Bachelor in

University of Tripoli - Department of psychology

Description

To see: The department’s vision stems from the college’s vision to provide students of the department in its two branches (school psychologist - mental health) with the necessary skills to prepare qualified cadres who contribute to community service in the fields of scientific research and raising the level of psychological well-being.

The message: Contributing to the dissemination and localization of psychological sciences at the theoretical and applied levels, while emphasizing the importance of the role of the psychologist in developing society’s institutions and meeting its needs by supplying it with specialists in the fields of the school labor market and mental health, by encouraging scientific studies in the psychological field, represented by training, codification and application.

Objectives

1- Developing the scientific content of the courses taught by the department through continuous reviews and updating so that it takes into account the latest developments in the specialty on the one hand and is compatible with Libyan society on the other hand. 

2. Providing students with the necessary psychological knowledge necessary for them in their future lives, in accordance with the nature of their specializations.

3. Providing students with some skills related to how to prepare, codify and apply psychological and achievement tests and interpret their scores and methods for preparing them. 

4- Providing students with the theoretical and organizational aspects of various aspects of learning, psychological counseling, and psychological development.  

5. Giving students some concepts related to special groups and how to deal with some groups of people with special needs. 

6. Contribution of faculty members in the department to scientific research activities to better contribute to developing their performance.  

7. Ensure the achievement of continuous professional and academic development for students in the department.  

9. Preparing psychologists to work in various functional fields represented in schools, institutes, universities, clinics and factories.

Outcomes

A psychologist who is qualified, cognitively and professionally, to work in psychological institutions and centers.  

Striving to spread psychological culture and knowledge and provide psychological services to relevant community institutions in order to achieve sustainable development, in accordance with Arab, regional and international standards, and excellence and leadership in the psychological field, academically, research and professionally.  

Working to spread and develop psychological knowledge, which contributes to building a modern, advanced society.

Certificate Rewarded

Bachelor’s degree in the School Psychologist and Mental Health divisions

Entry Reuirements

1- The student must have completed a high school diploma.

2- The student must be healthy.

3- To pass the admission examination determined by the department

Study Plan

The Bachelor in prepares students to qualify for Bachelor in . The student studies several subjects which have been carefully chosen in this major to cover its different aspects.

It comprises 8 Semesters of study, in which the student will study a total of 130 units, which include 24 units of general subjects, and 106 major units

Study plan for this program is shown below:

1st Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00101 Introduction to psychology 02 Compulsory +

Providing the student with general concepts of psychology to prepare him in the future to study various psychology topics. The course also aims to link psychology with daily life experiences, as its study is useful in understanding behavior and the mental processes behind it: its motives, dynamics, and effects, a practical study on the basis of which different patterns of behavior can be predicted.And control, direct and control it.

00505 Foundations of educational curricula 02 Compulsory +

The course aims to shed light on the concept of the curriculum, its elements, and its historical development·It seeks to help the student become familiar with the most important schools of thought, the general foundations of curricula, and the most important types and organizations of educational curricula.

00507 Contemporary educational administration 02 Compulsory +

This course introduces the student to the concept of administration and its general implications in human thought. It also deals with the concept of educational administration (educational and school). The course is also concerned with educational leadership, authority, and human relations in administration, in addition to the productive capacity in educational work, and the components of educational administration.

00305 The Basics of Scientific Research 02 Compulsory +

This course dealt with the concept of research, science, and knowledge and their sources, the steps of scientific research, and methods of collecting data.

00202 Descriptive Statistics 02 Compulsory +

The course focuses on the concept of statistics and descriptive statistics and its importance in the field of education and psychology, and familiarity with methods of organizing and displaying data, as well as familiarity with measures of central tendency and their calculation, and measures of dispersion and their calculation, with the aim of applying descriptive statistics tools in the field of education and psychology.

2nd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00301 History of Education 02 Compulsory +

The course includes the concept of educational psychology, scientific knowledge of motivation and its importance for learning, and learning about the goals of educational psychology ,And educational objectives.

00306 Institutional management 02 General +

The course describes management concerns in terms of: their definition, types, levels, factors influencing the management of institutions, and the functions of managing educational institutions: planning, organization, decision-making, control, training, communication, educational guidance, and the standards and foundations of managing successful educational institutions, and studying some Administrative problems facing psychologists in educational institutions and psychological centers

00503 Inferential statistics 02 Compulsory +

The course dealt with the concept of the moderate distribution/curve and its characteristics, non-moderate distributions, as well as the concept of standard and modified standard scores and their calculation, and touched on the concept of regression and finding the equation of the regression line, and some methods of comparing averages.

