قسم اللغة الإنجليزية
The Department of English Language and Literature
A Message from the Chairman
Welcome to the website of The Department of English Language and Literature, one of the main departments in The Arabic Open University. We offer programmers leading to the BA degree in English Language and Literature and to the MA degree in English Linguistics, English Literature and Translation. Our faculty members are widely recognized for their scholarly excellence, friendliness and dedication to serving the Iraqi, Arab and International community. They are well known for their excellence in teaching and for their extensive expertise in the areas of English Linguistics, English Literature and Translation. They have taught throughout the Arab World: in the Arab Gulf States, Jordan, Libya, Algeria besides their home country, Iraq. This diversity of backgrounds and experience is one of our important sources of enrichment. We exert our utmost to provide each of our students with the attention s/he needs to be able to excel and to become an independent researcher. Each of our students is assigned an academic tutor with whom s/he works closely throughout the period of her/his study. The courses we offer fall into four separate, but interdependent areas: English language skills, English literature, linguistics, and translation.
In our efforts to meet the challenge of modern educational requirements, we have modified our study plan, and re-oriented it towards providing a high standard of education to our students. New courses have been introduced, and many others re-focused. All have been re-prescribed with the aim of achieving the overall objectives of the Department. In consonance with this modified study plan, the Department has adopted student-centred teaching outlook, and fostered individualized instruction approaches. You are invited to explore our homepage for comprehensive information about our department, degree programs, degree requirements, course descriptions, and faculty member profiles.
Objectives
The Department pays close attention to both languages: Arabic and English especially when it comes to translation. Faculty members and students are urged to utilize both languages as a medium of instruction and learning. Every possible effort is made to benefit from our heritage to improve our social and intellectual environment. The Department fulfils its mission through offering specialized academic programs oriented towards the community. These programs reflect the needs and ambitions of our students both at home and in exile taking into consideration the academic developments in similar programs at the international level. Our objective is to serve our homeland and to contribute, through these programs, to the development of human knowledge.
Adil Al-Kufaishi, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Translation, Head of the Department
A Study Plan for the BA in English Language and Literature
General Requirements:
1- This plan conforms to the general frame of the program for the Undergraduate Studies. Holders of an accredited High school Certificate are admitted to the Program.
2- Students should complete 120 credit hours.
Special Requirements:
Passing an exam in the English Language
First Year
The University Requirements
Students select two of the following courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 13101 | Civil Society and Democracy | 3 |
| 13102 | Psychology | 3 |
| 13103 | Political Thought | 3 |
| 13104 | Philosophy | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
The Department Requirements
Fall Semester: student register for the following three courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 13201 | Communication Skills | 3 |
| 13202 | English Grammar (1) | 3 |
| 13203 | Reading Comprehension | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 13204 | Language Skills | 3 |
| 13205 | English Grammar (2) | 3 |
| 13206 | English Phonetics | 3 |
| 13207 | English Composition | 3 |
| 13208 | Vocabulary Building | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Second Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13209 | Syntax 1 | 3 | 13214 | Research Paper Writing | 3 |
| 13210 | Introduction to English Literature | 3 | 13215 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| 13211 | Morphology and Lexical Studies | 3 | 13216 | Advanced Reading | 3 |
| 13212 | Conversational English | 3 | 13217 | Translation Principles | 3 |
| 13213 | English Phonology | 3 | 13218 | 20th Century English Literature | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
Third Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 12219 | Syntax 2 | 3 | 13224 | World literature in English | 3 |
| 13220 | Mass Media Translation | 3 | 13225 | Debating | 3 |
| 13221 | English Language Teaching | 3 | 13226 | English Language Testing | 3 |
| 13222 | 19th C English Literature | 3 | 13227 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| 13223 | Advanced Writing | 3 | 13228 | Translation of Business and Legal Texts | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13229 | Discourse Analysis | 3 | 13234 | Graduation Project | 3 |
