About the Academic Track

Master of Political History
One of our most popular combined tracks, Master of Political History provides the opportunity to link two key disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

This academic track will give you the chance to acquire a detailed understanding of history and political science. It is a good choice if you are interested in:

adding theoretical understanding to your interests in political history
providing historical context to your studies in political science
combining two important subjects

● The student studies eight courses, distributed as follows:
√ Six compulsory courses.
√ Two elective courses from among the courses offered by the college for master’s students.
● The study is conducted through research seminars in each course. The research seminar is based on multiple references and is in accordance with the methodology and standards of scientific research.
● The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks and may exceed that according to each student’s abilities. After that, the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he completed, then he begins another course in the same manner, and so on.
● The student is assigned a hypothetical course that the college chooses from among the courses that the student has studied at the undergraduate level, and this is considered a practical training for the student to be evaluated with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course from twelve to fourteen brief lectures. The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word or PDF format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program, with a duration of not less than ten minutes and not more than About twenty minutes.
● Study courses in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.

The requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in various disciplines are sixty credit hours according to the study plan approved by the University Council, and these requirements are distributed according to the following programs:
1- Research courses of thirty-two credit hours.
2- A scientific thesis with eighteen credit hours.
3- A practical training of ten credit hours.

Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a master’s degree
● The student must pass the stipulated courses with a score of at least 70%.
● The student obtained a TOEFL certificate of at least 450, or its equivalent, or obtained an equivalent 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 proposed topic in one of the subspecialty tracks.
● If the initial approval of the subject title is achieved, the college council will designate a supervisor to guide and follow up the student in preparing the plan.
● The research plan includes the importance of the topic and a critical presentation of previous studies in it, specifically the research problem, then defining the study’s curriculum and its main hypotheses or 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, discussing the plan as a topic and an approach.
● The student adjusts his plan based on the professors’ observations in the seminar if he is asked to amend.
● After the seminar, the plan is presented to the college council to take its decision regarding the registration of the subject.
● In the event of approval, the College Council’s decision is presented to the University Council to approve the registration, and the registration date is calculated from the date of the University Council’s approval.

Jury discussion and award of degree
● The minimum for preparing a master’s thesis is nine months, starting from the date of approval by 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 College Council, provided that the total period of student 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 its validity for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the preparation period of the thesis of 140 degrees, with a full copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the discussion and judgment committee proposed by the professors of the specialty, for presentation to the college Council.
● At least fifteen days must pass before the student’s discussion from the date of the approval of the discussion committee by the college.
● The validity period of the 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 College Council.
● Each member of the committee writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and the thesis is evaluated out of 420 degrees, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
The student may not be discussed unless he/she gets at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the committee members’ evaluation of the message in the individual reports.
● A group report is submitted after the discussion, signed by all members of the committee, in which an evaluation of the thesis discussion is given on a scale of 140 degrees.

The thesis is passed after public discussion with one of the ratings shown in the following table:

Percentage of gradespointsappreciation symbolAppreciation
ArabicEinglish
95 to 100%4A+A+Prominent
90 to less than 95%7 , 3aA
85 to less than 90%3 , 3b+BVery well
80 to less than 85%3BB
75 to less than 80%7 , 2c+C+Good
70 to less than 75%3 , 2cC

After the college approves the student’s results, the master’s degree is awarded at a rate calculated from the average total of the courses and thesis grades.
After obtaining the approval of the University Council to grant a master’s degree to the student, he is entitled to obtain insured certificates, authenticated by the university, stating that he obtained that degree, in order to present them to the various authorities.

Study Duration

The duration of study to obtain a master’s degree in Political and economics is two years as a minimum, and six years as a maximum.
In the first year, the student studies at least eight subjects, and the study is through research seminars for each course. The research seminar is based on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
In the second year, the student attends a general seminar for the topic of the thesis, which he will prepare and submit for discussion
The general seminar is discussed by the scientific committee at the university, and the title of the thesis is approved
The student works to complete his thesis under the supervision of the supervisor decided by the Presidency of the University based on the proposal of the Dean of the Faculty
The student completes his scientific thesis and submits for discussion before the committee formed by the Presidency of the University in a public session and completes the conditions for a master’s degree
Courses of study in the first year The student has the right to extend the study in it for a period not exceeding a second year
The thesis prepared by the student during a period of time not less than 9 months and not exceeding two years

Conditions for success and graduation

1) The student is considered to have passed any of the program’s courses if he achieves a final score of no less than 65%. He is also considered successful in the master’s project if he obtains a mark (granted by the judging committee) not less than 75%.
After the student presents the results of his project before the committee, and discusses its technical content.
2) The student is not entitled to submit to discuss his thesis until a scientific research is published in an approved refereed journal.
3) The student obtains a master’s degree certificate after he has fulfilled all the scientific requirements for this degree.

