Academic Track Structure 8 courses = 32 credit hours,
practical training = 10 credit hours
Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
ABOUT THE ACADEMIC TRACK
Designed for experienced educators to help them keep abreast of current thinking and concepts related to professional inclusive education, this track will contribute to your knowledge of specific learning disabilities and help you become an informed practitioner who is able to use research to shape your practice.
The academic track provides a solid foundation for understanding the variety of special needs of children of all ages as well as effective teaching strategies and lesson planning for these groups. The theory is coupled with application in classroom teaching for people with special needs and comprehensive clinical experiences, with reliance mainly on individual counseling.
The academic track will prepare you to address the challenges of dealing with students with special physical, emotional or mental needs as well as provide you with the tools to deal with both gifted and disorderly students.Vision:
That the track be an academic pioneer that keeps pace with the needs of society and institutions for the care of people with special needs in light of ethical values.
Mission
Graduating cadres capable of dealing with, and developing the skills of people with special needs in the areas of disabilities, gifted and talented, and people with special needs. And enriching society with academic and applied research that contribute to its progress within the framework of human values.
Objectives
- Providing academic staff to work in universities or institutions caring for children with special needs.
- Continuing professional development for faculty members in the academic track.
- Enriching the research and applied community with applied scientific studies.
The First Stage
- The student studies eight courses, distributed as follows:
√ Six compulsory courses.
√Two elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for master’s students.- The study is conducted through research seminars in each course, and the research seminar relies on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
- The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks, and it may be more than that according to the capabilities of each student, after which the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he finished, then he starts in another course in the same way, and so on.
- Courses studied in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.
- If a specialization track is chosen within the general program, elective courses will have to be studied from the courses designated for the chosen specialization.
The Second Stage
● The student is assigned a virtual course that the faculty chooses from among the courses that the student studied at the bachelor’s level. This is a practical training for the student, with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course into twelve to fourteen abbreviated lectures. The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program. Its duration is not less than ten minutes and not more than twenty. Accurate.
The Thrid Stage
Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a master’s degree in Education and Social Sciences.
- The student must pass the prescribed academic courses with at least 70%.
- The student obtains a TOEFL certificate with a score of at least 450, or its equivalent, or obtains a corresponding certificate in the French language, with the exception of those who obtained a first university degree in one of the two languages, or in one of the two languages.
- The student submits a request to the university administration to register a master’s thesis with a suggested topic in one of the sub-specialized tracks.
- If the initial approval of the subject title is achieved, the Faculty Council shall specify a supervisor to guide the student and follow him up in preparing the plan.
- The research plan includes the importance of the subject and a critical presentation of the previous studies in it, and a specification of the research problem, then defining the methodology of the study and its main hypotheses or the questions that you want to answer, and the division of the study and its sources.
- The student presents his proposed plan in a scientific seminar. The plan discusses a topic and methodology.
- The student amends his plan based on the notes of the professors in the seminar if he is asked to amend it.
- The plan is presented after the seminar to the Faculty Council to take its decision regarding the registration of the subject.
- In the event of approval, the decision of the Faculty Council is presented to the University Council to approve the registration, and the date of registration is calculated from the date of approval by the University Council.
Jury discussion and degree awarding
- The minimum period for preparing a master’s thesis is nine months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is two years, which can be extended for a third exceptional year upon the recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council, provided that the total period of the student’s enrollment in the degree does not exceed four years.
- The supervisor submits a semi-annual report that includes what has been accomplished, and what is required in the remaining period.
- After the student completes the thesis and the supervisor reviews it, the supervisor submits to the university administration a report stating that it is valid for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the thesis preparation period of 140 degrees, along with submitting a full copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the specialty, for presentation to the Council the faculty.
- It is required that before the student’s discussion, at least fifteen days have passed from the date of approval of the jury committee from the faculty.
- The jury committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months, which may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- The period of validity of the committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months. It may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- Each member of the jury writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and evaluates the thesis out of 100 degrees, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
- The student may not be discussed unless he obtains at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the jury members’ evaluation of the thesis in the individual reports.
- Submit a post-dissertation group report signed by all members of the jury evaluating the thesis discussion out of 100.
- The thesis is approved after common discussion by the jury with one of the grades shown in the following table:
Definition Point Grade Excellent 4.00 A+ Excellent 3.75 A Very Good 3.50 B+ Very Good 3.00 B Good 2.50 C+ Average 2.00 C Pass on probation 1.50 D+ Pass on probation 1.00 D Fail 0.00 F
- The following grades are not taken into account for the semester or cumulative GPA.
Thesis or project in progress : DP Incomplete : I In progress : IP Registration has been suspended : L The grade has not been decided : NGR Did not take the final exam. : NP Transferred course. : T Withdraw from the course. : W The course covers two semesters, the degree is given at the end of the spring or summer semester. : YR There are no credit hours. : NC One credit hour taken as a private student. The credit hours and the degree do not count towards the degree : ND Re-submitted course, only the last grade is used in calculating the GPA. : R Credit taken as a special student. Credit hours and grade counted towards a degree. : S Credits
Before the 2016-2017 fall semester 1 credit point is equivalent to 1 semester lecture hour. In the 2016 – 2017 fall semester the University introduced the ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.Academic Calendar
International Suleiman University calendar is based on the semester system. Each semester has a duration of 15 weeks including the week of the final exam. The summer semester is 10 weeks long, including the final exam.
