ANNUAL REPORT

2010- 2011

Prepared by Annual Report Committee Dr. Talal Yousuf Al Awadhi (Chair of Committee, Asst. Dean for Undergraduate Studies) Dr. Hisham Ali Jawad (Committee Reporter, Department of English Language & Literature) Dr. El Haoues Messaoudi (Department of Language and Literature) Dr. Rahma Al Mahrooqi (Department of English Language & Literature) Dr. Khalid Khalfan Al Wihaibi (Department of History) Dr. Yassine Abdel Rahman Charabi (Department of Geography) Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy Osman (Department of Sociology & Social Work) Mr. Abdullah Humood Zaher Al Sarmi (Department of Library & Information Studies) Prof. Ali Tigani El Mahi (Department of Archeology) Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour (Department of Mass Communication) Dr. Wafae Mehdi Mohammed Karzazi (Department of Tourism) Ms. Timea Sari (Department of Music & Musicology) Ahmed Al Hashemi (Dean’s Office)

Upon direction by: Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi, Dean, College of Arts & Social Sciences

Designed by: Dr Mohammed Satour and Mrs Samiyah Al-Hadabi (Department of Mass Communication)

The Dean’s Message It is my pleasure to present to you the annual performance report of the College of Arts &Social Sciences for the academic year 2010-2011.The College offers first class teaching and research across a very wide range of academic disciplines. Since its inception in 1986, the College has made significant progress in achieving its academic goals, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has taken as its core responsibility to deliver in the areas of teaching, research, training, and community service. In the area of research, faculty members sustained rigorous efforts producing a variety of research works in the forms of strategic research projects and papers. The College set plans to develop interdisciplinary strategic research projects so as to disseminate knowledge and thus promoting a culture of research. The College is well aware of the significance of community service for the development of Omani society. In this regard, faculty members made remarkable contributions and delivered seminars, training courses and consultancies amongst others. The College has grown and diversified with well-established programs in different disciplines. Catering for the needs of the local community and market, the College introduced three PhD programs in History, Arabic Language & Literature, and Information Studies. Further, such programs are under way in different fields within the College. The MA program is run in almost all departments in the College. Finally, the College is committed to the educational mission of the university and thus will strive to achieve excellence in research and teaching for the years to come.

Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Dean of the College of Arts & Social Sciences

Introduction In retrospect, the academic year 2010-2011 has been a very eventful one for both staff and students. We would like to place on record our deep gratitude to our report team, Heads of Departments, and Administrative Staff who spared no effort to make the task of producing this report a success. The College continues its journey forward to scale greater heights, seeking excellence, sharing knowledge and serving the community. In this regard, it places on record all its faculty members’ academic accomplishments during the academic year 2010-2011. I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to the committee reporter Dr. Hisham Ali Jawad, English Department, for his effort in preparing and translating much of the present report. I would also like to thank Dr. El Haoues Messaoudi and Dr. Mohammed Saqar for proofreading the Arabic version, Dr. Mohammed Satour for the final layout design of the report, and all committee members for gathering the data making this report.

Dr. Talal Yousuf Al-Awadhi Chair of Committee Asst. Dean for Undergraduate Studies

1. About the College Throughout history the mission of universities has been to facilitate the intellectual advancement of society and the development of culture and the arts. In this spirit, the College of Arts and Social Sciences at SQU mirrors the past heritage, presents character, and fulfills future aspirations of Omani society. Because of its importance to the culture of the country, the College regularly reviews its programs so as to meet the rapidly changing needs of the society. Since the University was first established, the College of Arts and Social Sciences has provided its students with studies that draw upon the knowledge of both past and present civilizations. These studies, which range from the literary to the technical and scientific, have given Omani students the knowledge and skills to develop themselves both personally and professionally. The College of Arts and Social Sciences was officially inaugurated in 1987, one year after the inception of the University. In its first year, the College offered only introductory courses. By the beginning of the following year, however, the first cohort of students was assigned to the different departments of the College: Arabic Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Geography, Philosophy, Sociology, Communication and Journalism, and Information and Library Science. New departments were subsequently established in the College: Theatrical Arts in 1991, Archeology in 1993, and Tourism in 2001, Music and Musicology in 2008, in addition two programs, one in translation in the Department of English and another in a social work in the Department of Sociology in 2001. In October 1993, His Majesty Sultan inaugurated the present building that houses the College. The different departments in the College feature modern facilities that are supplied with the equipment needed in educational and research processes. These include labs for computers, electronic publications, children’s literature, photography, language teaching and phonetics. There are also radio and television studios. The College has a library which provides students and faculty staff with resources and references related to their fields.

2. Programs in the College The College of Arts and Social Sciences offers three types of programs as indicated in Figure (1). These are undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs. Table (1): The Programs Program BSc Higher Diploma MSc PhD Arabic Literature 1 1 1 English Literature 1 Translation 1 1 1 History 1 1 1 Geography 1 1 Sociology 1 1 Social Work 1 1 Information Studies 1 1 1 1 Archeology Theater Tourism 1 Mass Comm. 1 1 Music and Musicology 1 TOTAL 11 2 8 3

– Undergraduate Studies There are eleven undergraduate degree programs in the following majors: 1. Arabic Language and literature 2. English Language and literature 3. Translation 4. History 5. Geography: four specializations: a. Geographical Information Systems b. Urban and Regional Planning c. Environmental Studies d. Population Studies 6. Mass Communication: three specializations: a. Radio & TV b. Journalism and Electronic Publishing c. Public Relations 7. Sociology 8. Social Works 9. Information Studies three specializations: a. Management of Learning Resource Centers b. Management of Archives c. Management of Information Institutions 10. Tourism a. Tourism Management b. Hospitality Management c. Tourism Guiding 11. Music & Musicology – Postgraduates Studies The college offers two postgraduate degree programs as follows: First: Masters program in the following fields: 1. Arabic Language and its literature 2. Translation 3. History 4. Geography 5. Mass Communication 6. Social Works 7. Information Studies Second: three PhD Programs in the following fields: 1. Arabic Language and its literature 2. History 3. Information Studies

3. Distribution of faculty members, technicians and administrative employees in the College There were 179 full-time academic staff at the college during the academic year 2010-2011 in all departments. The percentage of Omanis was 43.5%, while the total number of administrative and technician staff was 49 with Omanis making 94%. The tables (2) and (3) illustrate the distribution of the academic, technician and administrative staff of all departments. The Department of Arabic Language and Literature and the Department of English Language and Literature are the largest in the College with 45 academic staff, i.e. about 27% of the College’s faculty.

Table (2): The College Staff profile (2010 - 2011) Prof. Aso. Prof. Asst. Prof. Lecturer Mus Tra Admi Total Departments O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot Arabic 0 1 1 1 2 3 9 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 9 20 English 0 3 3 0 7 7 10 19 29 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 31 45 History 0 2 2 1 1 2 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 13 Geography 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 8 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 10 17 S. & S W 0 2 2 0 1 1 8 8 16 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 22 LIS 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 5 9 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 16 Mass Comm. 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 6 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 5 13 Tourism 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 13 Archeology 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 Theater 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Music and M.Sci. 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 1 13 14 Total 0 12 12 5 15 29 51 55 106 19 7 26 0 12 12 3 0 3 78 101 179

Table (3): The distribution of technicians, assistant researchers and administrative employees at the College (2010 - 2011) Technicians & Administration Total Departments Assistant Researchers O E Tot O E Tot O E Tot Deanship & Adminstration Offices 3 1 4 20 0 20 23 1 24 Arabic 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 English 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 History 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Geography 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 S. & S W 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 LIS 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 Mass Comm. 4 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 5 Tourism 4 0 4 1 0 1 5 0 5 Archeology 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 Theater 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Music and M.Sci. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Total 12 1 13 34 2 36 46 3 49

Summary Academic Staff, Grade C or above = 138 Academic Staff below Grade C = 29 Temporary/visiting academic staff = 41 Music Instructors = 12 Full-Time Academic Staff = 179 Non-Academic Staff = 49 Total Number of Staff in the College = 228

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Figure (1): the distribution of Acadmic facuilties in the college (2010 - 2011)

4. College's Students Distribution among Departments There were 2111 students enrolled in all courses offered by the College departments, by the end of Spring 2011. In Fall 2010, there were more students, totalling 2196. This drop is due to the fact that some students graduated in January. Tables (4) summarises the number of Omani and Non-Omani enrolled in all programs offered by the College.

Tables (4) present the number of students enrolled in all programs offered by all departments in the College in Fall 2010, Spring 2011 and Summer 2011. Students Spring 2011 Sudents Fall 2010 contents Number Percentage Number Percentage Students Bachelor’s 2111 2196 - Omani 2106 99.8% 2191 99.7% - Expatriates 5 0.2% 5 0.3% Diploma 2 4 - Omani 2 100% 4 100% - Expatriates 0 0% 0 0% Master’s 128 153 - Omani 126 98.4% 148 96.7% - Expatriates 2 1.6% 5 3.3%

Table (5): Students enrolled in Fall 2010 Number of Students Department Diploma Bachelor Higher MSc PhD Total Diploma Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Arabic 65 34 99 English 258 258 History 166 1 31 197 1 Geography 334 1 13 347 1 Sociology &Social 537 13 550 Work Information Studies 256 29 1 285 1 Tourism 183 183 Mass Comm. 192 2 24 2 216 4 Music and 76 76 Musicology Major Unassigned 51 51 TOTAL 2191 4 148 3 2262 7 %Omanis 99.81% 96.73% 99.69%

Table (6): Students enrolled in Spring 2011 Number of Students

Diploma Bachelor Higher MSc PhD Total Department Diploma Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Arabic 61 33 94 0 English 246 246 History 155 1 29 184 1 Geography 317 1 8 325 1 Sociology &Social 529 11 540 Work Information Studies 248 24 292 Tourism 171 171 Mass Comm. 187 2 17 204 2 Translation 2 69 1 4 2 75 3 Music and 74 74 Musicology Major Unassigned 49 49 TOTAL 2 2016 5 126 2 2254 7 %Omanis 100% 99.75% 98.43% 99.69%

Table (7): Students enrolled in Summer 2011 Number of Students

Higher Diploma Bachelor MSc PhD Total Department Diploma Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Om Ex Arabic 52 26 78 English 218 218 History 129 1 20 149 1 Geography 281 1 6 287 1 Sociology &Social 436 7 443 Work Information Studies 203 21 224 Tourism 145 145 Mass Comm. 168 2 15 183 2 Translation 58 1 3 61 1 Music and 69 69 Musicology Major Unassigned 48 48 TOTAL 1807 4 98 2437 5 %Omanis 99.77% 100% 99.79%

5. Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) The data show the FTE for each Department during Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters. The low FTE percentage for several departments is due to the nature of teaching in these departments and to the increase in the number of graduate students. For example, in the Music Department, teaching is usually based on 1:1.

Table (8): Department/College FTEs Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Department FTE FTE Arabic 19.1 19.6 English 10.9 10.7 History 15.3 17.1 Geography 13.8 14.6 S. & S W 18.5 19.6 Information Studies 11.5 14.1 Archeology 7.5 6.0 Theater 19.2 13.9 Tourism 10.7 11.2 Mass Comm. 10.9 9.2 Music & Musicology 5.4 5.0 Total 13.2 13.6

6. Research Output The following table summarises the research output of the college during the academic year 2010 – 2011: Table (9): Publications (2010-2011)

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Arabic English History Geography Sociology SocialWorks Information Studies Archeology Media Tourism Total Journal Papers 3 33 4 18 8 12 10 7 5 100 Research Projects 0 1 2 4 11 1 2 1 1 23 Authored 2 2 3 2 3 0 1 3 16 16 Revised Edition 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 Books Edited 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 Translation (book) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33 Chapters in Books 0 26 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 33 Conference Papers (Published 2 4 6 7 12 12 2 2 2 49 in Proceedings) Book Reviews 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 Refereeing Research 12 18 1 10 14 1 3 3 4 66 Papers/Projects and Books Technical Reports 0 3 0 1 1 7 5 0 0 17 Others 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7 Total 21 98 23 47 53 38 23 17 13 333

7. Community Service The following table summarises the community services delivered by the College during the acadmic year 2010 – 2010:

Table (10): Community Service (2010-2011)

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Arabic English History Geography S. S.W. & I. S. Archeology Media Theatre Tourism Music Total Workshops Attended 0 19 2 17 10 8 0 0 0 3 0 59 Workshops Given 0 19 0 6 9 12 0 6 3 3 0 58 Journal Editorial Board Membership 2 11 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 24 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 22 Lectures 0 12 0 7 30 8 0 7 3 2 1 70 Articles Published in the Press 5 33 4 7 23 8 0 4 1 1 0 86 Media Interviews 0 5 1 3 14 2 1 1 3 2 0 32 Seminars 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 Contest Judging 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 21 Consultancies 3 1 1 3 11 1 0 14 0 0 0 34 Alumni 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 International Organizations Local 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22 Organizations Educational Organizations 0 2 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 12 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 16 Total 25 107 20 56 117 49 2 40 19 21 11 467

Department of Arabic

Summary The Department aims at promoting Arabic language through pedagogy and research. Since its inception in 1987, it has always been keen in developing its programs to fulfil the demands of the Omani society and to keep abreast of ongoing development around the world. It seeks to have a place among top Arabic departments in Arab universities through its various programs leading to Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. These programs have been evaluated and reshaped to fit with the developments around the world. The Department has also set up a recruiting strategy to meet these aspirations. This strategy focuses on taking advantage of the new specializations and expertise in top Arab universities, as well as urging Omani lecturers (demonstrators and assistants) to pursue further studies in these new specializations. The Department also seeks to establish a diploma program that meets the demands of the field market, using the expertise of its consultative committee as well as its relationships with various institutions in the Omani market. The Department has successfully contributed to the development of the Omani society, as many of its graduates have taken up decision-making positions that play a major role in shaping the country’s present and future. Table: Summary Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 20 19 Support Staff 5 5 On-study leave 3 3 Total 28 27 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 2131 2190 Courses Offered 31 28 Graduate Program Enrolment 31 28 Courses Offered 4 4 Theses completed 2 4 Research Grants - Contracts - Consulting 3 Publications Refereed Journals 3 Others 18

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative) Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Pragmatics & discourse Dr. El Haoues Messaoudi (HoD) Associate Professor Linguistics analysis Prof. Mohamed Hadi Trabelsi Professor Literary Criticism Stylistics Dr. Abdel Halim Hamid Associate Professor Linguistics Phonetics, dialectology Dr. Mohamed Al Mashani Associate Professor Linguistics Linguistics Dr Ayman maydan Assistant Professor Jahily Literature Syntax & Syntax,Morphology& Dr. Mohamed Al Amrawi Assistant Professor Morphology metrics Dr. Haoues Berry Assistant Professor Rhetoric Rhetoric & criticism Dr. Yahya Farghal Assistant Professor Linguistics Linguistics Syntax & Dr. Mustafa Adnan Al Ethae Assistant Professor Syntax& Morphology Morphology Dr. Abdel Aziz Al Seigh Assistant Professor Linguistics Linguistics Comparative Rhetoric, criticism & Dr. Ihsan Sadiq Al Lawati Assistant Professor Literature Omani literature Dr. Mohsin Al Kindi Assistant Professor Modern Literature Criticism, comparative Comparative Dr. Hilal Al Hajri Assistant Professor literature, orientalism, Literature traveler literature Dr. Mohamed Al Mahrouqi Assistant Professor Abbasid Literature Dr. Sanaa Al Jamali Assistant Professor Modern Literary Modern criticism Dr. Zaher Al Dawoudi Assistant Professor Linguistics Linguistics Syntax and Dr. Khaled Al Kindi Assistant Professor Grammar, rhetorics Morphology Dr. Ali Qasim Al Kalbani Assistant Professor Modern Literature Criticism Dr. Jokha AL Harthi Assistant Professor Literary Mr. Mahmoud Al Riyami Lecturer Linguistics Mr. Hamood Al Rumhi Lecturer Linguistics Mr. Zahir Al Gheseini Lecturer Andalus Literary Andalus Literary Mr. Zaher Al Hinai Demonstrator Arabic Ms. Rahma Al Hasani Coordinator

2. Committees a. Departmental Committees Committee Members Postgraduate Trabelsi, Abdel Halim, Messaoudi, Al Mashani,Khaled, Promotion Trabelsi, Abdel Halim, Messaoudi, Al Mashani Trabelsi, Abdel Halim, Al Amrawi, Ihsan, Al Mahrouqi, Planning & Continuous Development Jokha, Al Mahrouqi Curriculum Development & Mustafa, Ihsan, Al Jamali, Al Dawoudi, Khaled, Al Timetabling Gheseini, Al Hinai Evaluation & Testing Berry, Farghal,Al Seigh, Al Kalbani, Al Seigh Equivalency, Library and Students Al Amrawi, Ihsan, Al Mahrouqi Transferred Culture & Information Ihsan, Al Jamali, Jokha Educational supplies Berry Sport & Social Al Gheseini, Al Hinai Academic Advisors Al Dawoodi Cooperation & Relations Al Hajri, Jokha Directory & Website Al Gheseini, Al Hinai Summer and Intensive courses Al Dawoudi Decision Section Al Hinai Student Liaison Khaled Skills Farghal An Introduction to Arabic Al Seigh Diplomas and courses Al Hajri,Farghal, Al Dawoudi, Khaled Library Al Amrawi, Mustafa, Al Hinai Trabelsi, Abdel Halim, Messaoudi, Al Amrawi, Ihsan, Al Conference Organizing Dawoudi Al Hajri, Abdel Halim, Messaoudi, Al Mashani, Farghal, Arabic Unit Al Mahrouqi, Al Seigh Group of Arab tongue Jokha Trabelsi, Abdel Halim, Messaoudi, Al Mashani, Ihsan, Al Recruiting Dawoudi,

b. College& others Committees Committee Members Executive Dr Alhawas Massoudi (Head of depart) Section representative to the College Board Ali Kalbani Programs Dr Mostafa Adnan Equivalence Dr Mohammad Amraoui Students Dr Zaher Dawoodi Continuous Development Dr Mohammad Mahrouqi Postgraduate Dr Khaled Kindi Research Dr Jawkha Harthi Educational Supplies Dr Hawas Berri Social Zaher Hinai Library Dr Mohammad Amraoui Cultural Dr Sigh Annual report Dr Sigh Exams Dr Ayman Maydan Training and Community Service Dr Yahya farghal Security Dr Khaled Kindi Student Group Dr Yahya farghal Sport Zaher Hinai Website Dr Yahya farghal

3. Undergraduate Studies a) Student Enrolment 1. Fall 2010 62 students (Majors) 2105 students (Arabic & skills)

2. Spring 2011 75 students (Majors) 2133 students (Arabic & skills)

3. Summer 2011 22 students (Majors) 342 Students (Arabic & skills)

b) Courses offered by Department for undergraduates o Fall 2010 Code Title Instructor ARAB3235 Literary Linguistic Sources Mohsin Al-Kindi ARAB1040 Literature and Society Mohammed Al-Mahrooqi ARAB4255 The Art of Biographical Studies Mohammed Al-Mahrooqi Al-Mahrooqi, haykal, al-Kalbany, Hamed, Ihsan, Al- ARAB2010 Arabic Language Skills I Mashani, Al-Kalbani Al-Mahrooqi, Al-Kindi, Berri, Sigh, Trabelsi, Shekili, ARAB1001 Arabic Requirements kindi, Dawoodi, Hanchi, Farghal, Sanaa, Ayman, Al Massoudi, Jawkha, Haykal, S.Zedjali ARAB3130 Phonetics Mohamed Al-Mashani, Hamed ARAB2020 Arabic Language Skills I Mohamed Al-Mashani ARAB4320 Modern Literary Criticism Ali Qasim Al-Kalbani, Hanchi Grammatical and Morphological ARAB4174 Khalid Al-Kindi exercises ARAB3555 Functional Art of Writing Khalid Al-Kindi, Dawoodi Functional Grammar for Mass ARAB2122 Khalid Al-Kindi Communication ARAB1220 Pre-Islamic Literature Ayman An Introduction to Literature, History ARAB1215 Ayman and Creticish ARAB4120 Lexicon and Semantics Dawoodi ARAB3555 Functional Art of Writing Dawoodi, Khalid ARAB4245 Contemporary Literature Sanaa ARAB4115 Syntax and Morphology 4 Amraoui, Mostafa ARAB2121 Functional Grammar Amraoui Arabic Language Skills (1) for ARAB2021 Amraoui Specialists ARAB2220 Islamic and Umayyad Literature Jawkha ARAB3130 Phonetics Hamed , Maachani PERS1010 Introduction to Persian Ihsan ARAB2315 Arabic Rhetoric Ihsan ARAB1110 An Introduction to Linguistics Al Massoudi ARAB4115 Syntax and Morphology 4 Amraoui, Mostafa ARAB3115 Syntax and Morphology 2 Mostafa Functional Grammar for Mass ARAB2122 Mostafa, Khalid Communication ARAB4120 Lexicon and Semantics Farghal ARAB3135 Lingual Exercises and Application Farghal ARAB4333 Reading in Modern Prose genera Trabelsi ARAB4320 Modern Literary Criticism Kalbani, Hanchi ARAB1010 Orientalism Haykal

o Spring Code Title ARAB3260 Literature in and the Gulf ARAB1040 Literature and Society ARAB2325 Classical Literary Criticism ARAB2020 Arabic Language Skills II ARAB1018 An Introduction to Arabic Language and Literature ARAB1000 Arabic Language ARAB6420 Literary and Linguistic Specialized Studies in English ARAB4330 Comparative Literature ARAB4245 Contemporary Literature ARAB4170 Grammatical Texts and Application ARAB2121 Functional Grammar ARAB1001 Arabic ARAB4235 Maghribi and Andalusian Literature ARAB1220 Pre-Islamic Literature ARAB3170 Philology ARAB4260 Immigrant Literature (Elective) ARAB4150 Prosody and Rhyme ARAB3155 Syntax and Morphology 3 ARAB3210 Abbasid Literature ARAB6620 Modern Linguistic Issues PERS1010 Introduction to Persian ARAB2380 Readings in Rhetoric and Criticism ARAB2010 Arabic Language Skills I ARAB1110 An Introduction to Linguistics ARAB3155 Syntax and Morphology 3 ARAB2125 Syntax and Morphology 1 ARAB4155 Arabic Dialects ARAB2022 Arabic Language Skills (2) for Specialists ARAB2010 Arabic Language Skills I ARAB4330 Comparative Literature

o Summer 2011 Code Title ARAB4340 Literary Criticism ARAB4265 Modern Arabic Literature ARAB4115 Syntax and Morphology 4 ARAB2020 Arabic Language Skills II ARAB1001 Arabic

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA) a) Student Enrolment o Fall 2010: 31 students o Spring 2011: 28 students

b) Courses o Fall 2010 Code Title ARAB6410 Linguistic and Literary Research Methodology ARAB6510 Literary and Critical Issues in Arabic Heritage. ARAB6520 Issues in Classical and Modern Critical Arabic Terminology ARAB6530 Arab and Western Linguistic Schools

o Spring 2011 Code Title ARAB6530 Modern Literary and Critical Comparative Studies ARAb6610 Grammar heritage ARAB6620 Modern Linguistic Issues ARAB6420 Literary and Linguistic Specialized Studies in English

c) MA Dissertations Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name Supervision MA/PhD (principal/second) Mohammed Al Nima Al Salimi Principal MA الترابط بين أركان الجملة Amrawi Mohammed Al Talal Al Zaabi Principal MA الجملة الفعلية في شعر علي الجارم Amrawi الخبر واإلنشاء في التراث البالغي ونظرية Rahma Al Harthi Al Hawas Masoudi Principal MA األفعال الكالمية: سورة الشعراء نموذجا Salim Al Abdul Halim Hamed Second MA الترابط النصي في المعاهدات السياسية النبوية Mandhari Full bright التواصل اللغوي في مجتمع متعدد اللهجات، Clark Hayes-USA Abdul Halim Hamed Principal Scholarship عمان نموذ ًجا Mohammed Al الشخصيّات في رواية سعود المظفّر، رجال من Basma Al Rajhi Principal MA Tarabulsi بالد الحجر. Mohammed Al Jasim Al Tarshi Principal MA البيان النقد ّي في شعر محمود درويش Tarabulsi Mohammed Al Nasib Al Subhi Principal MA السيرة الذاتيّة في األدب العماني الحديث Tarabulsi ّ Mohammed Al Ruqayya Al bredi Principal MA إشكاليّة الشعر في المسرح الشعر ّي العربي Tarabulsi ّ Mohammed Al Lamya Al Kindi Principal Ma التكرار في أدب طه حسين Tarabulsi Fayza Al Ihsan Sadiq Principal MA البحر في الشعر العماني Ghaylani Khalsa Al Saadi Ihsan Sadiq Principal MA شعرية اللغة في القصة العمانية Muna Al Salimi Ihsan Sadiq Principal MA الطبيعة في الرواية العمانية الجملة الفعلية في شعر علي الجارم: دراسة Talal Al Zaabi Khalid Al Kindi Second MA نحوية داللية الترابط بين أجزاء الجملة في ديوان البحتري: Nima Al Salimi Khalid Al Kindi Second MA دراسة تطبيقية الخبر واإلنشاء في التراث البالغي ونظرية Rahma Al Harthi Zahir Al Dawoodi Second MA األفعال الكالمية: سورة الشعراء نموذجا

d) Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD Hawwas Barri MA بنية الشخصية في الرواية العمانية Hawwas Barri MA ديوان سالم بن علي الكلباني دراسة أسلوبية Hawwas Barri MA الصورة الفنية في شعر الحبسي Hawwas Barri MA الصورة اللونية في الشعر العماني الحديث Hawwas Barri MA من خصائص األسلوب في شعر سليمان النبهاني Mohammed Al Amrawi MA المصباح في شرح أبيات اإليضاح: تحقيق ودراسة Yahya Farghal MA أسلوب الشرط في بخالء الجاحظ Yahya Farghal MA موقف الرضي في شرح الكافية من آراء األخفش Yahya Farghal MA المقدمة السعدية في ضوابط العربية Mohammed Al Tarabulsi MA من مضامين األسلوب في شعر سليمان النبهاني Khalid Al Kindi MA المباحث النحوية في كتب الشيخ أحمد الخليلي Mohammed Al Tarabulsi MA رثاء المرأة في الشعر العماني Mustafa Adnan MA التحفة السنية عل متن األجرومية (Examination) Al Hawas Masoudi MA التحفة السنية عل متن األجرومية (Arbitration) Mustafa Adnan MA الجملة العربية في الدرس النحوي Ihsan Sadiq MA بنية القصيدة في شعر المعولي Ihsan Sadiq MA الصورة اللونية في الشعر العماني الحديث Ihsan Sadiq MA التراث في شعر الصقالوي Mohammed Al Tarabulsi MA المديح في شعر أبي الصوف ّي (Arbitration)

5. Research a. Grants No research grants.

b. Publications The below table summarized the research activities in Arabic Dept during academic year 2010 - 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 3 Research Projects 0 Authored 2 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 1 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 0 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 2 Book Reviews 1 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 12 Technical Reports 0 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 21

- Refereed Journal Papers 1. العمرروا، محمدمرردحالرردحال رر ح)2011(. أثررر البي ررة التعليميررة فرري تنميررة القرردرات اللغويررة، كترراب المررمتمر اللالررث للجامعررة اإلسررالمية العالميررة بماليزيررا حاالتجاهررات الحديلررة فرري الدراسررات اللغويررة واألدبية( الجزء األول407-389. 2. الدحالدليم:حرؤية لغوية ألثر اللغرة اإلنجليزيرة فري الفصرح المعاصررة حمقبرول للنشرر بمجلرة كليرة اللغة العربية بجامعة أم درمان اإلسالمية – السودان(. 3. الصرري محالرردحالع )رر .ح)2011(.نظريررة المخررارم ، مجلررة كليررة اآلداب واللغررات . جامعررة محمررد خيضر، العددح8( جانفي 2011.

