Credit Hours and Academic Advising in a Workshop at the Faculty of Arts
Written by: Dr. Hind Hassanein
Under the patronage of Dr. Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of Assiut University, Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mawla, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Magdy Allwan, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Mohamed Abu Rehab, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs.
The Faculty of Arts held an introductory workshop on credit hours and academic advising for the undergraduate level. This was based on the directives of the Dean of the Faculty, following the approval of the Supreme Council of Universities to implement the new internal regulations of the faculty for the undergraduate stage, starting from the academic year 2025/2026, to familiarize faculty members and teaching assistants with this new system.
The workshop was attended by Dr. Magdy Alwan, Dean of the College, Dr. Hassan El-Hawary, former Dean of the Faculty of Science and Advisor to the University President for University Information Systems and Decision Support, Dr. Omar Sayed Khalil, former Dean of the Faculty of Education and Director of the University Education Development Center, Dr. Mohamed Abu Rehab, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Sameh Fikry, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Hamed Mashhour, Vice Dean for Environmental Affairs and Community Service, the heads of departments, and a number of faculty members of the college along with their assistants.
In a detailed explanation, Dr. Hassan Al-Hawari defined the credit hour system, which is characterized by a set timeframe based on the main academic track rather than academic years. It relies on assigning a specific value to each course based on the time unit of the hour, thereby determining the number of study hours required to complete elective and mandatory courses that serve the specialization according to the baskets.He emphasized the importance of the role of academic advising in this system to support students and help them understand it well in order to make appropriate decisions for themselves.Dr. Omar Sayed Khalil also extended congratulations to the Dean of the Faculty and the faculty members on the commencement of the implementation of this regulation and confirmed that there is a joint cooperation protocol between the Faculties of Arts and Education and the University Teaching Development Center to prepare specialized training courses in the credit hour system and academic advising.
