جامعة النجاح الوطنية
An-Najah National University
Upper Preparatory- Teacher in Mathematics
Duration: 48 Months (4 Years)
Degree Awarded: Bachelor
Student must complete 125 credit hours

University Requirements Student must complete 19 credit hours

Course Code Course Name Credit Hours Prerequests
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Remedial English (E10032100) is a three-hour non-credited English course offered to students who score poorly (i.e. below 50%) on the placement test. Since the major concern of this course is to improve the students? proficiency before starting their ordinary university English basic courses and major courses taught in English, special emphasis has been placed on enhancing the students? ability to effectively acquire the four language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Specifically, the course attempts to ensure an academically acceptable performance on the part of the students at the level of the English basic courses. Moreover, the course aims at expanding students? vocabulary needed for various tasks.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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 Palestinian issue from its begging until present day in social, economic and political issue.
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This course aims to familiarize students with community institutions and their contribution through voluntary efforts to serve these institutions to achieve the SDGs. Students are required to complete a minimum of 50 hours of community service to successfully pass the course. Additionally, students must attend 6 guidance sessions on volunteer work and participate in intensive training for selected community service programs if they choose to engage in such programs.
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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.
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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.
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University English II is a three-credit hour university-required English language course specifically designed to meet the needs of the students of the humanities and social sciences. The instructors of the course will employ a broad-based approach by integrating the four language skills, in order to enable students to improve their reading skills and comprehension of a variety of academic texts and to provide their own input by expressing their opinions on the topics under discussion, through either verbal participation in class or written assignments at home. As the discussions in class will be held in English, this is hoped to enhance the listening comprehension of students as well as provide them with opportunities to exercise their speaking skills. The units in the prescribed textbook have been organized according to the various strategies that students need to practice in order to improve their speed and comprehension, particularly while reading on an academic subject in English. These strategies include understanding vocabulary in context, using the dictionary, understanding information from graphs and charts, scanning for specific information, taking notes from reading, studying collocations ?. etc. In Addition to the texts set for intensive reading, six more passages are also considered as self ? reading passages so as to encourage students to read at home and contact their instructors.

