Educational and Psychological Sciences Department
Overview
The Educational and Psychological Sciences Department is the core department of the Faculty of Education in Mukalla. It is responsible for teaching educational and psychological courses across all faculty programs. The department offers two undergraduate programs: Guidance and Counseling, and Classroom Teacher, the latter being a collaborative program involving all scientific departments.
The Guidance and Counseling program aims to prepare qualified professionals capable of providing guidance and counseling services within educational institutions. It also seeks to supply society with specialists in psychological counseling, particularly to help address learning difficulties faced by students at various academic levels. The Classroom Teacher program was developed in alignment with the strategic plan of the Ministry of Education. It focuses on preparing teachers for the first three grades of basic education and involves contributions from most scientific departments in the faculty.
Graduates of the department are awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Education, with specializations in either Psychological and Educational Counseling or Classroom Teaching.
The department also offers five postgraduate programs:
- – Master’s in Educational Psychology
- – Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction
- – Master’s in Educational Administration
- – Ph.D. in Educational Administration
- – Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
The department boasts the largest academic faculty in the faculty, all of whom hold doctoral degrees in various educational and psychological disciplines. The doctoral programs have significantly contributed to the development of this academic body. Additionally, the department houses a psychological assessment lab equipped with modern psychological testing tools. Several cohorts have graduated from the department and are now employed across various sectors of society.
Vision
Mission
The department strives to prepare and qualify distinguished educational professionals at both local and regional levels. These professionals are equipped with the necessary professional and technical skills to effectively teach and manage educational institutions in accordance with comprehensive quality standards. The department also aims to conduct scientific research to address educational challenges, provide educational and psychological consultations and guidance, and contribute to educational development in line with contemporary advancements that reinforce societal values and meet developmental needs and aspirations.
Objectives
- To prepare teachers with educational and professional competencies in the field of educational sciences, capable of adapting to scientific advancements and cultural changes.
- To qualify teachers who can effectively address the challenges and problems facing the education sector.
- To train researchers capable of conducting scientific research in educational sciences and addressing learning issues.
- To meet the needs of the local and regional labor market with specialists in educational and psychological counseling.
- To contribute to providing scientific and educational consultations to institutions and agencies related to the department’s specializations.
- To supply society with postgraduate education outputs (Master’s and Ph.D.) in educational sciences.
- To design special programs for in-service teacher training in coordination with relevant authorities.
- To enhance the competencies of unqualified in-service teachers through specialized programs and by guiding student research in this area.
- To fulfill the department’s educational and enlightening role through scientific research, postgraduate studies, and continuous professional development programs.
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Curriculum For Psychology and Counseling Department
Master’s Program in Educational Psychology
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Master’s Program in Curricula and Teaching Methods
Master’s Program in Educational Administration
Description of Courses :
Curriculum of the Bachelor’s Program in Psychological and Educational Counseling
The curriculum of the Bachelor’s Program in Psychological and Educational Counseling consists of 139 credit hours, which students complete over eight academic semesters. These hours are distributed across three core requirement categories, as outlined in the table below.
| COURSES | CREDIT HOURS | % |
| University Requirements | 16 | 12 |
| Faculty Requirements | 42 | 30 |
| Department Requirements | 81 | 58 |
| TOTAL | 139 | %100 |
Course Coding and Numbering in the Curriculum of the Bachelor’s Program in Psychological and Educational Counseling
Courses in the Psychological and Educational Counseling program are coded with the prefix “PSC”, which refers to the Bachelor’s Program in Psychological and Educational Counseling. The course numbering consists of three digits, each representing the following:
- The first digit (hundreds place) indicates the academic year in which the course is offered. For example, the number 1 refers to the first academic year.
- The second digit (tens place) represents the semester in which the course is taught. The number 1 refers to the first semester, while 2 refers to the second semester.
- The third digit (units place) indicates the sequence of the course within the semester according to the curriculum structure.
University Requirements:
These are mandatory courses that all university students must complete, regardless of their specialization. The University Requirements consist of 16 credit hours, representing approximately 12% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. These courses are distributed as shown in the table below .
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Arabic Language(1) | ARAB 111 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Arabic Language(2) | ARAB 121 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ARAB 111 |
| English Language(1) | ENG 112 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| English Language(2) | ENG 122 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ENG 112 |
| Islamic Culture(1) | ISLAM 113 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Islamic Culture(2) | ISLAM 123 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ISLAM 113 |
| Computer Science | CSC 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Communication Skills | CCC 221 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| SUB-TOTAL | 15 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||
| TOTAL | 16 | 17 | ||||
T: Theoretical P: Practical t: tutorial
Faculty Requirements:
These are mandatory courses that all students enrolled in the Faculty of Education must complete, regardless of their department. The Faculty Requirements consist of 42 credit hours, representing 30% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. These courses are distributed as shown in the table below.
