Introduction
In consideration of its specified goal for educating expert and efficient manpower, Imam Javad Higher Education Institute established psychology major in September 2014 by obtaining the required licenses from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. This major started by admitting students at Bachelor’s degree level, and became popular among the university professors and researchers within the past years by organizing practical psychology courses and presenting practical academic procedures.
Having been awarded with the license of Master’s degree of General Psychology in 2017 by the ministry of science, department of psychology managed to recruit the first group of students of Master’s degree of psychology in February 2018 through the nationwide university acceptance examination. This discipline was highly welcomed by the students throughout the nation.
Majors
Psychology
Bachelor’s Degree
Psychology is an applied science to study the behavior and mental processes based on the scientific findings. Considering the natural demands of human beings, psychology has become popular among various disciplines and it is welcomed as one of the most popular disciplines of humanities.
This discipline started as of October 2014 by admitting students at Bachelor’s degree level, and became popular among the university professors and researchers within the past years by organizing practical psychology courses and presenting practical academic procedures.
It is necessary to inform the interested students that in consideration of the approvals made by the psychology taskforce, humanities development and promotion council, supreme council of higher education, specialized psychology committee, and higher education planning council, the discipline of psychology in the Bachelor’s degree program is merely presented as Psychology without former majors (General, Clinical, Industrial and Organizational, Counseling and Exceptional Children) and that the former majors will be presented with some of the newly established majors only at higher levels (Master’s degree and Ph.D. levels).
Duration of Bachelor’s degree is 4 years. Education system is a credit-based system and all theoretical and practical courses are presented within maximum 8 academic semesters.
Counseling
Bachelor’s Degree
The basic condition for living with comfort, joy and progress is to enjoy mental and social health and security. Counseling is an applied interdisciplinary knowledge and it has been launched at Bachelor’s degree level by using various sciences of humanities aiming at helping people to prevent behavioral complications and development of innate human talents. The goal of its establishment is to train specialists and experts who can undertake guidance and counseling at schools, education counseling centers, healthcare clinics, universities, etc. Graduates of counseling will provide the means of materialization of the goals for establishment of this field through identification of clients at various centers and provision of urgent assistances to solve their livelihood, educational, occupational, family, mental, emotional, communication and ethical problems and complications, and to make decisions on stimuli and causes of problems and provision of proper solutions.
Average duration of Bachelor’s degree program of counseling is 4 years.
General Psychology
Master’s Degree
Master’s Degree of General Psychology is one of the fundamental disciplines of psychology which provides the students with professional practice. Duration of Master’s degree program is 4 semesters (2 years).
Special privileges
Education for Life
Dean of Department
Department Expert
Mojgan Behrad
Samira Karami
Faculty Members
Semnan University
UPM University
Allameh Tabataba’i University
Professors
Achievements
Organizing the training course for teachers
2017 - 2020Organizing the training course for teachers
At the request of Hazrat Javad Al Aemeh Education Complex and further to its specific needs for teachers, a contract was concluded for organizing a training course entitled Education Psychology and Management.
It should be noted that the license for organizing this open higher education course was obtained from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Attaining the 1st place in the National Competitions of Student Debate
2016Attaining the 1st place in the National Competitions of Student Debate
With the support of cultural and counseling affairs and through guidance of Entrepreneurship Club and department of Psychology, the students Norouzi, Moshk Abadi, Soltani, and Dehghani participated in a critical debate in two consecutive semi-final and final stages and they succeeded to defeat Farhangian and Science and Art universities and to proceed to the nationwide stage.
Implementation of the project of reasons of divorce with the collaboration of Tahkim Center
2017Implementation of the project of reasons of divorce with collaboration of Tahkim Center
Yazd Province Management and Planning Organization was the employer of the project. In that project executed by Imam Javad Higher Education Institute with the collaboration of some of the professors of the department managed by Dr. Tavallaei as project manager, this great research was accomplished throughout Tahkim Centers in Yazd Province.
Special Programs
Organizing a training course by the professors
Monthly
In line with promoting the qualitative level of students in the realm of education, department of Psychology has targeted workshop programs which has been holding by the professors since 2014 to this date.
Organizing special journal club meetings
Monthly
Each Master’s degree student is obligated to present a paper in the journal club until the date of defending his/her dissertation and should attend at least in one of the meetings of the said club.
Organizing specialized visits of the provincial comprehensive psychiatry center
Once in each academic semester
In parallel with practical implementation of mental pathology course and for more orientation of students with types of mental disorders, department of Psychology organizes a visit per semester to various departments of psychiatry hospital in Taft County with the collaboration of Scientific Association of Psychology.
Organizing a reeducation course for professors
Annually
In line with qualitative promotion of professors, department of Psychology and Educational Sciences has targeted four reeducation courses per year and the professors should participate in at least three of the courses.
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