impact of using technology in the society. The course covers the main factors that contribute to the technology evolution, the concept of information systems and their components, and the functional levels of employees in institutions that use information systems. The course also deals with the concepts of the Internet, information security, multimedia, social networking, and their role in influencing society. The course will also explain the work of the search engines and how to use them. Provide the needed information and criteria for students to choose the appropriate computer or mobile and how to protect his data from malware and viruses.	2	-	2	-
040511180	INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY SCIENCE	This course aims to present the historical context for the development of astronomy and highlight the role of the Arab-Islamic civilization in the development of this science, introduce the process of astronomical observation, introduce the units of measurement of astronomical dimensions and methods of measuring the dimensions of astronomical bodies. Moreover, students will be able to learn about the solar system and all its components in detail, learn about the characteristics and evolution of stars, stellar clusters and stellar asteroids, learn about galaxies and their types, and focus on the Milky Way. Finally, students will gain knowledge about the origin, age and shape of the universe.	2	-	2	-
040511190	HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION	This course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts related to civilization, and the theories of its emergence and fall. The course also addresses the elements that must be available for the establishment, growth and development of a civilization. Additionally, the course reviews the different aspects of civilization: political, economic, social, religious and cultural, while focusing specifically on upholding the value of reason and law, dialogue between religions and cultures, one opinion and the other opinion, the values of tolerance, and upholding the value of human rights.	2	-	2	-
040511200	INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS	This course will teach student basic elements of the economic system and the basic tools for economic analysis such as Demand & Supply, markets production as will as markets it will also teach students the basic macroeconomics concepts such as GDP economic growth inflation and economic policy.	2	-	2	-
040511211	ANTHROPOLOGY	This course examines the evolution of population science, its theories, its importance and its relation to other sciences. It also examines population dynamics: mortality, birth and migration. It examines analytically the composition, distribution and problems of population. It also expose to the population science and its relationship in development issues and planning. The course also highlights the population, environmental, cultural, economic and health factors affecting its growth, and focuses on the differences between industrial societies and third world societies, including Arab society.	2	-	2	-
040511230	FRENCH LANGUAGE	This course, which introduces the French alphabet and method of writing words, masculine and feminine nouns, singular and plural, also includes sentence level, types of sentences, personal pronouns, verb conjugations, direct and indirect objects. Visual aids such as drawings and pictures are used to advantage. Editing short responses, accepting or turning down offers, giving thanks or apology, brief justifications of answers, are some learning exercises.	2	-	2	-
040511240	GERMAN LANGUAGE	This course teaches words and grammatical structures and rules mostly used in daily communication. The course covers a number of things: greetings, introducing people, naming household things, like food and drinks, ordering a meal, entertaining visitors, managing work, making arrangements for appointments, renting an apartment, buying things, … etc.	2	-	2	-
040511250	ENERGY RESOURCES & USE	An- overview of global energy resources is given, leading to a historic review of human energy use and power generation. Society's energy demands and the pertinent energy follows are analyzed from the perspective of different sectors, including industry , households, agriculture, as well as the commercial and public sectors - in a Palestine . The importance of energy efficiency and conservation within the context of future energy supply is dealt with from a life - cycle and environmental perspective. Future energy systems and energy use scenarios are discussed, with a focus on promoting the use of renewable energy resources and technologies	2	-	2	-
040511260	INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY	Study human actions, behavior, its cultures, social behavior, development, and individual differences. The course is informational, intended to raise awareness about the psychology aspects of individuals' lives and various problems that concern people. Psychology offers a unique view of the world we live in as it allows one to see the "invisible" forces that shape and channel our lives as we interact with others in society.	2	-	2	-
040511280	HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT	Environmental Science and Ecosystems, Population Explosion & limited Resources, Environmental Themes : Water pollution & treatments, Environmental Themes :Solid Waste, Environmental Themes: Air Pollution & Control, Environmental Themes: Socio-Economics-Solution, Housing & the Residential Environment, Community Noise, Biodiversity & wild-Life, Toxicology, Pesticides in the Environment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Palestine Environment.	2	-	2	-
