Information Technology
- Major No
- 23102
- Course credit
- 128
- College
- College of Information Technology and Computer Engineering
- Level
- Bachelor's Programs
Overview
Information Technology (IT) is a crucial component in almost every industrial sector worldwide. Our comprehensive Information Technology program covers all facets of IT and emphasizes the strategic planning and efficient management of technology lifecycles. It encompasses the development of applications and systems, web multimedia resources, network installation and administration, and information security. Pursuing a career in information technology offers numerous benefits, including competitive salaries, job stability, and the added advantage of remote work flexibility.
Objectives
- Efficiently utilize information technology.
- Possess technical expertise in managing, creating, and enhancing software, networks, and web pages.
- Possess extensive knowledge in various areas related to information technology, including mathematics, management, statistics, computer science, and accounting.
- Stay up-to-date with technical advancements and changes in the field.
- Demonstrate a high level of creativity, collaboration, and ethical conduct.
Outcomes
- Apply computer knowledge and mathematical skills that align with their program and desired outcomes. (Computer Engineering)
- Analyze and identify problems, and determine appropriate computing requirements to solve them. (Computer Engineering)
- Design, implement, and evaluate computer systems, processes, components, or programs to meet specific needs. (Computer Engineering)
- Work effectively in groups to achieve shared objectives. (Computer Engineering)
- Understand professional, ethical, legal, security, and social issues and responsibilities related to computers. (Computer Engineering)
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences. (Computer Engineering)
- Analyze the impact of computing on individuals, organizations, and society at both local and global levels. (Computer Engineering)
- Recognize the significance of continuous professional development and actively participate in it. (Computer Engineering)
- Utilize and apply modern technical concepts and work practices in areas such as human-computer interaction, information management, programming, networking, and network systems and technology. (Information Technology)
- Identify and analyze user needs and consider them when selecting, creating, evaluating, and managing computer systems. (Information Technology)
- Effectively integrate IT solutions into the user environment. (Information Technology)
- Gain a deeper understanding of industry practices, standards, and their practical application. (Information Technology)
- Assist in the development of effective project plans within the field of information technology. (Information Technology)
Career Opportunities for Graduates
- Engaging in the planning, analysis, and development of technological systems and applications that cater to diverse aspects of daily life.
- Overseeing computer networks and employing relevant techniques to safeguard the security of data stored and transmitted through these networks.
- Working in software development companies or being involved in the production of educational software.
- Joining web design companies.
- Pursuing roles in multimedia development, dealing with various multimedia sources.
- Exploring areas related to technology education and enhancing one's skills.
- Contributing to the development and management of database programs.
Academic Plan
متطلبات الجامعة الاجبارية Credit hours: 17 Courses: 8
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4001 | Arabic Language | 3 | This course covers a various number of linguistic issues in Arabic language. It aims to provide the student with a high level of skills and practices that would contribute to promote his language abilities either spoken or written. |
| 4002 | Islamic Culture | 3 | This course is designed to emphasize a group of principles and thoughts that affect human attitudes to life from an Islamic point of view. It stresses the direct relationship between man and Allah, and aims at improving this life by liberating the human m |
| 4003 | English Language 1 | 3 | This course is designed for all B.Sc. students at Palestine Polytechnic University. The main aim of the course is to help students improve heir reading and writing skills. Students are expected to work in selected topics which will enrich their vocabulary |
| 4320 | Modern History of Palestine | 3 | This course is designed to acquaint students with the process of writing, and the mechanisms of proofreading and revision so that the focus is on the mechanics of writing and development, such as cause and effect and comparison and classification and deal |
| 5051 | Intensive English | 0 | This course covers the basic English language skills with special emphasis on reading and writing. The reading section includes different interesting themes and topics. It aims at training students to use various techniques in dealing with reading ecompre |
| 5052 | Remedial English | 0 | Enroll in this course each student did not get the mark required for success in the exam level of English, and this course is designed primarily to help students in the use of linguistic expressions in various fields properly and simple, and is therefore |
| 5055 | Computer And Prog. Principles | 3 | What is a computer, computer units and functions, computer classifications, central processing unit, numbering systems, main and secondary memory, input devices output devices computer software, introduction to programming. |
| 5073 | Effective English Language Use | 2 | This course is designed to acquaint students with the process of writing, and the mechanisms of proofreading and revision so that the focus is on the mechanics of writing and development, such as cause and effect and comparison and classification and deal |
متطلبات الجامعة الاختيارية Credit hours: 3 Courses: 13
