A Word from the Chairman
The Department of English was established in 1962 as part of the College of Education. In 1984, it joined the newly-established College of Social Sciences. Ever since, the process of improvement and development started by recruiting distinguished faculty and providing TAs and lecturers with sponsored scholarships to study various language-related graduate programs in English-speaking countries. All faculty members in the department hold degrees in Literature, Translation, Applied Linguistics, and Theoretical Linguistics. The Department of English launched a Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in English that integrated the three main areas of English studies: Linguistics, Literature, and Translation. Thousands of students joined the BA program and graduated over the years. Graduates joined the workforce in different government and private sectors.
Currently, and as a new stage of improvement, the department is working hard to achieve (NCAAA) accreditation and to offer programs aligned with the Kingdom Vision 2030. The department faculty demonstrate a commitment to quality at all levels particularly at the levels of the mission, goals, and objectives of the department. The BA and MA programs are currently being developed to be ones that are closely related to Culture, Arts, Media, Tourism, and other fields.