00103 Introduction to sociology 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the definition of sociology, its origins, its goals, its importance, the most important problems it faces, the fields in which it is concerned, and the relationship between the individual and society. It also introduces the most important founding scholars of sociology. It discusses the social structure and its components. It also deals with some social terminology, from a social psychological perspective.

3rd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00302 Psychology terminology 02 Compulsory +

This course seeks to provide the student with some terms in the English language related to the field of psychology in its various branches, by identifying, exploring, and using them through texts and excerpts in English, while providing him with the skill of using dictionaries and translating some parts on various topics from the fields of psychology, such as: general psychology, principles of education, and measurement.Evaluation, mental processes, etc.

00303 Human Relations 02 Compulsory +

The course deals with the concept of human relations and their emasculation, its role and importance in the educational field, social interaction, the causes of the deterioration of human relations in institutions, methods of dealing between people and their interaction in society, exposure to the concept of motivation and its impact on human relations, the importance of communication and its administrative methods, and communication in the Qur’an, recitation, hearing, and hadith.

00304 Social Psychology 02 Compulsory +

00403 Evaluation of Measurement 02 Compulsory +

This course focuses on providing the student with the basic concepts in the field of educational and psychological measurement and evaluation, and forming a structure of knowledge among the specialized student about issues related to educational and psychological measurement and evaluation, and providing him with the skill of preparing and constructing an achievement test in accordance with the correct scientific foundations, and introducing him to the most important psychometric characteristics that should be distinguished.

00405 Individual differences 02 Compulsory +

This course includes the concept of individual differences, their types, and their biological, demographic, and environmental causes that affect growth, personality formation, and the educational process, the historical development of the study of individual differences, the importance of studying them, and methods for measuring them.

4th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00401 Introduction to educational guidance and counseling 02 Compulsory +

This course describes the subject of psychological guidance and counseling in terms of its concept, origin, importance, foundations and postulates from which this process begins, the information necessary for the psychological counseling process, the concept of mental health and how the individual reaches psychological compatibility, in addition to presenting the subject of school guidance - play guidance - marital guidance.

00402 Psychology of childhood and adolescence 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the concepts related to human development in its various aspects, the factors affecting the development of the child and adolescent, the problems that plague the stages of childhood and adolescence, using sound scientific methods in dealing with the problems of childhood and adolescence.

00404 Philosophy of education 02 Compulsory +

his course describes the educational process from a philosophical point of view, and explains the importance of the role of educational institutions, and helps students train and feel the importance of the educational process. It is also a science that describes and explains the impact of philosophical systems on the educational reality and the impact of philosophical processes on the individual’s personality and upbringing. Among its most important objectives are defining the social reality in education, determining the goals of community education, applying philosophical concepts in the educational field, studying the relationships between the educational system based on social interaction and other social systems, and studying the individual human being when he enters with another human being in educational institutions and in the relationships and dealings of humanity and his interaction with systems. approved by society.

00408 psychological guidance 02 Compulsory +

This course describes the subject of psychological guidance and counseling in terms of its concept, origin, importance, foundations and postulates from which this process begins, the information necessary for the psychological counseling process, the concept of mental health and how the individual reaches psychological compatibility, in addition to presenting the subject of school guidance - play guidance - marital guidance.

5th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00509 Environmental psychology 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the foundations upon which the relationship between behavior and the environment is based, the theoretical foundations for interpreting the relationship between behavior and the environment, environmental perception and the psychological attitude towards the environment, in addition to determining the impact of the environment on human behavior.

00504 Psychological and educational tests 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the historical development of psychological tests and mental abilities, their objectives, limitations, and advantages, identifying the types of psychological tests, their application, interpretation, and evaluation, linking them to theories, and taking into account scientific, technical, and ethical considerations when applying these tests to subjects.

000511 Guidance for special groups 02 Compulsory +

This course includes the definition of disability with a historical presentation of the development of psychological and medical care services for those groups, the classification and cognitive, psychological, behavioral and social characteristics of each group, the causes and methods of prevention, special needs and their care, with an explanation of the role of the educational psychologist in guiding people with special groups and their families. The course also includes:Mentally superior people (including excellence, talent, and creativity).

6th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00407 Educational technology 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the concept of educational technology and its importance in teaching and learning, the concept of educational means and the stages of their development, defining the importance of using the Internet and its role in teaching and learning, and presenting the most important modern trends in teaching and learning.

