The rest are mental health professionals or social workers. Each course meets for five hours per week in five-week modules and carries four credits. Beyond that, students attend tutorial instruction and consultation sessions. Students must also complete a directed major research project. The average time for completing the coursework is 14 months, Casey says, which causes many students to have second thoughts.
All instruction is in Hebrew.
But other components of the program, primarily those involving research, are in English. Casey says 26 faculty members and 16 tutors were hired before the first year. The program's current acting dean, Gaby Kovac of Ra'anana, was just an instructor the first year. Most classes have diverse student populations, Casey says. The classes in Beersheva, for example, have Jews, Arabs and Bedouins.