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Department of Environmental Sciences (591)
Track Environment Geography- Dual Major track (8041)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
89105
GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP FOR ENV STUDENTS
1
1
1
591
89309
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIORONMENTAL SCIENCES
3
1
1
591
Total Compulsory Points: 4
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
40104
Economic Geography
3.5
2
0
802
40107
Geoinformatics A
4.5
1
0
802
40130
Urban Geography
4
1
0
802
40615
Historical Geography of Jerusalem
4
2
0
802
40942
Geoinformatics B
3
3
0
802
Total Compulsory Points: 19
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
69173
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB FOR BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDENTS
3
2
1
+
591
69174
GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
6
1
1
+
591
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
1
+
591
77148
General Physics - Mechanics - For Biology students
5
1
1
+
591
Total Compulsory Points: 14
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
55321
Mathematics A'
3
1
0
591
80125
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 1
4
1
1
+
591
Total Compulsory Points: 7
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
591
70135
Introduction to the Physical Environment A
4
1
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40115
Introduction to statistics A
3
1
802
40116
Introduction to statistics B
2
2
802
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
591
and
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40109
Introduction to climate and global warming
3
1
591
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
591
and
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40101
Introduction to the physical environment B
2
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
and
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
591
76629
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING WITH MATLAB FOR CHEMISTRY
3
3
591
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
591
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
591
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
591
76608
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
3
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
591
72160
Biology basic
3
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
591
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40380
The privatization of public space:A dead end process?
2
2
802
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
802
40773
How was the Land of Israel created from the modern era (1799 - 1949)
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
89110
SELECTED ENVORONMENTAL TOPICS
2
2
591
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
3
591
76415
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S
0
3
3
591
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
3
591
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
3
591
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
591
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 11
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
40111
Introduction to environmental Geography
2.5
1
0
802
40415
Research approaches in Geography
2
1
0
802
40834
Workshop in Raster GIS
3
2
0
802
Total Compulsory Points: 7.5
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40101
Introduction to the physical environment B
2
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40115
Introduction to statistics A
3
1
802
40116
Introduction to statistics B
2
2
802
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
591
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
591
76629
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING WITH MATLAB FOR CHEMISTRY
3
3
591
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
591
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
591
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
591
76608
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
3
591
or
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40127
Urban & regional growth: from theory to practice
2
1
802
40129
Geographies of housing: planning, development and public participation
2
2
591
40221
Introduction to social Geography
2
1
802
40339
Geographies of change: space, society, and ecology in contemporary China
2
1
802
40367
Spatial behavior
2
2
591
40380
The privatization of public space:A dead end process?
2
2
802
40051
Issues in urban Geography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
802
40451
Urban Tourism: Jerusalem as a Case Study
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
802
or
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40112
Environmental activism in Israel- social and political aspects
2
2
591
40323
Geography of light pollution
2.5
2
591
40339
Geographies of change: space, society, and ecology in contemporary China
2
1
591
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
802
40965
Transboundary natural resources management
2
2
591
40110
Geomorphology and environmental management in Israel's coastal plain
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
802
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40111
Introduction to environmental Geography
2.5
1
591
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
591
69639
Molecular structure determination by spectral st
4
2
591
70311
INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY
4
2
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
4
1
591
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
591
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
591
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
591
89787
Environmental Organic Geochemi
3
1
591
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
591
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
591
40458
SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
49625
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
70350
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
89540
Solid Waste Management
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40112
Environmental activism in Israel- social and political aspects
2
2
591
40123
Urban Simulation
3
2
591
40124
Social Aspects of GIS: Theory and Practice
2
1
591
40127
Urban & regional growth: from theory to practice
2
1
802
40129
Geographies of housing: planning, development and public participation
2
2
591
40221
Introduction to social Geography
2
1
802
40303
Nomadism, religion and state: Bedouins in Israel and the Middle East in geographical and historical
2
2
591
40323
Geography of light pollution
2.5
2
591
40339
Geographies of change: space, society, and ecology in contemporary China
2
1
802
40350
COLONIZATION & MODERNIZATION AT NEW AGE
3
1
591
40367
Spatial behavior
2
2
591
40380
The privatization of public space:A dead end process?
