A description of each
course on the four-year curriculum for the Department of English is provided
below. The courses described are ordered
curriculum-wise starting with the fall semester of the freshman year of study
and ending with the spring semester of the senior year.
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Conversation
1
|
LNG1200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
See note
below
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
Phonetics
|
LNG1220
|
Course Description
|
This course
introduces students to the art of conversation in English. It is designed to improve students’ ability
to speak English fluently. The course
teaches students the basic vocabulary, phrases and sentences they need to use
in the most common of everyday conversational situations. In addition to listening and understanding
dialogs, students are asked to engage in conversations of their own and
practice the vocabulary, phrases and sentences they learn in the course. The course also teaches students the basic
structure of conversation in English.
|
note
|
Students who
wish to sign up for this course must either pass the Oxford Online Placement
Test with the minimum score required by the university or successfully
complete all the levels of English offered at the Center of Intensive English
Programs at KUST (CIEP).
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Grammar 1
|
LNG1310
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
See note
below
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course is
the first of a series of three grammar courses. In this first course, students are
introduced to the basic grammar rules and the grammatical structure of the
English language. Through many
examples, exercises and tests, students acquire the knowledge of the rules
and the skill to apply and use them.
Parts of speech, phrase types, clause types and sentence types
constitute the focus of the introductory course.
|
note
|
Students who
wish to sign up for this course must either pass the Oxford Online Placement
Test with the minimum score required by the university or successfully
complete all the levels of English offered at the Center of Intensive English
Programs at KUST (CIEP).
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Phonetics
|
LNG1220
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
See note
below
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is an introduction to sound patterns and pronunciation rules in language with
particular reference to English. The
course is designed to enable students to describe, define and transcribe
consonants and vowels of the English language. The aim of this course is to
improve students’ phonetic competence.
|
note
|
Students who
wish to sign up for this course must either pass the Oxford Online Placement
Test with the minimum score required by the university or successfully
complete all the levels of English offered at the Center of Intensive English
Programs at KUST (CIEP).
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Comprehension
1
|
LNG1330
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
See note
below
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 1
|
LNG1310
|
Course Description
|
This course helps
students improve their reading comprehension skills by teaching them the key
reading strategies. A wide variety of
texts are given to students as exercises.
The course assists students to build vocabulary, explore different
styles of written English.
|
note
|
Students who
wish to sign up for this course must either pass the Oxford Online Placement
Test with the minimum score required by the university or successfully
complete all the levels of English offered at the Center of Intensive English
Programs at KUST (CIEP).
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Critical
Thinking
|
HUM1205
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
|
TLC0300
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
involves the key concepts and tools of critical and creative thinking,
describing reflective thinking by giving examples from social and academic
life. It deals mainly with logical
argument, truths, fallacies, deductive and inductive reasoning in both formal
and informal contexts. It brings out
the role of criticality and creativity in sciences, human communication and
innovations.
|
note
|
The code
TLC0300 refers to the Talent Communication course, which is the prerequisite
course for Critical Thinking. However,
a talent communication test is also administered at KUST. Students who sit for this test and pass
with the minimum score required by the university can sign up for the
Critical Thinking course without taking the Talent Communication course.
To sign up
for this course, students must first pass Level 3 at CIEP.
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Introduction
to Computer Science
|
CMP1200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
|
TLS0305
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is designed to familiarize students with computer systems and their
applications. It focuses on the use of
computers and technology in the students’ university life and future
careers. Students learn fundamental
concepts about computer hardware, software and networks and Microsoft Windows
Operating System. Students are acquainted
with a variety of computer applications, including word-processing, spreadsheets
and multimedia presentations. Students
also learn the basics of networking and communications. Internet-based applications are also
investigated, as students learn how to handle emails and browse the web. The course also includes activities that
explore social and ethical issues related to computers.
|
note
|
The code TLS0305
refers to the Talent Science course, which is the prerequisite course for Introduction
to Computer Science. However, a Talent
Science test is also administered at Komar Institute (KI) at KUST. Students who sit for this test and pass
with the minimum score required by the university can sign up for the Introduction
to Computer Science course without taking the Talent Science course.
To sign up
for this course, students must first pass Level 3 at CIEP.
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
University
Experience
|
SOS1100
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
1
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is designed to help students to adjust to a new life at KUST, understand
major issues related to student affairs, and learn new tools which would
improve their academic performance at the University.
|
note
|
Students do
not have to pass Level 3 at CIEP before signing up for this course.
