Planning & Management of Development Projects Program

Program Details 

Program Description

This program serves planning and management of development projects, and provides knowledge and skills related to the stages of the planning process (information gathering, analysis and planning for the future in the light of available resources), types of planning and its elation to social development in order to achieve their objectives in sustainable development with a focus on the types of leadership and characteristics of the successful leader and the role of leadership in the success of development.
The graduate should acquire full understanding of all laws related to development projects and ways to overcome personal, social and organizational problems and participate in the planning, management and evaluation of social development projects. The program qualifies graduates to works in The Ministry of Planning, Planning departments in different ministries and NGOS.

Learning Outcomes

• Knows the characteristics of a successful leader.
• Defines the concept of governance and related concepts.
• Knows the most important characteristics of project management.
• Defines the interactions the characteristics or attributes of the individual and the social context in which he/ she lives.
• Define the concept of planning and related concepts.
• Define the different theoretical aspects of social planning.
• Defines the characteristics of behavior within the organizations.
  Identifies and tracks problems associated with project management and planning.
• Knows the ethical issues related to management and planning.
• Identifies the most important methods of statistical analysis at different levels.
• Explains the role of cultural and ecological factors in interpreting different patterns of behavior.
• Defines characteristics of the current situation for specific problems.
• Designates the practical steps of the development of the plan and follow-up of implementation
• Mental Skills
• Practical & professional Skills
• General skills

Graduate Attributes

A graduate is able to design the research tools and apply the planning and development methods of the development projects, write planning reports, applying the tests related to the feasibility studies of the projects and their developmental impact, and reading and understanding the results of applying the tests related to the success stages of the development plans success.
Moreover, the graduate should acquire full understanding of all laws related to development projects and ways to overcome personal, social and organizational problems, write objective scientific reports, and participate in the planning, management and evaluation of social development projects.

Job Opportunities

• The Ministry of Planning ministers.
• Planning departments in different ministries.
• Planning departments in the private sector
• NGOS

Getting started

• Semester 1
  5 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  APS111	Introduction to Sociology	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS112	Theories of social development	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS113	Principles & theories of planning	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC1	University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 2
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  APS114	Principles of developmental management	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS115	Partnership in development	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E2	Elective Course (2)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC2	University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE1	Elective University (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 3
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  APS213	The role of state in development planning	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS214	Design of Development projects	1	3	0	0	4	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E2	Elective Course (2)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC3	University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE2	Elective University (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 4
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  FSC129	Interdisciplinary approach in Social sciences	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  FSC329	organizational & administrative Psychology	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS215	implementation development projects	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC4	University Requirement (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE3	Elective University (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 5
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  APS312	Small projects	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS313	International experiments in development planning	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  GCS329	Data bases in Social Sciences	1	3	0	0	4	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E2	Elective Course (2)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC5	University Requirement (5)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 6
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  FSC229	Globalization & Local Cultures	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS314	Feasibility studies & impact Assessment	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS315	Research seminar	1	0	0	3	4	3	135	6
  APS324	Population Research Methodology	3	0	3	0	6	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC6	University Requirement (6)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 7
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ESD319	Geography & History of the World	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS411	Development issues in rural areas	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS412	Urban development	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS422	Population Projections & Models	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC7	University Requirement (7)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 8
  5 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  APS413	Population & development	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS415	Sociology of the Future	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS421	Advanced Statistics	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  APS499	Graduate Project	1	9	3	3	16	3	270	6
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6