| 13230 | The Modern Novel | 3 | 13235 | Special Topic in Linguistics | 3 |
| 13231 | Literary Criticism | 3 | 13236 | 16th C English Literature | 3 |
| 13232 | 18th C English Literature | 3 | 13237 | 17th C English Literature | 3 |
| 13233 | Special Topic in Literature | 3 | 13238 | Drama: Shakespeare and the Renaissance | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
The Faculty of Graduate Studies
A Study Plan for the Master in Translation
General Requirements:
1- This plan conforms to the general frame of the program for the Graduate Studies
2- Areas of Specialty for Admission to this Program:
Holders of a Bachelor Degree in:
A- English Language and Literature
B- Translation
Special Requirements:
Passing two exams in translation from Arabic into English and vice versa
The courses are divided into obligatory and elective:
Obligatory Courses
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13301 | Research Methodology | 3 | 13305 | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| 13302 | English Syntax | 3 | 13306 | Stylistics | 3 |
| 13303 | Contrastive Text Analysis | 3 | 13307 | Technical Translation | 3 |
| 13304 | Theories of Translation | 3 | 13308 | Simultaneous and Consecutive Translation | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
Elective Courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13309 | Literary Translation | 3 | 13312 | Lexicology and Dictionaries | 3 |
| 13310 | Translation of Legal Texts | 3 | 13313 | Mass Media Translation | 3 |
| 13311 | Translation of Political and Diplomatic Texts | 3 | 13314 | Translation Strategies | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
Master Degree Requirements: accomplishing 33 credit hours as follows:
1- Non-Thesis Track:
A- Covering the 24 credit hours of the obligatory courses
B- Taking 9 credit hours from the elective courses
C- A Comprehensive exam (12315)
2- Thesis Track
A- completing 18 credit hours from the obligatory courses
B- Taking 6 credit hours from the elective courses
C- A thesis: 9 credit hours (12316)
A Study Plan for the Master in Linguistics
General Requirements:
1- This plan conforms to the general frame of the program for the Graduate Studies
2- Areas of Specialty for Admission to this Program:
Holders of a Bachelor Degree in:
a. English Language and Literature
b. Translation
c. Linguistics
Special Requirements:
Passing a proficiency exam in the English Language
The courses are divided into obligatory and elective:
Obligatory Courses
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13317 | Research Methodology | 3 | 13321 | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| 13318 | Advanced Syntax | 3 | 13322 | Stylistics | 3 |
| 13319 | Contrastive Linguistics | 3 | 13323 | Psycholinguistics | 3 |
| 13320 | Discourse Analysis and Text Linguistics | 3 | 13324 | Advanced Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
Elective Courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13325 | Historical Linguistics | 3 | 13328 | English Morphology | 3 |
| 13326 | Sociolinguistics | 3 | 13329 | Pragmatics | 3 |
| 13327 | First and Second Language Acquisition | 3 | 13330 | Lexicology and Lexicography | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Master Degree Requirements: accomplishing 33 credit hours as follows:
3- Non-Thesis Track:
a. covering the 24 credit hours of the obligatory courses
b. taking 9 credit hours from the elective courses
c. A Comprehensive exam (12331)
4- Thesis Track
a. covering 18 credit hours from the obligatory courses
b. taking 6 credit hours from the elective courses
c. A thesis: 9 credit hours (12332)
A Study Plan for the Master in English Literature
General Requirements:
3- This plan conforms to the general frame of the program for the Graduate Studies
4- Areas of Specialty for Admission to this Program:
Holders of a Bachelor Degree in the English Language and Literature
Special Requirements:
Passing a proficiency exam in the English Language
The courses are divided into obligatory and elective:
Obligatory Courses
Fall Semester Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13333 | Research Methodology | 3 | 13337 | World Literature | 3 |
| 13334 | English Novel | 3 | 13338 | Literary Criticism in the 20th C | 3 |
| 13335 | English Drama | 3 | 13339 | Literary Theory | 3 |
| 13336 | Modern English and American Poetry | 3 | 13340 | Comparative Literature | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
Elective Courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | |
| 13341 | Middle English | 3 | 13344 | Modern Critics | 3 |
| 13342 | Contrastive Textology | 3 | 13345 | Modern Trends in Drama | 3 |
| 13343 | Modernism and Postmodernism in English Literature | 3 | 13346 | Modern English and American Novel | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
Master Degree Requirements: accomplishing 33 credit hours as follows:
5- Non-Thesis Track:
a. covering the 24 credit hours of the obligatory courses
b. taking 9 credit hours from the elective courses
c. A Comprehensive exam (13347)
6- Thesis Track
a. covering 18 credit hours from the obligatory courses
b. taking 6 credit hours from the elective courses
c. A thesis: 9 credit hours (13348)