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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology was established in 1990 along with a number of Human Sciences Department in the Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences. The Department offers a four-year program of studies leading top Bachelor of Human Sciences with Honors in Psychology, and a Masters program which began in September 1996.
FUNCTIONS AND FACILITIES
The Department of Psychology undertakes various activities such as teaching, research, continuing education, consultancies and psychological services including counseling. The department also offers postgraduate programs in Counseling & Clinical Psychology and in Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
The Department of Psychology has the following facilities for students and faculty: 1. A psychology laboratory for experimental research in psycho-physiology , learning and perception. 2. A psychology laboratory for psychodiagnostic and clinical assessment. 3. A center or psychological services, which includes counseling and psychotherapy. 4. A computer lab for administration, research and experimental work and quantitative analysis.
B.H.Sc. (Hons) PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
A. Major in Psychology
In order to obtain a Bachelor of Human Science degree from the Department of Psychology students must complete no less than 128 credit hours (130 for Malaysian students) as follows:
1.COURSES IN MAJOR: A minimum of 54 credit hours in psychology.
2. COURSES IN MINOR: Students majoring in psychology must minor in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and heritage by taking a minimum of 27 credit hours in the field of Revealed Knowledge and Heritage.
3. KULLIYAH REQUIREMENTS: As Kulliyah requirement students must study all 6 introductory courses in human sciences. Introduction to Psychology is considered part of the major courses. The 5 other courses constitute 15 credit hours.
4.LANGUAGES: Students must be proficient in English and Arabic. Foreign students should have a working knowledge of Bahasa Malaysia, while Malaysian students are expected to enhance proficiency in this language. The Malaysian students are required to take a minimum of 10 credit hours in language courses (Bahasa Malysia-2 cr hr, English-8 cr hr). Foreign students are required to take a minimum of 8 cr hr of Advanced English. They are also required to take two courses in Bahasa Malaysia, which do not carry any credit. All students must take courses in Arabic language which are no credited.
5. SUPPORTING COURSES: A minimum of 12 credit hours in support of the major is to be selected with the help of the academic advisor from the list of courses specified by the department.
5. ELECTIVE COURSES: A minimum of 12 credit hours which a students is free to select as elective courses according to his/her own choice in consultation with the Academic Advisor. However, a student may select these from the list of courses approved by the department.
CORE COURSES
A student majoring in Psychology must complete the following core courses of 33 credit hours. All courses are of 3 hrs, unless specifically stated.
PSYC 1000 Introduction to Psychology PSYC 1030 Islam and Psychology PSYC 2030 Fundamentals of Behavioral Statistics PSYC 2210 Psychology of Personality PSYC 2250 Experimental Method in Psychology:2cr hr PSYC 2310 Introduction to Physiological Psychology PSYC 2410 Social Psychology PSYC 2425 Experimental Psychology:Practicum 1:1 cr hr, 2 contact hr (pre-requisite PSYC 2310) PSYC 3050 Test and Measurement (pre-requisite PSYC 2030) PSYC 3310 Abnormal Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 2050) PSYC 3570 Research and Methods in Psychology (per-requisite PSYC 2030) PSYC 3650 Cognitive Psychology
OPTIONAL COURSES
21 credit hours are to be selected in consultation with the Academic Advisor, from the following courses:
PSYC 1050 Child Psychology PSYC 1060 Adolescent Psychology PSYC 1310 Developmental Psychology PSYC 2110 History of Psychology PSYC 2510 Psychology of Adjustment PSYC 2570 Research and Report Writing : 1 cr hr PSYC 2620 Psychology of Learning PSYC 2625 Educational Psychology PSYC 2630 Psychology of Interpersonal Relations PSYC 3010 Comparative Psychology PSYC 3025 Computing and Statistics I Psychology PSYC 3040 Quantitative Methods in Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 2030) PSYC 3350 Clinical Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 3310) PSYC 3510 Principles of Guidance and Counseling (pre-requisite PSYC 2210) PSYC 3520 Theories of Vocational Counseling (pre-requisite PSYC 3510) PSYC 3550 Industrial & Organizational Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 2410) PSYC 3700 Health Psychology PSYC 3710 Motivation and Emotion PSYC 3750 Group Dynamics (pre-requisite PSYC 2410) PSYC 3925 Data Analysis 1 : Practicum PSYC 3950 Test Administration Practicum (pre-requisite PSYC 3050) PSYC 4150 Current Issues in psychology PSYC 4250 Cross-Cultural Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 2410) PSYC 4410 Political Psychology PSYC 4510 Personnel Psychology (pre-requisite PSYC 3050) PSYC 4450 Human Creativity PSYC 4570 Research Project PSYC 4610 Theories of Learning PSYC 4620 Theories of Motivation PSYC 4650 Psychology of Communication PSYC 4750 Environmental psychology PSYC 4910 Psychological Studies among early Muslim Scholars PSYC 4911 Undergraduate Practicum PSYC 4990 Independent Studies
Note: Unless otherwise specified all courses, other than PSYC 1000 Introduction to psychology, have a pre-requisite of PSYC 1000. Additional pre-requisites are shown against each course.
B. MINOR COURSES
Psychology majors must complete at least 27 credit hours of courses from the Department of Revealed Knowledge and heritage. Students are advised to take most of these courses in Arabic in order to complete the University requirement. The University requirement is that every student has to complete 20%-40% of his total credit hours in courses taught in Arabic Language. This is also advisable if the students intends to do double major.
The following 3 courses are compulsory for all students minoring in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage:
* Science of Al-Quran 1 * Sciences of Hadith 1 * Islamic Da'wah
Two(2) courses are to be chosen from each group A, B and C:
Group A: * Islamic Aqidah 1 * Islamic Ethics 1 * Introduction to Fiqh *Contemporary Islamic Thought
Group B: *Early Ummah *Biography of the Prophet *Man in the Quran and Sunnah *Tauhid and Methodology in Human Sciences
Group C: Two(2) courses are to be chosen from those offered by the IRKH department in consultation with the Academic Advisor.
SUPPORTING AND ELECTIVE COURSES
All Psychology majors may choose their supporting requirements (12 credit hours) and elective (12 credit hours) from the courses prescribed for this purpose by the departmemnt from time to time. The following is a partial list of such courses. The students must obtain the permission of their Advisors before selkecting the courses.
During the course, a student who achieves a CGPA of 3.5 or above will be placed in the Dean's List of honor and achieving a CGPA of 3.7 or above will be placed in the Rector's Honor List, provided that his/her load is not less than 15 credit hours in the previous semester.
DOUBLE MAJOR
A psychology major student who has succesfully completed a Bachelor of Human Science is elligible to get another degree in his minor field of study, if he/she studies further for another academic year and fulfills all the requirements of a regular undergraduate degree program.
A student of IRKH minoring in Psychology may also major in Psychology provided he completes the requirements of the department. This would usually require one additional year of study.
B. MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY
All IRKH majors who intend to minor in Psychology are required to take 27 credit hours in the Department of Psychology. The following four courses (3 cr hr each) are compolsory:
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