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4308 | Hebrew Language | 3 | Designed to study the basic Hebrew language skills. Students will learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Hebrew. The relation between Hebrew and other languages will also be high lighted. |
| 4321 | Development in the Arabic World | 3 | This course covers the following topics: the economy, social status and civil in the Arab world, the analysis of the situation of the Arab at the international level, the principles of development, the characteristics of Arab integration, the fundamental |
| 4322 | Contemporary Problems | 3 | This course discusses the fundamental problems humanity face. These problems affect people as individuals or groups in terms of the social economic, political or health aspects, and which, in turn, affect their happiness. |
| 4323 | French Language | 3 | Designed to study the language and culture of French speakers. Students will develop rudimentary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in French, and will study cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of French and other French – speaking |
| 4324 | Effective Communication | 3 | This course aims at strengthening students’ abilities in communication skills and providing them with the effective ways to handle those skills. Subjects to be covered: the communication process, effective communication, non-verbal communication. |
| 4325 | Spanish Language | 3 | Designed to study the language and culture of Spanish speakers. Students will develop rudimentary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Spanish, and will study cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of Spanish and other Spanish – spea |
| 4326 | German Language | 3 | Designed to study the language and culture of German speakers, Students will develop rudimentary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in German, and will study cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of German and other German – speaking |
| 4413 | Law in Society Service | 3 | The course covers four units: The opening unit examines central philosophical debates in social legal in order to lay a groundwork for subsequent material. The second unit explores several distinct social-psychological models of rule-following and rule-b |
| 4622 | Democracy, Human Rights, & Human International Law | 3 | The course stresses the notion of democracy, its history with new applied samples in view of studying the Palestinian situation. It also emphasizes the notion of human rights and its history, in addition to the tools and mechanisms adapted to protect thes |
| 4626 | The History of Science in Arab & Islam | 3 | This course discusses the issue of science in Arab World before the spreading of Islam. Then it discusses the impact of Islam on science in general. The course contains several subjects, such as the science of Fiqh (Islamic law) and legislation Hadith (Pr |
| 5440 | Home Garden | 3 | This course includes the definition of home garden and its benefits, problems and objectives, design and choice of location in addition to its role in achieving food security for developing communities and building a strong family agricultural economy. It |
| 5975 | Integrity Transparency and anti-corruption | 3 | |
| 8011 | Palestinian prisoners movement | 3 |
متطلبات الكلية الاجبارية Credit hours: 29 Courses: 12
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4004 | Calculus 1 | 3 | Functions, Limits and Continuity, Definition of Derivative, Differentiation Rules, Applications of the Derivative, Definite and Indefinite Integrals, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Applications of Definite Integral. |
| 4005 | Calculus 2 | 3 | The Calculus of Transcendental Functions, Techniques of Integrations, Sequences, Infinite Series, Power Series, Conic Sections, Polar Coordinates. |
| 4015 | Methods of Scientific Research | 2 | Science and its goals, scientific thinking, concepts and fields of scientific research, human knowledge, the library and its role in research and knowledge, the methods of scientific research (the historical method, method, descriptive, procedural style, |
| 4070 | English Language 2 | 3 | This course is designed for all B.Sc. students at Palestine Polytechnic University as a continuation to English I. This course trains students in using effective reading and writing strategies which successful readers and writers employ in manipulating sc |
| 4076 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 | Introduction to set theory, Introduction to logic, Proof techniques, Relations and functions, Counting methods, Boolean Algebra, Graph theory. |
| 5050 | Data Structures | 3 | Review of arrays. Strings and string processing. Structures. Stack-based array. Queue-based array. Recursion. Pointers and linked lists. Stack- and queue- based linked lists. Introduction to sorting and searching techniques. Hashing techniques. Introducti |
| 5059 | Computer Programming | 3 | Introduction to programming and, problem solving, data types in C Language, Input /Output, variables, expressions, control and selection statements, functions, arrays, pointers, structure and files. |
| 5643 | Computer Ethics and Information Security | 3 | This course is concerned with computer security fundamentals. Topics including computer security, confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA), authentication, authorization, access control, attacks, viruses, policies network security, etc will be prese |
| 5675 | Field Training (1) | 1 | Students in these courses get involved in an intensive training program in order to gain practical experience in their fields (e.g., , Computer centers, Computer Networks, Hospitals, Health Centers,). During the training period, students must fulfill a li |
| 5676 | Field Training (2) | 1 | Students in these courses get involved in an intensive training program in order to gain practical experience in their fields (e.g.,Computer centers, Computer Networks, Hospitals, Health Centers,). During the training period, students must fulfill a list |
