COURSE DESCRIPTION


Clinical Psychology

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University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161201 English Communication Skills 3 Grammar: question tags, modals, future forms, articles, adjectives, adverbs, if structures; vocabulary: relationships, work, activities, media, war, sport; writing skills: essay, notes, messages, application letters; basic and advanced reading skills; basic and advanced listening skills; verbal skills: oral presentations, arguments.
A0161101 Arabic Communication Skills 3 Language levels: phonological level, grammatical level, rhetorical level, orthographic level, comprehension and speaking; grammar exercises, nominal sentences, verbal sentences, kana and its sisters, Inna and its sisters, dual, masculine plural, feminine plural, indeclinable nouns, vocative, appositives; exercises in morphology, present participle, and past participle; spelling and punctuation, dictionaries, listening and speaking.
A0161301 National Education 3 Concepts and terms; Geography of Jordan; contemporary political history of Jordan; Jordanian Society; Jordanian constitutional and democratic life; Jordanian national institutions; challenges facing Jordan; threats to civic life: fanaticism, extremism, terrorism, violence; corruption: definitions, types, causes, impact, and prevention.
A0161112 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1 This course deals with prominent titles related to leadership, such as: the meaning of leadership, the vocabulary that falls under the term, leadership styles, leadership and social responsibility, change management and strategies, building an effective team, the leader and managing diversity, how to discover future leaders and support them, and women leaders.
A0161401 Military Sciences 3 The establishment and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; the history of the Arab Legion; peacekeeping troops; preparing the nation for defense and liberation.
A0161113 Life Skills 1 This course deals with the vital interest of the individual on the individual and collective level. It is like a passport to the success of individuals and helps them understand their personal competencies. It discusses the meaning of skills, their levels, characteristics and importance, communication skill and communication, and trains them on self-skills such as the skill of time management, organizing and defining it, and providing examples of its fields of application and activities. carried out by the students themselves. It also deals with thinking skills, its importance, education, and forms such as problem-solving and decision-making as forms of complex thinking or its strategies. The course also deals with training students on methods of dialogue and exchange of views as an entry point to resolving differences and mitigating frictions when we witness the openness of societies, correct study skills, family success and conservatism.
A0161111 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1 Economic science definition: its objectives and the economic problem; The relation between the economic science and other sciences; Economic analysis methods; Production possibilities curve; National income accounts; Consumption; Investment; Saving; Unemployment; Inflation; Money and Banking; Financial and monetary policy and its role in dealing with the imbalanced economy through these policies; Economic development in terms of importance and objectives and economic planning to achieve such objectives; Demand and supply theory and consumer equilibrium; Cost and production theory; Producer equilibrium in different markets.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161501 Islamic Culture 3 Definition of the culture, characteristics of the Islamic culture, Islamic culture and other cultures; the sources of Islamic culture: The Holy Quran, Sunna, the Arabic language, history of Islam; fields of Islamic culture: faith, worship, morals; challenges facing the Islamic culture: orientalism, globalization, secularism; young people and the impacts of foreign cultures, women and Islam, Islam and terrorism.
A0161701 History of Jordan and Palestine 3 The geography of Jordan and Palestine, Jordan and Palestine in ancient times, general historical look, Jordan, and Palestine in the Mamluk era, Jordan, and Palestine during the First World War (1914- 1918), Emirate of East Jordan (Transjordan), constitutional and legislative life in Jordan, Palestine under the British Mandate, and Jordanian-Palestinian relations, Jerusalem, historical status.
A0161703 Archaeology and Tourism in Jordan 3 Tourism definition; Classification of Tourism; The difference between tourist and other traveler?s concepts, Travel types, The definition of Archaeology and archaeological sites: Archaeological surveys and excavations; Documentation; Jordan through the ages; Components of tourism in Jordan; Elements of tourist attractions in Jordan: Archeological sites, Natural sites, Natural reserves, Forests; Tourist movement and types in Jordan; Economical impact of tourism in Jordan.
A0161601 Contemporary Issues 3 Identify the most important contemporary local, national and regional issues, the most prominent contemporary challenges and their questions from development, youth, extremism, globalization, culture and identity; Jerusalem and its central position, the Arab-Israeli conflict
A0161802 Development and Environment 3 The course provides awareness and insight into the environmental issue, its vocabulary, the human relationship with the ecosystem, and environmental hazards to avoid. It also works to develop students' understanding and awareness of basic ecological concepts, and to reinforce their attitudes and values, in order to practice solving environmental problems. And linking it to comprehensive development and its relationship to water, food and energy security.
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0161901 Media and Public Relations 3 The nexus between media and society in terms of the social, political, economic and cultural power of the media, the role of the media in giving people the opportunity to express their opinions and promote international relations. Communication and public relations, communication and its types, levels, forms, properties, fields, activities, physical and nonphysical (symbolic) environment, and obstacles to the communicative process. Public relations: its beginnings, development, principles, bases, importance, functions, planning, activities.

