University Requirements Student must complete 19 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
10032100	Remedial English	0
Remedial english (e10032100) is a three-hour non-credited english course offered to studentswho score poorly (i.e. below 50%) on the placement test. since the major concern of this courseis to improve the students proficiency before starting their ordinary university english basiccourses and major courses taught in english, special emphasis has been placed on enhancing thestudents ability to effectively acquire the four language skills: reading, writing, listening, andspeaking. specifically, the course attempts to ensure an academically acceptable performance onthe part of the students at the level of the english basic courses. moreover, the course aims atexpanding students vocabulary needed for various tasks.
11000101	Islamic Culture	3
This course aims to establish the concept of islamic culture and its position among the other international cultures, its position in the muslim life, its sources, its bases and its characteristics. it also aims to introduce the islamic culture in faith, worship, relations, morals, and knowledge, to discuss the clash between cultures in addition to globalization, human rights, woman rights, democracy and other contemporary issues.
11000102	Arabic Language	3
This course aims to improve the level of students in language skills and various literary, read and absorb and express written, and oral and tasted literary, through texts flags authors and poets in different eras, lessons in grammar and spelling, and brief definition months dictionaries and arab old ones the modern and how to use them. this course aims to implement the arabic language in the areas of reading and expression of both types oral and written communication.
11000103	English Language I	3
University english i (e11000103) is a three credit-hour university-required english language course designed for students who need to work on the four skills of the language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. the development of vocabulary and skills of comprehension are integral parts of the course. in addition, various reading strategies (making predictions, identifying main ideas, reading for details, relating information in the text to life experience) are introduced and developed through a wide range of topics for reading and writing. the course encourages a more analytical and independent approach to study and helps prepare the students for any subsequent exam preparation.
11000105	Palestinian Studies	3
The course is mandatory for university students from various disciplines, so it provides students with knowledge and `information about the palestinian reality and in particular the political developments of the palestinian cause since its inception until the present day in line social and economic developments and political which constitute the main pillars for the study of the palestinian political reality. this course aims to study the palestinian issue from its beginning until present in social, economic and political issues.
11000108	Community Service	1
This course aims to connect university students with charitable, community, and public institutions, while also enhancing students role towards society and familiarizing them with humanitarian needs by providing assistance to targeted groups. it seeks to improve the living conditions of marginalized and impoverished populations. the course prioritizes achieving the greatest possible number of sustainable development goals (sdgs) within the palestinian context. this is not only through raising awareness and introducing these goals, but also by offering students opportunities to engage practically in implementing various sdgs locally. students will participate in programs, projects, and activities aimed at reducing poverty and hunger, providing medical services, treatment, and medication to marginalized and poor groups, supporting gender equality and education, including persons with disabilities and special needs, preserving water resources and natural resources, raising awareness on alternative and clean energy, caring for the environment and agriculture, recycling solid materials, rejecting discrimination, promoting green spaces, and encouraging productive and forestry farming. students enrolled in the course can join different stages designed with alternatives for each phase, allowing them to complete the requirements under flexible conditions. this approach benefits the community while developing students skills and experiences.
11000109	Community Service and Sustainable Development	1
This course aims to connect university students with charitable, community, and public institutions, while also enhancing students role towards society and familiarizing them with humanitarian needs by providing assistance to targeted groups. it seeks to improve the living conditions of marginalized and impoverished populations. the course prioritizes achieving the greatest possible number of sustainable development goals (sdgs) within the palestinian context. this is not only through raising awareness and introducing these goals, but also by offering students opportunities to engage practically in implementing various sdgs locally. students will participate in programs, projects, and activities aimed at reducing poverty and hunger, providing medical services, treatment, and medication to marginalized and poor groups, supporting gender equality and education, including persons with disabilities and special needs, preserving water resources and natural resources, raising awareness on alternative and clean energy, caring for the environment and agriculture, recycling solid materials, rejecting discrimination, promoting green spaces, and encouraging productive and forestry farming. students enrolled in the course can join different stages designed with alternatives for each phase, allowing them to complete the requirements under flexible conditions. this approach benefits the community while developing students skills and experiences.
