Academic Track Structure 8 courses = 32 credit hours,
practical training = 10 credit hours
Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
ABOUT THE ACADEMIC TRACK
The existence of such a track is critical at this time, as it will create a society based on psychology, increase the capacities and skills of mental health workers related to other health fields, and will ensure future international sustainability.
Vision
A specialized and distinguished scientific track academically, educationally and researchly in the fields of education.
Mission
Providing specialized scientific knowledge in the fields of education, enabling students to exercise leadership and creativity in employing it to develop educational work and confront the problems it faces.
Objectives
- The acaedmic track aims to graduate educational specialists on a global level, both academically and practically.
- Developing the educational thought of those enrolled in the academic track.
- Enhancing the ability of those enrolled in the academic track to develop new perceptions of education in the future.
- Developing the self-skills of those enrolled in the academic track to find solutions to problems and issues of contemporary education.
- Finding educators who are able to practice their roles effectively.
- Transferring scientific research in the academic track to the world.
- Contribute to the development of local, and international educational systems.
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.
Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
Course code: MEPS101
Course name: Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
Credit hours: 4.00
Studying the methods used in psychological measurement and evaluation, including the interview and psychological tests. The course reviews the various types of tests that can be used in evaluating individuals, such as personality tests and tests for various mental illnesses, and how to use the implications of these tools in various fields of psychology, especially in the fields of psychology. Clinical, work, or normal personality assessment. The course also deals with ethical issues in the application of psychological tests and the method of writing diagnostic and evaluation reports. The course contains a practical aspect related to conducting field applications of some psychological tests and writing reports of their results.
The Biology of Human Behavior
Course code: MEPS102
Course Name: The Biology of Human Behavior
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to describe and explain the cognitive, affective, and social aspects of human behavior, through acquaintance with recent research in the inheritance of behavior on the one hand, and neurogenetic and hormonal theories on the other hand, by adopting physiological genetic approaches in describing and interpreting cognitive mental processes (such as sensation and perception, attention and learning, memory, language, thinking and intelligence) and non-cognitive mental processes (such as motives and emotions)
In cases of whether or not. This course also covers the functions of neurons and neurotransmitters, neuroanatomy, structures of brain functions, and the neural bases of sensation, perception, emotions, sexual behavior, addictive behavior, and eating behavior.
Social and Applied Psychology
Course code: MEPS103
Course name: Social and Applied Psychology
sCredit hours: 4.00
This course deals with recent studies in social psychology and how they affect the psychological and social development of individuals and groups and the mutual influence between the individual and the group. The course also focuses on modern applications of social psychology in the field of psychotherapy, providing psychosocial support, and relieving psychosocial stress for individuals and groups. The course also deals with important applications in social life, such as the psychology of poverty, unemployment and addiction, and their impact on the individual and groups.
Neurocognitive Psychology
Course code: MEPS104
Course name: Neurocognitive Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the study of the applications of learning theories in different situations, such as Tariq, the aspect of learning in mental illness and its treatment, workers, management and leadership. The courses review modern learning theories such as the brain-based learning theory and the conceptual-cognitive model, and how to employ modern brain research in the study of learning, memory and attention processes.
Advanced Psychotherapy Methods
Course code: MEPS106
Course name: Advanced Psychotherapy Methods
Credit hours: 4.00
This course focuses on the methods, means or techniques of psychological treatment (psychological intervention; Psychological intervention (used and new for different psychological disorders. It also covers the evaluation of cases, the stages of psychological treatment (the initial stage, the middle stage, and the termination of the therapeutic relationship), and the treatment plans used and their evaluation. In addition to the introduction, the course deals with techniques and means of psychodynamic treatment, cognitive therapy, and psychotherapy. Behavioral and other types of psychological interventions The course contains an applied side by visiting some institutions that provide psychological treatment services and viewing the treatment methods provided in practice.
Elective Courses for General Track
Trauma and Refugee Psychology
Course code: MEPS151
Course name: Trauma and Refugee Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
Studying the different types of conflicts and disasters and their psychosocial effects on those affected by them. This course also studies the nature and characteristics of refugee communities and the most psychological and psychosocial problems that they suffer from, as well as the most psychological and psychosocial needs that refugees need, which deals with the needs of refugees and people affected by disasters. This is presented as communities and individuals. This course will address the existing energies, knowledge and skills necessary to increase the energies of students to provide psychological services and respond to post-disaster conditions and situations.
Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Course code: MEPS152
Course name: Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to provide students with information on basic theoretical approaches, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents. Theoretical and clinical skills in the process of observation, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment plans will be developed in students through practice. Students will communicate and practice psychotherapeutic intervention methods with children and adolescents. Psychological disorders and problems that children and adolescents suffer from, such as developmental and neurodevelopmental
Social and behavioral aspects are addressed in terms of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.
Human Development and Self Development
Course code: MEPS153
Course Name: Human Development and Self Development
Credit hours: 4.00
This course discusses an important dimension in positive psychology and its various applications in the fields of human development and self-development. This course focuses on ways to develop individuals’ behavioral skills to help them succeed in the field of work and personal life. This course reviews ways to develop success skills, such as communication skills with others, leadership, negotiation, influence and persuasion, teamwork, and other skills that build human capabilities.
Psychology of Social Problems
Course code: MEPS154
Course name: Psychology of Social Problems
Credit hours: 4.00
This course reviews the most important social problems that spread in local, Arab and international societies.
Consumer Psychology
Course code: MEPS155
Course Name: Consumer Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course reviews a set of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in the field of consumer behaviour. This course is concerned with providing students with conceptual frameworks that help them understand the mental, cognitive and social processes behind consumer behavior. A set of models and theoretical frameworks that help understand human consumption behavior will also be reviewed. The course will also present the interpretation of consumer behavior from a psychological and social point of view and usually at the levels of: the individual, the group and society as a whole.
Behavioral Counseling for Individuals and Groups
Course code: MEPS156
Course Name: Behavioral Counseling for Individuals and Groups
Credit hours: 4.00
This course provides students with the concepts of behavioral counseling, its components, and methods of studying behavioral problems for individuals and groups. This course also aims to introduce the student to the basics of providing psychological-behavioral counseling and to prepare the necessary plans to help others get acquainted with the problems facing the individual and the group, especially social problems such as problems of marriage, divorce, addiction and other behavioral problems. The course also focuses on presentation
Behavioral psychological counseling for work organizations, especially with regard to the problems of low motivation, psychological burnout and psychological stress.
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