Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

• Giving students the needed knowledge and the necessary administrative skills that required for the labor market.
• Prepare graduates for the business world with practical skills and technical capabilities.
• Introduce the students to the global business context
• Teaching and training students to know the basics of various businesses.
• Promote ethical business practices for students
• Enrich and develop students professionally and personally

Knowledge

• Describe the functions, internal processes, and purposes of the organization and its management.
• Recognize the behavior of individuals, teams, and organizations as a whole, and their internal relationships with their internal and external environments.
• Defining the principles, methods, standards, values ​​and boundaries of business discipline.
• Knowledge of administrative skills that help in making decisions.

Intellectual Skills

• Analyze theoretical and applied business problems by using appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques.
• Solve complex business problems using suitable technological and analytical tools in a creative manner.
• Analyze, modify and enhance different views in business and management.

Professional Skills

• Presenting new ideas and ways of thinking about business and workplace issues.
• Make decisions based on rigorous and independent thinking, considering ethical and professional issues.
• Selecting and using suitable business and marketing data, information sources, and research methodologies to effectively conduct research on business and management issues.

General skills

• Communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing.
• Work effectively in teams to design and implement solutions.
• Ensure professional and ethical responsibility.
• Using and applying modern technologies in management,
• Developing leadership capabilities.

Obtaining a general secondary school certificate or its equivalent, with an average of no less than 65%, scientific and literary, and so on.

• Various sectors of privet business
• Banks, insurance companies and financial institutions
• Hotels, restaurants, and different services sectors
• Public entities

The Academic plan consists of 123 credit hours distributed as follows:

	Single Specialization		Major Specialization
	Compulsory	Elective	Compulsory	Elective
University Requirement	18	6	18	6
Faculty Requirement	27	–	27	–
Single Specialization Requirement	57	15
Major Specialization Requirement			39	6
Minor Specialization Requirement			21	6
	102	21	105	18
	123		123

6.1. University Requirement (24 credit) 18 compulsory credit hours and 6 credit hours as elective

 6.1.1. University Compulsory Requirements (18 credit hours) on follows:

Cr. Hours	Course name	Course No.	No.
2	Arabic Language skills	0400100	1
2	English Language Writing Skills	0400184	2
2	Communications English Language Skills	0400185	3
2	Jerusalem Throughout  History	0400120	4
2	Palestine : Nature &Environment	0400121	5
3	World Civilization	0400123	6
3	Logical  Thinking	0400124	7
2	Islamic Culture	0400122	8

6.1.2. University Elective Requirements (6 credit hours)

A. Languages

Cr. Hours	Course name	Course No.	No.
3	Hebrew Language1  ( Level 1)	0400111	1
3	Hebrew Language 2 ( Level 2)	0400112	2
3	French  Language 1( Level 1)	0400113	3
3	French  Language 2 ( Level 2)	0400114	4
3	German Language 1( Level 1)	0400115	5
3	German Language2  ( Level 2)	0400116	6
3	Spanish Language 1  ( Level 1)	0400117	7
3	Spanish Language 2  ( Level 2)	0400118	8
3	Turkish Language 1  ( Level 1)	0400119	9
3	Turkish Language 2  ( Level 2)	0400129	10
3	Italian Language 1 ( Level 1)	0400146	11
3	Italian Language 2 ( Level 2)	0400147	12
3	Any Foreign Language Approved  by the Academic Council	/	13

B. University requirement (6 credit hours) cultural courses

Cr. Hours	Course name	Course No.	No.
3	Science and Life	0301420	1
3	Internet for Special Purposes	0303100	2
3	Introduction to Public Health and Environment	0305100	3
3	Fine Arts	0400130	4
3	Literary Appreciation	0400132	5
3	Women and Men in Human Societies	0400133	6
3	Issues in  Modern and contemporary Arab Thought	0400141	7
3	Special Topic	0400148	8
3	Communication Skills	0403131	9
3	History and Philosophy of Science	0409135	10
3	Democracy,  Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law	0500140	11
3	Conflict Resolution  by Peaceful Means	0500143	12
3	Introduction to Legal Thought	0500145	13

6.2. Faculty Requirements:

Accounting students must pass (27) credit hours as follows:

Cr.Hrs	Course name	Course No.	No.
3	Principles of Microeconomic	1301101	1
3	Principles of Macroeconomic	1301102	2
3	Principles of Statistics	1301103	3
3	Principles of Accounting I	1302101	4
3	Principles of Accounting II	1302102	5
3	Essential of Business Administration	1304100	6
3	Principle of Finance	1303240	7
3	Principle of Marketing	1305101	8
3	Introduction for Development	0430113	9
27	Total

