Business Administration

Our dynamic business administration program at Birzeit University enables students' personal and professional development in the fields of management, business administration and organizations. Through an interactive learning experience, students are empowered with managerial and entrepreneurial competencies that qualify them to continue their postgraduate studies and to build a prosperous career on national and international spheres.  Our program strongly emphasizes ethical practices, good citizenship and organizational sustainability.

  • To acquire a solid knowledge in management, business administration and organizations.
  • To practice leadership, management and other business related skills.
  • To demonstrate an understanding of business issues and contemporary ethical and sustainable business practices.
  • To compete for career opportunities at the national, regional and international levels.
  • To adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.
  • To support the local Palestinian community.
  • Recognize the anatomy of organizations: individual, group, organizational, and inter-organizational levels.
  • Understand the key functions, aspects, elements, systems, theories, practices and dynamics of an organization.
  • Distinguish the various types, sizes and legal forms of organizations. 
  • Relate the strategic and operational aspects of administrative issues in organizations.
  • Differentiate management practice of business organizations from other forms of organizations including not-for- profit, and governmental organizations.
  • Interpret and assess classical versus contemporary theories and practices relevant to business management and organization studies.
  • Analyze business cases and trends.
  • Evaluate business practices based on economic, legal, ethical and social criteria.
  • Identify own learning needs for professional or personal development.
  • Develop business competencies in management, leadership and research.
  • Develop (people and conceptual) skills in business language, interpersonal, communication, oral and written communication, networking, decision-making, critical thinking and problem solving.
  • Promote the significance of people in driving organizational effectiveness and sustainability.
  • Anticipate and analyze the impact of context on businesses.
  • Apply learning in management and administration to different organizational and business settings.
  • Adapt his/ her own behaviors to different organizational cultures.
  • Engage in activities that contribute to the betterment of society. 
  • Demonstrate abilities in unveiling and exploiting opportunities as well as starting enterprises.
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Administrative jobs mainly in the private sector institutions as well as the public sector, non-governmental and non-for-profit sectors.
  • Administrative jobs, project work, coordination
  • Managerial jobs at organizational and project –based levels in various disciplines and industries.
  • Project management and administering novel forms of organizing.
Specialization Requirement (57 credit hours):
  1. Compulsory Courses (45 Credit hours ) included the following

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

ACCT230

Financial Accounting 2

ACCT130

BUSA230

Principles of Management

BUSA130

BUSA232

Business Communication

BUSA230

BUSA236

Small Business Management

BUSA230

BUSA238

Introduction to Management Information Systems

BUSA230

BUSA330

Human Resources Management

BUSA230

BUSA3301

Introduction to Business Law

BUSA230

BUSA333

Organizational Behavior

BUSA230

BUSA336

Project Management

BUSA230,FINN2300

BUSA3371

Production Management 1

BUSA230, STAT2361

BUSA436

Strategic Management

BUSA333, BUSA336

BUSA438

Seminar in Business Administration

ECON235, 4th year and department approval

ECON132

Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON131

FINN2300

Principle of Financial Administration

FINN1300, ACCT230

MKET230

Principles of Marketing 2

MKET130
,

Elective Courses (12 Credit Hours) of the following

  1. 3 credit hours from:

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

3 credit hours

from Human Resource Management

BUSA433

Labor Relations
  1.  

3 credit hours

from Project Management

BUSA4320

Project Quality Management
  1.  

3 credit hours from Finance 2nd year.
  1. 6 credit hours from:

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

6 credit hours

from Human Resource Management

BUSA3341

Compensation System

BUSA330

BUSA3351

Human Resource Planning

BUSA330

BUSA3361

Training and Development

BUSA330

BUSA4373

Special Topic in Human Resources Management

BUSA330

6 credit hours

from Project Management

BUSA4322

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

BUSA336

BUSA4323

Tenders and Contract Management

BUSA336

6 credit hours from Business Administration 2nd year.
  1. 3 credit hours from:

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

3 credit hours

from Project Management

ACCT3331

Managerial Accounting for Finance Students

ACCT230

3 credit hours from Human Resource Management

3 credit hours from Accounting 2nd year.

Admission requirements

  1. Passing the BUSA130 and BUSA230 with an average of 70% for  each. 
  2. The Business department’s approval which is granted according to its capacity to accept new students.

The study plan consist of 120 credit hours distributed as follows :

Requirements

Credit Hours

University Requirement

19-20

Faculty Requirement

27-30

Specialization Requirement

57

University Free Electives

13-17

Total

120