Introduction
The department’s vision is to gain a reputation as a scientific and academic center of excellence at the local, regional and international levels. It seeks to maintain this reputation by providing quality education and enhancing the skill level of the workforce in the field in the country. We aim to enable our graduates to compete in the area of social sciences research, where they can address social issues and policymaking in the UAE, the Arabian Gulf and other Arab societies. In addition, the department aims to achieve distinction in university and community service.
Program goals
- Enable students to understand the theoretical and analytical frames for social and security phenomenon, which empowers them to apply their acquired knowledge to social research
- Empower students to use applied sociology concepts to better understand the roles of governmental and non-governmental organizations
- Train students to identify and solve social problems using their critical thinking skills
- Train students to design social policy, devise plans and programs, and identify applied fields
- Nurture future leaders in social work
- Develop and support students’ initiatives in a variety of areas of social work
- Supply the field with highly trained and qualified leaders
- Qualify students to work in social research and education
Graduation requirments
Thesis Track
First: Compulsory Courses:
Students enrolled in the master's program in Applied Sociology must study the following five courses as compulsory courses with a total of (15) credit hours distributed as follows:
Course number
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Course name
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Credite hours
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Pre-requisite
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0204510
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Seminar in Sociological Theory 1
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3 |
None
|
| 0204519 |
Methods of Sociological Research 1
|
3 |
0204510 |
| 0204530 |
Introduction to Social Policies |
3 |
None |
| 0204540 |
Applied Social Statistics 1 |
3 |
None |
| 0204550 |
Sociological Readings in English |
3 |
None
|
0204590
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Training in Applied Sociology
|
0
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• Completion of 15 credit hours for thesis-track students
• Completion of 18 credit hours for comprehensive exam-track students
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Second: Elective Courses:
The student chooses 9 credit hours from courses in one of the following two fields:
The first field: Crime and Criminal Justice
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Course number
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Course name
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Credite hours |
Pre-requisite
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0204521
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Seminar in Crime Theory1
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204522 |
Criminal justice
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204523 |
Crime prevention
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204524 |
Community policing
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204525 |
Clinical Sociology |
3 |
None
|
| 0204526 |
New Crimes |
3
|
None
|
| The second field: Family Counseling and Social Work |
Course number
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Course name
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Credite hours
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Pre-requisite
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| 0204525 |
Clinical Sociology
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204531 |
School violence
|
3
|
None
|
| 0204532 |
Domestic (family) violence
|
3 |
None
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| 0204534 |
Human behavior in the social environment
|
3 |
None
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| 0204535 |
Family counseling
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204539 |
Seminar in Social Work
|
3 |
None
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0204595 Master thesis ( 9 hours):
Students register a master's thesis on any topic related to applied sociology that the student chooses under the supervision of his academic supervisor in accordance with the university's instructions.
Comprehensive Track:
First: Compulsory Courses:
Students enrolled in the master's program in Applied Sociology must study the following five courses as compulsory courses with a total of (24) credit hours distributed as follows:
Course number
|
Course name
|
Credite hours
|
Pre-requisite |
| 0204510 |
Seminar in Sociological Theory 1
|
3 |
None
|
0204519
|
Methods of Sociological Research1
|
3 |
0204510 |
| 0204523 |
Crime prevention
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204530 |
Introduction to Social Policies
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204539 |
Seminar in Social Work
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204540 |
Applied Social Statistics 1
|
3 |
None
|
| 0204550 |
Sociological Readings in English |
3 |
None
|
0204590
|
Training in Applied Sociology
|
0
|
- Completion of 15 credit hours for thesis-track students
- Completion of 18 credit hours for comprehensive exam-track students
|
| 0204592 |
Research Project |
3 |
None
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0204598 Successful completion of the comprehensive exam.
According to the instructions, zero hours are calculated for registration purposes.
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| 0204510 |
Seminar in Sociological Theory 1
|
3
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Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course introduces the contemporary sociological theory: its emergence and development. It also explains the relationship between theory and practice and shows the contributions of contemporary theory to the study of social issues. The course presents applications of contemporary sociological theory in the field of applied sociology and the relationship between sociological theory, social action, and social change in contemporary societies.
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0204531
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School violence
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3
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Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course explores sociological concepts about school violence: its forms and manifestations. It also introduces the theoretical approaches to explaining the causes of violence, the sociological perspective in treating school violence, and the programs and policies related to school violence. The course also discusses the extent of school violence at the local, regional and international.
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0204540
|
Applied Social Statistics 1 |
3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course explores sociological concepts about school violence: its forms and manifestations. It also introduces the theoretical approaches to explaining the causes of violence, the sociological perspective in treating school violence, and the programs and policies related to school violence. The course also discusses the extent of school violence at the local, regional and international.