Academic Track Structure
8 courses = 32 credit hours,
 practical training = 10 credit hours
 Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
Courses
Practical Training
Master's Thesis

I. Core Courses

History of USA Policies

Course name: History of USA Policies

Course code: MPH152

Credit hours: 4.00


The course explores the theoretical and practical foundations upon which American strategies in international relations are based and an understanding of the founding traditions of its dynamism in the international system through several stages that accompanied its development. , the stage of exit from isolation, the stage of striving for global domination, the stage of world domination and the events of September 11th. The course also monitors the positions of American foreign policy towards various events in the world throughout history.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Political History

Course name: Political History

Course code: MPH101

Credit hours: 4.00


The course is divided into three parts: The first part: reviews the history of political thought from Athenian democracy to the Christian Middle Ages. Part Two: It extends since the European Renaissance, where Machiavelli; And how the latter established politics on new rules, creating an intellectual break with Plato and the Christian philosophical heritage. Then the impact of the Protestant religious reform on politics, passing through the major revolutions and the emergence of theories of natural right and the social contract, which he deals with in detail. And the end of Spinoza, who returned the human mind to the earth and his critical views of religion, and the advocate of freedom of opinion and expression. The third part: reviews the major currents that followed the Enlightenment: nationalism, liberalism, and socialism, how they developed in each country and for each of its main thinkers.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

The Historical Development of Democracy

Course name: The Historical Development of Democracy

Course code: MPH102

Credit hours: 4.00


The Historical Development of Democracy
The course provides a comprehensive historical overview of the emergence of the idea of ​​democracy for the first time in ancient Greece and how it developed over the following periods of time until it reached the present day. It examines the concept of democracy, its pillars and forms in the historical course and the relationship of the individual to the state, democracy in ancient times, the emergence and development of democracy in the nineteenth century, the crisis of democracy in the twentieth century and the causes of the decline of democracies, the Second World War and its democratic mission, and the post-war reorganization of Europe. On a democratic basis, the future of democracy, and the guarantees of the United Nations for the Protection of Democracy. It turns to an applied treatment of the fates of the experiences of democratic transition and its problems in the Arab countries in which revolutions of change and popular uprisings broke out (the transitional experiences of Egypt and Tunisia).
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

International Relations in the Past

Course name: International Relations in the Past

Course code: MPH104

Credit hours: 4.00


The course is divided into two large parts. The first is entitled “Study in Origins, Origins, and History.” It deals with theoretical approaches to science and defines the nature, origin, and development of international relations. The second chapter is titled “International Political Theories.” It deals with the most important theoretical concepts such as power, balance of power, collective security, international conflict, its management and solution, and the theory of matches. Containment, flexible response, escalation, deterrence, limited war, negotiation and bargaining, international regulation, international integration, world government, disarmament. As well as the theories of both Hobson and Lenin, which explain the colonial phenomenon.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes

History of Political Economy

Course name: History of Political Economy

Course code: MPH105

Credit hours: 4.00


History of Political Economy
The course includes a brief and comprehensive overview of the economic ideas that represent the basis and main content of the political economy since the time of David Ricardo. It selects the most common economic ideas and demonstrates their importance in the economy as a whole. In that context, it comes to standing on the contributions of the different economic schools and combining the presentation of partial analysis methods and macro analysis methods. The course also presents and studies the concepts of work, capital, commodity, rent, value, tax, prices, markets and other concepts that are necessary to study the economic situation in a country, and to develop an economic plan for its development and development. Or understanding the economic problems that the economy suffers from at all national, regional and international levels.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

History of Middle Eastern Politics

Course name: History of Middle Eastern politics

Course code: MPH106

Credit hours: 4.00


The course deals with the geography and history of the Middle East, ancient and modern, in a comprehensive and objective manner, where the most important civilizations in the history of mankind arose, including the Islamic civilization, explaining the reason for targeting this region and its importance, and justifying the events that struck it and the alternation of civilizations, and lays out a vision of what matters can lead to in the future. In light of the various active factors, and in the light of human capabilities, natural resources, global conditions, existing alliances, the changing balance of power, and the destabilization of the economic structure and its stability. It keeps pace with the line of development with many connections and ramifications, according to different criteria that are not limited to the religious criterion, as many historians or analysts do, when they narrate the events of the region. The historical narrative here depends on many objective and situational criteria, such as demography, culture, language, economy, and socio-political organizations. The course reveals, with a detailed scientific and analytical vision, the patterns of the development of the history of the Middle East region that preoccupied and still preoccupies the political leaders of the world, so that its approach comes comprehensive, not exclusive, and answers urgent questions that we all have: When will the region enter a state of stability and how will the factors of violence that have continuously shaken it for two hundred years be eliminated? general?
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

History of European Union Policies

Course name: History of European Union Policies

Course code: MPH251

Credit hours: 4.00


The course reviews the changes that occurred with the Treaty of Lisbon, the recent development of the European Union, the financial crisis in the European Union, and the current situation of the euro currency. It addresses a variety of topics from the early history of the European Union and the working mechanisms of its institutions, to the role it plays in international affairs, sheds light on the successes and failures of the European Union, and explains the difficult choices that may await it in the future.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

The History of Social Ideas

Course name: The History of Social Ideas

Course code: MPH252

Credit hours: 4.00


The course discusses sociology, its development, social thought, and its historical origin. It talks about several topics such as: social thought among the peoples of the ancient East, social thought among the Greeks, social thought among the Romans, Christian social thought, social thought among some Muslim thinkers, pioneers of sociology in the world. Western, the most important philosophies and theoretical trends in modern sociology, globalization: ancient social thought and modern formulation, and other interesting topics for researchers in sociology subjects.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

B10

Degree: Master's Degree

Track code: MA104PE

Study method: Distance Learning

Credit hour: 60

How long it takes: 
Full time: 2 years
Part time: 4 years
Limit time: 6 years