Associate Degree in English

Associate Degree in English

• Type: Undergraduate 

• Credit Hours :63
• Language: English 

 

Overview

English Language Department educates promising students from all backgrounds. The Department develops a well-structured curriculum to meet students’ needs and prepare them for future job market.

 

Job Opportunities

English language is the everyday language used in most commercial and non-commercial dealings. Therefore, the English language graduates are expected to have many opportunities to work in both public and private sectors as teachers, Translators, interpreters, journalists etc.

 

Program Objectives

1. To enhance analytical skills by reading texts in different genres and relating their authorship.
2. To develop communication skills to develop their linguistic abilities and upgrade their writing

through essays and research papers.

3. To enhance presentation skills to learn and adapt language for different tasks and audiences, in

seminar discussions and oral assessment.

4. To foster reflective skills as students, consider their own ideas and understanding of how these are developing through engagement with literary and critical texts and group discussing.
5. To improve knowledge in research skills so that they can identify, locate and select from appropriate materials relating to specific areas of study.
6. To train in IT skills so that they can make use of electronic resources and communication tools, including the online learning environment and research databases.
7. To cultivate time management, organizational skills and team-working skills.

 

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will become competent readers, capable of explaining and summarizing main ideas in the target language as used in literary works, social and business correspondence, essays and news writings.
2. Students will be able to produce writings for various purposes and audiences and will display

competence in diction and syntax. They will be able to write in a variety of formats about topics

related to contemporary issues.

3. Students will be able to participate in conversations and discussions in the target language as well as design and give effective and creative presentations on varied topics. They will be able to show their skills in listening comprehension in a variety of settings.
4. Students will be able to identify major literary genres and illustrate their knowledge of primary

writers of different periods and their writings and interpret them.

5. Students will be capable of conducting independent research and will demonstrate skills in research methodology and ethics.

 

 

Study Plan

First Year – Semester I (18 Hours)

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite	Course Scope
———-	ENG1000	Special Problems in Reading	3	———-	Major Requirement
ENG20	ENG1120	Exposition and Argumentation	3	———-	Major Requirement
ENG115	ENG1310	Practical English Grammar	3	———-	Major Requirement
SPMS85	SPMS1185	Introduction to Speech	3	———-	Major Requirement
PHIL35	PHIL1335	Business Ethics	3	———-	Major Requirement
MATH3	MATH1103	Pre-calculus	3	GFP302	Major Requirement
		Total Credit Hours	18

 

First Year – Semester II  (15 Hours)

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite	Course Scope
ENG60	ENG1160	Writing and Research	3	ENG20/ENG1120	Major Requirement
ENG201	ENG2001	Introduction to Literature	3	ENG20/ENG1120	Major Requirement
———-	ENG3303	Grammatical Structure of English	3	ENG115/ENG1310	Major Requirement
LING101	LING1010	Introduction to Translation	3	ENG20/ENG1120	Major Requirement
PSYCH50	PSYCH1101	General Psychology	3	———-	Major Requirement
		Total Credit Hours	15

 

Second Year – Semester I (15 Hours)

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite	Course Scope
ECO75	ECON1175	Economic Development in the Gulf States	3	———-	Major Requirement
ENG75	ENG1211	British Literature I	3	ENG201/ENG2001	Major Requirement
LING102	LING1020	Translation for Business	3	LING101/LING1010	Major Requirement
SOC100/POL90	SOC1100	Omani Society	3	———-	Major Requirement
FREE ELECTIVE	FREE ELECTIVE	FREE ELECTIVE 1	3	———-	FREE ELECTIVE
		Total Credit Hours	15

Second Year – Semester II   (15 Hours)

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite	Course Scope
———-	TECHCOMM 3580	Business Communication	3	ENG20/ENG1120	Major Requirement
ENG80	ENG1212	British Literature II	3	ENG75/ENG1211	Major Requirement
ENG105	ENG1221	American Literature I	3	ENG75/ENG1211	Major Requirement
PHIL212	PHIL2001	Ethics for Computer Usage	3	———-	Major Requirement
MAJOR ELECTIVE	MAJOR ELECTIVE	MAJOR ELECTIVE 1	3	———-	MAJOR ELECTIVE
		Total Credit Hours	15

 

 

Total: Associate Program: 63 credit hours

Non-Arabic students may take any two major elective courses as alternatives to Ling 1010 and Ling 1020.

