Course Description - Bachelor of Media Technology

  • 13020019: Democracy and Elections [2 Credit Hours]


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


  • 15300313: Research Methods in Media [3 Credit Hours]

    This course teaches students the theoretical and practical aspects of scientific research in various fields of media and reviews various models of media research. It introduces students to the scientific method, thinking, objective conclusions and how to deal with the available resources. It also focuses on research methods and tools used in media studies, such as surveys, content analysis and data manipulation.


  • 15300115: Palestinian Media [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers the emergence of the Palestinian media, its development stages and the obstacles facing it. It also discusses its strength and weaknesses and the challenges surrounding it.


  • 15300343: Documentary Film [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with documentary films, their characteristics and their importance. It trains students to plan for documentaries and implement film production in different stages. Training on documentary film writing is also covered. The course deepens the students understanding of the relationship between the producer and the director. It covers other aspects of documentary techniques such as filming a dialogue and carrying out necessary montage


  • 15300458: Investigative Journalism [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to introduce the students to investigative journalism, its principles and objectives, in addition to its history and types. This course also addresses the ethics of investigative journalism and the difference between investigative journalism and traditional journalism as well as the importance of integrity and accuracy in writing, transmitting and publishing news.


  • 15300128: Decoration and Accessories for TV [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with the definition of the decoration accessories for television and cinema and their role in imparting realism to media production works. It also discusses the methods used to implement them so they suite the nature of each program. Use of computer programs to produce realistic designs for accessories is also discussed.


  • 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.


  • 13020003: German Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020005: Turkish Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020010: Islamic Econmic System [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020014: Political Science [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020020: Anti-Corruption [2 Credit Hours]


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


  • 15300457: Audios [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of sound in media and discusses its characteristics such as frequency, sound reflection and dispersion, noise time and light conduction within closed space. It also aims at introducing students to different microphones used in terms of their types and specifications, their working principles, sensitivity, response and directional frequencies. The students will have the opportunity to train on most techniques related to sound, depending on the types of programs used such as audio synthesizers. They will also be familiar with the various settings of radio studios and the installation of relevant sound equipment used for different effects.


  • 15300118: Fundamentals of Video Editing [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to introduce the student to the foundations of TV montage, its types, rules and elements. It also enables the student to understand the cutting operations and their justification and clarify the errors that occur in cutting. It also covers the sound relationship with the image in the montage


  • 15300226: TV Production [3 Credit Hours]

    This course familiarizes students with the fundamental aspects of television production. It familiarizes the student with the technical templates used for TV programs production, rules of production and the different aspects affecting it such as photography, lighting, and decoration and editing. The student will also learn how to produce television reports, live and recorded television programs. It also provides students with training on all technical aspects related to television production.


  • 15300227: News Editing(2) [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers journalism and the sources of ideas a journalist use to write his/ her article. It also covers the methods of editing with different effects, with emphasis on interviews, investigative journalism and also on article writing with particular attention to functions, importance and methods of writing. The course also familiarizes the students with rules that must be taken into consideration in the analysis, criticism and study of some models of investigations, interviews and press articles published in newspapers and magazines.


  • 15300333: Creative Video Editing [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at enriching the students’ abilities to deal with the aesthetic and dramatic aspect of editing in films and television works and not only follow the basic (well known) rules of editing. The course also discusses the developments in the aesthetic and dramatic aspect of the montage in films and television works that appeared in recent decades. It is expected that the course will lay the foundation stone for the launch of more innovations in the world of editing, which is one of the most important artistic and aesthetic tools in the film industry and television production. The practical part of the course will see an implementation of these aesthetics aspects using a special computer program known as “Final Cut Pro.”


  • 15300448: Seminar [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to train the student to conduct research and self-initiated studies in the media field by following an organized research rout. The course is designed to develop student skills in conducting research in general so that he/she is able to solve problems that may appear during his/her work in media.


  • 15300422: Programs Preparation [2 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the students to the rules concerning news script writing and non-news script for television and radio. This refers to the scripts that accompany visual and audio materials. It involves preparing the scripts for cultural and entertainment programs, identifying the types of scripts and their suitability for general and specialized programs. The course also trains the student on how to produce all forms of television and radio programs such as talk shows, interview programs, live and recorded programs, competition-based programs, miscellaneous.


  • 15300464: The art of Scriptwriting [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the students to the fundamental elements related to writing dramatic scenario for cinema and television including characters drama types, plots and evolution of events in the story. It also covers the process of suspense and the intertwining of the dramatic events leading to the peak then conclusion and the end. The course also present a comparison between different schools of cinematographic writing and how they employ fiction and reality to convey the message to the audience. At the end of this course, students should have the ability to write different scenario scripts depending on the nature of the required production such as news, films, documentary, drama, cinematic and others.


