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20260412890The Curriculum and Instruction Division was established within the Graduate Educational Studies Program in 1434 AH as part of the program’s restructuring and the establishment of specialized educational divisions. The division aims to provide educational courses for the General Diploma in Education and related master’s programs. It offers courses in curriculum and instruction, as well as supporting and elective courses, and supervises the field training of students enrolled in the General Diploma in Education, in line with the University’s commitment to continuous development and academic accreditation requirements.
A leading department in developing teaching, supervisory, and research competencies through sustainable practices and community partnership.
To develop and enhance the capabilities of researchers in the field of Curriculum and Instruction, fostering academic leadership and excellence.
Last Modified Date: 07/10/2026 - 2:05 PM Saudi Arabia Time
| Course Code | Course | Credits | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDCU 601 | Curriculum Design and Development. | 3 | None |
| Description | This course aims to familiarize learners with curriculum design and development through an in-depth understanding of various curriculum theories, components, and foundational principles. It explores both traditional and contemporary conceptions of curriculum, examines future challenges and aspirations for curriculum advancement, and provides learners with knowledge of selected curriculum models and approaches employed in educational practice. | ||
| EDCU 602 | Instructional Design | 3 | None |
| Description | يتضمن المقرر : التعريف بالمفاهيم الأساسية في تصميم التدريس، أهميته، ومبادئه الأساسية وأطره النظرية و نماذجه، ومعايير نموذج التدريس الجيد، وعناصر التصميم الشامل لتدريس المنهج ،و عناصر تصميم الخطة المتكاملة للدروس اليومية والأهداف التعليمية، وأساليب (التمهيد- التعزيز) في المقررات ودورها في إدارة بيئة الصف، ومعايير اختيار (طريقة التدريس- الوسائل التعليمية المناسبة للموقف التدريس، ومعايير اختيار الأنشطة التعليمية - المهام والواجبات المنزلية المناسبة للموقف التدريس ي، وتصميم نماذج متعددة لخطط الدروس اليومية). | ||
| 603 EDCU | Learning Theories in Teaching | 3 | None |
| Description | Providing learners with all the necessary information related to learning concepts, its conditions, and types; the concept of theory and its functions; learning theories and their classifications; and the role of the teacher in teaching according to learning theories (behavioral, constructivist, and social theories), as well as learning theories and their applications in teaching. | ||
| 651EDEP | The Digital Teacher and Virtual Learning Environments | 3 | None |
| Description | The course covers various digital experiences and virtual learning environments, such as virtual universities, virtual libraries, Second Life environments, virtual laboratories, virtual tours, and other virtual environments. It focuses on the advantages of each environment, their components, main characteristics, and the principles of dealing with these environments. The course also addresses the basic skills of the digital teacher in e-learning environments, including the analysis, design, development, implementation, management, use, and evaluation of digital learning environments. In addition, the course presents the main types of interaction in e-learning systems, the role of the e-learning system administrator, and education within e-learning systems. It also reviews the differences between digital learning and virtual learning. | ||
| EDUC 603 | Evaluation of Educational Programs | 3 | None |
| Description | This course addresses the concept of educational evaluation and its simulations, models, and tools, and the international standards for evaluating modern educational technologies. It reviews standards for digital content, accessibility, usability, digital intellectual property, and the environmental operation of systems, in addition to explaining electronic evaluation and its tools, software, and simulations and the most important rating scales, as well as evaluating some modern technologies such as multimedia software, course-delivery systems, social networks, and virtual-reality environments. | ||
| 605 EDCU | Modern Trends in Teaching | 3 | None |
| Description | The course introduces the fundamental concepts of modern trends in teaching, the differences between strategy, method, and style, the classification of teaching strategies and the criteria for selecting appropriate teaching strategies, the evolution of teaching through the ages, and modern teaching strategies such as brainstorming, cooperative learning, inquiry and problem-solving, advance organizers and concept maps, self-questioning, and reciprocal teaching. The course also covers the formulation of probing questions and the development of a variety of assessment tools. | ||
| 607 EDCU | Teacher Preparation and Professional Development | 3 | None |