| 5678 | Digital Logic | 3 | Introduction to Boolean Algebra, Theorems and Laws of Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, Simplification of Boolean Functions, Karnaugh Maps, Combinational Logic Circuits (Adders, Subtractors, Code Conversion, ..etc). Medium Scale Integration Logic Circuits (Co |
| 5684 | Operating Systems Applications Lab | 1 | This lab aims making students familiar with operating system, the way in which running commands and programming shell scripts which provide useful functionality for OS administrators. It is expected from students to use DOS, Windows and Linux OS commands |
متطلبات الكلية الاختيارية Credit hours: 6 Courses: 5
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5011 | New Trends in Information Technology | 3 | This course is designed to introduce new topics in information technology that represent recent trends in this field. The importance of this course comes from the rapid development in technology tools and its’ application in almost all the fields such as: |
| 5644 | Entrepreneurship and Creativity | 3 | This course concentrates in the new trends in technology and information system with the effect of these trends in all aspects. These new trends include the medical care system information, the virtual computing, cloud computing, models, dynamic programmi |
| 5645 | Projects Management | 3 | This course aims to provide the students with the major concepts of Project management including The project life cycle, how to initiate, plan , perform and close a project. The course will cover the history of project management, how to make project char |
| 5674 | Business Plans | 3 | This course aims to strengthen the capacity of the student's communication skills and provide different ways to deal with the core of these skills. Among the topics covered by the course: the communication process, effective communication, non-verbal symb |
| 5677 | Principals of Modern Administration | 3 | This course aims to provide the student with valid information about the managerial concepts & functions ,and to improve the student ability to understand the barriers that faces organizations ,also to clarify the significant role for human input and the |
متطلبات دائرة تكنولوجيا المعلومات Credit hours: 15 Courses: 5
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4071 | Probability & Statistics | 3 | Descriptive statistics, probability, conditional probability and Bays theorem, random variable discrete and continuous , probability distributions, joins probability distribution, correlation coefficient, sampling distributions, estimation. Theory, Testin |
| 5307 | Object-Oriented Programing | 3 | Introduction To Problem Solving Using Object-Oriented Approach To Problem; Design And Implementation Of Solution Using An Object-Oriented Language. One Of The O.O Languages Such As C++ Or JAVA Is To Be Used With Emphasis On Top Down Approach Design Using |
| 5672 | Introduction to Economy | 3 | This course included an introduction to the definition of the different economic systems to introduce students to the characteristics of the economic system and its objectives, economic problems, types of ownership, the role of the state in economic acti |
| 5673 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 | This course gives you the chance to know What is accounting. Who uses accounting information? What is the accounting cycle for sole proprietorship-recording-posting-trial balance-adjustments-closing-inventory systems & preparing the financial statement? B |
| 5712 | Information Technology Mang. | 3 |
متطلبات التخصص الاجبارية Credit hours: 43 Courses: 15
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5006 | Database Management and Programming | 3 | |
| 5009 | Web Technology | 3 | This course covers a broad range of techniques in today’s Internet and World Wide Web. It includes the major protocols for internetworking in today’s Internet, client-server architecture, basic website design, basic client side programming, basic server s |
| 5033 | Human Computer Interaction | 3 | This course will teach students the importance of the human-computer interface in the design and development of things people use. The course will be a blend of perceptual/psychological, design, and computer science elements. It includes: Studying the hum |
| 5268 | Database Systems | 3 | Data Base concepts, hierarchical, network and relational models. Data normalization, data description, data manipulation languages and query design, construction of database systems. |
| 5273 | Software Engineering | 3 | What And Why SE, Project Planning, Systems Life Cycle, Investigation And Information Gathering, Analysis Of Requirements, Structured Systems Design Techniques And Methods, Program Design And Implementation, Testing And Maintenance, Case Studies To Accompa |
| 5292 | Multimedia | 3 | Multimedia has become an indispensable part of modern computer technology. In this course, students will be introduced to principles and current technologies of multimedia system design and gain hands-on experience in this area. Topics include multimedia |
| 5297 | Client - Server Technology | 3 | This course introduces the technologies used in workgroup and client-servernetworks. These technologies include network design,sever installation, client and server configurationand management.Other main included topic is server services like: sharing, ac |
| 5313 | Visual Programming | 3 | This Course Aims To Introduce Students To Modern Methods In Analysis And Programming In Visual Environment Under Windows. Topics Include: Categories Of Programming Languages, Object-Oriented/Event-Driven High-Level Languages, Methods And Properties, Form |
| 5663 | Network Administration | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts in computer networks, types, and classifications. The student learns how to build a network using the recent networking operating systems as well s management of resources, devices, and f |
| 5679 | Graduation Project | 3 | In this part of the project, students must realize practically the described idea in Introduction to Graduation. Project course, which means that students must build technical model taking into account all restrictions discussed in the prerequisite course |
