AL QASIMIA UNIVERSITY

College of Arts & Humanities

Program Plan for the Bachelor of Arabic Language & Literature

First: Basic Information

 Title of the scientific degree:
Bachelor of Arabic Language & Literature
 Academic Accreditation: Commission for Academic Accreditation – Ministry of
Education – UAE
 Teaching System: Credit Hours

Second: Program Aims

1. Provide students with the linguistic, grammatical, morphological, rhetorical and
literary knowledge.
2. Promote students’ linguistic abilities and skills on reading, writing, listening and
speaking.
3. Enable students to interact with the modern linguistic and literary theories and
understand relationships between the Arabic Language’s various branches of
knowledge.
4. Promote the spirit of belonging to religion and country through entrenching the
love of the Arabic Language in their souls and urging them to defend it and to
adhere to the ethics of profession, collective work and society service.
5. Achieve cultural communication and promote knowledge exchange among nations.
6. Link contemporary studies with the old linguistic and literary legacy.
7. Utilize modern techniques in the self-learning of the Arabic Language and its arts.

Third: Program Learning Outputs

By the end of the program courses, the student is expected to be able to do the following: -
1. Clarify the grammatical, morphological, critical, rhetorical and literary concepts
and knowledge.
2. Link between legacy and reality in the Arabic Language and Literature-relating
fields.
3. Discuss Arabic texts based on the old and modern critical methodologies.
4. Analyze texts in accordance with the linguistic and literary analysis.
5. Use the scientific research tools in writing his academic paper.
6. Utilize the modern technological means in promoting the linguistic and research
skills.
7. Orally present his linguistic and literary papers, reports and duties.
8. Perform his due role either individually or in group, considering meanwhile the
code of ethics.
Fourth: Program Outline
The program is made up of 135 credit hours divided as follows: -
Requirements Credit Hours
Compulsory Optional Total
General Education Program (University 18 12 30
Requirements)
College Compulsory Requirements 15 -- 15
Specialization Requirements 69 12 81
Islamic Supporting Courses -- 9 9
Total 102 33 135
 A. University Compulsory Requirements (18 credit hours – 6 courses)
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0101100 ‫الثقافة اإلسالمية‬ Islamic Culture 3 1 --
2 0309100 ‫مقدمة إلى اإلحصاء‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Statistics
3 0003100 ‫مقدمة إلى تقنيات المعلومات‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Information
Technology
4 0201100 ‫مهارات االتصال باللغة‬ Communication 3 1 --
Skills in Arabic
‫العربية‬
Language
5 0209100 ‫مهارات االتصال باللغة‬ Communication 3 1 --
Skills in English I
1 ‫اإلنجليزية‬
6 0209200 ‫مهارات االتصال باللغة‬ Communication 3 2 Communication Skills in
Skills in English II English I
2 ‫اإلنجليزية‬

B. University Optional Requirements (12 credit hours – 4 courses)

Students shall choose one course only from each of the following four groups:
Group One: Humanities and Social Sciences (3 credit hours – one course)
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0301100 ‫مقدمة إلى علم االقتصاد‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Economics
2 0001101 ‫حقوق اإلنسان‬ Human Rights 3 1 --
3 0001102 ‫مدخل إلى الفن المرئي‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Visual Art
4 0001103 ‫مدخل إلى القانون‬ Introduction to Law 3 1 --
5 0001104 ‫مقدمة إلى علم االجتماع‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Sociology
6 0001105 ‫مقدمة إلى علم الفلسفة‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Philosophy
7 0001106 ‫مقدمة إلى علم النفس‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Psychology

Group Two: Historical, Islamic and Cultural Studies (3 credit hours – one course)
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0101101 ‫الحضارة اإلسالمية‬ Islamic Civilization 3 1 --
2 0202100 ‫تاريخ العالم الحديث‬ History of the 3 1 --
Modern World
3 0202101 ‫تاريخ الشرق األوسط‬ History of the 3 1 --
Middle East
4 0002101 ‫العولمة وثقافة التعايش بين‬ Globalization and 3 1 --
the Culture of
‫الحضارات‬
Coexistence among
Civilizations

