Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
Study Plan for the Bachelor's Degree

English Language and Translation
 

Requirements Credit Hours
University Requirements 24
Faculty Requirements 24
Department Core Courses + training  
Specialization Requirements:  
  a- Compulsory Courses 69
  b- Elective Courses 12
  c- Free elective courses 3
  d- Ancillary Requirements 3
 Total 135

Faculty Requirements: (24) Credit Hours:

A) Compulsory Courses: (15) Credit Hours, which are:
 
Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prereq.
25271
Introduction to Social Psychology  3
25141
Principles of Sociology 3  
31200
The Application of Computer in Research and Teaching 3
25223
Methods of Scientific Research  1
23105
The Art of Writing and Expression 3

B) Elective Courses: (9) Credit Hours selected from the following:
 
Course No. Course Title Credit Hour Prereq.
26165
Arabic Islamic Civilization
3  
26174
The History of Jordan and Palestine
3  
25101
Principles of Psychology
3  
25156
Contemporary Issues
3  
25218
Man and the Environment 
1  
41155
Human Rights
3  
25160
Sports and Health 
1  
25433
Scientific Thinking 
3  
23132
Arabic Language (2)
1  


Department Requirements: (81) Credit Hours

A)   Compulsory Courses: (69) Credit Hours, which are:
 
Course No Course Title Credit Hours Prereq.
24123
Writing 3
24124
Advanced English Grammar  3
23125
Arabic Syntax and Morphology 3
23126
Writing in Arabic 3
23105
23127
Arabic Rhetoric 3
24215
History of English Literature  3
24222
Introduction to Linguistics  3
24123 /24124
24232
Introduction to Translation  3
24123 /24124
24233
Written Translation 1 (Narrative and Descriptive) 3
24232
24234
On-Sight Translation 3
24232
24236
Written Translation 2 (Argumentative and Descriptive)  3
24232
24319
Analytical Translation  3
24236
24320
Issues in Arabisation 3
24236
24322
Sociolinguistics 3
24222
24323
English Syntax 3
24222
24325
Contrastive Linguistics  3
24222
24326
Semiotics 3
24419
20th Century Literature  3
24215
24427
Discourse Analysis  3
24222
24429
Written Translation 3(Legal texts) 3
24236
24430
Interpreting 3
24236
23432
Modern Arab Literature 3
24437
A Seminar in Translation  3

B)    Elective Courses: (12) Credit Hours selected from the following:
 
Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Pre-requisite
24212
Language and Mass Media  3
24216
Idioms 3
24228
Modern European Language(French I)  3
24316
Comparative Literature  3
24215
24321
Modern Concepts in Science and Humanities  3
24327
Literature and Philosophy  3
24215
24328
Translation and Postcolonial Theory 3
24329
Applied Linguistics  3
24222
24421
History of English Language 3
24222
24424
Creative Writing 
24215
24426
Language Acquisition  3
24222
24431
Advanced Translation 3
24222 / 24232
24435
Feminist Writing  3
24215
24436
Lexicography  3
24439
Postmodernism  3
24215
24440
Narrative and Power Relations  3
24215


 

Ancillary Requirements: (3) Credit Hours:
Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prereq.
51112
Administrative Communications in English   3

Free Requirements: (9) Credit Hours selected by the students from the courses offered by the various departments