  • 15300346: Animation Design [3 Credit Hours]

    This course enables the student to implement two-dimensional animation scenes including the creation of ideas, the writing up of scripts, design of the visual story boards, drawing of the characters and the animation backgrounds. The course also covers the difference between two- dimensional and three-dimensional animations.


  • 15300450: Israeli Media [3 Credit Hours]

    The course covers Israeli media: television, radio, satellite and Israeli press together with the Arab media in that region. It also discusses the influence of the Israeli media on Palestinian citizens such as the role of Israeli media in the propaganda and psychological warfare against Palestinians.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 13010007: Communication Skills [1 Credit Hours]


  • 13020006: Italian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020011: Contemporary Problems [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020013: History of Jerusalem [2 Credit Hours]


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


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


  • 13020026: Leadership and Creativity [2 Credit Hours]


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


  • 15300116: Art of TV Filming [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces students to the principles of good TV image in terms of structure, technical configuration, formation types such as triangular formation as well as front and back formation. The student is also expected to improve his/her artistic sense in this field such as recognizing the good composition of the visual components of the image, movement, frame and sequence, the imaginary and visual lines and over the shoulder shots. In addition, the course covers photographic techniques for special TV programs such as talk shows and television reports.


  • 15300447: Practical Training(2) [2 Credit Hours]

    This course is intended to integrate the student in the actual field work in the various media production processes such as the production of television programs, production of films and production of radio programs. It is expected that this training is coordinated in partnership between the university and the media organization involved in providing the training


  • 15300421: Editing and Sound Mixing [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at introducing students to the methods and techniques of processing human voices, sound effects and music, in terms of recording, synthesis, and mixing, and methods of sound mixing and editing in radio materials.


  • 15300465: Digital Media [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with the concept of digital media and its means, characteristics of new media, tools and methods for managing web pages, blogs, and control panels. This course also introduces students to technical and conceptual tools to understand the basics of digital media, as well as start learning the language of visual images, in which the student creates a blog as a means of communication and presents their works to a wide audience, including the arts of written, audio and visual materials, visual expression of information and digital stories.


  • 15300223: Web Journalism [3 Credit Hours]

    The aim of this course is to introduce students to the modern techniques used in press with a focus on electronic news collection and printing methods. It also familiarizes the student with the different technical equipment used to produce the final print as well as the types of printing machines available for newspapers and magazines. Field visits will also be made to different press houses to witness the process of newspaper production and explore the use of computers in the process. The course also covers electronic press and publishing houses and the role of the internet in this area.


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


  • 13020001: Hebrew Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020002: French Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020008: Physical Culture [2 Credit Hours]


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


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


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


  • 13020031: Contemporary Global Issues [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15300212: Computer in the Media [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is intended to improve students’ skills and knowledge in modern computer applications in media, especially in radio and television. It also covers practical examples of these applications and demonstrates the methods of how to use them in all elements and stages of production. This course also introduces students to the latest developments and techniques related to computer use in this field.


  • 15300119: Public opinion [3 Credit Hours]

    The aim of this course is to study public opinion through available existing and modern means of communication. It also focuses on identifying the factors that influence public opinion such as: culture, trends, motives and beliefs. The course explores how to use media to build a public opinion that achieves harmony in society. it also reviews media influence on public opinion and visa versa (i.e. how public opinion influences the media.)


  • 15300113: Introduction to TV Techniques [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces students to the technology related to the studio equipment used in preparing TV and radio shows. it familiarizes the students with many aspects of TV and radio production, ranging from being familiar with the terms and phrases used in television production work to identifying the various equipment in use. It also covers plans and methods of connecting various equipment with each other, as well as their links to the control room and production studios. The equipment to be covered include cameras, camera control units, lighting and related connections to the control room, microphones and audio control unit. It also discusses the communication process between the director and the production crew.


  • 15300126: Production of News Articles [2 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces students to the methods of collecting, editing, drafting and broadcasting news. It also teaches them about the methods of preparing news reports straight from the site of the event. This course will provide students with training on writing for all types of press, cover variety of news including news report, news inquiry, news story, writing for radio, television and others. The student is also trained to work in the field of journalism in addition to his role in technical information.


  • 15300124: TV Lighting [3 Credit Hours]

    The course aims to acquaint the student with the latest lighting methods used internally and externally in television production, and ways to employ them to serve the required television and cinema format through the use of all lighting sources, methods of distributing lighting of all kinds, in addition to control devices and lighting management in studios. This course also aims to introduce students to color temperature, its uses and methods of measuring it.


