University of Bahrain

College of Arts
Department of English Language and Literature

BA Programme
in English Language and Literature (Major/Minor)
Academic Plan 2020
Program Components

Course Type CRD

University Requirement (UR) 11
College Requirement (CR) 18
Major Support Requirement (MSR) 0
Major Requirement (MR) 57
Major Elective (ME) 1 9
General Studies Elective2 (free
elective) 3
Minor3 30
Internship4 0
Total Credit (CRD) 128

1
Student should select three courses from Major Elective (ME) List.
2
Student should select one course from free elective courses list offered by any University Department.
3
Student should take 10 courses as Minor track from one of the following specializations: American Studies,
French, Translation, Linguistics, or Literature.
4
Translation Minor only with 3 credit hours included in the 30 credit hours of Translation minor
Study Plan
Course Pre-requisite CRD
ENGL123 Language Development I 303
SEMESTER 1
ENGL124 Basic Writing Skills 303
ARAB110 Arabic Language Skills 303
ISLM 101 Islamic Culture 303
HIST 122 Modern History of Bahrain and
YEAR ONE

Citizenship 303

ENGL130 Introduction to Literature (ENGL123 & ENGL124) 303

SEMESTER 2

ENGL106 Language Development II (ENGL123 & ENGL124) 303

ENGL128 Language Development III (ENGL123 & ENGL124) 303
GSE XXX Free Elective ____ 303
STAT 105 Elementary Statistics ( Arts
Students Only ) ____ 303

Course Pre-requisite CRD

ENGL235 Studies in the Novel ENGL130 303
SEMESTER 3

ENGL221 Language Development IV ENGL106 & ENGL128 303

ENGL209 Essay Writing ENGL106 & ENGL128 303
ENGL240 Introduction to Linguistics I ENGL106 & ENGL128 303
HRLC 107 Human Rights 202
YEAR TWO

ITBIS 105 Elementary Computing 033

ARAB210 Language Syntaxes ARAB110 303

ENGL215 Introduction to Drama ENGL235 303
SEMESTER 4

ENGL223 Academic Writing ENGL209 303

Minor As per Minor
Minor Minor 1 X X 3 Minor As per Minor list 303
Minor As per Minor
Minor Minor 2 X X 3 Minor As per Minor list 303
 Course Pre-requisite CRD
SEMESTER 5 ENGL325 Introduction to Linguistics II ENGL240 303
ENGL308 English Grammar ENGL240 303
ENGL306 English Speech ENGL221 303
ENGL309 Introduction to Poetry ENGL215 & 303
Minor 3 As per Minor list 303
Minor 4 As per Minor list 303
YEAR THREE

ENGL313 English Literature and Culture I ENGL215 303

ENGL325 &
SEMESTER 6

ENGL342 English Morphology and Syntax ENGL308 303

ENGL325 &
ENGL345 Applied English Phonology ENGL308 303
Minor 5 As per Minor list 303
Minor 6 As per Minor list 303
ENGLXXX Major Elective 1 As per ME list 303

ENGL444 Semantics ENGL325 303

ENGL447 Sociolinguistics ENGL325 303
SEMESTER 7

ENGL314 English Literature and Culture

II ENGL313 303
ENGLXXX Major Elective 2 As per ME list 303
YEAR FOUR

Minor 7 As per Minor list 303

Minor 8 As per Minor list 303
SEMESTER 8

ENGL450 Project writing Completion 303

ENGLXXX Major Elective 3 As per ME list 303
Minor 9 As per Minor list 303
Minor 10 As per Minor list 303
Major Elective list

Course Pre-requisite CRD

ENGL319 303
Literary Masterpieces of the Modern World ENGL 215 & ENGL 309
ENGL 215 & 303
ENGL331 Commonwealth Literature ENGL 309
ENGL346 Psycholinguistics ENGL325 303
ENGL431 Literary Criticism ENGL 215 & 303
ENGL 309
ENGL435 Special Author(s) ENGL 215 & 303
ENGL 309
ENGL440 Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis ENGL325 303
ENGL445 Stylistics ENGL325 303
ENGL449 Discourse Analysis ENGL325 303
Free Elective Course List
LEC PRAC CRD Type Pre-requisite
FREN 141 French I 3 0 3 GSE none
CHL 101 Introduction to Chinese Language 3 0 3 GSE none
PHEDE 214 Principles of Educational Statistics 3 0 3 GSE none
EDTC 100 Teaching and Learning Technology 3 0 3 GSE none
Psychology of Learning and
EDPS 144 Memory 3 0 3 GSE none
Fundamentals of Music and Its
ART 133 appreciation 3 0 3 GSE none
ART 141 Drawing and Painting 2 1 3 GSE none
Traditional Music of Bahrain and
ART 221 Its Application 3 0 3 GSE none
EDAR 126 Playing on Piano and Org 1 3 0 3 GSE none
JAPN 101 Japanese Level I 3 0 3 GSE none
GERM 101 Introduction to German 3 0 3 GSE none
KL 101 Korean Language 3 0 3 GSE none
TL 101 Turkish Language 3 0 3 GSE none
PSYC 103 Introduction to Psychology 3 0 3 GSE none
PSYC 120 Psychology of Marriage 3 0 3 GSE none
PSYC 211 Educational Psychology 3 0 3 GSE none
SOCIO 161 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 3 GSE none
SOCIO 181 Introduction to Anthropology 3 0 3 GSE none
Citizenship, Identity and
SOCIO 191 Globalization 3 0 3 GSE none
SOCIO 224 Sociology of Health 3 0 3 GSE none
SOCIO 226 Sociology of Arabian Gulf 3 0 3 GSE none
Contemporary History of The
HISTO 212 ARAB World 3 0 3 GSE none
HISTO 281 Landmarks of Islamic Civilisation 3 0 3 GSE none
ARAB141 Modern Arabic Literature 3 0 3 GSE none
Arabic Poetry In The Renaissance
ARAB242 Period 3 0 3 GSE none
ISLM 114 Quranic Sciences 3 0 3 GSE none
ISLM 141 Introduction to Shari'a 3 0 3 GSE none
ISLM 252 Islamic Doctrine 3 0 3 GSE none
LAW 101 Introduction to Legal Studies 3 0 3 GSE none
LAW 102 History of Law 3 0 3 GSE none
ECON 140 Microeconomics 3 0 3 GSE none
LAW 106 Constitutional Law I 3 0 3 GSE none
GSE XXX Other electives X X 3 GSE Department
Approval
Minor Programmes
1. Linguistics
LEC PRAC CRD Type Pre-requisite
LING201 Writing Systems and Literacy 3 0 3 Minor ENGL240
LING202 Language and Media 3 0 3 Minor ENGL240
LING301 Corpus Linguistics 3 0 3 Minor ENGL240
LING311 Second Language Acquisition 3 0 3 Minor ENGL325
XXXXxxx Foreign Language 3 0 3 Minor see list of foreign language below
LING312 Applied Linguistics 3 0 3 Minor ENGL325
LING4XX Minor Elective 1 3 0 3 Minor see list of foreign language below
LING4XX Minor Elective 2 3 0 3 Minor see list of foreign language below
LING4XX Minor Elective 3 3 0 3 Minor see list of foreign language below
LING4XX Minor Elective 4 3 0 3 Minor see list of foreign language below