Group Three: Mathematics and Information Technology (3 credit hours – one course)
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
Introduction to Introduction to IT
1 0003201 ‫مقدمة إلى قواعد البيانات‬ 3 2
Database
2 0003202 ‫مقدمة إلى المنطق الحسابي‬ Introduction to
3 2
Introduction to IT
Mathematical Logic
3 0003203 ‫مقدمة إلى البرمجة الحاسوبية‬ Introduction to 3 2 Introduction to IT
 # Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
Computer
Programming
4 0003204 ‫مقدمة إلى تصميم صفحات‬ Introduction to Web Introduction to IT
Page Design 3 2
‫الويب‬

Group Four: Natural and Biological Sciences (3 credit hours – one course)
Prerequisite Level Credit Hours Course Title ‫اسم المساق‬ Code #
-- 1 3 Man and ‫اإلنسان والبيئة‬ 0004101 1
Environment
-- 1 3 Health Awareness ‫الوعي الصحي‬ 0004102 2
-- 1 3 Human Biology ‫بيولوجيا اإلنسان‬ 0004103 3

C. College (Compulsory) Requirements

The requirements of the College of Arts & Humanities are composed of 15 credit
hours divided into 5 courses, as follows: -
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0200101 ‫األسس النفسية للسلوك‬ Psychological --
Foundations of 3 1
‫االجتماعي‬ Social Behavior
2 0200102 ‫الحضارة االنسانية‬ Human Civilization 3 1 --
4 0200103 ‫مقدمة إلى دراسة التاريخ‬ Introduction to 3 1 --
Study of History
3 0200204 ‫الكتابة والخط العربي‬ Writing and 3 2 --
Calligraphy
5 0200201 ‫مناهج وأساليب البحث‬ Scientific Research 3 2 --
Methodologies and
‫العلمي‬
Styles

