English Language & Literature

This program offers student’s great understanding of English language skills, linguistics, literature, and translation. The program equips graduates with high proficiency levels in oral, written, and communicative language skills. It helps students appreciate and make sense of Western Civilization’s history, thinking, cultural trends, and literatures. Acting as a bridge, the study of English exposes students to other cultures written English. Studying English develops student’s aesthetic appreciation of the world around them. Our graduates are very strong competitors. They earn jobs in public and private sector firms including general education, higher education, publications, media, banking, government and non-government organizations.

Academic Degree Awarded upon graduation	Credit Hours	Program Length	Program Fees		Notes
Academic Degree Awarded upon graduation	Credit Hours	Program Length	Internet Service Fees	Credit Hour Fees	Notes
Bachelor	126	4 Years (8 Semesters)	RO. 6	RO. 55	1. Length of Academic Programs depends on student’s number of credit hours registered each semester. 2. Length of Foundation Program depends on the student’s result on the English Language Placement Test.
Advanced Diploma	93	3 Years (6 Semesters)	RO. 6	RO. 55
Diploma	63	2 Years (4 Semesters)	RO.6	RO. 55

Our goals:

1. Raising the student’s level of competency in the four language skills: listening , speaking, reading and writing . This is achieved through the certain language courses required of each student during the first two years .
2.Giving the students a firm ground in English literature and trying to develop their critical and aesthetic abilities.
3. Familiarizing the students with the research methods to be able to conduct a kind of serious research in any area of their study .
4. Developing the students’ understanding and appreciation of the literary and pragmatic uses of language.
5. Familiarizing the students with major theories and trends of linguistics and their applications in different areas related to language.
6. Creating in the students an awareness of the principles of translation and encouraging them to have a kind of practice in this field.

Learning Outcomes:

Students are expected to be able to …………….

1. Demonstrate good knowledge of the speech features such as sounds , stress and intonation.
2.Respond fluently to questions , statements, agreements and disagreements .
3. Conduct a conversation confidently , clearly and properly using a number of language functions and vocabulary items appropriately .
4. Show an understanding of a text by listening to speakers using connected language .
5. Demonstrate ability to use effective listening strategies extensively and intensively
6. Recognize the structure of a text by reading it silently and fast .
7. Demonstrate the ability to use effective reading strategies extensively and intensively .
8.Identify the main features of a writing text , punctuation , spelling and organization .
9. Use correctly certain cohesive devices to produce a unified text .
10. Use properly important writing skills such as summarizing and note-taking to produce a short report .
11.Appreciate a literary text appropriately .
12.Use correctly the research methods to write papers on language –based topics .
13.Describe the different language systems using scientific language .

Degrees Offered:

Bachelor Degree (126 Credits)

1.College Requirements (18 Credits Hours) Compulsory

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	BCGE001	Arabic Language	3	--------------
2	ENGL002	General English	3	--------------
3	BCGE004	Study Skills	3	--------------
4	BCGE002	Islamic Culture	3	--------------
5	BCGE003	Oman society	3	--------------
6	COMP100	Computer: Their Impacts & Uses	3
Total			18

2. Department Requirements (30 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL003	Communicative English	3	--------------
2	ENGL255	Introduction to English Literature	3	--------------
3	ENGL101	Listening Comprehension	3	--------------
4	BCGE006	Research Methodology	3	--------------
5	ENGL102	Intermediate Reading	3	--------------
6	ENGL098	Introduction to Essay Writing	3	--------------
7	COMS151	Oral Skills & Public Speaking	3	--------------
8	ENGL204	Advanced Reading	3	ENGL 102
9	ENGL155	Essay Writing & Freshman Composition	3	ENGL 098
10	ENGL103	Basic English Grammar	3	--------------
Total			30

3. Major Requirements (69 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	EPC 315	Psych Foundations in Learn. & Teaching	3	--------------
2	ENGL301	Introduction to Linguistics	3	--------------
3	ENGL205	Introduction to Translation	3	--------------
4	SED525	Methods of Teaching ESL	3	--------------
5	ENGL302	Introduction to Modern Grammar	3	ENGL103
6	ENGL363	A Study of Poetry	3	ENGL255
7	ENGL364	Short story	3	ENGL255
8	ENGL402	Phonetics & Phonology	3	ENGL301
9	ENGL405	Language Change &Differences	3	--------------
10	ENGL441	Sociolinguistics	3	ENGL301
11	ENGL306	Contrastive Linguistics	3	ENGL301
12	ENGL307	Morphology & Lexical Studies	3	ENGL301
13	ENGL308	Communicative grammar	3	ENGL103
14	ENGL475	Survey of Modern American literature	3	ENGL255
15	ENGL452	17^th Century English literature	3	ENGL255
16	ENGL409	English Drama	3	ENGL255
17	ENGL410	English Novel	3	ENGL255
18	ENGL208	Introduction to Creative writing	3	ENGL098
19	ENGL417	Language Development & Acquisition	3	ENGL301
20	ENGL404	Syntax	3	ENGL301
21	ENGL408	Semantics & Pragmatics	3	ENGL301
22	ENGL411	Translation of English & Arabic Texts	3	ENGL205
23	ENGL495 ENGL412	Seminar on Literature OR Seminar in Linguistics	3	All Courses in Literature
Total			69