  • 15300337: Computer for Film Mixage [3 Credit Hours]

    This course enables the student to achieve the sound effects of films, both for fiction and documentaries. The course also deals with the importance of using music and other sounds to increase the thrill and aesthetics of the film. It also deals with recording the sounds and selecting the music for the mixing process to create a new dimension for the film.


  • 15300341: Specialized Reports [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is concerned with studying different types of newspapers and special topics magazines such as economic, scientific, religious, literary, artistic, sports, women and children magazines with a focus on categories, jobs, concepts and technical. It also covers matters related to the editorial principles and the characteristics of each type of these publications.


  • 15300461: Film production [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to train the student and familiarize him with the basics of cinema production in terms of photography, lighting, sound, montage and film production stages, and dealing with the field and shooting locations and managing them professionally.


  • 15300466: Script writing workshop [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to train students professionally on script writing, within a team work, within a systematic study starting from the idea and its details until the end of working on the script.


  • 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.


  • 13020007: English language III [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020027: Health Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020029: My Career II [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020035: Professional Communication Skills [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15300110: Basic of TV Filming [3 Credit Hours]

    This course focuses on giving the student knowledge about several factors affecting photography in media such as lighting, cameras and lenses, types of photography (still photography and that for television) and compare all with electronic photography. The student will also have a chance to learn about different types of TV cameras and lenses, camera stands and their types. He/ she will also learn about the job of the camera man and the skills he should possess to do his job and his relationship with the rest of the TV production crew


  • 15300112: News Editing(1) [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with the theoretical and practical aspects of writing, editing and publishing news stories. It covers detailed aspects of editing articles from beginning till end, including: the title and subtitles of the article, the introduction, editing the comment accompanying the news picture and reaching the concluding paragraph.


  • 15300423: Photographer [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals with the technical, stylistic and theoretical aspects related to photography on the technical and aesthetic level. It also aims at training the student on the technical aspects of photography such as the use of computer imaging equipment, use of different lenses, effects given by filters and so on. In addition, the student will be trained to use effectively different types of cameras and learn the various techniques used in photography, how proper photos are taken, functionality and settings in the camera and how to use his skills in producing press storyboards. The student will also be given a historic prospective of photography from the time the first camera was invented.


  • 15300234: Special Effects [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to enable students to implement the techniques used in the TV production industry by using computer programs to create effects such as illusions and the various elements needed to create these effects such as smoke and fire. The student will also learn about the advanced animation techniques to create television breaks or pre-programs slots.


  • 15300342: Public Relations Principles [3 Credit Hours]

    The course introduces students to the philosophies and theories of public relations for different contemporary societies and institutions. It also covers matters related to the scientific and research dimensions of PR and the various stages of planning and implementing its programs.


  • 15300467: Mobile phone Journalism [3 Credit Hours]

    This course combines mastery of editing, verification, publishing and interaction skills, professional use of electronic applications provided by smartphones and tablets, as well as additional equipment paired with a smartphone to increase the efficiency of work. In the end, it provides a comprehensive material for building visual, audio and written news materials, from scratch to publishing and interaction through mobile phone technologies and applications .


  • 15300459: Feature film [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to introduce the student to feature films, their characteristics and production process. It also aims to introduce them to the role of the director and photography manager and their relationship to each other within the production team.


  • 15300446: Drama in Radio and Television [3 Credit Hours]

    This course provides the students with the essential information about the concept of drama and its types and the fundamental differences between each type and the other. It also covers the history of drama particularly, the role of Greek drama. In addition, the course introduces students to the principles of drama writing for radio and television and develops the students’ abilities to dramas criticism according to recognized scientific principles.


  • 13020012: Islamic Civilization [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15300125: Modern Media Theories [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to introduce students to the most important and modern media theories, the elements of the communicative process, and the theoretical models that frame it. It targets to analyze media theories related to the audience, media message, and communicator. This course also introduces students to the nature of the relationship between media scientific research and communication theories and introducing the concept of theory and its types.


  • 15300414: Contemporary Media Issues [3 Credit Hours]

    The course familiarizes students with the role of the various media in influencing public opinion and spreading awareness and knowledge through presenting contemporary media topics, such as those related to local and global issues. In particular, the course focuses on matters happening in the in the Palestinian and Arab regions such as Palestinian identity, Arab-Israeli conflict, the apartheid wall of separation, the continuous siege of Gaza, prisoners and refugees amongst others


  • 15300454: Propaganda and Commercials [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the students to the concepts of publicity and advertising, their development, types and the difference between them. It also discusses the importance of advertising as a promotional and a communication tool that can be used by advertisers to transfer their message to their audience through different means.


