Arabic Language program
Bachelor
Levels
8
Courses
71
Credits
136
Number of students
456
Overview
Program Message:
* Preparing specialists in the fields of Arabic language according to quality standards. Contributing to the development of society, strengthening its Arab identity, and establishing scientific research skills, which contributes to meeting the needs of the labor market.
2. Program Objectives:
1) Providing students with scientific knowledge and applied skills in the fields of Arabic language and literature.
2) Providing qualified graduates in the fields of Arabic language and literature to meet the labor market.
3) Providing an educational program according to quality standards in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
4) Contributing to serving the community, by meeting the needs of the Kingdom and its institutions for specialists in the Arabic language and its sciences.
5) Contributing to the formation of the basics of scientific research among students.
3. Program Learning Outcomes*
After completing the program, the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
P1 Defines the basic rules and concepts in Arabic grammar, and phonetic, morphological, and prosodic topics.
P2 Distinguishes between literary eras and their artistic, thematic, and formal features, and their most important arts and figures.
A3 Clarifies the difference between the sciences of rhetoric and their basic concepts, revealing their aesthetic values in texts.
A4 Classifies the basic terms in the levels of linguistic study, and the methods of linguistic and literary study.
A5 Identify the methods of scientific research and their modern techniques.
Skills
M1 Apply grammatical, morphological and prosodic concepts and rules in a range of different contexts.
M2 Apply literary and critical approaches, and their various formal and thematic techniques.
M3 Deduces critical issues in different texts, and understands their implications and the secrets of their eloquence.
M4 Employs scientific terminology, concepts and theories in the field of linguistics, linguistic and literary studies.
M5 Uses digital technologies in processing data, information and terminology in the fields of the Arabic language.
Values, independence and responsibility
Q1 represents integrity and academic and professional ethics.
Q2 Adheres to moderate Islamic values and is proud of his national identity.
Q3 Demonstrates the ability to use social skills such as leadership, communication, cooperation and teamwork.
Q4 Works effectively and independently within groups or activities.
* A separate table is added for each track or graduation points (if any).
Program content
Admission requirements
Program levels
Level One
ISL 1101 - Exegesis of Quran - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
The course presents an interpretive study of the Amma part through the prescribed reference in an easy way, taking care of explaining the words and paying attention to the general overall meaning of the verse, and directing the student to know the guidance and instructions of the verses and surahs.
ISL 1100 - Holy Quran - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
"This course focuses on the recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha and the 30th Juz' of the Holy Qur'an, along with the memorization of selected Surahs and the application of Tajweed rules to the assigned portions. "
BUS 1103 - Principles of financial knowledge - optional 2
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course aims to provide students with concepts and knowledge that will help them understand the financial problems facing business establishments in all their forms, expand their understanding of the work of the financial manager and the concept of financial management and the development of its activities over time, as well as understand the relationship between financial management and other departments within the establishment and the surrounding environment.
ARB 1151 - Phonology - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
2
Pratical
2
Training
Total Content
4
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• Through this course, the student will learn about the linguistic sound; its two parts (consonant and vowel), its characteristics and exits when isolated from the context, and the other secondary characteristics that the sound acquires through its inclusion in speech according to the mechanisms of stress and intonation, or by contrast and similarity. Accordingly, the student will distinguish between the sciences of sounds; especially the sciences of (phonetics) and (phonology).
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
None
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. The main objective of the course
• This course aims to:
• Describe the linguistic sound (its place of articulation and its characteristics (intensity/softness, voiced/whispered, thinning/emphasis).
• Explain the special characteristics of sounds (sibilant sounds, nasal sounds...).
• Explain the two phenomena that give the sound secondary characteristics (similarity and dissimilarity).
• Define stress and intonation.
• Learn about the sciences of sounds (physical phonetics, auditory phonetics, phonetics, phonology...).