Free Electives:

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSYCH212	PSYCH 4700	Industrial Psychology	3	PSYCH 1101/50
BUS110	BUS1110	Management and Organizational Behavior	3	———-
BUS209	BUS3209	Fundamentals of Management	3	———-
ECO121	ECON1100	Principles of Microeconomics	3	———-
ACC130	ACC1130	Accounting I	3	———-
IST211	IST2211	Web Design	3	———-
CS 200	IST-2000	Special Topics	3	———-
IST50	IST1750	Introduction to Management  Information Systems	3	GFP304

 

Major Electives:

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
ENG281	ENG2410	Theory of Written Communication	3	———-
SPMS255	SPMS3253	Discussion and Conference Methods	3	SPMS85/SPMS1185
SPMS283	SPMS3283	Business and Professional Communication	3	SPMS85/SPMS1185
SPMS281	SPMS3281	Communication Application	3	SPMS85/SPMS1185
ENG301	ENG3001	Special Topics (Phonetics and Phonology)	3	SPMS85/SPMS1185
ART80	ART1180	Art Appreciation	3	———-
ENG65	ENG1600	Technical Writing	3	ENG20/ENG1120
SPMS150	SPMS3250	Interpersonal Communication	3	SPMS85/SPMS1185

 

 

 

Course Description

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course Description
———-	ENG1000	Special Problems in Reading	The reading course is designed to improve students’ critical reading skills, increase analytical, and evaluative comprehension, expand vocabulary skills, and employ effective study strategies and to deal with problems reading on specific subjects or projects in the department. Moreover, students will come away from this course with guidelines and tools given to them by the course instructor that will help ensure the creation and implementation of strong reading skills.
ENG20	ENG1120	Exposition and Argumentation	This course will provide participants the opportunity to continue to develop the necessary writing skills with special emphasis on compare/contrast, persuasive, descriptive, narrative and cause and effect essays. This course will introduce advanced writing concepts and continued emphasis will be placed on writing according to the rules of good essay writing.
ENG115	ENG1310	Practical English Grammar	This course will provide the students with the opportunity to be familiar with the basic concepts and rules of grammar. As it can be seen in details given below, students will learn how to put grammar in use through examples and exercises.
SPMS85	SPMS1185	Introduction to Speech	A study of the arts of expression, oral communication, and listening (theory and practice); effective interaction of speech, speaker, listener, and occasion.
PHIL35	PHIL1335	Business Ethics	This course is an examination of the principles of ethics and issues that guide behavior in the world of business.  The topics covered are corporate responsibility, employee rights, and the nature of the free enterprise the system, environmental concern, and ethical business practices
MATH3	MATH1103	Pre-calculus	The course is designed to revise the main topics on Applied and Pure Mathematics studied in High school course; to familiarize the students with mathematical language, to improve mathematical understanding and provide students with effective mathematical skills for their further study. Topics include Sets, graph, linear function, quadratics function, exponential equations, logarithm, and Trigonometric functions

 

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course Description
ENG60	ENG1160	Writing and Research	Practice in techniques of analytical writing and in methods of research.
ENG201	ENG2001	Introduction to Literature	This course is designed to give the department an opportunity to test a new course. Variable title.
———-	ENG3303	Grammatical Structure of English	This course will provide the students with the opportunity to be familiar with the basic concepts and rules of grammar. As it can be seen in details given below, students will learn how to put grammar in use through examples and exercises
LING101	LING1010	Introduction to Translation	This course will provide the students the opportunity to be familiar with the main concepts and strategies in translation studies and most vital issues related to the field.
PSYCH50	PSYCH1101	General Psychology	An introduction to the science of the human mind and behavior. Topics include brain structure and function, human development, learning and memory, motivation, emotion, personality and psychological health, psychological disorders and their treatment, and social cognition and human relationships

 

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course Description
ECO75	ECON1175	Economic Development in the Gulf States	The emphasis of this course is to provide learners with concept of economic growth and development. They will learn indicators, theories, approaches, and models of economic growth and development. A specific focus is on GCC economic integration and indicators of economic development. Also, the course enlightens the learners with policies and models of sustainable development of GCC states.
ENG75	ENG1211	British Literature I	A survey of works and authors that explores the way these works represent the chronological period and express the individual concerns and techniques of those authors.
LING102	LING1020	Translation for Business	This course will provide the students with the opportunity to apply translation theories and strategies on various types of texts and how to bridge cultural, lexical and grammatical gaps in their translations from Arabic into English or vice versa at sentence and text level
SOC100/POL90	SOC1100	Omani Society	This course is intended to provide the students with an understanding of the Omani Society and provide an overview of the different sectors of Oman, its geography and history, institutions and policies, access to law, values of society and culture.