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Conversation
2
|
LNG1201
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Conversation
1
|
LNG1200
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course picks
up from where its prerequisite course, Conversation 1, leaves off. It is meant to boost students’ fluency of
speech even further by providing them with further conversational phrases,
idioms and vocabulary. The students
are required to engage in further conversations of longer and more
complicated nature.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Grammar 2
|
LNG1311
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 1
|
LNG1310
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course offers
students who completed Grammar 1 further grammatical structures and rules of
the English Language. The course has
the double function of being a complementary course for Grammar 1 and at the
same time paving the way for the advanced grammar course they will take after
completing this one.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Composition
|
LNG1340
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 1
|
LNG1310
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 2
|
LNG1311
|
Course Description
|
This is the
first of a series of courses intended to develop students’ writing
skills. In this course students
acquire the skill of writing complete and meaningful sentences of varying
types and complexity. They also learn
how to write paragraphs which are well organized.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Introduction
to Literature
|
LIT1325
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Comprehension
1
|
LNG1330
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 2
|
LNG1311
|
Course Description
|
The purpose
of this course is to introduce students to literature in general including
its main genres with reference to English literature. The course is designed to provide students
with a full and solid general literary background to literature and help
students understand and appreciate literary texts. It is also meant to give students
analytical tools which they can use to evaluate literary discourse. Students are made aware of literary
language. At the end of the course,
students are expected to identify key elements in literary works such as
figures of speech and literary devices and techniques.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Introduction
to Ethics
|
HUM1200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
|
TLC0300
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
covers the key concepts in theoretical and applied ethics, describing the
relationship between ethics and related fields such as religion, law,
etiquette, as well as local and international codes of conduct. This course is an attempt to examine the
basic truth about human nature in order to discover the deepest and most
common truths about human beings, establishing guiding principles that
facilitate life in a community, and on the other hand, summarizes the main
theories of ethics: Egoism, Altruism, Hedonism, Utilitarianism, Deontology
and Existentialism. The course also
covers the nature of ethics in applied areas of life and professional fields,
especially with regard to Komar University specialties: Business Ethics,
Engineering Ethics and Medical Ethics.
|
note
|
The code
TLC0300 refers to the Talent Communication course, which is the prerequisite
course for Introduction to Ethics.
However, a talent communication test is also administered at
KUST. Students who sit for this test
and pass with the minimum score required by the university can sign up for
the Introduction to Ethics course without taking the Talent Communication
course.
To sign up
for this course, students must first pass Level 3 at CIEP.
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Kurdology
|
SOS1205
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Freshman Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
|
TLC0300
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
offers a general survey of the linguistic, geographical, historical, social,
religious, political, cultural and artistic aspects of the Kurdish people,
especially in Iraq. The race of Kurds
in Kurdistan, their language, dialects, geographical distribution, social
structure, tribal hierarchy revolutions and political movements, literature,
folklore, lifestyle and art comprise the subject matter of this course.
|
note
|
The code
TLC0300 refers to the Talent Communication course, which is the prerequisite
course for Kurdology. However, a
talent communication test is also administered at KUST. Students who sit for this test and pass
with the minimum score required by the university can sign up for the Kurdology
course without taking the Talent Communication course.
To sign up
for this course, students must first pass Level 3 at CIEP.
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Advanced
Conversation 1
|
LNG2200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Conversation
2
|
LNG1201
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
fosters the development of skills that learners need to use English
confidently and clearly wherever they are - at home, at work, travelling,
studying or just in social situations with English-speakers. The activities
are mostly practical such as shopping or travelling or cover typical work
situations. The course focuses on
applying what students learned in Conversation 1 and Conversation 2 to
realistic situations.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Advanced
Grammar
|
LNG2220
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Grammar 2
|
LNG1311
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is available for advanced students who have already studied Grammar 1 and Grammr
the grammar of English in their second year. This course concentrates on
those grammatical structures that are problematic and considered advanced in
English and complex grammatical structures which students need to use in
order to widen their knowledge of English.