Linguistics Minor Electives

A. Students should choose four minor elective courses from the following list

Course LEC PRAC CRD Type Pre-requisite

LING411 Language and Speech Disorders 3 0 3 Minor ENGL342
LING412 Systematic Functional Grammar 3 0 3 Minor ENGL342
LING413 Cognitive Linguistics 3 0 3 Minor ENGL342
LING414 Advanced Sociolinguistics 3 0 3 Minor ENGL447
LING415 Critical Discourse Analysis 3 0 3 Minor ENGL345

B. Students should choose one of the following foreign languages

LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite
FREN 142 French II 3 0 3 Minor FREN 141
GERM 102 Introduction to German II 3 0 3 Minor GERM 101
JAPN 101 Japanese Level 1 3 0 3 Minor ----
KL 101 Korean Language I 3 0 3 Minor ----
KL 102 Korean Language II 3 0 3 Minor KL 101
TL 101 Turkish Language 3 0 3 Minor ----
CHL 101 Introduction to Chinese I 3 0 3 Minor ----
CHL 102 Introduction to Chinese II 3 0 3 Minor CHL 101
 2. Literature
Courses LEC PRAC CRD Type Pre-requisite
LITR234 Studies in Short Fiction 3 0 3 Minor ENGL130
LITR236 Studies in Modern Fiction 3 0 3 Minor ENGL235
LITR311 Rise of Novel 3 0 3 Minor LITR236
LITR335 Studies in Modern Poetry 3 0 3 Minor ENGL309
LITR336 Studies in Modern Drama 3 0 3 Minor ENGL215
LITR419 Renaissance Drama 3 0 3 Minor LITR336
LITRXXX Minor Elective 1 3 0 3 Minor As per Minor
LITRXXX Minor Elective 2 3 0 3 Minor As per Minor
LITRXXX Minor Elective 3 3 0 3 Minor As per Minor
LITRXXX Minor Elective 4 3 0 3 Minor As per Minor

Literature Minor Electives

Students choose 4 Courses from the Minor Elective List

Course Hours Course Pre Minor

Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
LITR315 English Literature and Culture III 3 0 3 Minor ENGL314 Yes
Literary masterpieces of the Ancient
LITR318 3 0 3 Minor ENGL309 Yes
World
LITR331 Studies in World Literature 3 0 3 Minor ENGL235 Yes

LITR415 Studies in American Literature 3 0 3 Minor ENGL309 Yes

LITR416 Contemporary Literature 3 0 3 Minor ENGL309 Yes

LITR412 19th Century British Fiction 3 0 3 Minor ENGL235 Yes

LITR436 Special Topic in Literature 3 0 3 Minor LITR311 Yes

LITR438 Comparative Studies in Literature 3 0 3 Minor LITR335 Yes

Minor in French
Course Hours Course Pre
Course Course Title Minor
Code LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA

FREN 141 French I 3 0 3 Minor ---- Yes

FREN
FREN 142 French Il 3 0 3 Minor Yes
141

FREN
FREN 231 Intermediate French I 3 0 3 Minor Yes
142

FREN
FREN 232 Intermediate French Il 3 0 3 Minor Yes
142

FREN
FREN 310 Advanced French I 3 0 3 Minor Yes
231

FREN
FREN 312 Advanced French I l 3 0 3 Minor Yes
232

FREN
FREN 313 Advanced French Ill 3 0 3 Minor Yes
310

FREN
FREN 411 Specialised French I 3 0 3 Minor Yes
312

FREN
FREN 412 Specialised French I l 3 0 3 Minor Yes
313

FREN
FREN 413 Specialised French Ill 3 0 3 Minor Yes
411

Minor in Translation
Course Hours Course Pre Minor
Course Code Course Title
LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
Fundamentals of Arabic Syntax and
ARAB227 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
Morphology
ARAB328 Stylistics 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes

TRAN208 Introduction to Translation 3 0 3 Minor ENGL106 Yes

ARAB328
TRAN303 Business Translation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN208
 ARAB328
TRAN304 Journalistic Translation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN208
TRAN303
TRAN305 Legal and Government Translation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN304
TRAN303
TRAN401 Literary Translation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN304
TRAN303
TRAN403 Scientific and Technical Translation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN304
TRAN303
TRAN404 Consecutive Interpretation 3 0 3 Minor & Yes
TRAN304
Completion
TRAN405 Practicum 0 0 3 Minor of 119 CRD Yes
Minor in American Studies
Course Course Hours Course Pre Minor
Course Title
Code LEC PRAC CRD Type requisite GPA
AMST 211 Introduction to American Studies 1 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 212 Introduction to American Studies 2 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 213 American Fiction 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 214 American Poetry and Drama 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
See list
AMST XXX Minor Elective 1 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
See list
AMST XXX Minor Elective 2 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
See list
AMST XXX Minor Elective 3 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
See list
AMST XXX Minor Elective 4 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
AMST See list
Minor Elective 5 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
3/4XX
AMST See list
Minor Elective 6 3 0 3 Minor below Yes
3/4XX

*Students should select 6 courses (18 credit hours) of the following courses, AT LEAST two of them
MUST be upper division (3/4 XXX courses):

Course Hours Course Pre Minor

Course Code Course Title Type
requisite
GPA
LEC PRAC CRD
List A: Lower Division
AMST 201 US History 1 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 202 US History 2 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 205 American Government 1 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 206 American Government 2 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 221 Multicultural Literature in America 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 222 American Cultural Criticism 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 223 American Social History 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 224 History of Us-Middle East Relations 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 225 Geography of the United States 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes
AMST 250 American Law and Institutions 3 0 3 Minor ------ Yes

List B: Upper Division

AMST 211 &
AMST 312 Themes in American Literature 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
 American Popular Culture of the 20 AMST 211 &
AMST 313 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
Century
AMST 211 &
AMST 315 Literature of Latin America 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
AMST 211 &
AMST 411 Minority Cultures in America 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
AMST 211 &
AMST 413 Topic-Oriented Seminar 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
AMST 211 &
AMST 420 America's Role in International Affairs 3 0 3 Minor AMST 212 Yes
Course Descriptions
College Requirement Courses
Course Code: ENGL123 Course Title: Language Development I
This course is designed to help students refine their accuracy and fluency and build effective oral
communication skills in both academic and non-academic contexts through practicing active and critical
listening skills including note-taking, practicing in group discussions, debates, and giving oral
presentations. It also expands students’ knowledge in the grammar, vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs
and colloquialism that are necessary for effective and accurate oral communicate. In addition, it also
integrates reading skills related to listening comprehension to improve students’ search for and focus on
key points. The three institutional credits awarded for this course count toward graduation requirements
and are, thus, calculated into the general as well as the major GPA (MCGPA).

Course Code: ENGL124 Course Title: Basic Writing Skills

This course aims at improving students’ writing skills and strategies. It helps students write good
paragraphs including good topic sentences, supporting details and concluding sentences. In addition, it
transfers students from writing at the paragraph level to the essay level, introducing them to the basic
structure of an essay. This course applies a step-by-step approach that focuses on the essential processes
and organizational strategies, and exposes students to a wide range of writing models employing a variety
of rhetorical styles that provide practice in working with the writing process to develop a final piece of
writing.

Course Code: ENGL106 Course Title: Language Development II

This course provides practice in active and critical reading skills at the B2+ level (CERF). This includes
identifying topic, details, and key points; annotating; synthesizing information from one long text and a
set of related texts to give oral and written summaries; distinguishing fact and opinion; and making
inferences. This course also aims to increase student's knowledge in vocabulary and grammar.

Course Code: ARAB 210 Course Title: Language Syntaxes

‫ وأنواع‬، ‫يعن فيها بمستويات النظا م اللغوي وأنماط الجمل ووظائفها‬ ‫دراسة تحليلية لنصو ص من األجناس األدبية قديمها وحديثها ى‬
. ‫ وبراعة اإلبداع‬، ‫ وبيان ما تحمله النصوص من روع ة األداء‬. ‫بالنواح الجمالية واإلبداعية‬ ‫ر‬
‫ مع االهتمام‬،‫التاكيب واستعماالتها‬
‫ي‬

Course Code: ITBIS 105 Course Title: Elementary Computing

This course introduces students to computers topics: components of the system unit, storage, internet,
world wide web www, and briefly explore multimedia concepts. It covers topics that illustrate how
computers are being used in business, science, engineering, medicine, economics and social areas of
human activity. It explores common software applications used in problem solving, communication, and
making informed decisions, including word processors, presentation software, and electronic
spreadsheets.

Course Code: STAT 105 Course Title: Elementary Statistics

Frequency distribution. Graphical presentation. Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Possibilities
and probabilities, some Rules of probability. Binomial and normal probability distributions. Central limit
theorem and sampling; estimation of mean for small and large samples. Tests of hypotheses. Correlation
and Regression.