2
2
802
40750
Field trip to Barcelona and Catalonia
4
2
591
40836
Analyzing Human Spatial Activity using Digital Data
3
1
591
40051
Issues in urban Geography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
802
40110
Geomorphology and environmental management in Israel's coastal plain
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
802
40227
HISTORICAL CITIES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
40331
The Arab Village in the Jerusalem Mountains: Past and Memory
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40451
Urban Tourism: Jerusalem as a Case Study
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40546
HISTORICAL CITIES IN EUROPE B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40717
URBAN GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP TO BERLIN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
40773
How was the Land of Israel created from the modern era (1799 - 1949)
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40892
Network analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40332
Introduction to remote sensing & image process
3
1
802
40340
SQL databases for Geography
3
1
591
40836
Analyzing Human Spatial Activity using Digital Data
3
1
802
40957
Urban and regional analysis - GIS applications
3
2
802
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
3
591
76415
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S
0
3
3
591
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
2
591
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
3
591
89505
Directions in Environmental Sciences
3
9
3
591
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
591
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 14
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
40942
Geoinformatics B
3
3
0
802
Total Compulsory Points: 3
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
591
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40101
Introduction to the physical environment B
2
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
591
76629
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING WITH MATLAB FOR CHEMISTRY
3
3
591
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
591
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
591
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
591
76608
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
3
591
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40515
Transportation and environment
4.5
9
802
40599
Economic integration and spatial change in Europe
4
9
802
40827
energy, conflict resolution and decision making
4
9
591
40381
Water policy in Israel
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
9
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70915
Lake records of the Levant and the Western US
2
1
591
70917
Generating alternate realities, Monte Carlo methods for earth and environmental sciences
2
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
591
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
591
70916
The magic U radioactive decay-series
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76701
RED SEA PLANKTON
4
1
591
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
591
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
591
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
591
76711
Marine Venoms and Defence Systems
5
1
591
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
591
76715
Biology and Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
4
2
591
76716
Marine Microbiology
7
2
591
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
591
76733
The Nano-Injection System of Cnidaria
4
2
591
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
591
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
591
90610
Quantitative Methods in Marine Ecology
7
2
591
76731
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
591
76732
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
591
84840
Geology & Geophysics of the Marine Environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40111
Introduction to environmental Geography
2.5
1
591
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
591
40825
The transition to a low carbon society: a 3-day field workshop in the desert
2
1
591
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
2
591
69123
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
591
69639
Molecular structure determination by spectral st
4
2
591
70311
INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY
4
2
591
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
1
1
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
4
1
591
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
4
2
591
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
4
2
591
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
3
1
591
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
591
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
591
72128
-Introduction to Biology and Evolution of Organisms
5
1
591
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
591
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
591
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
591
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
591
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
6
9
591
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
591
76701
RED SEA PLANKTON
4
1
591
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
591
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
591
82508
CLIMATIC CHANGES
2
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
3
1
591
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
591
89777
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2
1
591
89787
Environmental Organic Geochemi
3
1
591
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
591
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
591
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
591
90820
conservation biology
5
2
591
40458
SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
40683
Environmental History for M.A
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
49624
Ethics, Technology and environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
49625
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
68806
Eco-hydrologic modeling with R
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
70350
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
72639
PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
89507
GUIDED RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
9
591
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
89540
Solid Waste Management
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40112
Environmental activism in Israel- social and political aspects
2
2
591
40123
Urban Simulation
3
2
591
40124
Social Aspects of GIS: Theory and Practice
2
1
591
40127
Urban & regional growth: from theory to practice
2
1
802
40129
Geographies of housing: planning, development and public participation
2
2
591
40221
Introduction to social Geography
2
1
802
40303
Nomadism, religion and state: Bedouins in Israel and the Middle East in geographical and historical
2
2
591
40323
Geography of light pollution
2.5
2
591
40339
Geographies of change: space, society, and ecology in contemporary China
2
1
802
40350
COLONIZATION & MODERNIZATION AT NEW AGE
3
1
591
40367
Spatial behavior
2
2
591
40380
The privatization of public space:A dead end process?
2
2
802
40750
Field trip to Barcelona and Catalonia
4
2
591
40836
Analyzing Human Spatial Activity using Digital Data
3
1
591
40051
Issues in urban Geography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
802
40110
Geomorphology and environmental management in Israel's coastal plain
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
802
40227
HISTORICAL CITIES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
40331
The Arab Village in the Jerusalem Mountains: Past and Memory
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40451
Urban Tourism: Jerusalem as a Case Study
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40546
HISTORICAL CITIES IN EUROPE B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40717
URBAN GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP TO BERLIN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
40773
How was the Land of Israel created from the modern era (1799 - 1949)
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
40892
Network analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40332
Introduction to remote sensing & image process
3
1
802
40340
SQL databases for Geography
3
1
591
40836
Analyzing Human Spatial Activity using Digital Data
3
1
802
40957
Urban and regional analysis - GIS applications
3
2
802
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
56240
Organizations Theory and Internship
4
9
802
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40421
Kantian meditations: description & theory in Geography
2
2
802
40698
A field trip to Rome
4
2
802
40825
The transition to a low carbon society: a 3-day field workshop in the desert
2
1
591
40827
energy, conflict resolution and decision making
4
9
591
40965
Transboundary natural resources management
2
2
591
53603
The politics of nature
2
2
591
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
3
1
591
40233
Environmentalism in Israel: social and political aspects
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
802
40458
SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
802
40717
URBAN GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP TO BERLIN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
40890
Environment, society, community and development
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
40935
THE WATER POLICY IN ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
9
802
40991
Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Clusters
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
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