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Program learning outcomes for English Language – Literature Program

Program Vision

Building specialized competencies in the field of English literature, achieving leadership and excellence at the local and regional levels, and supplying the labor market with distinguished graduates armed with knowledge, skills and competencies, capable of creative application in the use of information technology and modern teaching and learning strategies.

Program Mission and Objectives:

1. Achieving the conformity of learning outcomes in all areas of specialization with the descriptors of the seventh level (knowledge, skills and competencies) within the National Qualifications Framework.
2. Integrating modern information technology and employing it in a creative fashion in the teaching and learning processes to reach more effective learning and taking into account the needs of the learner.
3. Enhancing the principle of self-sustainable lifelong learning, and highlighting the learner’s creativity in light of global transformations through the application of various teaching and learning strategies.
4. Familiarizing the students with and sufficient knowledge of the stages of the emergence and development of English literature in different eras.
5. Developing the students’ abilities and skills in critical readings, and identifying the most important literary works and different genres in British and American literature.
6. Reinforcing the various linguistic, written and oral skills and competencies.

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Main knowledge
MK1	Introducing the student with the different styles of English literature.
MK2	Familiarizing of the student with the characteristics of the different literary ages .
MK3	Acquainting the student with the different critical and literary schools in English literature.
MK4	Sharpening the student’s awareness of the most important writers and poets who appeared since the Anglo-Saxon era until the modern era
Basic skills
MS1	Proficiency in the basic skills of communication in English.
MS2	Employment of writing skills in an error-free fashion.
MS3	Mastery of debate and dialogue effectively.
MS4	Appreciating the role of the English language as a language of communication between different cultures and human societies.
General competencies
MC1	Critical and analytical thinking in the field of English language and literature using research methods and information technology.
MC2	Teaching English efficiently in accordance with ethical and professional standards.
MC3	Enabling the student to apply in the theoretical, linguistic and literary fields in various fields of work.
MC4	Interacting and using creative writing skills as well as adjusting the writing style in such a way that fits in with the content, context and nature of the topic in question.

Learning Outcomes of the English Language Program – Translation Program

Program Vision

leadership in building specialized abilities in the field of translation, supported by the knowledge, skills as well as leading, creative and innovative competencies necessary for competitiveness in the global labor market, through the application of the latest translation technologies and modern education strategies.

Program Mission and Objectives:

1. Achieving the conformity of learning outcomes in all areas of specialization with the descriptors of the seventh level (knowledge, skills and competencies) within the National Qualifications Framework.
2. Integrating modern translation technology and employing it creatively in the pedagogical process to reach more effective learning and take into account the needs of the learner.
3. Enhancing the principle of self-sustainable lifelong learning, and highlighting the learner’s creativity in light of global transformations through the application of various teaching and learning strategies.
4. Supplying the local market with its need of qualified translators in various fields and specializations.
5. Training graduates on the mechanisms of competition in the local, regional and global translation market.

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Main knowledge
MK1	Distinguishing the characteristics of each of the successive stages of Translation Studies and possessing adequate knowledge of the leading theorists in the field.
MK2	Analyzing and criticizing a variety of translation works.
MK3	Familiarizing the student with literary writing in a creative way: (reports, articles, etc.).
MK4	Appreciating the role of literary stages in consolidating human values, and highlighting the role of historical, religious and social movements in the development of literature.
Basic skills
MS1	Translating texts from various fields of knowledge in an accurate manner.
MS2	Judging the quality of translated texts from Arabic into English and vice versa.
MS3	Mastery of consecutive interpreting skills in both languages.
MS4	Mastery of simultaneous interpreting skills in both languages.
General competencies
MC1	Applying translation theories in analyzing translated texts.
MC2	Critical and analytical thinking in Arabic and English using research methods and information technology.
MC3	Using the rules of the Arabic and English languages correctly in the translation product (Written & Oral).
MC4	Using the principles of semantics properly.

Learning Outcomes of the English Language Program – Master’s Program

Program Vision

Empower students in the field of English literature to achieve a firm grasp of the broad spectrum of English and American literature, including its development, genres, periods, trends, main authors, and literary theories, and enable them to master the knowledge, skills, and competencies to compete successfully in the marketplace as researchers, teachers, journalists, writers, and translators.

Program mission and objectives:

Deepen the students’ understanding and appreciation of English literature, with special emphasis on modern and postcolonial literatures, and on literary and critical theory.
Enable the students to develop a historical awareness of literary traditions.
Help the students develop their own independent critical thinking and judgement.
Instill in the students the habits and spirit of scholarship and teach them the research methods that facilitate advanced literary study
Fulfill the learning outcomes as delineated below under knowledge, skills and competencies and making sure they conform to the standards of the National Qualifications Framework.
Promote the principle of self-sustainable, lifelong learning, and encourage the students to have creative responses to all types of literary texts.

