Contemporary Business Administration/ Minor Accounting
- Major No
- 21118
- Course credit
- 121
- College
- College of Administrative Sciences and Informatics
- Level
- Bachelor's Programs
Overview
The current business landscape is undergoing changes, and the role of accountants has become more crucial than ever. Effective management relies heavily on the ideas and information provided by accountants. They track expenses, compare them with revenues, and use these numbers to make necessary adjustments and guide the business towards a financially sustainable path.
This business administration program, with a focus on accounting, offers students a comprehensive and valuable education. It encompasses various important aspects of the business field, such as management, economics, marketing, human resources, communication development, and teamwork. The curriculum includes courses that develop analytical skills, cover financial accounting, cost accounting systems, auditing, computerized accounting, personal and corporate income tax, and finance.
Both management and accounting are integral to the functioning of any company or organization, and they mutually support and reinforce each other. Accounting provides crucial information that aids managers and officials in cost reduction efforts, thereby enhancing profitability. On the other hand, management provides accounting with the necessary data and programs to effectively track the company's operations.
Objectives
Objectives
The general objective:
- is to produce qualified individuals who can effectively handle administrative responsibilities and find solutions to the challenges faced by business organizations.
Specific objectives of the Contemporary Business Administration Program include:
- Equipping students with the essential administrative skills required in this field.
- Emphasizing practical applications of contemporary business administration principles.
- Enhancing the ability of students to devise innovative and creative solutions to the problems encountered by business organizations.
- Promoting the utilization of technology in the business domain.
- Developing students' analytical abilities and decision-making skills.
Career Opportunities for Graduates
Career opportunities for graduates of the Contemporary Business Administration Program can be categorized into two main areas:
First: Job Opportunities in Established Organizations:
- International Institutions and Non-Profit Organizations
- Governmental Institutions and Ministries
- Financial Services Sector: Graduates can explore job opportunities in banks, insurance companies, lending institutions, and other financial service providers.
- Commercial, Industrial, and Construction Companies
- Education and Higher Education Institutions
Second: Entrepreneurship and Private Ventures:
Graduates can also choose to establish and manage their own private projects or businesses in the local market.
Academic Plan
متطلبات الجامعة الاجبارية Credit hours: 23 Courses: 10
| 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 |
| 4320 | Modern History of Palestine | 3 | This course aims to introduce the student to the history of Palestine and the events it was subjected to since the second half of the nineteenth century until the end of the British Mandate over Palestine, including the late Ottoman era, then the First World War, and what happened to the events, when the British Mandate was imposed on Palestine, and Britain’s continuous attempts to find a homeland An alternative for the Jews in Palestine and the subsequent popular resistance to these attempts. |
| 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 |
| 8239 | Skills for Life | 2 | he transition from high school to university can be a challenge for many students. Learning expectations are different. The student must play a more effective role in the learning process and assume greater responsibility, and he must adapt to the new learning culture very quickly. This course is designed to assist the student in the transition process more easily and to increase and develop important life skills related to the student's personal behaviors, so that he is better prepared for his academic and professional career. This course focuses on self-awareness, personal growth, and building positive relationships with others. Through these skills, along with the desire and dedication to learn, and the desire to help others, a student can be successful at the university, able to make significant contributions to his family, employers, societies and the world at large |
| 8991 | Computer Skills | 3 | This is an introductory course to computing and programming. It covers a wide variety of topics, including an introduction to computing, computer types and components, computer networks and the Internet, security and privacy, and computers for medical applications. It also covers programming principles, with a focus on critical thinking and problem-solving techniques. Topics covered in the lab include Moodle, MS Office, code.org, and scratch framework for creating medical presentations. |
| 8992 | Computer Skills LAB | 1 | This lab will focus on making the students familiar with MS Office (including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint), and Flowchart. |