| 5703 | Introduction to Graduation Project | 1 | Studying and analyzing of real scientific or technical problems. Suggesting a suitable technical solution. This part of the project work must include Software and Hardware, cost study and complete numerical simulation if necessary. |
| 5704 | Computer Organization & Architecture | 3 | Introduction to organization and architecture, computer generations, Von Neumann architecture, Bus system, elements of bus design. Main memory, cache memory, Input/Output systems, input/output techniques. Instruction set, addressing modes, basic CPU struc |
| 5705 | Operating Systems | 3 | Review of computer Architectures. Basic concepts of software, hardware and operating system components. Processing and process management. CPU scheduling, memory management, virtual memory concepts, data management and protection. Deadlocks. |
| 5706 | Computer Networks | 3 | This course introduces student to the basic data communication and computer networks world. Topics include : network concepts, structure, architecture, overview of the ISO layer model, transmission media, telephone system, ISDN, the last 3 layers of the I |
| 5713 | PC Applications | 3 | Electronic (A) systems schematic, simulation, PCB layout. Data Acquisition system, Programmable instrumentation systems. |
متطلبات التخصص الاختيارية Credit hours: 12 Courses: 17
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4447 | Mobile Agents Systems | 3 | The course will present basic knowledge of the mobile agent technology. The course consists of brief introduction to distributed systems, the concept of agents, types of agents, applications, advantages and disadvantages, agent architecture, agent systems |
| 5013 | Special Topics | 3 | Each time this course is offered, it addresses a topic in computer science that is not covered as a regular course. Possible topics include combinatorics, functional and logic programming, human computer interaction and data visualization and data mining |
| 5079 | Information Security | 3 | Plain text, cipher text communications, symmetric encryption protocols and algorithms, asymmetric encryption, hash functions, MD5, RSA, digital signatures, authentication and authorization, Key management, IPsec and SSL, Firewalls and packet filters, VPN, |
| 5139 | Advanced Software Engineering | 3 | This course focuses on advanced software techniques, object oriented analysis and design, component software engineering and system reuse, verification and validation, testing techniques, cost estimation, quality management, contemporary software engineer |
| 5293 | Multimedia for the Web | 3 | Students in this course will develop Internet sites, graphics, digital images, video, and multimedia products. Students will use computers, advanced authoring software, digital cameras, graphics tablets, digital video editing, and other techniques to prod |
| 5650 | Mobile Applications Development | 3 | In this course, students are introduced to different mobile operating systems specifically, Android Operating System. Android is an open source and free mobile operating system, moreover, Android is the most widespread operating system used for mobile dev |
| 5664 | Web Services Architecture | 3 | Extend the knowledge of students in the area of integration of enterprise information systems, in particular in the context of Service-Oriented environments. Introduce the students to the design principles of Service-Oriented applications. The course incl |
| 5665 | Introduction to e-Government | 3 | This course covers the reasons to embrace e-government, challenges to e-government, planning of e-government, front-office and back-office implementations, and the management of e-government projects. |
| 5666 | E-Commerce Systems Management | 3 | This course is intended to supply students with an overview of the electronic commerce through the global economy. The course introduces contemporary management philosophies as they have come to be used for the marketing, selling, and distribution of good |
| 5667 | E-Learning Systems Management | 3 | The course will introduce you to software platforms that are commonly used in eLearning, distance education and online training. Instructional design models applied to using these tools in corporate training and performance development, developing lessons |
| 5669 | Non-relational Databases | 3 | This course introduces the difference between non-relational and relational database management systems. The course also includes the following characteristics of non-relational database Scalability, Data and Query model, Persistence design, Interface div |
| 5670 | Systems Evaluation and Quality Assurance | 3 | This course has two parts which include systems evaluation and quality control. In regard to systems evaluation, the course covers the process of periodic evaluation of the system to assess its status in terms of original or current expectations and to ch |
| 5671 | Cloud Computing Applications | 3 | The course covers several topics in cloud computing, including: introduction to cloud concepts, virtualization technologies, architectures, networking, cloud resource management, programming models in clouds, cloud storage systems, and security issues on |
| 5690 | Enterprise Resource Planning | 3 | |
| 5724 | Advanced Web Technology | 3 | This course focuses on object-oriented techniques that students can use to create reusable scripts and allow for easier maintenance of an application. This course deals with how to make web sites that serve "dynamic content", Client-side technologies incl |
| 5725 | Software Engineering for the Web | 3 | This is a course for students who already have some programming and software engineering experience. This course gives students some experience in dealing with those challenges that are unique to Internet applications such as concurrency, unpredictable lo |
| 5796 | Special Topics in Networking | 3 |
مساقات حره Credit hours: 3 Courses: 1
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9000 | Free Course | 3 |