4. Elective Courses (9 Credits Hours):

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL313	Applied Linguistics	3	ENGL301
2	ENGL456	British Literature (The Age of Enlightenment)	3	ENGL255
3	ENGL477	Major American Novelists I.19^th cent	3	ENGL475
4	ENGL461	British Literature in 20^th century	3	ENGL255
5	ENGL314	Media Translation	3	ENGL 205
6	ENGL478	American Literature in 20^th century	3	ENGL475
7	ENGL505	Discourse Analysis	3	ENGL301
8	ENGL438	Critical Approaches to Literature	3	ENGL255

Advanced Diploma Degree (93 Credits)

1. College Requirements (15 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	BCGE001	Arabic Language	3	--------------
2	ENGL002	General English	3	--------------
3	BCGE004	Study Skills	3	--------------
4	BCGE003	Oman society	3	--------------
5	COMP100	Computer: Their Impacts & Uses	3
Total			15

2. Department Requirements (30 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL003	Communicative English	3	--------------
2	ENGL255	Introduction to English Literature	3	--------------
3	ENGL101	Listening Comprehension	3	--------------
4	BCGE006	Research Methodology	3	--------------
5	ENGL102	Intermediate Reading	3	--------------
6	ENGL098	Introduction to Essay Writing	3	--------------
7	COMS151	Oral Skills & Public Speaking	3	--------------
8	ENGL204	Advanced Reading	3	ENGL 102
9	ENGL155	Essay Writing & Freshman Composition	3	ENGL 098
10	ENGL103	Basic English Grammar	3	--------------
Total			30

3. Major Requirements (45 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	EPC 315	Psych Foundations in Learn. & Teaching	3	--------------
2	ENGL301	Introduction to Linguistics	3	--------------
3	ENGL205	Introduction to Translation	3	--------------
4	SED525	Methods of Teaching ESL	3	--------------
5	ENGL302	Introduction to Modern Grammar	3	ENGL103
6	ENGL363	A Study of Poetry	3	ENGL255
7	ENGL364	The Short story	3	ENGL255
8	ENGL402	Phonetics & Phonology	3	ENGL301
9	ENGL405	Language Change &Differences	3	--------------
10	ENGL441	Sociolinguistics	3	ENGL301
11	ENGL306	Contrastive Linguistics	3	ENGL301
12	ENGL307	Morphology & Lexical Studies	3	ENGL301
13	ENGL308	Communicative grammar	3	ENGL103
14	ENGL475	Survey of Modern American literature	3	ENGL255
15	ENGL452	17^th Century English literature	3	ENGL255
Total			45

1. Elective Courses (3 Credits Hours):

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL313	Applied Linguistics	3	ENGL301
2	ENGL456	British Literature (The Age of Enlightenment)	3	ENGL255
3	ENGL477	Major American Novelists I.19^th cent	3	ENGL475
4	ENGL461	British Literature in 20^th century	3	ENGL255
5	ENGL314	Media Translation	3	ENGL 205
6	ENGL478	American Literature in 20^th century	3	ENGL475
7	ENGL505	Discourse Analysis	3	ENGL301
8	ENGL438	Critical Approaches to Literature	3	ENGL255

Diploma Degree (63 credits):

1. College Requirements (12 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	BCGE001	Arabic Language	3	--------------
2	ENGL002	General English	3	--------------
3	BCGE004	Study Skills	3	--------------
4	COMP100	Computer: Their Impacts & Uses	3
Total			12

2. Department Requirements (30 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL003	Communicative English	3	--------------
2	ENGL255	Introduction to English Literature	3	--------------
3	ENGL101	Listening Comprehension	3	--------------
4	BCGE006	Research Methodology	3	--------------
5	ENGL102	Intermediate Reading	3	--------------
6	ENGL098	Introduction to Essay Writing	3	--------------
7	COMS151	Oral Skills & Public Speaking	3	--------------
8	ENGL204	Advanced Reading	3	ENGL 102
9	ENGL155	Essay Writing & Freshman Composition	3	ENGL 098
10	ENGL103	Basic English Grammar	3	--------------
Total			30

3. Major Requirements (21 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

SN	Subject No.	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisites
1	ENGL301	Introduction to Linguistics	3	--------------
2	ENGL205	Introduction to Translation	3	--------------
3	ENGL302	Introduction to Modern Grammar	3	ENGL103
4	ENGL363	A Study of Poetry	3	ENGL255
5	ENGL364	The Short story	3	ENGL255
6	ENGL402	Phonetics & Phonology	3	ENGL301
7	ENGL405	Language Change &Differences	3	--------------
Total			21