| 8996 | English A2 | 0 | This course is designed to help minor university students with the beginner A1 and A2 levels improve their English Language proficiency in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to reach the pre-intermediate level (B1) as benchmarked by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). It places the students and their needs at the center of the learning process by ensuring that they encounter the most relevant and useful language at the right point in their learning. The English A2 course is rich in practical activities as it provides students with a wide variety of listening, speaking, and writing tasks that motivate them, address their language needs, develop their skills, and help them to become confident users of the English language. It also integrates students with using technology to serve their educational purposes, by means of Google Classroom and Cambridge One Learning Management System to watch purposeful educational videos and carry out online tasks and homework to increase their exposure to the language. |
| 8997 | English B1 | 3 | This course is a continuation to course English A2. It is designed to help minor university students with the beginner A2 level improve their English Language proficiency in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to reach the pre-intermediate level (B1) as benchmarked by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). It places the students and their needs at the center of the learning process by ensuring that they encounter the most relevant and useful language at the right point in their learning. The English B1 course is rich in practical activities as it provides students with a wide variety of listening, speaking, and writing tasks that motivate them, address their language needs, develop their skills, and help them become confident users of the English language. It also integrates students with using technology to serve their educational purposes, by means of Google classroom and Cambridge One Learning Management System to watch purposeful educational videos and carry out online tasks and homework to increase their exposure to the language. |
| 8999 | Entrepreneurship | 2 | Its course is designed to help students consider becoming job innovators rather than just job seekers. It is an introduction to the practice of entrepreneurship and an opportunity for participants to consider their preparation for an entrepreneurial career and more advanced training in entrepreneurship. It covers the nature of entrepreneurship, different types of career opportunities, identifying local entrepreneurs, assessing entrepreneurial trends and identifying potential challenges and risks that entrepreneurs may face. |
متطلبات البوليتكنك الاختيارية Credit hours: 3 Courses: 16
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 5456 | Turkish Language | 3 | Study the basics and principles of the Turkish language, where the four language skills include reading, writing, speaking, and listening. To the level in which he is able to write correct sentences, express himself in simple words, and understand reading and listening at the level of a paragraph about things related to and surrounding him. |
| 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 multiple aspects, the most important of which is the cultural aspect. The development of the captive movement was divided into four stages, the first being 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 1992. The process of struggle development, the state of ups and downs in the struggle of the captive movement, and there is a stage of the criterion of resistance activity for the Palestinian people, the degree of revolutionary violence against the occupier and its reflection on prisons, and there is a stage of detention periods according to the cases of central prisons and the events and cases of progress and decline |
| 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 |
| 8989 | Physical education | 3 | The course addresses the concept of physical education, and its historical development, and its relationship with other sciences. The course also aims to familiarize students with physical fitness and its components, training loads, and recovery methods. It examines the effects of training on the body’s functional systems, posture, and related deformities. Furthermore, it covers balanced nutrition, investigates obesity and underweight issues, and explores the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of sedentary lifestyle diseases and epidemics. The course also discusses common sports injuries, osteoporosis, and misconceptions about physical activity. |
| 30198 | Sustainable Business Development | 3 | |
| 30199 | Sustainable Entrepreneurship | 3 |
متطلبات الكلية Credit hours: 23 Courses: 8
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4015 | Methods of Scientific Research | 2 | Science and its objectives, scientific thinking, concepts and fields of scientific research, human knowledge, the library and its role in research and knowledge, methods of scientific research (historical method, descriptive method, procedural method, experimental method), research problem, research plan, research hypotheses, samples. |
| 4247 | Principles Of Micro-Economics | 3 | The course aims to introduce students to the theories and concepts of microeconomics, and includes themes: economic problem, economic systems, supply and demand and market equilibrium, elasticities, consumer and enterprise, costs and production in the sho |
| 4502 | Principles Of Accounting 1 | 3 | This course aims to introduce students to the accounting cycle of a sole proprietorship. Throughout the course, the nature of accounting and its fundamental theories, which underpin financial principles and procedures, are discussed. It also covers the processing of financial transactions, including recording, classifying, and categorizing, as well as year-end adjusting entries. |
| 4503 | Intr. to Management | 3 | The course aims to familiarize students with the fundamental administrative functions and enhance their ability to comprehend and understand the challenges imposed on organizations by the surrounding environment. It emphasizes the concept and significance of the human element and its role in the organization's success, through the study of planning and organizing functions. |
