Academic Track Structure 8 courses = 32 credit hours,
practical training = 10 credit hours
Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
ABOUT THE ACADEMIC TRACK
The student seeks to acquaint the students studying in the master’s of Arabic Studies (Literature and Criticism) to identify the movement of Arabic literature from the pre-Islamic era until the modern era, with a focus on intellectual and philosophical issues, and to reveal the objective, artistic and aesthetic aspects of this literature while linking it to the political, social and historical reality throughout the ages. This academic track provides the student with extensive knowledge in the sciences of phonetics, rhetoric and criticism, and graduates students who are able to read Arabic literature, old and new, and makes them possess the critical approaches associated with that, and enables them to publish research, studies and authorship.
Objectives
1. Provide the master’s student with a broad and deep scientific base in understanding concepts, knowledge, and linguistic, grammatical, literary, critical, and rhetorical skills.
2. Enable the student to keep abreast of modern knowledge, methods and theories in the fields of language and literature, while enhancing his confidence in heritage studies.
3. Qualifying the student to write scientific research in language and literature based on the methodological standards used in writing research.
3. Enhancing the student’s ability to solve problems and critical thinking to develop his skills in the fields of education and scientific research.
5. Developing the spirit of belonging to religion, the country and the nation, and helping the student to develop the virtuous values of self-reliance and teamwork.
The First Stage
- The student studies eight courses, distributed as follows:
√ Six compulsory courses.
√Two elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for master’s students.- The study is conducted through research seminars in each course, and the research seminar relies on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
- The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks, and it may be more than that according to the capabilities of each student, after which the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he finished, then he starts in another course in the same way, and so on.
- Courses studied in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.
- If a specialization track is chosen within the general program, elective courses will have to be studied from the courses designated for the chosen specialization.
The Second Stage
● The student is assigned a virtual course that the faculty chooses from among the courses that the student studied at the bachelor’s level. This is a practical training for the student, with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course into twelve to fourteen abbreviated lectures. The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program. Its duration is not less than ten minutes and not more than twenty. Accurate.
The Thrid Stage
Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a master’s degree in Arts and Humanities.
- The student must pass the prescribed academic courses with at least 70%.
- The student obtains a TOEFL certificate with a score of at least 450, or its equivalent, or obtains a corresponding certificate in the French language, with the exception of those who obtained a first university degree in one of the two languages, or in one of the two languages.
- The student submits a request to the university administration to register a master’s thesis with a suggested topic in one of the sub-specialized tracks.
- If the initial approval of the subject title is achieved, the Faculty Council shall specify a supervisor to guide the student and follow him up in preparing the plan.
- The research plan includes the importance of the subject and a critical presentation of the previous studies in it, and a specification of the research problem, then defining the methodology of the study and its main hypotheses or the questions that you want to answer, and the division of the study and its sources.
- The student presents his proposed plan in a scientific seminar. The plan discusses a topic and methodology.
- The student amends his plan based on the notes of the professors in the seminar if he is asked to amend it.
- The plan is presented after the seminar to the Faculty Council to take its decision regarding the registration of the subject.
- In the event of approval, the decision of the Faculty Council is presented to the University Council to approve the registration, and the date of registration is calculated from the date of approval by the University Council.
Jury discussion and degree awarding
- The minimum period for preparing a master’s thesis is nine months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is two years, which can be extended for a third exceptional year upon the recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council, provided that the total period of the student’s enrollment in the degree does not exceed four years.
- The supervisor submits a semi-annual report that includes what has been accomplished, and what is required in the remaining period.
- After the student completes the thesis and the supervisor reviews it, the supervisor submits to the university administration a report stating that it is valid for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the thesis preparation period of 140 degrees, along with submitting a full copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the specialty, for presentation to the Council the faculty.
- It is required that before the student’s discussion, at least fifteen days have passed from the date of approval of the jury committee from the faculty.
- The jury committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months, which may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- The period of validity of the committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months. It may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- Each member of the jury writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and evaluates the thesis out of 100 degrees, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
- The student may not be discussed unless he obtains at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the jury members’ evaluation of the thesis in the individual reports.
- Submit a post-dissertation group report signed by all members of the jury evaluating the thesis discussion out of 100.
- The thesis is approved after common discussion by the jury with one of the grades shown in the following table:
Definition Point Grade Excellent 4.00 A+ Excellent 3.75 A Very Good 3.50 B+ Very Good 3.00 B Good 2.50 C+ Average 2.00 C Pass on probation 1.50 D+ Pass on probation 1.00 D Fail 0.00 F
- The following grades are not taken into account for the semester or cumulative GPA.
Thesis or project in progress : DP Incomplete : I In progress : IP Registration has been suspended : L The grade has not been decided : NGR Did not take the final exam. : NP Transferred course. : T Withdraw from the course. : W The course covers two semesters, the degree is given at the end of the spring or summer semester. : YR There are no credit hours. : NC One credit hour taken as a private student. The credit hours and the degree do not count towards the degree : ND Re-submitted course, only the last grade is used in calculating the GPA. : R Credit taken as a special student. Credit hours and grade counted towards a degree. : S Credits
Before the 2016-2017 fall semester 1 credit point is equivalent to 1 semester lecture hour. In the 2016 – 2017 fall semester the University introduced the ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.Academic Calendar
International Suleiman University calendar is based on the semester system. Each semester has a duration of 15 weeks including the week of the final exam. The summer semester is 10 weeks long, including the final exam.