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Main knowledge
MK1	Master the knowledge of Analyzing and discussing the salient features of literary texts from a broad range of English and American literary periods.
MK2	Explain and discuss the functions of texts in relation to historical, social, and political contexts.
MK3	Examine literary problems in a way that reflects insight into the distinctive historical, traditional and social situatedness of English literature as an academic discipline
MK4	Employ knowledge of literary traditions to produce imaginative writing and demonstrate interpretive and analytical skills and ability to close-read.
Basic skills
MS1	Apply critical and creative thinking to evaluate literature, solve problems, and improve practice in English studies, applying sound judgment in professional and personal situations
MS2	Prepare and present seminars to a professional standard.
MS3	Design and carry out, interpret and critique research in the discipline and write theses or reports to a professional standard, equivalent in quality to that of publishable papers.
MS4	Apply critical approaches, theories and methodologies in the field of literary studies in English.
General competencies
MC1	Have lifelong professional development appreciation and manifest serious commitment towards generating knowledge by using Information Communications Technology (ICT) efficiently
MC2	Master the tools of research and apply the proper critical theories
MC3	Write well-conceived and developed publishable manuscripts in the field of English literature
MC4	Work efficiently independently and/or within a team and uphold social and professional responsibilities.

Program learning outcomes for English Language – Literature Program

Program Vision

Program Mission and Objectives:

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Introducing the student with the different styles of English literature.

Familiarizing of the student with the characteristics of the different literary ages .

Acquainting the student with the different critical and literary schools in English literature.

Sharpening the student’s awareness of the most important writers and poets who appeared since the Anglo-Saxon era until the modern era

Proficiency in the basic skills of communication in English.

Employment of writing skills in an error-free fashion.

Mastery of debate and dialogue effectively.

Appreciating the role of the English language as a language of communication between different cultures and human societies.

Critical and analytical thinking in the field of English language and literature using research methods and information technology.

Teaching English efficiently in accordance with ethical and professional standards.

Enabling the student to apply in the theoretical, linguistic and literary fields in various fields of work.

Interacting and using creative writing skills as well as adjusting the writing style in such a way that fits in with the content, context and nature of the topic in question.

Learning Outcomes of the English Language Program – Translation Program

Program Vision

Program Mission and Objectives:

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Distinguishing the characteristics of each of the successive stages of Translation Studies and possessing adequate knowledge of the leading theorists in the field.

Analyzing and criticizing a variety of translation works.

Familiarizing the student with literary writing in a creative way: (reports, articles, etc.).

Appreciating the role of literary stages in consolidating human values, and highlighting the role of historical, religious and social movements in the development of literature.

Translating texts from various fields of knowledge in an accurate manner.

Judging the quality of translated texts from Arabic into English and vice versa.

Mastery of consecutive interpreting skills in both languages.

Mastery of simultaneous interpreting skills in both languages.

Applying translation theories in analyzing translated texts.

Critical and analytical thinking in Arabic and English using research methods and information technology.

Using the rules of the Arabic and English languages correctly in the translation product (Written & Oral).

Using the principles of semantics properly.

Learning Outcomes of the English Language Program – Master’s Program

Program Vision

Program mission and objectives:

Program learning outcomes ((MK= Main Knowledge, MS= Main Skills, MC= Main Competences)

Master the knowledge of Analyzing and discussing the salient features of literary texts from a broad range of English and American literary periods.

Explain and discuss the functions of texts in relation to historical, social, and political contexts.

Examine literary problems in a way that reflects insight into the distinctive historical, traditional and social situatedness of English literature as an academic discipline

Employ knowledge of literary traditions to produce imaginative writing and demonstrate interpretive and analytical skills and ability to close-read.

Apply critical and creative thinking to evaluate literature, solve problems, and improve practice in English studies, applying sound judgment in professional and personal situations

Prepare and present seminars to a professional standard.

Design and carry out, interpret and critique research in the discipline and write theses or reports to a professional standard, equivalent in quality to that of publishable papers.

Apply critical approaches, theories and methodologies in the field of literary studies in English.

Have lifelong professional development appreciation and manifest serious commitment towards generating knowledge by using Information Communications Technology (ICT) efficiently

Master the tools of research and apply the proper critical theories

Write well-conceived and developed publishable manuscripts in the field of English literature

Work efficiently independently and/or within a team and uphold social and professional responsibilities.