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0871103 Principles of Renewable Energy 3 Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity
A1321100 Sport and Health 3 Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism.
A0591111 Digital Literacy 3 Digital Literacy is a concept that describes how technology and the Internet are shaping the way people interact and how they affect us as individuals and as a society. This course educate students on the uses of digital technologies, the dangers of digital technology and the need to build a culture of ethical use of the Internet and introduce the concept of responsible freedom.
A0612303 Society Health 3 The course aims to provide students with the basic principles that enhance the concept of health and health prevention in its various physical, psychological and social aspects. The student will also be provided with information that helps individuals realize their health needs in the context of the culture and values ??systems they live in and how to meet these needs, which is known as improving health and quality of life.
A0161602 Critical Thinking Skills 3 The concept of critical thinking, its components; characteristics of critical thinking individuals; Critical thinking skills: the skill of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, expectation, prediction; Stages of critical thinking: Motivation, searching for information, linking information, evaluation, expression, and integration


Faculty Requirement - 21 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 21 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161702 History of Natural Sciences 3 Science in the Arab and Islamic world during the Middle Ages (History of Science; Scientific Communication between Arabs and Europeans; Translation; Scientific Renaissance of Arabs in the Middle Ages); Science, Technology, and Society (Nature of Science and Technology and their Interrelatedness; Characteristics of Contemporary Science and Technology; Impact of Science and Technology on Modern Society; Science and Technology in Developing Countries).
A0141301 Research Methods in the Humanities 3 Scientific research: nature, fields and principles; Problem identification; Recourses; Rules of drafting; Hypothesis definition; Significance; Testing; Research data; Research literature; Research resources and scientific research tools; Research Methods.
A0121402 English for Special Purposes 3 English for specific purposes (ESP) is a sub-branch of teaching/learning English as a second or foreign language. It involves teaching technical English for students to meet their special needs. English for specific purposes provides learners with specific skills based on a detailed analysis of learners' professional/academic needs. Examples of ESP include English for business, medical and psychological fields or other fields which require dealing with specific jargons or terminologies.
A0131301 Health Psychology 3 The course includes behavioral, cognitive, psychological, social, and physiological factors that influence individuals' responses to health and disease. Its goals are to promote health, prevent disease, maintain quality of life, and well-being in the context of disease. It also addresses the theoretical, scientific, and applied aspects in the field of health psychology, such as health-promoting behaviors, behaviors, psychological stress, pain management, and chronic diseases.
A0162501 Human Thought 3 "This course discusses the issues of human thought and civilization, especially the Eastern and Arab-Islamic civilizations, with a focus on the elements of differentiation, unity, interaction and communication between them, and on the intellectual and material gains that they have achieved and contributed to the development of human consciousness and human life. The course starts from a comprehensive view of human thought and civilization, stressing the unity of the mind and human nature.
A0162101 The art of writing and Expression 3 Basic introductions: Expression, concept, types, language arts: Oratory, debate, dialogue, lecture, seminar; writing, art; types of writing: functional, creative; general and common principles among types of prose writing (national and creative); dimensions of writing; organizing the topic into its elements: introduction, presentation, conclusion; Colors of functional writing: Message; Academic biography; Announcement, Minutes, Research, Summary; Colors of creative writing: Story, Article, Artistic biography.
A0162102 Taste the literary text 3 Various literary texts: poetic, prose, ancient, and modern. Studying them is an applied study and focusing on addressing the structure and vision when studying each text to show its technical and content characteristics in order to reveal the general features of the literary genre to which it belongs. This course aims to break the barrier between students and literary texts and train them to Dealing with it and reading it critically and analytically.