- Books 1. Authored 1- الطوابلسيمحمدمدحاله د .)2010(. ثقافة التالقري فري أدب شروقي. الردار العربيّرة للعلروم ناشررون، دار محمد علي للنشر، منشورات االختالف 2- الدجو محهاللح)2010(. غواية المجهول: عمان في األدب اإلنجليزي. بيروت، دار االنتشار.

2. Revised edition 1- الطوابلسيحمحمدمدحالهر د )2011(م مق ّدمرة الكتراب الجرامع للقصرائد المجرا ة فري مسرابقات الطلبرة بجامعة السلطان قابوس، منذ تأسيسها.

3. Book Reviews 1. الطوابلسيمحمدمدحاله د . مراجعة كتراب د. محسرن الكنردي، الشريبة أبرو بشرير، محمرد برن عبرد السالمي، مع تصحيح و تنقيح،ط. 1، نشر رياض الريّس للكتب و النشر، بيروت حلبنان( 2011.

- Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1- الصي محالدحالع ) : الجهود الصروتية والصررفية البرن دريرد ، بحرث فري كتراب : ح نردوة ابرن دريرد األ دي العماني (، جامعة آل البيت األردن 2011م 2- Al-hajri, Hilal, (2010). Through Evangelizing Eyes: American Missionaries to Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. vol. 41.(pp. 121-132). London.

- Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. مدمرردحالعمرروا، : األفعررال الترري ال مصررادر لهررا بررين اللغررويين والنحررويين، تحكرريم بحررث لجامعررة الكويررت – حوليات كلية اآلداب والعلوم االجتماعية. 2. مدمدحالعموا، : تحكيم البحوث العلمية للدكتور عبد العزيز الجهني للترقية لوظيفة أسرتاذ مشرارب بجامعرة الملك عبد العزيز بالمملكة العربية السعودية. يناير 2011. 3. مدمدحالعموا، : تحكيم البحوث العلمية للدكتور محمد الماحي للترقية لوظيفة أستاذ مشارب بجامعرة الملرك عبد العزيز بالمملكة العربية السعودية. فبراير 2011. 4. الدواسحمسعود : تحكيم أربعة بحوث ترقية لفائدة جامعة بابل حالعراق(. 5. الدحالدليمحح مد : تحكيم بحوث ترقية أحد األساتذة بالكلية التقنية 6. الدحالدليمحح مد : تحكيم بحوث ترقية أحد األساتذة بجامعة ظفار 7. )ديىحفوغل : حالتخطيط الهيكلي للكتابة( بحث ترقية ألحد أعضاء هي رة التردريس بالكليرة العلميرة للتصرميم بمسقط في 20/5/2011م. 8. مدمرردحالطوابلسرري: تحكرريم بحررث ح منرراهد النقررد األدبرر ّي الحديلررة( بتكليررف مررن رئرريس قسررم العربيّررة بجامعررة السررلطان قررابوس، خدمررة للكليّررة العلميّررة للتصررميم بسررلطنة عمرران، قصررد ترقيررة مملّررف البحررث، و هررو أحررد أساتذتها. 2011. 9. مدمرردحالطوابلسرري: تحكرريم ملرر ّف د. أحمررد الزغبرر ّي المترشررح لرتبررة أسررتاذ بقسررم العربيّررة مررن جامعررة ممتررة باألردن، خريف 2010. 10. مدمرردحالطوابلسرري: تحكرريم ملرر ّف د. علرروي هاشررم الهاشررم ّي المترشرح لرتبررة أسررتاذ بقسررم العربّررة مررن جامعررة البحرين، ربيع 2011. 11. مدمدحالطوابلسي:حتقييم بحث حفي التنا ّص( عرض للنشر بكليّرة اآلداب و العلروم االجتماعيّرة حمجلّرة العلروم اإلنسانيّة( بجامعة البحرين. 12. مدمدحالطوابلسي: تحكيم بحث ح الصورة الشعريّة في النقد األدب ّي( عررض للنشرر بمجلّرة عرالم الفكرر التري يصدرها المجلس الوطن ّي لللقافة و الفنون و اآلداب بالكويت، ربيع 2011.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in English department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended - Workshops Given - Journal Editorial Board Membership 2 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) - Lectures 7 Articles Published in the Press 5 Media Interviews - Seminars - Contest Judging 8 Consultancies 3 Alumni - International Organizations & Local Organizations - Educational Organizations - Others - Total 25

a. Journal editorial board membership 1. الحواس مسعودي عضو هي ة تحرير مجلة كلية اآلداب والعلوم االجتماعية حجامعة السلطان قابوس( 2. هالل الحجري: عضو هي ة تحرير مجلة الدراسات العمانية، مجلة سنوية محكمة.

b. Lectures 1. محمد الطرابلسي: . إلقاء محاضرةحفي أدب الطفل(، بقسم العربيّة، 2010. 2. محمد الطرابلسي: - إلقاء محاضرة في ح التحليل األسلوب ّي: نظرا و تطبيقا(، بقسم العربيّة، 2010. 3. محمررد الطرابلسرري: - إلقرراء محاضرررة بعنرروان حتحليررل المقامررة البغداديّررة للهمررذاني( بالمدرسررة الوطنيّررة الخا ّصة بمسقط تحت إشراف و ارة التربية، 2011. 4. مجمرد الطرابلسري: - إلقراء محاضررة فرري ح الحنرين إلر األوطران، ملرال تائيّرة علري الحصرري، ب شرراف و ارة التربية بالرستاق، 2011. 5. الحواس مسعودي: محاضرة لمديرية المدارس الخاصة بو ارة التربية حول "تدريس النحرو"، الرسرتاق .2011 6. إحسان صادق: "شعرية القص ضمن نشراطات ملتقر القصرة لجماعرة الخليرل األدبيرة ، جامعرة السرلطان قابوس ، فبراير2010. 7. خالد الكندي: ألقيت محاضررة فري اإلعجرا البالغري فري القررآن فري جرامع نخرل فري شرهر رمضران عرام 1432هـ.

c. Articles published in the press 1. الطرابلسي: لقاءات مع وسائل إعالمية1.حوار في اإلبداع و التغيير االجتماع ّي، نشرر بجريردة حعمران(، ربيع 2011. 2. مصطف عدنان. لقاء في جريدة عمان الملحق الشبابي في 14/5/2011 تحت عنوان: لغتنا العربية إل أين. 3. الحجري، هالل. ح2010(. ترانيم تبشيرية في الخليد العربي. جريدة القدس العربي. ح2 يونيو( لندن 4. الحجري، هالل ح2011(. القبض عل جمرة التاريخ: رواية ' بِ ْن ُسولَ ْع' لعلري المعمرري. جريردة القردس العربي ح28 يناير(. لندن. 5. خالد الكندي: نشرت مقالين في مجلة "اللقافية" في أعدادها التي بين السابع والتاسع- الملخصات التالية: - قراءة في كتاب: النظام العربي وإصالح الجامعة العربية. - قراءة في كتاب: موسوعة آثار اإلمام جابر بن يد. - نشرت مقاالً عن سبل تعريب المصطلحات األجنبيرة فري دوريرة " لفر " الصرادرة فري جامعرة السلطان قابوس. - أشرفت عل تدقيق مقاالت في المجلة السابقة في عمود "قراءة في كتاب".

d. Media interviews 1. هالل الحجري. برنامد "إضاءات ثقافية" تلفزيون سلطنة عمان، يناير 2011. 2. إحسان صادق: برنامد "العطاء في القررآن" ، ثالثرون حلقرة أذيعرت خرالل شرهر رمضران 1432هرـ مرن إذاعة سلطنة عمان، برنامد القرآن الكريم

e. Contest judging 1. محمد الطرابلسي. المشاركة في تحكيم مسابقة حشاعر الخليل(، دورة خريف 2010. 2. محمد الطرابلسي. المشاركة في تحكيم مسابقة ح شاعر الخليل(، دورة ربيع 2011. 3. عبد العزيز الصيغ. مسابقة في سماء اإلبداع نلتقي ح الشعر ( ، مجموعة اللسان 4. هرالل الحجررري. رئريس لجنررة تحكرريم الشرعر بررالملتق األدبرري السرابع عشررر 16-20 يوليررو، 2011، نزوى. 5. علي الكلباني. مسابقات السيرة الذاتية 6. علي الكلباني.مسابقات القصة القصيرة 7. علي الكلباني.مسابقات أدب الرحالت 8. إحسان صادق: مسابقة المنتدى األدبي السنوية في القصة والرواية 2010

f. Consultancies 1. اهر الداودي: استشارة في دراسة عيوب النطق للطالبة رقية الخروصية – جامعة اإلمارات. 2. اهرالداودي: استشارة في رسالة الترابط النصي في جهود مفسري القرآن في القرن الخرامس الهجرري للطالب عبد العجمي - جامعة نزوى 3. هالل الحجري، استشارات علمية و ترجمية لمجلة التفاهم، و ارة األوقاف و الشمون الدينية

7. Student Activities The below table presents the students activities in the department Activity Date Venue Supervisor ROA publications of Monthly Arabic dept Students literature & language. Competition of "in the sky Spring 2011 (week 8) Arts 7 Dr mohammad almahrouqi of creativity we meet". Spring 2011 (weeks 3- Arabic calligraphy course. E14 Calligraph sultan rachdi 9) Dr Abdallah Alkindi (dean) Oman literature gallery> Spring 2011 (week 12) Arts & Dr Alhawas Massoudi (head of dept) Orthography workshop. Spring 2011 (week 11) Arts 7 Dr Yahya Farghal

Department of English

Summary Established since SQU’s opening in 1986, the Department of English is an embodiment of an ideal recognizing the importance of language arts and studies within the humanities. Providing quality instruction that instills critical thinking, and a life-long love for learning and a continued pursuit of knowledge, the Department is committed across its sections in Language, Literature, Linguistics and Translation to offering students a first-rate educational experience. It also aims to produce graduates able to move into a wide variety of professional fields and make enduring contributions to them. Supporting the University’s drive for excellence as it positions itself regionally and internationally, the Department’s mission is to offer an academic program characterized by innovative teaching and research and sustained by the synergies of collaborative work in its four sections. Alert to best practice in English Studies globally, the Department strives to provide students with the advanced practical, critical and interpretative skills vital for career success in a world increasingly marked by the shaping demands of language and multiform communication. The program aims to produce graduates with:  The intercultural skills, sensitivities and understanding needed to work and interact with people of other cultures.  The knowledge, skills and linguistic competence to enable them to function successfully in English both in further studies and in the wider community.  A range of specialized and transferable skills, including high-order conceptual, literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment.  The capacity for independent creative and academic achievement.  A commitment to enhancing personal competence in English and to reading widely and independently for intellectual, social and professional development. During the academic year 2010-2011 Department faculty engaged in various professional activities regionally and internationally, including conference attendance in Oman and elsewhere. This academic year also witnessed a surge in faculty research and book publication, a sign of an increased awareness of the importance of this for professional development and promotion prospects. Spring 2011 witnessed the inauguration of the first Student Research Conference, which gave students an opportunity to present research carried out in their courses. In addition, the Department played an active role in organizing a highly successful Translation Symposium organized by the English and Translation Society. During this year also two Omani faculty members returned to the Department from further studies: Suaad Al-Ambusaidi with an MA in Sociolinguistics and Rashid Al- Belushi with a PhD in linguistics.

Table 1: Summary Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 47 45 Support Staff 1 1 On-study leave 8 7 Total 56 53 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 2050 1995 Courses Offered 61 67 Graduate Program Enrolment 4 8 Courses Offered 5 5 Theses completed 0 0 Research Grants 1 Contracts 0 Consulting 1 Publications Refereed Journals 33 Others 64

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative) Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Abdul Gabbar Al Sharafi Assistant Professor Linguistics Text linguistics, translation, rhetoric Abdullah Al Harrasi Assistant Professor Translation Abdulmoneim Mahmoud Associate Professor Applied Linguistics TEFL Mohammed Abdulrahim Jameri Assistant Professor The role of meta cognition in Adel Saleem Abu Radwan Assistant Professor Applied Linguistics language learning and pedagogy Adrian Roscoe Professor Literature Literature Amal Salman Assistant Professor Ancy Fertado Coordinator Educational Linguistics, materials Educational Andrew Peter Littlejohn Assistant Professor development, learners’ perceptions, Linguistics task design, SLA Literature/English The innovative use of technology in Ayesha Heble Assistant Professor Language Teaching classroom practice Azza Al Kindi Demonstrator Charles Leo Campbell Assistant Professor Literature Shakespeare, film, fiction David Deller Assistant Professor Derik Smith Assistant Professor Domenyk Eades Assistant Professor Eddie Cone Associate Professor Fatema Al Rubai’ey Lecturer Fathiya Al Rashdi Lecturer Ferid Chekili Assistant Professor George Rishmawi Assistant Professor Gregory Nwoye Assistant Professor Habib Kahlaoui Assistant Professor Contrastive Contrastivity (English-Arabic- Linguistics and French), Translation, Classroom Translation research Hammal Al Belushi Demonstrator Sociolinguistics, language variation, Hassan R. Shuqair Abdel Jawad Associate Professor Linguistics language and politics, language and identity, discourse analysis,…etc Translation Studies, Explicitation, Hisham Ali Jawad Assistant Professor Translation Relevance, Pragmatics, Literature of Travel, Cross-Cultural Jamal En-nehas Assistant Professor Literature Studies, Composition, Grammar James Moody Lecturer English Language Janet Karen Holst Associate Professor Stylistics, ELT, Writing pedagogy Teaching/ Stylistics Linguistics, Writing, Testing and John Eliezer Assistant Professor Linguistics Evaluation Kaija Penttinen Lecturer Teaching English Teaching English literature, Khalid Mohammed Al-Balushi Assistant Professor literature translation, Omani history Khamis Al Busaidy Assistant Professor ELT/ Applied Writing Skills, Curriculum, Lalitha Rachel Eapen Assistant Professor Linguistics Bilingualism Lina Al Jamali Lecturer Mary Tabakow Assistant Professor Literature Literature Maryam Al Hinai Lecturer Language and Mounir Ben Zid Assistant Professor Literature, Stylistics & Translation Literature Munira Hejaiej Assistant Professor Musallam AL-Ma’ani Assistant Professor Translation Technical Translation Women' emancipation and Social Nada Al-Ajmi Assistant Professor English literature Transition Nafla Al Kharusi Assistant Professor Disability, New media technology Sociolinguistics and constructing Islamic Arabic (Discours analysis & Najma Al-Zidjali Assistant Professor (Omani) identities. Omani folk tales Interculturel and culture (narratives and/or communication) proverbs). Translation Teaching and EFL Omar F. Atari Professor Linguistics Pedagogy Paul Scanlon Professor Philip Tabakow Assistant Professor English and Teaching English as a Foreign Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi Assistant Professor Communications Language (TEFL) Education 20th Century American Novel, Travel Literature, Teaching Rosalind Buckton-Tucker Assistant Professor Literature literature in English to non-native speakers Sakina Al Alaoui Assistant Professor Sara Al Sheyadi Demonstrator Srinivasan Chakravarthy Assistant Professor Narayanan Suaad Ambu-saidi Lecturer Linguistics Sociolinguistics Tyagaraja Balasubramanian Associate Professor Linguistics Phonetics, Phonology, Phonetics & (Phonetics) Phonology of English & Arabic Wilma Bedford Lecturer

The following staff members are on Study leave Full Name Type of Leave Country Mohammed Al Alawi PhD study leave Canada Khalsa Al Aghbari PhD study leave USA Said Al Jahdhami PhD study leave USA Badr Al Jahwari MA study leave USA Sarah Al-Shiyadi MA study Leave USA Hammal Al-Belushi MA Study Leave USA Azza Al-Kindi MA Study Leave USA

2. Committees a. Departmental Level Name of the Committee Members Dr. Andrew Littlejohn (Chair) Dr Amel Salman Minimum English Standards Committee Dr. Jamal En-Nehas (a one-time committee) Dr. Munira Hejaiej Dr. Sandhya Metha Dr. Nafla Al Kahrusi Quality Audit Committee Dr. Amel Salman (a one-time committee) Dr. Janet Holst Dr. Hassan Shuqair (Chair) Dr. Balasubramanian Dr. Sakina Al Alaoui Time-Tabling Committee Dr. Abduljabbar al Sharafi Dr. John Eliezer Dr. Adel Radhwan Dr. Nalfa al Kharusi (Chair) Dr. Ayesha Heble Dr. Abduljabbar al Sharafi Dr. Najma al Zidjaly CurriculumDevelopment Committee Dr. Minira Hejaiej Dr. Hassan Shuqair Dr. Janet Holst Dr. Jamal En-Nehas Dr. Khalid al Belushi

b. College Committees Name of the Committee Members Sports Committee Dr. Jamal En-Nehas Social Committee Dr. Balasubramanin Needs Committee Dr. Adel Radhwan Time Tabling Committee Dr. Hassan Shuqair Examinations Committee Dr. Abduljabbar al Sharafi Post-graduate Studies Committees Dr. Hassan Shuqair Continuous Development Committee Dr. Abduljabbar al Sharafi Curriculum Committee Dr. Abduljabbar al Sharafi Cultural & Information Committee Dr. Nada Al Ajmi Conference Committee Dr. Mounir BenZid College Day Committee Dr. Balasubramaniam Annual Reports Committee Dr. Balasubramaniam Academic Advising Committee Dr. Hisham Jawad College Board Committee Dr. Musallam al Mani, Dr. Najma al Zidjaly Library Committee Ms. Lina al Jamali Students Societies Committee Ms. Fatima al Rubai'ey Website Committee Dr. Adel Radhwan Development & Quality Assurance Committee Dr. Musallam al Mani, Dr. Amel Salman Executive Committee Dr. Musallam al Mani, Dr. Amel Salman Textbook Purchase Committee Ms. Lina al Jamali Training Needs of Faculty Members Dr. Hassan Shuqair Training and Community Service Dr. Nada al Ajami

c. University Committees Name of the Committee Members Sports Committee Quality Audit Committee Social Committee Promotions Committee Needs Committee Language Centre Promotions Committee

3. Undergraduate Studies a. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010 : 2050 students – Spring 2011: 1995 students – Summer 2011: 135 students

b. Courses Offered – Fall 2010 Code Title Instructor ARTS1001 Research Skills James Audry Moody TRAN2031 Arabic Morphology Abdulgabbar Al-Sharafi Khami Al-Busaidi, Leena Al-Jamali, Anna- Kaija, ENGL2108 Modern English Grammar Tyagaraja, Balasubramanian, Lalitha Rachel Eapen Leena Al-Jamali, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi ENGL2109 Effective Reading Abdelmoneim Ahmed, Nada Al Ajmi, Jacoba Bedford, Charles Leo Campbell TRAN2121 Introduction to Literature Khalid Al-Bulushi ENGL2134 Critical Reading Anna- Kaija Penttin, James Moody Jacoba Bedford, Adrian Roscoe, George ENGL2135 Effective Writing Rishmawi,John Eliezer, Mounir Ben Ben Zid ENGL2211 Introduction to Prose Paul Scanlon, Jamal Al En-Nehas ENGL2217 Introduction to Poetry and Drama Leena Al-Jamali ENGL2225 Introduction to Literature I , Prose Jamal En-Nehas, Mounir Ben Zid Introduction to Literature II, Poetry ENGL2226 Adrian Roscoe, Mounir Ben Ben Zid and Drama Introduction to the Study of Language ENGL2320 Sakina Alaoui, Tyagaraja Balasubramanian and Phonetics Introduction to Translation 1 English- TRAN2321 Abdelmoneim Ahmed, Mohamed Kahlaoui Arabic Introduction to Translation II: Arabic- TRAN2322 Abdelmoneim Mahmoud Ahmed English Sakina Alaoui, Tyagaraja Balasubramanian, ENGL2327 Phonology and Morphology Gregory Nwoye TRAN3031 Arabic Text Analysis Mohamed Kahlaoui Srinivasan Narayanan, Ayesha Heble, ENGL3119 Advanced Writing Abdulraheim Al Jammari Eddie Cone, James Moody, Mary Tabakow, ENGL3127 Academic Writing Lalitha Rachel Eapen Anna- Kaija, Maryam Al-Hinai, Fatema ENGL3128 Speaking Alrubai'Ey, Suaad Ambu-Saidi Andrew Littlejohn, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Sandhya Rosalind Janet Buckton-Tucker Mehta, Charles Campbell, Jamal En-Nehas, Adel ENGL3129 Derik Smit Research Project Aburadwan, Gregory Nwoye, Janet Holst, John Eliezer, Mounira Bent Hejaiej ENGL3214 American Survey I Eddie Cone ENGL3215 American Survey 2 Eddie Cone Nada Al Ajmi, Mounira Bent Hejaiej ENGL3217 Children's Literature Mary Tabakow ENGL3218 British Survey I Paul Alexander Scanlon ENGL3219 British Survey II Paul Alexander Scanlon ENGL3220 Modern Drama Ayesha Heble ENGL3324 Techniques in Translation Mohamed Kahlaoui, Hisham Ali Jawad ENGL3328 Language in Society Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Hassan Abdel Jawad Sakina Alaoui, Hassan Abdel Jawad, John Eliezer, ENGL3329 Syntax and Semantics Abdulraheim Al Jammari George Rishmawi, Srinivasan Narayanan, Mary ENGL3417 Studies in Longer Fiction Tabakow ENGL3419 Translation III Omar Fayez Atari TRAN3421 Media and Journalism Musallam Ali Al-Mani ENGL4219 British Survey III Adrian Alan Roscoe ENGL4220 Readings in Modern Arabic Literature Mounira Bent Hejaiej ENGL4221 Modern Novel Sandhya Rao Mehta , Derik Smith ENGL4222 Modern Poetry Khalid Mohamed Al-Bulushi ENGL4230 Shakespeare George K Rishmawi ENGL4235 World Literature in English Sandhya Rao Mehta ENGL4325 Applied Linguistics Khamis Ahmed Al-Busaidi ENGL4329 Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics Najma Jaffar Al-Zidjaly ENGL4420 Translation Studies Hisham Ali Jawad TRAN4421 Translation: Legal and Documentary Hassan Rashid Abdel Jawad Andrew Littlejohn, Srinivasan Narayanan, ENGL4421 Language Acquisition Lalitha Eapen, Adel S Aburadwan ENGL4561 Genre Study Khalid Al-Bulushi, Ayesha Heble ENGL4563 Major Author Nada Al Ajmi ENGL4564 Eighteenth Century Literature Charles Leo Campbell ENGL4565 Nineteenth Century Literature Paul Scanlon, Derik Smith ENGL4566 Twentieth Century Literature Rosalind Janet Buckton-Tucker ENGL4568 World Literature Ayesha Heble ENGL4574 Aspects of Syntax and Semantics Abdulraheim Al Jammari ENGL4577 Language and Culture Najma Jaffar Al-Zidjaly ENGL4579 Advanced Oral Proficiency Janet Karen Holst ENGL4582 Language in Use Gregory Onuigbo Nwoye ENGL4593 Studies in the Essay Janet Karen Holst ENGL4595 Creative Writing Rosalind Janet Buckton-Tucker Introduction to Interpreting I: English- TRAN4621 Omar Fayez Atari Arabic TRAN4821 Practicum I ( Internal ) Musallam Ali Al-Mani TRAN6100 Advanced Arabic Language Skills Abdulgabbar Al-Sharafi TRAN6120 Practical Translation Hisham Ali Jawad Translation Studies: Theory and TRAN6200 Omar Fayez Atari Application TRAN6210 Advanced Translation Workshop Hassan Rashid Abdel Jawad TRAN6911 Translation Quality Assessment Abdulgabbar Mohamed Al-Sharafi

