Teaching Methods

Undergraduate degree in Methods of Teaching

The Department of Teaching Methods offers seven majors. These include Science, Mathematics, English, Arabic, Social Studies, Islamic Education and Hi-tech Education and Vocational Training, in addition to the Educational Upgrading Program.

Requirements for a B.A. degree in Teaching Methods

To obtain a B.A. degree in Teaching Methods, a student must successfully complete 134 credit hours which include university, college and department compulsory and elective courses in addition to "free" courses.

Compulsory courses (12 credits)

N.B. Students may choose other academic courses, not cited in ancillary courses, as department elective requirements.
1. B.A. degree in Methods of Teaching Science
To major in Methods of Science Teaching, a student must successfully finish General Physics I 22105, General Chemistry 23101 and General Biology 24101.

A minimum of 70% must be obtained in each of the above courses.

  • Compulsory courses (18 credit hours)
  • Ancillary compulsory courses (51 credits)

2. B.A. degree in Methods of Teaching Mathematics.
3. B.A. degree in Methods of Teaching English.

To major in Methods of Teaching English, a student must successfully complete College English I 32111 and College English II 32112. A minimum of 70% must be obtained in each of them.

  • Compulsory courses (18 credits)
  • Ancillary compulsory courses (51 credits)
  • Compulsory courses (81 credits)
  • Ancillary compulsory courses (51 credits)

4. B.A. degree in Methods of Teaching Arabic
To major in Methods of Teaching Arabic, a student must successfully complete 'Introduction to Literary Appreciation 31111' and 'Morphology 31211'. A minimum of 70% must be obtained in each of them.

5. B.A. degree in Methods of Teaching Social Studies
To major in Methods of Teaching Social Studies, a student must successfully complete 'History of Modern Thought 33111' and 'Geography of Palestine 34111'. A minimum of 70% must be obtained in each of the two courses.

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

33111

History of Modern Thought

3

______

33211

History of Ancient East

3

______

33215

 History of Abbassid Caliphate

3

______

33216

Introduction to Archaeology

3

______

33311

History of Maghreb and Andalusia

3

______

33413

History of Modem Palestine

3

______

33414

History of Contemporary World

3

______

34111

Geography of Palestine

3

______

34213

Introduction to Physical Geography

3

______

34212

Quantitative Geography

3

______

34225

Geography of the Arab World

3

______

34312

Principles of Demography

3

34212

34314

Water Resources Geography

3

34213

34315

Urban Geography

3

______

34412

Transportation Geography

3

______

34423

Geopolitics

3

______

35416

Anthropology

3

______

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

73227

Methods of Social Studies Teaching I

3

___

72300

Supervised Teaching

3

I72371, 72372

72313

Instructional Design

3

___

72316

Design and Production of Educational Aids for Teaching Social Studies

3

72372 or concurrent

73327

Methods of Social Studies Teaching II

3

72371

72352

Evaluation in School

3

___

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

31111

Introduction to Literary Appreciation

3

______

31211

Morphology

3

______

31212

Syntax I

3

______

31213

Arabic Rhetoric I

3

______

31214

History of Pre-Islamic Literary Texts

3

______

31215

History of Islamic Literary Texts

3

31214

31228

Hadith Sciences

3

______

31312

Syntax II

3

31212

31313

Abbassid Literature –Poetry

3

31215

31314

Arabic Phonetics

3

______

31316

 History of Arabic Literary Criticism

3

______

31331

Exegesis and Exegesists’ Methodologies

3

______

31351

Prosody and Rhyme

3

______

31414

Arabic Semantics

3

______

31415

Modern Literature II

3

______

31416

Modern Literary Criticism Schools and Methods

3

______

31453

Modern Palestinian Literature

3

______

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

72300

Methods of Teaching Arabic I

3

73315, 73218

72313

Instructional Design

3

______

72353

Evaluation in School

3

______

73218

Supervised Teaching I

3

______

73315

Methods of Teaching Arabic II

3

73218

72316

Design and Production of Educational Aids for Teaching Arabic

3

72314 or concurrent

Ancillary compulsory courses (51 credits)