11000117	Leadership and Communication Skills	1
The course aims to assist students in acquiring modern concepts in the field of communication and understanding the essential skills for effective communication with oneself and others. this is achieved through the use of effective teaching methods that rely on student engagement and motivation to learn through training and self-directed learning. the course emphasizes skill development through teamwork and interactive methods, helping students improve their verbal and non-verbal communication skills by learning public speaking and the fundamentals of oration. additionally, it helps students develop active listening skills, and contributes to enhancing their abilities in dialogue and persuasion, overcoming public speaking anxiety, self-promotion, negotiation, job interviews, presentation and delivery, and writing. the course also provides students with knowledge about innovative and creative ideas that can be implemented, as well as how to write a resume. furthermore, the course aims to refine students' personalities through participation in group presentations.
11000126	Introduction to Computer Science and Skills	2
This course aims to enrich students with the basic computer skills alongside with the theoretical and practical backgrounds behind those skills. first of all, software and hardware components of a computer are discussed. this forms the substrate from which a student can realize the practical applications of a computer, especially in artificial intelligence (ai). thereafter, the student awareness for the security vulnerabilities of a computer system is improved through discussing the threats associated with the absolute dependability on the internet in storing critical data. this is conducted with presenting the basic secure internet frameworks for students with emphasis on scientific research platforms (researchgate, google scholar, linkedin,etc). finally, word processing, statistical analysis and presentation software are discussed with practical applications in the lab.
11000128	Computer Skills and Artificial Intelligence	2
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to computer systems and artificial intelligence (ai), exploring their basic concepts, history, and modern applications. students will gain broad knowledge of the principles of ai, including machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing, while examining how these technologies are driving innovation across various industries. the course also highlights the integration of ai in everyday devices and the internet of things (iot). students will acquire both theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for effectively using ms word, excel, and powerpoint, (in addition to) utilizing ai tools and plugins to enhance productivity and quality of outcome
11000326	English Language II	3
University english ii (e11000326) is a three-credit hour university-required english language course which is offered to students majoring in law. in reading, students will be exposed to a variety of materials, in law, taken from college texts, magazines, newspapers and related literature. students will learn how to identify main ideas, use context clues, build vocabulary, and recognize organizational structure and rhetorical strategies. in writing, students will gain mastery of english sentence structure and paragraph. in speaking, the focus will be on development of conversational skills useful in everyday life. in listening, the aim is to perfect students pronunciation, stress, and intonation and help them understand a spoken text. the course also aims at preparing students to function effectively in the world of work, in law, after graduation.

Faculty Optional Requirements Student must complete 3 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
11102530	Legal Clinic	3	11101311 or 11101315 or 11102515
The legal clinic course aims to train students on scientific solving of legal issues sent to the legal clinic by offering the customers services and consulting for free. students spend 192 hours, four daily and 12 weekly, and are evaluated by the legal clinic director
11102531	Moot Courts	3	11101311 or 11101315 or 11102515
The course aims to teach students the practical aspects of legal life by simulating civil, criminal, and administrative courts and presenting cases before a court. roles are distributed among students, including the governing body, prosecutors, and the defense. students spend 96 hours and are evaluated according to their functional performance
11102532	Legal Practice	3	11101311 or 11101315 or 11102515
This course aims to introduce the students to legal regulation and the working process in legal departments. it provides students with field training in specialized legal departments as students spend 192 hours; 4 hours daily and 12 weekly. students are evaluated by both the legal department and the course teacher.

Speciality Requirements Student must complete 81 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
11101110	Introduction to Law	3
This course aims to introduce students to the nature and historical development of law, and how to formulate its rules and identify the goals, properties and sources of these rules, as well as categorize legal principles, apply and interpret them.
11101111	Principles of Comercial Law & Comercial Contracts	3
In this course students study the nature and development of commercial law, merchandising and general laws that regulate business. the course provides a detailed reference to different types of commercial contracts: commercial sale contracts, agency contracts, broker agreement contracts, commission contracts and contracts of carriage.
