- About the program
- Subjects
Certificate awarded
Bachelor's degree in Arabic language
Major
Program outcomes
- First: Knowledge and Understanding
Graduates will be able to:
- Accurately define the fundamental concepts of the Arabic language and its various disciplines, including grammar, morphology, rhetoric, criticism, and literature.
- Explain linguistic and literary rules, as well as mechanisms of inference and analysis, enabling sound and accurate understanding.
- Distinguish between different linguistic and literary schools of thought and critically analyse their arguments using a rigorous scientific approach.
- Interpret contemporary linguistic issues and research in a scholarly manner, grounded in sound theoretical perspectives and research standards.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of scientific research methodologies and their theoretical foundations in language studies.
- Identify current academic and intellectual trends that enable the continuation of postgraduate studies in the field.
- Second: Skills
Graduates will be able to:
- Apply analytical and inferential skills in the study of linguistic and literary issues.
- Employ sound scientific methods in the preparation, writing, and documentation of academic research.
- Utilize modern teaching strategies to present knowledge in an effective pedagogical manner.
- Demonstrate effective public speaking, rhetoric, and educational guidance skills within a balanced and moderate framework.
- Use contemporary educational technologies and appropriate presentation tools relevant to the discipline.
- Develop effective academic and educational communication skills and contribute to community service in accordance with professional standards.
- Third: Values, Responsibility, and Autonomy
Graduates will be able to:
- Adhere to Islamic values and professional ethics in academic and educational practice.
- Demonstrate responsibility, discipline, and commitment in fulfilling academic and educational duties.
- Exhibit intellectual moderation and balanced conduct when addressing religious and societal issues.
- Exercise independence in academic decision-making and in the completion of tasks and research.
- Contribute to community service through educational, outreach, and voluntary activities with positive social impact.
- Observe the ethics of dialogue, fairness, and respect for differing opinions within established ethical and scholarly frameworks.
Program objectives
- To provide students with solid linguistic knowledge and train them in the correct use of grammatical rules, accurate pronunciation, and the development of literary appreciation and creativity.
- To develop students’ analytical skills, their ability to appreciate literary works, and their capacity for creative expression.
- To equip students with scientific research skills in the various branches of language studies, using sound and appropriate research methodologies.
- To prepare academically qualified graduates for teaching in educational institutions in accordance with modern pedagogical principles.
- To promote Islamic values and ethics and to cultivate a sense of social responsibility among students.
- To enhance students’ abilities in academic communication and their contribution to research on diverse linguistic issues.
- To familiarize students with modern and advanced teaching methods in the field of Arabic language education.
- To graduate students who are capable of pursuing postgraduate studies.
Job Market
Description
Program content
Duration
8 Terms
General credits
127
Elective credits
0
Compulsory credits
127
Total credits
140
| Subject code | Subject name | Credits | Subject type | Subject prerequisites |
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| NL100 | National culture | 2 | General | - |
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This course enhances Libyan national identity and cultural awareness among students. It examines Libya’s historical and contemporary status, geographical and natural characteristics, population development, social system, economic resources, cultural heritage, and its role in modernizing society. The course also addresses political systems in Libya and fosters national spirit and pride in belonging to the homeland. |
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| EN100 | English Language 1 | 1 | General | - |
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This course aims to develop students’ ability to use the fundamentals of the English language required for scientific disciplines and everyday life. It helps improve the four English language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—through effective and practical exercises, conversations, examples, and activities, leading to the correct development of communication skills. The course also provides basic English grammar, such as verbs and tenses (simple present, present continuous, etc.), as well as commonly used vocabulary and expressions. |
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| EN101 | English Language 2 | 1 | General | EN100 |
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This course aims to enhance students’ ability to deal with key concepts used in the English language and to raise their level of proficiency in real-life contexts. It develops students’ reading and writing skills, enabling them to use the language correctly. The course also improves the four English language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—through effective exercises, conversations, examples, and activities. It provides basic and simple grammatical structures such as verbs and tenses (simple present and present continuous), along with commonly used expressions and vocabulary. |
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| CS100 | Computer Science 1 | 1 | General | - |
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This course covers fundamental concepts of information and communication technology, including computer definition, uses, types, binary system, hardware components, software types, computer networks, internet basics, computer crimes, and data security. |
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| CS101 | Computer Science 2 | 1 | General | CS100 |
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This course focuses on practical skills in spreadsheets, formulas, mathematical and statistical functions, operating systems, application software, windows applications, graphics tools, internet browsers, and practical use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The course emphasizes hands-on practice to develop professional and academic skills. |
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| EPSY401 | Psychological Health | 1 | General | - |
