Academic Structure 9 courses = 36 credit hours,
practical training = 18 credit hours
Ph. D. thesis = 36 credit hours
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Academic Track Overview
The PhD of Civilization was launched on the basis of research in the basic areas of politics, leadership, culture, economics and business. Science, technology, health and the environment. There are many studies and researches on the relationship of civilization with science in all its medical, astronomical, mathematical, literary and other fields of science, and how the civilizations of the Middle East were innovators in all these fields at a time when the rest of the nations were living in scientific and religious darkness. He knew about Islamic civilization protecting the rights of women and minorities. Moral and cultural integrity. Preserving nature and the environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of seemingly simple social, cultural and political phenomena
- Compare the main characteristics of the world’s civilizations
- Compare the different theoretical approaches and their basic concepts in civilization studies
- Explain the topic in a multidisciplinary and critical way
- Link their research efforts in the humanities and social sciences to the moral and ethical aspect
- Distinguish between micro dynamics in macro structures and vice versa
- Developing the research question and expressing it appropriately
- Develop argumentation skills
- Analysis of a contemporary problem from the perspective of civilization studies
- Design a research project on the topic under study
- Gain proficiency in three languages: Turkish, Arabic and English
- Demonstrate interest in distinctive worldviews and value corresponding contributions to solving common social, economic, and intellectual problems
- Evidence that they have a good understanding of the research already done in their field of study
The First Stage
- The student studies nine courses, distributed as follows:
- √ Six compulsory courses.
- √Three elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for Ph.D. 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 abilities 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 two 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 minutes.
The Thrid Stage
Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a Ph. D. degree in Arts and Humanities
- Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a Ph.d degree in Arts and Humanities 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 Ph. D. 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 Ph. D. thesis is 16 months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is 7 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 submission a full A copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the discipline, 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 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 grade, 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 public 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.
Academic Structure 9 courses = 36 credit hours,
practical training = 18 credit hours
Ph. D. thesis = 36 credit hours
Course code: DAH101
Course name: Advanced Studies in Scientific Research Methodology
Credit hours: 4.00
The course deals with research methods in language; It deals with the different linguistic approaches, especially the normative and descriptive approaches, and the approaches to language study in general, and focuses on the research writing approach, starting from selecting the topic to preparing a list of sources and references.
Course code: DAHC101
Course name: Reading Civilizations By Genre
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC102
Course Name: Cognitive Bias in Popular Culture
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC103
Course name: Asian Civilization
Credit hours: 4.00
Course code: DAHC104
Course name: Arab and Islamic Civilization
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC106
Course name: Shakespeare Adaptations
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC157
Course name: Religion and Science: Historical Controversies and Modern Approaches
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC158
Course name: Cities, Citizenship and Civilization
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC159
Course name: Music and Civilization
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC151
Course name: Text Interpretation for Sociologists
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC152
Course name: Ibn Khaldun’s Current Readings
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC153
Course name: The State Between Law and Politics
Credit hours: 4.00
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Course code: DAHC154
Course name: The State Between Administration and Politics
Credit hours: 4.00
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Degree: PhD Degree
Track code: PHD101AH
Study method: Distance Learning
Credit hour: 90
How long it takes:
Full time: 3 years
Part time: 6 years
Limit time: 10 years