Course Description - Bachelor of Climate Change and Weather Monitoring

  • 13020006: Italian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020007: English language III [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020011: Contemporary Problems [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020019: Democracy and Elections [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020030: Individual and Society [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020034: Introduction to Automotive Engineering [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16000101: Botany [3 Credit Hours]

    Plant Cell and Plant Tissue, Plant Composition Anatomy and Functions of Plant Organs (Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower,Fruit, and Seed) Plant and Energy, Plant Nutrition and Food Transfer, Plant Classification and Plant Environment.


  • 16000106: ٍStatus of Agric. in Palestine [3 Credit Hours]

    The development of agriculture and its importance globally and regionally and focusing on it locality. It includes agricultural climate, production elements, plant production in irrigated and rainfed areas, animal production, product marketing, agricultural mechanization, institutions working in agriculture, problems of agriculture in the region, and advanced and modern agricultural projects.


  • 16010201: Introduction in Ecology [3 Credit Hours]

    The course is providing students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the environment. It focuses on both biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) elements of the environment. It examines the physical, chemical, and biological components of ecological interactions that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms. Particular emphasis will be paid to how energy is transmitted and the nutrients cycling in it, knowledge of the diversity of ecosystems which includes aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial ecosystems, the relationships of the three environmental enclosures (water, air, and land).


  • 16040304: Agricultural Risk Management [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16010409: Wastewater Reuse and Management [3 Credit Hours]

    Advantage of wastewater reuse, limitation of wastewater reuse, wastewater treatment process, characteristics of wastewater, quality parameters of importance in agriculture use of wastewater, monitoring of wastewater quality for irrigation, irrigation with wastewater, strategies for managing treated wastewater on-farm, aquifer recharge with wastewater, agriculture use of sewage sludge.


  • 13020004: Russian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020005: Turkish Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020008: Physical Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020016: Law in Our Lives [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020018: The Palestinian Captive Movement [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020022: Library and Research Methods [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020031: Contemporary Global Issues [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16000201: Microbiology [3 Credit Hours]

    The course will cover history and scope of microbiology: prokaryotes cell structure and function, metabolism, and nutrition, microbial growth, requirements for growth, environmental factors affecting growth, effect of antimicrobial agents on growth, microbial genetics and gene cloning, bacterial and microbial taxonomy, major groups of bacteria, microorganisms and environment, immune response and antigen-antibody reaction in vitro.


  • 16040309: Agriculture and Climate Change [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16010415: Food and environment [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with Human food requirements and needs, the problem of food shortages in the world, food production and food security, reduce food losses


  • 16040316: Hydrology [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040410: Natural Resource Management [3 Credit Hours]


  • 15200107: Islamic Studies [3 Credit Hours]


  • 13020014: Political Science [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020017: E-government Legal Framework [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15020107: General Physics for Agricultural Students [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers units and vectors, motion, motion and force, Newton's laws, rotational motion, momentum, work, conservation laws, gravity, heat, static electricity, electrical circuits, viscosity, surface tension. Experiments in mechanics, electricity, fluids, soil properties.


  • 16050111: Genral Biology for Agricultural students [3 Credit Hours]

    This course includes a study of the synthesis and properties of essential compounds in living organisms such as nucleic acids, proteins, fats and sugars. The course also deals with the study of energy transformations and show how cell division, cell organization, the basic components of the cell and the basic processes in the cell from transfer and feeding and others.


  • 16000102: Principles of Plant Production [3 Credit Hours]

    The course deals with the general principles of plant production. Plant, various agricultural processes and means of production.


  • 16000202: Agricultural Statistics [3 Credit Hours]

    Data description and organization by the graphical, numerical, vertical base, dispersion measures, probability theory, random variables, probability distributions, natural distribution, and statistical inference from large and small samples.


  • 16000103: Principles of Plant Protection [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers the most important groups of agricultural pests and their economic importance and appropriate methods to protect agricultural crops from pests with emphasis on the importance of protecting the environment and reducing pollution.


  • 16000105: Principles of Agricultural Economics [3 Credit Hours]

    Economic principles, which include the relationship of inputs to output and the relationship of inputs to outputs. The study of productive functions and production laws and the study of costs. This article also deals with the status of agriculture in the economic structure and the characteristics of the work in agriculture


  • 16040121: Cartography [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040201: Meteorology [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16010414: Sustainable Development [3 Credit Hours]

    This course examines the concepts and methods used in analyzing the interaction between economics, environment, and society, and study a range of policies that can be applied to environmental and social problems. And how to invest all the resources for the human being.


