Description
Vision: The vision of the division stems from the vision of the Department of Psychology to provide the students of the Mental Health Division 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-
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 field of mental health, through encouraging scientific studies in the psychological field, represented by training, codification, and application of psychological tests.
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 tests, interpret their scores, and methods for preparing them.
4. Developing students’ skills in using different statistical methods to process and analyze some results and data related to psychological issues.
5. Providing students with the theoretical and organizational aspects of various aspects of learning, psychological counseling, and psychological development.
6- Providing students with some concepts related to special education and how to deal with some groups of people with special needs.
7. Contribution of faculty members in the department to scientific research activities to better contribute to developing their performance.
8. 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 institutes, universities, clinics, factories, and the public and private sectors.
Outcomes
After completing the program, the graduate can become a psychotherapist in a psychiatric hospital
Certificate Rewarded
Bachelor of Arts - Specialization in Mental Health
Entry Reuirements
The student must have completed a high school diploma.
To be healthy
To have good conduct and conduct
To pass the entrance examination
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 10 units of general subjects, and 50 major units
Study plan for this program is shown below:
1st Semester
Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
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1301 | General 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.
1445 | 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.
1450 | 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 |
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001455 | The Basics of 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.
Elective Subjects
Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
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005309 | Learning Difficulties | 03 | 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.
2321 | History of Education | 02 | Compulsory | + |
007311 | 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.).
006505 | Cognitive Psychology | 03 | 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).
006301 | Psychological Tests | 03 | 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.
005455 | English Terminologies | 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.
001441 | Physiology | 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.
005303 | Psychology of Groups Especial | 03 | 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).
005301 | Theories of personalities | 03 | 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 .
004307 | 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.
003321 | 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.
003315 | 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.
003307 | Psychology of Adolescenc | 02 | Compulsory | + |
This course deals with the concept, nature, characteristics and theories of adolescence and its problems, and knowledge of the stages of sexual development, emotional development, social development and mental development, in order to guide and control behavior during this stage.
002305 | Social Psychology | 02 | Compulsory | + |