معهد الدراسات المائية والبيئية
Water and Environmental Studies Institute
The MSc. program of Environmental Sciences is a multidisciplinary program designed to generate qualified candidates with a solid theoretical and applied tools, skills, and understanding of environmental sciences to serve the Palestinian community's needs in terms of studying, monitoring, describing, modeling, controlling, and following up all issues and aspects related to the present and future state of environmental problems with special emphasis on the Palestinian environment. It covers areas of general environmental sciences including natural resources management, environmental law, public health and sanitation, environment social impact assessment, applied statistics, wildlife protection and management, soil-water- plant relationship, land reclamation, environmental pollution and pesticides, waste management, instrumental analysis, mathematical ecology, water resources management, water quality control, and air pollution control.
The overall program is 36 credit hours. Each candidate has to take 10 graduate level courses (30 credit), and to do a research thesis (6 credit).
Compulsory courses (18 hours)
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
400511 |
Environmental Science |
3 |
|
400512 |
Natural Resources Management |
3 |
|
400513 |
Environmental Law |
3 |
|
400514 |
Public Health and Sanitation |
3 |
|
400515 |
Environment Social Impact Assessment |
3 |
|
400516 |
Applied Statistics |
3 |
|
400591 |
Seminar |
- |
Elective courses in Biological and Agriculture Sciences
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
400551 |
Environmental Microbiology |
3 |
|
400552 |
Wildlife Protection and Management |
3 |
|
400553 |
Coastal Protection and Management |
3 |
|
400554 |
Fisheries Management and Aquaculture |
3 |
|
400555 |
Soil, Water and Plant Relationship |
3 |
|
400556 |
Land Reclamation |
3 |
|
400557 |
Environmental Pollution and Pesticides |
3 |
|
400579 |
Waste Management |
3 |
|
400581 |
Special Topics in Biological and Agricultural Sciences |
3 |
Elective courses in Natural Sciences
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
400561 |
Environmental Chemistry |
3 |
|
400562 |
Instrumental Analysis |
3 |
|
400563 |
Environment Corrosion |
3 |
|
400564 |
Petroleum and Petrochemical Pollution |
3 |
|
400565 |
Pesticide Chemistry |
3 |
|
400566 |
Biochemistry of Toxics and Pollution |
3 |
|
400567 |
Mathematical Ecology |
3 |
|
400582 |
Special Topics in Natural Physical Sciences |
3 |
Elective courses in Environmental Engineering
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
400570 |
Environmental Engineering |
3 |
|
400571 |
Water Resources Management |
3 |
|
400572 |
Water Quality Control |
3 |
|
400573 |
Industrial Pollution Control |
3 |
|
400574 |
Unit Operation and Processes in Environmental Engineering |
3 |
|
400575 |
Ground Water Hydrology |
3 |
|
400576 |
Environmental Planning and Impact Analysis |
3 |
|
400577 |
Air Pollution Control |
3 |
|
400578 |
Urban and Regional Planning |
3 |
|
400579 |
Waste Management |
3 |
|
400580 |
Special Topics in Environmental Engineering |
3 |