Compulsory courses (18 credits)

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

32111

College I

3

10103

32112

College II

3

10323

32201

Conversation and Aural Comprehension

3

32111

32202

Advanced Grammar

3

10323

32203

Writing and Research

3

32112

32220

Oral Communication

3

32201

32230

Phonetics

3

______

32231

Introduction to Linguistics

3

32230

32260

Introduction to Literature

3

______

32261

Short Story

3

32260

32262

Poetry

3

32260

32303

Advanced Writing

3

32203

32386

Contrastive Linguistics

3

32231

32340

Structure of English Language

3

32202

32360

Drama

3

32260

32390

Translation I

3

______

32391

Translation II

3

32390

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

72221

Methods of Teaching English I

3

______

72300

Supervised Teaching I

3

72314, 72315

72315

Instructional Design

3

______

72316

Design and Production of Educational Aids for English

3

72314 or concurrent

72322

Methods of Teaching English II

3

72221

72352

Evaluation in School

3

______

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

21101

Calculus I

3

______

21102

Calculus II

3

21101

22105

General Physics for Education I

3

______

22106

General Physics for Education II

3

22105

21201

Calculus III

3

21101

21203

Principles of Differential Equations

3

21201

21211

Principles of Mathematics

3

21102

21212

Real Analysis I

3

21211

27120

Introduction to Computer Science

3

______

27271

Application Software

3

27120

21224

Programming in Pascal

3

27120

21231

Statistical Methods

3

______

21241

Principles of Linear Algebra I

3

21102

21242

Modern Algebra I

3

21211

21322

Linear Programming

3

21221, 21241

21343

Principles of Numerical Theory

3

21211

21351

History of Mathematics

3

______

To major in Methods of Teaching Mathematics,a student must successfully complete Calculus I 21101 and Calculus II 21102.A minimum of 70% must be obtained in each of them.

Compulsory courses (18 credits)

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

72300

Supervised Teaching

3

72372, 72382

72313

Instructional Design

3

______

72316

Design and Production of Educational Aids for Mathematics Teaching

3

72314 or concurrent

72352

Evaluation in School

3

______

72372

Methods of Teaching Mathematics I

3

______

72382

Methods of Teaching Mathematics II

3

72372

Ancillary compulsory courses (51 credits)

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

21101

Calculus I

3

______

22105

General Physics for Education I

3

______

22106

General Physics for Education II

3

22105, 22107

22107

General Physics I (Lab)

3

22105 or concurrent

22108

General Physics II (Lab)

3

22106, 22107

22221

Waves and Optics

3

22102

22231

Electronics

3

22106

22242

Modern Physics I

3

22106

23101

General Chemistry I

3

______

23102

General Chemistry II

3

23101, 23107

23107

General Chemistry (Lab) I

3

23101 or concurrent

23108

General Chemistry (Lab) II

3

23102, 23107

23211

Analytical Chemistry

3

23108

23231

Organic Chemistry

3

23102

24101

General Biology I

3

______

24102

General Biology II

3

24101

24107

General Biology (Lab) I

3

______

24108

General Biology (Lab) II

3

______

24301

Ecology

3

______

91350

Selected Topics (plant feeding)

3

______

 

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisites

72371

Methods of Science Teaching I

3

______

72381

Methods of Science Teaching II

3

72317

72316

Design and Production of Educational Aids for Science Teaching

3

72314 or concurrent

72352

Evaluation in School

3

______

72319

Instructional Design

3

______

72300

Supervised Teaching

3

72315, 72314

Course #

Course title

Credit hrs

Prerequisite

37312

Principles of Mental Health

3

_______

72211

Curriculum and Instruction I

3

_______

72227

Computer in Methods of Instruction

3

_______

72317

Classroom Management

3

_______

72351

Special Education

3

_______

72411

Research Methodology

3

71114

72415

Instructional Design

3

_______

72213

Methods of Teaching Primary Stage

3

_______