Major Requirement - 81 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 75 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0134601 Practicum 9 This requirement is a field semester that the student spends in an institution concerned with mental health, such as hospitals, clinics, centers, and the like, under the supervision of a licensed supervisor. The student does the following: 1- Practicing assessment, diagnosis, developing treatment plans, and practicing clinical work in clinical contexts. 2- Writing psychological reports on the case. 3- Presenting clinical cases in the application areas for students and under clinical supervision. That the student knows and practices the ethical code in clinical work. At the beginning of the semester, students are distributed to different places and followed up and evaluated by the subject teacher and the field applications supervisor according to his availability. The unified field applications instructions approved by the Deans? Council (if any) apply to this subject.
A0132302 Sensation and Perception 3 Common properties of sensory and perceptual systems and their physiological bases; Psychophysics; Theory of perception; Motion perception, Shape perception; Time perception; constancy; Illusion.
A0134101 Cognitive Psychology 3 Means by which humans extract information from the environment; Attention; Perception; Memory; Thinking; Solving problems; Decision making; Artificial intelligence; Mental Imagery.
A0133501 Abnormal Psychology 3 Criteria by which human behavior is defined as normal or abnormal; Description of symptoms; Therapy and prognosis of the various abnormal reaction patterns according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-IV.TR ).
A0134502 Introduction to Psychotherapy 3 the main techniques in the field of psychotherapy; Theoretical foundations of psychotherapy: psychoanalytic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral-cognitive; field applications in psychiatric institutions; applying theoretical knowledge to patients; case studies; group therapy.
A0134401 Communication Psychology 3 Basic skills of interviewing: attending, encouragement to talk, paraphrasing, summarizing content, responding and summarizing feelings; Communication skills in different interview settings.
A0132402 Positive Psychology 3 This course aims at focusing on people's strengths rather than their weaknesses. It includes an introduction to positive psychology and its research fields, scientific study of happiness, fundamental concepts, specific topics, research, interventions, realistic applications of positive psychology and practical experience and applying these concepts to real life.
A0134402 Organizational Psychology 3 Foundations and properties of the experimental method in psychology; Basic elements of the experimentI independent variables; Treatment methods; Dependent variables; Ways of measuring; Methods of controlling the intervening variables; in addition; Experimental design; Factors that influence validity.
A0132401 Social Psychology 3 This course deals with the concept of social psychology, its goals, importance, development, and its relationship with other disciplines. In addition, the focus of the course will be on research methods in social psychology, socialization, leadership psychology, social interaction, roles and group dynamics.
A0131102 Developmental Psychology 3 Human development from infancy to adulthood: physical, mental, emotional and social aspects of development.
A0133502 Developmental Problems 3 Problems that impede normal human development: psychological, physical, physiological and psychosocial; Strategies of intervention; Strategies of prevention.
A0133201 Principles of Psychological and Educational Measurement 3 Measurement and evaluation philosophy; psychometric test construction p: properties, validity, reliability and objectivity Score transformation; Construction of psychological; achievement tests; Interpretation tests results.
A0131103 Learning Psychology 3 Learning and cognition; Major theories relating to associative learning: classical and operant conditioning; Observational learning; Cognitive models of learning; Models of information processing.
A0132502 Mental Health 3 Analysis of adjustment processes; Consequences of over-exposure to stress; Coping processes and stress management strategies; Diagnosis and treatment forms of maladjusted behavior; psychological disorders.
A0133401 Industrial Psychology 3 Vocational adjustment; Methods of job analysis and description; Work design; performance appraisal; Accident analysis and prevention; Methods of personnel selection and training; Supervision; Leadership and work motivation; communication systems and decision making; Effects of organizational climates on performance and efficiency; Human engineering and human factors; and physical surroundings of work.
A0131202 Introduction to Statistics for Educational Sciences 3 Statistic method: Data collection, Data Summary procedures; measures central tendency; measures of spread; Theory of Probability; Standard score, Normal distribution; Correlation, Regression.
A0133202 Psychological Testing 3 Analytical review of major personality and intelligence tests; Diagnostic properties of tests; Supervised training in the administration of tests.
A0132301 Physiological Psychology 3 This course includes the major divisions of the nervous system and its composition (physiology of the body), the connection between the parts of the nervous system and how the behavior of living organisms changes over time. It also covers the physiology of sleep behavior, addiction, the senses, the endocrine system, learning, memory and psychological disorders.
A0132503 Principles of Psychological and Educational Counseling 3 Counseling: principles, processes and theories. Improving students? skills in communication: listening, diagnoses; Techniques of counseling.
A0132501 Psychology of Personality 3 This course includes the fundamental topics of personality psychology, alongside the relationship between them and individual differences, research methods of personality science, the history of personality psychology, methods of measuring personality, personality theories such as analytical, humanistic, psychodynamic, besides the relationship between these theories and human behavior and personality disorders.
A0134501 Clinical Psychology 3 The course focuses on the study of clinical psychology, its development and research methods. It covers methods of clinical assessment, clinical interviews, diagnosis, psychotherapy, personality assessment (intelligence, mental abilities, behavioral assessment...) with an expansion of various types of psychological treatments. The course also addresses related topics such as health psychology, neuropsychology in clinical practice.
A0133301 Experimental Psychology 3 This course covers specialized information about the foundations of experimental method and the characteristics that distinguish it from other research methods in psychology. It also includes an entire spectrum of the elements of the key experiment, namely, variables and their measurement, derivation and formulation of hypotheses, control strategies, experimental control, and various experimental designs. This course also provides an overview of psychology laboratory and how to conduct psychological experiments in controlled laboratory conditions and write a report in accordance with the standards of scientific methodology.
A0131101 Introduction to Psychology 3 Defining of Psychology : historical, Different Approaches to study human behaviors, Fields ; The physiological for human behavior; Learning; Perception; Memory; Motivation; Personality; Psychological disorders; Human development; Intelligence; Social behavior.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0133503 Group Counseling 3 Theories of group counseling; Group dynamics; Group leadership; Group procedures; Group counseling skills; Personal growth group experience: providing insight into group process as both a leader and a participant.
A0131104 Educational Psychology 3 Educational issues in the field of teaching and learning: theories of cognitive and moral development during childhood and adolescence, behavioral and cognitive theories of learning; Effective instruction strategies; Motivation; Individual differences; Memory, Forgetting; Attention, perception; Intelligence theories.
A0133101 Emotions and Motivations 3 Motivation and emotion in human beings and animals; Theories and experiments: behavioral, instinctual, physiological, and cognitive aspects of motivation and emotion; Normal emotional conflicts and defense mechanisms.
A0134503 Psychological Support 3 The course deals with the principles of providing psychological and social support to people who suffer from different types of distressing events that happen in the world, such as wars, natural disasters and calamities. By shedding light on the principles of psychological first aid and the main steps in psychological first aid
A0133504 Criminal Psychology 3 This course addresses a range of topics in the fields of criminal psychology and antisocial behavior. This course examines the contribution of psychology to analyzing the behavior of criminals, especially in terms of their background and motivations. The course also emphasizes the contribution of psychology in intervening in crime and treating criminals. The course also includes presenting some strategies and methods for preventing criminal behavior in general (among juveniles and adults). The course also allows the student to conduct some field visits and learn about some deviant behavioral problems in society.
A0134102 Contemporary issues in Psychology 3 It discusses controversial issues in psychology, psychotherapy and diagnostic issues. And the use of technology in psychology and its applications on the ground


