Admission and Graduation Requirements

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Admission Requirements

  1. Applicants are expected to have a specialization that falls within Humanities, Social Sciences or Law. Applicants from other disciplines may be considered. Program Council reviews applications and may require completion of (no more than) 6 credit hours (90 hours of class meetings) in remedial course work which the Council will specify. Remedial course credit hours do not count towards graduation.

  2. Interviews shall be required in cases where the Program Committee deems necessary. Applicants may be asked to write an essay in lieu of the interview. Nature and specifications of the essay will be determined by the Committee.

Continuation Requirements

Accepted applicants are expected to sit for an English language test whose result will determine whether the applicant needs to take a remedial course of 3 CH in the English language. The remedial course must be taken before the third semester of enrolment in the Program, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the School of Graduate Studies at Birzeit University

Choice of Track “A” or “B”

Students must choose between a Thesis Track (Track “A”) which requires writing a graduation thesis, and a non-Thesis Track (Track “B”) which requires taking additional courses in lieu of writing a thesis. Students must indicate their choice by applying for either Track “A” or “B”. Applications will be approved by Program Committee on the basis of student aptitude and enrolment capacity in each Track. Change of Track is subject to relevant rules and regulations of the School of Graduate Studies.

Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate, a student must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours distributed as follows.

  1. Required courses: 6311, 6312, 6313, 6321 or 6322, 6331or 6332.
  2. Elective courses: students must complete 15 credit hours: (6161-6184), 6190, (6351-6359), (7120-7190), (7311-7317), 7390. Choice of electives must comply with requirements and restrictions indicated below.
  3. Completion of 6 credits in the form a thesis, Track “A” (Thesis 8600), or as two research seminars for Track “B” (8302, 8301).