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Arabic academic writing is not a translation of English paragraph templates. This MA starts with how Arab universities actually file: theses, promotion papers, and bilingual journal abstracts that disagree. You will treat fuṣḥā academic register, dialect leakage, and English loan syntax as research problems. Family-enterprise universities, Vision 2030 research KPIs, and GCC hiring that attests degrees without evaluating writing quality are operating facts. You will edit a bilingual abstract until the Arabic claim matches the English one, map plagiarism panics that ignore paraphrase ethics, and refuse United Nations or LAS logo copy in institutional English. The award is academic. It is not a certified translator licence and not a newsroom appointment. It is for people who must keep Arabic scholarship usable when English metrics have already been promised to a ranking dashboard. You will edit a promotion paper until the Arabic abstract and English abstract name the same claim, run a glossary workshop for a family-enterprise university, and refuse machine-translation theatre as a quality system. Vision 2030 research KPIs are treated as pressure on writing, not as a ranking product we sell. Tuition-free online MA study still uses identity-checked assessment. No publisher, ministry, or LAS logos in documentary stills. MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 4 Semesters (2 Years), and the credit total is 36. Students move from Argument Structure in Academic Arabic through Argument Structure in Academic Arabic; Register, Dialect Leakage, and Loan Syntax; Citation Ethics in AR and EN; EN–AR Research Abstract Alignment; Policy Files as Translation Objects; Glossary Discipline without Vendor Capture, and finish on Ethics of Claiming Fluency. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Produce academic Arabic that is not calqued English Align bilingual abstracts so claims match Edit policy and research files without a sworn-translator claim Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: academic Arabic craft, EN–AR translation of research genres, institutional ethics, and a bilingual portfolio capstone. Tuition-free online. Documentary photos without publisher logos.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| IUC1601 | Argument Structure in Academic Arabic Argument Structure in Academic Arabic (IUC1601) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Argument Structure in Academic Arabic as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1602 | Register, Dialect Leakage, and Loan Syntax Register, Dialect Leakage, and Loan Syntax (IUC1602) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Register, Dialect Leakage, and Loan Syntax as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1603 | Citation Ethics in AR and EN Citation Ethics in AR and EN (IUC1603) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Citation Ethics in AR and EN as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
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| IUC1605 | EN–AR Research Abstract Alignment EN–AR Research Abstract Alignment (IUC1605) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using EN–AR Research Abstract Alignment as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1606 | Policy Files as Translation Objects Policy Files as Translation Objects (IUC1606) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Policy Files as Translation Objects as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1607 | Glossary Discipline without Vendor Capture Glossary Discipline without Vendor Capture (IUC1607) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Glossary Discipline without Vendor Capture as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
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| IUC1609 | Vision 2030 Research KPIs and Writing Quality Vision 2030 Research KPIs and Writing Quality (IUC1609) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Vision 2030 Research KPIs and Writing Quality as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1610 | Family Enterprise Universities as Clients Family Enterprise Universities as Clients (IUC1610) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Family Enterprise Universities as Clients as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1611 | Attestation of Language Certificates versus Evaluation Attestation of Language Certificates versus Evaluation (IUC1611) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Attestation of Language Certificates versus Evaluation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.
| 3 · 30 h |
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| IUC1613 | Bilingual Portfolio Supervision Bilingual Portfolio Supervision (IUC1613) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Bilingual Portfolio Supervision as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1614 | Research Methods in Writing Studies Research Methods in Writing Studies (IUC1614) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Research Methods in Writing Studies as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| IUC1615 | Ethics of Claiming Fluency Ethics of Claiming Fluency (IUC1615) is a 3-credit course on MA Arabic Academic Writing and Translation Studies, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Ethics of Claiming Fluency as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 4 Semesters (2 Years). Teaching language: English and Arabic (bilingual assessment; academic Arabic required for AR-medium tracks). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
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