– Spring 2011 Code Title Instructor ARTS1001 Research Skills Rashid Ali Al-Belushi, Anna- Kaija Penttinen TRANS2032 Arabic Syntax Mohamed Habib Kahlaoui Khamis Al-Busaidi, Leena Al-Jamali, Anna- Kaija Penttinen, ENGL2108 Modern English Grammar Tyagaraja Balasubramanian Leena Al-Jamali, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Nada Al Ajmi, ENGL2109 Effective Reading Jacoba Bedford, Sandhya Mehta ENGL2134 Critical Reading Anna- Kaija Penttinen, Khalid Al-Bulushi, Jacoba Bedford ENGL2135 Effective Writing Khamis Al-Busaidi, Jacoba Bedford, Adrian Roscoe, George Rishmawi, John Eliezer, Mounir Ben Ben Zid ENGL2211 Introduction to Fiction Charles Campbell ENGL2217 Introduction to Poetry and Drama Leena Al-Jamali, Jamal En-Nehas TRAN2220 English Morphology Adel AbuRadwan TRANS2222 Contrastive Linguistics Mohamed Kahlaoui ENGL2225 Introduction to Literature I , Prose Jamal En-Nehas, Mounir Ben Ben Zid Introduction to Literature II, Poetry and ENGL2226 Mounir Ben Ben Zid Drama Introduction to the Study of Language and John Elizerو ENGL2320 Sakina Alaoui, Tyagaraja Balasubramanian Phonetics TRAN2321 Introduction to Translation 1 English-Arabic Musallam Al-Mani Introduction to Translation II: Arabic- TRAN2322 Abdelmoneim Ahmed, Abdulraheim Al Jammari English Sakina Mrani Alaoui, Tyagaraja Balasubramanian, ENGL2327 Phonology and Morphology Gregory Nwoye TRANS3032 Arabic Skills for Translators Mohamed Kahlaoui ENGL3119 Advanced Writing Abdulraheim Al Jammari TRANS3123 Literary Translation Hisham Ali Jawad Eddie Gay Cone, Mary Tabakow, Lalitha, Eapen ENGL3127 Academic Writing Srinivasan Narayanan ENGL3128 Speaking Maryam Al-Hinai, Fatema Alrubai'Ey, Suaad Ambu-Saidi Andrew Littlejohn, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Najma Al-Zadjali, ENGL3129 Research Project Sandhya Mehta, Charles Campbell, Jamal En-Nehas, Gregory Nwoye, Janet Holst, Mounira Hejaiej, Derik Smith ENGL3214 American Survey I Eddie Gay Cone ENGL3215 American Survey 2 Eddie Gay Cone ENGL3217 Children's Literature Nada Rohallah Al Ajmi, Mounira Bent Hejaiej ENGL3218 British Survey I Paul Alexander Scanlon ENGL3219 British Survey II Paul Alexander Scanlon ENGL3220 Modern Drama Ayesha Heble TRAN3223 Lexicography and Terminology Adel S Aburadwan ENGL3324 Techniques in Translation Abdelmuneim Ahmed, Mohamed Kahlaoui ENGL3328 Language in Society Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Hassan Abdel Jawad Sakina Alaoui, Adel Aburadwan, Abdulraheim Al Jammari, ENGL3329 Syntax and Semantics Rashid Al-Belushi George Rishmawi, Srinivasan Narayanan, Mary Louise ENGL3417 Studies in Longer Fiction Tabakow ENGL3419 Translation III Omar Fayez Atari TRAN3422 Translation: Commercial and Advertising Hassan Rashid Abdel Jawad ENGL4219 British Survey III Adrian Alan Roscoe ENGL4220 Readings in Modern Arabic Literature Mounira Bent Hejaiej ENGL4221 Modern Novel Derik Smith ENGL4222 Modern Poetry Khalid Mohamed Al-Bulushi ENGL4230 Shakespeare George K Rishmawi, Charles Campbell ENGL42 World Literature in English Adrian Alan Roscoe, Ayesha Heble Khami Al-Busaidi, Abdelmuneim Ahmed, Andrew ENGL4325 Applied Linguistics Littlejohn, Srinivasan Narayanan, Lalitha Eapen ENGL4329 Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics Najma Jaffar Al-Zidjaly ENGL4420 Translation Studies Hisham Ali Jawad ENGL4421 Language Acquisition Srinivasan Narayanan, Lalitha Eapen TRAN4422 Translation: Scientific and Technical Musallam Al-Mani TRANS4424 Translation Critique Abdulgabbar Al-Sharafi ENGL4560 Period Study George K Rishmawi ENGL4561 Genre Study Khalid Al-Bulushi ENGL4563 Major Author Derik Smith ENGL4565 Nineteenth Century Literature Paul Scanlon ENGL4566 Twentieth Century Literature Sandhya Mehta ENGL4568 World Literature Mary Tabakow ENGL4574 Aspects of Syntax and Semantics John Elizer ENGL4579 Advanced Oral Proficiency Janet Holst ENGL4580 Special Topic in Linguistics Lalitha Eapen ENGL4582 Language in Use Gregory Onuigbo Nwoye ENGL4593 Studies in the Essay ENGL4595 Creative Writing Janet Holst Introduction to Interpreting II: Arabic- TRANS4622 Omar Fayez Atari English TRANS6130 Practical Translation II (Arabic-English) Hassan Abdel Jawad TRANS6140 Contrastive Discourse Analysis and Rhetoric Omar Fayez Atari TRANS6220 Pragmatics and Translation Hisham Ali Jawad TRANS6230 Research in Translation Omar Fayez Atari TRANS6960 Social Aspects of Language and Translation AAbdulgabbar Al-Sharafi

– Summer 2011 Code Title Instructor ENGL4562 Special Topic in Literature Mounir Ben Zid Abdelmuneim Mahmoud Ahmed ENGL4573 Special Topic in Linguistics Hisham Jawad ENGL4575 Advanced Language Studies Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi ENGL4576 Aspects of Language Proficiency Abdulraheim Al Jammari TRAN4823 Practicum II(External) Musallam Ali Al-Mani

4. Postgraduates Studies a. Students Enrolled - Fall 2010: 4 students - Spring 2011: 8 students b. Couerse offered - Fall 2010: 5 courses - Spring 2011: 5 courses c. MA/PhD Students' Dissertations Supervisor Supervision Project Title Student Name MA/PhD Name (principal/second) Factors Affecting the Motivation of Sarah Khan, a (Second Advisor, Rahma Al- Expatriate English as Foreign Language Language Centre With the University PhD Mahrooqi (EFL) Teachers in Oman. faculty member of Exeter, Britain)

d. MA & PhD Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD A Feminist Reading of Selected Texts of Tasmina Nasrin,” submitted by Ms. G. R. Sigma to English Dept,. Mother Teresa Univ., Tamil; Charles Campbell PhD Nadu, India (2010). Magic realism in Isabel Allende’s Fiction, submitted by M.S. Gupta Charles Campbell PhD to English Department, Gandhigram Univ., Tamil Nadu, India (2010). Deaf and Television News: Finding a Better Path to Knowledge Najma Al Zidjali (External) MA The Effect of the Story Grammar Method on ELF Omani Student’s Rahma Al-Mahrooqi MA Comprehension of Narrative Texts. 11 October 2011. The Effect of a Teacher Training Programme of EFL Learners Self- Directed Learning Strategies and their Language Achievement. 1 Rahma Al-Mahrooqi MA January 2011. The Disadvantaged Learner and the English Classroom (Nethaji T.Balasubramanian PhD Subhash Open University, Kolkatta, India) Parameters for Assessing Speaking and Listening Skills of Second T. Balasubramanian PhD Language Learners….(Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India)

5. Research a. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Period Investigator Investigator An investigation of the linguistic, pragmatic and communicative Rahma Al- Victoria OR. the Research 2011- competencies of higher education students Mahrooqi Tuzlokova 17,700 Council, Oman 2014 in Oman: bridging the gap between tertiary education and employment.

b. Publications The below table summarized the research activities in English department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 33 Research Projects 1 Authored 2 Revised Edition 1 Books Edited 3 Translation (book) 1 Chapters in Books 26 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 4 Book Reviews 4 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 18 Technical Reports 3 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 2 Total 98

c. Refereed Journal Papers 1. Abu Radwan, A. S. (2011). Effects of L2 proficiency and gender on choice of language learning strategies by university students majoring in English. The Asian EFL Journal, March (1), 115-163. 2. Abu Radwan, A. S. (2011). Explicit versus implicit rule presentation: Generalizability of acquired knowledge to new contexts. The Educational Journal, 98(2) 37-74. 3. Abu Radwan, A. S., & Rikala-Boyer, J. (2011) Semantic processing and vocabulary development of adult ESL learners. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 21, 1-21. 4. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (Accepted in August (2011), published in January 2012). Reading Literature in English: Challenges Facing Omani College Students. Asian EFL Journal. 57, pp. 24-51. 5. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tuzlukova, V. (2011). English in the Context of . Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Philology English, Issue 1. 6. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). A Quantitative and a Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of Culture and Language on Arab Students’ Responses to Authentic Literature in English. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Issue 11, pp. 1561-1570. 7. Al-Mahrooqi, R., and Tuzlukova, V. (2011). Negotiating Meaning in the EFL Context. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 19(1), pp. 183-196. 8. Al-Mahrooqi, R., Al Busaidi, S., Mukundan, J., Ahour, T. and Yu Jin, N. (2011). Can the Essential Lexicon of Geology be Appropriately Represented in an Intuitively Written EAP Module? English Language and Literature Studies, 1(1), pp. 50-66. 9. Al-Ma’ani, M. (2010) Positioning Technical Translation within Arab Medieval Culture. Turjuman: Journal of Translation Studies, 2, pp 25-35. 10. Al-Ma’ani, M. (2011) Localizing Technical Texts in Arabic through Translation With Special Reference to the Sultanate of Oman. STJ, 3, pp. 55- 72 11. Al-Ma’ani, M. (2011) Cultural Aspects of Arabicisation: Past and Present. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University Press, 2, pp 21- 30. 12. Al Zidjaly, N. (2011). Can art lead to social change? A mediated multimodal inquiry. Multimodal Communication, 1 (1). 65-81. 13. Al Zidjaly, N. (2011). Managing Social Exclusion through Technology: AnExample of Art as Mediated Action. Disability Studies Quarterly. (http://dsqsds.org/article/view/1716. 14. Al Zidjaly, N. (2010). Ron Scollon and the Little Blue Starbucks Book[A SpecialIssue in Honor of Ron Scollon]. Evox: Georgetown Working Papers in Language, Discourse and Society, 4 (1). 43-44. 15. Atari. O. (2010). "Literacy Practices in Contrast: Adult Arab Literacy vs. Native English Literacy".IJAES (International Journal of Arabic/English Studies),11, 127-147. Beirut: Libraririe du Liban Publishers. 16. Balasubramanian, T. (2011). Word-Accent & Syllable-Structure in Modern Standard Arabic. AWEJ (Arab World English Journal), 2, 2, 167-185. 17. Balasubramanian, T. (2011). Illustrations of the IPA: Brahmin Tamil". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. (Accepted with minor modifications). 18. Buckton-Tucker. R. (2011). The angst of alienation: The case of Saul Bellow’s Herzog. International Journal of Arts & Sciences, CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934: 4(14), 211–220 19. Buckton-Tucker, R. (2010). Romanticism and the philosophy of travel. International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 10, 258-265 20. Campbell, C. (2011) “The Tale of the Cloth” in Silas Marner: The Textile Motif, the Arachne Intertext and the Reader in the Text. Interactions. 21. Campbell, C. (2011) C. Henry James as Critic: From the Formal to the Pictorial. Forthcoming in Jordan Journal of the Arts. 22. Campbell, C. (2011) Iago’s Orientalism: Imperial Discourse in Othello” The International Journal of Arabic English Studies 13. 23. Campbell, C. (2010). Film as Personal and Collective Nightmare: The Case of Hitchcock. International Journal of the Arts and Sciences 3.16: 360-366. 24. Heble, A. (2011). Unleashing Student Creativity: the innovative use of technology in the language classroom. (To be published in the Journal of Teaching and Education in early 2012). 25. Holst, J. (2010) ‘After the Funeral’. In Time and memory: Swamp, Vol 7. Newcastle: University of Newcastle, Australia. 26. Kahlaoui.M.H. (2011). Negation in MSA Revisited. Letters of Kairouan ( Accepted for publication in 2011). 27. Mahmoud, A. (2011a). The use of prepositions by Arab EFL Learners: Looking on the bright side. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, 4, pp. 84-90. 28. Mahmoud, A. (2011b). Learner-centered error correction in EFL writing: Accommodating the two opposing views. Language Centre Journal of College of Technology, 1, pp. 6-25. 29. Mahmoud, A. (2011c). The role of interlingual and intralingual transfer in learner-centered EFL vocabulary instruction. Arab World English Journal, 2 (3), 28-49. 30. Norris, S., Castilllo-Ayometzi, C., de Saint-Georges, I., Jocuns, A., Lou, J., Toye, M., & Al Zidjaly, N. (2011). Ron Scollon (1939-2009): An Academic in the Wild. Discourse & Society, 22 (2). 209-216 31. Tucker, L., Kuehn, R. & Buckton-Tucker, R. (2011). An integrative content analysis of Nigerian/419 advance fee scams.International Journal of Arts & Sciences, CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934: 4(09), 27–58 32. Tuzlukova, V. and Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). English Discourse of Tourism: An Example of Oman. Cross-Cultural Studies, Vol. 24, pp. 316-337. 33. Tuzlukova, V., Al-Musali, A., and Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). ELT Materials Writing Projects: Challenges of Professional Communication. Arab World English Journal, 1(1), pp. 40-79. d. Books - Authored 1. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010). Omani Women: Past and Present (in Arabic). Oman: 237/2010. 2. Kahlaoui, M. H. (2010). The Linguistic and the Metalinguistic. Tunis: Miskilyani Publications.

- Revised Editions 1. Balasubramanian,T (1981—completely revised, 2011).A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. India, Macmillan India Ltd.

- Edited 1. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Al-Jahwari, B. (Eds.) (2011). Literary Translation in Oman: Issues and Perspectives. Beirut: Dar al-Intishar al-Arabi (funded by the Omani Society for Writers and Literati). 2. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tuzlukova, V. (Eds.) (2010). The Omani Symphony: Maintaining Linguistic and Socio-cultural Equilibrium. Oman: Sultan Qaboos University Academic Publication Board. 3. Roscoe, A. and Al-Mahrooqi, R. (Eds.). (Accepted for publication in July 2011) Literacy, Literature and Identity: Multiple Perspectives. (To be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England)

- Translated books 1. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). The Origins of Omani Customs and Traditions by Ibrahim Al-Subhi. (Translated into English the book. Translation requested by SQU’s Administration). e. Chapters in Book 1. Abdel-Jawad, H. & Abu Radwan, A (2011). The Status of English in Institutions of Higher Studies in Oman: Sultan Qaboos University as a Model. In A., Al-Issa & L.S. Dahan (Eds.), Global English And Arabic.(pp. 123-153). Oxford: Peter Lang. 2. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (Accepted for publication in July 2011). Culture and Identity in Student Response to Literature. In A. Roscoe and R. Al-Mahrooqi. Literacy, Literature and Identity: Multiple Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England. 3. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (Accepted for publication in July 2011). African American Literature and Black Identity: Beloved as an Example. In A. Roscoe and R. Al-Mahrooqi. Literacy, Literature and Identity: Multiple Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England. 4. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (Accepted for publication in July 2011). Literacy, Literature and Women’s Liberation in the United States. In 5. A. Roscoe and R. Al-Mahrooqi (Eds.). Literacy, Literature and Identity: Multiple Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England. 6. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tuzlukova, V. (Accepted for publication in July 2011). Bringing the Global and the Local Together Through English in Oman. In S. Wippel (Ed.). Regionalizing Oman – Political, Economic and Social Dynamics. Springer: Dordrecht, Netherlands. 7. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Al-Busaidi, S. (2011). Meeting Local Needs in Materials Writing. In J. Mukundan and V. Nimehchisalem (Eds.). Readings on ELT Materials V (pp. 91-115). Putra University : Malaysia. 8. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Al-Jahwary, B. (2011). Literature and Translation in the Arab World: A survey. In R. Al-Mahrooqi and B. Al-Jahwari (Eds.). Literary Translation in Oman: Issues and Perspectives. Oman: The Omani Society for Writers and Literati. (The translated version is in the same book, translated by R. Al-Mahrooqi and B. Al-Jahwari). 9. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). The Responses of Omani Female College Students to Translated Literature. In R. Al-Mahrooqi and B. Al-Jahwari (Eds.). Literary Translation in Oman: Issues and Perspectives. Oman: The Omani Society for Writers and Literati. (The translated version is in the same book, translated by K. A -Kaabi, J. Al-Siyabi and R. Al-Mahrooqi). 10. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010). Culture-Based Curriculum Dilemmas. In R. Al- Mahrooqi and V. Tuzlukova (Eds.), The Omani Symphony: Maintaining Linguistic and Socio-cultural Equilibrium (pp. 33-70). Oman: SQU Academic Publication Board. 11. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tuzlukova, V. (2010). Introduction: ELT Strategies and Trends in Oman. In R. Al-Mahrooqi and V. Tuzlukova (Eds.). The Omani Symphony: Maintaining Linguistic and Socio-cultural Equilibrium (pp.13-29). Oman: SQU Academic Publication Board 12. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tuzlukova, V. (2010). The Influence of the Cultural and Linguistic Orientations of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Students on Their Responses to Literatures on the Internet. In R. Taiwo (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction (pp. 687-699). USA: Information Science Reference. 13. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Benito, C. (2010). English for the Workplace in the Omani Socio-cultural Context. In R. Al-Mahrooqi and V. Tuzlukova (Eds.). The Omani Symphony: Maintaining Linguistic and Socio-cultural Equilibrium (pp. 391-421). Oman: SQU Academic Publication Board. 14. Al-Mahrooqi, R and Asante, C. (2010). Promoting Learner Autonomy by Fostering a Reading Culture. In R. Al-Mahrooqi and V. Tuzlukova (Eds.). The Omani Symphony: Maintaining Linguistic and Socio-cultural Equilibrium (pp. 479-497). Oman: SQU Academic Publication Board. 15. Al-Ma’ani, M. (2010) Handling Loanwords in Technical Translation into Arabic. In S. Faiq & A. Clark (eds.), Beyond Denotation in English/Arabic Translation (200-209). London: Sayyab Books. 16. Al Sharafi, A. (Accepted in 2011). Proverb Translation: Fluency or Hegemony? An Argument for Centering Marginalized Semantic Translation. A paper accepted for publication in Littlejohn and Mehta (eds.) Language Studies: Stretching Boundaries, to be published in summer of 2012. 17. Al Zidjaly, N. (2011). Multimodal Texts as Mediated Actions: Synchronization and Layered Simultaneity in Images of Disability. In S. Norris (Ed.), Multimodality in Practice: Investigating Theory-in-Practice- through- Methodology [Routledge Studies in Multimodality] (p.p. 190-205). London: Routledge 18. Al Zidjaly, N. (2010). Intertextuality and Constructing Islamic Identities Online. In R. Taiwo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digita Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction(p.p. 191- 204).New York: IGI Global 19. Ben Zid, M. (2011). Translating Modern Omani Poetry into English and French: Current Strategies and Future Paradigms. In R. Al-Mahrooqi & B. Al- Jahwary. Literary Translation in Oman: Issues and Perspectives.(pp. 87-107). Beitut: Dar Al-Intishar Al-Arabi Press. 20. Buckton-Tucker, R. (In press). Students as authors: Textual intervention in children’s literature. In A. Littlejohn & S. Mehta (Eds.). Language studies: Stretching the boundaries. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 21. Buckton-Tucker, R. (2011). Interactive story-telling as a pedagogical tool in cross-cultural analysis of literature. In L. Zhang, R. Rubdy & L. Alsagoff (Eds.). Asian Englishes: Changing perspectives in a globalised world. Singapore: Pearson Longman. Ch.16, 289-305. 22. Heble, A. (2010). Space – In Rowan B. Fortune (Ed), Feeding the Cat and Other Stories and Poems (pp. 55 -59). Gwynned, Wales: Cinnamon Press. 23. Holst, J. (2011) ‘ Camp’. In A roof of red tiles: an anthology of short fiction. Cardiff: Cinamon Press. 24. Kahlaoui. M. H. (2010). Theoretical Linguistics at the Service of Translation. In N. Al Zadjali. Building Bridges.(pp.168-184). : SQU Press. 25. Littlejohn, Andrew (2011). ‘Inside the Trojan Horse’. In ‘Materials Development in Language Teaching’, edited by B Tomlinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 26. Littlejohn, Andrew (2011). ‘Real-World Language Teaching’. In ‘Teaching English in Multilingual Contexts: Challenges and Future Directions’, Newcastle: CSP Publishing. f. Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1. Al-Ma’ani, M. (2011) Lexis and Culture in Arabic Military Translation. National Aviation University, Kiev. April 1st, 2011. 2. Campbell, C. (2011) The Problem of Murderous Subjectivity in the Film Spectator: Gaining a Critical Perspective on the Guilty Viewer. In Avanca/Cinema. 2011. 392-398. 3. Ben Zid, M.. (2011). In Bates College Journal (Ed.) Deconstructing Mainstream Discourse on Literary Translation: Towards an Ethics of Cultural, Linguistic and Aesthetic Homogeneity (pp. 75-89). Lewiston: Maine. 4. Heble, A. (2010). Bringing the World into the Classroom: Teaching world literature to Arab students (a case study). In Mugijatna & Kusdianto, Y. (Eds.) Redefining English Literary Studies in the Third World Countries (pp 423- 431) Solo, Indonesia: Sebelas Maret University g. Book Reviews 1. Al Zidjaly, N. (2011). Review of book Translation in Global News. Language in Society, 2, 72-73. 2. En-nehas, J. (2011). Alice Moore-Harell. Egypt’s African Empire: Samuel Baker, Charles Gordon and the Creation of Equatoria (Digest of Studies, Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spring 2011: pp. 93-96). 3. En-nehas, J. (2011). “When Literature Heals: Nasra Al Adawi’s Brave Faces (Sultan Qaboos University, Arts and Social Sciences Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Spring 2011: 47-50). 4. En-nehas, J. (2011). Ahmad Dallal. Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History (Digest of Middle East Studies, Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Fall 2011, pp. 347-350) h. Encyclopaedia Refereed Articles 1. Al Zidjaly, N. Ron Scollon. In Carol A. Chapelle (General Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. (Accepted on March 2011). i. Technical Reports 1. Al Hashmi, S., Bourdoucen, H., Al-Mahrooqi, R., Al-Belushi,R., Jumaa, N., and Al-Mukhaini, S. (2010). Opinion Gathering for Sultan Qaboos University Long-Term Strategic Plan 2012 -2025. In Towards a Long-Term Strategic Plan for Sultan Qaboos University. Proceedings of the International Workshop, 9-10 November. Sultan Qaboos University Press. 2. Al-Hashmi, S., Bourdoucen, H., Al-Mahrooqi, R., Al-Belushi, R., Jumaa, N., and Al-Mukhaini, S.(2010). A final report of the Opinion Gathering Committee, a subcommittee on SQU’s Long-term Strategic Plan 2012-2025. 3. Kazem, A., Al Zidjaly, N., & Al Qeisi, A. (2010). Child Disability in Oman: A Sector Revi. j. Refereeing research papers/projects and books 1. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Reviewed an article entitled “Pragmatic Failure in Refusal Strategies: British vs. Omani Interlocutors. Arab World English Journal. 2. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Language Learning Beliefs and Language Learning Strategies as Predictors of English Major Students' Achievement. Arab World English Journal. 3. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Integrating extensive reading and reading circles to improve fluency in ESL. Online TESOL Journal. 4. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Use of English By Graduates of Qatar University in the Workplace: A Quantitative Analysis. Arab World English Journal. 5. Al Zidjaly, N (2010). Reviewed an academic grant proposal on Language Map and Testing (Grant Amount 35,000 OMR) for the Scientific Research Counsel in Oman. 6. Al Zidjaly, N (2010). Review 15 abstracts for 2011 GURT: Georgetown University Round Table. 7. Al Zidjaly, N (2011). Reviewed an academic paper entitled "Identity and Multimodality" for The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell). 8. Al Zidjaly, N (2011). Reviewed an academic paper entitled "Family Discourse" for The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell). 9. Al Zidjaly, N (2011). Reviewed an academic paper entitled "Dell Hymes" for The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell). 10. Al Zidjaly, N (2011). Reviewed an Academic paper entitled "Multimodality and Art" for the book Multimodality in Theory and Practice (London: Routledge). 11. Al Zidjaly, N (2011). Reviewed an academic paper entitled "Multimodality and Technology" for the book Multimodality in Theory and Practice (London: Routledge). 12. Atari, O. Reviewer for The Arab Journal for the Humanities, College of Arts – Kuwait University. 13. Atari, O. Reviewer for Journal of Languages & Translation, College of Arts – King Saud University, Riyadh. 14. Atari, O. Reviewer for IJAES (International Journal of Arabic-English Studies), APETAU (Association of Professors of English & Translation At Arab Universities), Lebanon. 15. Littlejohn, A. (2011). Refereed 2 papers for Applied Linguistics (OUP). 16. Littlejohn, A. (2011). Refereed 1 paper for Language and Education (Routledge). 17. Littlejohn, A. (2011). Refereed 1 paper ‘State of the Art’ 18,00 word review on Materials Development for Language Teaching (CUP). 18. Littlejohn, A. (2011). Refereed 2 papers for ESL-EJ (Berkeley).