The course also addresses disputable grammar issues in English.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Comprehension
2
|
LNG2331
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Comprehension
1
|
LNG1330
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
In this
course, further reading strategies are given to students. Advanced reading techniques like guessing,
extracting implicit meaning and recognizing subtle persuasive techniques are
discussed in class. Students are also
taught how to skim and scan passages.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Short Story
|
ENG2360
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Literature
|
LIT1325
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
serves as an introduction to the literary genre of the Short Story. It provides the basic literary and
linguistic characteristics of the genre.
This course also provides information about the origin, history and
development of the Short Story. A
selection of short stories are read, clearly examined and analyzed in class
to illustrate these characteristics.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Medieval
Drama
|
ENG2355
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Literature
|
LIT1325
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
introduces students to the birth and development of English drama during the
Middle Ages. Characteristics of
medieval drama are discussed thoroughly in terms of themes, motifs, structure
and characterization. The types of
medieval plays are also discussed and extracts are analyzed. A typical medieval play such as Everyman
is studied in its entirety.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Social
Science (Elective)
|
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
|
HUM1205
HUM1200
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This elective
course introduces students to one of the social sciences, preferably
psychology, to sharpen students’ scientific awareness and expose them to
further knowledge. Psychology provides
the students with an insight into human behavior and can therefore enhance
their social, academic and career lives.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Advanced
Conversation 2
|
LNG2201
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Advanced
Conversation 1
|
LNG2200
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
Phonology
|
LNG2231
|
Course Description
|
This is the
fourth and last conversation course students take at the Department. It is an advanced course that focuses on
debates and persuasive methods in everyday conversation. Students also learn how to converse
academically and professionally and also have the chance to learn the art of
public speaking. Sociolinguistic and
psychological factors are discussed in relation to conversation as well.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Phonology
|
LNG2231
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Phonetics
|
LNG1220
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
presents a compete explanation of English phonology. The course starts with
an introduction to sound patterns and sound structures of the English
language. It then describes the phonological rules, processes and
constraints, natural classes, suprasegmental structures, and phonological
alternations in English. The expected student learning outcome is a knowledge
of English phonology as well as an improvement in the performance of the
students’ pronunciation.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Essay Writing
|
LNG2341
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Composition
Advanced
Grammar
|
LNG1340
LNG2220
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is available to students who successfully completed the Composition
course. After learning how to write
effective sentences and paragraphs in the prerequisite course, students here
acquire the skill of writing effective, well organized, well documented
essays. Although students in this
course master the art of writing various types of essays, such as narrative,
descriptive, expository and reflective essays, the focus of the course is to
teach them how to master writing academic essays.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
The Rise of
the Novel
|
ENG2361
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Short Story
|
ENG2360
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is aimed at analyzing the different stages that the English novel went
through starting from the birth of the English novel at the end of the
sixteenth century to its development in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. The expected result is a familiarity with the history of the
English novel as well as the ability to analyze plot, themes, figurative
language and characters in fiction.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Renaissance
and Eighteenth-Century Poetry
|
ENG2365
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Literature
|
LIT1325
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
provides students with the major skills required to appreciate and analyze
English poetry written during the Renaissance and the Eighteenth century. The course commences with an introduction
that surveys the historical and literary scene of the period and then moves
on to a close reading of a number of representative poems written at the
time.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Social
Science Elective
|
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Sophomore
Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
University
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This elective
course introduces students to one of the social sciences, preferably
psychology, to sharpen students’ scientific awareness and expose them to
further knowledge. Psychology provides
the students with an insight into human behavior and can therefore enhance
their social, academic and career lives.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Translation 1
|
TRN3200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is divided into two parts. In the
first part, students are taught the various theories and types of
translation. The second part is
practical translation where students are required to translate English texts
into Kurdish. The passages selected
for translation are short, simple and deal with topics of general interest.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Foreign
Language 1
|
FLG3200
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
introduces students to the basic skills of a foreign language other than
English. The aim of this course is to
develop a basic knowledge of the language by teaching students basic vocabulary,
pronunciation and language structure.
The expected results is the ability to read simple texts, write and
speak the language.
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note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Creative
Writing
|
ENG3345
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Essay Writing
|
LNG2341
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This is an
advanced course in writing. It falls
into two parts. In the first part,
students are exposed to a variety of extracts from texts that come from
different literary genres in order to examine what writing techniques authors
use and how writers manipulate language and style to accommodate the themes
of texts. In the second part of the
course, each student writes a short story, a short poem and a brief
nonfictional piece of writing.
