Major No: 29102
Course credit : 124
College : College of Dual Studies
Level : Bachelor’s Programs
Overview
Objectives
Outcomes
Career Opportunities for Graduates
Academic Plan
Overview
The program incorporates various subjects within the fields of finance, accounting, informatics, administration, technology, and entrepreneurship. Graduates acquire scientific knowledge and competencies in the following areas:
Program Areas:
- Computational and technological skills, including programming, information security, and artificial intelligence.
- Recent trends in financial sciences, such as digital currencies, electronic wallets, big data mining and analysis, electronic payment methods, and blockchain.
- Information competencies, including information systems, the digital business world, and business market intelligence.
- Administrative sciences, covering management, strategic thinking, marketing, and economics.
- Financial and accounting competencies, including accounting, investment management, financial portfolios, and revenue source security.
- Administrative sciences and creative skills focused on innovative thinking and exploiting opportunities in the financial technology sector, including establishing private projects for graduates.
- Developing an applied scientific research mindset through selected research projects is field.
Advantages of this program:
This program is the first of its kind in Palestine, following the dual studies system that combines theoretical education with practical application. It aligns with global trends in the thriving global financial technology market, where the sector offers hundreds of thousands of job opportunities, as seen in countries like the United Kingdom.
Objectives
- Supplying qualified graduates to lead the digital transformation in financial sciences and business, catering to the Palestinian and global labor markets.
- Developing the banking and services sectors in Palestine to foster integration and competitiveness in the global market.
- Establishing a research and advisory foundation in financial sciences.
- Contributing to the formation of financial services companies to reduce unemployment and boost national production.
- Establishing networks with iernational and local institutions involved in financial services and promoting communication and integration between higher education institutions and the local community.
- Applying education methodologies that meet international standards and teaching students using modern applied methods that combine theoretical lectures and practical field application.
- Solving practical problems derived from the community and addressing urgent needs within the local community.
Outcomes
Upon completion of the program requirements, graduates will possess the following abilities:
- Integrating financial theories with smart technology.
- Assessing financial and business risks.
- Making credit-related decisions based on financial statement analysis.
- Providing consultations to businesses on financing and investment, offering the best alternatives.
- Developing and monitoring policies and plans in financial institutions and businesses to prevent deviations.
- Utilizing tools such as machine learning, blockchain, and quantitative financial analysis.
- Expertise in wealth management, trading, payment and transaction services, robotic process automation (RPA), credit and lending management, liquidity, digital currencies (stablecoins and cryptocurrencies), blockchain/smart contract development, risk management, regulatory compliance, and security and identity protection.
- Proficiency in data mining and big data modeling and analysis.
- Knowledge of information security and protection.
- Dealing with electronic money and using electronic payment systems.
- Handling, synthesizing, analyzing, and interpreting data.
- Possessing core competencies for entering and working in the financial technology sector.
- Using applications, preparing, and developing software for digital and smart transformation in the financial technology sector.
- Familiarity with professional ethics related to financial technology and technology transfer to society.
- Collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Engaging with diverse segments of society and understanding their problems and needs in relevant areas.
- Drafting reports, analyzing data, and presenting information to the public.
Career Opportunities for Graduates
- Financial technology specialists
- Digital transformation specialists
- Payment system specialists
- Building financial and investment products
- Financial innovation analysts
- Business development assistants
- Employment in public institutions, such as municipalities, chambers of commerce, and large and medium-sized companies
- Accounting and financial auditing offices
- Financial portfolios
- Banks and insurance companies
- Brokerage firms (brokers)
- Cryptocurrency Trading
- Self-employment and entrepreneurial projects
- Research centers and institutions
- Education sector
- Postgraduate studies: qualify for further education, such as pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees.
