Postgraduate Degree Programme
- Distance learning and accredited
- Culturally diverse faculty
- 240 ECTS
- Learn from anywhere, anytime
- Possibility of shortening time
- 60 Credits
CI Justice Educational Environment
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Flexible fees and scholarships
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Lifetime access
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OVERVIEW
The major offers advanced academic study of the practices and theories of counseling and psychotherapy. It introduces students to non-directive and relational approaches, especially in psychodynamic and person-centered frameworks. It aims to link theoretical learning to real-life issues and encourage critical thinking about counseling practices and theories in professional and personal contexts.
This program complements professional training in counseling by introducing keynote discussions and professional issues in counseling and psychotherapy to students from different backgrounds. It is firmly based on social science research, psychological treatment, social relations, and counseling practice with an emphasis on examining the context and complex interactions between the personal and the social. Please note that this program may not be suitable for students seeking a solution-focused, diagnostic, or behavioral approach to mental health.
The program includes an accredited Graduate Certificate in Counseling Studies, which provides skill development in scientific research methodology skills and seven additional courses and a dissertation in the field of psychological counseling.
Learning Outcomes
- In-depth knowledge of theories governing counseling and psychotherapy;
- Social science perspectives on debates about counseling and psychotherapy;
- Critical appreciation of key debates, research methods, and professional issues in counseling and related fields;
- Transferable personal, conceptual and analytical skills, including critical thinking, self-evaluation and research.
Jobs
- Master’s graduates use this degree in a variety of ways. For some, a degree opens up career opportunities in a range of fields, including education, policy, research and development in health and illness, emotional health and wellbeing and counselling, often alongside first degrees or other professional training.
- This degree also enhances the career prospects of professionally qualified counselors and practitioners. Many graduates use their Master’s degree as a basis for further specialist therapeutic training in the UK or abroad.
- Others advance their careers by using their newly developed conceptual, analytical and research skills and may use their MSc to jump-start doctoral research.
Key features
- Rehabilitation of student counselors scientifically and practically in accordance with the standards of local, regional and international bodies specialized in dealing with psychological problems.
- Qualify researchers at the level of competence and competitiveness, who possess counseling skills, enabling them to meet the needs of the labor market in the fields of school counseling.
- Qualifying student counselors who are able to serve the community and keep abreast of local, regional and international developments in the field of psychological counseling, through training on the latest mechanisms of specialization in this field in the light of ethical and cultural standards.
Core Courses
Scientific Research Methodology
Course code: MES101
Course name: Scientific Research Methodology
Credit hours: 4.00
The course includes scientific research methods related to defining scientific research and clarifying its importance, types, steps and methods. It also deals with sources and methods of data collection, methods of data analysis, as well as methods of sampling and estimation, and all statistical methods that can be used in analysis and scientific research in the fields of education and humanities.
Psychological and Educational Counseling Skills
Course code: MEPY101
Course name: Psychological and Educational Counseling Skills
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes training students on a set of basic skills necessary for practicing the counseling process, mastering the skills of conducting the counseling interview through role-playing, and presenting training audio and video recordings, starting with building the counseling relationship, attentive listening skills, clarifying, reflecting feelings and present behavior, and summarizing. Questioning skills, confrontation, interpretation, challenge and motivation skills, recognition of problem behavior, setting goals, and ending with dealing with hesitation, client resistance, termination of the counseling relationship, evaluation and referral. As for the applied side of this course, it includes conducting practical exercises on these skills through role-playing, and presenting therapeutic sessions that include the use of these skills in the areas of individual, group, and family counseling.
Rehabilitation and Vocational Counseling
Course code: MEPY102
Course Name: Rehabilitation and Vocational Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with topics related to psychological counseling, such as vocational counseling and its theories, such as Holland’s theory and En Roux’s theory, and how to benefit from the tools available in these theories in the field of counseling. .
It also deals with basic concepts in vocational counseling, theories of growth and vocational choice, and the role of the counsellor in vocational counseling in facing vocational adaptation problems such as unemployment, poor motivation and boredom, and deals with evaluation strategies in vocational counseling.
Psychological Test
Course code: MEPY103
Course name: Psychological Test
sCredit hours: 4.00
The use of tests and scales in counseling processes. The course includes the psychometric characteristics of psychological tests, test selection criteria, test delivery, interpretation of test results, and the use of results in the counseling process. This course also includes analysis and criticism of intelligence, objective and projective personality tests. As well as training learners to use these tests and employ them in the counseling process.
Counseling in Crises and Shocks
Course code: MEPY104
Course name: Counseling in Crises and Shocks
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to introduce students to the concept of theoretical traumatic stress, the content, patterns and context in which it arises, as well as the integration between theory and practice, and how to confront psychological trauma at the level of individuals, organizations and society. The course also deals with crises (their concept, patterns and stages), crises in the psychological and educational field, and examples Applied to crises (divorce, death, chronic illness, suicide…).