| 4541 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 | The course aims to introduce students to information systems, their importance, and role in organizations and the business community. The course covers topics such as the concept and types of systems, modern trends in information systems, an introduction to e-commerce and the global dimension of information systems, problem-solving methods, and decision-making. |
| 4543 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | This course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts and new trends in marketing, the primary focus in this course on the study of consumer behavior and building Profitable Marketing relationships and analyzing the marketing environment by conduct |
| 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. |
| 8221 | English for Business | 3 | This course aims to help students achieve good competence in English in the workplace. This course focuses on reading, listening, speaking, and writing for learners who need to understand and express basic business and economic concepts. It covers the most important areas of management, production, marketing, finance, and macroeconomics. Drawing on this textbook, instructors will provide students with opportunities to discuss ideas and issues with other students (in pairs or small groups), and to develop and defend their own point of view. With a particular focus on the listening activities provided in this textbook, speaking skills will also be enhanced through initiating discussions around the audio texts presented during lectures, and sometimes in the academic Facebook group that relies on the flipped classroom method adopted as a recent trend in higher education. |
متطلبات الدائرة Credit hours: 15 Courses: 5
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4246 | Principles of Accounting 2 | 3 | This course is a continuation of the concepts and techniques covered in Accounting Principles I. In addition, the students study the accounting issues related to partnerships & corporations .this course emphasize in more detailed the accounting issues r |
| 4248 | Principles Of Macro-Economics | 3 | The course aims to introduce students to the principles of macroeconomic, encourage students to think analytically and how to apply what you learn on the situation of different countries, as well as to introduce students to the various economic theories. |
| 4265 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | |
| 4284 | Principles of Finance | 3 | The course focuses on the study of financial theory, safety analysis, investment portfolio planning and management, time calculation, value of money, working capital, long-term assets and long-term financing, and the cost of capital. The course also aims to inform the student of the importance of the impact of financial management on the value and reputation of the institution, using knowledge of financial matters. The student is expected to use the principles of financial management to maximize the value of the institution. |
| 4544 | Business Communication | 3 | The course aims to help students study business and human communication theories and effective reading and listening techniques. Nonverbal symbols are also discussed. Students will be taught skills in how to conduct an effective interview |
متطلبات التخصص الاجبارية Credit hours: 49 Courses: 17
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4267 | Operations Mang. | 3 | |
| 4268 | Strategic Mang. & Dec. Making | 3 | This course will introduce students to business strategy and the strategic management process. It seeks to enhance their understanding of the theories and practice of strategy. Students will be able to learn why, and how, companies make strategic decisions in the context today's complex and dynamic world of business. Students will be introduced to various strategic analysis frameworks and learn how these can be used to help organizations better understand their strategic position and formulate feasible and suitable growth and competitive strategies. Based on a sound understanding of the theories, students will be required to apply the concepts through the use of innovative strategic planning teaching and case study material |
| 4271 | Business Law | 3 | The student learns the elements and applications of law in commerce and business. It contains topics such as contracts, organization, sales, and commercial institutions, and the student learns the elements of commercial law and how to apply them. |
| 4281 | Introduction to Project Management | 3 | |
| 4282 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| 4762 | Intermediate Accounting 1 | 3 | This course is the first in a two course sequence (Intermediate Accounting I and Intermediate Accounting II) that provides for the preparation and understanding of financial information. Topics include accounting theory and practice, the conceptual framework of United States (U.S.) generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), recognition of economic transactions, the preparation and analysis of financial statements and the related disclosures. Intermediate Accounting I focuses on the role of accounting as an information system and the measurement, recognition, presentation, and disclosure of economic transactions focusing on the following: basic financial statements, time value of money, cash and receivables, inventories, property, plant, and equipment, depreciation and impairment, and current liabilities and contingencies. |
