Recent Trends of Graduate Students Towards their Enrollment in Postgraduate Programs in Arts at King Faisal University from their point of view and their relationship to some variables
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Abstract
The study aimed to uncover the recent trends of undergraduate graduates in the Department of Art Education at King Faisal University to create and join postgraduate arts programs. The sample of the study consisted of (184) graduates, and to achieve the aim of the study, a questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the graduates based on previous studies. It consisted of four proposed programs for the master's level, including visual arts, graphic design, interior design, textile, and fashion design, using a descriptive survey approach. The study reached several conclusions, including that the proposed postgraduate programs will meet the needs of graduates and the labor market in the eastern province, and that the introduction of these programs will improve the efficiency and quality of graduates in it and meet their aspirations in the fields as a whole got positive and elevated views, as the results showed the graduates 'desire to join some programs such as the graphic design, interior design, and visual arts program. Suitable for the labor market, the study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which are: The necessity of conducting other studies that reveal trends in the development of graduate studies programs in other universities to compare these trends with the views of graduates at King Faisal University to reveal the true reasons for the graduates 'views towards these disciplines.