The Bachelor of Psychology program Overview
The Bachelor of Psychology program at Dar Al -Hekma University has a rigorous curriculum that provides students with the scientific knowledge that would enhance their understanding of human behavior and enable them to apply that knowledge in real settings. The program has an engaging learning environment that fosters students' growth, integrity, and self-fulfillment. The curriculum is designed to help students become critical and creative thinkers and skillful researchers. Equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools, students will be empowered to offer excellent services to clients, be the catalyst for change in the community, and improve the field of psychology in Saudi Arabia.
The Bachelor of Psychology program Mission
Our mission is to graduate ethical and competent professionals to best serve and advance the field of psychology within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Bachelor of Psychology program Goals
- Provide solid intellectual and theoretical background in the science of psychology.
- Enhance the essential research methods and experimental design principles and practices.
- Offer opportunities to apply critical and creative thinking in solving problems related to behavior and mental processes in relevant settings.
- Reinforce relating psychological principles to individual, social, and organizational issues ethically and empirically.
- Provide training on effective communication skills and information technology in projects and research-related activities.
- Contribute to the advancement of the field of psychology in the Kingdom within the ethical principles and cultural traditions.
Why choose the Bachelor of Psychology program at Dar Al-Hekma University?
- Prepares students to specialize in any area of interest.
- Offers innovative courses not offered in other universities in the Kingdom.
- Offers opportunities to conduct, analyze, use, and participate in ongoing psychological research.
- Most faculty members of the program are practitioners in the field.
- Strengthens students’ knowledge of their future career options and gives them training for their next career choices.
- Provides students with a foundation of knowledge valued in a wide range of professions, such as law, human resources, business, and medicine as well as many other fields.
Bachelor of Psychology program Admission Requirements
Programs
| TOEFL Score
| Required Certificate Percentage
| Qudurat Test Score
| Othe Admission Requirement
|
|---|
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
| 500
| 80%
| 65%
| None
|
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Bachelor of Psychology program Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
Knowledge
- Describe the main theoretical and empirical approaches as well as the historical development of various disciplines within the field of psychology.
- Explain key concepts, principles, and common themes in the various disciplines indicated by the five APA pillars within the field of psychology.
- Communication, Information Technology & Numerical
- Conduct a research study about a selected psychological topic using quantitative or qualitative research methods and the needed electronic resources.
- Communicate, orally and in writing, psychological content while effectively using information technology and applying the APA style.
Skills
- Demonstrate ethical attitude and stance toward research findings and real-life problems following the APA ethical standards.
- Employ critical and creative thinking skills to discuss, evaluate, and critique the findings of research studies about crucial psychology-related topics.
- Interpersonal Skills & Responsibility.
- Debate critically and ethically crucial questions, concerns, and issues in contemporary psychology.
- Discuss work-related psychological practices and principles in the various disciplines within the field of psychology.
Values
- Value empirical evidence and tolerate ambiguity while searching for a greater understanding of behavior and knowledge structures.
- Act ethically and professionally.
- Understand the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity.
- Reflect other values that are the underpinnings of psychology as a discipline.
Bachelor of Psychology program Plan of Study
|
Year One |
|---|
|
Semester – Fall |
Semester – Spring |
|---|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
HPSY 1301
| Introduction of Psychology
| 3
| HPSY 1304
| Social Psychology | 3 |
HPSY 1302
| Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | HPSY 1305
| Psychology of Aging
| 3 |
HPSY 1303
| Introduction to Fundamentals of Psychology | 3 | HPSY 1306
| Cognitive Psychology
| 3 |
COMM 1301
| Communication Skills I
| 3 | COMM 1302
| Communication Skills II
| 3
|
ICTC 1301
| Information and Communication
| 3 | ARAB XXXX
| Arabic Studies
| 3 |
| BBBF 1101 | Basic Body and
Brain Fitness | 1
| | | |
|
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
|
Year Two |
|---|
|
Semester – Fall |
Semester – Spring |
|---|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
HPSY 2301
| Learning & Behavior
| 3 | HPSY 2305
| Introduction to Clinical Psychology
| 3
|
HPSY 2302
| Biological Basis of Human Behavior
| 3 | HPSY 2306
| Moral Psychology
| 3 |
HPSY 2303
| Educational Psychology
| 3 | HPSY 2307
|
Behavioral Neuroscience
| 3 |
HPSY 2304
| Theories of Personality
| 3
| HPSY 2308
| Statistics in Psychology
| 3 |
ISLS XXXX
| Islamic Studies
| 3
| ARAB XXXX
| Arabic Studies
| 3
|
XXXX XXXX
| Required General Ed Electives (HUMN, NASC, SBSC)
| 3 | ITAI 1201
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
| 2
|
|
Total Credit Hours |
18 |
Total Credit Hours |
17 |
|
Year Three |
|---|
|
Semester – Fall |
Semester – Spring |
|---|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours
|
HPSY 3301
| Dependency and society
| 3
| HPSY 3305
| Psychological Tests
| 3 |
HPSY 3302
| Cognitive Neuroscience
| 3 | HSPY 3306
| Ethics in Psychology
| 3 |
HPSY 3303
|
Introduction to Counseling
| 3
| HPSY 3307
| Environmental Psychology
| 3 |
HPSY 3304
| Psychological Assessment and Measurement
| 3 | HPSY 3308
| Abnormal Psychology
| 3 |
XXXX XXXX
|
Required General Education
Electives (HUMN, NASC,SBSC)
|
| XXXX XXXX
| Free Elective
| 3
|
|
|
| ENTR 3301
| Entrepreneurship and Design Thinking
| 3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Total Credit Hours |
18 |
|
Year Four |
|---|
|
Semester – Fall |
Semester – Spring |
|---|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit
Hours
|
HPSY 4401
| Internship
| 4
| HPSY 4302
| Direct Research Project
| 3 |
HPSY 4301
| Research Methods in Psychology
| 3 | HSPY XXXX
| Program Elective II
| 3 |
HPSY XXXX
| Program Elective I
| 3
| HPSY XXXX
| Program Elective III
| 3 |
XXXX XXXX
| Free Elective
| 3 | ISLS XXXX
| Islamic Studies
| 2
|
ISLS XXXX
|
Islamic Studies
|
2
| ARTS xxxx
| Arts and Design
| 2
|
EMOI 1201
| Emotional Intelligence
| 3
| | | |
|
Total Credit Hours 18 |
|
Total Credit Hours 13 | |
Bachelor of Psychology program Career Prospects
The program equips students with the necessary skills that qualify them for a variety of career paths/jobs in the market including, but not limited to:
- Vocational training teacher
- Healthcare facility administrator
- Advertising sales
- Market research analyst
- Occupational analyst
- Patient resources
- Career/employment counselor
- Personnel recruiter
- Caseworker
- Employment interviewer
- Victims' advocate
- Child development specialist
- Preschool teacher
- Child welfare/placement caseworker
- Coach psychiatric aide/attendant
- Community organization psychiatric worker
- Community worker
- Psychosocial rehabilitation
- Department manager
- Disability policy worker
- Social services aide
- Disability case manager
-
Substance abuse counselor