Academic Plan
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| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8996 | English A2 | 0 | |
| 29100 | Introduction to economics | 3 | non-technical course designed to answer questions about the economy. How and why does our market economic system work? Why is there inflation and/or unemployment and what are their remedies? How does the government influence your future economic well-being? Where are we on the business cycle? What are the causes and consequences of our growing national debt? What is the Federal Reserve and how does its monetary policy affect you and the interest rate? How is the emerging global interdependence of countries changing our economy and your life? This course will help you understand the economic environment. |
| 29101 | Accounting I | 3 | This course is an introduction to the financial statement which contains theory, practice and application of accounting principles. The objective of this course is to achieve a strong foundation of accounting principle and to ensure the students understand the process of classifying, reporting, evaluating and interpreting financial information. Accounting helps students to build a foundation upon which they will continue to learn and grow in their study. By the completion of the course students should be able to do the following: 1-Identifying the steps in accounting cycle, 2- Interpreting and recording the business transactions, 3-Classifying the similar transactions into useful reports, 4- Summarizing and communicating information to decision makers. |
| 29102 | Introduction to management | 3 | This course aims to provide the student with valid information about the general managerial concepts, including a study for the historical foundations of management thought, management environment, and the management process such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling. |
| 29103 | Statistics | 3 | This course covers statistical aspects of collecting and analyzing data gathered in business and finance. Specific topics include tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; probability concepts; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling distribution and central limit theorem; statistical inference for a single sample and for two samples; simple linear regression and correlation |
| 29104 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 | This course aims to provide students with the basic concepts of information systems, what are the information systems applications in the industry used by today. This course will introduce the student to wide range of available systems that supports different levels of management hierarchy. Some concept such as system models, value chain, virtual office, business process reengineering. |
| 29105 | Electronic Marketing | 3 | This course gives an overview of e-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. |
| 29106 | English for Business | 3 | In Business English, students enhance communication and research skills by applying them to the business environment, in addition to exchanging information and producing properly formatted business documents using emerging technology. |
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| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29107 | Accounting II | 3 | Students will develop advanced skills that build upon those acquired in Accounting I. Additional accounting skills such as reconciling uncollectible accounts, calculating depreciation on assets, interpreting financial information, and calculating notes and interest will be developed. Computerized accounting will again be incorporated as an essential tool where resources are available |
| 29108 | Mathematic | 3 | This course covers mathematical aspects needed to understand and solve mathematical problems encountered in business and finance. Specific topics include real numbers and sets, algebraic functions and relations, linear and quadratic equalities and inequalities, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of linear and quadratic equations, vectors and matrices, determinants and matrix inversion. |
| 29109 | Strategic management and decision 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 |
| 29141 | Introduction to Software Engineering | 3 | This course introduces students to the different software development lifecycle (SDLC) phases used in developing, delivering, and maintaining software products. Students will also acquire basic software developments kills and understand common terminology used in the software engineering profession. Students will also learn and practice using traditional coding standards/guidelines. Python software development libraries and debugging tools will be explored and used in projects to familiarize students with basic tasks involved in modifying, building, and testing software. The course will also lay the foundation for achieving academic and career success in Software Engineering. |
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| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29110 | English | 3 | This course emphasizes the fundamental language skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, thinking, viewing and presenting. An emphasis on vocabulary and composition skills will be an on-going part of the program. concentrates on a general review of grammar with emphasis upon usage. Strong attention will be given to the development of composition and critical reading skills. Vocabulary development and outside reading will complement this course of study. Literature study will be supported by composition. |