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note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Nineteenth-Century
Novel
|
ENG3370
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
The Rise of
the Novel
|
ENG2361
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
presents a historical background to the literary tradition of the age
focusing on the English novel heritage. Students are introduced throughout
the course to the key novelists of the age. The aim of the course is to
familiarize students with the main characteristics of the nineteenth-century
English novel. A typical
nineteenth-century English novel is examined in detail in class.
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note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Renaissance
and Restoration Drama
|
ENG3365
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Medieval
Drama
|
ENG2355
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course is
intended to introduce students to the background and characteristics of
English Renaissance and Restoration Drama.
Students learn how to appreciate plays written during these periods
and how to analyze their structure, theme, style and dramatic techniques. A typical play is selected from each period
and is closely studied in class.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Introduction
to Linguistics
|
ENG3230
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Advanced
Grammar
|
LNG2220
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
presents the meaning of the following terms: language, linguistics, and the
study of language. It offers students a general basis of linguistic
knowledge. Fundamental concepts and branches of linguistics are outlined
throughout the course.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Translation 2
|
TRN3201
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Translation 1
|
TRN3200
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
Like
Translation 1, this course teaches students the art of translation from
English to Kurdish. However, instead
of focusing on translating short passage of relative simplicity and general
topics, the course concentrates on longer passages which are more difficult
and of an academic nature. Further
translation techniques are introduced in this course. Students also practice interpretation in
this course.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Foreign
Language 2
|
SFL3201
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Foreign Language
1
|
FLG3200
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
The aim of
this course is to enrich the basic knowledge acquired previously in the
prerequisite course and develop students’ writing, reading, listening and
speaking skills of the language. The expected result is the ability to
understand more complex texts and express oneself more fluently.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Literary
Criticism
|
ENG3375
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Creative
Writing
|
ENG3345
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
sets out to provide a reasonably comprehensive account of the various
theories, functions and principles of literary criticism from the classical
times to the present. It describes
and demonstrates the approaches that have come to be regarded as indispensable
for students of English. Various
approaches to literary texts are discussed in the course to show students how
literary theory works. The students are guided to put these
theories to practice through exercises and workshops.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Teaching
Methods
|
EDU3210
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is aimed at teaching students the basic methods used in teaching. Various teaching-related issues are also
examined, such as the use of technology in class, classroom management,
lesson planning, and dealing with individual differences. Language teaching is given emphasis and
students learn how to teach each language skill (reading, listening, writing
and speaking). At the end of the course,
each student is required to deliver a mini lecture on a specific topic.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Nineteenth-Century
Poetry
|
ENG3355
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Renaissance
and Eighteenth-Century Poetry
|
ENG2365
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course covers
poetic texts written in England during the nineteenth century. The course is divided into two parts. The first part introduces the students to
the social, political, literary, psychological and economic milieu and
factors that went into the shaping of the Romantic and Victorian periods in
England. In the second part of the
course, a selection of representative English Romantic and Victorian poems
are examined. The analysis of the
poems comprises a close reading and involves textual, thematic, biographical,
stylistic and structural interpretations.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Research
Methodology
|
HUM3361
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Junior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Essay Writing
|
LNG2341
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
The course is
designed to acquaint the students with necessary information about research
skills, research methodology, research methods, research writing, and
research revision and editing. In addition to so many other elements which
are crucial for academic writers. It will be more student-centered and
practice-oriented.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Translation 3
|
TRN4270
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Translation 2
|
TRN3201
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
In
Translation 1 and Translation 2, students mastered the art of translation
from English to Kurdish. In this
course, English is sued as the target language (TL) and Kurdish as the source
language (SL). Students practice
translating short and simple passages that deal with topics of general
interest from Kurdish to English.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Foreign
Language 3
|
SFL4210
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Foreign
Language 2
|
FLG3201
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
is designed for students who already finished two courses on this foreign
language. Students practice the four
primary language skills acquired earlier. The students at this stage are
expected to have a fair fluency of the language.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Semantics
|
ENG4240
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
Department Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Linguistics
|
ENG3230
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course deals
with the branch of linguistics known as “semantics”. The course examines meaning that is used by
humans to express themselves through language. It deals with meanings in more
