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: 18 Courses: 7
| 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 | Definition of culture The difference between culture, civilization and science - The importance of studying Islamic culture - Sources of Islamic culture - Characteristics of Islamic culture - Islamic belief and ethics and their impact on human life - Inclusion of belief on all Islamic systems - Contemporary challenges of Islamic culture - Contemporary issues and the rule of Islam in them, such as: Reproduction, birth control and regulation, dress, adornment, women's work, insurance, lotteries). |
| 4003 | English Language 1 | 3 | The course focuses on four basic skills in the English language (the skill of reading, writing, speaking, and listening) and encourages the student to use the rules of the English language, and some of the terms that are taught during the course. This course also aims to develop the student in the English language through modern subjects using documented comprehension texts related to the student’s life and university level. |
| 4320 | Modern History of Palestine | 3 | This course aims to introduce students to the history of Palestine and the events that Palestine has been subjected to from the second half of the nineteenth century until the end of this era. |
| 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. |
| 8200 | Effective English Language Use | 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 |
متطلبات الجامعة الاختيارية Credit hours: 3 Courses: 14
| 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 subjects: The Economic, Social and Civil situation in the Arab World. The analysis of Arab situation on the international level. Development concepts. The characteristics of Arab integrity. Basic challenges. Science technology and Development. The Arab Civil future. |
| 4322 | Contemporary Problems | 3 | This course includes the most important problems that humanity faces and affect individuals and groups from the social, economic, political and health aspects and affect their happiness. Some of these problems affect the survival and survival of the human race. The most important of them can be generalized with the following titles: globalization and the new world order, rule of law, democracy, women's issues, |
| 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 population. Emphasis will be given in developing awareness, understanding cultural differences, and non biased attitudes toward other cultures. |
| 4413 | Law in Society Service | 3 | يهدف المساق إلى التعريف بعالقة القانون بالنظم الاجتماعية الرئيسية والمنظومة القيمية السائدة المحددات الاجتماعية للتشريع، ودور الدولة الحديثة في تشكيل العلاقات الاجتماعية من خلال القانون. دراسة التطور التاريخي للقانون وعلاقة ذلك بالتحولات الاجتماعية والسياسية والاقتصادية ، دور المصالح الاجتماعية المتشابكة والمتصارعة في تحديد شكل ووظائف الأنظمة القانونية وسبل حل النزاعات وفعالية أجهزة فرض النظام، دور القانون كأداة للإصلاح الاجتماعي، مع تركيز خاص على العالم العربي وفلسطين. |
| 4622 | Democracy, Human Rights, & Human International Law | 3 | The concept of democracy, its history, and models for applying his speech to it, while studying the Palestinian reality in light of that. The concept of human rights and its history, the tools and mechanisms for protecting those rights, and applying this to the situation in Palestine. International law and its history, the tools and mechanisms to apply it, and applying this to the situation in Palestine. The relationship of democracy, human rights and international law with each other. |
| 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 | The course deals with defining the concepts of integrity, transparency, and corruption, locally and globally, while showing the forms of corruption practice within the Palestinian society and its negative effects, as well as the causes that lead to it, whether political, social, economic, partisan, historical, or external and other factors. In addition to identifying ways to confront it in order to reach good governance, whether at the level of official governmental or private institutions. |
| 8011 | Palestinian prisoners movement | 3 | This course deals with the captive movement from several aspects, the most important of which is the cultural aspect, so the development of the captive movement is divided into four stages, the first is the stage of cultural repression (1967-1972), the stage of struggle and rebellion (1972-1980), the stage of prosperity (1980-1991), and the stage of fluctuation in 1992. And the process of struggle development and the state of ups and downs in the struggle of the captive movement, there is a stage of the standard of resistance activity for the Palestinian people and the degree of revolutionary violence against the occupier and its reflection on prisons, and there is a phase of detention periods according to central prisons and the events and cases of progress and retreat it has gone through. |
| 8237 | Psychology | 3 | The course deals with the principles of psychology, general psychological laws of human behavior, and the goals of psychology in terms of knowing the factors and variables that govern behavior, understanding it, predicting it and judging it by addressing the general topics of psychology. |
متطلبات الكلية الاجبارية Credit hours: 29 Courses: 12
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4004 | Calculus 1 | 3 | Function, limits and continuity, Definition of derivative, Differentiation Rules, Application of derivatives, Definite and indefinite integrals, Fundamental theorem of calculus, application of definite integral. |
| 4015 | Methods of Scientific Research | 2 | Introduction, science and its objectives, scientific thinking, definitions and fields of scientific research, human knowledge , library , Methods of scientific research, historical method. Principals of scientific research, research problem , research plan, hypothesis. Research tools, samples, questionnaire , data collection methods . Research report , preliminary pages research structure, references, appendixes. |
| 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., manufacturing electrical boards, control and automation boards of production lines, Computer centers, Computer Networks, Hospitals, Health Centers,). During the training period, students must fulfill a list of certain training subjects “ Training Check List”. At the end of training period students must submit a training report. |
| 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 |
| 5999 | Management and Economics | 3 | This course is intended to provide a general idea about economics and management. Introduce the concepts of cost estimation, taxes, inflation depreciation, … , and It dis cusses a wide variety of decision making techniques needed in the everyday life. In addition, it makes the student familiar with the different management levels and policies followed in market. Moreover it provides an introduction to project management. |
