Speciality Requirements Student must complete 30 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
433600	Palestine Archaeology Through Ages	3
This course examines the historic ages palestine and jordan passed through starting from the paleolithic age till the end of ottoman rule. it also studies the relationship of palestine with the empires in the neighboring countries, especially in iraq and egypt as well as the region's civilizational achievements in the former ages with a focus on palestine's antiquities represented by coins, pottery, and architecture in ancient ages.
433601	Advanced Research Methodologies	3
This course aims at recognizing the research methodologies' aims, steps, basics, and skills necessary to identify a research problem. in this course, students are encouraged to publish research papers in internationally renowned journals.
433602	Administration of Archaeological Sites	3
This course tackles management of archaeological sites through preparing plans to do this task. this process consists of different phases such as documentation, archaeological sites' recognition, identification of relevant parties, determining the site's current management, applying excavation and maintenance plans
433603	Entrepreneurship in Archaeology	3
This course is concerned with young people's entrepreneurship and scientific skills not only to be able to start their own businesses but also to be productive in small and medium businesses and innovative in the field of archaeology. thus, the overall goal of this course is to create an institutional culture in palestine.
433604	Tourism and Archaeological Security	3
This course is concerned with investigating the role of security institutions in protecting tourist places and archaeological sites in palestine. it also aims at developing plans to prevent illegal excavations for antiquities, their theft, and smuggling them abroad. this course will study the laws of tourism and antiquities in palestine and their role in the process of organizing the tourism and archaeological sectors and protecting archaeological sites. the focus focuses on studying the tourist police in palestine and examining its available statistics in the areas of tourism and antiquities.
433605	Archaeological Excavations	3
This is a practical course. students are required to work in an excavation site determined by the department in the summer session. students are expected to gain key hands-on skills such as archaeological illustration, professional photography, archaeological documentation, and finally reading and interpreting archaeological findings.
433606	Use of Technology in Archaeology	3
This course seeks to equip students with the principles of archaeological illustration (building lifting, drawing pottery findings and coins). it also aims at introducing the principles of surveying, archaeological surveying, and origins or illustration in excavations especially horizontal and vertical measurements. more themes to be introduced in this course are imaging theory and the chemicals used in photographic processing and printing.
433607	Study of Ancient Materials and Their Historiography	3
This course is concerned with the study methods of the historiography of archaeological materials (archaeometry). in cooperation with professors, students are required to carry out some practical applications of the historiography of archaeological materials through varied scientific methods like archaeometry, ams, radiocarbon dating 14 isotopic composition etc.
433651	Ancient Arabic Inscriptions and Writings	3
The course aims to study the origins and development of arabic calligraphy, with an applied presentation of the types of arabic calligraphy in the arab east, morocco and andalusia. the course also focuses on reading and analyzing arabic inscriptions and writings in the islamic cities and towns in palestine.
433653	Traditional and Virtual Museums	3
The course aims to study the emergence and development of museums, a study of their objectives, the history of some international and arab museums, a model study for a museum, choosing a museum site, museum building, designing museums, display cabinets, display menus, coordinating exhibits, cabinets for undisplayed pieces, cards, lighting, and museum safety. , the administrative body in the museum, maintenance and restoration, custody, and the role of archaeological excavations in supporting the museum's works. this course also focuses on the design of virtual museums that keep up with the technological development that we are witnessing at the present time.
433698	Comprehensive Exam	0

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 6 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
433650	Ancient East Language	3
The main goal of this course is to select one of the ancient languages. these languages include canaanite, phoenician, aramaic, nabataean, greek and latin.
433652	Technology in Ancient Times	3
This course is concerned with the industries in the ancient stone and historical ages as these industries played a significant role in the development of human life in historical palestine in particular and the levant and the world in general. among the industries to be studied in this course are stone, flint and bone tools, hunting tools, inscriptions on stone and caves, farming and its tools, domestication of animals, boat and ship industries, preparing meals, architecture and construction tools, mathematics and engineering sciences, metal detection (gold, copper, silver, tin, bronze, etc.), pottery industries, the invention of writing (hieroglyphics in egypt and cuneiform in iraq), water engineering and glass industries. 1.4 million years - the arab islamic conquest 16 ah / 638 ad).
433654	Jerusalem Archaeology and Architecture Through the Ages	3
This course introduces students to the antiquities of the city of jerusalem from the beginning to the end of the ottoman rule. it focuses on the material remnants of the jebusites and the canaanites, as well as the remnants of the roman, byzantine and islamic periods, as well as exposing zionist claims in the city of jerusalem through the politicization and judaization of the city's antiquities. the course includes a field visit to the city of jerusalem.
433655	Conservation and Renovation of Antiquities	3
The course aims to introduce the student to the importance of antiquities, their maintenance and restoration, and the maintenance of archaeological and historical buildings. this study covers the human and natural factors affecting them, the best methods to preserve them, and some maintenance works which are necessary in this field. such maintenance works include lifting archaeological stones and various architectural structures, taking samples, and learning about local and regional antiquities laws.
433656	Ancient Environment in Palestine	3
This course deals with the study of the environment in palestine throughout the ages by studying the plant and animal archaeological discoveries with the aim of redrawing a clear perception of the ancient environment in palestine for each of the historical stages. in this course, the techniques used in analyzing environmental phenomena and findings that affect human societies will be studied. examples include: studying the theories of discovering agriculture and climate change through studying pollen and remains of ancient plants discovered in different archaeological sites in palestine. the course also aims to introduce students to the techniques used in the study of environmental samples, such as the technique of extracting samples in archaeological sites by flotation, the mechanism of studying, preparing, and analyzing samples in the laboratory, and the mechanism of methods for extracting final results through spatial and temporal analysis of samples. finally, this course introduces the radioisotope techniques in analyzing the ancient environment and dating