  • 16040409: Drought Monitoring and Assessment [3 Credit Hours]


  • 15200112: English 2 [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is designed to serve PTUK students in the faculties of Science and Engineering as well as the students of Educational Technology (ET); it offers a broad overview of the English language learning skills in reading, writing, speaking that will enable them to communicate meaningfully in scientific contexts and situations. It also offers a broad variety of scientific language grammatical patterns and vocabulary items that are needed to comprehend scientific contexts and trends. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to a variety of scientific topics, aural input in order to broaden and deepen their critical thinking skills and to help them express opinions about modern scientific topics and problems.


  • 13020003: German Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020013: History of Jerusalem [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020021: History of Science Among the Arabs [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020023: Astronomy [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020033: Child Rearing and Family Upbringing [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020035: Professional Communication Skills [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16050113: General Chemistry for Agricultural Students [3 Credit Hours]

    This course includes the basic theoretical rules related to scientific methods of measurement, chemical calculations, periodic table, electronic structure, chemical bonds, thermochemistry, chemical reactions, gaseous state, matter states, properties of solutions, acids, bases and equilibrium of acids and bases in aqueous solutions.


  • 16040422: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040424: GIS Applications in Meteorology and Climatology [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040405: [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16010416: Environmental Information Management [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is designed to provide students with the concept of environmental management issues through the important role that environmental management systems play in contributing to the preservation of the environment. It defines the elements of management and environmental management systems, human economic activity through the conservation of raw materials and natural resources consumption. Demonstrate the requirements and advantages of environmental information and how to use environmental management systems to activate economic feasibility and competition. Demonstrate the role of environmental management systems in introducing regulations on compliance with laws and accuracy. It provides knowledge about measuring environmental performance and its impact on improving economic performance


  • 16040308: Extreme ًWeather and Natural Disasters [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040414: [3 Credit Hours]


  • 13020028: My Career I [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020036: Software Applications [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15020108: General Physics for ِAِِِgricultural ٍٍِStudents Lab. [1 Credit Hours]

    In this course, practical experiments related to motion, Newton's laws, conservation laws, gravity, heat, static electricity, electrical circuits, viscosity, surface tension will be conducted. As well as, experiments in mechanics, electricity, fluids and soil properties will be conducted.


  • 16050114: General Chemistry Lab for Agricultural Students [1 Credit Hours]

    This course includes the following topics: identification of laboratory instruments and devices, measurement of physical properties of chemical compounds, study of some chemical reactions in quantitative and thermal terms, solubility of salts, detection of ions and calibration of acids and bases, determination of molecular weight of volatile liquids.


  • 16040205: Weather Observing Systems and Instrumentation [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040307: Meteorological Lab. [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16040215: Renewable Energy [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16040220: Climatic Data Processing [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16040310: [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040404: Applied Meteorology and Climate [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040312: Planning and Building Scenarios in Climate Change [3 Credit Hours]


  • 15200101: Palestinian Issue [3 Credit Hours]

    The course deals with the events of the Palestinian issue through the most important ages from the Canaanites until the year 2021. It focuses on the Islamic conquest of Palestine in the year 15 AH 636 AD, the Crusader torch from 1099 to the liberation of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi of Palestine in 1187, and it talks about the Ottomans in Palestine from 1516 to 1917. The course is concerned with the Palestinian issue during the British occupation in 1917, until the Nakba in 1948, and the establishment of the occupation state .It deals with the Palestinian resistance and revolutions during 100 years, and Arab-Israeli wars from 1948 to 2021.The course talks about Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinian resistance movements and parties, Palestinian Authority and the peace negotiations projects since the 1978 Camp David Accords until 2021.The course talks about attempts to Judaism Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque since the Palestinian setback in 1967 until 2021, and the issue of Palestinian refugees since 1948. It also anticipates the future of the Palestinian issue.


  • 15200102: Arabic Language [3 Credit Hours]

    The course aims to develop the students’ cognitive abilities and communication skills in Arabic language by introducing Arabic dictionaries, spelling and grammatical errors, and familiarizing them with ancient and modern Arabic literary models including models from the Holy Qur’an.