11101112	Constitutional Law 1 "General Theory"	3
This course provides a definition of constitutional law in political systems. the course introduces students to different constitutional systems, methods of granting power, electoral procedure, individual rights and public freedoms. the separation of powers between the legislature, judiciary and executive- is examined, addressing the philosophy behind the separation and the respective responsibilities and areas of influence of each of these organs of government.
11101113	Principles of Public International Law	3
This course mainly focuses on general theories, sources of international law and the development of law making processes. emphasis will be placed upon the role of law in times of peace and war. students learn about states rights and duties within this framework, and the legal means of settling inter-state conflicts. (palestine and the international law).
11101115	Civil Law \ Sources of Obligation I	3	11101110 or 111101
This course introduces students to the definition of civil law and its foundations. it particularly focuses on individual, real and pecuniary rights and sources of obligation. the course defines contract law, including types of contracts, conditionality, individual will, detrimental acts, and responsibilities. the course also covers dishonest assistance, misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.
11101210	Civil Law \ Conditions of Commitment	3	11101115
This course is a study of the effects of obligation in terms of explaining optional implementation means, namely, payment, settling of accounts, unity of pecuniary; means of compulsory implementation, namely, real implementation, implementation through compensation; means of protecting execution, urgent case-direct and indirect trials, modified definitions of obligation effects, right to imprison, conditions, terms and clearance impossibility of execution passing of time preventing from hearing lawsuits.
11101212	Methodology(Practical & Curriculums)	3
This course aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct legal research in accordance with the scientific and objective principles adopted in the field of law. this includes an introduction to legal research methodologies and tools, and the formal and objective standards of legal research. the course also deals with methods of handling legal texts in terms of interpretation, analysis, rooting, deducing principles, pointing out defects, and the rules regulating the formulation of various legal researches, whether it is research, an article, a a judicial judgments commentary, or legal advice.in addition, in light of technical developments, the course integrates a focus on the mechanisms and ethics of employing artificial intelligence in the field of legal research. this part of the course addresses the concepts of privacy, justice, impartiality, and responsibility when using legal analysis techniques based on artificial intelligence, whether in collecting data, processing it, or forming conclusions.
11101214	International Humanitarian Law	3	11101113
This course introduces the law of war and how it developed starting from the second half of the nineteenth century. the course also examines the most important sources of this law: customary and conventional ones. the course, further, discusses the most important legal obligations of disputing parties and neutral states, and the duties of the occupying country towards the occupied region and its population. the course ends with an illustration of the characteristics of war and occupation law and its shortcomings. palestine is takes as an example
11101215	Commercial Law \ Companies and Bankrupcy I	3	11101111
This course covers a number of topics, including the definition of commercial companies, their types, their dissolution, their divisions, the way of establishing them, their registration, administration (management) and liquidation. furthermore, the course also provides the definition of bankruptcy, its causes, conditions, types, position of law towards it, penalty imposed on bankrupt traders, in some cases, particularly when it is criminal bankruptcy
11101310	Commercial Law\ Banking & Comm'l Papers	3	11101215 11101111
This course covers a number of topics including the definition of commercial papers, their characteristics, types, policies (order bills), checks, the establishment of commercial drafts and their exchange and the guarantee of their payment and the expiration of obligation cited in them. in addition, the course tackles banks in terms of their definition, and their role in economy, development, in external and internal trade as well as loans, their conditions, interests and their kinds.
11101311	Civil and Commercial Procedures	3	11101313
This course covers the implementation of civil and commercial procedure law, in terms of time and place, and the important principles on which the litigation system is based, formation of courts, degrees of litigation in these courts, including urgent litigation. the course also deals with the rules of jurisdiction, conflict of jurisdiction and its types and international jurisdiction of judiciary. furthermore, the course will examine lawsuit theory and litigation procedures; bringing legal action, its conditions, notifying the appellee, trial proceedings, consideration of the case, aspects of its use, requests, motions of defense, intervention, adjournment of the lawsuit case and its termination, sentences and their types, determination of their effects and ways of appealing against them.