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0204532
|
Domestic (family) violence
|
3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course introduces domestic violence and discusses its forms and the theoretical approaches that explain it. It also shows how to measure domestic violence, the manifestations of domestic violence, victims of domestic violence, and methods of prevention and treatment.
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0204534
|
Human behavior in the social environment
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3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course introduces the relationship between the behavior of the individual and the environment of the group by studying the processes of social interaction between the individual and the group and understanding the nature, types, structures, and characteristics of groups. It also studies the forms of interaction between members, the mechanisms of teamwork, the characteristics of physical and personal groups, issues of the group's production capacity, methods of decision-making, and everything that affects the behavior of the individual, the work of the group, and its interaction with the outside world.
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0204535
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Family counseling
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3
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Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course deals with the concept of the family: its construction, the centrality of its functions in the social structure, and identification of the challenges of the family in the light of globalization. It also aims to study the manifestations of health, dynamism, illness and disorder, and to identify their causes in the family system. The course discusses the concept of family counseling: its theories, its ethical rules, basic skills, the guiding process, techniques, and marital counseling and techniques. It also aims to study and analyze the marriage system, methods of choosing a life partner, the causes of marital disputes, the problem of family disintegration and divorce and its implications.
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0204522
|
Criminal justice
|
3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course discusses the definition of crime, how it is measured, the theory that explains it, and the definition of criminal justice and its departments: the police, the public prosecution, the courts, and the correctional and penal institutions. It also introduces the sub-formats of criminal justice and how they are interconnected, punishment and its alternatives, the future of criminal justice and some issues such as crime and juvenile delinquency.
|
0204523
|
Crime prevention
|
3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course defines crime and crime prevention programs. It presents new crimes and how to combat them and shows how community initiative assists in crime prevention. The course introduces contemporary crime prevention theory and the role of national organizations in crime prevention.
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0204524
|
Community policing
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3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course discusses the history of policing, its role in society, and types of community policing such as socially adapted policing and strategic policing. The course introduces policing in contemporary societies, contemporary societal police theories such as broken windows theories, zero tolerance theory, and the theory of local solutions to social problems. The course explores applications of community policing locally, regionally and globally.
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0204519
|
Methods of Sociological Research 1
|
3
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite This course deals with the process of social research which is based on the fact that sociology is a science that can study social phenomena and discover the relationships between them, whether in their general, macro or micro context. The course will focus on studying the role of theory in social sciences in general and sociology in particular, research problem formulation and research design, unit and level of analysis, measurement including validity and reliability, indexes and scaling, quantitative and qualitative measures, survey research, sampling, data analysis, knowing how to develop and write a research paper and a research proposal, and implementing social research in its various stages.
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0204530
|
Introduction to Social Policies
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite This course includes the following topics: the concept of social policy; foundations, determinants and methods of social policy; making and formulating social policy; civil society and social policies; implementing and evaluating social policy; and models of social policy in Western and Arab societies.
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0204539
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Seminar in Social Work
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3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course discusses the nature and ethics of social work and the theoretical perspectives that explain it. It also introduces the social groups to which social work is conducted: the child, the working woman, the elderly, and the disabled. The course explores rights in material and moral support for the groups, associations and organizations that undertake social work and the role of the private sector in solving social problems in the field of social work.
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0204525
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Clinical Sociology
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course introduces clinical sociology and its explanatory methodological approaches. It also discusses practices, rules and principles of clinical sociology and shows the relationship between clinical sociology and public and social welfare policies. The course focuses on the connection between clinical sociology and improving the quality of society and life and deals with interventions with vulnerable and marginalized social groups.
|
0204590
|
Training in Applied Sociology
|
0
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
• Completion of 15 credit hours for thesis-track students
• Completion of 18 credit hours for comprehensive exam-track students
This course sheds light on the importance of field training in understanding social phenomena. It is expected to enable students to link theory and reality through the use of the practical approach and to train them on writing field research reports.
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0204592
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Research Project
|
3
|
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Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
In this course, the student chooses a topic related to his research interests in one of the fields of applied sociology to be the basis for his research under the supervision of an academic supervisor after the project is approved by the department council.
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0204595
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Thesis
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
Students register for a master's thesis on any topic related to applied sociology chosen by the student under the supervision of his academic supervisor and in accordance with the university's instructions.
|
0204550
|
Sociological Readings in English
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course includes several readings including articles related to the master's degree in applied sociology in its two branches: Family Guidance and Criminal Justice.
|
0204526
|
New Crimes
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course deals with the concept of newly created crimes and their types and studies the theory and methodologies of new crimes such as trafficking in women, children and human organs; money laundering crimes; international crimes; and Internet crimes.
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0204521
|
Seminar
in Crime Theory
|
3
|
|
Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite
This course defines criminology and its branches and explores the theoretical approaches to the interpretation of crime and deviation, including classical theories and interpretations of social construction, psychological and social processes, theories of social control and the modern interpretation of crime and deviant behavior.
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