 

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course Description
———-	TECHCOMM 3580	Business Communication	The principles and practice of business communication. Covers topics such as genres of business writing, business uses of social media, branding and content strategy, and intercultural business communication.
ENG80	ENG1212	British Literature II	A survey of works and authors that explores the way these works represent the chronological period and express the individual concerns and techniques of those authors.
ENG105	ENG1221	American Literature I	This course will follow the development of American Literature from its colonial beginnings (1600-1700) to the rise of American Renaissance and Romanticism. The course will pay particular attention to the style of writing of American writers, their inspirations and how American writers flourished Literature to create a New World
PHIL212	PHIL2001	Ethics for Computer Usage

 

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course Description
PSYCH212	PSYCH 4700	Industrial Psychology
BUS110	BUS1110	Management and Organizational Behavior
BUS209	BUS3209	Fundamentals of Management	This course provides a clear and concise overview of the basics of management. The course is designed to provide an integrated overview of managerial decision-making and develop skills for identifying problems that managers face. Once identified, managers must apply the necessary tools (both analytical and intuitive) to find solutions that align with the firm’s objectives and goals. Topics include the importance of the basic function of management, leadership, and systems of control. It provides instructions on principles of management that have general applicability to all types of enterprises; basic management philosophy and decision making; and recent concepts in management
ECO121	ECON1100	Principles of Microeconomics	This course covers the major concepts and subject matter of microeconomics. This course guides the students to study about the resource allocation in the household and firms, the Cost functions, and the market mechanism
ACC130	ACC1130	Accounting I	This course gives students the opportunity to master accounting concepts and provides a firm foundation for further studies. It focuses largely on the accounting for external reporting and generation of financial information necessary for managerial decision-making. This course also introduces students to the conceptual structure of financial accounting which is an effort to develop their ability to understand and interpret the general purpose of financial statements
IST211	IST2211	Web Design
CS 200	IST-2000	Special Topics
IST50	IST1750	Introduction to Management  Information Systems	This course familiarizes the students with the fundamental concepts and principles of management information systems. Topics covered include the strategic role of IT, decision support systems, database and data warehouse, enterprise applications, mobile applications, and social and ethical issues related to information systems.

 

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Course description
ENG281	ENG2410	Theory of Written Communication	Major critical and conceptual approaches to written communication theory; includes semantics, history of print media, visible language, grammars, discourse theory, socio-linguistics reception theory, and stylistics.
SPMS255	SPMS3253	Discussion and Conference Methods	Explores the theoretical and practical dimensions of human communication in task-oriented small groups with emphasis on producing desired outcomes. Particularly useful for students who wish to improve their ability to work in small group environments.
SPMS283	SPMS3283	Business and Professional Communication	The course emphasizes principles and practical application of effective professional communication behaviors and rhetorical sensitivity within professional, business, and Organizational contexts.
SPMS281	SPMS3281	Communication Application	This course is designed to develop core communication skills that are critical in today’s fast paced environment. The course encourages students to develop self-confidence so that they’ll be able to present their opinions with meaningful presentations. The course has several activities for the participants to develop their skills in variety of presentations like persuasive, humorous, visual aid & power point presentations.
ENG301	ENG3001	Special Topics (Phonetics and Phonology)	The first part of this course will provide students with an introductory course in phonetics and phonology. The student is expected to be familiar with articulatory phonetics and the organs of speech involved in the production and description of human speech sounds, as well as the way consonants and vowels are transcribed according to IPA. The second part of the course will deal with basic concept of English phonology such as the phoneme, allophone, minimal pairs, syllable and stress. Various phonological process such as assimilation and supra-segmental features will be examined.
ART80	ART1180	Art Appreciation	This course will provide essential knowledge in various art forms starting from Stone age and experiencing the techniques of modern art schools. The course will develop critical understanding of paintings, sculptures and other art forms. Participants will be exposed to various artists of different period and will be expected to perform a research on those artist and their unique techniques.
ENG65	ENG1600	Technical Writing	Introduction to the role of the professional technical communicator in business and industry and practice in methods of developing technical documents.
SPMS150	SPMS3250	Interpersonal Communication	Explores the theoretical and practical dimensions of human communication in significant one-on-one relationships. Emphasis on theoretical approaches to identify and achieve particular outcomes desired in professional and personal interactions