1. Program Mission Statement:
"Fulfilling market demands in English language and literature through providing a supportive environment for teaching, learning, research and community service"
The program mission is driven from the college mission which is:
"Introduce great efficient educational output in the fields of arts. Literature and physical education."
2. Program Goals:
1. Achieve excellence and prominence in the field of English language teaching 2. Reach prominence in the field of English language research
3. Enhance critical thinking skills.
4. Achieve intercultural understanding.
5. Achieve social partnership.
1. Why the program was established.
a. Economic, cultural and social reasons for establishing the program:
Economic reasons:
To meet the needs of labor market (ministry of education, universities, companies, general and private institutions) in the Saudi market. Public and private sectors demand graduates specialized in English to work in a number of fields such as English language teaching, translation agencies, tourism agencies and administrative jobs in hospitals and government bodies.
Cultural reasons:
To bridge the cultural gap between not only the American and British, but also worldwide cultures and the Saudi culture through identifying norms, traditions and life styles which will highly contribute in the cultural knowledge among graduates. Graduates will be able to explore and understand English and American cultures as well as other international cultures.
Social reasons:
To provide job opportunities for graduates so they can be effective members in their society. They will be able to educate and provide assistance for their society.
b. The relevance of the program to the mission and goals of the institution.
1. The mission of the department is fulfilling market demands in English language and literature through providing a supportive environment for teaching, learning, research and community service.
2. This goes along with the mission and goals of the college of arts and with the mission and goals of Jouf University.