11101312	Law of Evidence	3	11101311
This course covers the law of evidence according to the different fiqh schools. it also includes a study of evidence: written evidence, testimony, and the new argument of quran in proof, besides admission, the right, preview, and experience in accordance with the rules set out in civil law and evidence law.
11101313	Civil Law (Nominated Contracts 1)	3	11101210
This course is a study of the most common contracts: lease and sale contracts. the course will provide students with a definition of sale contracts, their characteristics, elements, rules, impacts and expiration. the course will discuss proprietor and tenant law.
11101315	Penal Procedures Law	3	11101317 11101316
This course defines the code of criminal procedure and explains its relationship to other branches of law, particularly penal law. it also outlines the scope of criminal procedural provision and examines the various stages of criminal proceedings, starting with the preliminary investigation and its various procedures (the preliminary investigation stage). it then examines lawsuits arising from crimes, identifying their parties, limitations, etc. the course also examines civil lawsuits arising from criminal lawsuits, in terms of their conditions and effects. criminal judicial is also studied in terms of its formation and organizational rules. it then examines the various rules of jurisdiction, criminal trial procedures and their origins, as well as the rules of evidence, judgments, and ways of appeal, whether ordinary or exceptional.
11101316	Crimes Against Persons	3	11102114 or 11101211
This course addresses crimes against persons such as murder of different types (premeditated murder, depraved, felony murder) and crimes of abuse, indecent assault, rape, abortion, crimes against freedom, threats, defamation as well as crimes like (forgery, bribery).
11101317	Crimes Against Property	3	11101316
This course will address the crimes against property such as theft and embezzlement, fraud and the crime of giving a check without balance and methods of credit
11101319	Labour Law And Social Security	3	11101313
This course introduces palestinian labor law. topics covered include definition of the law, its historical development, its sources, contracts based on it, conditions for their validity, subsequent obligations on employer and employee, reasons for termination of an individuals work contract, collective labor contract, union organizations, ways of settling labor disputes with special reference to the most important rights, and advantages and disadvantages of these unions.
11101320	Enforcement Law	3	11101312
This course studies the powers of the executive council; its responsibilities, authority, structure and competence. along with methods of enforcement, it also covers executive bonds and methods of executing the local and foreign judgments, funds that may be excluded, custody and consequences.
11101321	Insurance Law	3	11101313
This course covers the fundamentals of insurance, its emergence, evolution and types of insurance; in addition to studying the effects, and obligations of the insurer and the insured according to the insurance contract. legal solutions, direct matter and obsolescence will also be covered
11101410	Private International Law	3	11101311
This course begins with the definition of private international law, its sources, its nature, general theory of law conflict, analysis of evidence base and schools, concerning the theory of conflict of jurisdiction and types of this latter.
11101411	Real Rights	3	11101313
The main part of this course is concerned with land law. this includes classification of estates, registered and unregistered conveyance, co-ownership and trusts of land, leases, licenses, easements, covenants and mortgages.
11102101	Matrimonial Law 1	3	11101110
This course tackles two subjects: divorce and marriage. topics covering marriage include definition, wisdom behind it, legality, engagement, elements of marriage contract, legal conditions for its completion, conditions tied to contract, effect of marriage contract on dowry, adequate support of wife, fair treatment of wife in case of polygamy; loyalty to husband and decision-making at home. in the second part of the course, students will learn about divorce, its divisions, khulu (initiating divorce by wife), its prescriptions or rules; custody (of infant) and its rules, and kinship expenses
11102102	Matrimonial Law 2	3	11102101
Topics covered in this course include legacy and rights pertinent to it, reasons and conditions of inheritance, men and women heirs, reduction of heirs' shares, distribution of remaining shares among heirs, greed, and abolishment, as well as kinship inheritance. another topic covered in this course is the will in terms of its wisdom, pillars, conditions, voiding, retraction, acceptance, rejection and obligatory will. the last topic is wakf (endowment). the course will look at the meaning, conditions and rules governing wakf.