| 4763 | Intermediate Accounting 2 | 3 | The course focuses on financial accounting in Corporations. It provides knowledge in the following topics: Corporation formulation, issuing Shares, shares types, Dilutive securities and Earnings per share, Dividends policy and treatment, issuing bonds, bonds types, accounting on investment, revenue recognition, preparing comprehensive financial statements for Corporation, Corporation liquidation, accounting for Pension Funds, Accounting for Lease, accounting changes and errors analysis and presentation and disclosure in financial reporting. The course is IFRS based. Also it includes practical applications |
| 5018 | E-Business | 3 | This course gives an overview of digital marketing with taking an in-depth view of online advertising, the usage of new media for marketing purposes and social networks. The goal of the course is to offer students a working knowledge of how to take advantage of the Internet to effectively market a product or service.The course covers a number of topics including the differences and interaction between offline and online media, two-sided markets and media platforms from the marketing perspective, online channels to reach customers, details of search and display advertising, social networks online and offline (graph theory, sociology, information diffusion), consumer behavior and digital media, measuring effectiveness using consumer data and experiments, brand strategies on the Internet, and best marketing practices for paid and unpaid media. |
| 5064 | Manag. Info. Sys. | 3 | Information systems (IS) are increasingly being used as strategic weapons for shaping business strategies and organizational processes. This course aims to provide students with the leadership skills to act as business managers and practitioners to effectively deliver, use, control and manage IS in contemporary organization. The emphasis of the course is on management information systems used to support organizational levels. In addition to using practical examples and cases that highlight the ways of evaluating the effectiveness of information systems, and to foster better understanding and cooperation between IT and business manager. |
| 5482 | Auditing 1 | 3 | The course is designed to provide in-depth study of auditing principles, concepts, and practices as it applies mainly to business and investors. Further, it will provide the student with a working knowledge of auditing procedures and techniques, standards, ethics and legal environment, statistical audit tools as well as audit reports. |
| 5484 | Tax Accounting | 3 | This course aims to provide students with the depth understanding for tax accounting issues, it provides a survey of the Palestinian income tax laws and regulations. Such as Calculate taxable profit from industrial and commercial activities, Calculate taxable income from salaries, wages and retirement pensions, value added tax, and customs. |
| 5488 | Computer Accounting Application | 3 | This course reviews a program for accounting and management Which deals with several accounting topics from an applied point of view, as it includes applications related to general accounting and bookkeeping, the cash and check system, the fixed assets system, and the handling of inventory, buying and selling operations. It includes applications related to cost accounting, administrative and tax accounting, financial statement analysis and government accounting |
| 5578 | Managerial Acct. | 3 | This course is the applications of cost accounting course and related techniques to help manager make better decision. Emphasis is placed on the control and analysis and use of Accounting data. Topics include: CVP analysis. Preparing budgets and variance analysis, responsibility accounting, pricing decisions, relevant information concept, balanced scorecard, and customer profitability |
| 5692 | Supply Chain Management | 3 | |
| 5794 | Business Ethics and social responsibility | 3 | This course intend to provide the students with the Social Responsibility & Business Ethics issues as knowledge and away of thinking , topics to be covered : the responsibility towards the environment, society, community, individuals, work environment, business ethics dilemmas such as ( write and wrong , privacy, credibility,…) Topics to be spliced by the instructor , students should conduct researches related to these issues, sublime reports and present them at classes. |
| 5821 | Cost Accounting 1 | 3 | 1This course includes the concept, foundations, and principles of cost accounting, its objectives, components, and the classification of these elements, the foundations for distributing indirect/overhead costs, determining the overhead allocation rates, as well as an explanation of basic cost systems such as the job costing, process costing, and activity-based costing systems. |
| 8302 | Practical Training | 1 | This course provides students with a practical opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills gained from the academic program in a real work environment. Students are placed in accredited institutions and companies to complete a supervised field training under the mentorship of experienced personnel. Students are assigned projects and tasks designed to enhance their practical and hands-on skills in their area of specialization. Students are evaluated based on their performance, participation, and written training reports. |
متطلبات التخصص الاجبارية Credit hours: 9 Courses: 6
| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4269 | Small Business Manag. | 3 | |
| 4558 | International Business Management | 3 | |
| 4560 | Contemporary Business Issues | 3 | |
| 8308 | Special topics in Accounting | 3 | |
| 8309 | Special topics in Financial Management | 3 | |
| 8310 | Special topics in Economics | 3 |