Advanced Psychological Counseling Theories
Course code: MEPY106
Course name: Advanced Psychological Counseling Theories
Credit hours: 4.00
Learn about the following theories: analytic, Adler, existential, humanistic, behavioral, Gestalt, realist, and holistic. The course also clarifies the concept of theory and its contribution to the counseling process. It also makes comparisons between different theories and explains the characteristics of each theory and the source of its strengths and weaknesses. This course also shows the contributions of each theory in the field of psychological and vocational counseling.
Elective Courses
Group Guidance
Course code: MEPY151
Course name: Group Guidance
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of group counseling, in terms of its importance, objectives, and justifications, how the counseling group is formed, the different types of groups, their characteristics, and the forces influencing them. It also deals with collective counseling strategies emanating from well-known theoretical frameworks such as analytical, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and Gestalt theory. Among these strategies are: role playing (psychodrama). ), modeling, play counseling, storytelling, relaxation, reinforcement, and counseling clubs. It deals with theoretical contributions and their applications to group counseling. This course also provides students with a clear understanding of the ideas and processes of group performance, such as: group dynamics, group building, influencing forces in the group, and then leadership.
Guidance for people with special needs
Course code: MEPY152
Course name: Guidance for People with Special Needs
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the impact of disability on the child, on the family system, parents, brothers and sisters, reactions to disability, assessment of parents’ needs, and strategies for helping parents: such as effective communication with parents, meetings and interviews. It also deals with counseling individuals with special needs and their families, choosing and implementing intervention programs with children. Parents, various programs for parental participation in the education of children with disabilities, levels of parental involvement, parents and family members as advocates for the rights of children with special needs, professional associations that deal with the needs of parents.
School Counseling
Course code: MEPY153
Course Name: School Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with “school counseling” in terms of its definition and development, the role of the counselor, his responsibilities, and the counseling services he provides in the school. It also deals with the counseling procedures and programs that the counselor follows in the school. It also deals with the concept of school adaptation, the role of the psychological counselor in the school, school counseling techniques, tools and skills, the roles and characteristics of the counselor, how the counselor deals with behavioral problems in the different developmental stages, preparing the counseling plan and dealing with the various counseling records.
Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling
Course code: MEPY154
Course name: Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling
Credit hours: 4.00
This course is concerned with the view of the counseling profession, and the ethical evidence that regulates the work of the psychological and educational counselor. This course includes an overview of the history of the field of psychological and educational counseling, what professional roles the counselor should play, and the relationship between educational and psychological counselors with other humanitarian service providers. It deals with issues of licensing to work and issuing certificates, the roles of specialized institutions in professional development in the field of psychological educational counseling, examining the ethical principles guiding professions and applying them to the counseling specialization, paying attention to the ethics of the counseling specialist, and how to reflect the ethical system on practice, and it also deals with examples of Professional decisions and their relationship to laws and ethical standards.
Readings in Educational Psychology
Course code: MEPY155
Course Name: Readings in Educational Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with readings in educational psychology, especially scientific papers and educational research that dealt with individual behavior in the light of educational psychology concepts, teaching and learning in light of theories of psychological cognitive growth, active learning, learning outcomes, learning and teaching in light of some behavioral theories, and field theories. The transmission of the impact of learning and training, the cognitive attitude in learning, the motivation of students in learning and teaching, and fundamental research issues and papers in the field of educational psychology.
Computer Use in Data Analysis
Course code: MEPY156
Course Name: Computer Use in Data Analysis
Credit hours: 4.00
This course focuses on how to enter and organize data using software such as SPSS, then examine and analyze the data using statistical, descriptive, inferential, and relational methods, as well as non-parametric and advanced methods. It also includes the interpretation of the results of the analysis for each statistical method and the writing of reports.
What will the first stage be?
The student studies eight courses, distributed as follows:
- √ Six compulsory courses.
- √Two elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for master’s students.
- The study is conducted through research seminars in each course, and the research seminar relies on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
- The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks, and it may be more than that according to the capabilities of each student, after which the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he finished, then he starts in another course in the same way, and so on.
- Courses studied in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.
- If a specialization track is chosen within the general program, elective courses will have to be studied from the courses designated for the chosen specialization.
What will the second stage be like?
- The student is assigned a virtual course that the faculty chooses from among the courses that the student studied at the undergraduate level. This is a practical training for the student, with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course into twelve to fourteen abbreviated lectures.
- The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program. Its duration is not less than ten minutes and not more than twenty. Accurate.
What will the thrid stage be like?
Jury discussion and degree awarding
The minimum period for preparing a master’s thesis is nine months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is two years, which can be extended for a third exceptional year upon the recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council, provided that the total period of the student’s enrollment in the degree does not exceed four years.
The supervisor submits a semi-annual report that includes what has been accomplished, and what is required in the remaining period.
After the student completes the thesis and the supervisor reviews it, the supervisor submits to the university administration a report stating that it is valid for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the thesis preparation period of 140 degrees, along with submitting a full copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the specialty, for presentation to the Council the faculty.
It is required that before the student’s discussion, at least fifteen days have passed from the date of approval of the jury committee from the faculty.
The jury committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months, which may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
The period of validity of the committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months. It may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
Each member of the jury writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and evaluates the thesis out of 100 degrees, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
The student may not be discussed unless he obtains at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the jury members’ evaluation of the thesis in the individual reports.
