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Post Graduate Courses - Core Courses
DENS522 - Educational Methods
(2nd Year Graduate Students )
Course Director : 2006-2007/2007-2008
The course is designed to expose the graduate students to methods of teaching and learning. It is assumed that teaching professionally in the university, teaching dental interns and residents outside the university setting, presenting papers to professional and related bodies or organizations and participation in educational workshops, conferences and seminars all require a formal exposure to the strategy and tactics of teaching and learning.
Topics include nature of learning and teaching, curriculum development, instructional objectives, instructional media, audio-visual teaching and learning aids and assessment methods for knowledge, skills and attitude. Students are encouraged to design and produce course objectives, self-instructional packages and to practice-teach undergraduates in their specialty courses.
DENS600 - Thesis Supervision
(Third Year Graduate Students)
Thsis Supervisor 2006-2007/2007-2008
Credit Hours: 6.0
The monograph of the College of Graduate Studies of King Saud University states that a "Masters thesis should be characterized by novelty and originality......" Graduate students are expected to work independently with minimal supervision once a well-designed research protocol of the student is approved. Original academic and independent critical approach, clear thinking, intellectual curiosity, thoroughness and accuracy in details are attributes which a graduate student should demonstrate in carrying out a research for the Master's degree thesis defence.
The student is assisted in achieving the above by the complementary roles of the specialty program director, the graduate committee of the Department and the approved research supervisor. The College of Graduate Studies has detailed the prescribed guidelines for the presentation of research prospectus and defence of thesis. A graduate student must comply with these guidelines |