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This course provides students with essential knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to the concept of mental health and psychological adjustment from the perspectives of different psychological schools. It examines normal and abnormal behavior, characteristics of healthy personality, and the factors influencing mental health. The course also addresses frustration, psychological conflict, and stress and their role in mental health disorders, in addition to presenting models of psychological problems and disorders. |
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| EPSY400 | School Administration | 1 | General | EPSY401 |
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This course equips students with key knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to modern school administration, including its technical and human requirements, responsibilities toward staff, and means of fulfilling administrative tasks. It covers school and classroom management, major administrative styles, leadership skills, and administrative processes, highlighting their role in creating a safe and attractive learning environment. The course also introduces educational supervision and its role and methods in the educational process. |
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| EPSY201 | General Teaching Methods | 1 | General | - |
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This course aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills, values, and positive attitudes required for the teaching profession. It helps them understand the nature of the educational process and the relationships between different teaching situations, and equips them with modern teaching strategies that place the learner at the center of the educational process. |
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| ARIS | 2 | General | EPSY201 | |
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| ST100 | Principles of Statistic | 1 | General | - |
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This course introduces general statistical concepts, tabular and graphical presentation of data, measures of central tendency, dispersion, correlation, and regression. Students learn methods of data collection, organization, and presentation using frequency tables and appropriate graphs, as well as measures of skewness and kurtosis and comparative analysis of statistical measures. |
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| EPSY100 | General Psychology | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces general psychology, including its definition, objectives, importance, related sciences, and branches. It covers fundamental psychological concepts and principles, research methods in psychology, general psychological laws of human behavior, psychological schools, the nervous system, higher mental processes, learning, stimulus–response theory, intelligence, perception, sensation, memory, forgetting, thinking, and motivation. It also focuses on applying psychological and educational concepts to serve the educational process. |
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| EPSY101 | Fundamentals of Education | 2 | General | - |
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This course provides prospective teachers with essential knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes required for the teaching profession. It introduces concepts, types, characteristics, and functions of education; reviews educational ideas across history; highlights Islamic education and its philosophy; examines educational philosophies and their impact on educational systems; and discusses cultural and social foundations and key educational issues. |
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| EPSY201 | General Teaching Methods | 2 | General | EPSY101 |
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| EPSY202 | Foundations of Curriculum | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course develops students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding curriculum concepts, including its origin, development, definitions, and major theoretical perspectives. It examines historical stages and factors influencing curriculum development and improvement, the integration of curriculum design processes, and the foundations of curriculum construction. The course also trains students to analyze school curricula, compare different curriculum organization models, and recognize the significant responsibility of teachers in curriculum implementation. |
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| EPSY203 | Educational Psychology | 2 | General | - |
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This course examines educational psychology and its role in the educational process, focusing on educational objectives and their formulation, psychological development, cognitive development (Piaget), and emotional and social development (Erikson). |
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| EPSY301 | Educational Research Methods | 2 | General | - |
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This course equips students with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to the nature, types, and objectives of knowledge. It distinguishes between scientific research and scientific activity, explains research fundamentals and procedural steps—from problem identification to methodology, data collection, measurement, and scientific writing. |
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| EPSY302 | Measurement and Evaluation | 2 | General | - |
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This course aims to provide students with essential concepts and skills required of teachers, emphasizing the distinction between evaluation, assessment, psychological measurement, and educational evaluation. It introduces tests, validity and reliability as essential conditions for measurement and evaluation, and types of achievement tests. |
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| EPSY303 | Educational Technology | 2 | General | EPSY201 |
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This course equips students with essential skills required for contemporary teaching, such as communication skills, instructional media, educational technologies, systems approach, and e-learning. |
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| EPSY400 | 2 | General | - | |
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| EPSY401 | 2 | General | EPSY203 | |
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| EPSY402 | Teaching Practice | 4 | General | - |
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This course provides practical training through the application of theoretical knowledge in real classroom settings. It aims to develop essential teaching competencies and is a core requirement for preparing teachers for kindergarten, basic, and secondary education stages. |
