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50701    Experimental Design & Analysis

The students in this course will learn a general understanding of the logic and reasoning involved in the designing and conducting of experiments. The course will cover the basic principles of statistics, experimental design, and analysis that necessary to design an experiment properly, conduct the statistical analysis and mean separation, and to draw valid conclusions from the results

56708    Seminar (1) in Sustainable Natural Resources & their Management

The student will make a review about certain subject within the field of Sustainable Natural Resources and Their Management through collecting information from local or international journals published within the last 10 years. The student then makes a visual presentation about the subject before the department followed by a discussion

56709    Seminar (2) in Sustainable Natural Resources & their Management

The student makes a review about his research for the thesis through collecting information from local or international journals and bocks that published within the last 10 years. The student makes a presentation about this subjects before the department followed by a discussion

56701    Studies in Natural Agricultural  Resources and its Sustainable Management  

This course studies subjects that not included in plan study and the study of this subject depends on availability of scientific lecture and the study important. This course can include practices in the field

56702    Managing, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Agricultural Projects

This course aims to enable students to develop a project management system, conduct economic and financial analysis, and establish a monitoring and evaluation system. The course covers the following topics: management concepts and skills, monitoring and evaluation, project organization and planning, financial analyses of project revenues and costs, economic and investment analyses, establishing a monitoring and evaluation system, selecting a project from multiple alternatives, and conducting sensitivity analyses for the project

56703    Economic of Environmental Resources

This course aims to develop a framework for understanding and analyzing environmental issues, topics, and policies related to natural resources and their sustainability. It also introduces students to economic principles and various methods for determining the optimal long-term use of resources.

56704    Applied Ecology

The practical application for the ecological standards, classification for the components of the ecosystems, indicators for the environmental stresses and the causes for the deterioration of the systems and its retrogressive trends, the strategies of protecting and managing the ecosystems, the chances available for improvement and the relationship between natural resources and community development, evaluating the impact of environmental factors on sustainable development

56705    Rural Development (Advanced)

An extensive study of integrated rural development areas and their relationship with agricultural and social structures. The course covers development strategies, an understanding of theories related to development and economic progress, stages of rural development, and methods for adjusting the course of progress. It also includes a study of rural development experiences in various countries

56706    Conservation and Monitoring of Natural Resources

This subject studies assessment and monitoring natural resources and conservation of soil, water and plant, wind erosion, sedimentation and its effects on soil. Also this subject studies factors affecting wind erosion and the relationship between soil properties and soil erosion. Monitoring soil and water contamination. Course studies used to conserve water and soil

56711    Plant Ecology (Advanced)

This course covers the fundamental topics of plant ecology, including the components of the ecosystem, its analysis, and the functioning of environmental models. Also it shows how pattern and structure at different levels of plant organization (communities, populations and individuals) are influenced by abiotic factors like climate and soil, and by biotic interaction with other plants, attack by herbivorous animals and plant pathogens, and relationships with mutualistic organisms of various kinds. In addition, it will discuss the main processes in plant community and population, and the main characteristics and properties of plant community (like diversity, biomass, productivity, … etc.). Also this course will discuss vegetation types in Palestine.

56712    Measurement Techniques for Vegetative Cover

This course will deal with principles and procedures used to obtain structural measurements of terrestrial vegetation communities, as well as the terminology related to these measurements. More emphases will be placed on the main plant and vegetation attributes and characteristics (cover, biomass, density, size, frequency, volume, and distribution) and the methods for evaluating and monitoring these characteristics on individual plant and community levels

56713    Forest Improvement and development

This course cover the following subjects: the relationship between the science of improvement and development of forests and the science of forestry, the effects of forest structure, forest improvement and development< methods of thinning and its applications and effects on tree growth and production, reforestation, and plants used for reforestation, site preparation and choosing the type and system of forest improvement and development.

56714     Plant Taxonomy  (Advanced)

This course includes discussions about plant classification and its bases, some international systems for plant classification and it includes information related to new applications used for plant classification such as using the plant morphology, pollen grains, chromosomes, genetics, ecology and geographical distribution, plant chemistry, classification analysis and its uses in classification system depend on finding a relation and revolution in the environment of plant clusters

56715    Plant Genetic Resources

This course includes a study of methods for cataloging and collecting plant genetic resources in terms of origin and environmental diversity, evaluating their traits, storing them, and utilizing them locally and globally. It also examines the types of genetic banks, covering plants that propagate by seeds or vegetative parts

56716    Medical & Aromatic Plants

This course  includes a taxonomic study of medicinal and aromatic plants, with a focus on local plants, addressing their economic importance, biological and ecological studies of these species, as well as their chemical properties and propagation methods

56717    Range Improvement and Development

This course includes planning for rangeland development, the different techniques used for developing rangeland, methods of controlling undesirable plants, planning for rangeland seeding, range management after seeding, fertilization, grazing management, evaluating and monitoring change in range condition.