English Major Courses (Compulsory and Elective Courses)

Course Code: ENGL128 Course Title: Language Development III
This integrated skill-based course is designed to help students refine their accuracy and fluency at the
B2/C1 level (CERF). This course aims to build effective oral communication skills in both academic and
non-academic contexts. It also expands students’ knowledge in the grammar, vocabulary, idioms, phrasal
verbs and colloquialism that are necessary for effective and accurate oral and written communication.

Course Code: ENGL130 Course Title: Introduction to Literature

This course is an introduction to literature in English. It involves the reading and discussion of selected
short stories, poetry, and drama. Lectures deal with topics related to the understanding and appreciation
of literature, including the study of character, plot, theme, setting, structure, style, and figurative language

Course Code: ENGL209 Course Title: Essay Writing

This course provides genre-based instruction and extensive practical exercises and activities in essay
writing at the high-intermediate level (CEFR level B2). It offers practice in both working with the writing
process and developing a final product. Stress is laid on writing topic sentences, supporting ideas, note-
taking, editing, coherence, gathering information and exploring ideas. It is geared towards promoting
students' critical thinking skills. To achieve this aim, academic writing topics related to students' own life,
knowledge and environment are emphasized.

Course Code: ENGL223 Course Title: Academic Writing

This course provides guided instruction and extensive practical exercises and activities in extended essay
writing at the advanced level (CEFR level C1). It aims at developing students’ writing skills such as
summarizing, paraphrasing and synthesizing of academic and non-academic articles. It also prepares
students to carry out mini research projects in which they are provided with opportunities to practice
their research skills in terms of finding and citing relevant sources, gathering, evaluating and analyzing
data, and mastering the use of referencing systems. Besides, it improves students’ critical reading skills of
authentic academic and non-academic articles.

Course Code: ENGL221 Course Title: Language Development IV

This course is designed to help students improve their reading skills at C1-C2 level (CEFR) to become
proficient readers. The students will refine their critical reading skills including using annotation;
synthesizing information to give oral and written summaries of long texts or a set of texts; distinguishing
fact and opinion; articulating (orally and in writing) details in figures and tables; interpreting data; drawing
conclusions; and making inferences. In addition, it teaches grammar and vocabulary to help students
better understand linguistically complex texts and produce grammatically accurate writings and oral
presentations with rich and relevant vocabulary. The course also provides training in synthesizing
information from a number of sources to prepare an oral presentation. The three institutional credits
awarded for this course count toward graduation requirements and are, thus, calculated into the general
as well as the major GPA (MCGPA).

Course Code: ENGL240 Course Title: Introduction to linguistics I

This course is an introduction to the study of language. It introduces students to core concepts in
linguistics. It also equips them with skill necessary for basic linguistic analysis in the fields of phonetics,
phonology, morphology, and syntax.

Course Code: ENGL235 Course Title: Studies in the Novel

This course deals with the novel as a genre. It presents a selection of masterpieces which will provide the
basis for both oral and written discussion and analysis. Emphasis will also be on text analysis, social,
historical and political contexts, as well as literary theories.
Course Code: ENGL215 Course Title: Introduction to Drama
An examination of the elements of drama through the study of selected plays; tragedy and comedy,
romance and realism; aspects of production.

Course Code: ENGL306 Course Title: English Speech

Planning, organizing, and delivering from ten to twelve primarily informative, extemporaneous talks,
including introductions, demonstrations, definition, illustration, analysis, comparison/contrast,
cause/effect and problem-solution; other types of presentations will include oral interpretation and
impromptu, argumentative, and persuasive speeches

Course Code: ENGL308 Course Title: English Grammar

This course reviews problematic areas of English grammar and provides intensive practice with structures
that are known to be common sources of error.

Course Code: ENGL309 Course Title: Introduction to Poetry

This course seeks to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of poetry through the study
of its various aspects, including persona, attitude and tone, imagery, diction, form and prosody. Selections
will introduce students to a variety of different types of poetry as well as to a wide range of poets and
poetic styles.

Course Code: ENGL313 Course Title: English Literature and Culture I

A study of English Literature from the Medieval period to the Renaissance (1340-1660), focusing on
various representative literary texts within their historical and cultural contexts.

Course Code: ENGL314 Course Title: English Literature and Culture II

This course continues from ENGL313, studying English literature and culture from the Restoration Period
to the beginning of the Victorian period (1660-1832), focusing on various representative literary texts
within their historical and cultural contexts.

Course Code: ENGL319 Course Title: Literary Masterpieces of the Modern World
Reading in World literature in translation, both in prose and verse, since the Middle Ages.

Course Code: ENGL331 Course Title: Commonwealth Literature

Representative selections of Commonwealth literature; study of such themes as nationalism, exile,
identity and colonialism.

Course Code: ENGL325 Course Title: Introduction to Linguistics II

This course builds on ENGL240. It introduces students to cross-disciplinary and applied areas in
linguistics. Various subfields within linguistics are discussed including language acquisition,
language and society, and other areas within macro-linguistics.

Course Code: ENGL342 Course Title: English Morphology and Syntax

Sentence types and functions; basic sentence patterns; constituent structure analysis of simple sentences;
clause structure analysis of complex sentences; major structural transformations; functional categories
and participant roles; inflectional and derivational morphology; lexical categories and their grammatical
properties; verbal categories; tense, aspect, voice, modality; sentence connection.
Course Code: ENGL345 Course Title: Applied English Phonology
The speech organs; vowel and consonant articulation; consonant clusters; phonemic transcription; the
relation between English sounds and spelling; word stress; weak and strong forms; rhythm groups;
assimilation and elision; basic intonation patterns.