D. Specialization Requirements
(1) Specialization Compulsory Requirements: Students shall study 69 credit hours
as specialization compulsory requirements divided into 25 courses, as follows:
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0201101 )1( ‫البالغة‬ Rhetoric (1) 3 1 --
2 0201102 Applied Arabic --
)1( ‫النحو التطبيقي‬ 3 1
Grammar (1)
5 0201103 Applied Arabic --
)1( ‫الصرف التطبيقي‬ 2 1
Morphology (1)
9 0201104 ‫األدب في العصر‬ Literature in the --
Pre-Islamic Era of 3 1
‫الجاهلي‬ Ignorance
3 0201201 )2( ‫البالغة‬ Rhetoric (2) 3 2 Rhetoric (1)
4 0201202 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic
)2( ‫النحو التطبيقي‬ 3 2
Grammar (2) Grammar (1)
13 0201203 )2( ‫الصرف التطبيقي‬ Applied Arabic 2 2 Applied Arabic
Morphology (2) Morphology (1)
6 0201204 ‫علم األصوات العربية‬ Arabic Phonology 3 2 --
7 0201205 ‫علم العروض والقافية‬ Prosody and 3(2+2) 2 --
 # Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
Rhyme
8 0201206 Reading and Communication Skills
‫مهارات القراءة والفهم‬ Comprehension 3 2 in Arabic Language
Skills
10 0201207 Literature in the Literature in the Pre-
‫األدب في عصر صدر‬ Early Islamic Era Islamic Era of
3 2
‫االسالم والعصر األموي‬ and the Umayyad Ignorance
Era
17 0201208 Lexicography and --
‫علم الداللة والمعاجم‬ 3(2+2) 2
Pragmatics
23 0201209 Arabic Language Communication Skills
‫اللغة العربية في االعالم‬ 3(2+2) 2
in Media in Arabic Language
11 0201301 Old Literary Rhetoric (2)
‫النقد األدبي القديم‬ 3 3
Criticism
12 0201302 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic
)3( ‫النحو التطبيقي‬ 3 3
Grammar (3) Grammar (2)
15 0201303 ‫األدب في العصر‬ Literature in the Literature in the Early
Abbasid Era 3(2+2) 3 Islamic Era and the
‫العباسي‬ Umayyad Era
18 0201304 Arabic Linguistics Lexicography and
‫علم اللغة‬ 3(2+2) 3
Pragmatics
19 0201305 Qur’anic and Rhetoric (2)
‫البيان القرآني والنبوي‬ Prophetic 3 3
Eloquence
22 0201306 Specialized Reading and
‫الكتابة المتخصصة‬ 3 3
Writing Comprehension Skills
16 0201310 ‫التدريب العملي‬ Internship 0 3 75 credit hours
14 0201401 ‫األدب في العصر‬ Literature in Literature in the
Andalusia 3 4 Abbasid Era
‫االندلسي‬
20 0201402 Modern Arabic --
‫األدب العربي الحديث‬ 3 4
Literature
21 0201403 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic
)4( ‫النحو التطبيقي‬ 3 4
Grammar (4) Grammar (3)
24 0201404 Rhetorical Rhetoric (2)
‫تطبيقات بالغية‬ 2 4
Applications
25 0201410 ‫مشروع التخرج‬ Graduate Project 3 4 Graduation
(2) Specialization Optional Requirements: (12 credit hours – 4 courses)
 Language Courses Group (6 credit hours – two courses)
Students shall choose two courses of the following:
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0201405 ‫اللهجات والقراءات القرآنية‬ Dialects and the 3 Arabic Phonology
Qur’anic Various
4
Modes of
Recitation
2 0201406 ‫علم االسلوب‬ Stylistics 3 4 Rhetoric (2)
3 0201407 ‫علم اللغة التقابلي‬ Contrastive 3
4
Lexicography and
Linguistics Pragmatics
4 0201408 ‫فقه اللغة العربية‬ Arabic Philology 3 4 Arabic Linguistics
  Literature Courses Group (6 credit hours – two courses)
Students shall choose two courses of the following:
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 0201409 ‫األدب المقارن‬ Comparative 3 4 --
Literature
2 Children --
Literature:
0201307 ‫أدب األطفال لغته وأساليبه‬ 3 3
Language and
Styles
3 0201411 ‫األدب في عصر الدول‬ Literature in the 3 4 Literature in the Pre-
Era of Consecutive Islamic Era of
‫المتتابعة‬
States Ignorance
4 0201412 ‫أدب الخليج‬ Gulf Literature 3 4 --

E. Supporting Islamic Courses (9 credit hours – 3 courses)

Students shall choose three courses from the following:
# Code ‫اسم المساق‬ Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite
1 Introduction to the --
‫المدخل إلى الفقه‬ Islamic
0100101
‫اإلسالمي‬ Jurisprudence
(Fiqh) 3 1
2 0100102 ‫علوم القرآن الكريم‬ Sciences of the 3 1 --
Holy Quran
3 0100103 ‫علوم الحديث الشريف‬ Sciences of the 3 1 --
Prophetic Hadiths
4 ‫) (الصالة‬1( ‫فقه العبادات‬ Fiqh of Worship Introduction to the
0100206 (1) (Prayer & 3 2 Islamic Jurisprudence
)‫والصيام‬ Fasting) (Fiqh)
5 Fiqh of Da’wah Sciences of the Holy
0100305 ‫فقه الدعوة وأساليبها‬ and Its Quran
Approaches 3 3
 Academic Advisory Plan
The Program courses are distributed to eight (8) academic semesters to serve as a
model plan to be adhered to by students, as follows:
No. Course Type Number of Courses Credit Hours
UR 1 – UR 6 University Compulsory Requirements 6 18
UR 1 E – UR 4 E University Optional Requirements 4 12

