Academic Track Structure 8 courses = 32 credit hours,
practical training = 10 credit hours
Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
ABOUT THE ACADEMIC TRACK
The academic track seeks to provide students with a theoretical structure for modern theories in educational administration, as well as skills that make them able to keep abreast of developments in the field of educational administration. The track also aims to build a researcher.
Vision:
Achieving excellence in providing students with knowledge, positive attitudes, and administrative and supervisory skills in the educational field.
Mission
Preparing distinguished academic and professional cadres, capable of performing their role in managing and supervising educational institutions efficiently and effectively, and in compliance with the ethical controls observed in society.
Objectives
- Preparing qualified professional cadres to manage, supervise and develop educational institutions.
- 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.
Educational Management Theory
Course code: MEME102
Course name: Educational Management Theory
Credit hours: 4.00
The concept of educational administration and its development, theories of educational administration, the dimension of personality, perception, behavior, organizational climate and its development, communication in administration, reform and development in administration, problems and challenges of educational administration.
Educational Supervision
Course code: MEME102
Course Name: Educational Supervision
Credit hours: 4.00
The development of the concept of educational supervision, theory and research in educational supervision, the process of educational supervision, types of educational supervision, functions of supervision and factors affecting change, the future of educational supervision, challenges, problems and educational applications.
Theories of Change and Educational Leadership
Course code: MEM103
Course name: Theories of Change and Educational Leadership
Credit hours: 4.00
The meaning of leadership and change, leadership theories, leadership dynamics, conflicts in the educational organization, leadership and motivation, authority and the dynamic dimension, the importance of philosophy for the educational leader, the system, change management, administrative leadership problems and challenges facing the educational leader.
Educational Planning
Course code: MEME104
Course name: Educational Planning
Credit hours: 4.00
Definitions of educational planning, its importance, characteristics, dimensions, types, its relationship to change, elements of its success, difficulties and challenges, educational planning steps and the development of a detailed educational plan with applications on the educational environment.
Issues and Directions in Educational Management
Course code: ISU502
Course name: Issues and Directions in Educational Management
Credit hours: 4.00
This course examines developments, trends, contemporary issues, problems and modern methods in the field of educational administration. It also provides opportunities for students to study and analyze recent research and master’s theses in the field of educational administration. And research the problems of the educational process. He discussed the problems of the educational process and put forward their treatment from a modern administrative educational logic.
Elective Courses for General Track
Education Economics
Course code: MEME151
Course name: Education Economics
Credit hours: 4.00
What is the economics of education and its field, the relationship between the economic system and the educational system in society, the future of education systems and vocational preparation, the theory of correct vocational distribution, the economics of education in different societies, especially the Arab world, development is its philosophy, history and goals.
Advanced Studies School Administration
Course code: MEME152
Course name: Advanced Studies School Administration
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes advanced studies of school administration (primary and secondary), its theories, objectives, and functions. As well as the tasks of the school principal, his characteristics, his skills, his practice, and his attitudes. The characteristics of successful school management, its patterns, effective school planning, and the characteristics of a good school plan are also reviewed. And some misconceptions about the school, the directed and undirected activities in it, student activities and their distinctive elements, meetings and the relationship with the local community. This course focuses on the professionalization of school administration, the selection of modern criteria for selecting a school principal, the difficulties and obstacles of school administration, and ways to overcome them.
Human Development and Self Development
Course code: MEME153
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 or develop human capacities.
Educational Policies
Course code: MEME154
Course name: Educational Policies
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes the definition of educational policy, educational policy, the difference between them, and ways of drawing them, as well as the importance of educational policy and the aspects it addresses such as the mental, moral and physical aspects of man, in addition to its principles and positions of suffocation in it. This course also includes objectives, plans, programs, decisions, laws, regulations, instructions and results related to Education policies, in addition to its interest in compulsory, secondary and university education on the one hand, and important principles such as equal educational opportunities, the role of society in education, meeting market requirements, smoothing education and its democracy, and how to draw future education policies on the other hand. Of course, this course reviews models of various modern educational policies locally, regionally, and internationally.
Educational Psychology
Course code: MEME155
Course Name: Educational Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
Educational psychology and teaching models, educational objectives, teaching planning, entrance behavior, intelligence development, motivation and teaching, teaching conditions, verbal teaching, learning concepts, problem solving and discovery, research evaluation in the field of educational psychology.
Education and Development
Course code: MEME156
Course Name: Education and Development
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to provide the student with definitions of education and its relationship to development, the nature of development, its theories, characteristics, and problems in the Arab world, in addition to the impact of education on development and the importance of the human element in it. Administration, corruption, fragmentation, ignorance, backwardness, and poverty in development. The course focuses on the role of knowledge and self-learning in development, in addition to the obstacles facing education and development in Palestine and the Arab world in light of globalization.
Welcome to Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Degree: Master's DegreeTrack code: MA101ESStudy method: Distance LearningCredit hour: 60How long it takes: Full time: 2 years Part time: 4 years Limit time: 6 years