Bachelor of Arts in English
- Bachelor of Arts in English
- Type: Undergraduate
- Credit Hours :120
- 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
- To achieve a high quality of teaching, learning and training opportunities.
- To develop such transferable graduate skills, in teaching, journalism & media, tourism, marketing and public relations.
- To be able to acquire various skills to serve the nation and community; viz., analytical skills, communication skills, and presentation skills.
- To develop team-working and public speaking skills among students.
- To train to adopt ethical methods in doing research.
- To analyses and thus develop a critical mind to tackle real issues at work place.
Program Learning Outcomes
- 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.
- 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.
- Students will be able to participate in conversations and discussions in the target language as well as design and present effective and creative presentations on varied topics. They will be able to show their skills in listening comprehension in a variety of settings.
- 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.
- Students will be capable of conducting independent research and will demonstrate skills in research methodology and ethics.
- Students will gain ample knowledge of historical and cultural movements, and traditions associated with the target cultures, and will be able to order them chronologically. They will develop an appreciation for fine arts and distinguish the main features of different periods.
- Students will gain knowledge of critical theories and will be able to identify and implement them in their reading and writing.
- Students will demonstrate innovation, originality and problem-solving skills in speech and writing that will benefit the community, economy and society.
Course Plan for bachelor’s degree
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 |
Third Year – Semester I (15 Hours)
| Old Course Code | New Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisite | Course Scope |
| ENG337 | ENG3214 | The Plays of William Shakespeare | 3 | ENG75/ENG1211 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG3101 | Advanced Composition | 3 | ENG60/ENG1160 | Major Requirement |
| ENG106 | ENG1222 | American Literature II | 3 | ENG105/ENG1221 | Major Requirement |
| MNGT325 | MNGT4325 | Entrepreneurship | 3 | ———- | Major Requirement |
| MAJOR ELECTIVE | MAJOR ELECTIVE | MAJOR ELECTIVE 2 | 3 | ———- | MAJOR ELECTIVE |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Third Year – Semester II (15 Hours)
| Old Course Code | New Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisite | Course Scope |
| ENG306 | ENG3306 | Linguistic Study of Modern English | 3 | ENG3303 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG2250 | American Short Story | 3 | ENG106/ENG 1222 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG3223 | American Poetry II | 3 | ENG106/ENG 1222 | Major Requirement |
| HIST112 | HIST1200 | Modern Western Civilization II | 3 | 63 credits | Major Requirement |
| MAJOR ELECTIVE | MAJOR ELECTIVE | MAJOR ELECTIVE 3 | 3 | ———- | MAJOR ELECTIVE |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year – Semester I (15 Hours)
| Old Course Code | New Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisite | Course Scope |
| ENG362 | ENG3219 | The English Novel II | 3 | ENG80/ENG 1212 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG3170 | Teaching & Supervising Reading and Writing | 3 | ENG306/ENG 3306 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG3232 | Contemporary American Literature | 3 | ENG106/ENG 1222 | Major Requirement |
| ENG202 | ENG2002 | Critical Approaches to Literature | 3 | ENG80/ENG 1212, ENG105/ENG1221 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG1170 | Creative Writing | 3 | 63 credits | Major Requirement |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year – Semester II (12 Hours)
| Old Course Code | New Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisite | Course Scope |
| ENG353 | ENG3216 | British Romantic | 3 | ENG106/ENG 1222 | Major Requirement |
| ENG350 | ENG4290 | Texts and Contexts (Capstone) | 3 | ENG202/ENG 2002, ENG3101 | Major Requirement |
| ENG376 | ENG3226 | The American Novel | 3 | ENG106/ENG 1222 | Major Requirement |
| ———- | ENG3233 | Contemporary British Literature | 3 | ENG80/ENG 1212 | Major Requirement |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 |
Total: Bachelor Program: 120 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 |
