Bachelor of English Language
Overview
The academic plan contains 134 credit hours which comprise department, faculty and university perquisites. English department has a four-year-BA discipline following two-semester system. Moreover, a summer-course- system takes place regularly at different faculties through students can join course they need to catch a missing course or finish graduation requirements, etc. Students are required to study 132 credit hours to finish the requirements of graduation. Graduates of English are awarded a bachelor degree in English Language and Literature (BA).
Objectives
- To provide students with distinctive learning in English Language area
- To develop students' communication skills in English language
- To prepare students and qualify them to serve their community in the area of interest such translation. literature, teaching English as a second language
- To help students to recognize different cultures through English language texts
- To provide highly skilled graduates (major: English) who can compete in the labor market
Outcomes
The department of English provides graduates with high research abilities in the field of English language. Graduates contribute to develop their community through the knowledge they acquired in the department of English; e.g. critical thinking and interdisciplinary education, etc.
Potential Jobs
The graduates can work in different areas such as:
- Education: English teachers and translators
- Governmental institutions such as ministries, foreign embassies, or Saudi Embassies abroad, diplomatic area such as Ministry of External Affairs that require communication with multi-nationalities
- Public relations department in business institutions and companies
- Tourism and travel Agencies that require a person who deals with multi-nationalities overseas.
- Translation and publishing housings
- Public and private sector such as foreign private schools, companies, airports, hotels, hospitals, private English language centers, foreign organizations and oil companies that need to deal with multi nationalities.
- Mass Media as correspondents for foreign channels and news anchors, presenters of English lessons on air
- To work as freelancer, field translator, or interpreter
- To start his/her own business in translation and interpretation