  • 15300444: Data Journalism [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to enable students to implement the techniques used in the TV production industry by using computer programs to create effects such as illusions and the various elements needed to create these effects such as smoke and fire. The student will also learn about the advanced animation techniques to create television breaks or pre-programs slots.


  • 15300460: special topic [3 Credit Hours]

    In this course, the student studies several media topics that are determined by the department council, in line with the mission of the Department of Information Technology, its professional goals and the renewed needs of students.


  • 15300536: Criticism and Technical Evaluation [3 Credit Hours]

    This course enhances the students’ skills in critique of technical/ artistic works such as television and cinematic programs by way of analyzing them and writing a review report. It also covers teaching the students the fundamental elements of criticism in general as well as identifying the various critique schools and their evaluation methods.


  • 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.


  • 15200107: Islamic Studies [3 Credit Hours]


  • 13020015: International Relations [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020023: Astronomy [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020030: Individual and Society [2 Credit Hours]


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


  • 15300462: Media Language in Arabic [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to enhance the students' spelling and linguistic abilities by studying methods of expression in the media language through various forms of modern media to lay the foundations of idiomatic language in media writing, including writing linguistically sound press texts, knowledge of letter exits and their pronunciation methods, and discovering errors in the various media and correcting them within the rules of sound Arabic language.


  • 15300121: Art of Directing [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to provide the student with the foundations and rules of television and film directing. It reviews the technical directing models and the various related elements such as photography, lighting, decoration, and montage; to ensure the student's ability to manage television studios, television, and film shooting locations as a director is aware of the role assigned.


  • 15300463: Producing and Directing radio Programmes [3 Credit Hours]

    The aim of this course is to provide the student with a background information related to producing radio programs, from selecting the idea of the program to finalizing production. It also clarifies the economic and technical aspects of the production process and how to deal with any problems encountered.


  • 13020004: Russian Language [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020024: Environmental Culture [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020025: Agriculture in Palestine [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020028: My Career I [2 Credit Hours]


  • 13020036: Software Applications [2 Credit Hours]


  • 15300111: Introduction to Media [3 Credit Hours]

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to different types of media communication, its importance, its concepts, its elements, levels, media and arts, journalism, radio, television, public relations and advertising in terms of concept, development, functions, characteristics, objectives and the role of all of these means in forming public opinion and serving society.


  • 15300336: Practical Training(1) [2 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to consolidate the students experience in different aspects of media production by spending a total of 100 hours of practical training in one of the media organizations. The training should include practical activities in writing and editing various press materials, photography and montage techniques, sound editing and mixing as well as production.


  • 15300449: English for Media [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers reading, analyzing and understanding texts in English language. It also covers identifying and using terms and phrases related to technical and operational media. The course uses online English language sites to help improve the students learning experience and encourages them to continue their self-learning of the language using these sites.


  • 15300222: Fundamentals of Digital Editing [2 Credit Hours]

    This course familiarizes the students with fundamental elements of the computerized (nonlinear) montage. It will enable the student to deal with the various digital editing programs such as Premiere, Avid, and Final Cut etc. This involves learning how to use the programs and the difference between them as well as acquiring the ability to implement the basic technical skills of the montage program “Adobe Premiere”.


  • 15300127: Radio and Television Broadcasting [2 Credit Hours]

    This course gives the student a background knowledge about the skills that the broadcaster should possess his qualifications, duties, responsibilities and the factors that influence his success. For example, how he deals with the camera and the microphone, how to speak to different audience through the camera and so on. The course also discusses the difference between the announcer and the presenter and how each one deals with The requirements posed by different programs so they achieve their roles in the best way possible.


  • 15300344: Media Outlets Managing [3 Credit Hours]

    The aim of this course is to introduce the students to existing management patterns in the broadcasting and television institutions, whether private or public. The students also learn about the decision-making processes within these institutions and the impact of such decisions on other institutions in society. In addition, the course deals with the planning of radio and television programs; their types, functions, stages, policies, strategies and how to translate these elements into integrated programming maps.


  • 15300233: Broadcasting Techniques [3 Credit Hours]

    This course enables students to understand the difference between broadcast types, including live studio broadcast and how to interacting with audience. It also trains them to deal with important events during broadcast and how to react to audience needs during competitions. The course covers live outdoor radio and how it is done together with the required engineering preparation and equipment necessary for successful live broadcasts.


  • 15300473: Press Photography [3 Credit Hours]

    This course covers media photography in general and its use in press media in particular. It also covers modern techniques in digital photography and the factors affecting the success of the press photographer. In addition, the course discusses the nature of the work of the journalist photographer. During the course, the students receive practical training in press photography which is concluded with a complete trial project.