11102103	Regional & International Organizations	3	11101113
This course is a study of both regional and international organizations in terms of development, history, types, and leaders. it is also a study of general theory of the international organization, its legal status and its role in the international community. international organizations considered are the un, unesco, who, unicef, and other united nations agencies. regional organizations examined will include the arab league, organization of african unity, the organization of american states and palestine in the international organizations (the plo).
11102114	Penal Law General Section	3	11101110
This course discusses general legal rules applicable to criminal convictions. it addresses reasons for disclosure and the liability of the culprit, instigator and accomplice. students will examine the personal and territorial jurisdiction of penalty law.
11102116	Administrative Law	3	11101110
This course provides students with a definition of administrative law, and knowledge of its origins and sources. the rules governing public authorities and public spending will be examined.
11102412	Administrative Judiciary	3	11102116
This course introduces administrative judiciary, traces its development and explains the principle of legitimacy, the laws of guaranteeing its implementation, and determining types of controlling the administration, particularly judiciary control, its types, its development and organization. the course will provide examples, namely, from egypt, france and jordan. students will also be introduced to supreme court of justice in jordan, its specialization, lawsuit abrogation, its definition, its characteristics, conditions for its acceptance, aspects of its cancellation and its judgment

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 15 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
11101314	Public Finance & Tax Law	3	11102116 or 11101116
This course includes a study of general foundations and bases organizing revenues, expenditures, public budget, and a practical study of it. the course is also a study of the principles of public finance, theory of taxes and its goals with emphasis on taxing regulations that are effective in the palestinian areas. the course also highlights the role of taxes in striking the necessary balance between revenues and social justice
11101322	Arbitration Law	3	11101313
This course deals with commercial arbitration as an alternative means of resolving disputes. conditions of an arbitration agreement are covered along with procedures, issuance of an award, objections to implementation, and appeal. all this is in the context of palestinian arbitration law. the course deals with the definition of international commercial arbitration and what distinguishes it from domestic arbitration, and its role in international trade relations.
11101325	Internet Regulations and Commerce Law	3	11101110
This course aims to identify the importance of electronic commerce and the evolution of international laws in this area. students will study the establishment of the electronic contract and the problem this can cause in relation to validity
11101326	International Trade Law	3	11101111
This course examines the international trade law, its sources and evolution. the most important international trade contracts are addressed, including: the international sale of goods, as well as the most international conventions and norms in international trade law.
11101327	Aviation & Marine Law	3	11101111
This course introduces the students to the shipping legal system, identity, nationality and its registration. students will also learn about ship ownership, rights in rem pertinent to it, its confiscation, and reasons behind the action and the manner of its implementation. furthermore, students will learn about ship navigators, namely, ship proprietor, its captains, and its maintenance officer. in addition, students will be introduced to contracts organizing marine activity: marine work contracts, marine insurance contracts, ship-rescue contracts, marine responsibility in terms of collision, insurance and rescue. it also covers the aerospace law that governs the legal relations resulting from the use of space to organize space navigation, and how to use civil planes according to the international charts that organize space navigations, as well as the mutual use of space between countries, and the treaties against plane kidnapping and its local and international sanctions
11101335	Constitutional Law 2 (Political Systems)	3	11101112
It deals with the genesis of constitutional rules, the evolution of the system of constitutional governance and general constitutional fundamentals in palestine, and how the constitutions of palestine are put forward, their nature, objectives, and their organization of public authorities in terms of jurisdiction and relationship. it also addresses the nature of the constitutional system in palestine, the real practice of political sovereignty, and the features of the current constitutional system
11101336	The Law of Local Governments	3	11101110
Looking at topics related to local administration, the course will cover the rules governing local administration, competences and the relationship with the central administration. students will learn about the expertise of each administrative body, systems of practice, types of administrative control in the context of democracy and accountability. students will come away with a sound theoretical basis of administrative law and its relationship with ensuring respect for rule of law and protecting public interests.
11101340	The Laws &Regulations of the International &Palestinian Refuges	3	11101113
It studies sides of the international law that is related to the rights and protection of refugees in general, with extra focus on the palestinian refugees, and the cases related to them in terms of history of the palestinian forced migration, the localization of the refugees, the return to the home country, their protection and the un resolutions concerned with them.