  • 15200104: Social Services [1 Credit Hours]

    Students perform voluntary work such as donating blood, repairing homes, tourist trails, or holding educational workshops at the university, and the student is committed to training or working for 40 hours.


  • 15200106: ُEnglish (1) [3 Credit Hours]

    English 1 is a theoretical, 3-credit hour university requisite, and a general English Course which is designed to serve all BA and BSc Students of (PTUK) in all faculties. This course aims at developing students’ repertoire of the English language main skills as well as sub-skills through providing them with broad varieties of language patterns, grammatical and structural rules, and vocabulary items that can enable them to communicate meaningfully within ordinary and real-life contexts and situations. This course is also oriented towards equipping students with the skills they need to comprehend texts, contexts, and situations that are related to ordinary and real-life topics. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to a wide and various aural inputs in order to broaden and deepen their skills in listening, judgment, and critical thinking. Students of this course are expected to acquire and practice the skills they need to maximize their capabilities to express opinions about ordinary and real life topics both orally and in a written format, which will help in widening the students’ academic horizon.


  • 13020012: Islamic Civilization [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020015: International Relations [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020020: Anti-Corruption [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020026: Leadership and Creativity [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020032: Economy in the Third World [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16000104: Principles of Soil Science [3 Credit Hours]

    Development of soil concept and importance. The process and soil-forming factors roles in soil profile development. The physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. Soil-water relations. The soil water management practices. The role of organic matter in developing the physical and chemical properties of the soil. Classification and characteristics of soil minerals.


  • 16000205: Microbiology Lab [1 Credit Hours]

    The practical aspect includes training students to deal with microorganisms in terms of preparing food environments and how to plant them and isolate them and prepare microscopic slides in different ways to identify them.


  • 16020414: Food Security & Climate Change [3 Credit Hours]

    Strategic elements of food security, food Security approach, nutrition policies and tools, integrated food plan, population reproduction laws, food budget, green revolution and food security, food aid, self-reliance, food security from an international perspective, Arab-Palestinian food security and poverty.


  • 16040101: Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040110: Global Climate Change [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040311: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040219: Statistical ِAnalysis of Climatic Data [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040426: Introduction to Graduation Project [1 Credit Hours]


  • 16040202: Weather and Climate [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040317: [3 Credit Hours]


  • 13020001: Hebrew Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020027: Health Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020029: My Career II [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15010109: General Mathematics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the knowledge and skills necessary to solve problems of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, and familiarity with the concepts of groups and operations on them, Functions and their graphic representation, types of functions and algebraic operations on them, systems of linear equations, matrices and their types, and equal matrices and operations on matrices, determinants and their properties and Cramer's method. The multiplicative inverse and the multiplicative inverse method for solving systems of linear equations.


  • 16000108: Fundamentals of Nutrition [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces basic concepts nutrition, metabolism of nutrients within the human body, fate of nutrients and their interactions and symptoms of malnutrition, human nutrient requirements, types and causes of food spoilage, nutritional diseases.


  • 16040425: Graduation Project [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16040403: [3 Credit Hours]


  • 16010417: Natural Resources Economic [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with economic principles and special interest to natural resource economics. It focuses on the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth’s natural resources.


  • 16040323: Remote ٍٍSٍٍensing [3 Credit Hours]


  • 15200099: Pre-English [3 Credit Hours]

    Remedial English: The course is a compulsory service course offered for first year students. It is a prerequisite for E1 and it focuses mainly on the language learning skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is intended to equip the students with basic skills necessary for successful communication in both oral and written forms of the language. In addition to grammar and how to use vocabulary in a meaningful context.


  • 13010006: Computer Skills and Applications [1 Credit Hours]


  • 13010007: Communication Skills [1 Credit Hours]


  • 13020002: French Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020009: Islam and Contemporary Issues [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020010: Islamic Econmic System [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020024: Environmental Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020025: Agriculture in Palestine [2 Credit Hours]


  • 16050112: Genral Biology Lab for Agricultural students [1 Credit Hours]

    This course includes experiments on the properties of biological compounds, methods of detection, use of microscopy, preparation of samples, study of methods of transfer of materials through cell membranes in addition to the study of cell types and their composition.


  • 16000107: Principles of Animal Production [3 Credit Hours]

    Basic terminology is common to animal science. Common breeds of farm animals, the basic scientific principles of breeding, feeding, and management of farm animals.