Core Courses for General Track
Scientific Research Methodology
Course code: MAH101
Course name: Scientific Research Methodology
Credit hours: 4.00
The course deals with research methods in language; It deals with the different linguistic approaches, especially the normative and descriptive approaches, and the approaches to language study in general, and focuses on the research writing approach, starting from selecting the topic to preparing a list of sources and references.
Studies in semantics
Course code: MALC101
Course name: Studies in semantics
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with all kinds of semantics, and their different relationships with the sciences, in addition to the fields that fall within it, such as the concept, interdependence, and allusion, and their relationship to the context. Part of the course is devoted to studying semantics and grammar, the meaning of utterance and the spoken language, the subject, the commentary, the presumption, the interpolation, and the relationship of semantics to logic of all kinds. Predicate and figurative proposition, and conditional semantics.
Rhetoric in the Light of Modern Arab Criticism
Course code: MALC102
Course Name: Rhetoric in the Light of Modern Arab Criticism
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with several rhetorical topics, from a modern critical point of view, with the aim of linking rhetorical topics with modern criticism approaches, and giving specific perceptions on topics such as: the artistic image and stylistic, semiotic and structural studies.
Studies in Modern Arabic Literature (Poetry - Prose)
Course code: MALC103
Course name: Studies in Modern Arabic Literature (Poetry – Prose)
Credit hours: 4.00
This course is devoted to following the development of modern Arabic literature. In the field of modern poetry, the focus is on the extent of its influence on Arab heritage and Western literature. For example, one can stop at the School of Revival and Heritage, the Diwan Group, Apollo, immigrant poetry, free poetry, or a study of phenomena from Phenomena prevailing in free poetry, such as myth or symbol. As for modern prose, one can stop at the novel, play, or autobiography, by tracing a subject or issue in a group of novels, plays, or autobiographies, in the light of modern critical theories.
The Ancient Poetic Text and its Issues in the Light of Critical Approaches
Course code: MALC104
Course name: The Ancient Poetic Text and its Issues in the Light of Critical Approaches
Credit hours: 4.00
This course attempts to monitor the movement of ancient Arabic poetry in the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Umayyad eras, by examining poems that appeared in the main original sources such as Mufaddaliyat, Asma’iyat and others, as well as single collections of poetry, provided that modern critical approaches and literary schools are benefited from. This course also deals with the study of poetry in ancient times, with a focus on the developments, influences and transformations that occurred in the Arabic poem; Due to the multiplicity of cultures, and their impact on the development of poetic art
Literature and Criticism
Course code: MALC106
Course name: Literature and Criticism
Credit hours: 4.00
This course introduces a group of specialized studies in literature and criticism on a topic determined by the course instructor in order to train the student on balancing and contrasting between studies, in order to consolidate a consistent methodology in literary research.
Elective Courses for General Track
Studies in Modern Literary Criticism
Course code: MALC151
Course name: Studies in Modern Literary Criticism
Credit hours: 4.00
In this course, a literary school or a critical approach such as structuralism, stylistics, or realism is studied, and the reflection of this school or method in modern criticism is traced. One can study storytelling theory or the Arabic intertextuality theory, or study a phenomenon of modern literary criticism in one of the Arab countries, or study The role in which critical literary magazines contributed to establishing the foundations of modern literary criticism, such as Fusoul magazine or Criticism of the Novel.
Studies in Ancient Literary Prose
Course code: MALC152
Course name: Studies in Ancient Literary Prose
Credit hours: 4.00
This course looks forward to observing the features of the development of ancient Arabic prose from the pre-Islamic era until the later eras. It also stops at the Holy Qur’an to show its impact. The course also focuses on tracing the development of prose through the many prose arts such as the maqama, the message, and others. It also stops at some of the books written to identify their methods and topics. , or any subject within this framework.
Studies in Comparative Literature
Course code: MALC153
Course Name: Studies in Comparative Literature
Credit hours: 4.00
This course aims to introduce the concepts of comparative literature and its schools, and to study the relationships and mutual influences between Arabic literature and other literatures. The student is also introduced to literary currents, doctrines, theories, and terminology, with a focus on applied studies.
Media Language and Literature
Course code: MALC154
Course name: Media Language and Literature
Credit hours: 4.00
The course teacher chooses one of the scholars of language and literature who have a significant influence in the language lesson, in Arabic literature, or in criticism, past or present, provided that the chosen science is closely related to the field of specialization of the course teacher.
Studies in Pre-Islamic Poetry and its Sources
Course code: MALC155
Course Name: Studies in Pre-Islamic Poetry and its Sources
Credit hours: 4.00
This course studies the most important issues related to pre-Islamic poetry and its narration, the methods and means of this narration, the most famous narrators and their trends, the sources of pre-Islamic poetry and the analysis and criticism of its texts.
Arabic Rhetoric and Stylistics
Course code: MALC156
Course Name: Arabic Rhetoric and Stylistics
Credit hours: 4.00
The course deals with Arabic rhetoric in terms of epistemological origins, objectives, terminology, and general characteristics. It deals with stylistic concepts in the rhetorical and critical heritage of the Arabs. It also compares Arabic rhetoric with modern stylistic studies and their concepts, procedures, and approaches, with a focus on issues of stylistic analysis of linguistic structure in light of stylistics. Displacement, and making applications on texts from the Holy Qur’an and Arabic literature.
Welcome to Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Degree: Master's DegreeTrack code: MA102AHStudy method: Distance LearningCredit hour: 60How long it takes:Full time: 2 yearsPart time: 4 yearsLimit time: 6 years