11101342	Adjudications and its Appeal Systems	3	11101313
This course will deal with the divisions of judgments, the procedures for issuing them, the implications of the judgment, in addition to the methods of appealing judgments. where the general rules for appealing judgments, appeal, criticism, objection by others and retrial will be studied.
11101344	Public Finance and Tax Law	3	11102116 or 11101116
This course includes a study of general foundations and bases organizing revenues, expenditures,public budget, and a practical study of it. athe course is also a study of the principles of public finance, theory of taxes and its goals with emphasis on taxing regulations that are effective in the palestinian areas. The course also highlights the role of taxes in striking the necessary balance between revenues and social justice.
11101413	Land and Real Estate Law	3	10602418 or 11101313
The main part of this course is concerned with land law. this includes classification of estates, registered and unregistered conveyance, co-ownership and trusts of land, leases, licenses, easements, covenants and mortgages.learning outcomes: after successful completion of this course, students should have gained knowledge of the working land and real estate laws since the ottomanic rule until now.
11101415	Environmental Legislations & Town Planning Law	3	11101110
Students in this course will learn about local legislations aimed at protection of environment and prevention of pollution. the students will also learn about the environment, its elements, means of its protection and its sustainable development. furthermore, students will be introduced to international environmental laws particularly those related to water and natural resources. pertaining to urban planning, students will learn about laws related to planning in both cities and villages, and different committees charged with planning, their powers and formation.
11101420	EU Law	3	11101113
Students will learn about the establishment of the european union, its institutions and the legal system that regulates its relations with member states. the three eu powers will be discussed: legislative power and executive power, along with the european judicial system
11101423	Law and Artificial Intelligence	3	11101210
This course will discuss artificial intelligence (ai) from a legal point of view in order to explain its legal nature. in addition, it will deal with the role of ai in litigation, and the possibility of using ai in the processing of data applicable to judicial decisions. moreover, it will explain the civil and criminal liability of ai if used in legal fields. finally, it will discuss some examples of ai in law and the problems that may arise during the application of such examples.
11101424	Military Judiciary	3	11101317
This course discusses the concept of the military judiciary in palestine, the types of military courts, their formation, their specializations, the powers of the security forces justice commission, the formation of the military prosecution and its specializations, and the military judicial departments. also, this course explains military trial procedures and military judgments, as well as methods of appealing and implementing them.
11101425	New Crimes	3	11102114 or 11101211
This course deals with the study of the concept of new crimes in the field of criminal law in palestine, which are considered new because they resulted from technological development, globalization and privatization, as well as dealing with the common characteristics between these crimes, in addition to studying the most important types and forms of new crimes such as drug dealing crimes, money laundering crimes, economic crimes, crimes of trafficking in human organs, electronic crimes, and other crimes by clarifying their concept, characteristics, elements, penalties, and their danger to the palestinian society.
11101426	Legal Studies in English	3	11000326
This course will focus on studying legal topics in english in various fields of law such as corporate law, constitutional law, etc. as it will deal with legal texts such as legislation and court decisions, in addition to selected essays in law.
11101428	A Legal Topic in Hebrew	3	11101110
This course aims to study a legal topic of interest to the students of the occupied territories or jerusalem, that can be agreed upon between the instructor and the students as needed. this course is taught in hebrew.
11101429	Principles of International Criminal Law	3	11101211 or 11101113
This course aims to provide students with general knowledge about the principles of international criminal law, by examining its concepts and sources, defining international crime and criminal liability, the competent authorities to prosecute its perpetrators, the mechanisms and methods of accountability and the implementation of decisions and sentences handed down, and their effectiveness on the ground and in particular their effectiveness in the palestinian cause.
11101430	Law and Sustainable Development	3	11101110
This course aims to examine the law's relationship with the achievement of sustainable development goals, such as the eradication of poverty and hunger, the preservation of the right to health and quality education, the promotion of investment and employment, the preservation of the environment and the achievement of security, stability and peace, the building of strong institutions, by examining the concept of sustainable development goals and requirements, and the exposure to the most important laws that contribute to their achievement.