040511290	HISTORY OF SCIENCE		2	-	2	-
040511311	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	The course focuses on international relations that studies the science interaction of knowledge fields, especially its historical development and theoretical concepts that fall within its general scope, and the emergence of theoretical methods such as realism, idealism, legal, behavioral and Marxism, in addition to the factors that impact in the creation of the event in international relations, especially geography, demography, economy and military, as well as ruin, diplomacy and balance of power.	2	-	2	-
040511321	SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY	This course aims to introduce the processes of change in contemporary societies in general, the study of change factors and their impact on social life, and the impact of change on the rest of the cultural and social patterns within the social construction.	2	-	2	-
040511400	TURKISH LANGUAGE	Once the student completes the required hours of the Turkish Language Principles course, they will: be able to introduce themselves using their name and nickname and get to know others. The student will also identify their nationality and the nationality of others and can talk about the languages they know. Moreover, the student will be able to introduce themselves and describe their surroundings using sign names, numbers, enumeration of numbers, months, days and colors. As for the second unit, the student can describe his family in detail, can talk about their house, and talk about their day by using the the present tense.	2	-	2	-
040511411	POLITICAL SCIENCES	The course deals with the principles of political science, schools, research methods, political analysis, the relationship of political science with other social sciences, the historical development of political thought from Greece to modern times, and the means of practice and political participation of individuals. Through political parties, interest groups and public opinion, as well as the study of the state in terms of its elements and different theories to explain its origin, and study the international system and factors of formation.	2	-	2	-
040511421	CRITICAL THINKING	This course provides students opportunities of analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of critical thinking, and decision with making within the organization.	2	-	2	-
040511490	حقوق الانسان والنوع الاجتماعي		2	-	2	-
040511500	السينما الفلسطينية – سرديات بديلة		2	-	2	-
040511511	MODERN ARAB THOUGHT	The course deals with the definition of philosophy and its objectives and visions, where it goes back to the Greek roots of the Arab philosophy and then moves on to the Arab thought before Islam and presents a detailed explanation of the Arab philosophy and its prominent figures such as Al-Farabi, Ebin Rashd, Ebin Khaldun and others.	2	-	2	-
040511521	ARCHEOLOGY	This course introduces archaeology as a science, the origin of civilizations, history of research on Palestine archaeological treasures, role of Western archaeological institutions and schools in crystallization of theoretical and applied methodologies, relationship between archaeology and other sciences. The course also explains the importance of pottery in archaeological studies, types of archaeological sites, ways of discovering archaeological sites, ways of dating ruins, and methods of excavations, the how's of interpreting archaeological evidence, and excavation authority. The course also includes field studies of archeological sites	2	-	2	-
040511611	HEBREW LANGUAGE	Principles and foundations of Hebrew which should enable students to express themselves orally and in writing.	2	-	2	-
040511621	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS	This course aims to identify the topics of public sociology related to the subject of sociology, its principles and its most important theories and perspectives, As well as the study of social life as a whole and its relationship to the complex patterns of social systems and social groups and culture that it consists of, and finally to identify the patterns of different social organizations in society in addition to the presentation of basic social processes that occur in society.	2	-	2	-
040511990	EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION	Effective communication is the key to professional success, which will eventually lead to winning a job. In this course, students will receive advice on personal communication and learn the principles and methods of communication that will help them express themselves and their ideas clearly, and present them in the best way. Students will also learn what, when and how they can communicate with employers, and how effective communication will affect their admission process anywhere.	2	-	2	-
280311110	INTRODUCTION TO SIGN LANGUAGE	This course designed to provide students with the basics of sign language in terms of theory and practice .It focuses on sign language definition, components, usage, and various types. The course will enable students to acquire a knowledge and understanding of the Arabic finger alphabet, Palestinian Sign Language, different sign language terms, and visual nonverbal communication. Moreover, the course will focus on the distinctive body postures, facial expressions, and mouthing that accompany signing. Students will learn necessary vocabulary needed to tell about jobs, colors, directions, religions, numbers, and food. Grammatical features such as pronouns, plural forms, negation, emphasis, and questions will also be covered in this course.	2	-	2	-