Course Code: ENGL346 Course Title: Psycholinguistics

Child Language development theories: prelinguistic and linguistic stages; acquisition processes and
understanding of utterances; relationship of language to cognition, perception and physiology;
metalinguistic abilities in middle and later childhood; language and the brain; literalism versus localization;
role of memory; aphasia; animal communication; theories of second language acquisition and learning.

Course Code: ENGL431 Course Title: Literary Criticism

Studies in criticism: historical backgrounds, critical theories, functions and types of criticism; exercises in
practical criticism.

Course Code: ENGL435 Course Title: Special Author

Intensive study of the works of a major literary figure (to be announced).

Course Code: ENGL440 Course Title: Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis
Critical differences between English and Arabic; the constructive analysis hypothesis; the predictive values
of the hypothesis as far as ARAB learners of English are concerned; other causes of errors; practical work
involving the identification and correction of learners’ errors; the significance of corrective feedback; the
problem of pre-empting errors.

Course Code: ENGL444 Course Title: Semantics

Different kinds of meaning; the meaning of words and their use; sense relations; exploiting sense relations
to develop vocabulary; word formation: pragmatic aspects of meaning.

Course Code: ENGL445 Course Title: Stylistics

Varieties and elements of style; analytical approaches; relational aspects: linguistic elements, style
features, voices, affects; stylistic analysis of selected texts.

Course Code: ENGL447 Course Title: Sociolinguistics

The relationship between language and society; accent and dialect; bilingual and multilingual societies;
codeswitching; diglossia; language varieties; standard languages and vernaculars; lingua francas, pidgins
and creoles; style, context and register.

Course Code: ENGL449 Course Title: Discourse Analysis

A practical course in discourse analysis with particular emphasis on coherence and the development of
discourse content, textual cohesion, and varieties of style.

Course Code: ENGL450 Course Title: Project Writing

Introduces students to standard stylistic practices in the writing of academic papers. Students are required
to research a topic approved by the instructor and to write a project of not less than 5000 words, with
abstract and bibliography, documenting their research findings. Students will also be required to deliver
an assessed oral presentation of their research which aims to showcase their knowledge and application
of the techniques employed in documenting academic research.
Minor Programs
Minor in Linguistics (Compulsory and Elective Courses)
Course Code: LING201 Course Title: Writing Systems and Literacy
An introduction to how human speech and thought are recorded in visual form; the origins of writing
systems and how they spread through space and time; the various types of writing; the process of
decipherment; how we learn to read and write; printing and spelling; the cultural impact of writing and
literacy; the phenomenon of text and instant messaging as a new writing system.

Course Code: LING202 Course Title: Language and Media

Introduction to media; types of media; news language; methods of media language analysis: discourse
analysis, pragmatics, CDA, ethnography, SFG; practical media analysis.

Course Code: LING301 Course Title: Corpus Linguistics

An introduction to language corpora as a source for linguistic analysis and language teaching; a survey of
existing corpora and their different uses; the use of variety of corpus tools to search for concepts; how to
apply central concepts and methods of corpus linguistics in a number of investigations into the lexis and
grammar of English; as well as how to construct a corpus of a given target language and where linguistic
data can be retrieved from.

Course Code: LING311 Course Title: Second Language Acquisition

This course covers the basic principles of second language acquisition; explores current theories of how
people learn a second or foreign language; provides current views on second language acquisition; and
explores major concepts of SLA including aptitude, motivation, attitude, age and critical period, learning
grammar, and classroom learning.

Course Code: LING312 Course Title: Applied Linguistics

An introduction to applied linguistics; the nature and scope of Applied Linguistics; the use of linguistic
knowledge and methods of analysis in interdisciplinary fields; language acquisition; language teaching;
language in use including socio-cultural aspects (workplace communication); lexicography; collecting and
analyzing original data illustrating a real-life language-based problem.

Course Code: LING411 Course Title: Language and Speech Disorders

This course covers common and uncommon language and speech disorders in children and adults which
may result from genetics, injury, surgery, aging, and other factors; explores disorders such as aphasia,
stuttering, stammering, autism, and other language disorders in light of current neurolinguistics research;
and sheds light on the linguistic, social, emotional, psychological, and academic ramifications on the lives
of patients and their caretakers.

Course Code: LING412 Course Title: Systematic Functional Grammar

Formal and functional grammar; communicative and systemic functional grammar; analysis of the English
structure of clauses and phrases; nominalization; the structure of verbal groups; register; genre; and
metafunctions.

Course Code: LING413 Course Title: Cognitive Linguistics

An introduction to cognitive and construction grammars; conceptualization; categorization; construal;
image schemas; frame/domains/semantic fields; prototypes; mental spaces; conceptual metaphors; and
conceptual blending.
Course Code: LING414 Course Title: Advanced Sociolinguistics
An introduction to language variation and social inequality: motivations, conditions, and social
consequences of morphosyntactic and phonetic variation; Historical sociolinguistics including Language
contact, dialect contact, language change; Language policy and planning; Language and gender; Language
and identity; Language and culture.

LING415 Course Title: Critical Discourse Analysis

This course addresses the theoretical and practical principles of critical discourse analysis (CDA). CDA
examines how social and power relations, identities, and knowledge are constructed through written,
visual, and spoken texts in social settings (e.g. local, institutional and societal domains). This course is
designed to foster critical understanding of how language is encoded and loaded with different cultural
and ideological values and the different ways in which language can be used to mediate ideological
representations and constructions of different socio-political and cultural categories, constructs and
issues. The course will provide students with a working knowledge of CDA and its application to qualitative
and quantitative research and analysis of different public discourses.

