Facilities

Student are expected to successfully complete many compulsory and elective ‎practical courses in Biology. These courses enable students to acquire theoretical ‎and practical training on equipment’s needed for future study and career in many ‎disciplines such as Biochemistry, Physiology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and ‎Ecology.

The department has well equipped scientific facilities. These include:‎

Available laboratories:

• Computer Lab.
• General Biology Labs .
• Labs for elective and must coursesInstrumental Analysis Lab.‎
• Advanced research labs.

Other additional services available include:

• ‎Purchase department.
• ‎Dispensing rooms.
• ‎Lab technician rooms.
• ‎Glass blowing room.
• ‎Electronic workshop room.
• ‎Chemical Central store.
• ‎GF Computer services.

C- A comprehensive set of available equipment:

• Cell counter.
• Spectrophotometers UV/VIS.
• Homogenizer.
• Microscopes with cams & LCD.
• Stereo microscopes with cams & software.
• Inverted microscopes.
• Epi-fluourescent microscope.
• Incubators.
• Growth chamber.
• Safety cabinets.
• Cell counter.
• Gel documentary system with software.
• Trans illuminators.
• Centrifuges.
• Supers peed refrigerated centrifuge.
• Thermo mixers.
• Vertical & horizontal gel electrophoresis.
• Safety cabinets.
• Autoclaves.
• Water bathes.
• Biological lb system bio-fraction collector with lb data software.
• Balances.

Industry

The Program undertakes teaching and practical activities in many fields related to ‎Biology. These activities enable graduates to be engaged in jobs from private and ‎public sectors such as food industry, pharmaceutical industry, food safety and ‎diseases control.

Teaching and Learning

The Program provides an appropriate learning and educational environment for ‎students.  The faculty provides the department with all needed teaching facilities ‎such as halls and laboratories. Laboratories are equipped with modern instruments ‎required for practical courses.‎

Upon graduation students in this program should be able to:

• Use scientific methods to explain different natural phenomena critically and ‎creatively.
• Expand own knowledge independently.
• Interact and communicate with people from same and other disciplines.
• Implement and preserve professional ethics in different sectors, academic or ‎professional.
• Able to pursue graduate study in different areas of Biology at different ‎university systems.
• Undertake teaching duties in Biology in schools.

Coursework and Assessment

Studies consist of lectures, various problems, reports, as well as seminar ‎presentations and examinations.  

The assessment is mainly based on the grades of exams, seminar presentations, ‎reports and laboratory reports.‎
A numerical scale 0-4 in whole numbers is used.

In addition to courses mentioned in in the plan of the program, students are ‎required to spend 40 days of practical training in schools and/or public sectors that ‎are related to Biology in Palestine or abroad.