Translation

This program develops students understanding of the scientific and professional aspects of translation. Translation program equips graduates with high proficiency levels in oral, written, and communicative language skills. It provides efficient graduate translators and interpreters. Graduate translators provide communicative interpretation of and for the world nations’ cultures, business markets, and politics. Professional translators and interpreters are in great demand, nationally as well as internationally. Our graduates find jobs as public service interpreters and translators in health, education, law firms, private firms, internal & foreign affairs, international relations, international commerce and industry, diplomatic missions, and international organizations.

Academic Degree Awarded upon graduation

Credit Hours

Program Length

Program Fees

Notes

Internet Service Fees

Credit Hour Fees

Bachelor

126

4 Years

(8 Semesters)

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.

Mission:

The program aims at helping the students to master the intellectual and scientific aspects of translation as a new field of study. It intends to prepare the graduates to become bilingual translators and interpreters to meet the needs of Oman society and the work market for such professional’s .This complies well with the great role that Oman plays in the international relations and cultural interactions.

Goals:

1- Preparing students to meet the requirements of the work market in the field of translation.
2- Providing students with linguistic skills that enable them to take over translation as a profession efficiently
3- Helping students to develop their intellectual abilities to encounter job responsibilities effectively.
4- Familiarizing students with the principles, beliefs and values of Western culture.
5- Providing the local work market with competent and professional translators in different areas.
6- Providing students with the findings in the field of linguistics and translation studies.
7- Preparing students for postgraduate studies in the fields of linguistics and translation.

Learning Outcomes:

Students are expected to be able to:

1- Develop the necessary professional skills in the field of translation.
2- Show high linguistic skills that enable them to work competently as translators.
3- Demonstrate great intellectual abilities that enable them to hold responsibilities competently.
4- Show deep understanding of the beliefs, values and principles of Western culture.
5- Demonstrate an informed consensus with different cultural differences that they may encounter.
6- Be aware of the duties that they must carry out in the process of development in Oman.
7- Be aware of the developments in the fields of linguistics and translation.
8- Show competence and ability to complete their higher education in well-reputed institutions.
9- Show great understanding of others who speak different languages to bridge the gaps and minimize the discrepancies with them.
10- Develop new cultural values and concepts to facilitate cross-cultural communication and mutual understanding globally.
11- Demonstrate informed awareness of the similarities and differences between the linguistic systems of Arabic and English.

Degrees Offered:

Bachelor

Bachelor Degree (126 Credit Hours):

1. College Requirements (18 Credit Hours) Compulsory:

Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Pre-requisites
BCGE001	Arabic Language	3
BCGE004	Study Skills	3
BCGE002	Islamic Culture	3
COMP100	Computer Impacts and Uses	3
ENGL002	General English	3
BCGE003	Oman society	3
Total		18

2. Department Requirements (30 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Pre-requisites
BCGE006	Research Methodology	3
ENGL0101003	Communicative English	3
ENGL0101101	Listening Comprehension	3
ENGL0101102	Intermediate Reading	3
ENGL0101098	Intro to Essay Writing	3
COMS0101151	Oral Skills & Public Speaking	3
ENGL0101255	Introduction to English Literature	3
ENGL0101204	Advanced Reading	3	ENGL0101102
ENGL0101155	Essay Writing & Freshman Comp	3	ENGL0101098
ENGL0101103	Basic English Grammar	3	-------------------------------
Total		30

3.Major Requirements (69 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

Course No	Course title	Credits	Pre-requisites
ENGL0101301	Introduction to Linguistics	3
ENGL0101205	Introduction to Translation	3
BCGE008	Arabic Syntax	3
LING0101402	English Phonetic & Phonology	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101211	Translation of Eng.-Arabic Texts	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101302	Translation of Financial Texts	3	ENGL0101211
ENGL0101309	Stylistics	3
LING0101441	Sociolinguistics	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101306	Contrastive Linguistics	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101307	Morphology & Lexical Studies	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101311	Translation Arabic-English Texts	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101300	Media Translation	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101301	Sight Translation	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101305	Translation of Literary Texts	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101416	Consecutive Interpretation	3	ENGL0101205
LING0101417	Language Development &Acquisition	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101208	Introduction to Creative Writing	3	ENGL0101098
LING0101404	Syntax	3	ENGL0101301
LING0101408	Semantics & Pragmatics	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101412	Translation for Communication	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101308	Communicative grammar	3	ENGL0101103
ENGL0101308	Western Culture	3
ENGL0101400	Translation Project	3
Total		69

4. Elective Courses (Select 09 Credit Hours):

Course No	Course title	Credits	Pre-requisites
ENGL0101313	Applied Linguistics	3	ENGL0101301
ENGL0101419	Computer Assisted Translation	3	ENGL0101205
ENGL0101417	Vocabulary Development	3	-----------------
ENGL0101418	Translation Theory	3	ENGL0101205
LING 0101505	Discourse Analysis	3	ENGL0101307
ENGL0101303	Translation of legal Texts	3	ENGL0101211