Minor in Literature (Compulsory and Elective Courses)

Course Code: LITR234 Course Title: Studies in Short Fiction
This course deals with the novella, a distinctive and well-established genre in literature. It introduces
world- famous novellas by the great pillars of this genre, like D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Henry James,
Virginia Woolf, John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy, and others. And through careful analysis and criticism, the
course aims at developing the students’ critical and linguistic skills.

LITR236 Course Title: Studies in Modern Fiction

Readings in prose fiction by major authors of the twentieth century; works chosen from a range of forms
and themes.

Course Code: LITR315 Course Title: English Literature and Culture III
The course continues from Engl.314, Studying English literature and culture from the Victorian to the
Present (1832 – Present) focusing on various representative literary texts within their historical and
cultural contexts.

Course Code: LITR318 Course Title: Literary Masterpieces of the Ancient World
An introduction to classical literature, primarily Greek and Roman, which has influenced later Western
thought and writing.

Course Code: LITR331 Course Title: Studies in World Literature

Representative selections of Commonwealth literature; study of such themes as nationalism, exile,
identity and colonialism.

Course Code: LITR335 Course Title: Studies in Modern Poetry

Study of major modern poets from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century; emphasis on
significant trends, concerns and forms.

Course Code: LITR336 Course Title: Studies in Modern Drama:

Selections from a variety of styles and themes in modern drama from Ibsen to the present.
Course Code: LITR311 Course Title: Rise of the Novel:
The emergence of the novel in the eighteenth century; works by such writers as Defoe, Richardson,
Fielding, Sterne and Smollett.

Course Code: LITR412 Course Title: Nineteenth Century British Fiction Representative works of
nineteenth century prose fiction, from Austin to Hardy.

Course Code: LITR415 Course Title: Studies in American Literature

Significant movements and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature;
representative authors and works of the periods.

LITR416 Course Title: Contemporary Literature

Readings selected from prose fiction, poetry or drama since 1945.

Course Code: LITR419 Course Title: Renaissance Drama

English drama from its medieval origins to the closing of the theatres in 1642; special attention given to
Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Course Code: LITR 436 Course Title: Special Topic in Literature

Intensive study of a specific topic in language or literature (to be announced).

Course Code: LITR 438 Course Title: Comparative Studies in Literature

Aims and methods of comparative literary studies; contrastive study of an issue or issues of natural
relevance to both English and Arabic literature.

Minor in French
Course Code: FREN 141 Course Title: French (l)
The emphasis is on the developing students' skills in communication in everyday situations. It gives
students the basic elements of composing simple phrases and writing short essays.

Course Code: FREN 142 Course Title: French (Il)

Continuation of elementary French 141. It is designed to improve the students' communicative abilities in
their domains to interact, express feelings, opinions... etc. The course develops the student's grammatical
and lexical background and gives them extra language elements of expression.

FREN 231 Course Title: Intermediate French (l)

The emphasis is placed on developing the students' grammar so as to achieve the writing skills of
communication in contemporary French language. This course also focuses on some of the aspects of
civilization and French daily life.

Course Code: FREN 232 Course Title: Intermediate French (Il)

This course is designed to improve the students' communicative skills through a deeper study of grammar.
It is designed to develop their competence in order to give them extra tools of expression and writing
skills.

Course Code: FREN 310 Course Title: Advanced French (l)

This course aims to develop the performance of students in advanced French language. It introduces the
students to French cultural life through selected texts and it also focuses at the same time on some of
linguistic tools that are required, i.e. grammar, vocabulary, syntax...etc... (Prereq.: French 231).

Course Code: FREN 312 Course Title: Advanced French (II)

The aim of this course is to study the French language through various media. Articles from newspapers
and magazines are selected in order to provide the students with the essential vocabulary that they
encounter in their own domains, i.e. press, hotels and tourism.

FREN 313 Course Title: Advanced French (Ill)

This course focuses on studying French language at a high level, concentrating on subjects such as press,
hotels and tourism through the study of various subjects and readings. At the same time, it gives the
students essential vocabulary and grammar.

Course Code: FREN 411 Course Title: Specialised French (l)

The aim of this course is to develop the communicative skills of the students and to give them the ability
to analyse articles and to comment on them. At the same time it enriches the vocabulary they need for
speaking and writing.

Course Code: FREN 412 Course Title: Specialised French (Il)

Continuation of specialised French (1). It is designed to enhance language of the students and to make
sure that they master communication in many fields. the course focuses on a high level of grammar and
it develops students' oral and writing skills through various selected texts.

Course Code: FREN 413 Course Title: Specialised French (Ill)

This course aims to develop the students' skills in different styles in French writing through composing
essays, reports, articles and summaries. It concentrates as well on French grammar rules.