k. Conference Presentations 1. Abu-Radwan, A. (2011). Translation: Strategies that Don’t Work. 1st Innsbruck Conference on Translation and Interpreting Studies. Innsbruck University, Austria. 2. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Sultana, T. (2011), 11th Oman International ELT Conference. L2 Attrition Among Omani Teachers of English. 20 – 21 April 2011. Muscat, Oman. 3. Tuzlukova, V. and Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010), 4th International Conference on Responsible Tourism. The Landscape of Tourism in Oman Within the Context of the English Language. 10 – 12 October, 2010, Muscat, Oman.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in English department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 19 Workshops Given 19 Journal Editorial Board Membership 11 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 0 Lectures 12 Articles Published in the Press 33 Media Interviews 5 Seminars 2 Contest Judging 1 Consultancies 1 Alumni 0 International Organizations & Local Organizations 2 Educational Organizations 2 Others 0 Total 107 a. Workshops/conferences attended 1. Abdel Jawad, H. (2010). Translation week at SQU and Nizwa Universities 2. Abdel Jawad, H. (2011). Translation week at SQU and Nizwa Universities 3. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010). International Workshop, Towards a Long-Term Strategic Plan for Sultan Qaboos University. 9– 10 November 2010. SQU, Oman. 4. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). What Has Happened to Arabs? Identity and Face Management Online. GURT 2011: Georgetown University Round Table. Washington, DC, USA (March 10-March 13, 2011). 5. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010). What went wrong? Arabs and politeness online. 5th Symposium on Politeness. Basel: Switzerland (June 30-July 2, 2010). 6. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). Workshop on How to Use, Study and Incorporate Social Media (e.g., Facebook) in the Classroom. Georgetown University, Washington, DC (USA). (March 9, 2011). 7. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). Workshop on How to Use and Incorporate Virtual Narratives in the Classroom. Georgetown University, Washington, DC (USA). (March 9, 2011). 8. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). Workshop on The Road to Professional Excellence presented by the renowned Dr. Ibrahim El-Fiky. (May 24, 2011). 9. Ambusaidi, S. (2011). Skills and Strategies for Active Learning, Centre of Staff Development, SQU. (June 2011) 10. Ambusaidi, S. (2011). Self- Development Skills, Centre of Staff Development, SQU. (May 2011) 11. Ambusaidi, S. (2011). Using Moodle in Teaching. Centre of Educational Technology, SQU. (January 2011) 12. Holst, J. (2011). Fiction Writing, (Selected participant) Graduate 3-week Workshop, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA (May-June, 2011) 13. Holst, J. (2011). Fiction Writing, (Selected participant) Graduate 8-week Workshop, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA (July-August, 2011) 14. Holst, J. (2011). Breathing Life into your Character: Bart Yates, (2-day weekend workshop, Iowa Summer Writing Festival, UIOWA, June 18-19, 2011. 15. Holst, J. (2011). Understanding Story and Structure in Novel Writing: Venise Berry (5-day workshop) Iowa Summer Writing Festival, UIOWA, July 10-15, 2011. 16. Holst, J. (2011). Short Story Workshop: Jonathon Blum (2-day weekend workshop) Iowa Summer Writing Festival, UIOWA, 16-17 July, 2011. 17. Holst, J. (2011). Twenty-nine Points of Departure: Carolyn Lieberg (2-day weekend workshop) Iowa Summer Writing Festival, UIOWA, July 23-24, 2011. 18. Jawad, H. (2010). Advanced Learning Workshop (Interaction, Projects and Networked learning), SQU 19. Kahlaoui, M. H. (2010-2011). Attended all Annadi-athaqafi cultural activities. b. Workshops given 1. Abdel Jawad, H. (2010). Workshop: Translation week at Nizwa University and SQU 2. Abdel Jawad, H. (2011). Workshop: Translation week at Nizwa University and SQU 3. Al-Ajmi, N. (2010-ongoing).Providing continuous training in the field of Women’s Development Program “Springboard”, within the university and to other organizations and women’s societies 4. Al-Ajmi, N (2011). “Challenges of Sustainability”. A panelist representing the educational sector in the ‘ Corporate Sustainability Conference’ held by AIESEC. 5. Al-Ajmi, N (2011). “Excellence in the Work Environment” Training provided in the Centre for Career Guidance, SQU. 6. Al-Ajmi, N. (2010). “Women in Leadership” Workshop provided to the College of Commerce, SQU 7. Al-Ajmi, N. (2010). “Distinguished Youth and their role in the Society Workshop provided to the English and Translation Society, SQU 8. Al-Ajmi, N. (2011). “Communication Skills”. Training provided to the National Centre for Career Guidance, Ministry of Education 9. Al-Ajmi, N. (2011). “Decision Making”. Training provided to the National Centre for Career Guidance, Ministry of Education. 10. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Offered a Training Course, Thesis Writing, for SQU MA and PhD candidates, Deanship of Postgraduate Studies. February to March 2011. 11. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Offered a Training Course, Proposal Writing, for SQU MA and PhD candidates, Deanship of Postgraduate Studies. February to March 2011. 12. 13. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Offered a Training Course, Proposal and Thesis Writing, for SQU MA and PhD candidates, Deanship of Postgraduate Studies. October 2010. 13. Al-Sharafi, A. (2011). Reading Strategies for High School Students – A workshop given to English Teachers of Grade 12 in Hail Al Awaamer Secondary School – Muscat. 14. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011), I was invited by the Social Committee in the Language Center at SQU to conduct a workshop on How to Deal with Students with Disabilities. The workshop took place on March 23, 2011. 15. Buckton, R. (2011). "Developing a Professional Learning Network" (5th July 2011). Language Centre Computer Laboratory 4. Organiser: The Teaching and Learning Department at the Center for Educational Technology, SQU. 16. Campbell, C. (2011). Student Production of “Shakespeare Gone Mad”: script editor and language director. 17. Heble, A. (2011). Standardization workshop for IELTS Speaking Examiners, on 24 Feb. 2011 - British Council IELTS Centre, Muscat, Oman. 18. Heble, A. (2011). Standardization workshop for IELTS Writing Examiners, on 3 March 2011 - British Council IELTS Centre, Muscat, Oman. 19. Holst, J. (2011). Teaching Creative Writing in Oman’. Iowa Writers. Workshop in Graduate Fiction. June, 2011 c. Journal editorial board membership 1. Abdel Jawad, H. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2. Abu-Radwan, A. TESL –EJ (reviews) 3. Abu-Radwan, A. TESL Canada Journal (reviews) 4. Al-Mahrooqi, R. Arab World English Journal 5. Al-Mahrooqi, R. Arab World English Journal 6. Al-Mahrooqi, R. Journal of International Student Studies 7. Al-Sharafi, A. Journal of the College of Arts and Social Sciences 8. Al-Zidjali, N. Journal of Multimodal Communication. 9. Balasubramanian, T. Journal of Linguistics (Published in Japan) 10. Balasubramanian, T. Arab World English JournalKahlaoui, M. H. Letters 11. Kairouan. College of Arts and Humanities. Kairouan. Tunisia. d. Lectures 1. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010). An invited Panelist in the 2010 conference on Oman organized by Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center and George Washington University (Elliot School of Foreign Affairs) in Washington DC, USA. The conference, titled Oman 2010: 40 Years -- Building the Future, was held on September 30, 2010. The panel was called "." 2. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010).What Has Happened to Arabs on Al Jazeera? Paper presented as part of the English Department’s Faculty Seminars/Workshops at College of Arts & Social Sciences (February 10, 2011). 3. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010).The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. An invited lecture presented at Sultan Qaboos University for English Department students. It was organized by the English Translation Society (Arts & Education Student-Run Organization) (March 3, 2010). 4. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). The Role of Research in Empowering Omani Women. An invited lecture to be presented in Arabic at the 2011 Omani Women Conference organized by the Omani Ministry of Social Development. (October 12, 2011). (Arabic) 5. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011). A Critique of Disability Magazines in Oman. An invited paper presented at the First Disability Conference organized by Nizwa University (April, 3-4, 2011). (English) 6. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010). Women in Oman. An invited lecture presented at the Ministry of Soci Development's Symposium on Celebrating Omani Women's Day (October 18, 2010). (Arabic) 7. Atari, O. (2010). Participated in a panel discussion of the role of technology and translation – Public Relations, S.Q.U 8. Campbell, C. (2011). “Murderous Subjectivity in Films”: SQU English Department Seminars. 9. Campbell, C. (2011). “Space in Shakespeare’s Sonnets” :SQU English Department Seminars. 10. Eapen, R.L. (2011). 'English Language Teaching at the Primary Level: Foundations for Bilingualism or Not?' Paper presented at the 2011 New Orleans International Academic Conference, New Orleans,USA, March 14-16, 2011. 11. Heble, A. (2010). Presented paper on Bringing the World into the Classroom: Teaching World Literature to Arab students ( a case study) at international conference on Redefining English Literary Studies in the Third World Countries at Sebelas Maret University, Solo, Indonesia 12. Heble, A. (2011): Presented paper on Unleashing Student Creativity: the innovative use of technology in the language classroom (a case study) at International Journal of Arts & Sciences multidisciplinary conference held at Harvard University e. Articles published in the press Published an article in Omanقررف و فكررر فأنررت عمرراني.(Abu-Radwan, A. (2011 .1 newspaper on 20/3/2011. 2. Abu-Radwan, A. (2011). Published an article in the University Newspaper اإلصالح ... مرتكزات و دعائم“ 30/3/2011 3. Al-Ajmi, N. (2010 – ongoing). Writing in Al-Maraa Magazine (Arabic and English),on Self Development- monthly articles on self-development since june 2010- Nov 2011 4. Al-Ajmi, N. (2010 – ongoing). Articles in Al-Roya Magazine and Al-Roya Newspaper 5. Al-Ajmi, N. (2011). Article in Al- Waha Magazine- July 2011 6. Al-Ajmi, N. (2011). Article in Al Roya Magazine – March 2011 7. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Waste not a minute. H!, V(22), p. 24. (published as part of H! SQU). 8. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Creativity at your fingertips. H!, V(18), p. 26. (published as part of H! SQU). 9. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Dear Mother Earth. H!, V(14), p. 30. (published as part of H! SQU). 10. Al-Mahrooqi, R. and Tabakow, M. (2011). Shakespearean possibilities. H!, V(14), pp. 28-29. (published as part of H! SQU). 11. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). School visit, H!, V(9), pp. 30-31. (published as part of H! SQU). 12. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Writing: A journey of discovery, H!, V(1), p. 36. (published as part of H! SQU). 13. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Reform, don’t deform. H!, IV(50), pp. 14-15. (published as part of H! SQU). 14. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). The pleasures of reading. H!, IV (47), p. 24. (published as part of H! SQU). 15. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Be positive. H!, IV(43), p. 30. (published as part of H! SQU). 16. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Teach them Arabic, teach them English too. H!, IV(37), p. 22. (published as part of H! SQU). 17. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). A Vivid memory. H!, IV(34), p. 26. (published as part of H! SQU). 18. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Help but not harm. H!, IV (26), p. 26. (published as part of H! SQU). 19. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010). A conversation about Omani women (in Arabic). Anwar, no. 286, p. 2. 20. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2010). Traditional roles of Omani women and their importance in preserving Omani cultural identity (in Arabic). The Oman Newspaper, 17th October, edition no. 10729, p. 16. (special edition on 1st Omani Women’s Day). 21. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Women with Disabilities in Oman. Muscat Daily. August 24, 2011. 22. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Books 'R' Us. Muscat Daily. August 4, 2011. 23. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Omani Elections and Women. Muscat Daily. July 24, 2011. 24. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Oman Sets an Example of How Social Change Should—and Can—be Done! Times of Oman. July 23, 2011. 25. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Social Media and Change. Muscat Daily. July 4, 2011 26. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Facing Facts III: Health and Education. Muscat Daily. June 24, 2011. 27. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Facing Facts II: Unemployment. Muscat Daily. June 4, 2011. 28. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).Facing Facts: Unemployment. Muscat Daily. April 24, 2011 29. Al-Zidjali, N. (2011).From Oman with Love. Times of Oman (A reproduction of the March 8, 2011 The New York Times article). March 11, 2011 "دراسات الترجمرة" فري Jawad, H. (2011). “Translation Studies” in New Translation .30 ترجمة جديدة" 31. Campbell, C. (2011) Shakespeare Gone Mad. Review article in Horizon 216 (May 2011): 7. 32. Kahlaoui, M. H. (2011). Tales from the Tunisian Stage. Al-Watan Newspaper مرويات من المشهد التونسي. جريدة الوطن العمانية 33. Littlejohn, A. (2010). ‘Tell me, why don’t they read?’. READ magazine, TESOL Arabia. Dec 2010. f. Media interviews 1. Al-Zidjali, N. (2010).An interview on Disability and Students at SQU. Al Watan (Anwar). October 20, 2010. 2. Al-Zidjali, N(2010). Omani National Radio invited me twice to partake in two programs: One on the importance of reading organized by Omani Research Center (Arabic) and one to celebrate Omani Women's Day on Omani FM (English). October and November 2010. 3. Al-Zidjali, N (2011). Omani National TV invited me to discuss the social situation in Oman after the publication of my The New York Times article on March 8, 2011 4. Buckton, R. (December 2010). Interviewed by Heidi Dore, editor of Passage to Higher Education, a magazine produced by the Ministry of Higher Education, on Internationalisation and challenges/successes/issues for students in literature. 5. Kahlaoui, M. H. (2010). A cultural Program Presented on Oman Radio by Suleiman al Mamari. October 2010. On the program A Book I liked, episode (برنامد كتاب أعجبني – الحلقة 48) .48 g. Seminars 1. Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2011). Gave an inspirational talk during the Springboard Course organized for SQU Hospital Staff members. 13th October 2010. Muscat, Oman. 2. Ambusaidi, S. (2010)."A Gender and Language Analysis of Omani Proverbs" for the English Department in September 2010. h. Contest judging 1. Littlejohn, A. (2011). Creative Writing competition for the Higher Colleges of Technology, April 2011. i. Consultancies 1. Littlejohn, A. (2010). Consultancy on curriculum development for the non- profit volunteer organisation Make a Difference, India, which runs English language courses for 3500+ sheltered children in 15 major cities in India over a 5 year program to give them an eventual headstart in the job market. The organisation is using my books (supplied at cost price by CUP). I am providing ongoing, free of charge support. See http://makeadiff.in/blog/2010/04/23/mad-loves-cambridge/ j. Local Organizations 1. Al-Ajmi, N. Board Member of the Early Intervention Centre. 2. Al-Ajmi, N. Member of Brand Oman Management Unit's Advisory Group. k. Educational organizations 1. Balasubramanian, T. Promotions Committee, Taibah University, KSA. 2. Balasubramanian, T. Promotions Committee, Dhofar University.

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by English students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor Sultan Qaboos University 17 April 2011 Patron: Dr. Rahma Al- The 4th Hawwa's Festival Female Resident Complex at Mahrooqi No. 5. English and Translation Society, Workshop given by Dr. 2011 Block F Creative Writing workshop Rahma Al-Mahrooqi SQU's Reading Group 2011 (Reading Talk by Dr. Rahma Al- Talk on how important reading is Block D Week) Mahrooqi in our lives

Department of History

Summary The History Department at Sultan Qaboos University was established in September 1986 as a unit in the Department of Arts in the College of Education and Islamic Studies. At that time, it offered one university requirement (Oman and the Islamic Civilization) in addition to several other courses in accordance with the study plans for the students of history and geography in the College of Education. In September 1987, the College of Arts was established with the Department of History and Geography being one of its departments. In 1993, the History Department became an independent department within the College. In September 2001, it established a Master’s program with two tracks in Islamic and modern history. Since its inception, a growing number of students from the Ministry of Education and other institutions have joined the program to expand their knowledge of history as well as to improve their performance and professional development. A new PhD program in both fields will be opened soon. The department has its major goal to graduate qualified historians who can undertake historical research, and engage in other studies which require knowledge of history. The common teaching methods applied in the department are: lectures, research projects and presentations using modern educational media. In addition, students are taken on field trips to archaeological sites and scientific institutions and foundations, museums and libraries inside and sometimes outside the sultanate. The department is entrusted with teaching the university requirement course " and studies in Islamic civilization", as well as the college requirement course "Introduction to History and Civilization". The department offers a major program in history, as well as a minor program which includes subjects in history for other departments in the college of Arts and social sciences, and to the college of education. Table: Summary Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 13 13 Support Staff 2 2 On-study leave 1 1 Total 16 16 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 6 6 Courses Offered 21 24 Graduate Program Enrolment 31 31 Courses Offered 5 5 Theses completed 7 0 Research Grants 1 Contracts 0 Consulting 1 Publications Refereed Journals 4 Others 17 1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative)

Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests PhD, University of Oman-US and Oman-Sino Dr. Muhammed Saad Al Muqaddam Modern History Exeter, UK,1996 Historical Relations PhD, University of Prof. Dr. Farouk Omar Fawzi Islamic History History and Culture London, UK, 1967 PhD, University of African History Historical Relations between Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Al Zayn Soghayrun Khartoum, Sudan, 1974 Professor Oman and East Africa PhD, University of Ancient History Dr. Asmhan Al Jarru Ancient History of Oman Sorboon, France, 1986 Archaeology PhD, Cairo University, Islamic History Dr. Abdullah b. Nasir Al Harithi Egypt, 1997 Historical and Cultural Studies

PhD, University of The History of Oman in Islamic Dr. Badar b. Hilal Al Alawi Islamic History Manchester, UK, 2003 Period PhD, University of Alexandria – Islamic History Social, economic and cultural Dr. Ibrahim A. Salama Completeness history University Madrid, 1997 Historical writing - economic and social history- history of Oman in PhD, University of Medieval Dr. Khalid Khalfan Al Wihaibi Islamic period- manuscript editing Edinburgh, UK, 1998 Islamic History - The science of agriculture in Medieval Islamic History PhD, Damascus Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Modern History Economic and social history University, Syria, 1994 PhD, University of Modern Arab Modern and contemporary history Dr. Said Mohammed Al Hashimi Leeds, UK, 1995 History of Oman PhD, Cairo University, Dr. Said Mohammed Said Al Ghilani Islamic History History of Oman In Islamic period Egypt, 1995 PhD, University of Modern and contemporary history Dr. Yousif Abdullah Al Ghilani Modern History Edinburgh, UK, 1999 of Oman MA, Lisboa University, The Historical relation between Mr. Ibrahim Yehia Al Busaidi Modern History Portugal, 2001 Oman and Portugal MA, Sultan Qaboos Islamic History Cultural and social history of Mr. Ali b. Said Al- Riyami University, Oman, 2006 Medieval Islamic period

2. Committees (Departmental/ college)

Name of the Committee Members Head of Department Dr. Muhammed Saad Al Muqaddam Prof. Dr. Farouk Omar Fawzi Postgraduate Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Al Zayn Soghayrun Dr. Said Mohammed Al Hashimi Dr. Asmhan Al Jarru Curriculum Development; Quality Audit Dr. Ibrahim A. Salama Library Dr. Abdullah b. Nasir Al Harithi Timetabling; Recruiting; Course Dr. Ibrahim A. Salama Coordinators Academic Advisors Dr. Khalid Khalfan Al Wihaibi Student relation Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Course Coordinators; Postgraduate Dr. Said Mohammed Al Hashimi Social Dr. Yousif Abdullah Al Ghilani 3. Undergraduate Studies a) Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 1292 students – Spring 2011: 1483 students – Summer: 414 students b) Courses – Fall 2010 Course Title Instructor The History of Oman in the HIST4321 Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi, Badar Hilal Al-Alawi Islamic Period History of Early Islam until HIST2301 the End of the Umayyid Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi Period Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi, Isam Ali Al-Rawas, Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani, Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi, Yousuf Oman and Islamic HIST1010 Abdullah Al-Ghailani, Badar Hilal Al-Alawi, Ibrahim Civilization Abdelmoneim Abouelela, Nahed Abdalkarim, Asmahan Saeed Algrw, Suleiman Salem Alsaraireh History of the Islamic State HIST2312 Isam Ali Al-Rawas in the Abbasid Period Contemporary and Modern HIST4450 Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam, Yousuf Abdullah Al-Ghailani History of Arabia Contemporary and Modern HIST4411 Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam History of The History of Islamic State HIST2311 Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani, Suleiman Salem Alsaraireh in the Umayyid Period Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi, Ibrahim Elzein Saghayron, HIST7100 Project Badar Hilal Al-Alawi, Farooq Omar Fawzi The General History of HIST4443 Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi Oman HIST3210 The Byzantine State Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi European History and HIST2210 Civilization in the Middle Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi Ages HIST6430 Modern History Ibrahim Elzein Saghayron The History of Arabian and HIST4430 Ibrahim Elzein Saghayron African Relations Seminar for Graduation HIST4521 Badar Hilal Al-Alawi, Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela (Project ) Oman and Islamic HIST1012 Badar Hilal Al-Alawi Civilization HIST4315 The Faltemids State Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela The History of the Relations HIST4210 Between East and West in Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela the Middle Ages Contemporary and Modern HIST3412 Nahed Abdalkarim History of the Arab World The History of Oman and HIST4111 Asmahan Saeed Algrw the Arab Gulf region HIST1024 Introduction to World Asmahan Saeed Algrw History HIST6330 Islamic Civilization Farooq Omar Fawzi Historical Documental HIST6320 Farooq Omar Fawzi Studies General Sources and HIST6110 Farooq Omar Fawzi References Seminar for Graduation HIST4520 (Project)

– Spring 2011 Course Title Instructor Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi, Isam Ali Al-Rawas, Mohammad Seminar for Graduation Saad Al-Muqadam, Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani, Yousuf HIST4522 (Project) Abdullah Al-Ghailani, Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi, Nahed Abdalkarim, Asmahan Saeed Algrw Oman and Islamic Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi, Yousuf Abdullah Al-Ghailani, HIST1012 Civilization Nahed Abdalkarim Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi, Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani, Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi, Yousuf Abdullah Al-Ghailani, Oman and Islamic HIST1010 Badar Hilal Al-Alawi, Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela, Civilization Nahed Abdalkarim, Mousa Salim Al Barashdi, Salim Mohammed Al Hinai The History of Science and HIST3510 Isam Ali Al-Rawas Research Methods History of the Islamic State HIST2312 Isam Ali Al-Rawas in the Abbasid Period Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam, Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi, HIST7100 Project Ibrahim Elzein Saghayron, Badar Hilal Al-Alawi, Farooq Omar Fawzi HIST4470 American History Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam Contemporary and Modern HIST4442 Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam, Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi History of Oman History of Prophet and HIST1320 Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani Caliphate Era HIST6560 Sources of Oman History Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi Historical Methodology of HIST6540 Said Muhammad Al-Hashimi Research The Contemporary and HIST3411 Yousuf Abdullah Al-Ghailani Modern History of Europe The History of the Relations HIST4210 Between East and West in Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi the Middle Ages The Outlines of Medieval HIST3215 Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi European History The Ayyubides and HIST3211 Khalid Khalfan Al-Wohaibi Mamlouks HIST6530 Historical Texts in English Ibrahim Elzein Saghayron History of the Islamic State HIST2312 Badar Hilal Al-Alawi in the Abbasid Period HIST2110 Arab History before Islam Badar Hilal Al-Alawi The Eastern Islamic States HIST4314 Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela in Islamic period The History of Maghrib and HIST3360 Ibrahim Abdelmoneim Abouelela Al-Andalus Contemporary and Modern HIST3412 Nahed Abdalkarim History of the Arab World HIST2411 The Ottoman State Nahed Abdalkarim History of the Ancient Near HIST1110 Asmahan Saeed Algrw Eastern Civilization Introduction to World HIST1025 Asmahan Saeed Algrw History and Civilization HIST6550 Historical Studies Farooq Omar Fawzi

– Summer 2011 Course Title Instructor History of Prophet and Caliphate HIST1320 Abdullah Nasser Al-Harthi Era Some Aspects of the History of HIST1040 Mohammad Saad Al-Muqadam Oman HIST1010 Oman and Islamic Civilization Said Mohammad Al-Ghailani, Ibrahim Yahya Al-Busaidi HIST3211 The Ayyubides and Mamlouks Badar Hilal Al-Alawi

c) Graduation Projects Project Title Student Name Supervisor Muhammad Marzuq al – The last period of Al- Muhidin Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Harbi The Ordeal of Quran Originating in Afaf Khamis al- Bulushi Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Abbasid's period Salons in Harun al Rashid period Khalid Khalfan al – Ghithi Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Baghdad in Abbasid's period Jum ah al – Bulushi Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Damascuss in Umauid's period Hashima Hamid al-Dar i Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi The conflict between Amin and Nisma Khamis al - Ja fari Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Ma mun Cairo in Fatimid period Fatima al - Dar i Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Abu Hamza al – Shari Abdullah Juma al - Hikmani Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Umar bin al – Khattab Salma Sa id al – Alawi Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi Economic and administrative Ahmad Humud al- Sidjali Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi activities in Abd al-Malik bin Maruan Al - Tubbin and al- Mukhtar Nassr al- Jahuari Dr. Abdullah Al Harithi movements The expedition of King St. Louis to Maymuna Yusuf al - Bulushi Dr. Khalid Al Wihaibi Tunis ( 668 H l 1270 Ad) The fourth Crusade Ruqaia Yaqub al- Sawafi Dr. Khalid Al Wihaibi The economic situations In Zinjibar In Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Maha Ibrahim al – Bulushi the period of Sultan Sa id bin Sultan The economic situations in Uman in In Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Ma suma Humud al Naddabui the period of Sultan Sa id bin Sultan The developments which end the Arab Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Fatima Hamid Suliman role In Zinjibar ( 1911- 1964) The influene of Wahabid's movement Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim to the establishing of First Sa udi State Iman Hamdan al – Bulushi

( 1703 - 1791) The relation between British Empire Sihiham Darwish al - Bulushi Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim and the sultan Sa id bin Sultan ( 1804 - 1856) Hamad al - Marjibi : The Arab Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim Ruqaia Khamis al – Shukri conqueror of Conghu ( 1870 - 1905)

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) a) Student Enrolment: 5 students b) Courses offered: 8 courses c) MA/PhD Students' Dissertations Supervision Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name MA/PhD (principal/second) Historical study criticism of Kirakus Dr. Ibrahim A. Muhammad Ali MA Gandazaki annals ( 1200 Ad - Salama Second Muhammad Khalifa 1272Ad), College of Art, Alxandria Dr. Asmhan Al Jarru The religious life in Uman before MA Maymuna al - Hina i & Prof. Farouk Second Islamic period Omar Zandaqa in Islamic period: Historical MA As ad al - Amiri Prof. Farouk Omar principal study The system of heir apparent in first MA Ahlam al -Jahwari Prof. Farouk Omar principal Abbasid's period The decline and collapse of Abbasid's MA Samia al - Siabi Prof. Farouk Omar principal Khilafa MA The recovery of Abbasid's Khilafa Ulia al - Badi Prof. Farouk Omar principal

Mariam al - MA Al al - Julanda in Uman Prof. Farouk Omar Second Bartamani Al- Utabi and his methodology in his MA Amir al - Ghafiri Prof. Farouk Omar principal book al - Ansab The Ibadi activity In Basra and the MA role of Ulama in spreading the Ibadi's As ad al - Mandhari Prof. Farouk Omar principal school principles Prof. Dr. Farouk MA The civil war in Abbasid's state Badriya al - Hidabi principal Omar Fawzi The Khalif al - Ma mun and his policy Prof. Dr. Farouk MA Rabab al- Ajmi principal toward the Alawis Omar Fawzi The role of Ministers In first Prof. Dr. Farouk MA Muna al - Ya rubi principal Abbasid's period Omar Fawzi The system of heir apparent in first Prof. Dr. Farouk MA Khulud Ba Hshwan principal Umaid's period Omar Fawzi The influene of Arabic British Mariam Yusuf al - Dr. Nahid Abdul MA relation on Palstain's great revolt principal Bulushi Karim (1936- 1939) The results of the arbitration of Kanng and the rsults which originate Prof. Dr. Ibrahim MA Hayfa al - Mamari principal from it accordingly in Uman history ( Soghayrun 1861- 1890) The political history of Al- Busadi Prof. Dr. Ibrahim MA Sultanate of Zinjibar's under British Nadiya Qatan principal Soghayrun protectorate ( 1890-1911) The political relations of the sultan Manal al - Qataiti Prof. Dr. Ibrahim principal MA Sa id bin Sultan ( 1804 - 1829) Soghayrun The political situations In the period MA Salim al- Nabhan Dr. Said Al Hashimi principal of the sultan Timur bin Faisal The Umani maritime in Ya rubi's Khalfan Mubark al - MA Dr. Said Al Hashimi principal period Qasimi The relation between AbuDabi and Muhammad al - Dr. Said Mohammed MA principal Muscat and Uman Khamisi Al Hashimi The journeys of His Majesty the Muhammad al - MA sultan Qaboos bin Sa id and it's Dr. Said Al Hashimi principal Khamisi political impacts The role of International Oil MA Jamila al - Badi Dr. Said Al Hashimi principal companies in drilling for Oil The Imamat and local struggle at the Dr. Said Al Hashimi MA Saif al - Maskri principal end of Ya rubi's period The role of the consuls in Uman Mun dhir al - Dr. Said Al Hashimi MA principal (1872 - 1913) Mandhari MA The economic history of Batina region Nasra al - Salihi Dr. Said Al Hashimi principal

The cultural life In Uman (1920- MA Najiya al - Siyabi Dr. Said Al Hashimi Principal 1954)

d) Dissertation Examination

Examiner Name MA/PhD ح Dissertation Title ح

Oil concession and drillingin Sultanate of Uman ( 1967 - 1945) Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim MA The Umani maritime in Ya rubi's period Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim MA ( 1719 - 1649) The information organization and the Uman academic in the Wib Mr. Ibrahim Yehia Al Busaidi MA The role of Ministers In first Abbasid's period Dr. Abdullah b. Nasir Al Harithi MA The civil war in Abbasid's state : Beginning - development - results. Dr. Abdullah b. Nasir Al Harithi MA

5. Research l. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Period Investigator Investigator The Italian documents about Dr. Nahid 3500 College 1 year Oman and Arabian Gulf Abdul Karim O.R Fund

a) Publications The below table summarized the research activities in History department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 4 Research Projects 2 Authored 3 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 1 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 4 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 6 Book Reviews 2 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 1 Technical Reports 0 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 23

b) Refereed Journal Papers 1. الجو،م حأسمه ن حسعيد ح)2010(ح"الموانئ العمانية ومساهمتها في التجارة الدولية في ضوء المصادر الكالسيكية"، مجلة الخليد للتاريخ واآلثار دورية محكمة تصدر عن جمعية التاريخ واآلثار بدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليد العربية، العدد الخامس، الرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية، 1431هـ / 2010، ص. 133-99. 2. AL-GAROO Asmahan, “ Dédicaces et ex-voto au temple Awwām d’Almaqah "نقوش اإلهداء النذرية في معبد ,« ’à Ma’rib L’antique capitale du royaume de Saba حالمقه ( أوام بمأرب"، بحث باللغة الفرنسية حمقبول للنشر( في حوليات جامعة الجزائر، العدد 20 الجز02 3. الدحالكو)م.حن هدح.حالغيالنيح)وسف.ح)ح2011(. تجارة البن في ُعمان 1744 - 1832 . مجلة إتحاد الجامعات العربية آلداب ، كلية اآلداب ، جامعة اليرموب. 4. الدحالكو)م.حن هدح.ح)ح2011(. موقف العرب العمانيين في نجبار من القضية الفلسطنية ما بين 1936 - 1939 في الصحافة العربية العُمانية في نجبار صحيفة الفلق نموذجا. مجلة إتحاد الممرخين العرب، القاهرة. ح مقبول للنشر(

c) Books - Authored 1- فوز محف ر،قمحامو.حح)ح2010(. تاريخ الخالفة األموية. عمان، دار الشروق . 2- فوز محف ر،قمحامو.حح)ح2010(. تجربتي في الكتابة التاريخية. عمان، دار الشروق . 3- اله شميمحسعيدحبنحمدمدح)ح2011(. دراسات في التاريخ العُماني ، النادي اللقافي - دار الفرقد، دمشق

- Edited 1- فوز محف ر،قمحامو. ح محرر مشارب 2010(. تاريخ ُعمان و دراسات في الحضارة اإلسالمية.

