Study Plan

A. Core Specialization Requirements: 15 Credit Hours
The core requirements include the following courses:
 
# Course Code Course Title Level CH
10201701Advanced Studies in Research Methods in Language, Literature, and Manuscript Editing13
20201711Advanced Studies in the Foundations of Grammar and Morphology13
30201731Advanced Studies in Classical Arabic Poetry13
40201751Advanced Studies in Arabic Rhetoric and Stylistics13
50201741Advanced Studies in Literary Criticism: Classical and Modern23
   Total  15
B. Elective Specialization Requirements: 9 Credit Hours
Students select courses from one of the following two groups:

1. Language Track
 
# Course Code Course Title Level CH
10201712Advanced Studies in Parsing and Its Textual Implications23
20201721Advanced Studies in Arabic Word Structure13
30201771Advanced Studies in Philology and Quranic Readings23
40201761Advanced Studies in Contemporary Arabic Language Issues23
50201713Advanced Studies in Syntactic Phenomena23
60201772Advanced Studies in Arabic Lexicography and Terminology23

​2. Literature Track
 
# Course Code Course Title Level CH
10201732Advanced Studies in Classical Arabic Prose23
20201733Advanced Studies in Andalusian and Maghribi Literature13
30201781Advanced Studies in Modern Arabic Poetry23
40201782Advanced Studies in Modern Arabic Prose23
50201733Advanced Studies in Modern Emirati Literature23
60201742Advanced Studies in Trends in Linguistic Criticism23

 

C. Thesis: 9 Credit Hours
Course Number: 0201799. The thesis carries 9 credit hours, awarded upon successful completion and defense through a public viva voce examination.