Academic Track Structure 8 courses = 32 credit hours,
practical training = 10 credit hours
Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
ABOUT THE ACADEMIC TRACK
The Institute of Postgraduate Studies at International Suleiman University offers a academic tracks that allows obtaining a master’s degree in psychological and educational counseling after completing 60 credit hours and fulfilling the conditions and requirements of the university and the academic instructions for postgraduate studies related to graduation.
Vision
That the Master of Psychological Counseling be a high-level track that is respected for its pioneering role in preparing specialists and teachers with a prestigious scientific reputation at the local, regional and international levels.
Mission
The message of this academic track is to provide educational and training experiences commensurate with the needs of the local and Arab community, as this academic track works to provide the student with basic knowledge in the field of psychological and educational counseling to be able to understand and interpret the psychological life of a person and how behavior is formed and to provide him with basic knowledge related to counseling methods and strategies and competencies Necessary to be applied in the field. The mission of the Master’s of Psychological and Educational Counseling lies in providing the student with logical thinking skills, assessment and diagnosis techniques in psychological counseling, communication skills, positive communication, and crisis intervention skills. It also discusses counseling theories in general using preventive and curative methods.
Objectives
- Rehabilitation of student counselors scientifically and practically in accordance with the standards of local, regional and international bodies specialized in dealing with psychological problems.
- Qualify researchers at the level of competence and competitiveness, who possess counseling skills, enabling them to meet the needs of the labor market in the fields of school counseling.
- Qualifying student counselors who are able to serve the community and keep abreast of local, regional and international developments in the field of psychological counseling, through training on the latest mechanisms of specialization in this field in the light of ethical and cultural standards.
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.
Psychological and Educational Counseling Skills
Course code: MEPY101
Course name: Psychological and Educational Counseling Skills
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes training students on a set of basic skills necessary for practicing the counseling process, mastering the skills of conducting the counseling interview through role-playing, and presenting training audio and video recordings, starting with building the counseling relationship, attentive listening skills, clarifying, reflecting feelings and present behavior, and summarizing. Questioning skills, confrontation, interpretation, challenge and motivation skills, recognition of problem behavior, setting goals, and ending with dealing with hesitation, client resistance, termination of the counseling relationship, evaluation and referral. As for the applied side of this course, it includes conducting practical exercises on these skills through role-playing, and presenting therapeutic sessions that include the use of these skills in the areas of individual, group, and family counseling.
Rehabilitation and Vocational Counseling
Course code: MEPY102
Course Name: Rehabilitation and Vocational Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with topics related to psychological counseling, such as vocational counseling and its theories, such as Holland’s theory and En Roux’s theory, and how to benefit from the tools available in these theories in the field of counseling. .
It also deals with basic concepts in vocational counseling, theories of growth and vocational choice, and the role of the counsellor in vocational counseling in facing vocational adaptation problems such as unemployment, poor motivation and boredom, and deals with evaluation strategies in vocational counseling.
Psychological Test
Course code: MEPY103
Course name: Psychological Test
sCredit hours: 4.00
The use of tests and scales in counseling processes. The course includes the psychometric characteristics of psychological tests, test selection criteria, test delivery, interpretation of test results, and the use of results in the counseling process. This course also includes analysis and criticism of intelligence, objective and projective personality tests. As well as training learners to use these tests and employ them in the counseling process.
Counseling in Crises and Shocks
Course code: MEPY104
Course name: Counseling in Crises and Shocks
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to introduce students to the concept of theoretical traumatic stress, the content, patterns and context in which it arises, as well as the integration between theory and practice, and how to confront psychological trauma at the level of individuals, organizations and society. The course also deals with crises (their concept, patterns and stages), crises in the psychological and educational field, and examples Applied to crises (divorce, death, chronic illness, suicide…).
Advanced Psychological Counseling Theories
Course code: MEPY106
Course name: Advanced Psychological Counseling Theories
Credit hours: 4.00
Learn about the following theories: analytic, Adler, existential, humanistic, behavioral, Gestalt, realist, and holistic. The course also clarifies the concept of theory and its contribution to the counseling process. It also makes comparisons between different theories and explains the characteristics of each theory and the source of its strengths and weaknesses. This course also shows the contributions of each theory in the field of psychological and vocational counseling.
Elective Courses for General Track
Group Guidance
Course code: MEPY151
Course name: Group Guidance
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of group counseling, in terms of its importance, objectives, and justifications, how the counseling group is formed, the different types of groups, their characteristics, and the forces influencing them. It also deals with collective counseling strategies emanating from well-known theoretical frameworks such as analytical, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and Gestalt theory. Among these strategies are: role playing (psychodrama). ), modeling, play counseling, storytelling, relaxation, reinforcement, and counseling clubs. It deals with theoretical contributions and their applications to group counseling. This course also provides students with a clear understanding of the ideas and processes of group performance, such as: group dynamics, group building, influencing forces in the group, and then leadership.
Guidance for people with special needs
Course code: MEPY152
Course name: Guidance for People with Special Needs
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the impact of disability on the child, on the family system, parents, brothers and sisters, reactions to disability, assessment of parents’ needs, and strategies for helping parents: such as effective communication with parents, meetings and interviews. It also deals with counseling individuals with special needs and their families, choosing and implementing intervention programs with children. Parents, various programs for parental participation in the education of children with disabilities, levels of parental involvement, parents and family members as advocates for the rights of children with special needs, professional associations that deal with the needs of parents.
School Counseling
Course code: MEPY153
Course Name: School Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with “school counseling” in terms of its definition and development, the role of the counselor, his responsibilities, and the counseling services he provides in the school. It also deals with the counseling procedures and programs that the counselor follows in the school. It also deals with the concept of school adaptation, the role of the psychological counselor in the school, school counseling techniques, tools and skills, the roles and characteristics of the counselor, how the counselor deals with behavioral problems in the different developmental stages, preparing the counseling plan and dealing with the various counseling records.
Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling
Course code: MEPY154
Course name: Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course is concerned with the view of the counseling profession, and the ethical evidence that regulates the work of the psychological and educational counselor. This course includes an overview of the history of the field of psychological and educational counseling, what professional roles the counselor should play, and the relationship between educational and psychological counselors with other humanitarian service providers. It deals with issues of licensing to work and issuing certificates, the roles of specialized institutions in professional development in the field of psychological educational counseling, examining the ethical principles guiding professions and applying them to the counseling specialization, paying attention to the ethics of the counseling specialist, and how to reflect the ethical system on practice, and it also deals with examples of Professional decisions and their relationship to laws and ethical standards.
Readings in Educational Psychology
Course code: MEPY155
Course Name: Readings in Educational Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with readings in educational psychology, especially scientific papers and educational research that dealt with individual behavior in the light of educational psychology concepts, teaching and learning in light of theories of psychological cognitive growth, active learning, learning outcomes, learning and teaching in light of some behavioral theories, and field theories. The transmission of the impact of learning and training, the cognitive attitude in learning, the motivation of students in learning and teaching, and fundamental research issues and papers in the field of educational psychology.
Computer Use in Data Analysis
Course code: MEPY156
Course Name: Computer Use in Data Analysis
Credit hours: 4.00
This course focuses on how to enter and organize data using software such as SPSS, then examine and analyze the data using statistical, descriptive, inferential, and relational methods, as well as non-parametric and advanced methods. It also includes the interpretation of the results of the analysis for each statistical method and the writing of reports.
Welcome to Faculty of Education and Social Sciences
Degree: Master's DegreeTrack code: MA103ESStudy method: Distance LearningCredit hour: 60How long it takes: Full time: 2 years Part time: 4 years Limit time: 6 years