Program Overview

Program Overview

The Agricultural Economic and Social Sciences Academic Program is committed to providing educational courses with the ability to prepare graduates equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for the labor market and to prepare scientific specialized cadres in the sciences of human development, in both economic and social sectors.

Program Vision

The program seeks to be a leading program of excellence among the college's various programs by providing an educational and scientific environment that contributes to preparing a graduate who is more capable of applying science and wise management, and more capable of analyzing and studying economic and social issues of the countryside to keep pace with changes in the labor market and competition locally and regionally.

Program Mission

The program is committed to providing educational courses with the ability to prepare graduates equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for the labor market and to prepare scientific specialized cadres in the sciences of human development, in both economic and social sectors, to be able to compete locally and regionally in education, scientific research, and community service and environmental development sectors.

Program Objectives

The program objectives are:

1. Enhance the competitive position of the graduate locally and regionally.
2. Equip the student with skills related to strategic planning processes.
3. Enable the student to use tools, methods, and approaches to evaluate economic and development projects and guidance programs.
4. Enhance the student's and graduate's abilities in community participation within the framework of the scientific departments' roles in serving the community and developing the environment.
5. Equip the student with the skill of identifying problems, analyzing phenomena, and reaching causes and proposing applicable solutions through logical analysis of causes.
6. Enhance teaching and learning processes by engaging the student in self-learning activities and cooperative education.
7. Enable the student to understand sustainable development, its requirements, and axes, and the ability to link it to strategic planning.
8. Equip the student with some leadership skills that help him master the role of leader and subordinate.
9. Equip the student with some life skills such as effective communication skills, decision-making ability, acceptance of others, ability to work within a team, crisis management, time management, and pressure management.
10. Enable the student to manage all agricultural businesses and service and development projects.
11. Enhance the student's ability to practice scientific research before graduation and identify various methods of collecting quantitative and qualitative data and deducing research results and linking them to previously set goals.
12. Enable the student to use all statistical methods used in analyzing scientific research data.

Program Structure

The program is structured to achieve its objectives through a combination of theoretical and practical courses, including:

• Strategic planning
• Economic and social development
• Community participation
• Leadership skills
• Life skills
• Agricultural business management
• Research methods

Program Outcomes

The program aims to produce graduates who are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the labor market and to contribute to the development of the community and the environment. The program outcomes include:

• Enhanced competitive position locally and regionally
• Ability to apply science and wise management
• Ability to analyze and study economic and social issues
• Ability to participate in community development
• Leadership skills
• Life skills
• Ability to manage agricultural businesses and projects

Academic Departments

The program is offered by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Department of Agricultural Guidance and Rural Community.

Admission Criteria

The admission criteria for the program include:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Passing the entrance exam
• Meeting the program's specific requirements

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for the program are determined by the university and are subject to change.

Research Areas

The program offers research opportunities in various areas, including:

• Agricultural economics
• Rural development
• Community participation
• Leadership and management
• Sustainable development

Graduate Opportunities

Graduates of the program have opportunities to work in various fields, including:

• Agricultural businesses
• Government agencies
• Non-governmental organizations
• Research institutions
• Educational institutions

Contact Information

For more information about the program, please contact the university's admission office or the department offering the program.