ENGL 1101 - English Language - optional 2
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course introduces the students to an integrated language program in which the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are developed together with grammar and vocabulary. The course also provides students with social functions of English (getting to know each other, greetings, friendship, etc.,)
ARB 1141 - Rhetoric (1) - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course deals with the origin and development of Arabic rhetoric, its status among the sciences of Arabic, the definition of eloquence and rhetoric, the distinction between the three sciences of rhetoric, the science of semantics: its definition, the relationship between the science of semantics and the science of grammar, the importance of the science of semantics in the Arabic language, the conditions of the news attribution, the news and the composition, the types of news and its purposes, the departure of speech from what is apparent, the mental metaphor: its relationships, the secret of its eloquence. The conditions of the subject, the conditions of the predicate, and the conditions of the verb’s attachments.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
None
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
No concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• This course aims to enable the student to understand the speech of rhetoricians, develop the ability to deal with different rhetorical styles, and understand the secrets of Arab speech in prose and poetry, and the differences in the arts of eloquence, and the variation in degrees of rhetoric, and develop rhetorical concepts in the student and improve his rhetorical taste.
BUS 1102 - Project management principles - optional 2
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course deals with the study of the project environment and the foundations of its selection using quantitative and qualitative methods, and what are the characteristics and functions of the project manager, and how to manage the project starting from planning, then organizing and scheduling it (network programming methods: critical path and PERT), project budget, conflict in the project, project control, risk management in the project, and methods of terminating it.
ARB 1131 - Pre-Islamic Literature - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course chronicles Arabic literature in the pre-Islamic era, and deals with pre-Islamic life in the Arabian Peninsula and how it was the cradle of the Semites. It also deals with studying the emergence of pre-Islamic poetry, its narration, its documentation, its characteristics, its poets, and its issues. It also deals with the arts of pre-Islamic prose, such as proverbs, oratory, and soothsayers' rhyme, highlighting their basic lines and the splendor of speech and beauty of their introduction.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• This course aims to introduce students to literary eras and their time limits, and to understand the nature of life in the pre-Islamic era politically, socially, and economically, and to learn about its most important characteristics, purposes, poets, and issues.
BUS 1101 - Entrepreneurship - optional 2
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The Entrepreneurship course covers the basics and skills of entrepreneurship. The course begins with defining the entrepreneurship ecosystem and the importance of the entrepreneur’s qualities and skills in the success of projects. It also discusses the role of creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship, and how to transform ideas into feasible projects. Students learn about the business model and business plan as essential tools for project development. The course also focuses on entrepreneurship in small and medium enterprises and project financing methods, in addition to the importance of the management, accounting and marketing team. It also covers the implementation of entrepreneurial projects and the preparation of the operational plan to ensure sustainable success.
ARB 1111 - Syntax 1 - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course is concerned with studying the word and its parts, the signs of each part, the inflected and uninflected from nouns and verbs, the original and secondary inflection signs, the types of knowledge and the difference between them, and explaining the most important rules of the nominal sentence.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. The main objective of the course
• This course aims to stand on the basics of Arabic grammar, the nominal sentence and its pillars, and the structural accidents that occur to it, and apply that to the Qur’an and the speech of the Arabs, poetry and prose.
EDU 1105 - Education & Communication Skills - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The Learning and Communication Skills course aims to help the student learn about modern concepts in the field of communication, and learn about the basic skills in the field of communication with oneself and with others, using effective teaching methods that depend on the student’s activity and motivation to learn through training and self-learning, and learning skills through group work and interactive methods, ...
ARB 1104 - Listening & comprehension Skills - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This foundational course is concerned with defining listening and comprehension skills, their importance and position among other language skills. It also includes an explanation of the skills necessary to achieve good listening, and the related listening etiquette, understanding the audible and the written, and the ability to analyze the content, distinguish its elements, rephrase it, and deduce what the text suggests, and conduct comparison and constructive criticism if necessary.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. The main objective of the course
• The student masters listening and comprehension skills; to enable him to communicate culturally, intellectually and linguistically to serve the community.
EDU 1104 - Islamic ethics and values - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Achieving the moral and ethical development of the student’s personality, determining the effects of values and ethics on the behavior of the individual and society, finding appropriate solutions to society’s problems in ethics and values, and applying the student’s knowledge base in practical reality.
EDU 1101 - History & Civilization of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course includes a review of the historical and civilizational aspects of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its cultural heritage, the efforts of its rulers in building the political and civilizational state, and their role in serving Arab, Islamic and humanitarian issues, and achieving Vision 2030 in the field of tourism and national heritage.
ARB 1102 - Arabic Language Skills - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course deals with basic language skills, especially at the syntactic level: construction and parsing, original, estimated and local parsing, and the Arabic sentence in its two forms and its complements; based on the texts studied by reading them, extracting grammatical rules from them, and discussing them.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• The course aims to achieve a main objective, which is to overcome grammatical and stylistic errors, achieve linguistic integrity in writing, and enable students to master basic language skills in reading, understanding, writing and speaking correctly.
