Speciality Requirements Student must complete 21 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
457601	Psychological and Educational Research	3
The goal of this course is to provide students with the abilities to analyze quantitative data and produce result summaries for psychological and educational research. It discusses one-sample, independent, and paired t tests, one-way and two-way analyses of variance, covariance, correlation, and regression, with a focus on their underlying assumptions and how they are used in statistical software. It also deals with descriptive and inferential parametric statistics. The students are expected to examine survey results and test data before compiling their findings into a report using current documentation techniques.
457602	Quantitative Research	3
This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills to conduct and write reports on quantitative educational and psychological research. The course deals with the nature and designs of quantitative research, defining the research problem, how to review educational literature, modern documentation rules in the research report, methods for selecting samples and their types, types of variables, and building measurement tools (tests and questionnaires) and verifying their validity and reliability. In this course, the students are required to prepare a research plan.
457603	Qualitative Research	3
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the abilities to carry out and compose reports on qualitative research in psychology and education. It covers qualitative research methodology in the fields of educational and psychological science, as well as the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of qualitative research, as well as its various forms and designs. It also covers the development of tools, evaluating their reliability and validity, methods for gathering and analyzing qualitative data, and the use of mixed methods to combine quantitative and qualitative research. It is expected of students to write qualitative research and interpret qualitative data.
457604	Classical Test Theory	3
This course deals with the concepts of measurement, assessment , and evaluation, along with the assumptions underlying the classical test theory (CTT) and its applications in validity, reliability, and scaling .
457605	Models in Evaluation	3
This course aims to introduce the methods and models for evaluating programs in education and psychology, the types and strategies of educational evaluation, the concept of models, their classification and analysis, the steps of evaluating planning in accordance with educational projects and problems, the relationship between the evaluator and the decision-maker, and how to encourage him to use and implement evaluation recommendations for program development and training. Students on how to write a final assessment report.
457606	Introduction to Item Response Theory	3
The course deals with the foundations on which the Item Response theory of measurement is built, its assumptions, and some of its models, as well as methods for estimating the parameters of items and individuals and methods for verifying their conformity with the models using special software for the modern theory.
457607	Psychological Tests	3
The Psychological Tests course provides an in-depth exploration of the theory, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests. This course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and effectively utilize psychological tests in various professional settings, including clinical, educational, and organizational contexts.
457698	Comprehensive Exam	0

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 15 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
457650	Educational Psychology	3
This course deals with educational psychology and its relationship to general psychology, how to apply the concepts of the behavioral school and the cognitive school in the education process that facilitate the learning process, the appropriate classroom atmosphere for the occurrence of the learning process, the learning of slow, disabled and gifted children, and the capabilities required to complete and measure the learning process. and evaluation of the learning and teaching process.
457651	Special Topics in Measurement and Evaluation	3
The course includes an introduction to univariate generalization theory as an extension of the CTT. The topic includes basic concepts of generalization theory, the difference between decision studies and empirical studies, types of univariate generalization theory designs, and applications of generalization theory to validity studies. In addition, any theoretical or applied topic in measurement and evaluation that the department considers to be worthwhile should be added.
457652	Curriculum Analysis Study	3
This course generally aims to introduce the student to the curriculum analysis across various disciplines and to familiarize them with the basic rules that must be considered in building the curriculum from the perspective of a curriculum analyst. It also aims to equip the student with skills in analyzing the curriculum in light of modern perspectives in curriculum.
457653	Curriculum Evaluation	3
This study aimed to get students familiar with curriculum system, its inputs and outputs. It also aims to get students know about the different roles curriculum evaluation. should play such as formative and summarize evaluation. The course also will introduce different models used in curriculum evaluation such as goal based evaluation and goal free evaluation
457654	Psychological Counseling Theories and Methods	3
This course seeks to provide students with the concept and importance of theory in counseling and psychotherapy. The course also reviews the most important theoretical approaches in counseling and psychotherapy, such as the analytical approach, the cognitive approach, the behavioral approach, the humanistic approach, and the Gestalt approach. The focus will be on the practical applications of concepts, procedures, and counseling and therapeutic methods for each. one of these directions. This course deals with theory in the field of psychological counseling in terms of: the historical background, development, general principles, the most important counseling and therapeutic methods emanating from each theory, and the strengths and weaknesses of each theory. The course also deals with some cases and how to treat them according to each of the theories of counseling and psychotherapy. In this course, students are trained on some counseling cases through role-playing, presentation of therapeutic audio and video recordings, and how to deal with them according to each of the psychological counseling theories.
457655	Counseling in Developmental Stages	3
This course aims to provide information and training on developmental tasks at each stage of growth, and the appropriate counseling processes for them. It includes the role of genetic and environmental factors in growth, genetic and marital counseling related to that, and developmental tasks and counseling processes associated with them in childhood and adolescence in the areas of physical growth. Social, cognitive, and emotional, developmental tasks in adulthood and the associated counseling processes, aging and the problems of the elderly, and the associated counseling processes.
457656	Mental Disorders and Their Diagnosis	3
This course deals with various psychological, social, emotional, and mental disorders, such as personality disorders, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenic disorders, bipolar disorders, and childhood and adolescence disorders in terms of diagnosis, classification, prevention and treatment measures, and what each disorder includes. categories. In this course, students are trained to use international diagnostic evidence such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric and Mental Problems (DSM) and the World Health Organization's Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD). Students are also trained to use various psychological and mental examination tests, such as the MMPI multifaceted personality test, the Rorschach test, the TAT subject understanding test, and various mental abilities tests.
457657	School Counseling	3
This course deals with the nature, principles, importance, and functions of school psychological counselling, defining the school counseling problem, facilitating school educational processes as a goal of school counseling, the nature of the relationship between the school counselor, teachers, school administration, and parents, the school counselor?s relationship with students who suffer from psychological problems, and the psychological counselor?s interviews with students in need of guidance. , the nature of the counseling intervention, the roles of the school psychological counselor, the services he provides and the techniques he uses, and the diagnosis of student psychological problems.
457658	Advanced Statistics	3
This course aims to train students on advanced statistical methods used in scientific research. It covers advanced statistical methods such as: analysis of data obtained from multiple variables, general linear model, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), coding for discrete data, relationship between multiple regression and ANOVA, partial and semi-partial correlation, ANCOVA, introduction to time series analysis, and other non-parametric tests like Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis...etc. The course focuses on the applied aspects of using software packages.