1. Four Departments:

• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Social Sciences
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Educational Science

2.The Center of Research for Peace and Development

Degrees Awarded

The Faculty grants the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Arts (3 years).
• Masters (2 years).
• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology and Educational Science.

If you are open and curious by nature, if you are not contented with beliefs; if you apply your analytical skills and critical mind to the important questions of our time, if you would like to develop your general culture and argumentation capacities and if you imagine a carrier in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments where analytical and thinking competences are of a value, we invite you to check the program offered by the Department of Philosophy.

The philosophical formation appeals to you and offers you the mean to develop a profound dynamic reflection about the man and the world.

Objectives

Philosophical education is addressed to persons who wish to cultivate the art of developing deep, committed and dynamic thought, on the subject of Man and the world.
The general themes of this thought which constitute the basics of the program are the following:

• The greatest moments in eastern and Arab thought,
• The greatest moments in Western thought,
• The truth of Man,
• The evolution of sciences,
• The truth of art,
• Religious expression,
• The questions raised by humanity.

Prospects

Philosophical studies open up the possibilities to teach finals classes in schools as well as at university for Philosophy MA and Doctorate holders.It also opens the door to various careers in the fields of research, mass media, politics…

If you have questions about globalization, you want to fight inequality, conduct collective actions, manage middle eastern policies and organize cultural centers; if you would like to conduct a leading edge research in social sciences, if you want to thoroughly understand and be involved in your society, if you would like to accede the new Mediterranean space and participate in the development of the Mediterranean identity and share knowledge equally, the Department of Social Sciences offers you a renewed program comprising a general education in economic, social and political sciences as well as a specific training in sociology, communication sciences, in addition to social and economic administration.

Objectives

Within the framework of a multidisciplinary education in the Social Sciences, the Department has three aims particularly in mind:

• to initiate the student into sociological analysis through the acquisition of the basic concepts and of the specialized knowledge bearing on the various phenomena and social activities to be observed within collectivities, organizations, and political and religious institutions as well as the family;
• to initiate the student into economic analysis through the acquisition of the basic concepts of economic and specialized knowledge concerning socio-economic policy and development;
• to initiate the student into research in the field of the social sciences through the acquisition of a knowledge of statistical, demographic, epistemological and methodological skills.

Prospects

The holder of a BA in Social Sciences is enriched by the experience he/she gains during the training that is included in the curriculum. He/she is prepared to:

• Occupy an administrative position related to evaluation and planning in the field of Socioeconomic action and policy both in the public and the private sector;
• Teach Sociology and Economics in secondary classes at school;
• Perform studies on the opinion or the environment or representations in polling institutes to the benefit of private companies, territorial communities, public associations or bodies, specialised professional observatories or communications and public relations departments in public or private companies.

The holder of a research Masters degree and a Ph.D. can work in college teaching as well as in research within labs or specialised centres.

The holder of a vocational Masters degree becomes a professional who is capable of intervening in the field of conceiving and realising various types of qualitative and quantitative studies, such as studies on organisational change and studies on social climate in Human Resource Management Departments. Such studies are possible within major private enterprises, vocational groups, consular chambers, public institutions, territorial communities, national associations or non-governmental bodies. The professions concerned are those of chargé of sociological studies or responsible for sociological studies.

Objectives

The psychology degree which extends over three years results in a General Psychology BA Degree. The second cycle offers a specialized education in psychology over two years and includes three options:

• Clinical Psychology
  Clinical Psychology is concerned with the psychological functioning of a person as member in a given group or culture.
  It is also concerned as much with normal processes as with mental troubles from birth to old age.
• Work Psychology
  Work psychology aims at familiarizing the student with the work phenomena related to the various fields of his study.
  The education administered at the MA level, includes undergoing a great deal of training (clinical and psychological training courses; School Psychology training course; training course in Specialized Education; Work Psychology training course).
• Health Psychology: handicap, stress, trauma
  Health Psychology aims at providing students with a theoretical and methodological education, enabling them to conceive, direct and lead research in a field that is permanently evolving.
• School Psychology
  School psychology is aimed at training professional psychologists who are capable of analysing and understanding the difficulties with which children and teenagers are confronted during various school levels. It is also aimed at giving both teachers and parents indications with regard to the strategies that may serve as assistance and orientation means in an education environment.

Prospects

• Clinical Psychology Studies open up the possibilities to psychological practice in schools, clinics, rehabilitation and specialized education centers, or in hospitals.
• Work Psychology Studies enables involvement in firms (public or private organizations) in order to deal with problems related to work psychology: staff psychological evaluation, selection and recruitment, improvement of work conditions, professional training at work, etc…
• Health Psychology Studies facilitate a psychologist’s involvement in various health fields, and introduce specialists in new jobs created in different public and private sectors.
• The students will have the opportunity to work in different education networks or in institutions concerned with Medical Psychology as in hospitals, rest homes, rehabilitation centers etc as well as in public institutions.
• School psychology studies grant the student the title of “school psychologist”, whose field of action is found in education contexts.
• Another option in the world of work is psychology education in academic or secondary schools at the level of finals classes.
• University instruction is only open to PhD holders.
• Psychology Studies also enables access to a research job in laboratories or in scientific research centers.

The stakes
The world of education must cope with increasingly complex situations and major challenges. It’s therefore important that its actors have a proper cosmos to think about these stakes, promote new analysis and action models, renew their practices, and devise new projects. This cosmos is provided by the Department of Educational Science, which prepares the future actors in the world of education, the teachers, administrators and designers of educational systems and technological knowledge regarding education.

Objectives

This department aims at training across the different university cycles, many kinds of professionals in education: education managers, teachers of elementary cycles I and II, education technologies and researchers in Education Sciences.
In this context many training levels are available:
One year of common-core syllabus that educates the students at the Department in the fundamentals of university work and modern culture.
Two years of specialization in order to obtain a BA Degree (at the end of the 3rd year) in Education Sciences with an option in Elementary Education, French Didactics. After the BA the student can choose one of 3 options:

• Education Management
• Teaching at elementary cycles I and II: French Didactics
• Technology of Education

At least 5 years to complete one of the afore-mentioned options in the 1st and 2nd cycles.

• Elementary Education
  This option has the following goals:
  The education of specialized instructors who practice their skills in the 2 elementary education cycles and in their relative activities.
  The development of the student's personal culture in order to elaborate a critical synthesis of the knowledge and practices related to education, and to urge the learner to be an active partner in his/her education.
• Education Management
  The principal axes of this education are concerned with:
  The study of strategies and problems in Education Management.
  Acquiring the business skills required in the different branches of education and training.
• Technology of Education
  This course comprises the following options:
  An education in the evaluation, production and diffusion of the various educative tools and aids,
  An education of resource-persons who initiate education professionals in the use of teaching aids in their work.

Prospects

The holder of an Education Sciences Diploma, will be able to function in the following employment fields:

• Educational coordination in the primary cycles I and II;
• teaching at the elementary cycles I and II;
• the evaluation, production and diffusion of teaching aids in the various teaching domains in collaboration with the teachers concerned;
• School management in order to become responsible for a particular cycle, department or section.
• Work in educational software production societies;
• Research in Education Sciences.