Course Description - Diploma of Techniques of Protected Farming

  • 99991112: Entrepreneurship 2 [2 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the main concepts in entrepreneurship and focuses on providing the student with the ability to write business plans, study their feasibility, start an entrepreneurial project.


  • 3410013: Botany [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410021: Principles of Agricultural Economics [3 Credit Hours]


  • 99991031: 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.


  • 3410015: Agricultural Statistics [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410018: Fertilizer Management in Greenhouses [3 Credit Hours]


  • 99992011: Arabic & Islamic Thought [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to solidify the concept of Islamic culture, and to introduce students to sound cultural and intellectual concepts about the sources of Islam, the Islamic faith and its’ pillars, and the Islamic Shariah, which regulates all aspects of life: social, economic and political. It also clarifies the position of Islam on a number of contemporary intellectual issues, and introduces the most important challenges facing Islam and its’ culture.


  • 3410014: Principles of Soil and Irrigation [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410022: Greenhouse Technology [3 Credit Hours]


  • 99992061: English Language [3 Credit Hours]

    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.


  • 99991041: Introduction To Computers [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the students to basic computer terminology, hardware components and their functions as well as operating and managing a computer using Windows and basic software packages in Office.


  • 3410012: General Chemistry [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410029: Handling and Storage of Greenhouse Products [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410030: Field Applications in Protected Agriculture [3 Credit Hours]


  • 99991051: Physical Activity [1 Credit Hours]

    The course introduces the basic concepts of physical education, its objectives and its relationship to general education, defining the most important skills and basic principles of some group and individual games.


  • 3410025: Hydroponics [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410026: Production of Vegetables in Greenhouses [4 Credit Hours]


  • 99991110: Entrepreneurship 1 [1 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the basic concepts in entrepreneurship and focuses on equipping the students with the ability to write business plans, study their feasibility and start an entrepreneurial project.


  • 3410011: Principles of Plant Production [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410016: Plant Diseases [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410020: Propagation of Plants and Nurseries [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410024: Agricultural Pesticides [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410017: Plant Physiology [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410023: Economic Insects [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410027: Production of Ornamental Plants in Greenhouses [3 Credit Hours]


  • 3410028: Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Greenhouses [3 Credit Hours]