11101431	Cryptocurrencies: Technology and Law	3	11101310
The course addresses multiple aspects of the cryptocurrency world, from understanding blockchain technology to legal aspects of cryptocurrencies and smart money, the legal challenges facing cryptocurrencies and smart cash such as taxation and money laundering issues will be studied, and study the legal conduct through which smart contracts arising from the transaction of cryptocurrencies and smart money will be studied and how different they differ from traditional contracts and the legal challenges associated with the validity and effectiveness of smart contracts. decentralized financial markets will be examined, their concepts and functioning and how to trade cryptocurrencies in them.
11102411	English Language Through Specialized Contents	3
This course aims at providing law students with the skill of writing in a direct way to express meanings in clear words to indicate the intended meaning and avoid common errors in expression, while being familiar with the methods of expression, the rules of linguistic interpretation of texts, the integrity of the language of writing and legal research.
11102413	Advanced Studies in International Law	3	11101113
This course aims at deepening knowledge of the foundations of public international law, with a focus on practical applications of non-traditional sources in international law. rights and duties of states, international responsibility. peaceful and non-peaceful ways to resolve international disputes. the position of international law on liberation movements. an applied study of international treaties, including the legal rules regulating the law of treaties and eligibility for states, international organizations and liberation movements. focus on the palestinian reality in all of the above.
11102414	International Water Law and Water Hegemony	3	11101113
In this course, the student studies the 1982 united nations convention on the seas regarding international waters on the high seas, the right of riparian countries to exploit international marine resources, the definition of territorial waters, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone, the preservation of international waters from pollution, and dealing with treaties regulating marine wealth and water and the rights of states therein. to address international environmental agreements such as the 1992 rio de janeiro agreement in brazil (earth summit) and the 1997 kyoto agreement on the prevention of global warming (global warming) and the preservation of the ozone layer and the earth from pollution damage and its main causes
11102415	Law of Parties and Freedoms	3	11101112
A general introduction to the development of political parties in palestine since the end of the first world war. the parties that emerged before the nakba and their nature, the emergence of nationalist and islamic parties, the transformations that occurred in the patterns and nature of political organization after the formation of the palestine liberation organization. special interest in the partisan transformation in the era of the palestine liberation organization and the emergence of new or renewed islamic parties after the occupation of 1967. changes in the partisan scene in palestine after the establishment of the palestinian authority.
11102416	Philosophy of Law	3	11101110
This course deals with the philosophical basis of law and the legal rule, knowing their nature, the rules of legal logic and text construction, the philosophy on which the vocabulary of law is based on justice, responsibility, rights, duties, responsibility, equality, persons, protection, interest, agreement, and others, and the role of law in achieving sovereignty and the public interest.

Sub-specialty Requirements Student must complete 27 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
11102511	Introduction to International Relations and Theories	3	11101113
The course aims to introduce the student to the foundations and beginnings of the science of international relations and its various developments since ancient civilizations, the emergence of nation states (and the principle of balance of power), diplomatic history, through the two world wars, the establishment of international organizations, international conflict and cooperation, and the emergence of the so-called new international order and globalization. the course also includes a definition of the concepts of power, hegemony, strategy, alliances, foreign policy and other concepts.
11102512	Democratization in Developing Countries	3	11101113 11102511
Study and analysis of the most prominent theoretical and practical issues related to political transformations towards democracy, their motives, and mechanisms. various theoretical approaches and perceptions about these transformations (elite theory, rational choice theory, social contract theories, and others). examining practical experiences (successful and failed) for such transformations and comparing the experiences of countries that were able to free themselves from military rule, absolute monarchy, or totalitarian rule (totalitarian or totalitarian) in an effort to understand how they govern the interactions of democratic transformation processes with the economic system, the prevailing cultural structure and international pressures. the emergence of the topic and the political, intellectual and field motives behind the different directions of the literature of this topic. study the experiences of arab countries in the field of transition to democracy. the relationship between the processes of democratization, development, modernization, globalization, liberation, revolution, etc., and the relationship of this to the nature of the social forces that pushed towards these transformations. experience, prospects and difficulties of democratic transition in palestine.