Specialization terms: the student must earned at least 65in the following courses in order to continue at business administration program:

Course number	Course Name	No.
1113041	Introduction to Management	1
0013041	Essentials of Business Administration	2

6.3.  Single Specialization:

6.3.1. Compulsory Requirements (57 Credit Hours)

No.	Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	1304102	Introduction to Management	3	1304100
2	1304201	Purchasing and Logistics Management	3	1304111
3	1304202	Human Resource Management	3	1304100
4	1304302	E- Business	3	1304111
5	1305205	Sales Management	3	1305101
6	1304307	Organizational Behavior	3	1304111
7	1304306	Project Management	3	1304111
8	1304410	Investment and Financial Markets	3	1304100+1304204
9	1304313	International Business	3	1304100
10	1304403	Total Quality Management	3	1304111
11	1304312	Production and Operations Management	3	1304104 +1304111
12	1304314	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3	1304111
13	1304409	Information System Management	3	1304111
14	1305201	Marketing Management	3	1305101
15	1304401	Strategic Management	3	1304111
16	1304104	Business Mathematics	3	–
17	1304445	Applied topics in Business	3	1304111
18	1304103	Research Methods in Business Administration	3	1301103
19	1304444	Senior Seminar	3	1304103+ 1301103

 

6.3.2. Elective Requirements (15 Credit Hours)

The student must complete 9 credit hours from the department’s electives and 6 credit hours from the third-year level or higher than the other faculty departments’ electives.

No.	Course number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	1304105	Advanced computer skills	3	–
2	1304208	Public Relations	3	1304100
3	1304205	Public Administration	3	1304100
4	1304206	Business Communication	3	1304100
5	1303302	Principles of Insurance	3	1304204
6	1303300	Bank Management	3	1304204
7	1304305	Commercial Law	3	–
8	1304210	Change Management	3	1304100
9	1305306	International Marketing	3	1305101
10	1305408	E-Marketing	3	1305101
11	1305402	Promotion Strategies	3	1305101
12	1304308	Operations Management	3	1304104 +1304111
13	1302301	Cost Accounting	3	1302102
14	1302311	Corporate Governance	3	1302202
15	1306424		3	–
16	1301302	Managerial Economics	3	1301102

 

6.4. Major Specialization

6.4.1. Compulsory Courses for Major Specialization (39 Credit Hours

No.	Course number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	1304111	Introduction to Management	3	1304100
2	1304201	Purchasing and logistics management	3	1304111
3	1304202	Human Resource	3	1304100
4	1304302	Electronic Business	3	1304111
5	1304307	Organizational Behavior	3	1304111
6	1304306	Project Management	3	1304111
7	1304104	Business Mathematics	3	–
8	1304312	Production and Operations Management	3	1304104 +1304111
9	1304314	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3	1304111
10	1304103	Research Methods in Business Administration	3	1301103
11	1304401	Strategic Management	3	1304111
12	1304445	Applied Topics in Business	3	1304111
13	1304444	Senior Seminar	3	1304103+ 1301103

6.4.2. Elective Courses for Major Specialization 6 Credit Hours.

No.	Course number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1.	1304105	Advanced computer skills	3	————-
2.	1304208	Public Relations	3	1304100
3.	1304205	Public Administration	3	1304100
4.	1304206	Business Communication	3	1304100
5.	1303302	Principles of Insurance	3	1304204
6.	1303300	Bank Management	3	1304204
7.	1304305	Commercial Law	3	———–
8.	1304210	Change Management	3	1304100
9.	1305306	International Marketing	3	1305101
10.	1305408	E-Marketing	3	1305101
11.	1305402	Promotion Strategies	3	1305101
12.	1304308	Operations Research	3	1304104 +1304111
13.	1304410	Investment and Financial Markets	3	1304100+1304204
14.	1305205	Sales Management	3	1305101
15.	1304409	Information System Management	3	1304111
16.	1304313	International Business	3	1304111
17.	1301302	Managerial Economics	3	1301102
18.	1302301	Cost Accounting	3	1302102
19.	1302311	Corporate Governance	3	1302202
20.	1304403	Total Quality Management	3	1304111
21.	1306424		3	–