Minor in Translation
Course Code: ARAB227 Course Title: Fundamentals of Arabic Syntax and Morphology
‫تغيتات‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ى‬
‫ ومؤكدة وما يعتي ها من ر‬،‫ ومثبتة ومنفية‬،‫دراسة نظرية وتطبيقية مخترصة لبنية الجملة يف اللغة العربية اسمية وفعلية‬
‫ كما تعالج الدراسة أهم جوانب الترصيف واالشتقاق والعدد‬.‫ وما يتعلق بها من نواسخ ومتعلقات‬، ‫والتأخت والفصل والحذف‬
‫ر‬ ‫بالتقديم‬
.‫والتذكت والتأنيث‬
‫ر‬

Course Code: ARAB328 Course Title: Stylistics

‫ والمركبات واألساليب األدبية والنحوية‬،‫دراسة تحليلية لغوية لنصوص أدبية رفيعة من القديم والحديث تعالج أنواع الصياغات اللغوية‬
‫ والعناية بما يتضمنه النص من أفكار وجوانب فنية وإبداعية مع الوقوف عىل كيفية استخدام المعاجم العربية‬، ‫والفنية والعلمية‬
‫المهمة‬

Course Code: TRAN208 Course Title: Introduction to Translation

This course is designed to provide students with the basic issues in translation and interpretation which
are related to analyzing various English and Arabic texts. The differences and similarities between the
activities of both translation and interpretation are explained. Special attention will be paid to problems
of equivalence between the two languages at the word and word-group level, as well as differences in
syntactic and semantic patterning.
Course Code: TRAN303 Course Title: Business Translation
This course focuses on the theory and practice of translating business texts from English into Arabic and
vice versa with emphasis on the areas of economics, business and banking, marketing, and advertising.

Course Code: TRAN304 Course Title: Journalistic Translation

This course focuses on translating journalistic passages from English and Arabic, covering a wide range of
subjects and styles. Emphasis will be placed on translating from English into Arabic articles from various
Newspapers , Magazines, and news agencies.

Course Code: TRAN305 Course Title: Legal & Government Translation

This course is designed to train students in translating from English into Arabic and vice versa government
and legal documents. Examples of such documents are government forms and announcements,
certificates, court proceedings, treaties and legal contracts. Emphasis is laid on the form of the message
as it is as important as the content.

Course Code: TRAN401 Course Title: Literary Translation

This course highlights differences between literary and other forms of translation and focuses on specific
aspects of literary texts, such as their expressive function and their aesthetic qualities. The course offers
training in translation of different literary genres, such as poetry, fiction and drama, from and into English
and Arabic.

Course Code: TRAN403 Course Title: Scientific & Technical Translation

The course offers intensive practice in the translation of scientific and technical texts from and into English
and Arabic. Attention is also paid to the translation of medical texts, such as hospital notices, medical
reports and brochures dealing with health matters.

Course Code: TRAN404 Course Title: Consecutive Interpretation

It introduces students to interpretation in general and consecutive interpretation in particular mainly from
English into Arabic. It lays the foundation of developing interpretation skills focusing on understanding
and analyzing messages in the source language (SL) and conveying them in the target language (TL) in a
straight and a clear manner. In addition, the course develops students' ability to identify, analyze and
paraphrase the meaning in the SL. Emphasis is placed on active listening and concentration skills, memory,
the ability to extract information for subsequent recall and basic elements of note-taking.

Course Code: TRAN405 Course Title: Practicum

Each student will be offered practical work experience in the field of translation from English into Arabic
and vice versa at a commercial organization or government department. Regular consultation with the
co-coordinator is an integral part of the course, as is submission of reports by the organization and student
concerned.

Minor in American Studies (Compulsory and Elective Courses)

Course Code: AMST 211 Course Title: Introduction to American Studies I
Aspects of American Culture. An interdisciplinary course that examines the ways different disciplines have
approached the study of American culture. Students are introduced to the main cultural movements in
American history and to contemporary intellectual debates within the field.
Course Code: AMST 212 Course Title: Introduction to American Studies II
Aspects of American History and Government. Selected topics, themes and issues in American history,
politics and government with emphasis on their contemporary relevance.

Course Code: AMST 213 Course Title: American Fiction

A survey of American writers of fiction (short stories and novels) from the late 18th century to the present,
including prominent representatives such as Hawthorne, Melville, Poe and Twain from the 19th century
and Hemingway, Faulkner and Steinbeck from the 20th century

Course Code: AMST 214 Course Title: American Poetry and Drama
A survey of major American poets and dramatists, including 19th century poets such as Whitman and
Dickinson, and representatives of the 20th century such as Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Ginsberg, and Plath.
Drama will begin with the works of O’Neill and continue with major successors such as Williams, Miller,
Albee, et al.

Course Code: AMST 201 Course Title: US History I: from the Colonial Period to 1877
Survey of American history from the early American experience to the end of the Era of Reconstruction.
Political institutions, constitutional development, the Revolution, the sectional crisis, the Civil War, race
relations, economic development, foreign policy, and intellectual and cultural ideas.

Course Code: AMST 202 Course Title: US History II: from 1877 to the Present
Survey of US history from the end of the era of Reconstruction to the present. The rise of new
constitutional and political developments, America’s ascent to industrial supremacy, America’s rise as a
world power, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, social, political and cultural
changes since the 1960s, and the rise of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism

Course Code: AMST 205 Course Title: American Government I - National and Local
Theories in government that influenced the framers of the US Constitution, Federalism, political
participation, public opinion, the media, political parties and interest groups at the national and local
levels

AMST 206 Course Title: American Government II - National and Local

Political institutions at the national and local levels, such as the legislature, judiciary and the executive.
America’s economic policy, bureaucracy, civil liberties, civil rights, and foreign and defense policies

Course Code: AMST 221 Course Title: Multicultural Literature in America

An examination of the literary contributions—essay, fiction, poetry and drama—by Native, African, Asian,
Latino and other American ethnic minorities, reflecting the cultural diversity of America’s literary heritage.