00602 Mental Health 02 Compulsory +

This course contributes to providing the student with information about the concept of mental health, psychological adaptation and harmony, psychological illness and psychological needs, means of psychological defense, established psychiatric diseases and their types, psychotic diseases, their causes and methods of treatment, and the role of the school psychologist as a guide to the student’s psychological problems.

00608 Contemporary theories in management 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the concept of theory, its role in educational administration, and its importance for the educational administrator, as well as a comparison of contemporary theories in systems management and their impact on the behavior of individuals and groups, versus probabilistic theories. The course also examines the development of educational administration and education strategies, and the definition of the challenges facing educational administration locally.

7th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00705 Personality psychology 02 Compulsory +

This course contributes to providing students with theoretical and practical information about, in-depth understanding and applied skills related to the concept of personality, by presenting the most important and diverse scientific theories that deal with personality, and focusing on the knowledge and information that the educational psychologist needs in his field of work, in addition to providing him with effective skills to apply and interpret standards Personal .

00709 Professional psychology 02 Elective +

This course deals with introducing students to the concept of industrial psychology and its objectives, enabling them to understand the methods of psychological and professional compatibility in the field of work, and the ability to apply some methods of measuring psychological and professional compatibility, as well as introducing students to the psychology of management and industrial organization.

00708 Field Exercises 02 Compulsory +

This course is considered a basic requirement for the student’s graduation, and through it the student works for a specific period of time in one of the government or private institutions, and the student is trained to deal with cases of those suffering from psychological or developmental disorders by visiting centers for special groups, in application of the knowledge that the students received during Theoretical lectures.

00707 Research hall 02 Compulsory +

The course focuses on introducing the student to methods for formulating the problem, formulating scientific hypotheses for the problem, understanding samples and their types, and how to write the final research report.

00704 Leadership and education 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the concept of educational leadership, its foundation, its relationship with educational administration, its role in educational institutions, the factors influencing educational leadership, theories of educational leadership, the procedural fields of educational leadership, its contemporary applications, types of educational leadership, the characteristics of a successful educational leader, and contemporary trends in educational leadership.

00703 Physiological psychology 02 Compulsory +

This course aims to introduce the student to the sense organs, nerves, glands, and muscles from a physiological standpoint and their impact on psychological activity and the psychological and mental state in decisiveness. It also addresses the subject of the central nervous system, the nerve cell, the divisions of the nervous system, the endocrine glands, psychosomatic diseases, sensory functions, and the psychophysiological foundations of mental and psychological processes.

00702 Comparative Education 02 Compulsory +

This course describes comparative education, its development, its most prominent pioneers, the factors influencing educational systems, the problems facing researchers in it, and an overview of the leading educational systems and comparing them to the education system in Libya, by training students to make comparisons between two educational systems with the aim of identifying similarities and differences between them and issuing judgments and results.The final outcome of the comparison between them, focusing on a specific stage.

00601 Experimental Psychology 02 Elective +

This course deals with introducing the importance of the experimental method and its role in the development of psychology, introducing the scientific method and its characteristics, and how to design experiments and pioneering experimental studies in the field of psychology. It also deals with a brief presentation of the studies that paved the way for the emergence of experimental psychology.

8th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
00801 Cognitive Psychology 02 Elective +

This course focuses on providing the student with knowledge about the historical development of cognitive psychology, the formation of information, language, thinking, innovation, and cognitive methods. Obtaining information about mental processes (attention - forgetting - remembering - imagining), revealing theories explaining several mental processes (attention - forgetting).

00805 Learning Difficulties 02 Compulsory +

This course aims to provide the student with information about learning difficulties in terms of their definition, importance, historical development of their study, models and theories explaining them, the physical, psychological and social characteristics of this category, the causes and factors contributing to learning difficulties, their classification (developmental - academic), their diagnosis, their causes and their treatment.

00806 Behavior analysis and modification 02 Compulsory +

The course covers the concept of analyzing and modifying behavior, its origins and development, some basic terms and concepts for analyzing and modifying normal behavior, methods for identifying the target behavior and the basic steps in the process of modifying behavior, in addition to methods for measuring behavior, and addressing theories and methods related to modifying behavior.

00807 Field Exercises 04 Compulsory +

This course deals with applications of psychological educational counseling techniques and the use of its tools, including applying psychological tests, conducting interviews, case studies, and designing programs and guidance plans.

00808 Graduation Project 02 Compulsory +

This course deals with the application of research methods in issues of educational psychological counseling in its various fields (educational psychology, positive psychology, psychological disorders, developmental psychology, etc.).