About the program and its main topics
The Bachelor Program in Counseling and Mental Health was established with the establishment of the Faculty of Educational Sciences in the academic year 1972/1973, and the study plan of the program consists of 132 credit hours divided into (27) university requirements, (27) college requirements, and (78) specialization requirements, and the study subjects are distributed between compulsory and elective requirements and (12) hours of field training that fall under the compulsory specialization subjects, and the basic topics of the program are based on: The basics and principles of psychological and educational counseling, as well as the principles of psychological and educational measurement, as well as dealing with students' problems, methods of addressing them, and methods of communication in counseling. This program explains in the courses offered through it the types of counseling: such as preventive counseling, school counseling, and rehabilitative counseling, as well as psychological stress courses and expressive activities in counseling, and at the end of the specialization subjects, the student is expected to complete field training in counseling in the final semester of graduation.
Program Vision
A high-level program that is respected for its pioneering role in preparing scientifically renowned mentors and teachers in Jordan and the Arab region.
Program Mission
The program provides knowledge, information, and educational and training resources that are commensurate with the needs of the local and Arab community by providing students with advanced knowledge in the field of counseling and mental health to be able to understand and interpret the psychological life of human beings and how behavior is formed, and provide them with basic knowledge related to counseling methods and strategies and competencies necessary to apply them in the field.
Program Objectives
1. Providing the student with basic knowledge in the field of psychological and educational counseling to be able to understand and interpret the psychological life of a person and how behavior is formed.
2. Providing the student with basic knowledge related to counseling and therapeutic methods and strategies and their theoretical foundations.
3. Providing the student with the skills and competencies necessary to implement the counseling process and apply it in the field.
4. Providing the student with logical thinking skills by training him to analyze and interpret human behavior.
5. Providing the student with the adequacy of employing guiding concepts to suit the cultural reality of the community.
6. Preparing competitive graduates in the local and regional labor market.
7. Prepare counselors who are able to solve psychological and behavioral problems and have the ability for continuous professional growth.