Speciality Requirements Student must complete 96 credit hours

Course Code Course Name Credit Hours Prerequests
3
This course covers the concepts of function, inverse function, models, limits, continuity and derivatives, the differentiation rules and their applications, related rates, linear approximation, and hyperbolic functions. The mean value theorem, indeterminate forms, L' Hospital's rule, curve sketching, and optimization problems.
3
    • 10211101
Definite and Indefinite integrals. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. The Substitution Rule. Applications of integration (Areas and volumes), Average Value of a Function. Techniques of Integration (Integration by parts, Trigonometric Integrals, Trigonometric Substitution, Integration by Partial Fractions, Improper Integrals). Applications of integration (Arc Length, Area of a Surface). Infinite sequences and series (The Integral Test and Estimates of Sums, The Comparison Tests, Alternating Series, Absolute Convergence and the Ratio and Root Tests, Power Series, Taylor and Maclaurin Series)
3
    • 10211102
Topics covered in this course include: parametric equations and polar coordinates; vectors in R2 and R3 & surfaces; vector-valued functions; partial differentiation with applications; multiple integrals.
3
    • 10211102
    • 10211201 or
    • 10221102
Classifying and solving 1st order ODEs, solving homogeneous and non-homogeneous 2nd and higher order linear ODEs, power series and Laplace transforms Methods to solve linear ODEs, solving 2nd order Cauchy-Euler ODEs, solving systems of linear 1st-order ODEs in 2 or 3 variables using Eigenvalues- Eigenvectors as well as Laplace transforms.
3
    • 10211101
Topics covered in this course include: logic and proofs; set theory, relations and functions; cardinality and examples on mathematical structures.
3
    • 10211211
Topics covered in this course include: properties of real numbers; open and closed sets; sequences; limits and continuity; differentiation; Riemann integral.
3
    • 10211102
Introducing a mathematical software with applications through giving a background and fundamentals of programming; flowcharts, algorithms, types of data, control statements, dimensions, functions, subroutines and graphing.
3
    • 10211102 or
    • 10211211
Matrices and matrix operations. Elementary row operations. Determinants and inverses of matrices. Systems of linear equations and methods of solutions. Vector spaces. Linear independence and basis. Linear transformations. Eigen values and eigenvectors.
3
    • 10211211
Groups, subgroups, symmetric groups, cyclic groups and order of an element, isomorphisms, cosets, and Lagrange's Theorem. Normal subgroups, factor groups, homomorphisms, fundamental theorem of finite Abelian groups.
3
Geometry: Hilbert's postulates, congruence, equivalence, similarities, circles, geometric transformations; space geometry: relations between lines, between lines and planes, between planes, theory of orthogonal projections; solid geometry: prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, sphere and related theorems
3
    • 10211202 or
    • 10211203
Topics covered in this course include: the formation of a partial differential equation; methods of solutions of first order linear and nonlinear partial differential equations; methods of solutions of second order linear and nonlinear partial differential equations; Fourier series and transforms; wave equation, Laplace?s equation, potential equation, equation of an infinite wire, heat equation.
3
    • 10211220
    • 10211241
Topics covered in this course include: numbers, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems; floating point arithmetic, Errors, sources and types; solving nonlinear equations, direct and indirect methods in solving systems of linear equations, solving systems of nonlinear equations; approximation and interpolations, numerical integration.
3
    • 10211241
Topics covered in this course include: problem formulation; graphic solution; simplex method; duality theorem; linear sensitivity analysis and algebraic representation; transportation and assignment problems; network (PERT and CPM); game theory.
3
    • 10211211
Topics covered in this course include: divisibility and prime numbers; Chinese remainder theorem; congruence; Euler's theorem, Fermat?s theorem, Wilson?s theorem; linear congruence: congruent and non-congruent solutions; arithmetic functions; special numbers: perfect, deficient abundant and Mersenne numbers.
3
Classifying and describing data, Measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, measures of position, the definition of probability and its properties, counting rules, discrete and continuous random variables, the binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, the normal distribution and applications, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one population mean.
3
    • 10211201
Random experiments and events, basic probability rules, discrete and continuous random variables, the probability density function and cumulative distribution function for one and two random variables, mathematical expectation, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion and percentiles, moments and moment-generating functions, conditional probability distributions, correlation coefficient, stochastically independent random variables, some special distributions; binomial, negative-binomial, gamma and normal distributions, transformation method.
3
This course covers the following topics: motion in one and more dimensions, the laws of motion with an application of Newton?s laws, vector quantities, work and mechanical energy, linear momentum and collisions, and rotational dynamics
10511322 Methods of Teaching Mathematics 1 3
10511332 Methods of Teaching Mathematics 2 3
    • 10511322
10511432 Current Issues and Trends in Teaching Mathematics 3
    • 10511322
10513111 Introduction to Curriculum 3
10513211 Practical Training 1 1
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This course describes the historical evolution of computer use in education, the international experiences of this usage, the computer programming languages in education, the advantages of the computer in education, and the various applications in both the administrative and educational fields. It also focuses on using the internet to support the process of learning and education. Other topics include: assessing the global sources of information, collaborative learning environment on the internet, searching and restoring of the information. Practically, it aims at providing the students with the necessary skills to help them in designing and producing educational multimedia software based on the teaching design principles. The produced software includes patterns of the known software, like exercise and practice, tutorial, simulation, educational games, dialogue using the authorial tools such as PowerPoint, Photo Story 3 for Windows, or Movie Maker
10513220 Educational Readings in English Language 3
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This course describes the educational psychology with its relation to the knowledge of general psychology, the method of applying the concepts of behaviorism and cognitive in the teaching process that facilitates the learning process, the appropriate atmosphere to the teaching process happen, the teaching of children with disabilities and learning disabilities, as well teaching gifted students, how to complete the teaching process, and its measurement.
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The course aims at introducing students to evaluation; its development, aims, and various evaluative methods of selection standards. It also includes different types of tests -constructing them and analyzing them, and how to evaluate students? educational achievement based on the results obtained.
10513311 Practical Training 2 1
    • 10513211
10513312 Practical Training 3 1
    • 10513311
10513313 Practical Training 4 1
    • 10513312
3
This course begins with a description of the theoretical framework of audio visual educational aids in term of concept, importance characteristics, criteria for use, foundations of their design and production. The course then addresses the concept of the communication process and its elements. The course concludes with design and production of educational aids, by students, in their specialization in harmony with its theoretical framework. Students are expected to make use of modern technology in their design and production of these aids.
10513317 Classroom Management 3
10513410 Practical Training 5 2
    • 10513313
10513411 Statistics and Methods for Scientific Research 3
10513420 Practical Training 6 3
3
    • 10513420
This course deals with action research concept, aims, types, application on problems and difficulties in learning and teaching in the class and school environment. The student is asked to submit a research project on one of the problems or difficulties faced him/her during practical teaching using all procedures of the action research, and this is done under the supervision of one of his/ her instructors.

