The course focuses on the field of psychosomatics and introduces different perspectives and schools examining somatic manifestations that are strongly associated with the psychological development of the individual. The course also studies symptomatology of psychosomatic disorders from early childhood to adulthood, resulting from psychological development. It also explains the different aspects of the therapeutic procedure addressing psychosomatic symptoms.

This course is divided into two parts: The first part includes a base of theoretical and conceptual skills of communication. This is how the communication will be detailed as a psycho sociological object with its theories and ideologies, analyses of mass communication, psycho sociological perspective, critique of contemporary currents analysis of communication and information, psycho­sociological reading of communication and professions. Analytical openings will be made on the study of public discourse in the media, and the media itself, through its policies, its positioning and audience. The second part focuses on practical skills. It includes listening, reformulation, argumentation, face to face communication, in groups or general public, as well as the mastery of oral intervention techniques to different types of audience and familiarization with media practices.

Firstly this course explains the basic concepts in the various fields of social psychology, namely values, norms, opinions, attitudes and roles, social interactions, communication and information. The course then develops the group notion and covers its theoretical perspectives (cohesion, interaction process, conflicts and resistances, etc.) and group animation (methods, techniques and applications). The practice of social interactions is inherent to this teaching (role play, information clips, case simulations etc).

Most of the analysis within Human and Social Sciences and decision­making is founded on statistical data. Students work individually on data collected either in their research or in their professional lives. This course provides students with the tools and knowledge required to present, in tables and graphs, the data they have to handle, to analyze the characteristics of a statistical distribution to a character and to study the correlations between two variables. Particular attention is devoted to the choice of statistical methods and interpretation of results.

This course introduces students to the concepts of statistical inference essential to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Students are often required to collect information on samples of individuals and not on the entire population. They learn to draw conclusions about the population they are Interested, in from the data collected on samples with prudence and necessary rigor. For this purpose, this course introduces the students to the laws of probability, the estimation of population parameters by an interval of confidence and benchmark testing of two, as well as many mediums, by analysis of variance.

This course will provide 1st year students in Humanities with essential methods for the preparation of their work during the years of study at the University. These methods are common to all material and address different levels, ranging from exercises promoting correct educational attitudes in the introduction to the methods of work, the investigation of a text, and finally, to the mastery of speech essential to establish one Exchange with others, orally and in writing, and to assert with confidence and autonomy. In addition, the objectives of this course will address data essential for the design, drafting and the realization of research work.

The course demonstrates how intelligence is implemented in cognitive activities such as attention, perception, memory, problem solving, decision­making and reasoning. For each of these core activities, the information processing theories will be determined, as well the methods and techniques used by psychologists to understand, analyze and assess cognitive functioning.

This course consists of two parts as follows: Part 1: 2 credits ­ It raises awareness of the models and methods of guidance counseling to education, training and occupations. ­ It develops the concept of guidance and counseling as a helping relationship that supports young people in their educational and eventually professional paths, and adults in their working lives. ­ It allows the young psychologist in training to master the theories and the frameworks of the orientation (concept of professional project, representation of professional stereotypes, theories and strategies of the aid relation in counseling). 2nd part: 1 credit reserved for the ethics of psychologist Workplace (code of ethics of the internationally recognized psychologist).

The course focuses on theoretical models of the functioning and management of groups, as well as on notions of inter­ group communication and its application on different levels: group, family, individual and organizational. Students will be required to participate in a group dynamics session and write a summary report of their personal experience within the group.

This course intends to define ergonomics (adapting work to the operator) within the framework of labor sciences and to present its approach to human beings at work, with the practical objective of improving the work situation, particularly – albeit not exclusively – the relationship between men and machine. The course presents a history of ergonomics, its currents (physical ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics, macro­ ergonomics, anthropo­technology,design) and its methods (observation of activity, analysis of communications at work, simulation, etc.) It enables students to get to know the fundamental concepts of ergonomics: real work–prescribed work, task and activity, modus operandi, regulation, responsibility and constraint and labor analysis. It also covers labor­health and labor­time relations. It will be completed with a description of objectives and forms of action in ergonomics (correction, conception, organisation, formation, etc.), and teaching will build on examples of ergonomic action.

This course provides students with the fundamentals of the psychology of work. The course sets itself objectives of: namely situating the psychology of the work compared to its history, its evolution, distinguishing working conditions and studying their effects on workers (stress, satisfaction, motivation etc.), approaching the various areas of intervention of the psychologist's work (personnel management, training, psychological assessment, etc.).