| Description | إليك الترجمة الإنجليزية للنص المظلل: The course covers the following topics: the fundamental concepts of teachers' professional development; the characteristics, methods, and approaches of effective professional development; contemporary trends in teacher professional development; 21st-century teacher competencies; teachers' training needs; teacher training programs; the teacher as a role model (approaches to teachers' professional development); the diverse roles of teachers in the information age; competitive trends in professional development; reflective practice and its role in teachers' professional growth; smart e-learning and its contribution to teacher professional development; and the design of teacher training programs. | ||
| EDUC 694 | Research Methods in Education | 3 | None |
| Description | This course focuses on the knowledge and skills related to scientific research in the field of educational technology. It addresses in detail how to use quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods and employ them in educational-technology research; training in the methodological steps for each type of research; and the practice of applied skills related to defining the research problem, research objectives and hypotheses, the significance of the research, analysis of previous studies, selection of the research sample, managing the relationships among variables, methodological designs, measurement and data collection, interpretation of results, and the use of theories. The course also addresses the use of digital reference-management software and tools such as EndNote, quantitative data analysis using SPSS, qualitative data analysis using MAXQDA, and plagiarism avoidance using iThenticate, in addition to using the analytics of electronic databases to reach accurate research findings. | ||
| 608 EDCU | Educational Statistics | 3 | None |
| Description | This course covers the types of data and variables, methods of data collection, and descriptive statistical techniques (measures of central tendency and dispersion). It also introduces concepts related to formulating and testing hypotheses statistically using appropriate statistical methods (parametric and nonparametric) with the SPSS software. Furthermore, the course develops students' knowledge through a logical, step-by-step sequence, providing the theoretical and practical statistical skills required at this stage of study. | ||
| 609 EDCU | Educational Supervision | 3 | None |
| Description | This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and concepts of educational supervision and its various types. It helps students acquire the skills required to practice educational supervision, analyze the current supervisory reality, propose solutions to educational supervision problems, and connect the theoretical aspects of educational supervision with its practical applications. | ||
| EDUC 695 | Research Seminar | 3 | EDUC 694 |
| Description | This course addresses selected issues and problems in educational technology and how to approach them scientifically through the preparation of a research plan submitted by the student. These plans are discussed to ensure adherence to sound scientific-research methods, and are then developed into research projects. | ||
| 698 EDCU | Research Project | 3 | EDCU 695 |
| Description | The course covers a range of research projects in the field of curriculum and teaching methods. Students are required to conduct a research project addressing an educational problem that is identified and discussed during the research seminar. Students are also evaluated to ensure that they have acquired the necessary research skills. | ||
Course Code: EDCU 601
Description
This course aims to familiarize learners with curriculum design and development through an in-depth understanding of various curriculum theories, components, and foundational principles. It explores both traditional and contemporary conceptions of curriculum, examines future challenges and aspirations for curriculum advancement, and provides learners with knowledge of selected curriculum models and approaches employed in educational practice.
Course Code: EDCU 602
Description
يتضمن المقرر : التعريف بالمفاهيم الأساسية في تصميم التدريس، أهميته، ومبادئه الأساسية وأطره النظرية و نماذجه، ومعايير نموذج التدريس الجيد، وعناصر التصميم الشامل لتدريس المنهج ،و عناصر تصميم الخطة المتكاملة للدروس اليومية والأهداف التعليمية، وأساليب (التمهيد- التعزيز) في المقررات ودورها في إدارة بيئة الصف، ومعايير اختيار (طريقة التدريس- الوسائل التعليمية المناسبة للموقف التدريس، ومعايير اختيار الأنشطة التعليمية - المهام والواجبات المنزلية المناسبة للموقف التدريس ي، وتصميم نماذج متعددة لخطط الدروس اليومية).
Course Code: 603 EDCU
Description
Providing learners with all the necessary information related to learning concepts, its conditions, and types; the concept of theory and its functions; learning theories and their classifications; and the role of the teacher in teaching according to learning theories (behavioral, constructivist, and social theories), as well as learning theories and their applications in teaching.
