Abstract

Current research aims to explore: 1-Individual modernity among the heads and coordinators of scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar University. 2- The significance of individual modernity differences among the heads and rapporteurs of scientific departments according to the gender variable (males – females). 3- The significance of individual modernity differences among the heads and rapporteurs of scientific departments according to the variable of specialization (scientific – humanitarian). The current research is limited by the heads and coordinators of the scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar State University, depending on gender variable (male - female) and specialization variable (pure science - humanities).The final sampling is composed of 120 participants of heads and coordinators of scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar University, proportionately chosen according to the stratified random sampling. To achieve the objectives of The researchers elected to measure individual modernity drawing on the theory of Inkles & Smith (1976), consisting of 43 items, distributed over ten areas (active public participation, openness to new experience, opinion growth, time, effectiveness, planning, technical skills, women's rights , understanding, optimism). Having completed the application, The researchers appropriately analyzed the statistically-collected date using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The research results showed the following: 1. The heads and coordinators of the scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar University are characterized by individual modernity. 2. There are no statistically significant differences in the correlation individual modernity among the heads and coordinators of scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar University, depending on the gender variable (male-female). 3. There are no statistically significant differences in the correlation individual modernity among the heads and coordinators of scientific departments in the colleges of Thi-Qar University, depending on specialization variable (pure science - humanities).