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 6 credit hours

Course Code Course Name Credit Hours Prerequests
10513162 Introduction to Psychology 3
3
This course deals with the concept of active learning in terms of the definition, objectives, basics, characteristics, nature, importance and components. It also addresses the suitable classroom environment for active learning and its pontifications in learning, the strategies and models of active learning( oriented lectures, brainstorming, discovery, problem solving, active group discussion, role playing, acting, story, simulation and case study), teacher?s role in active learning, active learning outside the classroom, active learning and effective thinking, the challenges of active learning, as well as the field applications on the active learning in different fields of study.
10513366 Educational Supervision 3
10513368 Teaching Skills 3
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The course includes designing daily lessons and identifying related cognitive, emotional and psychomotor concepts and determining activities, methods, evaluation and acknowledging teaching design in applied and social sciences. It also includes introducing students to tasks that the teacher implements in designing and planning.
3
Explores the world of entrepreneurship and creativity by examining the processes and techniques used to develop ideas and turn them into successful projects. The course includes understanding the foundations of entrepreneurship and the stages of emerging business development, in addition to analyzing the factors that affect the success of entrepreneurial projects and enhancing creativity in various fields.

Free Courses Student must complete 4 credit hours

Course Code Course Name Credit Hours Prerequests
7303311 Medicinal Plants in Palestine 2
7303312 Cosmetic Products and Community 2
7303433 Pharmacy & Society 2
7404111 Family Health 2
10311197 French Language 2
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This course aims at introducing students to the French alphabet, and the way of writing masculine and feminine words, as well as sentence structures: personal pronouns, verbs, and objects (direct and indirect). It also lists daily events using assistance tools such as drawings, pictures, and some short answers: acceptance, rejection, thanking, apology, and justifying the answers.
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/ The course aims to explore the factors and determinants that influence policy formulation in both its internal and external dimensions. It emphasizes the optimal use of tools and instruments and the provision of precise information necessary for planning processes, particularly in the context of social mobilization, security and stability, financial resources, national production, industrial energy, and military power at national and international levels. The course also covers an analysis of theories and schools of political development, including behavioural liberal theory, social growth theory, Marxist theory, dependency and development theory, and the Islamic theory of succession. Additionally, the course focuses on studying the methods of political development theories, their intellectual sources, goals, and dimensions, aiming to understand the reasons behind the failure of these theories and models to achieve the desired political development.
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It aims to provide students with basic financial knowledge and skills that enable them to make sound financial decisions in their daily and professional lives. The course covers various topics related to personal and corporate money management, and focuses on enhancing financial awareness among students.
3
Digital marketing is the process of promoting products or services using digital technologies and the Internet. Digital marketing relies on various strategies and advanced tools to reach the target audience, build customer relationships, increase brand awareness, and generate sales. Digital marketing is characterized by its ability to reach a wide audience at a relatively low cost compared to traditional marketing, in addition to the ability to accurately measure and analyze results to make informed decisions.
11000111 Jerusalem 2
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This course aims at studying individual, family and community relationships, the cause of pathological phenomena in the society and their symptoms, sources of water and its pollution, air-transmitted diseases, flora and fauna. In addition, the course highlights diseases resulting from technological and urban development. Noise pollution is a case in point. It deals with the dimensions of personal and environmental health and their relationship to social, economic, psychological and political factors, measurements and indices of community health status. Theoretical framework for viewing organizational issues in the delivery of health services is also discussed.
11000131 Geography of Palestine 2
2
This course deals with the concept of family in Islam, its philosophy, importance, the need to it, the legal religious objectives of it, the foundations on which it is based, and the distinguishing characteristics. It also presents the importance of marriage as well as its rules. It also presents the ways by which the marriage bond can be untied once it is impossible to go on marriage despite all reconciliation attempts. It reviews the dangers of false ideas which call for undermining the family and the marriage system as these have their own destructive impacts on religious teachings, human values and on the future on communities. It contributes in presenting and discussing a number of contemporary issues so as to be understood, recognize the opinion of Islamic Shari?ah about it and to find ways to address them such as fender, equality, domestic violence against women, birth control, artificial insemination, the Misyar or altruistic marriage, the temporary marriage and the customary marriage.