| 29111 | Computer And Program Principles | 3 | This is an introductory course to computers and computer programming. It covers a wide variety of topics including: an introduction to computing and computer science, computer types and components (hardware and software), computer networks and the Internet, Internet security and privacy, and data representation. The course also covers programming principles, with focus on critical thinking and problem solving techniques needed for programming. The lab exposes students to the foremost technological skills which help in handling computing applications during their daily tasks. |
| 29112 | entrepreneurship | 2 | This course is designed to help students to consider becoming job creators and not just job seekers. It is an introduction to the practice of entrepreneurship and an opportunity for participants to consider their readiness for an entrepreneurial career and more advanced training in entrepreneurship. It covers the nature of entrepreneurship, different kinds of career opportunities, identifying local entrepreneurs, assessing enterprising tendencies and identifying possible challenges and risk that entrepreneurs might face. |
| 29113 | Life Skills | 2 | Making the transition from high school to the University can be challenging for many students. Expectations for learning are different, you must take a more active role in the learning process and assume greater responsibility for your own learning, and the adjustment to a new learning culture has to be made rather quickly. Skills for Life! Pursuing your Dreams with Confidence and Determination is designed to help you navigate the transition more easily and to further develop important life skills related to your personal behaviors, so that you are better prepared for your academic and professional careers. At the foundation of Skills for Life! is a focus on self-awareness, personal growth and building positive relationships with others. With these skills, along with the desire and dedication to learn, and a desire to help others, you can be successful at PPU, and go on to make significant contributions to your families, employers, communities and the world-at-large. |
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| Course No | Course Name | Credit hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29114 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 | This course gives an overview of all the changes, which are happening now in the financial industry and discusses how some of the FinTech processes are being constructed. Each FinTech disruption concept is based on a mathematical of behaviour concept, which is backed by data, analysis and technology. This course goes into detail into some of these processes, so give an understanding as to what is the business model, skill, and future of FinTech in the financial services industry. It will also cover the recent progresses on FinTech development and applications. Although the topics may vary in order to keep pace with the FinTech development, they mainly involve case studies, practical challenges, trends, and opportunities in a FinTech career. |
| 29115 | Financial Management | 3 | The material covered in this course can be summed up as a “Guide Book for New entrepreneurs”. It has seven basic objectives: to introduce the business environment as an important factor in the birth and survival of new businesses, to emphasize the importance of the business idea, to familiarize the student with the sources of initial capital, to review the basic financial tables and tools, to have the student draw up and write his own realistic business plan, and to acquaint the student with the procedures linking businesses with banks and other institutions of the financial markets, help to prepare students with a conceptual frame work for understanding and analyzing decision took by management. |
| 29116 | COMPUTER PROGRAM/ PYTHON | 3 | It covers the basics of programming in Python including variables, expressions, loops, conditions, lists, strings, functions, and standard and file I/O in a hands-on fashion. It also covers, at an introductory level, some Object-oriented programming aspects like classes, modules and packages. Students will acquire algorithmic thinking and debugging skills via solving a multitude of programming exercises in-class and as homework assignments. Other important common programming practices like naming rules, commenting and handling errors will also be highlighted. |
| 29117 | FinTech Ecosystem and Innovations | 3 | This course discusses the existing and future landscapes of FinTech in the world financial system, from incumbent financial firms to FinTech startups. Both traditional and new players are working with policy-makers to define the ecosystem, to encourage innovation, adoption while maintaining regulatory oversight. Also, aims to provide a structured approach in designing, developing and implementing solutions, leveraging on financial technology to address real-world issues. It introduces the structure and design of a fintech ecosystem, the dynamics among its elements, and the roles of various participants in it. It then discusses the Silicon Valley mind-set and examines the basic elements of a fintech start-up with the characteristics of successful enterprises that can scale. Real-world cases are employed for the students to understand the risks and opportunities in fintech business. After the course, students are expected to have gained a good understanding of what it takes to raise a seed round of funding for a fintech start-up. |