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| ARIS110 | Pre-Islamic Literature | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces the beginnings of Arabic literary creativity through poetic texts, enabling students to identify the original sources of the Arabic language through the works of prominent poets. It examines the characteristics of pre-Islamic poetry in light of the social, religious, and intellectual life of the era. |
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| ARIS111 | Early Islamic Literature | 2 | General | ARIS110 |
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This course studies Arabic literary production from the advent of Islam to the end of the Rashidun period, focusing on the impact of Islamic belief on poetry and prose. It covers the concept and emergence of Islamic literature, analyzes poetic characteristics of the early Islamic period, and studies Islamic prose and its genres, such as sermons, letters, and wills. |
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| ARIS202 | Abbasid Literature (1) | 2 | General | ARIS111 |
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This course explores literary life in the early Abbasid period, from the establishment of the Abbasid state until the mid-third century AH. It focuses on political, social, and cultural conditions influencing literary development, introduces major poetic and prose themes, and highlights manifestations of renewal in poetry and prose. |
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| AR304 | Abbasid Literature (2) | 2 | Compulsory | ARIS202 |
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This course studies Arabic literature in the later Abbasid period, highlighting political and intellectual transformations and their impact on literary development. It examines strengths and weaknesses of literary life, the emergence of new genres such as philosophical poetry and ascetic literature, and analyzes selected works of major figures such as al-Mutanabbī, al-Ma‘arrī, Ibn al-Rūmī, and others. |
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| ARIS304 | Andalusian Literature | 2 | General | AR304 |
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This course examines Arabic literature in al-Andalus, focusing on factors contributing to its emergence and development. It introduces characteristics of Andalusian poetry and prose, manifestations of innovation and environmental influence, and distinctive genres such as muwashshaḥāt and zajal, with selected examples from prominent Andalusian writers. |
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| ARIS305 | Contemporary Literature | 2 | General | ARIS304 |
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This course studies contemporary Arabic literature. It introduces its artistic features and discusses modern literary genres such as the novel, short story, drama, and free verse poetry, with selected analyses of works by prominent contemporary Arab writers. |
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| ARIS406 | Libyan Literature | 2 | General | ARIS305 |
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This course familiarizes students with the literary renaissance in Libya through the study of Libyan poets and writers and their lasting contributions to Arabic literature. It also examines the artistic characteristics of Libyan literary production. |
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| ARIS407 | Comparative Literature | 2 | General | ARIS305 |
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This course introduces the concept of comparative literature, its origins, and contributing factors. It examines the relationship between Arabic literature and Western literatures to identify aspects of influence and interaction among different literary traditions. |
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| ARIS118 | Classical Criticism | 2 | General | ARIS110 |
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This course examines the emergence and development of classical literary criticism from the pre-Islamic to Abbasid periods, introduces major schools, and addresses critical issues such as the word-meaning relationship, natural versus artificial style, and literary borrowing, highlighting prominent classical critics. |
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| ARIS309 | Modern Criticism | 2 | General | ARIS118 |
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This course studies the historical development of modern literary criticism, its relation to Western literary criticism, and introduces students to contemporary critical issues, reinforced through analysis of literary texts from various genres. |
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| ARIS112 | Semantics in Rhetoric | 2 | General | - |
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This course addresses issues in the arrangement of Arabic expressions, such as fronting and delaying, separation and connection, explicitness and concealment, interrogation and negation, and matching words to situational context. |
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| ARIS211 | Ilm al-Bayān (Figures of Speech) | 2 | General | ARIS112 |
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This course examines rhetorical expression techniques aimed at clarifying meaning and impressing it on the mind through figurative language: simile (tashbīh), metaphor (isti‘āra) both original and derivative, metonymy (majāz mursal), euphemism (kināya), and its types, with analytical applications from the Qur’an, Hadith, and literary texts. |
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| ARIS312 | Ilm al-Badī‘ (Rhetorical Embellishments) | 2 | General | ARIS211 |
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This course studies stylistic techniques that beautify and enhance speech both semantically and verbally, highlighting aesthetic expression while preserving clarity. Topics include semantic embellishments (ṭibāq, muqābala, ḥusn al-ta‘līl, tawrīya), verbal embellishments (jinas, rhyme (saj‘), return of the ‘ajz on the ṣadr), with practical applications from the Qur’an, Hadith, and literary texts. |
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| ARIS213 | Stylistics | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces the concept of style and stylistics, its emergence and development, and its various levels: phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic. It also studies repetition, rhythm, linguistic choice, with practical applications on classical and modern literary texts. |
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| ARIS414 | Text Analysis | 2 | General | - |
