The students who completed BA (Hon鈥檚) degree in Arabic are allowed to pursue a Master鈥檚 program at the Department. This graduate program in Arabic has been divided into two streams: (a) M.A. in Literature and (b) M.A. in Applied Linguistics and Arabic Language Teaching. The duration of the Master鈥檚 program is one year, which is divided into two semesters. The students are required to take four full courses (4 credits) and one partial course (one credit) in each semester. Thus, the total credit for the master鈥檚 program is 34.