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Introduction to Psychology | EDU115 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Introduction to Education | EDU124 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Developmental Psychology | EDU212 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| General Teaching Methods | EDU213 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Psychology | EDU222 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| Fundamentals of Scientific Research | EDU223 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Measurement & Evaluation | EDU311 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Curricula | EDU312 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Technology | EDU321 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Educational & Psychological counseling | EDU322 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Practicum (1) | EDU411 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| School Administration | EDU412 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Job Ethics | EDU421 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| Practicum (2) | EDU422 | 0 | 6 | – | 12 | |
| SUB-TOTAL | 34 | 8 | 34 | 14 | ||
| TOTAL | 42 | 48 | ||||
T: Theoretical P: Practical t: tutorial
Department (Specialization) Requirements:
These are courses that students complete within their academic department. The Department Requirements consist of 81 credit hours, representing 58% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. These courses are divided into two main categories:
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Principles of psychological and educational counseling | EPS CO116 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Introduction to Sociology | EPS CO117 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| General Psychology | EPS CO125 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| school counseling (1) | EPS CO126 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Social Psychology | EPS CO127 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| School counseling (2) | EPS CO214 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Psychological Statistic | EPS CO215 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Psychological Physiology | EPS CO216 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Human Biology | EPS CO217 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Positive Psychology | EPS CO224 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Developmental Psychology (2) | EPS CO225 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Personality Theory | EPS CO226 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Clinical Psychology | EPS CO227 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Family counseling | EPS CO313 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Counseling Special needs | EPS CO314 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Theories & Methods of counseling & Psychotherapy (1) | EPS CO315 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| counseling Management | EPS CO316 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Psychology of Play | EPS CO317 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Counseling Reading in English | EPS CO323 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Behavior modification | EPS CO324 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Assessment and Diagnosis In counseling | EPS CO325 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Theories & Methods of counseling & Psychotherapy (2) | EPS CO326 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Educational of occupational Guidance | EPS CO327 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Psychology of Groups | EPS CO413 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| The Preventive counseling | EPS CO414 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Psychological Pharmacology | EPS CO423 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graduation Project | EPS CO424 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SUB-TOTAL | 81 | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 81 | 81 | ||||
| First Year : First Semester | |||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | ||||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | |||||
| 1 | Arabic Language- I | ARAB 111 | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| 2 | English Language- 1 | ENG 112 | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| 3 | Islamic Culture- 1 | ISLAM 113 | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| 4 | Computer Science | CSC 114 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | |
| 5 | Introduction to Psychology | EDU115 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 6 | Principles of psychological and educational counseling | EPS CO116 | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| 7 | Introduction to Sociology | EPS CO117 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | 2 | – | 17 | |||
| First Year : Second Semester | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Arabic Language- 2 | ARAB 121 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | English Language- 2 | ENG 122 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Islamic Culture- 2 | ISLAM 123 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 4 | Introduction to Education | EDU124 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | General Psychology | EPS CO125 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | school counseling (1) | EPS CO126 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 7 | Social Psychology | EPS CO127 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 16 | – | – | 16 | ||
| Second Year : First Semester | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Developmental Psychology | EDU212 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | General Teaching Methods | EDU213 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | School counseling (2) | EPS CO214 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Psychological Statistic | EPS CO215 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Psychological Physiology | EPS CO216 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | Human Biology | EPS CO217 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | – | 17 | ||
| Second Year : Second Semester | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Communication Skills | CCC 221 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | Educational Psychology | EDU222 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Fundamentals of Scientific Research | EDU223 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Positive Psychology | EPS CO224 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Developmental Psychology (2) | EPS CO225 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Personality Theory | EPS CO226 | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| 6 | Clinical Psychology | EPS CO227 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 19 | – | – | 19 | ||
| Third Year : First Semester | |||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | ||||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | |||||
| 1 | Measurement & Evaluation | EDU311 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 2 | Educational Curricula | EDU321 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 3 | Family counseling | EPS CO313 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 4 | counseling Special needs | EPS CO314 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 5 | Theories & Methods of counseling & Psychotherapy (1) | EPS CO315 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 6 | counseling Management | EPS CO316 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 7 | Psychology of Play | EPS CO317 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Total | 21 | – | – | 21 | |||
| Third Year : Second Semester | ||||||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||||||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||||||
| 1 | Educational Technology | EDU321 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Educational & Psychological counseling | EDU322 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 3 | counseling Reading in English | EPS CO323 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Behavior modification | EPS CO324 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Assessment and Diagnosis In counseling | EPS CO325 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Theories & Methods of counselling & Psychotherapy (2) | EPS CO326 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Educational of occupational Guidance | EPS CO327 | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||||
| Total | 21 | – | – | 21 | ||||||
| Forth Year : First Semester | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Practicum (1) | EDU411 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 |
| 2 | School Administration | EDU412 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | Psychology of Groups | EPS CO413 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | The Preventive counseling | EPS CO414 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 11 | 2 | – | 12 | ||
| Forth Year : Second Semester | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Job Ethics | EDU421 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | Practicum (2) | EDU422 | – | 12 | – | 6 |
| 3 | Psychological Pharmacology | EPS CO423 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Graduation Project | EPS CO424 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 12 | – | 14 | ||