Faculty Requirements

Colg. Req.

Students must pass all of the following courses

Course Number	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course Number	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
020211010	INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	The basic principles of modern management.The function of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Management of the enterprise in a contemporary environment.	3	-	3	-
020312100	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I	This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.	3	-	3	-
250111010	PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF DATA SCIENCE	Principles and Practices of Data Science course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methodologies, and practical techniques of Data Science essential for data-driven decision-making. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and real-world projects, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of data collection, preprocessing, analysis, and visualization. The course covers fundamental concepts in statistics, machine learning, and Exploratory Data analysis, providing students with a robust foundation of contemporary data science principles and practices	3	2	4	-
250111030	PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS (JAVA)	This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of programming using the Java language. Students will learn how to write, compile, and execute basic Java programs, as well as understand the core concepts of programming such as data types, control structures, arrays, functions, GUI and object-oriented programming.	3	4	5	-
250221020	ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES	This course provides an introduction to a broad range of economic concepts, theories and analytical techniques. It considers both microeconomics - the analysis of choices made by individual decision-making units (households and firms) - and macroeconomics - the analysis of the economy as a whole. The use of a market, supply, and demand, model will be the fundamental model in which trade-offs and choices will be considered through comparison of costs and benefits of actions. Production and market structure will be analysed at the firm level. Macroeconomic issues regarding the interaction of goods and services markets, labour and money at an aggregate level will be modelled. The role of government policy in addressing microeconomic market failures and macroeconomic objectives will be examined.	3	-	3	-
250221040	MATHEMATICS FOR DATA SCIENCE	Logic, methods of proof including mathematical induction, set theory and relations, linear recurrence relations, functions, graphs, shortest path algorithm, trees, minimal spanning trees, binary trees.	3	-	3	-
250221060	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING	This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge needed to understand the mechanics of developing financial statements. These mechanics entail developing valuable skills ranging from understanding how accounting information is collected and processed, and ended by exploring how business transactions are reported to outsiders in order to make informed decisions. In short, students would gain the fundamentals of a new language communicated in business. That is, accounting.	3	-	3	-

Students must pass all of the following courses

Course Number	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course Number	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
020213110	BUSINESS ETHICS	This course examines the concepts and issues of business ethics and intends to help students further develop their abilities to understand and to participate business morally and ethically. This is to be done by focusing on a wide body of literatures including the humanities, management theory, and the social sciences. Among the most important goals of this course is to examine ideas and perspectives in the field of business ethics and extend these ideas/perspectives to administrative practice and decision-making. Sample topics include: fair and unfair competition, responsibilities towards employees, society and the environment, honesty and integrity in business, the moral status of corporations.	3	-	3	020211010 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION The basic principles of modern management.The function of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Management of the enterprise in a contemporary environment.
250222010	ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS	Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.	3	-	3	250221040 MATHEMATICS FOR DATA SCIENCE Logic, methods of proof including mathematical induction, set theory and relations, linear recurrence relations, functions, graphs, shortest path algorithm, trees, minimal spanning trees, binary trees.
250222020	FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250222030	PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON		3	-	3	250111010 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF DATA SCIENCE Principles and Practices of Data Science course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methodologies, and practical techniques of Data Science essential for data-driven decision-making. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and real-world projects, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of data collection, preprocessing, analysis, and visualization. The course covers fundamental concepts in statistics, machine learning, and Exploratory Data analysis, providing students with a robust foundation of contemporary data science principles and practices
250222040	OPTIONS, FUTURES, AND DERIVATIVES		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250222050	FINANCIAL ECONOMICS		3	-	3	250221020 ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES This course provides an introduction to a broad range of economic concepts, theories and analytical techniques. It considers both microeconomics - the analysis of choices made by individual decision-making units (households and firms) - and macroeconomics - the analysis of the economy as a whole. The use of a market, supply, and demand, model will be the fundamental model in which trade-offs and choices will be considered through comparison of costs and benefits of actions. Production and market structure will be analysed at the firm level. Macroeconomic issues regarding the interaction of goods and services markets, labour and money at an aggregate level will be modelled. The role of government policy in addressing microeconomic market failures and macroeconomic objectives will be examined. 250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.
250222060	CAPITAL MARKETS		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250222070	CREDIT RISK ANALYSIS		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250223010	LINEAR ALGEBRA I		3	-	3	250221040 MATHEMATICS FOR DATA SCIENCE Logic, methods of proof including mathematical induction, set theory and relations, linear recurrence relations, functions, graphs, shortest path algorithm, trees, minimal spanning trees, binary trees.
250223020	FIXED INCOME SECURITIES		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250223030	PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation. 250222040 OPTIONS, FUTURES, AND DERIVATIVES
250223040	FUNDAMENTALS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING		3	-	3	-
250223050	ESSENTIALS OF INVESTMENT		3	-	3	250222060 CAPITAL MARKETS
250223060	FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed. 250221060 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge needed to understand the mechanics of developing financial statements. These mechanics entail developing valuable skills ranging from understanding how accounting information is collected and processed, and ended by exploring how business transactions are reported to outsiders in order to make informed decisions. In short, students would gain the fundamentals of a new language communicated in business. That is, accounting.
250223070	FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY		3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed.
250223080	FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASES		3	-	3	-
250223090	APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.
250224010	DATA VISUALIZATION		3	-	3	250222030 PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON
250224030	QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING		3	-	3	250223030 PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
250224040	PROBABILITY THEORY		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.
250224050	DATA ANALYTICS FOR BUSINESS		3	-	3	-
250224060	ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMETRICS		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.
250224070	GRADUATION PROJECT FOR FINANCIAL ENGINEERING		3	-	3	-