متطلبات الكلية الاختيارية Credit hours: 6 Courses: 4
| 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 |
متطلبات الدائرة الاجبارية Credit hours: 12 Courses: 4
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5029 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 | This course aims to provide students with skills related to analyzing quantitative and qualitative information/data. These skills include analysis using charts, descriptive and inferential methods as well as sampling. This course seeks to help students utilize these skills in business decision making. |
| 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 |
| 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 | This course lets students to understand the role of information technology (IT) in optimizing performance. It gives student information about several technologies are used in business. Also, local and universal real examples are provided.Indeed, students present agile companies in Arab area that uses latest technology. |
متطلبات الدائرة الاختيارية Credit hours: 3 Courses: 3
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4005 | Calculus 2 | 3 | The Calculus of Transcendental Functions, Techniques of Integrations, Sequences, Infinite Series, Power Series, Conic Sections, Polar Coordinates. |
| 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. |
| 5983 | Marketing and e-Business | 3 | The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and basic principles related to Marketing and E-Business from Information technology perspective and discusses the motivations behind the adoption of Marketing and E-business applications and their impact on the performance of the organization and its competitive advantage. The course also examines the various technological approaches and social media used in marketing marketing and business. Basic focus in this course is on developing and customizing e-marketing tools and E-business environments; in addition to the concepts of Electronic operation, supply chain management, managing customer relationships online. |
متطلبات التخصص الاجبارية Credit hours: 45 Courses: 16
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5006 | Database Management and Programming | 3 | This course reviews the basic concepts of database systems, relational model and database design. The course also covers atabase administration skills including installation, configuration and tuning a database, administering servers and server groups, managing and optimizing schemas, tables, indexes, and views, creating logins, configuring permissions, assigning roles and performing other essential security tasks, backup and recovery strategies, automation and maintenance. |
| 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 |
| 5650 | Mobile Applications Development | 3 | This course serves as an introductory course to a paradigm of computing devices called Mobile Devices, the course aims at understanding and appreciating the opportunities and limitations mobile systems represent in comparison to PCs. Students will be introduced to the different approaches that exist today for the development of mobile Apps. Significant part of the course will focus on developing Mobile Apps using Flutter. This course will get students started with the fundamentals, to help students understand the underlying architecture of the Flutter, and to appreciate why things are done in certain ways, the course capstone will be the course project. After completing this course (and doing the Lab exercises and course project), students will be well equipped to tackle their next Mobile App programming challenge. |
| 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 |
| 8220 | PC Applications | 2 |
متطلبات التخصص الاختيارية Credit hours: 9 Courses: 19
| 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 |
| 4620 | Virtual Reality | 3 | The course highlights the basic VR technologies and how it is used now and in the future. Topics include: introduction to VR and its environment, software and hardware requirements including trackers devices. Rendering interacting and immersion concepts are discussed , spatial models, concepts 3D space, simulation and movement models and techniques, interaction methods, in addition to some VR applications in different fields. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 students to non-relational or NoSQL (Not Only SQL) databases and equips them with the necessary knowledge and skills to utilize these powerful alternatives to traditional relational databases. The course combines theoretical concepts, practical examples, and exercises. It covers various types of NoSQL databases, such as document-oriented, key-value, columnar, and graph databases. Students will also learn about notable NoSQL technologies, including MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, and Neo4j, along with associated tools and frameworks. Furthermore, real-world use cases will be examined to demonstrate the practical applications and benefits of NoSQL databases. |
| 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 | This course Describes basic business functional areas and explains how they are related. the course illustrates how unintegrated information systems fail to support business functions by contrast of integrated information systems. It covers the four main functional areas in depth; sales and marketing, Production / Supply Chain Management, financial / accounting, and human resources. Indeed, the course supports theory with a practical side using odoo version 9. |
| 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 | This course presents the state-of-the-art of computer networks related topics. It discusses some new trends including Internet of Things (IoT), Software Defined Networks (SDN), and cloud computing. It points out advanced topics such as security, Quality of service (QoS), Energy-efficiency, and scalability in different wired and wireless networks. It also may introduce some recent wireless networks and techniques including Mesh networking, Vehicular networking, sensor networks, Body Area Networks, RFID, NFC, and LiFi. |
| 5981 | Advanced Mobile Applications Development | 3 | After completing the Developing Mobile Apps, which is a prerequisite for this course, students will be ready to tackle advanced topics in mobile apps development. This includes building apps that use mobile sensors, the cloud, and location services. Students will build Apps that are targeting Android platform, the rest of the course will focus on building mobiles apps using different approaches targeting different platforms. |
| 5985 | User Experience Design | 3 | |
| 5986 | Ubiquitous Computing | 3 |
مساقات حره Credit hours: 3 Courses: 1
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9000 | Free Course | 3 |