Core Courses for General Track
Scientific Research Methodology
Course code: MES101
Course name: Scientific Research Methodology
Credit hours: 4.00
The course includes scientific research methods related to defining scientific research and clarifying its importance, types, steps and methods. It also deals with sources and methods of data collection, methods of data analysis, as well as methods of sampling and estimation, and all statistical methods that can be used in analysis and scientific research in the fields of education and humanities.
Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities
Course code: MESE101
Course name: Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept and objectives of vocational rehabilitation, the philosophy of rehabilitation, the elements of rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities, and the principles of vocational rehabilitation for different categories of disability. Vocational rehabilitation services: assessment, counseling and guidance, vocational training and employment, vocational IPE analysis, readiness of the disabled to work, individual work plans, work skills, protected concerns, follow-up, legislation and laws in the field of employment of the disabled.
Behavior Modification in Special Education
Course code: MESE102
Course Name: Behavior Modification in Special Education
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the design and implementation of behavior modification programs in the field of special education, practical applications in modifying the behavior of people with special needs, critical review and analysis of the literature on modifying the behavior of people with special needs, single case design: repeated measurement, choosing a baseline, designing A, B and its various forms, Statistical analysis, re-experimentation, ethics of behavior modification with people with special needs, parent training on ways to use behavior modification, recent studies and issues in the field of behavior modification for people with special needs.
Sensory Disability
Course code: MESE103
Course name: Sensory Disability
sCredit hours: 4.00
This course aims to identify and define sensory disabilities, their causes, types, and methods of prevention. This course deals with the different personal, social and cognitive characteristics of the sensory-impaired, their curricula and tools, teaching methods and helping them to adapt academically and socially. This course discusses the reality of the services provided and available to the sensory-impaired at the global and local levels.
Assessment in Special Education
Course code: MESE104
Course name: Assessment in Special Education
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of evaluation, its objectives, forms, tools, special considerations for each category of disability, legal and ethical considerations related to evaluation in special education, interpretation of evaluation results and preparation of reports.
Counseling in Special Education
Course code: MESE106
Course name: Counseling in Special Education
Credit hours: 4.00
The course aims to train students to provide counseling services to special groups. The course deals with the guidance of people with different disabilities, those with learning difficulties, slow learners, the gifted and the creative, the conditions of each of these groups separately, their needs and problems, methods of evaluating and meeting them, and developing sufficient skills to pay attention to these groups, deal with them and provide advisory services to the individuals surrounding them.
Elective Courses for General Track
Psychosocial Dimensions of Disability
Course code: MESE151
Course name: Psychosocial Dimensions of Disability
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes disability as a source of stress, responses to defense, surrender, coexistence and adaptation to disability, the impact of disability on individuals with disabilities and their families and their reactions towards it, the implications of disability on aspects of physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of the disabled individual, the impact of disability on the personality and behavior of the disabled individual, and the relationship between categories of disability Disability, deviations and psychological disorders, societal reactions to disability and people with disabilities, and recent studies in the field of psychological dimensions of disability.
Research Studies in Learning Difficulties
Course code: MESE152
Course name: Research Studies in Learning Difficulties
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to define learning difficulties, identify their causes and types, and identify the characteristics of students with learning difficulties and their relationship to mental disabilities and slow learning. This course deals with the historical development of programs and services in the field of educational difficulties, theories of interpretation of learning difficulties, and various procedures for measuring, diagnosing and treating learning difficulties.
Life Skills for People with Special Needs
Course code: MESE153
Course Name: Life Skills for People with Special Needs
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with life skills for people with special needs, the most important of which are: self-defense and self-determination, skills of taking care of personal needs, awareness of public safety matters, managing financial and personal affairs, food affairs, clothing, self-recreation, self-awareness, self-confidence, social skills, independence, skills related to family and community life, problem-solving, communication with others, and professional development.
Advanced Studies in Disability
Course code: MESE154
Course name: Advanced Studies in Disability
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to identify the basic concepts of different disabilities, their extent and different definitions, their causes, personal, academic and social characteristics, methods of evaluating and diagnosing each of these disabilities and the nature of the special programs and services imposed by these disabilities in the areas of communication, academic education, adaptation and vocational training. In addition to effective cooperation between specialists and various community institutions.
Teaching Strategies in Special Education
Course code: MESE155
Course Name: Teaching Strategies in Special Education
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with an introduction to teaching strategies in special education, educational theories and philosophies related to specialized teaching, with a focus on the basic principles of teaching, development, enrichment and appropriateness of educational content, cognitive and behavioral education strategies according to each disability, and modern global trends regarding the modification of curricula, methods, and trends, And related legislation, with an extensive discussion of the results of relevant scientific studies at the Arab and international levels.
Computer Applications in Education
Course code: MESE156
Course Name: Computer Applications in Education
Credit hours: 4.00
This course is presented in the master’s program in the course of curricula and teaching methods. It included an introduction to the computer, how to use it in education, and the most important Google applications in the educational process.
Welcome to Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Degree: Master's DegreeTrack code: MA104ESStudy method: Distance LearningCredit hour: 60How long it takes: Full time: 2 years Part time: 4 years Limit time: 6 years