Course Description - Diploma of Technical Accounting

  • 99992061: English Language [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at developing students’ repertoire of the English language main skills as well as sub-skills through providing them with broad varieties of language patterns, grammatical and structural rules, and vocabulary items that can enable them to communicate meaningfully within ordinary and real-life contexts and situations. This course is also oriented towards equipping students with the skills they need to comprehend texts, contexts, and situations that are related to ordinary and real-life topics. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to a wide and various aural inputs in order to broaden and deepen their skills in listening, judgment, and critical thinking. Students of this course are expected to acquire and practice the skills they need to maximize their capabilities to express opinions about ordinary and real life topics both orally and in a written format, which will help in widening the students’ academic horizon.


  • 99991031: Arabic Language [3 Credit Hours]

    The course aims to develop the students’ cognitive abilities and communication skills in Arabic language by introducing Arabic dictionaries, spelling and grammatical errors, and familiarizing them with ancient and modern Arabic literary models including models from the Holy Qur’an.


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  • 99992011: Arabic & Islamic Thought [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to solidify the concept of Islamic culture, and to introduce students to sound cultural and intellectual concepts about the sources of Islam, the Islamic faith and its’ pillars, and the Islamic Shariah, which regulates all aspects of life: social, economic and political. It also clarifies the position of Islam on a number of contemporary intellectual issues, and introduces the most important challenges facing Islam and its’ culture.


  • 5121456: English Commercial [2 Credit Hours]

    The course attempts to develop the students’ basic language skills to help them build up functional vocabulary, expressions and structures used in business contexts. The course is based on a wide range of realistic student-centered communicative challenging and creative activities to enable students to use accurate English in their professions.


  • 99991061: Digital Skills [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to enhance and enrich students’ skills with modern concepts of information technology, as well as skills in dealing with computers, digital devices, modern computer applications in practical life, the Internet, information security concepts, and data analysis. The student applies the concepts and skills he acquires using appropriate programs.


  • 5111011: Economics Principles [3 Credit Hours]

    This course examines the definition of economics, the factors of production, demand and supply, determining prices, consumption and investment, government spending, national income and national output, wages, unemployment and inflation, as well as monetary and financial policies.


  • 5111041: Principles of Management [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at equipping learners with the knowledge and skills of business administration. The course covers business management, management theories, planning, organization, communication, negotiation, leadership, motivation, decision-making process, control and the functions of the establishment. The course is conducted using lectures, field visits, workshops, report writing, e-learning, case studies and group discussions.


  • 5111061: Principles of Financial Mgmt. [3 Credit Hours]

    The concept of financial management, its functions, the characteristics and role of the financial manager in making financial decisions in terms of short-term investment and medium and long-term investment, planning and financial analysis through the use of financial ratios and the list of sources and uses of funds, financing and sources, optimal financing structure, cash management in addition to assessing the financial future of the company, Causes of financial problems facing companies.


  • 5122104: Gover. Acco& Nonprofit Org. [3 Credit Hours]

    The course discusses the state accounting system and its applications. It also deals with the state budget and its significance under the Palestinian Authority, how to control public funds, accounting adjustments to government funds and finally, the issuance of financial reports and final statements.


  • 99991051: Physical Activity [1 Credit Hours]

    The course introduces the basic concepts of physical education, its objectives and its relationship to general education, defining the most important skills and basic principles of some group and individual games.


  • 5101023: Principles of computerized statistics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at providing learners with the knowledge and skills to deal with statistical and probabilistic concepts and measurements and their applications. The course deals with the nature of statistics, data collection and presentation, design of statistical forms, calculation of central tendency measures, dispersion measures, finding correlation coefficients, regression rate, calculation of price and quantity indices, testing their validity, determining probability types, calculating related probability distributions in solving statistical problems, testing hypotheses, using Excel and SPSS for statistical purposes.


  • 5122208: Tax Accounting [3 Credit Hours]

    This course is divided into two parts. The first deals with tax income in the Palestinian Authority regions and the second deals with value added tax in the Palestinian National Authority regions.


  • 5112151: Financial Mathematics [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims at introducing the student to the simple and compound interest, its applications and types, in addition to the regular equal payments in simple interest, in addition to the present value and discount on the basis of simple interest. The nominal and real interest as well as the adjustment of long - term debt, amortization of assets and bonds.


  • 5122209: Comp. Accounnting App.2 [2 Credit Hours]

    The course provides students with practical skills needed for the market. This includes accounting programs used in the operations of selling and buying exchange bonds and related register, dealing with bank accounts and issued/ paid in checks, identify customers, suppliers and delegates and handle shipments and orders.


  • 5122191: Field Training1 [2 Credit Hours]

    This course is tailored to enable students to develop effective professional positions and acquire the necessary experience from the workplace.


  • 5111022: Accounting I [3 Credit Hours]

    This course aims to define and master the skills of registration, posting and balance of financial operations and the preparation of financial statements, as well as introducing the student to theories of accounting such as the theory of single and double entry, as well as differentiate between the accountant and bookkeeper and its importance and its relationship with other sciences and give a clear idea of its branches.


  • 5122101: Company Accounting [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces students to recognize different types of companies such as sole trader companies and limited companies. Accounting related to sole trader companies: formation and liquidation of cooperation, change in the ownership, registration period, closure and liquidation of companies, companies accounts: equity, issuance and repurchase of shares, additional capital and retained earnings, bond issuance, stock-based securities - ordinary equity earnings, liquidation and expiration of fund companies.


  • 5122207: Audit. & Revi. of Accounts [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the theory of auditing, its definition, objectives, and types of audits, errors and fraud. The course also highlights auditing standards, the rules of professional conduct, and the disciplinary procedures resulting from the auditor's breach of these rules.


  • 5122202: Field Training 2 [2 Credit Hours]

    This course is tailored to complement field training 1 and aims to enable students to develop effective professional positions and acquire the necessary experience from the workplace.


  • 99992013: Anti-corruption "Challenges and Solutions" [3 Credit Hours]

    This course introduces the concept of corruption, its forms and definition as well as the role of civil society institutions and local bodies in combating corruption.


  • 5111032: Accounting II [3 Credit Hours]

    Address the restrictions on inventory adjustments related to the project accounts. It also deals with the concept of inventory and its objectives for all accounts including payments, transferable and fixed assets and its impact on the final accounts and general budget.


  • 5122103: Comp. Accounnting App.1 [2 Credit Hours]

    This course is designed to develop students' understanding of the role of accounting information systems and their functions in business. The student's computer skills are used in this program by using ready-to-use accounting programs such as Al-Asil. In addition, the student may use other commonly used platforms such as Excel. On completing this program successfully, the students will be able to understand the accounting information systems to facilitate the achievement of strategic operational objectives in the institution.


  • 5122205: Faci.of Fin..Acc.(Banks & Insurance) [3 Credit Hours]

    This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the accounting process carried out in Palestinian banks. It also looks at the process of preparing the final accounts in banks and identifies the main components of these accounts. In addition, the student will be familiarized with insurance companies’ accounting system which includes: books and records, processing insurance operations and end of year final accounts. While addressing practical applications in the accounting procedures, it deals with the preparation of financial statements and final accounts of banks in general, commercial banks in particular, and insurance companies.


  • 5122206: Cost Accounting [3 Credit Hours]

    This course deals mainly with cost accounting, its functions and objectives, the types of reports provided by the cost system and the differences between them. It also covers financial and management accounting as well as their concepts of costs. Adding indirect industrial costing to the cost of production units are also discussed. In addition, it handles the cost of the production orders, the ABC system as well as ‘Just in Time’ production system (JIT).