| 29118 | Corporate Finance | 3 | This course presents the theory and practice of corporate finance. It covers the instruments and practices of the corporate finance with close reference to the relevant theories and current issues. This course is designed to cover the topics such as capital budgeting, cost of capital, present value, valuing stocks, capital market efficiency, and valuemaximization. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: Corporate Form of Organization & Corporate Governance, Brief Overview of Capital Budgeting, Capital Markets and Capital Structure, Debt Policy, Payout Policy, Corporate Valuation & Mergers/Acquisitions, Credıt and Inventory management, Cash and liquidity management. Also, This is a two pronged course. The first part covers analyses of the time value of money. This part includes illustrations with specific reference to current cases regarding the management of cash. The second part deals with the procedures and instruments that prevail in the relationship between the firm and money and capital markets. Particular attention is devoted to the stock exchange including regulations pertaining to initial public offerings and listings. Also, this course will give the students detailed information about capital budgeting, capital market line, security market line, risk and return, cost of capital, financial leverage and capital structure policy (i.e. long-term financial policy) and short-term financial planning. |
| 29119 | Investments management | 3 | This course introduces topics relevant for students who want to understand the modern framework for evaluating investment opportunities. It combines key elements of managerial accounting and finance, as well as modern portfolio and asset pricing theory. After completing this course, students will be able to apply the core tool of analytic finance to assess the value of company projects, including those undertaken by start‐ups. They will also be able to analyze financial market conditions to recommend investment strategies. |
| 29120 | Money and Banking | 3 | This course is designed to explain the importance of money and banking to economic activity. This course offers a systematic analysis of monetary theories and the financial system. Apart from exposing students to different approaches in monetary analysis, the course places a special emphasis on the up-to-date analysis of how information costs affect financial structure and monetary policy. The course will cover the structure and importance of the financial system, the functions of money, behavior of interest rates, financial structure and asymmetric information, bank management and regulation, debates on macroeconomic and monetary policies, the targets and instruments of monetary policies, the transmission mechanism of monetary policy and its effectiveness, money and inflation, rational expectations and its applications. |
| 29121 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 | This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of financial institutions and markets play in the business environment. The banking system, the interest rates, the derivatives, and the Federal Reserve System will be analyzed in this course. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of Financial environment; Role of Financial Markets and Institutions,Securities traded in Primary and Secondary Markets, Derivatives, spot and forward and future markets, Monetary Authorities,Monetary Policy , Money Markets, Capital Markets, Supply and Demand for loanable funds Other Lending Institutions: Savings Institutions,Credit Unions, and Finance Companies, Managing Risk off the Balance Sheet with Derivative Securities. Types of Risks Incurred By Financial Institutions. |
| 29122 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 | The basic objective of this course is to consider the tools and techniques for the interpretation of Financial Statements. This course also aims in analyzing balance sheet and income statement, obtaining a result about the financial position of a company, evaluating the financial condition of a company in a sector, implementing horizontal and vertical analysis to the company, and evaluating the progress of a company by creating trend analysis are the basic topics of the course. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: Measuring and Estimating Costs, Accrual-based Versus Cash-flow-based Performance Measures, The Analytical Income Statement and Balance Sheet. |
| 29123 | Digital business | 3 | The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and basic principles related to D-Business from a managerial perspective and discusses the motivations behind the adoption of D-business applications and their impact on the performance of the organization and its competitive advantage. The course also examines the changes that occur on the general strategies of the companies resulting from the integration between the traditional business practice with the modern information technology and information systems. Basic focus in this course is on analyzing the variables of the D-business environment and the analyses of D-business models and developing D-business strategy in addition to the concepts of E-commerce, D-marketing and CRM, and Digital operation. The course ends with a linkage between D-Business and Business intelligence concepts. |