Course Code: 651EDEP
Description
The course covers various digital experiences and virtual learning environments, such as virtual universities, virtual libraries, Second Life environments, virtual laboratories, virtual tours, and other virtual environments. It focuses on the advantages of each environment, their components, main characteristics, and the principles of dealing with these environments. The course also addresses the basic skills of the digital teacher in e-learning environments, including the analysis, design, development, implementation, management, use, and evaluation of digital learning environments. In addition, the course presents the main types of interaction in e-learning systems, the role of the e-learning system administrator, and education within e-learning systems. It also reviews the differences between digital learning and virtual learning.
Course Code: EDUC 603
Description
This course addresses the concept of educational evaluation and its simulations, models, and tools, and the international standards for evaluating modern educational technologies. It reviews standards for digital content, accessibility, usability, digital intellectual property, and the environmental operation of systems, in addition to explaining electronic evaluation and its tools, software, and simulations and the most important rating scales, as well as evaluating some modern technologies such as multimedia software, course-delivery systems, social networks, and virtual-reality environments.
Course Code: 605 EDCU
Description
The course introduces the fundamental concepts of modern trends in teaching, the differences between strategy, method, and style, the classification of teaching strategies and the criteria for selecting appropriate teaching strategies, the evolution of teaching through the ages, and modern teaching strategies such as brainstorming, cooperative learning, inquiry and problem-solving, advance organizers and concept maps, self-questioning, and reciprocal teaching. The course also covers the formulation of probing questions and the development of a variety of assessment tools.
Course Code: 607 EDCU
Description
إليك الترجمة الإنجليزية للنص المظلل: The course covers the following topics: the fundamental concepts of teachers' professional development; the characteristics, methods, and approaches of effective professional development; contemporary trends in teacher professional development; 21st-century teacher competencies; teachers' training needs; teacher training programs; the teacher as a role model (approaches to teachers' professional development); the diverse roles of teachers in the information age; competitive trends in professional development; reflective practice and its role in teachers' professional growth; smart e-learning and its contribution to teacher professional development; and the design of teacher training programs.
Course Code: EDUC 694
Description
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills related to scientific research in the field of educational technology. It addresses in detail how to use quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods and employ them in educational-technology research; training in the methodological steps for each type of research; and the practice of applied skills related to defining the research problem, research objectives and hypotheses, the significance of the research, analysis of previous studies, selection of the research sample, managing the relationships among variables, methodological designs, measurement and data collection, interpretation of results, and the use of theories. The course also addresses the use of digital reference-management software and tools such as EndNote, quantitative data analysis using SPSS, qualitative data analysis using MAXQDA, and plagiarism avoidance using iThenticate, in addition to using the analytics of electronic databases to reach accurate research findings.
Course Code: 608 EDCU
Description
This course covers the types of data and variables, methods of data collection, and descriptive statistical techniques (measures of central tendency and dispersion). It also introduces concepts related to formulating and testing hypotheses statistically using appropriate statistical methods (parametric and nonparametric) with the SPSS software. Furthermore, the course develops students' knowledge through a logical, step-by-step sequence, providing the theoretical and practical statistical skills required at this stage of study.
Course Code: 609 EDCU
Description
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and concepts of educational supervision and its various types. It helps students acquire the skills required to practice educational supervision, analyze the current supervisory reality, propose solutions to educational supervision problems, and connect the theoretical aspects of educational supervision with its practical applications.
Course Code: EDUC 695
Description
This course addresses selected issues and problems in educational technology and how to approach them scientifically through the preparation of a research plan submitted by the student. These plans are discussed to ensure adherence to sound scientific-research methods, and are then developed into research projects.
Course Code: 698 EDCU
Description
The course covers a range of research projects in the field of curriculum and teaching methods. Students are required to conduct a research project addressing an educational problem that is identified and discussed during the research seminar. Students are also evaluated to ensure that they have acquired the necessary research skills.