- Chapters in Books 1- فوز محف ر،قمحامو.حح)ح2010(. الدعوة اإلباضية و عالقتها بالخالفة األموية. في الكتاب التذكاري للبرفسور صالح درادكة ح تحرير قسم التاريخ(، عمان، الجامعة األردنية. 2- فوز محف ر،قمحامو.حح)ح2010(. السفارات في العصر العباسي. في الكتاب التذكاري للبرفسور محمد عدنان البخيت ، ح تحرير قسم التاريخ(، عمان، الجامعة األردنية. 3- فوز محف ر،قمحامو.حح)ح2011(. تاريخ أبوظبي في القرون اإلسالمية األول . في كتاب أبوظبي و اللولم ، مركز الحصن للدراسات و البحوث، أبوظبي. 4- اله شميمحسعيدحبنحمدمدح)ح2010(. دور الباشا سليمان الباروني في ُعمان. ضمن كتاب توقيعات أدبية، جمعية الكتاب و األدباء.

d) Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1- الجو،محأسمه نحسعيد " الصالت التجارية بين ميناء سمهرم وموانئ شبه القارة الهندية" بحث قدم للندوة الدولية "عمان والهند آفاق وحضارة"، مركز الدراسات العمانية بجامعة السلطان قابوس، المنعقدة من 27- فبراير - 1 مارس 2011. 2- أبوحالعالحمحإبواهيمحسالمة. عالقة المهالبة العمانيين بالهند منذ فتحهم لها حت نكبتهم بها ح 15- 102 هـ / 636- 720 م (، قدم للندوة الدولية:عمان والهند أفاق وحضارة، مركز الدراسات العمانية، جامعة السلطان قابوس، سلطنة عمان، ف الفترة 27 فبراير - 1 مارس 2011 م. 3- الدحالكو)مح.حن هد.ح)ح2010(. القدس و القضية الفلسطنية في الصحافة العربية العُمانية في نجبار ما بين 1938 - 1939 صحيفة الفلق نموذجا. ورقة عمل مقدمة إل ممتمر إتحاد الممرخين العرب، القاهرة، 4- الدحالكو)مح.حن هد.ح)ح2011(. جهاد اإلمام ناصر بن مرشد ضد اإلستعمار البرتغالي في ُعمان ما بين 1624 - و العوامل الممثرة فيه ، ندوة المنتدى األدبي، مسقط. 5- فوز محف ر،قحاموح)ح2011(. نور الدين السالمي و إستخدامه التاريخ في الدعوة ألرائه اإلجتماعية والسياسية، ندوة وحدة الدراسات العُمانية، جامعة آل البيت، المفرق، األردن.

e) Book Reviews 1- الجو،محأسمه نحسعيد، حتقييم كتاب باللغة الفرنسية بعنوان " سلطنة عمان" للكاتب الفرنسي حبرونو لو كور قراندميزون Bruno Le Cour Grandmaison (، مركز الدراسات العمانية، جامعة السلطان قابوس، أكتوبر 2010. j. Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. أبو العال ، إبراهيم سالمه. محكم خارج لتقييم المجالت والدوريات العلمية ف مجال التاريخ، جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن، المملكة العربية السعودية، يناير 2011 م.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in History department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 2 Workshops Given 0 Journal Editorial Board Membership 0 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 2 Lectures 0 Articles Published in the Press 4 Media Interviews 1 Seminars 1 Contest Judging 2 Consultancies 1 Alumni 0 International Organizations & Local Organizations 0 Educational Organizations 7 Others 0 Total 20

a. Workshops attended 1. الدكتور/ إبراهيم بن يحي البوسعيدي. ترميم المخطوطات ، ديوان البالط، الجامع األكبر. 2. الدكتورة/ عبد الكريم . ناهد. ورشة للتدريب على عمل المودل، جامعة السلطان قابوس، مسقط، 2010. b. Exhibitions 1. الدكتور/ إبراهيم بن يحي البوسعيدي. معرض التخصصات، قاعة المعارض، مركز التوجيه الوظيفي، جامعة السلطان قابوس، نوفمبر، 2010. 2. الدكتورة/ عبد الكريم . ناهد. تنظيم معرض تاريخ ُعمان في خرائط، كلية اآلداب ، جامعة السلطان قابوس. ح

c. Articles published in the press 1- فو ي، فاروق عمر. عدة مقاالت صحفية قصيرة عن مركز البحوث األنسانية و عن أهمية الدراسات اإلجتماعية و األنسانية في جريدة الوطن، مجلة المسار، األنوار، النشرة العلمية. 2- الدكتورة/ أسمهان الجرو. " قيمة اآلداب والفنون" حوار صحفي نشر باللغتين العربية واإلنجليزية نشر في حالجامعي(، إصدار شهري يو ع مع جريدة الوطن، السنة األول العدد اللامن، أكتوبر 2010، باللغة العربية ص.10-11، باللغة اإلنجليزية ص. 17-16. 3- أبو العال، إبراهيم سالمة. " علماء مدينة َم ْو ُرور وأدباؤها أصولهم اإلثنية وأثرهم ف الحضارة األندلسية " مجلة تراث اإلماراتية، العدد 135 ديسمبر 2010 م. 4- أبو العال، إبراهيم سالمة . " رحلة التاجر البيّان األندلس إل الخليد " مجلة تراث اإلماراتية، العدد133 أكتوبر 2010 م.

d. Seminars 1- فو ي، فاروق عمر. حضور سمنار الدراسات العليا بقسم التاريخ في كلية اآلداب إسبوعيا. 2- أبو العال، إبراهيم ، سالمة. حضور الممتمر األول ف سلسلة ممتمرات: " أمم تقدمت " الت تنظمها مكتبة اإلسكندرية، بعنوان: " تركيا... رحلة نهوض " مكتبة اإلسكندرية، األربعاء 29 يونيو 2011 م.

e. Consultancies 1- فو ي، فاروق عمر. كمستشار ، لديه إرتباطات مع مراكز بحوث وجامعات إقليمية وعربية عديدة تم اإلشارة إليها سابق. 2- الدكتورة/ أسمهان الجرو. استشارت فنية وعلمية قدمت لو ارة التراث واللقافة، لغرض تحديث قاعة التاريخ القديم بالمتحف الوطني الذي يجري اإلعداد لتحديث قاعاته نوفمبر 2010.

f. Educational organizations 1- فو ي، فاروق عمر. مركز الدراسات العمانية، جامعة السلطان قابوس، مسقط، سلطنة ُعمان. 2- فو ي، فاروق عمر. وحدة الدراسات العمانية ، جامعة آل البيت، عمان، األردن. 3- فو ي، فاروق عمر. مركز الحصن للدراسات و البحوث، أبوظبي، اإلمارات. 4- فو ي، فاروق عمر. مركز العين للتراث و التاريخ، العين، اإلمارات. 5- أبو العال، إبراهيم سالمة. عضو لجنة مشروع تاريخ عمان ب شراف هي ة الوثائق الوطنية، سلطنة عمان، 2011 م ح مارس 2011 م (. 6- أبو العال، إبراهيم سالمة. عضو اللجنة التحضيرية للممتمر العلم اللان لكلية اآلداب والعلوم االجتماعية- جامعة السلطان قابوس، 2011 م. 7- أبو العال، إبراهيم سالمة. عضو اللجنةحالعلمية للندوة الدولية: عمان والهند أفاق وحضارة، مركز الدراسات العمانية، جامعة السلطان قابوس، سلطنة عمان، فبراير - مارس 2011

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by History students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor Historical maps show College of Arts Dr. Nahid Abdul Karim

Department of Geography

Summary Geography is an academic discipline of a very broad and deep scope. It combines both social and physical sciences. As such, the study of Geography enhances significantly the students’ knowledge of the earth we live in and, hence, helps to broaden their perspectives in the social, political and economic aspects of different cultures and societies. In addition, studying Geography provides students with potent research tools such as cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques. It also endows students with quantitative and qualitative techniques which are necessary for geographic and environmental analyses. These skills help to prepare students for careers in both public and private sectors that deal with environmental and social research, planning, development and management activities. The Department’s teaching and training activities accord with the University’s aim of achieving regional and international standing. Therefore, as we look forward into the 21st century, the Department of Geography is well positioned to address key issues pertaining to Omani society. We look forward to play an instrumental role in SQU efforts in forging the future of Oman's society and economy. This effort is entirely consistent with the recognition that Geography, particularly in the new GIS science era, plays a central role. Geography was first established in SQU in 1986 as one of two units which constituted the then so called Department of History and Geography. This modest launch continued till 1993 when the Geography Unit developed into a full-fletched academic department with a significant instructional and research mission. Since then, Geography has become a strong and dynamic discipline in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. During the academic year 2007-2008, slightly more than 600 students registered in the Undergraduate Program of the Geography Department, 320 of them are in major and minor courses of Geography, and about 300 from other Departments and Colleges of SQU who enrolled in the different courses offered by the Department. The Department has 15 members of staff, one demonstrator and two GIS and Remote Sensing technicians. The Department has been keen that they come from American, British, German, French and Arab universities in order to ensure diversity of geographical thought in the overall performance of the Department. In addition, facilities in the Department include a GIS laboratory with 30 personal computers, a cartography/ remote sensing laboratory with 20 personal computers, a map library and store and special shelves in the College library and a Main Library containing a wide selection of geography related books and scientific journals.

Table Summary Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 15 15 Support Staff 2 3 On-study leave 0 0 Total 17 18 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 305 299 Courses Offered 34 39 Graduate Program Enrolment 9 9 Courses Offered 4 4 Theses completed 1 1 Research Grants 1 Contracts 4 Consulting 3 Publications Refereed Journals 18 Others 25

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative)

Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Assistant Professor Geomorphology Physical Geography & Dr. Ali Said Al Buloshi (Hod) Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Urban Demographic Demographic analysis, the urban Prof. Mousa Samha Professor Analysis population, urbanization, migration The movement of sand and Dr. Abdel Bakhit Associate Professor Geomorphology Environmental Studies Geomorphology Coastal geomorphology, and Dr. Salim Al Hatrushi Associate Professor studies and environmental Geographical Geographic databases, urban Dr. Talal Al Awadhi Assistant Professor Information Systems growth, land use Urbanization / urban economy / Geographical Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar Assistant Professor social transformations in cities / Economy & Planning planning issues Studies of population, fertility, mortality, migration, human Dr. Gamal Hendawy Assistant Professor Population Studies development, population distribution and urbanization. Urban Planning, Regional Planning Urban & Regional Application of Geographic Dr. Lotfy Azaz Assistant Professor Planning Information Systems and remote sensing Economic Economic Geography and Dr. Mahmoud Bishr Assistant Professor Geography Cartography Applied Climatology Climate modeling, climate change, Dr. Yassine Charabi Assistant Professor & Meteorology renewable energy, urban climate, air pollution Social & Urban Cities - urbanization - the theory of Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Assistant Professor Geography vulnerability - immigration - Retail Dr. Fatma Al Abri Assistant Professor Population Studies Population Studies Physical Geography Dr. Youssef Shawky Assistant Professor Geomorphology and remote sensing & Remote Sensing Environmental Ms. Kawther Al Sarmi Lecture Environmental Studies Studies Urban&Regional Ms. Noura MarzoukAl Naseri Lecture Urban&Regional Planning Planning Geography Mr. Khalid Al-Shamli Demonstrator Geography

GIS and Remote Mr. Mohamed Al Barawani Technician Geography Sensing GIS and Remote Mr. Nasser Al Naamani Technician Geography Sensing

2. Committees (Departmental) Name of the Committee Members Dr. Ali Al Buloshi (Director), Prof. Mousa Samha, Dr. Salem Al- Recruiting Hatrushi, Dr. Talal Al Awadhi & Dr. Fatma Al Abri Prof. Mousa Samha (Director), Dr. Ali Al Buloshi, Dr. Salem Al- Promotion Hatrushi & Dr. Abdel Hamid Bakhit Prof. Mousa Samha (Director), Dr. Ali Al Buloshi, Dr. Salem Al- Postgraduate Hatrushi & Dr. Abdel Hamid Bakhit Assistant of the head of the department Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Timetabling Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Specializations day Dr. Youssef Shawky (Director) & Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi Student contact Dr. Ali Al Buloshi (Director) & Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi (Director), Dr. Ali Al Buloshi, Dr. Talal Al Advisory Awadhi & Dr. Gamal Hendawy Courses files Dr. Mahmoud Bishr (Director), Dr. Youssef Shawky Dr. Abdel Hamid Bakhit (Director), Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar, Dr. Representatives of the minor programs Gamal Hendawy & Dr. Lotfy Azaz Revised Academic Plan Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi Strategic Plan Dr. Ali Al Buloshi (Director) & Dr. Yassine Charabi Prof. Mousa Samha (Director), Dr. Gamal Hendawy, Dr. Yassine Final Year Project Charabi, Dr. Fatma Al Abri & Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Dr. Ali Al Buloshi (Director), Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar, Dr. Lotfy Azaz, Summer Training Dr. Yassine Charabi & Dr. Youssef Shawky Text Books Ms. Kawther Al Sarmi (Director) & Mr. Khalid Al-Shamli Dr. Ali Al Buloshi (Director), Dr. Dhari Al-Ajmi, Prof. Dr. Mousa First Geographical Forum Samha, Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi, Dr. Gamal Hendawy, Dr. Lotfy Azaz Dr. Youssef Shawky , & Ms. Kawther Al Sarmi

3. Undergraduate Studies a. Student Enrolment - Fall 2010 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the Department of Geography Undergraduate High Diploma Total Faculty Stuff Faculty Stuff/Students 305 - 314 18 17.4

- Spring 2011 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the Department of Geography Undergraduate High Diploma Total Faculty Stuff Faculty Stuff/Students 290 - 299 18 16.6

- Summer 2011 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the Department of Geography Undergraduate High Diploma Total Faculty Stuff Faculty Stuff/Students 115 - - - -

b. Courses - Fall 2010 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the courses of the Department of Geography form different colleges of the University Enrolled students Faculty Stuff Courses Sections Students/courses Students/section 1189 18 34 55 35.0 21.6

- Spring 2011 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the courses of the Department of Geography form different colleges of the University Enrolled students Faculty Stuff Courses Sections Students/courses Students/section 1280 18 39 64 32.8 20.0

- Summer 2011 The below table shows the number of students enrolled in the courses of the Department of Geography form different colleges of the University Enrolled students Faculty Stuff Courses Sections Students/courses Students/section 430 10 5 7 86.0 61.4

c. Courses Offered - Fall 2010 Course Title Instructor ENVI2110 Environmental Systems Abdel Hameed Bakit ENVI3120 Environmental Pollution Yousuf Shawqi Sharif ENVI4130 Physical Resources Management Abdel Hameed Bakit Environment of Development Programs in ENVI4135 Ali Said Al-Balushi Oman GEOG1015 Introduction to Geography Ahmed Abdel Hassanein GEOG1110 Physical Geography Ahmed Abdel Hassanein GEOG1220 Human Geography Noura Khalifa Alnasseri GEOG2124 Geography of Climate Yassine Charaabi & Salim Al-Hatrushi, GEOG2240 Urban Geography Belqacem Mokhtar & Mousa Samha GEOG3117 Biogeography Yassine Charaabi & Yousuf Shawqi GEOG3736 Quantitative Techniques for Geography Lotfy Azaz & Mahmoud Beshr GEOG3756 Aerial Photographs and Remote Sensing Mohamed Al-Barwani & Yousuf Shawqi GEOG4122 Man and Environmental Resources Ali Al-Balushi & Montasser Abdelghani GEOG4260 Political Geography Montasser Abdelghani GEOG4267 Human Fatima Al-Abri & Gamal Hendawy GEOG4320 Rural Settlements Montasser Abdelghani GEOG4523 Geography of the Arab World Belqacem Mokhtar & Mahmoud Beshr GEOG4731 Field Work Geography Ahmed Hassanein & Mahmoud Beshr GEOG4810 Project Ali Al-Balushi GGIS2410 Surveying and Global Positioning Systems Nasser Al-Namani GGIS3410 Spatial Database& Applications Talal Al-Awadhi GGIS4410 Cartographic Data Handling Lotfy Azaz GGIS4420 Spatial Analysis and Modelling Talal Al-Awadhi PLAN2310 Regional Planning Belqacem Mokhtar PLAN3311 Statistical Analysis for Planning Lotfy Azaz POPU2610 History of Population Gamal Hendawy POPU3610 Migration Fatima Al-Abri POPU3621 Population and Development Fatima Al-Abri POPU4610 Economics of Population Gamal Hendawy

- Spring 2010 Course Title Instructor ENVI2115 Natural Resources Ali Al-Balushi ENVI3123 Environment and Society Abduljalil Hassan ENVI3125 Environment Hazards Abdel Hameed Bakit ENVI4140 Land Use Yassine Charaabi GEOG1000 Introduction to Geography. Noura Alnasseri & Abduljalil Hassan GEOG1230 Population Geography Fatima Al-Abri GEOG1737 Introduction to Cartography and Surveying Yassine Charaabi GEOG2021 Man and Natural Environments in Oman Yousuf Shawqi GEOG2132 Geomorphology Salim Al-Hatrushi, Ahmed Hassanein GEOG2524 Geography of the Contemporary World Belqacem Mokhtar GEOG2736 Geographical Information system Yousuf Shawqi GEOG3123 Applied Physical Geography Abdel Hameed Bakit GEOG3152 Physical Geography of Oman Ali Al-Balushi & Ahmed Hassanein GEOG3251 Economic Geography Mahmoud Beshr & Abduljalil Hassan GEOG3759 Distribution Maps Gamal Hendawy & Mahmoud Beshr GEOG4122 Man and Environmental Resources Montasser Abdelghani GEOG4124 Climatic Changes Ali Said Al-Balushi GEOG4255 Geography of Tourism Mousa Abbouda Samha Montasser Abdelghani & Abduljalil GEOG4260 Political Geography Hassan GEOG4520 Geography of Oman Salim Al-Hatrushi GEOG4523 Geography of the Arab World Belqacem Mokhtar GEOG4810 Project All Faculties GGIS2420 Information Technology Zaher Al Rashdi GGIS3420 Image Processing Lotfy Azaz GGIS4430 GIS Management Talal Al-Awadhi PLAN2315 Urban Planning Lotfy Azaz PLAN3322 Urban Planning Policies and Systems Belqacem Mokhtar PLAN4325 Urbanization and Development Montasser Abdelghani POPU2620 Population Growth ,Fertility & Mortality Fatima Al-Abri POPU3620 Methods of Demographic Analysis Mousa Samha POPU3624 Human Development Fatima Al-Abri POPU4630 Population of Oman Gamal Hendawy

- Summer 2011 Course Title Instructor GEOG2031 Urbanization in the Arabian Gulf Gamal Hendawy & Lotfy Azaz GEOG3525 Geography of The Super Powers Mahmoud Beshr & Mousa Samha Talal Al-Awadhi & Mohamed Al GGIS3430 Summer Internship Barawani PLAN3620 Practical Training Belqacem Mokhtar & Noura Al Naseri

d. Graduation Projects Project Title Student Name Supervisor Environmental and Geographical Study of Wadi Iman Al Shaibani Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Halfin, Willayat Adam Environmental and Geographical Study for Al- Asma Al-Harthy Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Hawia village Fatima Al-Nawfali & Asma Al- Retail trade in Willayat of Suwaiq Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Balushi Geographical study of Wadi Ahlam Al Wahaibi Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Economics of cultivation of palm in the Salima Al Hassani & Fakhria Dr. Abdel Bakhit Sultanate of Oman Yahmadi Agricultural land-use change at Willayat Al- Aisha Al Abdul Salam Dr. Abdel Bakhit Musanah Abeer Shukaily, Shamsa Almsharfi Disaster Management and Crisis Dr. Abdel Bakhit & Zakia Abdali Birth registration in the Sultanate and the extract Asma Al-Masroria & Iman Al- of the date of the birth (proposed system of Dr. Fatma Al Abri Soaih registration within 24 hours of the event) Obstacles to rural women's participation in the Aida Al-Zahli & Themna A- elections of the Shura Council (An applied study Dr. Fatma Al Abri Mahrougui in Willayat Rustaq) Participation of the Omani women’s in the State Massouma Al-Yahmady & Dr. Fatma Al Abri Rehab Al-Hammady Rural women between work and non-work Fatima Al-Amri Dr. Fatma Al Abri Illegal dump sites in Rustaq Majid Khanbashi Dr. Yousuf Shawqi The environmental impacts of Cement Plant in Majid Al-Battashi & Adel Al Dr. Yousuf Shawqi Wadi Al-Ansab Habsi Risk of flooding in Wadi Al-Khoudh Majid Al-Araimi Dr. Yousuf Shawqi Evaluation of sewage network using GIS: Case Mohammed Saif Slimani Dr. Lotfy Azaz study of Al-Khoudh Analysis of Land use change using GIS in Al- Ali Al-Mejeni Dr. Lotfy Azaz Musanaha, Barka and Swaiq Monitoring the change of the coastline in Hamida Alqnobi & Samia Dhofar between 1993-2001 using remote Dr. Lotfy Azaz Ghaferi sensing and geographic information systems Aisha Al-Hassani & Urban sprawl of the old Al-Khoudh Dr. Lotfy Azaz khuzaina Siyabi Assessment of the environmental impacts of Wael Al-Wahaibi Dr. Ali Al Buloshi marine Ghaf in Saham Spread and distribution of marine Ghaf at Sultan Qais Elmejrfa & Azzan Alkalbani Dr. Ali Al Buloshi Qaboos University Natural resources and traditional industries in Anisa Al-Rahbi Dr. Ali Al Buloshi the Sultanate of Oman The environmental impact of agricultural Jamila Al-Hinai Dr. Ali Al Buloshi activity in the Sultanate of Oman The compatibility of health services with demographic weights in the governorates and Subha Al-Mahmoudi Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar regions of the Sultanate of Oman Urban Transformations in village of Al-Mldh: Ibrahim Al-Saadi Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar the role of transport hubs Traditional and modern urbanism on the island Ahmed Al-Farsi Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar of Masirah Patterns of urbanization in Jalan Bani Bu Ali Saeed Al-Ghanbossi Dr. Belqacem Mokhtar Population growth and traffic congestion in the Hamad Al Hadrami & Moussa Al- Dr.Gamal Hendawy governorate of Muscat Hadrami Income and its effect on fertility in the Sultanate Khamis Al-Hashemi & Wazra Al- of Oman : Case study of Willayat Al-Kamel Al- Dr.Gamal Hendawy Hashemi Wafi The Electronic portal of the population of the Ayman Al-Fahdi & Riya Al- Dr.Gamal Hendawy Sultanate of Oman Riyami The impact of Wadis flooding on the Maryiam Al-Ghilani Dr.Gamal Hendawy distribution of the population Impact of family planning programs on fertility Khoulood Al-Jabri & Ghalia Al- Dr.Gamal Hendawy in Oman: Case study of Al-Mldh village. Jabri Distribution and population density in the Hassan Tabok Dr. Mousa Samha governorate of Dhofar 1993-2003 Dependency and professional structures in Issa Al Kaabi & Ali Al-Maamari Dr. Mousa Samha Sultanate of Oman Fatima Al-Balooshi & Hind Al- Urban Governance Dr. Mousa Samha Hajri Caves of the Sultanate of Oman Sumaya Al-Shanfari Dr. Mousa Samha Land degradation index using Fuzzy Logic Bashayer Al-Gheilani & Marwa Multi-Criteria Analysis into GIS environment Dr.Yassine Charaabi Al-khadori :Case study of Al-Bathina region Fragmentation of Landscape in Al-Bathina Mohammed Al-Hinai Dr.Yassine Charaabi region using GIS Site selection for PV farm in hilly area of Salma Al-Shaeli & Marwa Saadi Dr.Yassine Charaabi Muscat using GIS Geographical study of Willayat Jalan Bani Bu- Salema Al-Alawi Dr. Mahmoud Beshr Ali Commercial Souk of Matrah Rahma Al-Abri & Arwa Al-Rejiby Dr. Mahmoud Beshr The effects of internal migration on agricultural Sultan Al-Hassani Dr. Mahmoud Beshr activity in Al-Bathina region Central Market of Al-Mawaleh-Study of Salima Al Hassani & Rahma Al- Dr. Mahmoud Beshr Economical Geography Sunaidi Building of Geo-spatial portal on internet Asaad Al-Hosni Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi (Sultan Qaboos University and Oman) Use of GIS and Remote sensing for monitoring Mohammed Al-Muguimi & Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi urban sprawl Imraan Al-Rawahi Evaluation of the tools used in the Sheikha Al Hinai & Yusra Al- extraction of the coast line Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi Mahrouqi Using GIS and remote sensing Use of remote sensing and geographic information systems to extract vegetation from Zainab Al-Amiri & Zeinab Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi imagery: Applied study for Muscat and Al Ombusaidy Batinah region