| 29124 | Insurance and Risk management | 3 | This course develop an understanding of what is risk, and the main structure of risk models and how it can be measured, why it is interested in individuals at risk, and why the companies at risk. The application of the risk management process on two main areas of concern for companies: the risk of liability and financial risks. However, the insurance section discusses the fundamental knowledge of insurance comparing, including the required economic theory of insurance corporations, insurance classification scheme, the insurance environment, insurance in risk management, and the main risk factors affecting the insurance companies. In addition, to the legal framework of insurance corporation, and the functions of insurance companies. |
| 29125 | Intermediate Accounting | 3 | This course will deep dive into the problem of financial inclusion and use of Tech as a Force of good. Students will learn about how financial markets develop and how legacy systems operate but how they totally exclude the last mile. |
| 29126 | Fundamentals of FinTech Entrepreneurship | 3 | This course illustrates the essential knowledge and concepts of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial process. The course focuses on designing and developing Web-based applications using a variety of programming languages and tools. Students will be exposed to Internet application development architecture. Class projects include developing business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) applications, among others. We will learn to create web pages using Open source paltforms specifically WordPress and joomla. Topics also include e-commerce platforms, open cart,shopify,Woocommerce.We will learn customization concepts using cascading style sheets. We will then venture into web scripting with Java scripts and other tools , the primary for web applications development. It is a flexible, scalable and easy to use platforms. PHP is currently used in more than fifteen million web sites and you will learn as part of the curriculum what this language is all about. With increased familiarity on PHP, we will introduce mySQL, an open source and reliable database management system that is rapidly acquiring a worldwide user base. The goals for the class is as such are that on completion of the course, students will understand the challenges, technologies, and issues in developing and deploying Web-based applications. Also, the student will be able to apply the systems approach to business problems; be part of a team that helps solve a business problem that involves information technology. |
| 29127 | Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management | 3 | this case-based course, students will be introduced to the field of cybersecurity through the world of security governance and risk management. Throughout this program, students will practice applying foundational concepts of security governance and risk management including: Creating security strategies that align with a company’s goals and objectives. Applying risk assessment techniques to real-world situations. Implementing effective security education, training, and awareness programs. |
| 29128 | Financial Modeling | 3 | Develop strong computer skills in financial analysis by integrating conceptual material with spreadsheet-based numerical solution and simulation techniques. This course is meant to help students build, understand, and use tools prevalent in applied finance. students will be doing things that practitioners do. This means that this course helps students prepare for real world applications of corporate finance and investments. Over the past few decades Excel has become a ubiquitous tool for modeling and financial decision making. A strong familiarity with Excel is a must in the business world. This course will help you build familiarity and confidence. students will complete and apply models used in typical finance and investments practice. Topics include the time value of money, financial statement analysis, project analysis, capital budgeting, portfolio analysis, and securities and options valuation. |
| 29129 | Cost and Managerial Acconting | 3 | This course presents and analyzes derivatives, such as forwards, futures, and options. These instruments have become extremely popular investment tools over the past several decades, as they allow one to tailor the amount and kind of risk one takes, be it risk associated with changes in interest rates, exchange rates, stock prices, commodity prices, inflation, weather, etc. They are used by institutions as well as investors, sometimes to hedge (reduce) unwanted risks, sometimes to take on additional risk motivated by views regarding future market movements. The course defines the main kind of derivatives, shows how they are used to achieve various hedging and speculating objectives, introduces a framework for pricing derivatives, and studies several applications of derivative-pricing techniques outside derivative markets. |
| 29130 | Data base | 3 | The objective of this course is to assist the student in understanding the basic theory and concepts of Database Systems, Relational database model, Database Design, and Database Manipulation Language, and to apply these basic theoretical principles in developing database applications. The course includes Information models and systems; data modeling, relational database model, structured query language; relational database design; entity-relationship (ER) diagrams, ER to relational mapping, physical database design, transaction processing concepts, and functional dependencies and normalization for relational databases. |