This course will actively explore all aspects of the law: in se and inter se; public and private; imperative and interpretative; founding principles and theories of law; sources; ratione loci, ratione personæ, ratione materiæ, ratione temporis; Lebanese judicial system.

This course provides a synthesis of different theories that explain structure, functioning and organizational transformation. In the first part, the course defines the field of analysis of the sociology of organizations as well as its main theoretical currents. In the second phase, it apprehends the sociology of work in its various aspects and according to new trends (technology acceleration, globalization, current management of human resources, modern social stratification, activities of women, rising unemployment), i.e. according the professional development of trades. In a third part, students are required to perform an observation of a specific field, through the appropriation of certain analytical models and key concepts, allowing them to sociologically analyze concrete organization and institutional environments.

The course objectives are: - Personal development: psychological orientation and counseling; - Professional development: establishing the necessary link between personality and professionalism (as the set of job­related skills needed to practice a trade). The course develops the following themes: - Key knowledge in Counseling Psychology; ­ The main models and types of intervention in counseling; ­ Guidance in counseling and occupational mobility; ­ Knowledge of the different types of intervention: recruitment and guidance interview, review interview, counseling interview; ­ Knowledge of various ethical and deontological aspects of human labour. At the end of the course, students know how to conduct interviews in guidance, counseling, and support for personal and professional development.

This course aims to teach how to conduct an objective and scientific evaluation using instruments, trials and tests pertaining to the quality of work, workers’ skills and organization system evaluation, in terms of productivity/performance. The course is based on a methodological approach covering: ­ The cognitive analysis of daily activities and work situations; ­ Project management and its conformity with the aims and means; ­ Personality assessment; ­ Assessment of skills; ­ Assessment of work conditions: (healthwise: prevention of occupational risks and safety); ­ Assessment of professional and interpersonal relations. At the end of the course, students know how to provide a dynamic interpretation of the results obtained using evaluation methods and are capable of justifying an opinion formulated and based on these results.

This course is divided into two parts: ­ The first part includes the objectives, components and knowledge bases of the HR function within organisations. ­The second part addresses the psychological management of problematic issues pertaining to management, labor evolutions and their consequences. This course develops humanistic approaches (motivation­ satisfaction­implication), interactionist approaches (illustrating the actors and their strategic approach) and symbolist approaches (illustration of corporate culture).

This course develops the following: recognition of the theoretical and empirical foundations in psychology of health, their application on the dimensions and the psychological behaviour of health and disease (styles and habits of life) in the predisposition, development and maintenance of physical illness, in health and the management of certain diseases. The identification of themes related to the psychology of health (pain, stress, cancer, obesity, addictions, vulnerability, and others).

This course provides students with the basic knowledge essential to perform a survey in the service of a search. For this purpose, a knowledge of all stages of an investigation, of the preparation (setting objectives, questionnaire design, and choice of sampling method) is required to collect data and prepare students for the analysis and presentation of results. Students will also learn to use SPSS for compiling the data and the analysis of results.

The course consists of two complementary sections: The 1st section concerns a personality study through different standpoints of psychoanalysis and dynamic psychology, existential and humanistic psychology, psychometrics and factor analysis, behavioral psychology and through theories of learning including various affiliated methods and theories. The 2nd section helps students in learning the application of various personality assessment methods.

This course identifies the psychological problems caused by work: adjustment and adaptation to various working conditions, states of fatigue and neuroses of work, the concept of ‘burn out’, the problems caused by automation and the use of computers, the effects of unemployment on mental health, and the issue of the employment of sick and mentally handicapped people. The course develops the topics of anxiety and stress at work, the causes of work stoppages, addiction to work, workaholism, etc.

The internship allows the student to know about the functioning of organizations: public or private companies, administrations, associations, etc., and their place in economic and social life. The course is an introduction to the life of work, an openness to the system of communication and information within a company, a prerequisite for putting into practice some theoretical acquisition concerning human resources management and the management of contradictions in a particular undertaking. The phases of the course: a) A stage of observation during which the trainee is limited to the observation of the progress of the work in contact with the leaders and, if possible, with staff, b) A stage of intervention, under the supervision of the organisational psychologist hired by the company, with cases, which constitute a problem within the institution. The response phase is controlled by the psychologist at work or under the control of the master psychologist of the course teacher. At the end of the course the students prepare a detailed report in which they present the company, describe the workings, the hierarchical distribution, the quality of work, the means put at the disposal of the worker to evolve or fall into mental impairment, working hours and respect for labor rights, possibilities of malfunctions etc.