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) a. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 9 students – Spring 2011: 9 students – Summer 2011: o students b. Courses Offered – Fall 2010

Course Title Instructor name Advanced Quantitative and Qualitative GEOG6111 Prof. Mousa Samha Research Methods GEOG6112 Special Topics on Physical Geography Dr. Abdel Bakit GEOG6113 Special Topics on Human Geography Dr. Mousa Samha GEOG6114 Geographical Thought Dr. Abdel Bakit

– Spring 2011 Course Title Instructor name Advanced Geographical Information GEOG6121 Dr. Yassine Charaabi Systems GEOG6122 Advanced Remote Sensing Dr. Lotfy Azaz GEOG6133 Resources Management in Arid Regions Dr. Abdel Hameed Bakit GEOG6138 Urbanization Prof. Mousa Samha

c. MA/PhD Students' Dissertations Supervision Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name MA/PhD (principal/second) Use of GIS and remote sensing for detection and analysis of urban expansion and urban Houda Al-Abri Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi Principal Master growth at Sohar City Study the environmental impacts of quarries Abdullah Al- and crushers in the village of Al-Abiadh Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi Second Master Sagri South Batinah - Sultanate of Oman Analysis of road accident in Sultanate of Ahlam Al- Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi Second Master Oman using GIS Hasbouri Mutual influences between the valleys and Nadhira Al Dr. Abdel Hameed roads in Willayat Boshar- a study in Principal Master Harthy Bakit Anthropomorphology Characteristics of urban heat island of Soad Al-Monji Dr. Yassine Charabi Principal Master Muscat Use of fuzzy logic in GIS environment for Asma Al- implementation of solar energy systems in Dr. Yassine Charabi Principal Master Balooshi Oman Use of Neuro-network for the prediction of Aisha Al-Shahi Dr. Yassine Charabi Second Master Air pollution in the industrial area of Sohar Contribution of atmospheric mechanism on Abdullah Al- Dr. Yassine Charabi Principal Master air pollution in the industrial area of Sohar Khadouri Use of GIS and NWP model for sitting wind Sultan Al-Yahyai Dr. Yassine Charabi Second Ph.D energy in Oman Impact of tropical and Phet on Nasser Al- Dr. Salem Al- Principal Master Land use in Willayat Sur Nomani Hatrushi

d. Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD River valleys of the east Nile Dr.Abdel Hameed Bakit Master Characteristics of urban heat island of Muscat Dr. Salem Al-Hatrushi Master

5. Research a. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Period Investigator Investigator Economic Activities in Willayat - Dr.Montaser 4350 SQU 2009-2011 Geographical studies Abdel Ghani Quantitative assessement of dust Dr. Yassine Prof.Adel deposition and its impact on solar energy 59000 TRC 2010-2012 Charabi Gastli systems in selected sites in Oman Perspective of Solar and wind energy in Prof. Adel Dr.Yassine 148000 TRC 2009-2013 Oman Gastli Charabi Marshes and bays and their relationship Dr. Al- to fluctuating sea level in the Sultanate of College budget 2010-2011 Blooshi Oman Grant from the German Academic Dr.Montaser The German 1/07/2011 -

Exchange Ghani Academic Exchange 30/08/2011

b. Publications The below table summarized the research activities in Geography department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 18 Research Projects 4 Authored 2 Books Revised Edition 0 Edited 3 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 0 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 7 Book Reviews 0 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 10 Technical Reports 1 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 2 Total 47 c. Refereed Journal Papers 1. Al-Blooshi A. (2010). The environmental impacts of Ghaf trees. Case study of Willayat Al-Khaboora, Sultanate of Oman, Geographical letters, No. 361 - the unity of research and translation - Kuwait University. 2. Al-Yahyai, S. Charabi, Y. Gastli, A. (2010).Review of the use of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Models for Wind Energy Assessment. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Elsevier, Volume 14, Issue 9, December 2010, p. 3192-3198. 3. Al-Yahyai, S. Charabi, Y. Al-Badi, A and Gastli,(2011).A. Nested Ensemble NWP Approach for Wind Energy Assessment (2011). Renewable Energy, Elsevier.10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.014. 4. Azaz L. (2010). GIS as a support for the planning of cities, Journal of the Egyptian Academy, Volume LXXXIII, (208-247), Cairo, Egypt. 5. Azaz, L. (2011). Flood Hazards and Electricity Networks: A Case Study of Wadi Aday-Muscat, Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society, TOMLXXXIV, VOL., 84, 2011. 6. Azaz, L & Al-Awadhi, T. (2010). Oman Tourist Atlas Production Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS). Journal of Geography and GIS Department, Faculty of Arts, Volume 21, p. 29-43, Alexandria University. 7. Charabi, Y & Bakhit, A. (2011). Assessment of the Canopy Urban Heat Island of an Arid Tropical City: Case of Muscat, Oman. Atmospheric Research, Volume 101, Issues 1-2, July 2011, p 215- 22710.1016/j.atmosres.2011.02.010. 8. Charabi, Y & Gastli, A. (2010). PV Site Suitability Analysis using GIS- Based Spatial Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Evaluation, Renewable Energy, Elsevier, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2011, Pages 2554-2561. 9. Charabi, Y & Al-Yahyai, S. (2010).Integral Assessment of Air Pollution Dispersion Regimes in the Main Industrialized and Urban Areas in Oman. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer (3-4), pp. 625-634. 10. Gastli, A & Charabi, Y. (2010). Solar Water Heating Initiative in Oman—Energy Saving and Carbon Credits— Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier. 15 (2011).p 1851–1856. 11. Hendawy, G. (2011). Los Periles de la poblacion (Egypt’s Population Profile), Vanguardia Dossier, Numero 39, pp. 38-47, Abril-Junio 2011, Barcelona, Span. 12. Hendawy G. (2010). Population of the Sultanate of Oman: Its growth and their distribution. Egyptian Geographic Society, Geography Research Series No. 33, 2010, Cairo. 13. Mokhtar, B. (2011). Land market and social space in Muscat, Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, Space, Society, Territory, section 543, posted 1 July 2011, http://cybergeo.revues.org/23832. 14. Samha M. (2010). Measurement of population distribution and urbanization level in Jordan. Journal of the Arab Universities Union, Volume 7, Issue 1. 15. Samha M. (2010). Impact of urbanization on population structures of Jordanian cities: projections and basic needs. Journal of Damascus University. (Accepted for publication). 16. Samha M. & Hammad N. (2011). Views of participants and non- participants in the economic projects of the research and development program of the Northern Badia in Jordan, Dirasat, Volume 38, Issue 1. 17. Samha M. and Albayar B. (2011). Population growth and housing needs in the District of Bani Obaied (Irbid), 1979-2024, Journal of the Arab Universities Union, Volume 8, Issue 2. 18. Samha M. (2011). Population projections and housing needs for Jordanian cities 2004-2024, Journal Abhath Al-Yarmouk (humanities), vol. 27. No. 2 c. d. Books 1- Authored 1. Al-Abri, F. (2010). Life-Paths of Educated Omani Women. Muscat, Al- Madinah Printing Press. Sultanate of Oman, 500 p. 2. Sherief, Y (2011). Drainage basins and flash flood hazard: A study in applied geography Case study of El-Qaá plain, Egypt. Aya, Egypt, 174 p.

2- Edited 1. Al-Hatrushi S. & Abdel Ghani M (2010). Extremes Climatic events. Photo gallery of the 1st International Conference on Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change. 8-11/3/2009, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 100 p. 2. Al-Hatrushi, S. & Charabi, Y (2010). 1st WMO International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Technical Documents, 129p. Published by WMO, Geneva, Switzerland. WMO/TD No. 1541, December, 2010. 3. Charabi, Y. with Al-Hatrushi (2010), Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and climate change, Published by Springer 373 p. 2010. ISBN: 978-90-481-3108. e. Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1- Al-Awadhi T. (2011). The Use of RS and GIS to identify vegetation. The Case of (Oman). 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment, 10 – 15 April 2011, Sydney, Australia, Published in Conference CD. 2- Al-Hatrushi, S. (2010). The Green Economy Initiative in the Sultanate of Oman Pio Manzu International Research Centre, 21st Century Challenge, Verucchio, Italy, pp. 26-34. 3- Al-Nasseri N. (2011). Social housing to affordable housing. A Case Study of the Sultanate of Oman. Gulf Research Conference, University of Cambridge. 6 to 9 July 2011. 4- Al-Yahyai, S. Charabi, Y. Gastli, A. (2010). Estimating Wind Resource over Oman Using Meso-Scale Modeling. IEEE International Energy Conference, EnergyConf2010, Bahrain 18-22 December 2010. doi.10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771740. www.ieeexplore.ieee.org. 5- Azaz, L (2011). Using GIS and remote sensing to map coastline changes of Wedam Al Shael area, Bathinah, Oman between 1998 and 2008. 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment,10 – 15 April 2011, Sydney, Australia. 6- Charabi, Y. Ben Hadj Rhouma, M. Gastli, A. (2010). GIS-Based Estimation of Roof-PV Capacity & Energy Production for the Seeb Region in Oman. IEEE International Energy Conference, EnergyConf2010, Bahrain18-22 December 2010. doi. 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771717. www.ieeexplore.ieee.org. 7- Gastli, A. Charabi, Y. (2010). Siting of Large PV Farms in Al-Batinah Region of Oman. IEEE International Energy Conference, EnergyConf2010, Bahrain18-22 December 2010. doi. 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771742. www.ieeexplore.ieee.org. f. Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. Al-Blooshi A. (2010). Osher Eloy Collector of Omani wild plants. Al- Daraa Quarterly Journal issued by the Court of King Abdulaziz, Riyadh. 2. Al-Hatrushi S. (2010). Osher Eloy Collector of Omani wild plants. Al-Daraa Quarterly Journal issued by the Court of King Abdulaziz, Riyadh. 3. Al-Hatrushi S. (2010). The impact of variables on the slope of the standard dimensions of agricultural terraces of , Gulf Geographic Journal, issued by the GCC Geographical Society. 4. Al-Hatrushi, S.(2010). Review a manuscript. Rainfall events prediction using Rule-Based reasoning and fuzzy inference system, Atmospheric Research, Manuscript Number ATMOSRES-D-10- 00347. 5. Azaz L. (2010). Urban Expansion in the touristic city of Taif : case study using geographic information systems. Deanship of Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of . 6. Azaz L. (2010). Review the Proposals number: UREP 11 - 085 - 5 - 013, UREP 10 - 138 - 2 – 046 and UREP 10 - 144 - 6 – 013, submitted to the Eleventh Cycle of the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). 7. Azaz L. (2010). Review manuscript ECOMOD-11-426: An ecosystem service valuation of land use change in Taiyuan City, China for Ecological Modelling. 8. Azaz L. (2010). Review manuscript ID TRES-PAP-2010-0418.R1 Evaluation of Dynamic Linkages between Evapotranspiration and Land Use/Land Cover （LULC）Patterns with the Aid of Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing. 9. Azaz L. (2010). Review manuscript: Changing cropping patterns: - Challenges and necessity applying of information management (MIS) in agricultural education and extension system of IRAN", Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. 10. Azaz L. (2010). Review a manuscript t: Analysis of snowmelt model for flood forecast in arid zone: Case of Tarim river in Northwest China, Journal of Oceanography and Marine Science.

g. Technical Reports 1. Mokhtar B. (2010). Study of the nature of social and economic dimensions of tourism development in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar "Consultancy for the Ministry of Tourism.

h. Others 1. Al-Hatrushi S (2010). Towards a sustainable environment for the development of society: published in the brochure for the competition to maintain hygiene and health in the school environment for the academic year 2010/2011, Ministry of Education, ref 288/2011 educational number 25/2011, pages 104 - 117. 2. Abdel Ghani M (2010): Development of retail trade in Muscat, scientific publication, Deanship of Scientific Research, Sultan Qaboos University, September 2010. Page 22-23.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Geography department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 17 Workshops Given 6 Journal Editorial Board Membership 2 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 0 Lectures 7 Articles Published in the Press 7 Media Interviews 3 Seminars 1 Contest Judging 0 Consultancies 3 Alumni 0 International Organizations & Local Organizations 10 Educational Organizations 0 Others 0 Total 56

a) Workshops attended 1. Dr. Ali Al-Buloshi – Workshop on writing scientific research, Deanship of Scientific Research, College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences. 2. Dr. Youssef Shawky – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) – A workshop on the Innovation on ERDAS (Oasis of knowledge) – Workshop on writing and publishing research papers – Workshop on water and information systems 3. Dr. Balqasim Mokhtar – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) – A course in advanced English, British Council, May and June 2011. 4. Dr. Montiser Abdel Ghani – Workshop on risk management, 2 to 3 April 2011, Sultan Qaboos University, Geography and Environment society in cooperation with the National Civil Defense. – A workshop on ERDAS 5. Dr. Al-Abri Fatma – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) 6. Dr. Azaz Lotfy – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) – Workshop for supervisors of Graduate Studies, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, March 2011. – Workshop on sustainable patterns of urbanization in Oman, German University of Technology, Oman (GUtech) June 2011. 7. Dr. Gamal Hendawy – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) – Workshop on the use of the electronic education system to prepare electronic quiz. Education Development Center. Sultan Qaboos University. September 2010. b) Lecture 1. Dr. Ali Al-Buloshi – Lecture at the Royal Court about the Omani political borders. – Lecture about the school of Safia Abdul Muttalib, Willayat Al-Khabourah. 2. Dr. Youssef Shawky – Lecture about disaster risk management at the National Committee for Disaster Management – A lecture on modern techniques in Geography, the Directorate General for Education and training, Ibra 2011.A workshop on the 3. Dr. Balqasim Mokhtar – Lecture at Wadam Al-Ghaf School 4. Dr. Al-Abri Fatma – Workshop on Moodle (Sultan Qaboos University) 5. Dr. Azaz Lotfy – Lecture on Remote Sensing. Rehabilitation of teachers of geography in charge of teaching the modern technologies in Geography. 6. Dr. Yassin Charabi – Fuzzy Logic in GIS environment. Geography and Environment Society. c) Workshops given 1. Dr. Balqasim Mokhtar & Dr. Montiser Abdel Ghani – Director of the workshop: modernity and socio-economic changes Arabian Gulf cities. The Gulf Research, Cambridge University – UK, 6 to 9 July 2011. 2. Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi – Workshop on Spatial planning for Marine capture Fishers and Aquaculture, 24-28 October 2010, Doha, Qatar, Funded by UN, FAO. – Workshop in the use of GIS & RS in Water Resources Management, Muscat, Oman organized by Ministry of Regional Municipality & Water Resources in cooperation with United Nation. 19th – 22nd December 2010. 3. Dr. Gamal Hendawy – Raising awareness about risks of drug. Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University in cooperation with the National Committee for Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 16 to 26 April 2011. d) Journal editorial board membership 1. Dr. Salim Al-Hatrushi – Member of the editorial board of the journal of GCC Geographical Society 2. Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi – Member of the editorial board of the journal of GCC Geographical Society e) Articles published in the press 1. Dr. Ali Al-Buloshi – The environmental effects of marine Ghaf in Al-Khabourah, Oman, Environment page, number 10981, p. 8. – Views on the role of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Al-Roeya 02/04/2011, Issue 374, page 18. – Characteristics and types of marine Ghaf in the Sultanate of Oman, Oman, Environment page, number 10876, p 12, 13/03/2011. – Views on the environmental situation in the Sultanate of Oman, Al- Roeya, no 305 p 12, 09/01/2011. – , Oman, the environment page, number 10771, p 14, 28/11/2010. – Environment Chat, Al-Roeya 05/01/2011. 2. Dr. Montiser Abdel Ghani – Development of Retail Trade in Muscat. Oman Daily Observer. Saturday 18 September 2010 (In English).

f) Media interviews 1. Dr. Salim Al-Hatrushi – TV interview on the occasion of the Royal visit of His Majesty to SQU, on18/12/2010. – TV interview in the program of topical issues: Discuss the reality of scientific research in the Arab World – Appearing in the documentary film's launch of the General Census of Population and Housing, December 2010, and talk about the importance of population data in population studies offered by the Department of Geography, Sultan Qaboos University.

g) Seminars 1. Dr. Youssef Sherif – Remote sensing and rainfall harvesting. Seminars of the department of Geography, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. h) Consultancies 2. Dr. Talal Al-Awadhi – Al-Batinah Spatial Strategic plan Project, Al-Rawahi Consultant & Supreme Committee for Town Planning (July 2009 – Sept 2011). – National consultant on GIS to support a Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) belonging to FAO, UN, July 2010 – July 2011. – Member of National Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development, Supreme Committee for Town Planning,

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Geography students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor Training course in Arc-Map 16-18 October 2010 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Exhibition of Specialties 23 October 2010 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Training course in Auto-cad 24-26 October Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Training course in Poster 9-10 March 2011 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani design Arts Forum 19-21 March 2011 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Training Course in ERDAS 27 March 2010 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Oman astronomer Forum 11-12 February 2011 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani Training Course in Disaster 9 April 2011 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani management Lecture on Economic Crisis 13 April 2011 Department of Geography Dr. Montaser Abdel Ghani

Department of Sociology and Social Work

Summary This report presents various academic and community service activities carried out by Sociology and Social Work Department in the academic year 2010-2011. The report contains seven main sections of the work done by the Department’s faculty and technical members throughout the academic year. Section Five of the report contains a lot of information pertaining to the department, its teaching staff, technical specialties and research interests. It also includes the committees section, which manages the various files and activities, as well as information on the undergraduate program, courses offered, the number of students enrolled, in addition to students’ research projects. The report reviews the master's program and the number of students enrolled in it, theses supervised by faculty members and discussed by members of the department. It should be noted that the master's program was stalled for nearly four years before being reopened in September 2011. The section also reviews efforts made by faculty members in the field of scientific research, including funded research projects, journal and conference papers, and published books. Other activities such as book editing and reviewing and technical reports will be highlighted as well. Section Six presents the Department’s significant activities in the area of community service. Almost 141 activities were delivered during the academic year 2010-2011. They covered areas such as organizing workshops, maintaining membership in journal editorial boards, participating in exhibitions, giving lectures, taking part in academic and media symposiums, publishing articles in the press, arbitrating competitions, counseling, and keeping records and information on alumni. Section Seven covers activities carried out by student groups within the department of sociology and social work. The activities included celebrating national events, participating in seminars and training courses within and outside the university, in addition to other cultural, social and recreational practices.

Summary Table Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 19 24 Support Staff 5 5 On-study leave 1 1 Total 25 30 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 520 511 Courses Offered 32 37 Graduate Program Enrolment 11 11 Courses Offered - - Theses completed 12 12 Research Grants 9 Contracts 2 Consulting 16 Publications Refereed Journals 8 Others 34

1. Faculty and Technical/Administrative Staff Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Prof. Samir Hassan Professor Sociology Culture &social change Dr. Fayez Al Simadi Associate Professor Sociology Social Psychology& Statistics Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi Assistant Professor Sociology Sociology of Family Mokarama Dr. Al Muslamiya Assistant Professor Sociology Sociology of Family, Women and Work Dr. Tariq Al Naimi Assistant Professor Sociology Arab Sociological Literature Work, Education, Elderly, Human rights, Values, Dr. Rashid Al Busaidi Assistant Professor Sociology Voluntarism, Poverty, Local Community Issues Dr. Salim Al Khadory Assistant Professor Sociology Social Welfare Policy Dr. Abdel Al Hayyes Assistant Professor Sociology Development & Sociology of Information Dr. Aida Al Niblaoi Assistant Professor Sociology Social Problems Dr. SalimTabook Assistant Professor Sociology Anthropology Dr. Mustafa Abusheiba Assistant Professor Sociology Environment, Natural Resources Conflicts, Bedouins Dr. Malika Al Busaidi Assistant Professor Sociology Social Policy Dr. Joukh Al Riyami Assistant Professor Philosophy Philosophy Ust. Alya Al saadi Lecturer Philosophy Philosophy Mrs. Fatima Al Hashimi Field Trainer Sociology Women Affairs Social Work, Social Planning, Social Institution Prof. Abdul Osman Professor Social Wok Administration, Social Work with Youth, Schools, Family Social Work, Community, Development, Community Dr. Mohammad Annan Assistant Professor Social Wok Organization, Voluntarism, Citizen Participation, Family, Youth Dr. Emad Saleh Assistant Professor Social Wok Education, Handicapped, Environment Dr. Mahmoud Sarhan Assistant Professor Social Wok Planning, Development, Administration, Environment Generalist Social Work: Micro, Mezzo and Macro Dr. Magdy Abed Rabbo Assistant Professor Social Wok Practice, Development Dr. Manal Sayyed Assistant Professor Social Wok Social Work Mrs. Wafa Al Mamari Lecturer Social Wok Family Counselling Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Lecturer Social Wok School Social Work Family & Children Welfare, Planning for Societal Mrs. Asmaa Al Sawaei Field Trainer Social Wok Development Programs Mrs. Zahra Al Yahyai Coordinator -

2. Committees a. College Committees Committee Members Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. College Board Committee Ridha Annan Executive Committee Prof. Samir Hassan Curriculum Development Dr. Magdy Mustafa Research Dr. Aida Fouad Textbooks Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Culture and Information Dr. Tariq Al Naimi Teaching Aids Mrs Asmaa Al Sawaei Social Committee Mrs Fatima Al Hashimi Sports Committee Dr. Emad Farouk Timetabling Dr. Tariq Al Naimi Evaluation & Testing Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi Academic Advisors Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi Students Groups Dr. Emad Farouk; Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda Postgraduate Dr. Mahmoud Erfan Field Training Mrs Fatima Al Hashimi Security and Safety Mrs Asmaa Al Sawaei Departmental Records Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy Quality Assurance & Accreditation Mokarama Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya Annual Report Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy Continuous Development and Performance Improvement Dr. Tariq Al Naimi College Website Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda Recruiting Prof. Samir Hassan Students’ Communication Dr. Mahmoud Erfan Advisory Ust. Alya Al saadi University Requirements Dr. Rashid Humaid Al Busaidi Course Substitution and Equivalency Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda Summer and Intensive Courses Mrs Fatima Al Hashimi Voluntary Work Ust. Alya Al saadi

b. Departmental Committees Committee Members College Board Committee Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. Ridha Annan Executive Committee Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. Ridha Annan Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Dr. Fayez Al Simadi; Curriculum Development Dr. Aida Fouad; Dr. Rashid Al Busaidi. Dr. Fayez Al Simadi; Dr. Aida Fouad; Dr. Emad Farouk; Dr. Mustafa Research Babiker Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Salim Tabook; Dr. Mustafa Babiker; Dr. Textbooks Magdy Mustafa; Ms Wafa Al Mamari; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali; Ms Fatima Al Hashimi Mokarama Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya; Dr. Tariq Al Naimi; Dr. Salim Culture and Information Tabook; Dr. Mahmoud Erfan; Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi; Dr.Aida Al Niblaoi; Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda; Dr. Nassir Al Zabhani Prof. Samir Hassan; Mokarama Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya; Dr. Fayez Teaching Aids Al Simadi; Ms Asmaa Al Sawaei Dr. Mustafa Babiker; Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi; Ms. Wafa Al Social Mamari; Ms Fatima Al Hashimi; Ms Asmaa Al Sawaei Sports Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Mahmoud Erfan; Dr. Emad Farouk Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Fayez Al Simadi; Dr. Tariq Al Naimi; Dr. Timetabling Mahmoud Erfan; Dr. Mustafa Babiker; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Evaluation & Testing Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda; Ms Fatima Al Hashimi Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. Salim Tabook; Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Academic Advisors Busaidi; Dr. Mahmoud Erfan; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Students Groups Prof. Emad Farouk; Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda; Dr. Mustafa Babiker Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Postgraduate Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi; Mokarama Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya; Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Ridha Annan; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Field Training Dr. Tariq Al Naimi; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali; Ms Fatima Al Hashimi Security and Safety Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. Ridha Annan; Departmental Records Dr. Manal Farouk; Dr. Aida Fouad; Dr. Mustafa Babiker; Ms Fatima Al Hashimi Quality Assurance & Prof. Samir Hassan; Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Fayez Al Simadi; Accreditation Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Annual Report Sayyda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi; Continuous Development and Prof. Samir Hassan; Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Dr. Magdy Mustafa; Dr. Performance Improvement Mustafa Babiker; Dr. Manal Farouk College Website Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda; Mr. Hamoud Al Nawfali Prof. Samir Hassan; Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy; Mokarama Dr. Sheikha Recruiting Al Muslamiya; Dr. Tariq Al Naimi; Dr. Salim Tabook; Dr. Ridha Annan Students’ Communication Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Salim Tabook; Dr. Ridha Annan Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Dr. Rashid Al Busaidi; Dr. Advisory Magdy Mustafa University Requirements Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi; Course Substitution and Dr. Mustafa Babiker; Dr. Mahmoud Erfan Equivalency Summer and Intensive Courses Prof. Samir Hassan; Dr. Mustafa Babiker Voluntary Work Dr. Ridha Annan; Dr. Emad Farouk