Students must pass ( 12 ) credit hours from any of the following courses

Course Number	Course Name	Weekly Hours		Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
Course Number	Course Name	Theoretical	Practical	Cr. Hrs.	Prerequisite
020214110	DECISION ANALYSIS	This course is an introduction to how successful managers successfully plan, frame, and research business decisions before implementing them. Topics covered include how to define decisions, apply appropriate decisions frameworks, deal with uncertainty, develop numerous high-quality options, evaluate the options, choose the one most appropriate to meet business goals and implement the option.	3	-	3	-
020214150	STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT	The cource focuses on the management of the total enterprise.Emphasis is placed on making decisions in the face of unstructured problems,and the integration of knowledge from all functional areas af business.	3	-	3	-
020253110	MANAGING INNOVATION		3	-	3	-
020313701	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT	This provides a background on the international environment and focuses on the managerial aspects from a corporate perspective, introduces the major markets that facilitate international business, describes the relationships between exchange rates and economic variables, explains the forces that influence these relationships, explains the measurement and the management of exchange rate risk, and describes the management of long-term assets and liabilities including multinational capital budgeting, foreign exchange markets,financial futures and swaps.	3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed. 250222060 CAPITAL MARKETS
020333120	DATA MINING	This course is an introduction to the techniques and applications of data mining and data analytics. Topics covered include preparing data for analysis, pattern mining, cluster analysis, outlier analysis, and mining different types of data sets such as data streams and graphical data. In addition, students will be exposed to new trends and techniques in data mining including mining web data and social network analysis.	3	-	3	-
020334110	VALUATION	This course provides a foundation in valuation and covers both the theoretical components of valuation as well as the practical challenges of valuing an enterprise. Topics covered include foundations of value, core valuation techniques, equity valuation, analysis of company, industry and macroeconomic data, financial ratio analysis, cash flow analysis, forecasting, cost of capital and valuation ratios. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of financial statement data in equity valuation.	3	-	3	020312100 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I This course is an introductory finance course beginning with a discussion of financial objectives, and how managers and investors use financial statements to meet their objectives. The financial tools and techniques that are used to help the firm maximize value by improving decisions are also discussed. 250223060 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
020411010	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	This is an introductory marketing course, which aims at introducing students to basic marketing terminology, concepts, theories, ideas and practices.	3	-	3	-
210312150	BUSINESS LAW	Introductory course on the legal environment of business.General principles of law for beginners,the judiciary and court system.General principles of common law and equity on contract,and sale goods.	3	-	3	-
240114320	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	The course will introduce students to the basic concepts and practices of starting up a new information technology (IT) venture; Identifying IT venture opportunities; Drafting an agenda for a successful IT venture;. Risks and returns management; Business planning; Operational planning; Organizational development and management; Financing entrepreneurial ventures.	3	-	3	-
250112030	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE	This course provides an overview of the field of artificial intelligence and its core techniques and applications. Topics covered include logic, constraint satisfaction, search, game playing, Markov decision processes and reasoning, planning, and learning with certainty and uncertainty.	3	-	3	-
250112200	BIG DATA		3	-	3	-
250112210	SPECIAL TOPICS IN DATA SCIENCE		3	-	3	-
250113010	DATA MANAGEMENT		3	-	3	-
250113020	MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.
250113060	APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING		3	-	3	-
250113090	TIME SERIES		3	-	3	250222010 ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY & STATISTICS Experiments, events, compound events, relationship between events, probability of compound event, rules of probability, conditional probability, probability tree, sampling data representation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random variables, expectations, discrete probability distributions, and normal distributions, normal approximation, estimation.

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