56718    Forage Crops (Advanced)

This course includes the study of types of forage crops and methods of planting and growing, study different subjects related to its nutritive value and the structure of forages crops, and its role in causing some diseases for animal farms, methods of chemical analysis for the forge plants for measuring the quantity and quality of forage production per unit area, in addition to methods of using forage crops: hay, silage, green forage, or direct grazing by animals

56721    Watershed Management

Definition of watershed, Rainfall watershed, measurement of rainfall, temperature, evaporation, study of the surface water runoff and the groundwater and springs. Study of the methods of water harvesting, including the water harvesting techniques and the small dams and water bonds. Study of the groundwater movements in the ground reservoir. Drilling for groundwater, calculation of river hydrograph.  The course includes practical section that cover measurement for: environmental factors, surface water runoff, river discharge, checking artesian wells and porosity

56722    Water Recourses in Middle East

This course includes the study of water sources in Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as analyzing the large and small river basins in the region, with a specific focus on the Jordan River. It addresses the variation in rainfall across the region, the hydrological characteristics of the main rock formations, and the attributes of aquifers in mountainous areas, including methods of replenishing these aquifers. Additionally, the course explores significant springs in the Middle East, the control and distribution of water resources in the West Bank and Gaza, the quality of water across the Middle East, and its various uses for different purposes. It also discusses current and future water needs, particularly in Palestine, up to the year 2040

56723     Water Recourses and Quality (Advanced)

This course includes an introduction to water open channels, analysis of rainfall and floods, flood fluctuation analysis, dam capacity analysis, and some water structures. Additionally, the course aims to study groundwater in terms of its movement, quality, and artesian wells. It also covers planning for the development of water projects in general

56724    Wastewater Treatment and Its Uses

This course includes the study of water quality and wastewater, as well as the various methods for wastewater treatment and disposal. It studies the chemical, physical, and biological properties of treated waste water and its uses in irrigation and aquifer recharge. The course also explores the effects of treated water on plants, soil, health, and the environment in general

56731    Wildlife management

This course includes introduction to wildlife and wildlife management techniques and equipment, ecosystem, natural community, community and species habitat. Also it will cover the following subjects: animal behavior and wildlife management, wildlife management and its relation with food, cover, hunting, water, soil, agriculture, rangeland, forest, and parasites

56741    Soil, Plant and Water Analysis

This course studies soil fertility from a chemical perspective, as well as the physical and biological factors affecting soil fertility. It explores the concept of nutrient availability, nutrient uptake, and crop responses under Palestine's climatic conditions. The course also covers proper methods for analyzing plants, soils, and water based on specific analysis objectives. In a practical approach, the course includes studying and determining the available nutrients in open field soils and greenhouse soils, assessing their productivity potential based on this content, and conducting related calculations while addressing statistical errors and their evaluation. It emphasizes using various data to determine plant fertilization needs, identifying toxic elements, and defining critical thresholds for different elements in soil, plants and water. Additionally, it studies the quality of wastewater and irrigation water. The course further includes training on how to use different devices and methods to analyze research results in agriculture

56742    Sustainable Soil Management in Semiarid Lands

This course studies sustainable agriculture in arid and semiarid regions and the management of different cultural practices and its effects on organic matter. The course also discusses soil fertility and nutrient cycle in arid and semiarid areas. and studies soil deterioration such as desertification, salinity and contamination, soil erosion. Its effects and diagnostic and control

56743    Agricultural Chemistry (Advanced)

This course examines the historical development of agricultural chemistry as a scientific discipline and the chemical composition of plants. It covers the role of elements in plant life, the external factors affecting nutrients, and their relationship to plant absorption. The course also addresses the agricultural chemical properties of soils, such as soil absorptive capacity, acidity, buffering capacity, and essential aspects of soil chemical reclamation needs, including liming for acidic soils and gypsum application for alkaline soils. Additionally, the course explores methods for modifying soil chemical properties through various fertilization systems and evaluates their impacts on natural resources in general, as well as their effects on soil, plants, and water from an environmental perspective. It includes methods for agricultural chemical studies, such as biological and laboratory techniques

56744    Organic Agriculture (Advanced)

This course includes the introduction to the soil, water and plant and the impact of using various uses of chemicals on the plant environment. In addition, it covers the concept of modern organic agriculture, and the economic feasibility of organic agriculture, environmental health and its importance, as well as studying the various aspects of organic farming methods, organic soil, organic crops, and organic resistance. Furthermore, it includes methods of organic crop production and the preparation of organic materials and add them to the soil, and organic farming and components planning, and preservation of micro-organisms that contribute to the analysis of organic matter and its conservation and maintenance.

Crops associated with organic farming (cover crops) as well as the crop rotation in organic farming will be discussed. Finally, uses of products of organic materials in increasing the soil fertility and resistance of plants to pests will be also discussed

56751    Remote  Sensing and Information Systems

This course includes introduction to the types of information systems and reading the satellite images and air photo and understand it, also image analysis and map preparation for the ground information such as: plant cover, land uses, earth layers, and the distribution of natural resources

57702    Plant Physiology (Advanced)

The course will include a brief review of the basic principles of plant physiology, photosynthesis and respiration stomatal movements, C3, C4, and CAM plants. In addition, plant growth hormones and their metabolism, actions and control of the whole plant will be covered. Moreover, mechanisms of plant response to heat, chilling, and freezing stress including injury, acclimation, protection, and resistance will be discussed. Other stresses including salinity, pollutions, also will be discussed

57732     Novel Approaches in Insecticides

This course includes an overview of various alternative measures to traditional pest management, utilizing the biological control approaches as well as biotechnology.  Alternative control measures comprised pathogenic microorganisms, semiochemicals, including natural and synthetic pheromones repellents, anti-feeding agents, chemical sterilants, insect hormones, insect growth regulators, and microbial control methods.  In addition, the course discusses physiological and genetic approaches including genetic control of insect pests and plant resistance to insects