ISL 1102 - Islamic Faith & Family in Islam - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course deals with defining the Islamic faith, naming the levels of religion, knowing faith in God Almighty, faith in prophecies, and the unseen, warning against the nullifiers and detractors of faith, defining the rights of the Prophet’s family, the Companions, and the ruler, clarifying the meaning of loyalty and disavowal, explaining the concept of the family, its rulings and structure, clarifying the purposes of marriage, and the family rights that result from it, ...
Level Two
ARB 1105 - Reading Skills - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This foundational course is concerned with defining reading skills, their importance and position among other linguistic skills, familiarity with their types, functions, and objectives, knowledge of the text’s starting points, and multiple readings of a single topic, with understanding, analyzing, and criticizing the content, and applying that through reading traditional, modern, and translated literary and linguistic texts.
ENGL 1104 - English Skills - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course introduces the students to an integrated language program in which the four language skills listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are developed together with grammar and vocabulary. The course also provides students with social English (social expressions, timeplace expressions, directions, etc.,)
ARB 1100 - Arabic Skills - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course deals with basic language skills, especially at the syntactic level: construction and parsing, original, estimated and local parsing, and the Arabic sentence in its two forms and its complements; based on the texts studied by reading them, extracting grammatical rules from them, and discussing them.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• The course aims to achieve a main objective, which is to overcome grammatical and stylistic errors, achieve linguistic integrity in writing, and enable students to master basic language skills in reading, understanding, writing and speaking correctly.
ARB 1152 - Arabic Lexicography - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
• This course deals with basic language skills, especially at the syntactic level: construction and parsing, original, estimated and local parsing, and the Arabic sentence in its two forms and its complements; based on the texts studied by reading them, extracting grammatical rules from them, and discussing them.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
There are no prerequisites
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• The course aims to achieve a main objective, which is to overcome grammatical and stylistic errors, achieve linguistic integrity in writing, and enable students to master basic language skills in reading, understanding, writing and speaking correctly.
ARB 1142 - Rhetoric (2) - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
General description of the course:
This course deals with the construction methods: distinguishing between the two types of construction in speech, types of imperative construction: (command, prohibition, interrogation, wish, vocative), the style of restriction: its definition, methods, sections, and eloquence. Separation and connection: what is meant by separation and connection, their position in eloquence, places of separation, places of connection, and the embellishments of connection. Brevity, prolixity, and equality.
ARB 1132 - Early Islamic and Umayyad Literature - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
1. Credit hours:
(3) Three credit hours
2. Course type:
A- ☐ University requirement
☐ College requirement
■ Specialization requirement ☐ Track requirement
☐ Other
B- ■ Mandatory ☐ Elective
3. Year/level in which the course is offered: (First year - Second level)
4. General description of the course:
• This course studies Arabic literature in the early Islamic and Umayyad eras, and researches aspects of life in the two eras in a research in which introductions and results are arranged in connection with texts. It also researches prominent figures in poetry, rhetoric and writing in a research in which their personalities and literary characteristics are drawn
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
Pre-Islamic Literature ARB1131
6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any)
There are no concurrent requirements
7. Main objective of the course
• Understand the nature of Islamic literature Al-Umayyad poetry and prose, theoretical and practical.
ARB 1112 - Syntax (2) - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
. Credit hours:
(3) Three credit hours
2. Course type:
A- ☐ University requirement
☐ College requirement
■ Specialization requirement ☐ Track requirement
☐ Other
B- ■ Mandatory ☐ Elective
3. Year/level in which the course is offered: (First year - Second level)
4. General description of the course:
• This course is concerned with studying the abrogators of the nominal sentence (verbal and literal), and some of the rules of the verbal sentence and its complements, and applying that to the Holy Qur’an and the speech of the Arabs, poetry and prose.
5- Prerequisites for this course (if any)
(Grammar (1) ـــــ ARB 1111)
6- Co-requisites for this course (if any)
There are no co-requisites
7. Main objective of the course
• This course aims to understand the nominal sentence nullifiers, their effect on the sentence, clarify the grammatical rules related to the subject and its deputy, study the style of the noun occupied with it, and distinguish between transitive and intransitive verbs.
Level Three
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Level Four
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Level Five
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Level Six
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Level Seven
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Level Eight
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