Submit a post-dissertation group report signed by all members of the jury evaluating the thesis discussion out of 100.
How will I study this programme?
With our unique approach to distance learning, you can study from home, work, or on the go.
You will have some assessment dates to keep, but otherwise, you will be free to study at times that suit you, fitting in your learning about work, family and social life.For each of your modules, you will use either online-only resources or a combination of online and print materials.
Each unit you study will have its own online resource
A weekly study planner, giving you a step-by-step guide through your studies
Course materials such as reading, videos, recordings and self-assessed activities
Unit forums for discussions and collaborative activities with other students
Details of each task and its due dates
Tutoring booking system, online tutoring rooms and contact details for your tutor
Online versions of some printed materials and resources.
How will I receive support from specialist academics?
You will have a tutor for each unit, who will introduce himself or herself before the unit starts.
During this unit, they will:
- Evaluate your assignments and give feedback to help you improve
- Directing you to learning resources
- Support you, whether with general study skills or topic-specific help.
What about support and other resources?
Throughout your studies, you will have access to our subject-specific student support teams.
They will help you with any general questions about your studies and updates to your account on our educational platform.
To help with your studies, you will also have access to:
Our electronic library, which contains high-quality electronic resources to support your studies
Other university libraries.
Online Help Centre, which contains general information about studying and support at CA Justice, as well as tips on study skills
Microsoft Office 365 for free
IT and computing support from our Computing Help Center.
What will the lessons be like?
Tutorials are usually done online and are always optional.
Webinars are live presentations with module teachers in dedicated online learning rooms and are sometimes recorded.
What about Assessment?
Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.
Computer-Marked Assignments
Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.
Tutor-Marked Assignments
You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.
End-of-Module Assessments
The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.
Exams
Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
You’ll be given your exam date at least 20 days in advance.
Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or at an alternative location.
If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.
Is CIJustice accredited ?
Without a doubt… CI Justice is fully accredited and International Suleiman University shares its accreditations.
You can view and check our accreditations by clicking here
Can you provide me with the appropriate support to choose the program that suits me?
certainly! The Guidance and Academic Center works to communicate with potential students and provide all information and details about the academic program that the student will study. We also provide within the initial admission system a tool that helps the student choose the program that suits him by answering questionnaire questions that were designed with paths based on the data.
What are the services and facilities provided to students?
We work to provide all services and facilities to students through the multiple offices and resources at CI Justice. Where each office provides related services. The multiple resources also work to enhance the student’s experience by providing future tools that were designed by experts practicing in the labor market and which help the student develop all the necessary skills, whether applied or theoretical, to excel in the labor market and life after graduation.
What distinguishes your academic staff?
Our academic staff was carefully selected through reviews of the CVs of more than 10,000 academics from all countries of the world, in a way that ensures excellence in the educational process and enhances cultural diversity among students.
What is your relationship with the labor market?
We are proud of our good relationship with major companies in many countries, as we ensure that the student receives sufficient practice during his studies by providing him with training opportunities and assigning him to prepare detailed reports about his practice in the workplace.
Does CI Justice have a license?
certainly! CA Justice is licensed by the UK Government to work in a capacity including:
85421 – First-degree level higher education
85422 – Post-graduate level higher education
85600 – Educational support services
69109 – Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities not elsewhere classified.
You can check this on the official UK Government website by clicking here
Does CIJustice have the right to provide learning?
Does CIJustice have the right to provide learning?
By request! We have the authority to provide academic programs with ID 10093951.
You can verify this by checking the official website by clicking here
How is flexibility available in your programmes?
Flexibility comes in many forms in the programme, whether through teaching and assessment methods, duration of study, or even tuition fees.
The student can find the learning method that suits him best among the three methods that we provide, which are (open learning, virtual learning, and blended learning). After the first semester, based on his cumulative average, he can also accelerate his study period by allowing him to register a greater number of credits. He can also give up the summer vacation and take an additional summer semester. As for tuition fees, if the student achieves a high cumulative average, he can obtain partial scholarships of up to 90% of the tuition fees. Some students from war and crisis countries may be selected to be taught through a 100% scholarship.
Can I continue at CI Justice if I have been educated elsewhere?
If you have already completed some university studies elsewhere, you may be able to count towards this qualification – which could save you time and money by reducing the number of units you need to study. At CI Justice we call this process transfer of accreditation.
It is not only university study that can be taken into consideration, but you can also transfer study from a wide range of professional qualifications to an academic qualification.
What are the outcomes of learning, teaching and assessment?
What are the main areas in which my learning will be developed:
- Knowledge and understanding.
- Cognitive skills.
- Practical and professional skills.
- Basic skills.
The level and depth of learning increases gradually as you progress towards the qualification. You’ll be supported throughout by CI Justice’s unique teaching and assessment method – which includes a personal tutor to guide you and comment on your work; high-quality course texts; e-learning resources such as podcasts, interactive media and online materials; Educational groups and community forums.
Tuition fees
Fees Type of fees 175 GBP Per credit 75 GBP Semester registration fee