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This course develops skills in analyzing various texts—poetry, prose, religious, and contemporary literature—focusing on core textual elements such as main ideas, internal structure, style, meaning, and symbols. It includes practical applications using multiple critical approaches. |
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| ARIS115 | Fundamentals of Arabic Writing | 1 | General | - |
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This course studies the history and development of Arabic writing and develops essential skills for quality writing and reading. It addresses rules and guidelines for writing hamza, sun and moon letters, tā’ marbūṭa and tā’ mabsūṭa, alif maqsūra, with applied exercises on classical texts. |
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| ARIS216 | Linguistics (1) | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces the origins of human languages and linguistic theories regarding their emergence. It explores the relationship of language to other sciences, its influence on thought, and provides an overview of linguistic analysis levels. Students also differentiate between linguistic schools and their approaches. |
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| ARIS317 | 2 | General | - | |
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| ARIS318 | Phonetics | 1 | General | - |
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This course examines linguistic sounds in terms of articulation, features, and points of articulation (makhārij), and their role in word formation and meaning. It introduces students to scientific foundations of phonetics and enables understanding of Arabic phonological system through modern linguistic studies. |
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| ARIS219 | 2 | General | - | |
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| ARIS120 | Arabic Grammar (1) | 2 | General | - |
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This course addresses the first component of the Arabic sentence, namely the word, by identifying its type in terms of structure, gender, and category. It examines the states of words with respect to inflection and indeclinability, introduces the original and secondary case markers and the forms they apply to, and studies nouns in terms of definiteness and indefiniteness, with an introduction to selected types of definite nouns. |
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| ARIS221 | Arabic Grammar (2) | 2 | General | ARIS120 |
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This course introduces the remaining types of definite nouns, including relative nouns, nouns defined by the definite article (al-), vocative-defined nouns, and nouns annexed to definite nouns. It then examines the rules of the nominal sentence, including the subject and predicate, their types, and the grammatical operators affecting them, as well as the rules of the verbal sentence and types of objects. |
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| ARIS322 | Arabic Grammar (3) | 2 | General | ARIS221 |
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This course focuses on the structure of the nominal sentence through the study of remaining verbal and particle-based grammatical operators, such as kāna and its sisters, verbs of approximation, and inna and its sisters and their rules. It also covers lā of absolute negation and verbs that take three objects. |
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| ARIS423 | Arabic Grammar (4) | 2 | General | ARIS322 |
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This course examines the branches of the verbal sentence related to objects, including the absolute object, the object of accompaniment, the object of purpose, and the adverbial object of time and place. It explains their types, semantic and syntactic differences, and conditions of correct usage. The course also introduces nominal and verbal clauses, the circumstantial accusative (ḥāl), its possessor, and its types. |
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| ARIS325 | 1 | General | - | |
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| ARIS426 | 1 | General | ARIS325 | |
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| ARIS227 | Morphology (1) | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces the emergence of Arabic morphology through a historical overview of its development, major scholars, and key works. It examines the states and structure of words, the morphological scale and its components, verb types and patterns, and changes in word structure, including permissible and non-permissible alterations. |
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| ARIS328 | Morphology (2) | 2 | General | ARIS227 |
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This course focuses on the internal structure of words and morphological changes caused by vowel weakening through transposition, substitution, or deletion. It examines noun categories in terms of soundness, weakness, singular, dual, and plural forms, and studies patterns of triliteral and quadriliteral basic verbs, augmented verbs (triliteral, quadriliteral, quinqueliteral, and hexaliteral), as well as triliteral, quadriliteral, and quinqueliteral nouns. |
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| ARIS429 | Morphology (3) | 2 | General | ARIS328 |
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This course aims to develop students’ understanding of patterns of non-derived and derived nouns, verbal nouns (maṣdar) and their triliteral and quadriliteral forms, derivatives, the mimetic verbal noun (maṣdar mīmī), and intensive forms. |
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| ARIS430 | Teaching Applications | 2 | General | EPSY301 |
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This course allows students to apply theoretical and practical aspects of Arabic language teaching, focusing on mental and written preparation, questioning techniques, and general teaching methods. |
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| ARIS450 | Graduation Project | 4 | General | EPSY302 |
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This course is a capstone integrating students’ academic years. It develops research skills through a supervised thesis of up to thirty pages, involving collection, classification, and organization of scientific material, defining the research problem, discussing hypotheses, and presenting results. |
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| AR111 | Arabic Libraries | 2 | Elective | - |
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The course Arabic Libraries aims to introduce students to Arabic libraries in terms of their origin, development, and role in preserving Arab and Islamic heritage and supporting scientific research. |
