(First: Courses track)

First Semester

Course Code Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
ML-405 Advanced Studies in Grammatical Issues Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-410 Studies in Arabic Phonology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-415 Pre-Islamic and Islamic Literature and Its Sources Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-420 Qur'anic Rhetoric 1 (Semantics) Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-425 Arabic Language Skills and Linguistic Communication Compulsory Specialization 3
Total
15 hours

Second Semester

Course Code Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
ML-430 Umayyad and Abbasid literature and their Sources Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-435 Studies in Philology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-440 Prosody, rhyme and Poetry Music Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-445 History of Syntax and its Terminology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-450 Quranic rhetoric 2 (Al-Bayan and Budaiya) Compulsory Specialization 3
Total
15 hours

Third Semester

Course Code Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
ML-460 Modern Literary and Critical Issues Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-465 Arabic Syntax Theory and Methods of Linguistic Analysis Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-470 Studies in Comparative Literature Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-475 Research Methods in Language and Literature Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-490 Supplementary Research Compulsory Specialization 3
Total
15 hours

(Second: Courses track and Thesis)

First Semester

Course Code Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
ML-405 Advanced Studies in Grammatical Issues Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-410 Studies in Arabic Phonology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-415 Pre-Islamic and Islamic Literature and Its Sources Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-420 Qur’anic Rhetoric 1 (Semantics) Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-425 Arabic Language Skills and Linguistic Communication Compulsory Specialization 3
Total
15 hours

Second Semester

Course Code Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
ML-430 Umayyad and Abbasid literature and their Sources Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-435 Studies in Philology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-440 Prosody, rhyme and Poetry Music Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-445 History of Syntax and its Terminology Compulsory Specialization 3
ML-450 Quranic rhetoric 2 (Al-Bayan and Budaiya) Compulsory Specialization 3
Total
15 hours

Thesis

Course Cod Course Name Course Type Requirement Credit hours Prerequisite Course description prescribed book
MA-500 Thesis Compulsory Specialization 15 Two semesters
Total
15 hours

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