C1–C5 College Compulsory Requirements 5 15

M 1 – M 25 Specialization Compulsory 25 69
Requirements
M1E–M4E Specialization Optional Requirements 4 12

IS 1 – IS 3 Islamic Supporting Requirements 3 9

Total 47 135
First Year (Autumn)
No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 0200103 Writing and Arabic --
C1 3
Calligraphy
2 0200104 Introduction to Study of --
C2 3
History
3 0002101 UR1 Islamic Culture 3 --
4 0005101 Communication Skills in --
UR2 3
Arabic Language
5 0006101 Communication Skills in --
UR3 3
English I
6 0003103 Introduction to --
UR4 3
Information Technology
Total

First Year (Spring)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Psychological --
0200101 C3 Foundations of Social 3
Behavior
2 0200102 C4 Human Civilization 3 --
3 Applied Arabic --
0201102 M1 3
Grammar (1)
4 0201101 M2 Rhetoric (1) 3 --
5 0003101 UR5 Introduction to Statistics 3 --
6 (University Optional --
XXXXXXX UR1E 3
Requirement)
Total

Second Year (Autumn)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Scientific Research
0200201 C5 3
Methodologies and Styles
2 0201207 M3 Literature in the Pre- 3
 Islamic Era of Ignorance
3 Applied Arabic Grammar Applied Arabic
0201202 M4 3
(2) Grammar (1)
4 Applied Arabic
0201203 M5 3
Morphology (1)
5 0201204 M6 Arabic Phonology 3
6 Communication Skills in Communication
0006201 UR6 3
English II Skills in English I
Total

Second Year (Spring)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 0201205 M7 Prosody and Rhyme Rhetoric (1)
2 0201201 M8 Rhetoric (2) Rhetoric (1)
3 Literature in the Early
0201208 M9 Islamic Era and the
Umayyad Era
4 Reading and
0201206 M10
Comprehension Skills
5 (Supporting Optional
XXXXXXX IS1E
Requirement)
6 (University Optional
XXXXXXX UR2E
Requirement)
Total

Third Year (Autumn)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Literature in the Abbasid
0201305 M11
Era
2 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic
0201302 M12
Grammar (3) Grammar (2)
3 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic (1)
0201303 M13
Morphology (2)
4 0201301 M14 Old Literary Criticism Rhetoric (2)
5 0201308 M15 Arabic Linguistics
6 (Supporting Optional
XXXXXXX IS2Es
Requirement)
Total

Third Year (Spring)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 0201304 M16 Literature in Andalusia
2 Lexicography and
0201307 M17
Pragmatics
3 Qur’anic and Prophetic Rhetoric (2)
0201309 M18
Eloquence
4 0201306 M19 Internship 0 Completion of 75
 credit hours
5 XXXXXXX University Optional
UR3E
Requirement
6 XXXXXXX Supporting Optional
IS3E
Requirements
Total

Fourth Year (Autumn)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Modern Arabic
0201401 M20
Literature
2 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic
0201402 M21
Grammar (4) Grammar (3)
3 0201403 M22 Specialized Writing
4 (University Optional
XXXXXXX UR4E
Requirement)
5 (Specialization Optional
XXXXXXX M1E
Requirement)
6 (Specialization Optional
XXXXXXX M2E
Requirement)
Total

Fourth Year (Spring)

No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Graduate Project Scientific Research
0201406 M23 Methodologies and
Styles
2 0201405 M24 Rhetorical Applications Rhetoric (2)
3 Arabic Language in Communication
0201404 M25 Media Skills in Arabic
Language
4 XXXXXXX (Specialization Optional
M3E
Requirement)
5 XXXXXXX (Specialization Optional
M4E
Requirement)
Total