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Department of Humanities
ENG101 English I [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is designed to reinforce effective
and critical reading and writing skills, with
emphasis on summarizing, paraphrasing, citing
sources, and study skills. The course emphasizes
academic style and task-based work.
Prerequisites: ENG009, or EEE score 500 -
549, or its equivalent.
ENG102 English II [3-0, 0 cr.]
This course is designed to develop advanced
reading and writing skills associated with
academic work. Emphasis is on the analytical
and critical reading of texts, as well as on
writing in a variety of modes. Students
develop a research paper and learn to
formulate researchable questions through
locating appropriate resources in the library,
the community, and the electronic media.
Students also learn to organise their findings,
to develop their manuscript, and to cite their
sources following the academic conventions.
Prerequisite: ENG101 English 1, or EEE score
between 600–649, or its equivalent.
ENG202 Sophomore Rhetoric [3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is for practice in reading and
writing, both formal and creative. It covers
critical analysis, evaluation, formulation, and
the presentation of verbal and written opinions
based on the best possible evidence. It also
covers the methods of formal argumentation.
Prerequisite ENG102 English II, or EEE score of
650 and above, or its equivalent.
ENG203 Fundamentals of Oral
Communication [3–0, 3 cr.]
This course covers the fundamentals of oral
communication, along with a practice in
platform speaking, in expository and persuasion.
Emphasis is placed on the use of correct and
effective language and organizational skills
in preparing, delivering and evaluating the
different types of oral presentations.
Prerequisite ENG102 English II, or EEE score of
650 and above, or its equivalent.
ENG 211 Literature I [3-0, 3 cr.]
Offers a critical study of literature from the
ancient world through the Renaissance with
emphasis on the European and Mediterranean
traditions. Readings chosen emphasize themes
that continue to resonate in the present.
Topics and writers studied may include: Greek
mythology, Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Petronius,
Dante, Rabelais, Anna Bijns.
ENG 212 Literature II [3-0, 3 cr.]
Offers a critical study of Western literature from
the seventeenth century through the twentieth
century as a continuation of ENG 211.
Topics and writers may include: Montaigne,
Cervantes, Baroque poetry, Molière, Goethe,
German romanticism, Chekhov, Kafka.
ENG213 Introduction to Language [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is a survey of the theoretical bases
of language study, emphasizing theories of
language origins and developments. Topics
include semantics, syntax, pragmatics, writing
systems, dialects, phonology, and the contrast
between communication, true language, and
artificial language.
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.
ENG214 English Grammar [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is a study of the grammatical
structures, and a critical analysis of the
descriptive uses of grammar.
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.
ENG303 Literary Linguistics [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course offers a systematic linguistic
approach to literary analysis, utilizing such
linguistic tools as transitivity and voice,
deixis, tense, modality, etc... It aims at
consolidating students’ knowledge of both
literature and linguistics, by drawing on their
interconnectedness.
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.
ENG306 Introduction to Phonetics and
Phonology [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course deals with phonetics, phonological
analysis (including segmental, consonant and
vowel, as well as supra-segmental, stress,
intonations, juncture, pause, and rhythm
features), comparative analysis, and native
language interference in second language
learning. It includes examples from a wide
variety of languages, with special emphasis
on the sound systems of English and Arabic.
Students develop basic skills in comparative
phonological analysis.
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.
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