Educational Habilitation Diploma (EDUC)

About the program
Program rules
Program courses
Academic staff

The education sector is specialized in the educational sciences and their implementations. Completing its tasks, it also benefits from other sciences, especially psychology. As for the current and future vision of the education sector, the sector is a growing one whose tasks are increasing and evolving especially in preparing tutors, its roles are increasing in the educational and inclusive development of the Syrian Arab Community as well. In addition, its adequacy, quality, and modernity are growing when spreading and investing educational knowledge and techniques in relation to teaching, conducting research and preparing the human resources for life and work as well as providing educational and psychological services to the community. The EDUC program also seeks to be a pioneer of the E-learning process in the region to qualify the human resources in a manner consistent with the global academic professional levels and responsive to the needs of the labor market.

Program objective:

After successfully completing the program and obtaining the certificate, the student is expected to demonstrate good knowledge and skills (general, teaching-related) in terms of the following:

Having knowledge and understanding of basic theories as well as pedagogical and psychological concepts.

Being able to use appropriate teaching methods and modern educational technologies in teaching.
Having theoretical knowledge and mastering practical subject-related methods concerning teaching and having the ability to join both of them.
Being able to use educational measurement and evaluation methods.
Having the appropriate intellectual skills that allow the teacher to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Having proficiency in research methods, survey and computer skills.
Demonstrating the educational and professional values needed for teaching and the good attitudes and behavior of a good citizenship.
Having the ability of continuous and lifelong selflearning.
Having a broad vision in terms of tackling teaching situations and taking appropriate decisions.
Providing learners with life skills that enhance their personal and social development.
Determining the educational needs of students according to priority.

Registration

he student can apply to the EDUC program if he/she fulfills the following condition:

He/she must have a university degree from one of the public or private universities recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education, or from universities accepted by the Council of Scientific Affairs and approved by the University Council.

Studying duration

The duration of the study in the EDUC program is one academic year, and the maximum period of studying for each student in the EDUC program is two years, after which the student shall be expelled if he/she has not passed all of the requested courses.

Costs and Fees

SVU studying fees and costs by term

Success and graduation conditions

The student is considered to have passed in the Diploma and can obtain a certificate of the Educational Habilitation Diploma when passing all the requested courses (i.e. the student must get the passing grade in all the requested courses) and meeting the following conditions)

1- Studying the EDUC program at the university must not exceed two years.

2- The student must pass all the requested courses.

Courses list:

The program contains twenty two courses, (fourteen of which are compulsory, and eight are elective). Compulsory courses are divided into seven courses in the first semester and seven courses in the second semester, in addition to four elective courses in each semester as shown in the table below:
Compulsory and Elective Courses of the EDUC Diploma Program:

Core Courses(Compulsory)
Course Name	Course Code	Pre-studied Courses	Number of Accredited Units	Course Name	Course Code	Pre-studied Courses	Number of Accredited Units
Education Technology	CET	-		Comparative Education	CCE	-
Educational Curricula	CEC	-		Educational Psychology	CEP	-
Measurement and Evaluation in Modern Education	CME	-		Developmental Psychology	CDP	-
General Methods of Teaching	CMT	-		General Education and Philosophy of Education	CGE	-
Special Methods of Teaching	-	-		Mental Health	CMH	-
Computer Skills	ICDL	-		Practical Education	CTP	(Prerequisite: Special Methods of Teaching and General Methods of Teaching
Introduction to E-learning	GBS103	-		Project	PRO	(Prerequisite: Passing or registering for all compulsory courses)
Elective Courses
School Counseling	ESC	-		Special Needs Education	ESE	-
Thinking Skills Teaching	ETT	-		Modern Educational Trends	EME	-
E-learning	EEL	-		Scientific Education	ECS	-
Computer and Internet Learning	CCL	-		School and Classroom Management	CSM	-

These courses are taught in two semesters per year, where the student must study the compulsory courses, and one elective course per semester.

Practical Education and Graduation Project:

The practical education course is as follows:

1- Practical education consists of two aspects - theoretical one based on citing examples of applying teaching skills in the classroom, and practical one applied in schools where the teacher undertakes actual teaching.

2- The applied aspects of this course occur at the beginning of the first and second semester in accordance with the academic calendar of the Ministry of Education in the Syrian Arab Republic.

3- The theoretical part of the practical education is assessed by an approved theoretical test.

The distribution of the total score of the course is as follows: 40% of the total score is allocated for the theoretical test, and 60% for the practical part, provided that the teaching student does not score below 20 marks in the theoretical test and 30 marks in the applied part. Besides, the student’s passing mark in the practical education course is 50 (fifty) marks.

As for the graduation project, it contains an organized set of documents that provides some evidence and proof on the adequacy of the teaching student in terms of teaching-related cognitive aspects, trends, and skills.

That is, it is a collection of work forms by the teaching student showing their efforts, skills, potential, accomplishments and contributions towards their students, colleagues, the institution in which they work and the academic system. The final grade of the project (100 marks) is distributed according to what is shown in the following table:

Distribution of project grades in the educational qualification diploma:

Content	Grade
The problem, importance, goals of the project and preparation of the project plan	20
Research methodology used in the project and its tools	15
Information and data collection as well as the practical implementation of the project	15
Analyzing and statistically processing data	15
Writing a project report, its external design, and its electronic presentation	15
Employing theoretical courses and practical experiences of the student in the project and the level of creativity and innovation shown in the project	20
Total grade of the project	100