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| AR212 | Lexicography | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies the origin and development of Arabic lexicography, its importance in preserving language, clarifying words, and their meanings. It covers the concept, functions, types, and arrangement methods of dictionaries, including the study of famous Arabic dictionaries, while training students in using lexicons and extracting semantic meanings accurately. |
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| AR309 | Arabic Prosody (2) | 2 | Compulsory | ARIS219 |
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This course examines various poetic meters, such as wāfir, basīṭ, ṭawīl, kāmil, and others, including terms related to metrical alterations (zaḥāf) and causes of irregularities (‘ilal). It also covers the concept of rhyme (qāfiyah) and its faults. |
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| AR314 | Semantics | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies meaning in language, the concept, development, and types of semantics, semantic relations such as synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, entailment, literal and figurative meaning, semantic change, and evolution of meaning. It includes practical applications on Qur’anic and literary texts. |
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| AR213 | Special Teaching Methods | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course prepares teachers to master modern methods of teaching Arabic and to develop the teacher’s personality as the foundational element of the educational process. It introduces Arabic language capabilities, functions, and curricula across educational stages. |
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| AR205 | Morphology (4) | 2 | General | - |
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This course examines appended forms (mulḥaq), their letters, quadriliteral and quinqueliteral appended forms, methods of identifying metathesis and its types, broken plural patterns, plurals of paucity and abundance, collective nouns, and plural of plurals. |
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| AR303 | Morphology (5) | 2 | General | - |
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This course studies diminutives, their rhetorical and semantic purposes, and the distinction between the original morphological pattern and the diminutive pattern. It covers conditions of diminutivization, permissible and impermissible cases, deletions and substitutions involved, as well as attribution (nisba), its linguistic importance, changes affecting it, attribution to compound forms, truncated forms, and dual nouns. |
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| AR304 | Morphology (6) | 2 | General | - |
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This course addresses phonological and morphological phenomena affecting word structure and resulting in changes to letters while preserving or developing meaning. It focuses on substitution (ibdāl) and vowel alteration (i‘lāl), defining each and clarifying the differences between them. |
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| AR301 | Arabic Grammar (5) | 2 | General | - |
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This course studies nominal and verbal sentences with a focus on the rules of specification (tamyīz), numbers, prepositions, and types of genitive constructions (iḍāfa) and their rules. |
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| AR302 | Arabic Grammar (6) | 2 | General | - |
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This course examines the fundamental rules of selected linguistic styles, including exclamation, the rules of ni‘ma and bi’sa, the comparative and superlative form (af‘al al-tafḍīl) and its rules, grammatical dependents (emphasis, adjective, coordination, and apposition), vocative constructions, pleas for help, lamentation, apocope (tarḫīm), specialization, warning, and encouragement styles. |
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| AR401 | Arabic Grammar (7) | 2 | General | - |
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This course addresses a range of linguistic structures related to Arabic sentence patterns. It introduces verbs functioning as nouns, the rules governing the two emphatic nūns, indeclinable nouns, and the inflection of the imperfect verb. |
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| AR310 | Special Research Methods | 2 | General | - |
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This course introduces advanced and applied research methods in the field of specialization. It develops students’ scientific research skills, enabling them to select appropriate methodologies for analyzing literary and scientific issues rigorously. |
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| AR405 | Grammatical Schools | 2 | General | - |
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This course examines the emergence and development of Arabic grammar, major grammatical schools, their methods and foundations in theorizing and analysis, and their disagreements, highlighting their contribution to enriching Arabic linguistic study. It introduces students to the intellectual and methodological foundations of these schools. |
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| AR406 | Contemporary Critical Approaches | 2 | General | - |
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This course studies major contemporary critical approaches, including structuralism, cultural criticism, and social criticism. It covers exemplary applications on Arabic and world texts, developing the ability to link theory with applied text analysis. |
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| AR308 | 2 | Compulsory | ARIS216 | |
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| AR108 | Qur’anic Studies (1) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies the Qur’an in terms of its text, exegesis (tafsīr), and the foundations of Qur’anic sciences. It introduces the basic principles for understanding its meanings, examines the sources of Islamic legislation—the Qur’an and Sunnah—studies the five pillars, evidence for the obligation and validity of prayer, and addresses selected topics related to social customs with their legal rulings. |
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| AR109 | Qur’anic Studies (2) | 2 | Compulsory | AR108 |
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This course focuses on the basic principles of social rulings in Islam, introduces the legal sources of family law, and examines issues related to divorce and children’s rights. It aims to enhance students’ ability to apply legal concepts in daily life and practical situations. |
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