Course Code: AMST 222 Course Title: American Cultural Criticism

An examination of a variety of approaches to cultural criticism as they relate to American culture,
encompassing the nature of aesthetic accomplishment as well as the social contexts that alter and enrich
the shape of cultural expressions in America.

Course Code: AMST 223 Course Title: American Social History

An exploration of relationships between American ideas and American society, with particular concern
for the changing ways in which Americans have thought about themselves, their communities and their
role in the world.
Course Code: AMST 224 Course Title: History of US-Middle East Relations
The historical development of the US approach and policies toward the Middle East since the Colonial era,
with special emphasis on the relationship from World War I to the present.

Course Code: AMST 225 Course Title: The Geography of the United States A survey of the
physical, political and cultural geography of the United States.

Course Code: AMST 250 Course Title: American Law and Institutions
A descriptive survey of the constitutional and structural principles, processes and functions of the
American governmental system, along with an examination of major political institutions.

Course Code: AMST 312 Course Title: Themes in American Literature

A survey of prominent literary movements in the United States, together with an analysis of significant
works and themes associated with these movements.

AMST 313 Course Title: American Popular Culture

An introduction to various aspects of popular culture in America, as manifested in movies, radio and
television programs, and other forms of popular entertainment.

Course Code: AMST 315 Course Title: Literature of Latin America

An examination of the modern literature of Latin America to develop an understanding and appreciation
of literary contributions of the non-English speaking communities in the western Hemisphere, especially
as they relate to concurrent social, political, economic, and cultural developments in the USA. The course
will focus on the poetry, drama, and fiction in translation of major writers such as Borges, Marquez,
Neruda, Fuentes, and others.

Course Code: AMST 411 Course Title: Minority Cultures in America

An examination of the questions of race, ethnicity and identity in the United States with special emphasis
on minorities.

Course Code: AMST 413 Course Title: Topic-Oriented Seminars

Various specialized topics are offered for discussion in fields such as science and technology,
anthropology, art, music, religion, politics and sociology. The range of topics changes from year to year
and is announced at the beginning of each semester.

Course Code: AMST 420 Course Title: America’s Role in International Affairs
A historical survey of America’s rise to international prominence and a discussion of its current place on
the international scene and its stance on various regional and global issues.
University Requirement Courses
Course Code: ARAB 110 Course Title: Arabic Language Skills
This course focuses on basic Arabic skills including form, function, and meaning. It also helps the student
to appreciate and understand structures and approach them from a critical point of view, through various
genres in literature.
‫ ونقدا – وبيان خصائصه‬،‫ وداللة – ومعالج ة أساليبها – قراء ة وتذوقا‬،‫ ومعجما‬،‫ وتركيبا‬،‫دراسة أساسيات اللغة العربية – صياغة‬
‫ من خال ل نصو ص تتناول مختلف األجناس األدبية شعر ا ر‬،‫الجمالية وقيمها الداللية والتعبتية‬
.‫ونتا‬ ‫ر‬

HIST 122 Course Title: Modern History of Bahrain and Citizenship

Spatial identity of Bahrain: Brief history of Bahrain until the 18th century; the historical roots of the
formation of the national identity of Bahrain since the 18th century; the modern state and evolution of
constitutional life in Bahrain; the Arabic and Islamic dimensions of the identity of Bahrain; the core values
of Bahrain’s society and citizenship rights (legal, political, civil and economic); duties; responsibilities and
community participation; economic change and development in Bahrain; Bahrain’s Gulf, Arab and
international relations.

‫ الجذور التاريخية لتكوين الهوية الوطنية للبحرين‬،‫عش ميالدي‬ ‫حن القرن الثامن ر‬
‫ مخترص تاري خ البحرين ر‬،‫الشخصية المكانية للبحرين‬
‫ى‬
،‫واإلسالم يف هوية البحرين‬ ‫ى‬
‫ البعد العر يب‬،‫ الدولة الحديث ة وتطور الحياة الدستورية يف البحرين‬،‫منذ القرن الثامن ع رش الميالدي‬
‫ي‬
‫ المسؤوليات والواجبات والمشاركة‬،‫القيم األساسية لمجتمع البحرين وحقو ق المواطنة لقانونية والسياسية والمدنية واالقتصادية‬
.‫ العالقات الخليجية والعربية والدولية للبحرين‬،‫ التطو ر االقتصادي والتنمية ى يف البحرين‬،‫المجتمعية‬

Course Code: HRLC 107 Course Title: Human Rights

This course deals with the principles of human rights in terms of the definition of human rights, scope,
sources with a focus on the International Bill of Human Rights; The Charter of the United Nations;
Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The International Covenant on Economics, Social and Culture
rights; Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
Mechanics and the Constitutional Protection of Rights and Public Freedoms in Kingdom of Bahrain.

Course Code: ISLM 101 Course Title: Islamic Culture

An introduction to the general outline and principles of Islamic culture, its general characteristics, its
relationships with other cultures, general principles of Islam in beliefs, worship, legislation and ethics.

Course Code: ARAB 107 Course Title: Arabic Language for Special Groups

‫رى‬
‫للمبتدئي قراء ة وكتابة ومحادثة‬ ‫ ودراسة أساسيات اللغة العربية‬،‫ ورسم كلماتها‬،‫ وأصوا ت حروفها‬،‫تعريف الطالب بالهجائية العربية‬
‫وكيفبة التعامل مع نصوصها فهما واستيعابا‬