6.5. Minor Specialization in Business Administration:

6.5.1.   For Faculty’s Student from other business and economics faculty departments.

1. Obligatory Courses for Minor Specialization in Business Administration (21credit)

No.	Course number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1.	1304111	Introduction to Management	3	1304100
2.	1304202	Human Resource Management	3	1304100
3.	1304201	Purchasing and Logistics Management	3	1304100
4.	1304314	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3	1304100
5.	1304307	Organizational Behavior	3	1304100
6.	1304312	Production and Operations Management	3	1304104 +1304111
7.	1304401	Strategic Management	3	1304111

2. Elective Courses (6 credit), can be selected from the Business Administration department’s offered courses.

 

6.5.2. For the Students from other Faculties

Obligatory Courses for Minor Specialization in Business Administration (30 credit) 

No.	Course number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1.	1304100	Essentials of Business Administration	3	–
2.	1304111	Introduction to Management	3	1304100
3.	1305101	Principles of Marketing	3	–
4.	1304202	Human Resource Management	3	1304100
5.	1304307	Organizational Behavior	3	1304111
6.	1304314	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3	1304111
7.	1304312	Production and Operations Management	3	1304104 +1304111
8.	1304201	Purchasing and Logistics Management	3	1304111
9.	1304401	Strategic Management	3	1304111
10.	1304445	Applied Topics in Business	3	1304111

Essentials of Business Administration: (1304101)

Includes an explanation of the nature of the organization and its management styles, explaining the relationship between the organization and the surrounding environment in addition to explaining the details of the business organization duties: procurement, production, inventory, marketing, personnel, finance, public relations, R&D and management information.

Introduction to Management:(1304102)

Includes details and explanation of the basic concepts of administration, its definition, aspects, characteristics and principles, in addition to covering the BA schools and theories, with a detailed explanation of the basic duties of BA: planning, organization, direction and control.

Research Methodology in Business Administration: (1304103)

This course aims at achieving two main targets: learning & practicing the important and necessary skills that are required to achieve the research scientifically, it includes the research type, design, theories & hypothesis, validity & reliability, the questionnaire, interviewing, indirect scaling tools, data analysis and the report writing.

Purchasing and Logistics Management:(1304201)

This course introduces Logistics and purchasing and provides basic knowledge about the theory and practice of logistics and purchasing in the supply chain context. It provides basics definitions of purchasing, sourcing, transportation, warehousing, supplier evaluation   and inventory control. It covers the complete procure to pay process from need recognition to payment and supplier relations management including types of purchases and purchasing tools and techniques.

Human Resource Management: (1304202)

Includes defining the concepts of human resources and personnel management, explaining its basic duties: human resources planning, job specification and description, recruitment, selection and employment in the organization, training and performance measurement, motivation, compensation, salaries, wages, employee rights, industrial relations, health and safety management, human resource information systems, in addition to the human and quantitative aspects of the human resources management.

Public Administration: (1304205)

This course discusses the government administration, public organizations relationship with politics and the public relations in government organizations.

Entrepreneurship and innovation:(1304314)

The course provides the student with an introduction to the concepts and skills necessary to successfully commercialize new products and services. Entrepreneurship is not just about starting a business. It is also about identifying good opportunities and then creating, communicating, and capturing value from those opportunities; including innovation. This course focuses on the interconnection between entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.  Moreover, this course addresses critical areas for successful growth, including design thinking, open innovation, business models, product-market fit, and financing.  Finally, this course will teach the student how to think like an entrepreneur and provides the models, tools, and frameworks to further develop your business or idea.  An emphasis will be placed on innovation.

Business Communications (1304206)

Aims at developing the student skills in all management aspects, discusses communication tools and types in addition to the theories and modern communications and its relationship with business and its commercial relationship in and outside the organization.

9.Public Relations: (1304210)

Includes the definition of public relations and its uses, an explanation of the planning and organization management functions of PR, an identification of its communication tools. The relationship with public opinion and the way of building relationship between the organization and the stakeholders, in addition to the models and applications of PR.

E-Business: (1304302)

E-business, through a business application, directly applies e-business strategies and concepts to a practical business-based website. It prepares future business decision makers for the rapidly changing world of Web business practices. This course examines the customer database as the key element in e-business programs of this type. It considers strategic implications in both business and consumer markets, for both products and services. It pays special attention to the role of interactive media, including the Internet. It aims to develop a reasonable level of technical sophistication in terms of what information technology can and cannot accomplish, but it does not involve hands-on computer applications

Business Mathematics:(1304104)

This course enables students to explore mathematical concepts and applications necessary personal, business, and industrial use. Math concepts and skills are applied through study and problem- solving activities in real-world situations in banking, measurements, investing, consumer purchases, financial, and economic area.