3. Undergraduate Studies a) Student Enrolment Undergraduate Higher No. of Faculty Faculty No. of Students Total Studies Diploma Staff Staff/Students Dept. 'Students enrolled in 520 - 531 24 22.1 Fall 2010 Dept. 'Students enrolled in 511 - 521 29 18.0 Spring 2011 Dept. 'Students enrolled in 51 - 51 - - Summer 2011

b) University students enrolled in the Courses of the Department: Enrolled No. of No. of No. of No. of Students / . of Students/ University Students Students Staff Courses Sections Course Section students enrolled in the courses of the Department 2644 24 32 103 82.6 25.7 (Fall 2010) students enrolled in the courses of the Department 3502 29 37 119 94.6 29.4 (Spring 2011) students enrolled in the 275 10 5 7 110.0 78.6 courses of the Department (Summer 2011)

c) The overall rate of students per faculty member FTE Spring The overall rate of students/a faculty member FTE Fall 2010 2011 The overall rate of students/a full time faculty member 18.5 19.6

d) Courses Offered – Fall 2010 Course Code Courses Staff PHIL1100 Critical Thinking Dr. Joukh Shakhbut Al Riyami PHIL2060 Ethics Dr. Joukh Shakhbut Al Riyami SOCI1012 Introduction to Sociology Prof. Samir Ibrahim Hassan & Dr. Aida Al Niblaoi SOCI2014 Developing Societies Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOCI2151 Medical Sociology Dr. Mustafa Babiker SOCI2120 Sociology of Family Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi, Dr. Malika Al Busaidi , Dr. Tariq SOCI2210 Social Problems Al Naimi, & Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOCI2212 Social Welfare Techniques Dr. Aida Al Niblaoi SOCI3240 Rural & Urban Sociology Dr. Rashid Al Busaidi & Dr. Mustafa Babiker SOCI2241 Industrial Sociology Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda Contemporary Omani SOCI3320 Sociology Staff Society SOCI3333 Applied Sociology Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOCI4330 Field Training in Sociology Sociology Staff SOCI4362 Orgnised Sociology Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani Design & Implementation of SOCI4380 Sociology Staff Social Research (1) SOCI4410 Social Anthropology Dr. Salim Bakhit Tabook SOCI4420 Culture & Society Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOWK1110 Introduction to Social Work Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy Research Methodology for SOWK1311 Dr. Mahmoud Erfan Social Work English Language for Social SOWK2107 Dr. Magdy M. Mustafa work SOWK2108 Social Counseling Mrs. Wafa Al-Mamari SOWK2114 Statistics for Social Work SOWK2230 Social Work with Individuals Dr. Emad Sayyed, & Dr. Magdy M. Mustafa SOWK3320 Advanced Field Training Social Work Staff Social Work in Health SOWK3350 Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy Services SOWK4421 Social Work in Schools Social Work Staff SOWK4422 Advanced training Social Work Staff SOWK4459 Social Work with Families Dr. Reda Anan, Manal Saied SOWK4463 Social Work & Addiction Dr. Reda Anan

– Spring 2011 Course Code Courses Staff PHIL1100 Critical Thinking Dr. Joukh Al Riyami & Mrs. Alia Al-Saadi PHIL2060 Ethics Dr. Joukh Al Riyami Prof. Samir Ibrahim Hassan, Dr. Aida Al Niblaoi, Dr. SOCI1012 Intro. to Sociology Mustafa Babiker & Dr. Amora Abo-Taleb SOCI2130 Econ. Sociology Dr. Sheikha Al Muslamiya SOCI2151 Medical Sociology Dr. Salim Al Khadory SOCI2361 Contemporary Social Issues Sociology Staff SOCI3120 Sociology of Develop. Dr. Saber Abldul-Baqi SOCI3130 Sociology of law Dr. Tariq Al Naimi, SOCI3140 Soci. of Information Dr. Mustafa Babiker SOCI3141 Sociology of Education Dr. Amora Abo-Taleb Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi, Sayda Dr. Malika Al Busaidi, Dr. SOCI3150 Sociology of Change Tariq Al Naimi & Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOCI3310 Soci. Resear. Metho. Dr. Rashid Al Busaidi & Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda SOCI3320 Con Omani Society Sociology Staff SOCI3721 Social Statistics Dr. Fayez Al Simadi SOCI4120 Soci.Texts in Eng. Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi, Dr. Salim Bakhit Tabook Dr. Tariq Al Naimi, Dr. Abdel Wahab Gouda & Dr. Nasser SOCI4170 Theor. of Soci. Al-Thabahani SOCI4362 Sociology of Organiz. Dr. Nasser Al-Thabahani SOCI4381 Dsign Implmnt Resrch. (2) Sociology Staff Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy, Dr. Mahmoud Erfan & Dr. Reda SOWK1110 Introduction to Social Work Anan, Dr. Manal Sayyd Social Welfare Services in SOWK1310 Mrs. Wafa Al-Mamari Oman Social Work Practice with SOWK2231 Dr. Emad Sayyed Groups Social Work Practice with SOWK2232 Dr. Reda Anan Communities Social Work Operations & SOWK2234 Dr. Magdy M. Mustafa Application with Individuals Social Policy and social SOWK3301 Dr. Emad Sayyed Planning SOWK3302 Social Work and Volunteers Dr. Emad Farouq SOWK3304 Field Training Social Work Staff Tests and measures in Social SOWK3320 Dr. Mahmoud Ibraheem work Social Work with the SOWK3421 Dr. Saber Abdel-Baqi Disabled Social Work and the SOWK4270 Mr. Homoud Al-Nofli Environment SOWK4421 Social Work in Schools Social Work Staff SOWK4460 Social Work with the Youth Prof. Abdul Rahman Sofy SOWK4462 Social Work and the Elderly Dr. Magdy M. Mustafa SOWK4466 Special Topic in Social Work Social Work Staff Human Behavior and Social SOWK4469 Mr. Homoud Al-Nofli Environment

– Summer 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Contemporary Omani SOCI2361 Sociology Staff Society SOCI3133 Sociology of Work Dr. Sultan Al Hashemi & Dr. Mustafa Babiker SOWK3302 Social Work and Volunteers Dr. Reda Anan & Dr. Magdy M. Mostafa SOWK4459 Social Work with Families Prof. Abdul-Rahman Sofy & Dr. Mahmoud Erfan SOWK4421 Social Work in Schools Dr. Emad Farouq & Mr. Homoud Al-Nofli

e) Graduation Projects Project Title Student Name Supervisor ح Evaluation of Income Generation Activities Group of Students Samir Hassan The Phenomenon of Inflated Dowries in Oman: A Sociological Study Group of Students Rashid Al Busaidi Household Expenditure: A Case Study of Moalih South Group of Students Sultan Al Hashmi The Impact of Credit on Omani Family Group of Students Sultan Al Hashmi Social Welfare Services for Qlahat Company Workers in SQU Group of Students Rashid Al Busaidi The Impact of Individual Debt on Living Conditions: A Case of Group of Students Tariq Al Niaimi Muscat Governorate 2010 Omani Youth views on How to Solve the Problem of Job Seekers: A Group of Students Tariq Al Niaimi Prospective Study of a Sample of SQU Students Tourism and Community Development: Group of Students Abdel Wahab Gouda Tourism and Community Development: A Case Study of Al Group of Students Abdel Wahab Gouda Sawadi Area Consumption of Chewing Tobacco in Oman: A Prospective Group of Students Aida Fouad Study Workers’ Attitudes towards Industrial Organization: A case Group of Students Mustafa Babiker Study of Oman Cement Factory The Role of Social Work in Motivating Omani Youth to Group of Students Abdelrahman Sofy Participate in Voluntary Work: Obstacle for University Youth from benefiting from Social Group of Students Redha Anan Services The Development of Youth Attitudes towards the Culture of Group of Students Mahmoud Erfan Self-employment in the GCC Countries Social Work Mechanisms in the Operationalization of the Role Group of Students Mahmoud Erfan of Private Sector Initiatives in Community Development Obstacles Facing the Participation of Omani Women in Group of Students Magdy Mustafa Voluntary Work: A Case Study of Seeb and Guryat

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) a. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 11 students – Spring 2011: 11 students

b. MA and PhD Theses Supervision Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name MA/PhD (principal/second) Job Description of Wali Tasks in Yahya Al Kamali Abdelwahab Gouda Mahmoud Erfan MA Community Development Social Responsibility of Private Sector Saif Al Saadi Sami Hassan Abdelwahab Gouda MA Companies Social Control Decision-making for Students: Social and Administrative Salim Al Issaei Mustafa Abusheiba Abdelwahab Gouda MA Obstacles from the Viewpoint of Educators Social Conditions of Omani Women after Fatima Al Divorce: Case Study of Seeb State, Muscat Aida Fouad MA Hashmi Governorate Social Dimensions for Delayed Marriage Salwa Al Age in Omani society: A Case study of Aida Fouad MA Lawatya Muscat Governorate The Problem of Orphan Children in Social Haifaa Al Abdelrahman Sofy Magdy Mustafa MA Welfare Institutions Shanfari Mechanisms for Operationalizing the Use of Sumyya Al Abdelrahman Sofy Mahmoud Erfan MA Computers by Social Workers in Schools Aghbari The Factors Leading to the Return to Buthyna Al Addiction: A Study of Al Amrat State, Abdelrahman Sofy Redha Anan MA Wiheibi Muscat Governorate Social Impacts of Traffic Accidents and the Yassir Al Abdelrahman Sofy Mahmoud Erfan MA Role of Social Work in Facing it Shamakhy The Role of Social Worker in Supporting Programmes for the Integration of Persons Nawal Al Noafali Abdelrahman Sofy Redha Anan MA with Special Needs: A Study of Grade 1 Basic Schools in Al Batinah South The Role of Social Worker in Facing Social Problems of Female Students in SQU MA Dorms Evaluation of Training Programmes for Badr Al Emad Farouk Mustafa Abusheiba MA Social workers Mahrooqi

c. Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD ح Emigration and Alienation in Poetry Abdelwahab Gouda MA The History of Omani Navy during the Era of Yaariba Abdelwahab Gouda MA State Social Conditions of Omani Women after Divorce: Mustafa Abusheiba MA Case Study of Seeb State, Muscat Governorate Job Description of Wali Tasks in Community Faiz Al Samadi MA Development The Problem of Orphan Children in Social Welfare Abdelrahman Sofy MA Institutions Abadhi Dawaa in Basra: Emergence, Evolution and Abdelrahman Sofy MA the Role and the Role of Ulamaa in its Spread Students’ Attitudes towards Guidance: A Case Study Abdelrahman Sofy MA of SQU Student Counseling Centre Mechanisms for Operationalizing the Use of Redha Anan MA Computers by Social Workers in Schools Social Integration of Social Welfare Students in Mahmoud Erfan MA Bosher State Schools

5. Research The below table summarized the research activities in Sociology and Social Works department during the academic year 2010 - 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 8 Research Projects 11 Authored 3 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 3 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 0 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 13 Book Reviews 1 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 13 Technical Reports 1 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 53

a. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Duration Investigator Investigator Contemporary Social Transformations and its Impacts on Work Values in Omani Aida Fouad Mustafa Babiker 4000 SQU 2010-2012 Society The Reality of Divorce Phenomenon in Aida Fouad Sultan Al Hashmi 8000 SQU 2010-2012 Omani Society Training Need Assessment for the Mahmoud Emad Farouk & Magy Members of the Boards of Omani Women 6100 SRC 2011-2012 Erfan Mustafa Association Redha Anan & Social Services and the Development of Magdy Mahmoud Erfan & 6600 SRC 2011-2012 Care Mechanisms for the Talented Mustafa Emad Farouk Management Problems of Human Magdy Services Organisations in United Arab 4250 SRC 2011-2012 Mustafa Emirates and Oman Gender Gap in Academic Performance of Males and Females and its Impact on the - Mustafa Babiker - SRC 2011-2013 Labour Market and the Social Fabric in Oman Magdy Mustafa, Emad New Media Technology and its Impact on Dr Anwer Al Makrama Farouk & Abdel 59800 2011-2014 Socialization Al-Rawas Al Samiya Wahab Gouda Socio-Economic Dimension of Tourism Abdelwahab Gouda Ministry of - - 2010-2011 Development in Al Jabal Al Akhdhar &M ahmoud Erfan Torism Prof. Al Makrama Internet Addiction AbdulMAjed Magdy Mustafa 73000 2011-2014 Al Samiya Abou Azia

b. Publications – Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals 1. Hassan, Samir (2010) Humanities and the Role of the University: Connecting the University to the Market or Society. Social Affairs, No. 105: 9-33 2. Al Busaidi, Rashid (forthcoming) Basic Education and Work Values. University of Damascus College of Arts Journal, (Accepted for Publication since 2010) 3. Al Busaidi, Rashid (2011) Basic Education and the Concepts of Professional Guidance. University of Helwan College of Arts Journal, 10(29): 527-562 4. Gouda, Abdelwahab (2010) Peer Reviewing and the Quality of Social Science Research in the Arab World. Arts and Social Science Periodicals, 31(335). Scientific Publishing Council, University of Kuwait 5. Gouda, Abdelwahab (2011) The Context of Scientific Creativity and Building Knowledge Society. Ajman Journal for Studies and Researches 9(2) 6. Salih, Emad Farouk (2011) The Role of The University in Achieving Social Integration of Students with Special Needs. Journal of Studies in Social Work and Humanities, College of Social Work, University of Helwan, No. 28 7. Sarhan, Mahmoud (2010) Planning Indicators for Enhancing Omani Women Participation in Community Development. Cairo Journal for Socials Work, No. 12: 135-178 8. Mstafa, Magdy (2010). Towards Integrated care for Gifted students. Journalof Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Social Work, Helwan University, No. (29), October 2010, Vol.2, 711-736.

– Books a. Authorship 1. Gouda, Abdelwahab & Aldhaba, Abdelraof (2010) Lights on the Quality of University Education. International House for Publishing and Distribution, Cairo Salih, Emad Farouk (2010) Human Communication in Social work. University Books, Al Ain 2. Al Hashmi, Sultan, Hassan, Samir Ibrahim and Al Musalami, Sheikha (2010) Reality and Horizons of Omani Women Social Participation. Ministry of Social Development Publications

b. Editorship 1. Sofy, Abdelrahman ed. (2010) Colleges of Arts and Future Challenges. Proceedings of the 8th Meeting for Art Colleges and Arab Universities Union. College of Arts & Social Sciences, SQU 2. Sofy, Abdelrahman and Hassan, Sami eds. (2011) Applied Studies in Sociology and Social Work on Omani Society. Second Annual Issue, SQU Press 3. Sofy, Abdelrahman, Hassan, Samir and Abd Rabo, Magdy eds. (2011) Proceedings of the First Academic Meeting for Social Work, Sultan Qaboos University. SQU Press.

c. Books Review 1. Babiker, Mustafa (2011) Engineering professional ethics versus anthropological research ethics: Towards mutual inspiration for normative change. Paper presented to the International Symposium on “Engineering Ethics”, Institute, Abu Dhabi, 13-14 April 2011 2. Sofy, Abdelrahman, review and introduction for the book “Professional Capacities in Professional Guidance and Counselling by Khalid bin Nasser bin Ali Al Saqri, Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, Bosher State, Oct 2010, (150 p.)

– Conference Papers 1. Sofy, Abdelrahman, Hassan, Samir and Abd Rabo, Magdy eds. (2011) Proceedings of the First Academic Meeting for Social Work, Sultan Qaboos University. SQU Press. 2. Hassan, Samir (2010) Humanities and the Role of the University: Connecting the University to the Market or Society. Paper presented to the Conference of Deans of Colleges of Arts Member in the Union of Arab Universities, SQU 3. Al Busaidi, Rashid (2010) The Role of Social Safety Networks in Poverty Reduction in Omani Society. Paper presented to the 4th International Conference for Social Sciences: Practical Solutions for Societal Issues, University of Kuwait, 29 Nov- 01 Dec 4. Gouda, Abdelwahab (2010) Social Obstacles in the Face of the Nomination of Omani Women for Shura Council. Paper presented to the 4th International Conference for Social Sciences: Practical Solutions for Societal Issues, University of Kuwait, 29 Nov- 01 Dec 5. Gouda, Abdelwahab (2011) Challenges for Scientific Social Research in Policymaking in the Arab World. Paper presented to the 3rd International Conference on Challenges for Scientific Social Research in the Arab World, University of Zagazeeg, 18-19 May 2011, Egypt: 381-412 6. Anan, Mohamed Redha (2011) Pros and Cons of Technology in Relation to its Impact on the Family and the Future of its Members. Paper presented to the Conference on the Avenues for the Renaissance of Arab Family, Arab Family Organization, Sharija 27-28 Feb 2011 7. Salih, Emad Farouk (2011) Indicators of Empowering the Disabled in Social Inclusion. Paper presented at the 3rd Scientific Conference of Rabei International Institute, University of Seedi Mohamed bin Abdallah, College of Arts and Humanities, Fas, Morocco, 16-21 May 2011 8. Sarhan, Mahmoud (2011) Mechanisms for Activating Citizenship Values of University Youth. Paper presented to the 3rd Student Conference on “Enhancing Citizenship Values”, University of Nizwa Scientific Conference of the High Institute of Social Work, Al Mansoura, 22-24 Feb 2011 9. Sarhan, Mahmoud (2011) NGO Mechanisms for Empowering Women for Inclusion in Societal Development. Paper presented at the 3rd Scientific Conference of Rabei International Institute, University of Seedi Mohamed bin Abdallah, College of Arts and Humanities, Fas, Morocco, 16-21 May 2011 10. Mustafa, Magdy (2011) Academic Accreditation and the Development of Social Work Educational Programmes in the GCC Countries. Paper presented to the 1st Symposium of Social Work, SQU, 15-16 March 2011 11. Mustafa, Magdy (2011) Developmental Dimension in Social Work Profession. Paper presented at the 3rd Scientific Conference of Rabei International Institute, University of Seedi Mohamed bin Abdallah, College of Arts and Humanities, Fas, Morocco, 16-21 May 2011 12. Babiker, Mustafa (2011) Mobile pastoralism and land grabbing in Sudan: Impacts and responses. Paper presented to the International Conference on “The Future of Pastoralism in Africa”, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21-23 March, 011 13. Babiker, Mustafa (2011) Engineering professional ethics versus anthropological research ethics: Towards mutual inspiration for normative change. Paper presented to the International Symposium on “Engineering Ethics”, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, 13-14 April 2011

– Peer Reviewing (Researches, Books, Projects) 1. Several researches for the Journal of Social Affairs, Sharija 2. Faculty promotion researches for the University of Moata, Jordan 3. Scientific production for the promotion of 3 Faculty members from Assistant professor to Associate Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 4. A research project titles “Obstacles Precluding University Youth from Benefiting from Social Services” 5. MA thesis titled “Professional Guidance and its Relation with Improving the Level of Professional Decision-making for 10th Grade Students, Dhofar Province, Sultanate of Oman 6. MA thesis titled “Difficulties Facing Students’ Advisors in Schools and the Ways of Addressing them, Dhofar Province, Sultanate of Oman 7. Research project titled “The Role of Social Work in Motivating Omani Youth to Participate in Voluntary Work” 8. Journal of King Saud University: Educational and Islamic Sciences 9. Journal of King Fahad University for Petroleum: : Educational and Islamic Sciences 10. Article titled “Customary land tenure insecurity and protracted conflict in Gedarif State, Eastern Suday”, for Singapore Journal for Tropical Geography 11. Article titled “Insecurity of pastoral land rights and protracted conflict in the Eastern Sudan”, for Africa [Journal of International African Institute]

– Technical Reports 1. Developing Field Training for Social Work Students, Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Arts and Social Sciences, SQU 2. Civil Defense Project March 2011 submitted to the Office of SQU President

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Sociology and Social Works department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 10 Workshops Given 9 Journal Editorial Board Membership 4 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 8 Lectures 30 Articles Published in the Press 23 Media Interviews 14 Seminars 4 Contest Judging 1 Consultancies 11 Alumni 1 International Organizations & Local Organizations 0 Educational Organizations 2 Others 0 Total 117

d. Attending Training Workshops 1. How to Develop E-Learning Coerces, Moodle System, SQU Centre for Educational Technology, 16-20 January 2011 2. Moodle System, SQU Centre for Educational Technology, 16-20 July 2011 3. Time and Meetings Management, University of Ain Shams, 6-8 Aug 2011 4. Organizing Scientific Conferences, University of Ain Shams, 9-11 Aug 2011 5. Local and International Competitive Research Projects, University of Ain Shams, 16-18 July 2011 6. Quality Criteria in Teaching, University of Ain Shams, 19-21 Aug 2011 7. International Scientific Publishing, University of Ain Shams, 16-19 Aug 2011 8. Scientific Research Ethics, University of Ain Shams, 21-23 Aug 2011 9. E-Learning Systems, SQU. 10. Social Indicators, Ministry of Social Development, 01 June 2011

e. Organizing Training Workshops. 1. Data Collection Tools, for Ministry of Health Employees, Al Shireiqi Neighbourhood Project. 2. Focus-Group Discussion Skills, for a group of employees, Health Ministry, 2010. 3. The Use of SPSS, for employees of some ministries, European Works Centre, 3-7 2010 4. First Gulf Academic Symposium for Social Work, April 2011. 5. SPSS for those entering data of the Socioeconomic Dimension of Tourism Development in Al Jabal Al Akhdar Study, 2011 6. Training for Data Collectors of the Socioeconomic Dimension of Tourism Development in Al Jabal Al Akhdar Study, 2011 7. General Practice in Social Work, for Social Workers, Dubai Organization for the Welfare of Women and Children, 6-7 July 2011, Dubai, UAE 8. Principles of Designing Counselling Periods, for school social workers, Counselling and Awareness Department, Ministry of Education, Al Seeb State, 20 Dec 2010 9. Responsible Tourism 4th Conference, Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Tourism International Organization, 10-12 Oct 2010 f. Membership of Journal Editorial Board 1. Strategic Studies, Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Damascus 2. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, SQU 3. Journal of the Advanced Institute for Social Work, Cairo 4. Editorial Board, Ajman Journal of Studies and Researches g. Exhibitions 1. All College and University fairs 2. Field Training Students Exhibition in Omer bin Al Khatab Institute 3. 2010 Population Census Exhibition, Sociological Vision Group, Oct 2010 4. Exhibitions of Students Groups over the year, Deanship of Student Affairs, College and students groups 5. Exhibition of the Society for the Care of Disabled Children, Al Seeb, Dec. 2010 6. Exhibition accompanying the 1st Gulf Symposium for Social Work, 15-16 March 2011 7. Exhibition of Omani Women Symposium 8. Student Fair, Ministry of Education h. Lectures 1. Developmental and Social Conditions of Omani Society, Sultani Office, Nov 2010 2. How to Understand and Deal with Adolescents, Um Waraqa Al Ansariya Primary School (grades 5-6), 21 Dec 2010 3. Keynote Speaker, Social Indicators Workshop, Ministry of Social Development, 01 June 2011 4. Requirements for Writing Scientific Papers, for student, Deanship of Student Affairs 5. Your Life Programme After Retirement, Army Headquarters, Military Social services, May 2011 6. Amending Behaviour, Al Bayan School, Al Maabaila, Nov 2010 7. More than 15 lectures for community based organizations specially schools 8. The Reality of Military Social Work in Oman, Social Work Symposium in collaboration with the Military Hospital, 5 Dec 2010 9. Methods of Nurse Dealings with Patients and their companions, Military Hospital, 14 Dec 2010 10. Social Development Committees between Reality and Aspiration, the Meeting of Social development Committees in Al Dhahra and Al Bereimi Provinces, 14 Nov 2010 11. Professional Practice of Social work in Oman: Reality and Future Challenges, the 1st GCC Symposium of Social Work, SQU, 15-16 March 2011 12. Students Problems: Causes and Cures, Hail Al Awamir School for Girls, 19 Feb 2011 13. Problems facing the disabled and their cure, Society for Welfare of the Disabled, Al Azaiba, 13 March 2011 14. Time Management, Sociological Vision Group, 25 Dec 2010 15. Effective Socialization Means in Early Childhood, for teachers and parents, Al Rawei Primary School, 6 March 2011 16. Role of the Family in Educational Achievement in Early Childhood, for teachers and parents, Dorat Al Ajyal Primary School, 10 April 2011 17. Dealing with Exam Anxiety, for grade 12 students, Hail Al Awamir School for Girls, 17 April 2011 18. The Role of Family and School in Discovering Talented Students and the Development of their Capacities, for teachers and parents, Al Waha Primary School, 19 April 2011 19. Work Pressures Facing Social Workers in Schools, 21 Dec 2010 20. Some Suggested Mechanisms for the Inclusion of the Disabled in Society, 13 Dec 2010 21. Negative Impacts of Using Modern Means of Communication on Female Students, Dept. of Counselling and Awareness, Ministry of Education, Al Seeb State, 10 Dec 2010 22. My Behaviour between Societal Law and State Law, for mothers, Um Saad Al Ansariya School, 12 April 2011 23. How Deal with Aggressive Children, for mothers, Al Bayan Primary School, 6 March 2011 24. Social Welfare in Oman, Sultani Office, 2011 25. The Evolution of Social Welfare in Oman, Diplomatic Institute, April 2011 26. Social Development in Oman, World Learning Centre, 2011 27. The Role of University Female Student in Community Service, SQU 28. Omani Women and their Role in Development, Omani Women Symposium 29. Conducting Scientific Field Action Research, Dept. of Social Housing, Ministry of Housing 30. The Study of Marginalized Groups and Subcultures, George Town University i. Newspaper Articles 1. Special time for family, Women Magazine 4 April 2011 2. Contribution to the Symposium on “Social Networks: New World”, Anwar Magazine, Issue No. 286, Sept. 2010 3. The Culture of Consumption: Ownership of Luxury Cars and Ignition of Egotism among Youth, Al Roaia Magazine, 7 April 2011 4. Factors Leading to the Increase of Traffic Accidents and the Role of Social Work in its Control, Al Masar Magazine, SQU 5. Modern Communication Means and their Impact on the Family, Al Bahith Magazine, May 2011 6. Social Work as it should be known to everyone, Al Masar Magazine, April 2011 7. University Youth and Voluntary Work, Al Masar Magazine, June 2011 8. Media and Society, Department of Communication, SQU, 2010 9. The Importance of Omani Sabla, Oman Newspaper, 2010 10. Shura in Oman, Oman Newspaper, 2011 11. Traffic Accidents, Oman Newspaper, 2010 12. Tips Phenomenon, Oman Newspaper, 2010 13. The Elderly in Omani Society, Oman Newspaper, 2011 14. The Importance of Reading and General Knowledge, Al Shabiba Newspaper, 2011 15. The Importance of Omani Sabla, Oman Newspaper, 2010 16. More than 40 essays in electronic blogs discussing socio-economic conditions in the Arab World including: Revolutionary Egypt: Between Superficial Change and Desired Popular Change 17. Challenges of Social Work Education in Arab Societies, Al Masar, No. 22, April 2011, SQU 18. The Impact of Bluetooth on Omani Youth, Family Magazine 19. The Contradictions: The impossibility of achieving social justice in post-revolutionary Egypt under the existing system and economic policy 20. My Advice to the states of the 21. Yemen between the revolutionaries aspiration and the socioeconomic reality j. Media Interviews 1. Voluntary Work, Youth Programme, Oman Radio, 2011 2. Social Impacts of Mobile Telephones, Mont Carlo Radio, Nov 2010 3. The Internet and Cultural Alienation, Oman FM, Oct. 2010 4. The Impact of Mobile Phone Networks on Social Relations and Obligations in Omani Society, Oman FM, July 2011 5. Divorce in Omani Society, Oman Radio, 11 and 18 Oct 2010 6. Socialization of Omani Child, Majan TV, March 2011 7. Divorce: Causes and Consequences, Majan TV, April 2011 8. Emo Phenomenon, Oman Radio, Second Programme, May 2011 9. Treatment of Children, My Family Programme, Oman Radio, Nov 2010 10. Family Cohesion , My Family Programme, Oman Radio, Feb 2011 11. Whisper Programme, Majan TV 12. Programme on Shura, Oman TV 13. TV Programmes on “Youth and the Rationalization of Consumption”

k. Competition Jury 1. Competitions of the “Voice of Development” Group, Deanship of Students Affairs, SQU

l. Consultancies 1. Social Media Project, SQU and Ministry of Social Development 2. A study on measuring parents’ views and school headmasters on the employment of women to drive school buses, Ministry of Social, Development, 11 Oct-30 Nov 2010 3. Statistical analysis for graduate students 4. Statistical analysis for under-graduate final year students 5. Description of the Status of Omani Women in the Positions of Decision-making,12-30 Oct 2010 6. A Study of the proposed voluntary work organization law, Ministry of Social Development, 6 Feb 2011 7. Beggary Study, Ministry of Social Development 8. Proposal for Social Provision to the Youth Staying Childcare Home 9. Socioeconomic Dimensions for Tourism Development in Al Jabal Al Akhdar 10. Analysis of Teaching load and timetables, Univewrsity of Soha

m. Alumini 1. Contact with a number of graduates to learn about their conditions

n. Other Educational Organizations 1. Membership of Omani Sociologists Association