11102513	Political Economy and Development	3	11102511
The subject of political economy and development includes the interactive relationship between the economy (the market) and politics (the state), and the impact of the market and its institutions on development and political activities. the course also focuses on the study of capitalist, socialist and mixed economic systems, and deals with economic policy at the contemporary global level and its impact on growth and development: international trade, multinational companies, aid, technology transfers, and debt.
11102514	International Politics and Development	3	11102511
The course aims to identify the concept of international politics, its dimensions, effects, components, and rules governing it, and its relationship to development in countries. it focuses on studying the effects of policy between the state on the events of development and development.
11102515	The Palestinian Cause and the International Dimension	3	11102511
The course deals with the study of the ancient history of palestine through the ages, explaining the human relationship with the land and the peoples that passed through it. it also clarifies the background of the emergence of palestine as a political issue, as well as its islamic position, and then sheds light on the emergence of the zionist movement in thought and practice and its project in connection with the establishment of a national home for the jews in palestine. then it deals with the resistance of the palestinian people to the zionist project after the british mandate. then it is exposed to study and analysis of the zionist and palestinian political system. then he addresses the arab effort to resist the project through the arab-israeli wars. after that, it deals with the political settlement from the beginning of the issue until today, in an attempt to reach a political solution to the palestinian issue.
11102516	Human Rights and International Relations	3	11102511
This course is based on studying the intermingling of politics and law by studying international human rights laws and their enforcement. it discusses the interactions between state sovereignty and issues of justice and pays great attention to global human rights issues and their (non-selective) application, and also analyzes current issues and debates regarding ways to enforce human rights laws. existing through united nations institutions, military intervention and judicial intervention. this course aims to analyze the global application of human rights by the various institutions that exist at the international level to ensure the implementation of human rights, such as the united nations human rights council, and some regional mechanisms such as the european court of human rights. this course also aims to analyze the idea of aahumanitarian intervention by projecting the international rules governing it to realistic practical applications and showing an assessment of how it works in practice, in addition to universal jurisdiction and the issue of considering national courts as appropriate mechanisms for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries by prosecuting some criminals human rights, or the possibility of resorting to the international criminal court, which specializes in prosecuting some of the most serious violations of human rights, or the extent to which global civil society is benefited in terms of its impact on human rights violations instead of the impact of states positions. this course aims to introduce the student to the importance of democracy and human rights for the state and society in general and in the arab world in particular. this course will focus on studying the stages of development of democracy and human rights in the world, analyzing these stages and their relationship with political regimes, and comparing that with the concept of shura. and human rights in islam.
11102517	International Governance and Peace	3	11102511
This course discusses international governance and its relationship to international public security by studying international institutions that work to implement a global administrative system, the aim of which is to develop a set of policies and procedures that depend on the application of administrative methods and means on a global scale that seeks to make international decisions based on the application of international law, and treaties. international relations between the countries of the world. this course aims to identify a number of basic elements that control the idea of aagovernance and its relationship to international security, by studying a set of related axes such as the concept of global governance, the history of its development and its basic tasks in the light of the modern concept of international relations, and it also includes global governance bodies represented in the united nations the international monetary fund and their relationship to achieving the goals of international governance. this course also aims to clarify the role of international governance in addressing the economic, political, societal, and military situations, and its relationship to the controls of local national policies based on the supreme principles that govern them within the framework of international relations, leading to the promotion of a culture of global peace, human rights and economic prosperity in the world that works to achieve security public in the international community.
11102519	Globalization and Its Political Challenges	3	11102511
The course aims to identify the phenomenon of globalization and its various dimensions. it also aims to analyze the repercussions of globalization and its effects on international relations, the international system, state sovereignty, and the future of international relations in light of the repercussions of globalization.
11102520	Special Topic / Contemporary International Issues / Discusses Any Emerging Issues	3	11102511
This course discusses emerging issues in the field of law and international relations.