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MasterofArtsinArabicLinguisticStudies

Therevisedcurriculumstructureoftheprogrammeisasfollows:A.BycourseworkandresearchCoreCourses 10credithoursSpecializationCourses 9credithoursElectiveCourses 6credithoursDissertation 15credithoursTOTAL 40credithours

B.BycourseworkonlyCoreCourses 10credithoursSpecializationCourses 18credithoursElectiveCourses 6credithoursAcademicExercise 6credithoursTOTAL 40credithours

A.Courseworkandresearchi.CoreCourses(10credithours)Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:No. CourseTitle CourseCode CreditValue Prerequisite1 IslamizationofLinguisticandLiterary

StudiesARAB6013 3

2 ResearchMethodologyinLinguistics ARAB6214 4 3 LanguageandComputer ARAB6310 3

ii.SpecializationCourses(9credithours)Studentsarerequiredtoaccumulate9credithoursfromthefollowingcourses:No. CourseTitle CourseCode CreditValue Prerequisite1 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 Prerequisite1 TheoryofLiterature ARAB6012 3 2 ConstructiveandErrorAnalysis ARAB6240 3 3 Sociolinguistics ARAB6232 3 4 Psycholinguistics ARAB6344 3 5 TheoriesandPracticeofTranslation ARAB6313 3

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iv.Dissertation(15credithours)No. CourseTitle CourseCode CreditValue Prerequisite1 Dissertation ARAB6996 15

Thelengthofthedissertationshouldbeabout30,000words.B.Courseworkonlyi.CoreCourses(10credithours)Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:No. CourseTitle CourseCode CreditValue Prerequisite1 IslamizationofLinguisticandLiterary

StudiesARAB6013 3

2 ResearchMethodologyinLinguistics ARAB6214 4 3 LanguageandComputer ARAB6310 3

ii.SpecializationCourses(18credithours)Studentsarerequiredtotakeallthefollowingcourses:No. CourseTitle CourseCode CreditValue Prerequisite1 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 Prerequisite1 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 Prerequisite1 ResearchPaperI(LinguisticStudies) ARAB6921 3 ARAB62102 ResearchPaperII(LinguisticStudies) ARAB6922 3 ARAB6921