Free Ellective - 6 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0143201 Talent and Giftedness 3 Educational issues in the field of teaching and learning: theories of cognitive and moral development during childhood and adolescence, behavioral and cognitive theories of learning; Effective instruction strategies; Motivation; Individual differences; Memory, Forgetting; Attention, perception; Intelligence theories.
A0143501 Behavior modification 3 Behavior modification and its applications; Basic behavioral principles and procedures: training sessions, observation, recording and interpretation.


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161200 Remedial English Language 3 Grammar: auxiliary verbs, tenses (past, present, future) Vocabulary: friendship, communication, IT, TV shows, media, houses, places description, compound nouns, free time activities, books and movies description, food, dinning out. Variety of skills: paragraph writing, verifying formal and informal letters, writing unofficial emails, ways of using punctuation, upper case letters and conjunctions, outlining main ideas and details, inferring conclusions and impeded meanings, determining author?s perspectives, presentations, argumentation and persuasion, agreeing and disagreeing expressions, making comparisons, narrating events, expressing opinions, making official phone calls, ordering food, correct pronunciation.
A0331700 Remedial Computer Skills 3 Introduction to basic computer hardware and software; copyrights; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point, Access; Introduction to Internet.
A0161100 Remedial Arabic Language 3 Language level and definition, speaking and comprehension texts, syntax exercises, Nominal Sentence, safe feminine plural, safe masculine plural, singularity, auxiliaries, duality, numbers, subordinates, punctuations, morphological exercise, dictation issues, Nunnation.

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