complex structures such as phrases, sentences, and discourse. The aim of this
course is to develop students’ verbal analytical skills.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Modern Drama
|
ENG4375
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Renaissance
and Restoration Drama
|
ENG3365
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
offers a historical journey into the so many different stages of modern drama
starting with its early modern stages, movements and theories and ending with
the late modern drama with its variety of thematic, historical, and/or
generic vantages. The course will have a practical part in which students
should practice the theoretical knowledge given to them about modern drama in
the form of assignments revolving around modern plays that will be given
during the course.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Modern Novel
|
ENG4380
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Nineteenth-Century
Novel
|
ENG3370
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
The course
aims at presenting a full knowledge of the modern English and American novel
starting from its early modern stages to the late modern developments. Students will also be offered information
about the writers and full analysis of the characters, the main ideas of the
novel and style. One English and one
American novel are selected to be examined thoroughly in class.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Syntax
|
ENG4231
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Linguistics
|
ENG3230
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
The course
starts by introducing students to the structure of the English language
focusing on various types of sentence structure and sentence types. Then the
course moves on to explain the reasoning process that guides syntactic
analysis. The expected student
learning outcome is a sufficient knowledge and understanding of the structure
and the syntactic analysis of the English language.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Graduation
Project 1
|
ENG4195
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Fall
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
1
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Research
Methodology
|
HUM3361
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This is
considered the first of two final steps of the students’ research process and
it is the application of what students have learned in the Research
Methodology course. Each student is
required to submit an academic research paper under the supervision of a
faculty member.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Translation 4
|
TRN4271
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Translation 3
|
TRN4270
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course,
like its prerequisite, also teaches students to translate from English to
Kurdish. However, whereas the passages
selected for translation in the prerequisite course are short, simple and
about general topics, the passages selected for translation in this course
are academic, longer and more complicated.
Students also practice interpretation in this course.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Foreign
Language 4
|
SFL4211
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
College
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Foreign Language
3
|
FLG4210
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
provides students with advanced vocabulary, grammar rules and sentence
structure in the foreign language studied.
By the end of this course, students should be able to produce well
organized and error-free essays of various types. They can also engage in conversation and
read and understand texts of various levels of complexity.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Pragmatics
|
ENG4245
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
2
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Semantics
|
ENG4240
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
gives a full account of the theories of pragmatics in linguistics. The focus
will be on the analysis of naturally occurring data, as well as the
evaluation of various analytical frameworks. The students will be required to
understand the concepts and issues covered by this course, to relate the
philosophical tenets of pragmatics to linguistic theories, and to assess
theories through empirical modes of inquiry.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Modern Poetry
|
ENG4390
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Nineteenth-Century
Poetry
|
ENG3355
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
covers English and American poetry composed during the twentieth
century. The course is divided into
two parts. The first part introduces
the students to the social, political, literary, psychological and economic
milieu and factors that went into the shaping of modern poetry. In the second part of the course, a
selection of representative English and American poems are read and analyzed
in class. The analysis of the poems
comprises a close reading and involves textual, thematic, biographical, stylistic,
structural and psychoanalytic interpretations.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Discourse
Analysis
|
ENG4276
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Introduction
to Linguistics
|
ENG3230
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This course
explores the ways in which language varies according to subject area, social
setting, communicative purpose and the social roles and identities of those
involved. It examines the workings of
various forms of speaking and writing - casual conversation, interviews and
interrogations, public speaking, emailing and mobile phone texting and mass
media articles, to cite just some examples. Students will study the nature of meaning,
how we usually convey more than we actually say or write, the role of
politeness in verbal communication, the necessarily cooperative nature of
most forms of communication, and what makes texts cohesive and coherent. Students will develop skills in analyzing
the properties of different texts, in characterizing the interpersonal
stances adopted by speakers and writers, and in identifying and classifying
the various genres or texts types which operate in particular social
settings.
|
note
|
|
Course Title
|
Course code
|
Graduation
Project 2
|
ENG4396
|
Year of Study
|
Semester
|
Senior Year
|
Spring
|
Credit Hours Per Week
|
Requirement Type
|
3
|
Department
Requirement
|
Prerequisite Course(s)
|
Prerequisite Course Code(s)
|
Graduation
Project 1
|
ENG4195
|
Co-Requisite Course(s)
|
Co-Requisite Course Code(s)
|
None
|
None
|
Course Description
|
This is
considered the second of the two final steps of the students’ research
process and it is the application of what students have learned in the
Research Methodology course. Each
student is required to submit an academic research paper under the
supervision of a faculty member.
|
note
|
|
|