The course includes a review of the basic concepts in mathematics such as relations, functions and their graphical representation. After that, it discusses differentiation and the derivatives of Algebraic, Logarithmic and Exponential Functions and their applications in administrative sciences. It also covers systems of linear equations, matrices and determinants as well as linear programming.

Commercial Law: (1304305)

Includes the start and development of commercial law, business men and their characteristics, merchandizing, business files, its conditions and types, business records and business contracts, business documents nature and conditions, business corporations.

Project Management (1304306)

Includes identification and description of the stages of constructing a new project, a detailed explanation of the stages of project management including project planning, scheduling, implementation and control, using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Organizational Behavior (1304307)

The course includes a detailed explanation of the individual and group behavior inside organizations, the factors affecting the attitudes and behaviors of workers, in addition to the limitations of organizational behavior science to improve productivity and enhance performance. The course also focuses on how to organize the work in the organizations, using the capabilities of the individuals and the work teams and groups. The course also focuses on organizational issues that help increase the performance; the best setups of organizational structures, the need for organizational change and the issues of conflict and stress management.

Operations Management: (1304308)

It covers the basic aspects of operations research which helps the manager in decision making steps, such as sensitivity analysis, logistics problems, linear programming, queuing theory, transportation theory and location problems, business networks, Markov series.

Production Management (1304312)

Includes a detailed explanation of the quantitative tools specialized in the planning and organization of industrial production, factory layout, full product production planning, and main product scheduling (MPS), quantification of the physical production requirements, planning the production capacity, CIM, scheduling and total quality management (TQM).

 

Advance computer skills (1304105)

This course aims to develop the applied administrative skills in management, accounting, economics and finance among students and enhance their ability to use programs such as SPSS, E_VIEWS, SHAZAM, GAMA and others.

Strategic Management :(1304401)

Covers contemporary strategic management of organizations of different types, focuses on the steps of strategic management: planning, implementation, control and evaluation. It focuses on the detailed steps of each stage, in addition to quantitative and qualitative decision making.

Total Quality management: (1304403)

This course covers quality aspects, costs, stages of Total Quality Management (TQM) development, the ISO, quality circles, in addition to TQM economics, elements, requirements, concepts and common risks.

Management Information Systems: (1304409)

Introduces the students to the basic concepts of MIS, focusing on supportive systems for decision making, and the secondary MIS which covers the organizational information needs, in addition to the role of the computer and its uses in MIS.

Applied topics in Management: (1304445)

This course focuses on analyzing recent and most practical managerial and administrative issues and problems that are not covered in any other course. The course introduces students to the steps of management case analysis, reaching to the identification of the problem, and the main case problems, ending up with a workable plan and understanding. The course focuses on team work for case analysis and depends on personal presentations of the cases.

Investment and Financial Markets:( 1304315)

The main aim of this course is to provide the students with knowledge and skills that are related to the financial markets and investment concepts, as investment environment, financial markets, capital Asset pricing model, types of risks, portfolio theory, evaluating stocks, bond & other investment tools, the trade process in the financial marked, officinal market and its characteristics, the difference between financial & money market, types and characteristics of market dealers and types of indexes and how they are measured in the financial market.

International Business: (1304313)

This course introduces a basic knowledge of the theory and practice of international corporations.  National differences in political systems and differences in culture, as well as differences in social, economic and legal systems, will be introduced. Moreover, the course focuses on entering and working in international markets as well as on international business operations. Market entry and expansion modes and the organization of international business: Exporting and global sourcing, foreign direct investment, and collaborative ventures, as well as licensing, franchising and other contractual strategies, will be discussed in detail. Subsequently, the most important international business functions such as logistics and supply chain management, human resource management and marketing will be explained.

Change Management (1304210)

This course offers an opportunity to discuss and apply principles, tools, and methods to successfully implement change management within organizations. The use of multiple perspectives to assess organizational performance ensure that students are not trapped by “one-best-way” approach to change management. Topics discussed in this course include: strategies to design, implement, communicate and sustain change; techniques for mapping and assessing when and where change is needed in an organization; organizational development techniques; as well as barriers and enablers to fostering an environment conducive to change. Thus, this course is especially useful for students who plan careers in private equity, management consulting or general management, whether in line or staff positions, even though students interested in entrepreneurship, strategy, and human resources will also benefit from the course content.

Senior Seminar: (1304444)

Includes the discussion and research of contemporary and future problems through field work and practice, with the necessity of using methodology and suitable statistical systems for data analysis.