| 29131 | BLOCKCHAİN | 3 | This course is an introduction to Blockchain technology along with its programming. Topics to be covered include: what is the Blockchain, brief history about Blockchain, Blockchain Vs. legacy systems, public Vs. private Blockchain, shared ledger, and smart contracts. Some Crypto Currencies will be introduced including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. The course also introduces some concepts including Wallets, Exchanges, blocks, the structure of a block, Merkle Trees, mining, Cryptographic Hashes, and consensus algorithms. The course also discusses some Blockchain applications, use cases, and financial services. An introduction to Blockchain programming will be given, helping students to build their own mini blockchain using some programming language such as Solidity, Python or C++. |
| 29132 | Financial data analysis | 3 | In today’s world, good decision making relies on data and data analysis. This course helps students develop the understanding that they will need to make informed decisions using data, and to communicate the results effectively. The course is an introduction to the essential concepts, tools and methods of statistics for students in business, economics and similar disciplines, although it may have wider interest. The focus is on concepts, reasoning, interpretation and thinking rather than computation, formulae and theory. Much of the work will require students to write effectively and communicate their ideas with clarity. |
| 29133 | MACHİNE LEARNİNG | 3 | The course introduces a set of approaches and applications of machine learning. It also presents the students with the latest machine learning techniques and the impact of their application to different areas. The topics covered in the course include the motivation behind ML, its application areas, the feature space. classification techniques, clustering techniques and regression techniques. The course then presents a set of machine learning methods such as artificial neural-networks, support vector machine, k-mean clustering, linear regression, principal component analysis. bayesian classifier, decision tree, ensemble methods and introduction to deep learning. |
| 29134 | Pactical Phase One.Part I /Fintech Startup… | 3 | On successful completion of this training phase, students will be able to: 1. Have a comprehensive overview of the FinTech space – technologies, the applications and the startup ecosystem 2. Appreciate the role of technology in financial services and how it can provide solutions to key corporate challenges. 3. Develop an understanding of how FinTech is reconfiguring financial services business models and how they are different from the traditional business models . |
| 29135 | Practical Phase One. part II / Fintech Startup…. | 3 | 4. Distinguish between financial and industrial innovation and the regulatory framework, the pros and cons of financial innovation, 5. Understand the FinTech entrepreneurial landscape and the opportunities and challenges associated with startup cycle |
| 29136 | Practical Phase Two. Part I/ IT Technical | 3 | On successful completion of this training phase, students will be able to: 1- Understand the technologies shaping the future of finance 2- Enhance the students’ capabilities in programming and problem solving skills |
| 29137 | Practical Phase Two. Part II/ IT Technical | 3 | 3- Learn more about develop structured programs utilizing functions 4- Build and Practice Information systems models 5- Compare different consensus algorithms |
| 29138 | practical Phase Three. Part II/ Technical Fintech visualization | 3 | 5. Identify business opportunities and propose feasible solutions using new technology available. 6. Identify the threats and opportunities with open banking and “mother of all apps” with government oversights and controls. 7. Blockchain technologies and adapt them to a specific application |
| 29139 | practical Phase Three. Part I/ Technical Fintech visualization | 3 | 1. On successful completion of this training phase, students will be able to: 2. Visualize new fintech trends such as Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Intraday settlements, Real time settlements, Peer-to-Peer Transacting, 3. Application of Financial Inclusion and the spread of API driven fintech applications. 4. Visualize and Analyze traditional and evolving business models in investment and financial service industry. |
| 29140 | practical Phase Four/ Fintech entrepreneurship and innovation | 3 | On successful completion of this training phase, students will be able to: 1. Go beyond FinTech hype with the skills to drive innovation initiatives 2. Explore the potential for partnerships between incumbents, new age tech companies, and investors 3. Identify who is currently adopting and driving financial innovations using real-world examples to assess the changes, disruptions, and adaptations resulting from the rise of FinTech solutions 4. The use of modern communication technology to serve the development of society, 5. More interest to innovation and creativity as a key factor for entrepreneurial success. 6. With this acquired knowledge, the participants are motivated to learn the essential skills of business model analysis and innovation, customer development, entrepreneurial leadership, and lean startup. 7. Practical FinTech case study and real project analysis form integrate parts of the whole teaching and learning process to ensure the relevance of the knowledge and skills in this FinTech subject domain. |