Developing the skills of graduate students in relation to curriculum theory, the historical development of curriculum theories, and how to build curriculum theories that are consistent with the characteristics of Muslim society

The purpose of teaching this course is to introduce students to the concept of curriculum, its foundations, elements and organizations, and to provide them with skills in analyzing and evaluating curricula and studying models of local and international curricula in light of the foundations of curricula.

This course aims to provide the student with knowledge of the philosophical and social sources from which educational ideas and opinions originated, and to clarify how education is linked to the philosophical and social aspects of life. It also examines the most prominent social theories and philosophical ideas that played an effective role in shaping what is known of the prevailing opinions, values ​​and ideas about education and what is related to it in terms of goals, methods and systems, throughout history and to the present era, in addition to taking care to define a framework for education according to the cultural influences of Islamic society in order to provide the student with the skills of philosophical criticism and training to see educational issues and problems from the perspective of Islam’s view of the individual, the universe, society, knowledge, ethics, values, authority, freedom and social change.

This course aims to introduce research methodologies in behavioral sciences and to develop the essential skills required for conducting research in the student's field of specialization. It involves reviewing common research methods in behavioral sciences and discussing the steps of scientific research, starting from problem selection and ending with the discussion of results and recommendations. The course also enables the student to acquire skills in designing various types of educational research, as well as in critically analyzing and evaluating these studies

The course addressed the aspects affecting the leadership of learning and teaching by addressing a number of terms, the most important of which are: modern trends in learning and teaching, how to lead effective learning and teaching environments, theories of learning and teaching, supervision of virtual learning and teaching environments, leadership of professional teaching, and contemporary issues in leadership of learning and teaching.

This course is essential in forming a cognitive structure and practical experience for the student in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to facilitate the teaching and learning processes. And activating educational computer programs, application programs and modern Web 2.0 tools to design educational projects according to specific educational principles and standards that serve the curriculum and develop teaching methods. The course also aims to provide the student with the skill of using personal productivity programs, the Internet and search engines in the processes of searching, communicating and exchanging information and facilitating student learning and providing him with lifelong learning skills. With the presentation of practical applied models in integrating ICT into education.

This course sheds light on the efforts made to develop educational systems in the world. It combines the theoretical and practical aspects, as it introduces the student to an introduction to comparative education in terms of its concept, the importance of studying it, its objectives, the factors affecting educational systems, its stages of development, and appropriate research methods. It also presents some writings in comparative education, with the introduction of an applied aspect of comparative studies represented in a presentation of some educational systems in a number of advanced countries and training students practically to conduct a comparison between two educational systems, one of which is the education system in Saudi Arabia, to reach the extent of the difference and similarity between them and issue judgments and final results resulting from the comparison between them.

The course provides the student with an introduction to the nature of curriculum development, the foundations on which the development process is based, the most important theories related to curriculum development according to objectives and needs, and the most prominent modern trends in curriculum development. Through the course, the student acquires the skills of curriculum development according to the scientific foundations recognized in curriculum development. The course enables the student to review global experiences in curriculum development and compare them according to objectives and needs.

This course aims to introduce students to the latest trends in research and innovations in the field of curricula at the Arab and international levels, and to study, analyze and critique some research and studies in the field of curricula. It also aims to read texts in the English language selected from the most important international references in periodicals specializing in curricula

This course covers the essential descriptive and inferential statistical methods required for organizing, analyzing, and interpreting research data, as well as making appropriate statistical decisions. It also includes practical applications on how to use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software to process data in both descriptive and inferential statistics.