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This course aims at consolidating the concept of Islamic faith, its importance, characteristics, impacts and position in Muslims? lives. The course also demonstrates some scientific evidences that ensures the existence of Allah, the Almighty, and His Greatness. It addresses the atheists? doubts related to universe, destine, and the Day of Judgement. It also defines the meaning of monotheism, its types, requirements, contradictions; it presents the role of prophets in establishing the monotheism faith in people?s lives by narrating the stories of prophets Moses and Ibrahim with their nations. It briefly talks about the other pillars of Islam.
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Topics addressed in this course include concept of sira (biography), its sources, importance, benefit, qualities, most important contemporary suspicions around the Qur'anic narrative and responses to them; study of the most important events in the life of the Messenger, peace be upon him, from birth to death. This course is a detailed analytical study of the prophet's biography and the lessons that can be drawn from it.
2
It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the basic concepts and practices in management science. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and apply management principles in various organizational settings. The course includes diverse topics covering all major aspects of management, from planning and organizing to leadership and control.
2
It aims to introduce students to the basics of debates and develop their skills in analysis, persuasion, and effective communication. The course focuses on teaching students how to formulate and present arguments logically and convincingly, as well as understanding the rules and techniques of successful debate.
3
It aims to introduce students to the basics of debates and develop their skills in analysis, persuasion, and effective communication. The course focuses on teaching students how to formulate and present arguments logically and convincingly, as well as understanding the rules and techniques of successful debate.
2
This course explores the science of toxins and their impacts on human health and the environment, while emphasizing practical strategies for prevention and intervention. Students will understand the mechanisms of toxic substances, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and environmental pollutants, and examine their effects on biological systems. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge to assess risks, implement safety measures, and advocate for effective public health strategies to mitigate the impact of toxins in various societal contexts.
2
Aim to provide students with basic knowledge and concepts related to investment. This course covers a range of topics that help students understand how to make informed investment decisions and analyze the returns and risks associated with various investments. The course provides a comprehensive overview of types of investment assets, financial markets, and investment strategies.
11000158 Medications and Community 2
11000161 Engineering & Society 2
11000162 Environment in Palestine 2
11000163 التغذية والصحة 2
11000165 Earthquake Mitigation 2
11000166 Genetics and Society 2
11000167 University Psychological Adaptation 2
11000168 Principles of Ocupational Saftey 2
11000169 Risk Assessment and Management 2
11000173 Sign Language 2
11000175 Democracy, Human Rights & International Human Rights 2
2
This course aims to provide university students with general legal knowledge and legal awareness, considering the significant role that law plays in people's lives and across all fields of work. It focuses on studying the main concepts of law, its objectives, and the most important legislations affecting contemporary life. This is crucial for upholding the rule of law, achieving justice, and keeping pace with developments. The course adopts a practical approach, relying not only on theoretical material but also on its application in reality. This is achieved through developing students' skills in applying the law via field visits to various legal institutions, workshops, and studying diverse legal cases.
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This course is meant to help students communicate more effectively and confidently in spoken English. The course addresses improvements in oral skills needed for discussions, presentations and daily life interactions. Students also have opportunities to beef up their vocabulary repertoire in different walks of life, that they can be able to express themselves smoothly when encountered with different situations. This course is intended to target all university students who yearn for consolidating their English communication skills needed for the 21st century.
11000332 English Writing Skills 3
11000333 The Art of Writing and Expressing 2
11000334 Historical and Tourist Tracks 2
11201101 Introduction to Musicology 2
2
Studying the musical production of the Palestinian people, and identifying the style of popular music. Palestinian, and analysis of popular music at the instrumental and lyrical levels. Research into the characteristics of instrumental music and its popular singing features. Study and analysis of the various forms and templates of popular music. Identifying examples of popular songs and types of popular musical instruments, in terms of their manufacture, sound structure, and methods of playing them.
2
The course aims to learn collective singing of a repertoire of Palestinian and Arab national anthems and songs.

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