Master of Arts in Arabic Language

The master's program in the Arabic language is one of the prominent programs that allow students to be establish a solid understanding about the syntactic, linguistic, literary, and rhetorical studies; thus, the student will be able to combine between ooriginality, evolution, and modernization and to be involved in them. This is an important factor for any University that seeks stability and advancement at the same time, for the nations identity is related to their mother tongue, and the Islamic identity is originated by the Holy Quran which descended in an Arabic-tongue.

Seeking to consolidate the syntactic, linguistic, literary, and rhetorical studies and developing them is basically an attempt to draw a clear features for the University in its scientific and pragmatic procession.

The importance of the program is highlighted in serving the community - at the level of the eastern province – by granting all academic degrees - bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in Arabic language, which makes the development of the programs an important issue.

Master of Arts in Arabic Language Contains two specializations:

• Syntactic and Linguistic Studies.

•  Literary and Rhetorical Studies.

College

College of Arts

Campus

Rayyan - Dammam

Track

Arts and Education

Level

Postgraduate

Degree

MA

Gender

Female

Years of study

2

Credit hours

38

Additional requirements

Written Dissertation

Program System

The program is conducted through courses and a thesis.

Credit hours

32 study units + 6 Thesis

Graduation Requirements

• Pass in all courses, with a minimum  of "C" in all of these courses, and comulative GPA at least "B".
• Discuss thesis successfully with the Committee, and complete the necessary  corrections - if any - determined by the Committee.

Terms of Admission:

• To have a Bachelor's degree in Arabic language from a recognized university, with GPA not less than 80%.
• Pass a written examination and interview.
• The ability to properly read and  articulate the sounds of the Arabic texts.         

The program is based on courses and a thesis; it devotes two academic semester to one of the following disciplines:

• Grammatical and Linguistic Studies.
• Literary and Rhetorical Studies.