MasterofArtsinArabicLinguisticStudies

Therevisedcurriculumstructureoftheprogrammeisasfollows:
A.Bycourseworkandresearch
B.Bycourseworkonly

CoreCourses
10credithours
CoreCourses
SpecializationCourses 9credithours
SpecializationCourses
ElectiveCourses
6credithours
ElectiveCourses
Dissertation
15credithours
AcademicExercise
TOTAL
40credithours
TOTAL

10credithours
18credithours
6credithours
6credithours
40credithours

A.Courseworkandresearch

i.CoreCourses(10credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:

No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
1 IslamizationofLinguisticandLiterary
ARAB6013
3
Studies
2 ResearchMethodologyinLinguistics
ARAB6214
4
3 LanguageandComputer
ARAB6310
3

ii.SpecializationCourses(9credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtoaccumulate9credithoursfromthefollowingcourses:

No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
1 PrinciplesofArabicGrammar
ARAB6011
3
2 ModernLinguistics
ARAB6211
3
3 SyntacticStudies
ARAB6220
3
4 MorphologicalStudies
ARAB6221
3
5 QuranicQiraatandModernLinguistics ARAB6222
3
6 Semantics
ARAB6223
3

iii.ElectiveCourses(6credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtoaccumulate6credithoursfromthefollowingcourses:

No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
1 TheoryofLiterature
ARAB6012
3
2 ConstructiveandErrorAnalysis
ARAB6240
3
3 Sociolinguistics
ARAB6232
3
4 Psycholinguistics
ARAB6344
3
5 TheoriesandPracticeofTranslation
ARAB6313
3
1

Prerequisite

Prerequisite

Prerequisite

iv.Dissertation(15credithours)
No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
Prerequisite
1 Dissertation
ARAB6996
15

Thelengthofthedissertationshouldbeabout30,000words.

B.Courseworkonly

i.CoreCourses(10credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:

No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
Prerequisite
1 IslamizationofLinguisticandLiterary
ARAB6013
3

Studies
2 ResearchMethodologyinLinguistics
ARAB6214
4

3 LanguageandComputer
ARAB6310
3

ii.SpecializationCourses(18credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:
No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
Prerequisite
1 PrinciplesofArabicGrammar
ARAB6011
3

2 ModernLinguistics
ARAB6211
3

3 SyntacticStudies
ARAB6220
3

4 MorphologicalStudies
ARAB6221
3

5 QuranicQiraatandModernLinguistics
ARAB6222
3

6 Semantics
ARAB6223
3

iii.ElectiveCourses(6credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtoaccumulate6credithoursfromthefollowingcourses:
No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
Prerequisite
1 TheoryofLiterature
ARAB6012
3

2 ConstructiveandErrorAnalysis
ARAB6240
3

3 TheoriesandPracticeofTranslation
ARAB6313
3

4 Sociolinguistics
ARAB6232
3

5 Psycholinguistics
ARAB6344
3

iv.AcademicExercise(6credithours)

Studentsarerequiredtoproducetworesearcharticlesandeacharticleshouldbeabout6000words.
No. CourseTitle
CourseCode CreditValue
Prerequisite
1 ResearchPaperI(LinguisticStudies)
ARAB6921
3
ARAB6210
2 ResearchPaperII(LinguisticStudies)
ARAB6922
3
ARAB6921