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Sociology and Social Works students in the academic year 2010 – 2011 Activity Date Venue Supervisor Construction of website address: 2010-2011 SQU Emad Farouk http://sowk.ibda3.org/ Thorns of Life Night in collaboration 10 Dec 2011 SQU Emad Farouk with Aspiration Band Leisure Night 22 Dec 2011 SQU Emad Farouk 41 National Day Celebrations: A 3 Dec 2011 College of Arts Yard Emad Farouk story of a nation Voluntary Work Fair 5-7 Dec 2011 Fairs Land Emad Farouk Exhibitions Hall, Deanship of Specializations Fair 14-16 Nov 2011 Emad Farouk Students Affairs Love Night 17 Oct 2011 SQU Emad Farouk Social Work in Medicine 19 Oct 2011 Nizwa Hospital Emad Farouk Health Directorate, Al Seeb Gulf Day for Adolescents Health 3 Oct 2011 Emad Farouk State Exhibitions Hall, Deanship of Emad Farouk & Students’ Activities Fair 25-27 Sept 2011 Students Affairs Abdelwahab Gouda Will Does not Accept Defeat 9 Dec 2010 SQU Emad Farouk & Exhibitions Hall, Deanship of Students’ Activities Fair 25-27 Sept 2011 Abdelwahab Gouda Students Affairs Terror Evening (hawajis) 16 Oct 2011 SQU Abdelwahab Gouda Various activities with Omer bin Al 15 Oct 2011 Omer bin Al Khattab Abdelwahab Gouda Khattab Institute for the Blind Institute, Al Seeb Carriers of the Smile Nov 2010 Al Fadeela Primary School Abdelwahab Gouda Scientific writing skills 23-24 Oct 2011 SQU Abdelwahab Gouda Farewell Evening for Roaia Group Dec 2010 SQU Abdelwahab Gouda Sultanate of Oman, The National Day 3, Dec. 2011 SQU Abdelwahab Gouda

Department of Information Studies

Summary The Department of Information Studies is considered one of the most dynamic departments in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University. This is largely due to the nature of the discipline, which keeps developing and changing at a rapid rate. It is also attributed to the diversity of knowledge and background of its faculty. Since its establishment in the academic year 1987-1988, one of the Department’s main missions has been to train information specialists in order to meet the needs of the Omani society. In this regard, the Department aims to achieve the following objectives: – To train information specialists capable of managing information institutions and organize information in order to meet users information needs – To participate effectively in scientific, cultural, and intellectual activities at the University – To serve the Omani society by participating in workshops, conferences and consultations – To offer opportunities in the area of continuing education to information professionals in order to help them develop their knowledge by organizing workshops – To offer university courses which allow students to gain search skills and to be able to retrieve information, whether in printed or digital format. The Department, in accordance with University policy, follows the semester system based on credit hours per week. The academic year is made up of two terms, a fall and spring semester. The Department offers three academic programs: Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Information Studies, and a Higher Diploma in Medical Librarianship. The three programs have been designed to train information specialists capable of solving problems, managing knowledge, organizing information, and conducting research. These skills are well appreciated by employers and the demand for them is high in the marketplace, whether in traditional information institutions, such as libraries and in learning resource centers, or in Archives centers. Summary Table Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 15 12 Support Staff 3 3 On-study leave 3 3 Total 21 18 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 767 822 Courses Offered 16 15 Graduate Program Enrolment 41 41 Courses Offered 5 5 Theses completed 1 2 Research Grants 1 Contracts 0 Consulting 1 Publications Refereed Journals 12 Others 25

1. Faculty and Technical/Administrative Staff Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Information Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Assistant professor Management Abdelmajid saleh Bouazza Professor Information Science Information Science Naeema Hassan Jabr Associate professor Information Science Knowledge Management & Information Systems Mohammad Mogahed Information Assistant professor Children Literature Alhelaly Institution Libraries and Mohammed Saleh Al-Rabhi Assistant Professor Libraries and Archives Archives Library and Bibliometrics Studies, Medical Libraries & Sabah Mohammed Kallow Assistant Professor Information Science Information Technology New trends in Cataloging, Information serves, Salwa Elsaied Abdul Kareem Library and Assistant profess issue of origins E- contents, New standard in Ahmed Information Science libraries 7 E- learning in library sciences Library and Nahed Salem Assistance professor Classification & Information Services Information Science Information The role of Internet in education-research Naifa bint Eid Al-Saleem Assistance professor technology methodology Information Scholarly Communication/ Information Ali Saif Said Al-Aufi Assistant professor Management Management/User Studies Strategic Management, Manuscripts, Khalfan Zahran Al-Hajji Assistant professor Information Studies Documents, Cataloging & Classification Hamyar Nasser Said AL- Library and Collection Management, Netiquette & Master Mahrouqi Information Science Information resources Jamal Matar Al-Salmi Master Nabhan Harith Al-Hurasi Master Sallam Murhoon Al-Yarubi Master Salim Said Al-Kindi Master Abdullah Humood Al-Sarmi Master Khalsa Abdullah Al-Hinai Bachelor Zaeema Al-Bosaidi Coordinator

2. Committees Committee Members Executive Committee Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Training and Community Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Service Committee Continuous Development Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Committee College Council Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri & Mohammed Saleh Al-Rabhi Curriculum and Study Plans Naeema Hassan Jabr & Sabah Mohammed Kallow Committee Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Abdelmajid Saleh Bouazza, Naeema Postgraduate Committee Hassan Jabr & Ali Saif Said Al-Aufi Research Committee Abdelmajid Saleh Bouazza library Committee Salwa Elsaied Abdul Kareem Ahmed Educational Equipment Hamyar Nasser Said AL-mahrouqi Committee. cultural and media committee Nahed Salem & Khalsa Al-Hinai Social Committee Nahed Salem & Khalsa Al-Hinai Sports Committee Mohammed Saleh Al-Rabhi Examination Committee. Ali Saif Said Al-Aufi Students Group Committee Khalsa Al-Hinai Security and Safety Committee Hamyar Nasser Said AL-mahrouqi Academic Advising Committee Dr. Sabah Mohammed Kallow & Salwa Elsaied Abdul Kareem Ahmed Annual Report Committee Naeema Hassan Jabr Timetabling Committee Naifa bint Eid Al-Saleem The college’s website committee Ali Saif Said Al-Aufi Students communication Naifa bint Eid Al-Saleem committee Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri , Abdelmajid Saleh Bouazza & Advisory board committee. Mohammad Mogahed Alhelaly Recruiting committee Naeema Hassan Jabr

3. Undergraduate Studies a) Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 767 students – Spring 2011: 822 students – Summer 2011: 45 students

b) Courses – Fall 2010 Course Code Courses Staff Member INFO1060 Information Science Mohammed Elhelaly INFO2210 Information Technology Sabah ] Kallow Descriptive Cataloging for Traditional INFO2320 Salwa Ahmed Sources Ibrahim Al-Hasani, Mohamed Ben Rebhi, INFO2420 Information Services Moosa Al-Mufargi INFO3010 English Texts in Information Science Hemier Nasser Al-Mahrooki INFO3270 Information system & retrieval Naeema Jabr INFO3510 Learning Resource Centers Mohamed Ben Rebhi INFO3520 Information institutions Mohammed Elhelaly INFO4040 Legal Issues & Information Ethics Abdelmajid Bouazza INFO4060 User Studies Ali Al-Auwfi INFO4070 Practical Training Abdullah Alsarmi INFO4100 Children's Literature Mohammed Elhelaly INFO4120 Research Methods in Information Science Mohammed Al-Suqri INFO4180 Research and Library Mohamed Ben Rebhi INFO4270 Information Networks and Internet Naifah Eid Saleem INFO4340 Advanced Classification Nahed Salem INFO4410 Information Marketing and Economics Omnia Sadek

– Spring 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Member Mohammed Megahe Elhelaly, Sallam Marhoon INFO1160 Introduction to Information Studies Al-Yaarabi Using Computer in Libraries and INFO2220 Ali Saif Al-Auwfi, Hemier Nasser Al-Mahrooki Information INFO2330 Subject Analysis Naifah Eid Saleem, Sabah Mohamed Kallow INFO3150 Arabic Manuscripts Mohammed Megahe Elhelaly INFO3190 Specialized Information Sources Khalfan Zahran Al-Hijji INFO3280 Databases Naeema Hassen Jabr INFO3310 Indexing & Abstracting Mohamed Ben Rebhi INFO3330 Classification Nahed Mohamed Salem INFO3340 Cataloging Salwa Elsaeed Ahmed INFO3540 Current Trends in Learning Usama Ub Sreea INFO3710 Internet Search Strategies Omnia Mostafa Sadek Moosa Nasser Al-Mufargi, Khalsa Abdullah Al- INFO4070 Practical Training Hinai, Naifah Saleem, Mohamed Ben Rebhi, Mohammed INFO4130 Graduation Project Al-Suqri, Naeema Jabr, Salwa Ahmed, Sabah Kallow, Nahed Salem, Omnia Mostafa Sadek, INFO4210 Computer Application in Education Naifah Eid Saleem INFO4280 Electronic Publishing Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri INFO4290 Virtual Libraries Abdelmajid Salah Bouazza

o Summer 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Member Using Computer in Libraries and INFO2220 Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Information INFO2420 Information Services Khalfan Zahran Al-Hijji English Texts in Information INFO3010 Ali Saif Al-Auwfi Science INFO4060 User Studies Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri

c) Graduation Projects o Spring 2011 Project Title Student Name Supervisor ح Employers’ Perspective on Information Studies Department Kholoud Al- Abri Mohammed Al-Suqri Graduates at Sultan Qaboos University Abeer Said Al-Saadi The Reality of Information Technology in the Learning Resource Centers in the Colleges of Applied Sciences in the Douaa Al-Abry Mohammed Al-Suqri Sultanate of Oman and their Readiness to enter into the Abeer Al-Kaumi Knowledge Society Learning Resource Centers Specialist as a Knowledge Fatma Al-Shmali Mohammed Al-Suqri Manager: Readiness and Preparation Faiza Al-Saidi Scientific Productivity of Graduates Students at Sultan Qaboos Nour Musallam Mohammed Al-Suqri University Hardan The Role of Working Environment in Developing the Information Specialists’ Skills in the Learning Resource Khadija Al-Juhwari Mohammed Al-Suqri Centers at Colleges of Applied Sciences in the Sultanate of Fatma Al-Qasmi Oman Digitization of Culture Information Resource Project Abeer Ai-Wardi Naeema Jabr The Reality of Using Web 2.0 Applications by Library & Omar Al-Hattali Naeema Jabr Information Science Students Information Institutions: Its Vision, Mission, Objectives & Maryam Al- Mohammad Alhelaly Goals. Baloushi History Of Information Institutions Haleema Al-Shuhi Mohammad Alhelaly Functions of Information Institutions Maryam Al-Rukaini Mohammad Alhelaly Foundations of Information Institutions Asmaa Al-Abadi Mohammad Alhelaly Dhiab Al-Badri & Services of Information Institutions Mohammad Alhelaly Manal Al-Shukili An inventory of graduation projects in libraries and Nada Al-Habsi Mohammed Al-Rebhi Information Department : 2008 - 2010 (bibliometric study) Nora Al-Hadidi The reality about the unification of graduation projects in the Sumaya Al-Kalbani College of Arts and Social Sciences (in form, content, and Mohammed Al-Rebhi Reem Al-Hashmi evaluation) The use of eleventh and twelfth grades’ students of the Learning Resources Centre at Mariam bint Omran and Al Zainab Al-Hosni Mohammed Al-Rebhi Mubarrad Schools for general education In Wilayat Assuik The role of the printing office in the development of the Harith Al-Abri Mohammed Al-Rebhi literary and intellectual movement in the Sultanate of Oman Impact of ICT on the information services offered by the Zakia Al-Hassani Dr. Sabah Kallow learning resource centers in the governorate of Muscat Electronic journals and the level used by graduate students in the Faculties of Education and Science at Sultan Qaboos Dalal Al-Mahrouqi Dr. Sabah Kallow University The role of learning resource centers in the dissemination of Dalal information awareness among the students of schools in the Dr. Sabah Kallow Al-Kharusi state of Awabi in the South Batinah Hamid Al- Blogs for the direction of contemporary communication Dr. Sabah Kallow Almktomi The security of digital information: concept, importance, and Ahmed Al-Quraini Dr. Sabah Kallow techniques Towards the digitization of theses in the main library at the Khalid Al Hashimi Dr. Sabah Kallow University of Sultan Qaboos Blogs: advantages and disadvantages from the viewpoint of Ahmed Khalfan students of Department of Information Studies at the Dr. Sabah Kallow Alesayi University of Sultan Qaboos Benefit the students of the University of Sultan Qaboos of Asmaa Tabuk Dr. Sabah Kallow electronic information sources available on the Library Web. Standards in the learning resource centers and the level of use Ahlam Al Balushi Dr. Sabah Kallow in general education schools (11-12) in the state of Kiryat Open Access E-journals and the frequency of access by faculty Ahlam Al- Jahory Dr. Sabah Kallow members in the Faculty of Arts at SQU The national system of tourist information: ideas and Mona Al Hosni perceptions about the design of a national system of tourist Dr. Sabah Kallow Nawal Al Busaidi information in the Sultanate of Oman Role of Information Specialist in Information seeking ; Pilot Fatma Al-Buloshi Salwa el saied survey on Engineering students of SQU- 2011 Maryam Al-hsani Mobile libraries in Oman ; pilot study .2011 Moza Al-Shibli Salwa el saied Library and information systems security: a case study at Aminah Alkalbany Nahed Salem Sultan Qaboos al- akbar mosque in Muscat The reality of the information technology in academic libraries Hakmah Alaabry Nahed Salem in Willayat Nizwa Measuring the level of satisfaction for the beneficiaries of the Jaber Alruwahy Nahed Salem information center at SQU, college of commerce Labor market needs and trends in library and information Khadija Alihiay sector: an analytical study of the benefits and functions of a Nahed Salem Nasim Albady specialist library and information Libraries and copyright protection in the light of the digital environment: a comparative study of legislation in the Shikhah Alqutiby Nahed Salem Sultanate of Oman and the United States of America The use of social networks in the provision of developed Fatima Al-Jabri Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem library services Information and communication professional competence for Eman Al-Hajri & Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem information specialist Rahma Al-Hajri The information specialist willingness to work in the digital Abeer Al Ma'amari Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem environment The Role of Special Libraries in Knowledge Management Nihad Al-Hadi Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem The reality of the students of the Faculty of Medicine use of Bothina Al-Njar Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem the electronic journals The reality of the students of the College of Middle East for Rahma al-Karosi & Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem electronic journals Asma Al-Shmeli

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) a. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 41 students – Spring 2011: 41 students

b. Courses Offered – Fall 2010 Course Code Courses Staff Member INFO6110 Special Topics in Library Science Abdelmajid Salah Bouazza English Readings for Library and INFO6210 Naeema Hassen Jabr Information Science 1 Research Methods in Library and INFO6310 Ali Saif Al-Auwfi Information Science New Trends in Information INFO6410 Omnia Mostafa Sadek Technology INFO7101 Research Project Omnia Mostafa Sadek

– Spring 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Member English Reading for Library and INFO6220 Omnia Mostafa Sadek Information Science 2 INFO6320 Statistical Analysis of Data Naeema Hassen Jabr INFO6510 Special Topic in Information Science Sabah Mohamed Kallow Issues in Library and Information INFO6610 Abdelmajid Salah Bouazza Science in the Arab Gulf States Abdelmajid Bouazza, Mohamed Rebhi, Ali Al-Auwfi, Mohammed INFO7101 Research Project Al-Suqri, Salwa Elsaeed, Sabah Kallow, Omnia Sadek

c. MA/PhD Students' Dissertations Supervision Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name MA/PhD (principal/second) Knowledge sharing among Omani industrial Mohammed Al-Suqri Principal Khalsa Al-Hinai MA organizations Naeema Jabr Second An evaluation study of the services offered by the electronic government: the case of the Mohammed Al- Naeema Jabr Principal MA Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the Yahmadi Abdelmajid Bouazza Second Sultanate of Oman, 2010 Information Organization on the Omani Abdelmajid Bouazza Principal Academic Websites: An Exploratory Study on Abdullah Sarmi Mohammed Al-Suqri MA Second the Use of Search and Navigation Systems Sources of job satisfaction among learning Abdelmajid Bouazza Principal resource center specialists in Muscat District, Yahya Al-Kindi Mohammed Al-Suqri Second MA 2011 Naifa Al-Saleem Second Evaluation study of e-government Websites in Abdelmajid Bouazza Principal Huda Chebli MA Oman Naeema Jabr Second Assessing the potentials of Manuscripts Fatma Al-Jabri Naeema Jabr Principal MA Institutionsto establish a joint national center in Mohammed Al-Suqri Second Oman The Role of Library and Information Science Naeema Jabr Principal Laila Al-Kaumi MA Departments in their Programs: Analysis Study Ali Al'Aufi Second Evaluation of Learning Reference Centers in second cycle schools in the Sultanate of Oman: Mohammed Al-Rabhi Principal Zaid Al-Kharosi MA Case study of International standards in Nahed Salim Second Governorate of Muscat. Information services in Omani Academic libraries- Between reality and standards used in Ayda Al-Salhi Mohammed Al-Rabhi Principal MA American Academic and research institutions Standards and specifications of electronic Principal systems for the administration of current and Mohammed Al-Rabhi Azza Al-Tobi MA intermediary documents in the Sultanate of Abdelmajid Bouazza Second Oman Principal The level of use of electronic journals by faculty Yaqoob Ali Albu- Sabah M. Kallow MA members at SQU Saidi Mohammed Al-Suqri Second Requirements of development digital library for the Department of Library and Information Amal Al-Rashdi Sabah M. Kallow Principal MA Sciences\SQU, according to the needs of beneficiaries T raining needs for specialist resources centers and their role at development of their Badria bent professional at the digital environment: filed Salwa Elsaied Principal Mohammad Al MA study on the second installment schools of the Naifa Al-Saleem Second Dghaishia basic education at AL Dakhliah Region at Sultanate of Oman. The role of electronic information services in the Omnia Sadeq Principal academic library for supporting e-learning: Study Saffiya Al-Hosni MA Ali Al-Aufi Second of SQU. Information Literacy among Bachelor Students Ali Al-Aufi Principal of Sultan Qaboos University: Evaluation Study Hamed Al-Azri MA Abdelmajid Bouazza Second Using The Big6 Skills Model. Services Quality Measurement in main Wattaya Campus Library – MOH: an evaluation study Al-Daghari, Fatma Ali Al-Aufi Principal MA adopting a LibQual+ model

d. Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD ح An Evaluation study of learning resource centers in Oman using Abdelmajid MA international criteria: the case of Muscat district Bouazza Procedures to improve the use computer by social advisers in schools Mohammed Al- MA (descriptive study applied to schools in Dakhilia District) Rabhi Job satisfaction among Learning resources Centers Specialists Dr. Sabah Kallow MA Guidance grammar in a footnote Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Cindy. Dr. Sabah Kallow MA The image in Habsi poetry (Chairman of the Committee discussion) Dr.Naifa Al-Saleem MA Information Organization on the Omani Academic Websites: An Exploratory Study on the Use of Search and Navigation Systems (Internal Dr. Naifa Al-Saleem MA Examiner) Citation Analysis on University Thesis Conducted at SQU: Bibliometric Dr. Ali Al-Aufi MA Study. The State of cataloging Images at Omani Libraries on Light of Dr. Ali Al-Aufi MA International Standards of Cataloging: Field Study. Author Copyrights: A Comparative Study of Arab Gulf States and Dr. Ali Al-Aufi MA Canadian Laws. The role of electronic information services in the academic library for Khalfan Al-Hiji MA supporting e-learning: Study of SQU.

5. Research i. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Period Investigator Investigator

INTERNET addiction among secondary and Abdelmajid 82.300 The Research university students in Oman: An Mohamed Suqri 4 years Bouazza RO Council interdisciplinary study

b) Publications The below table summarized the research activities in Information Studies department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 12 Research Projects 1 Authored 0 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 0 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 1 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 12 Book Reviews 0 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 1 Technical Reports 7 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 3 Total 38

– Refereed Journal Papers 1. Mohammed Al-Suqri and A. Bouazza (2010). Library and Information Science : Current Development and Future challenges. Revue Maghrébine De Documentation et d’Information) (in English). 2. Naeema Jabr and Mohamad Mottar (2011). Readiness of Omani health libraries to participate in a collaborative resource sharing and national health information network. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2 (3): 210-216. http://www.ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._3_[Special_Issue_- _January_2011]/25.pdf (in English) 3. Naeema Jabr (2011). Social networking as a tool for extending academic learning and communication. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2 (12):93-102. http://www.ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._12;_July_2011/11.pdf (inEnglish) 4. Naeema Jabr (2011). User-based collection development at Royal Hospital Library: Alert service approach. (Accepted for publishing in the Journal of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies.) (in English) 5. Naeema Jabr (2011). Assessing searching results’ quality of Google search engine: Considering various search approaches. Special issue of IEEE Xplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=1002782). (in English) 6. Naeema Jabr and S. Kallow (2011). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of scientific productivity in arts and social sciences/ case of CASS/SQU. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, Center for Research Promotion. 1:8, 83-93. (in English) 7. Al-Rabhi, m. (2011). Reading in the numeric environment: Good or bad thing? Journal of College of Arts & Social Science Sultan Qaboos University 8. Nahed Mohammed Bassyoni Salem (2010) Criteria for the Acquisition of Electronic (1) Alarabia 3000 (electronic journal)Nahed Mohammed Bassyoni Salem (2011) Criteria for the Acquisition of Electronic (2) Alarabia 3000 (electronic journal) 9. Nahed Mohammed Bassyoni Salem (2011) Classification of electronic games between theory and practice: a comparative study between Dewey Decimal Classification and Library of Congress classification. (The completion of the ongoing research and the approval of publication of the journal library of King Fahd). 10. Al-Aufi, Ali & Genoni, Paul. (2010). An Investigation of Digital and Disciplinary Culture in Oman. Library Hi Tech, 28 (3). p. 414-432. 11. Al-Suqri, M. N. (2011). Information Seeking Behavior of Social Science Scholars in Developing Countries: A Proposed Model. The International Information and Library Review, 43, 1-14 12. Al-Suqri, M. N. (2010). Socio-Demographic Differences in Information Seeking Behavior of Social Science Scholars in Developing Countries: The Case of Sultan Qaboos University. Information Studies, 9, 51-68.

– Books o Translated 1. Jabur, N. and Bouazza, A. 2011. Characteristics of the successful twenty-first century information professional. London: Chandos Publishing, 2006 (Translation, accepted for publishing by Fahad National Library)

o Chapters in Books 1. Abdul-Wahab, SA.& Salem, Nahed.( 2011) Is your Library building sick? A case study from the main library of Sultan Qaboos University at Sultanate of Oman, Chapter12. In Abdul-Wahab SA. (Ed.). Sick Building Syndrome in Public Building and Workplaces,Springer. Available at www.springer.com/engineering/biomedical+eng/book/978-3-642-17918-1.

– Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1. Abdelmajid Bouazza (2011). Use of ICT in education in the Arab world with a special focus on Arabic digital content: obstacles and perspectives. Proceedings of the 3rd Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, Athens, 24-27 May. 2. Jabur, N. 2011. "Ethical infrastructure within the virtual environment. In: Proceedings of the Human High Morality Symposium. Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Center for Islamic Culture, 13-15/2/2011. (In Arabic) 3. Jabur, N. 2011. “Assessing searching results’ quality of Google search engine: Considering various search approaches. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information and Multimedia Technology (ICIMT, 2010). China: Honk Kong, 28-30/12/2010. (in English) 4. Alhelaly, M. M. & Al-Suqri, M. N. (2011). Professional Ethics for Workers in Omani Information Institutions. Work Ethics: Reality and Expectations, College Of Applied Science, Nizwa 15-16 march 2011. 5. AlRebhi, M., AlBadi, W. (2011). Author copyrights in electronic environment and its impact on libraries: Example of Omani and Saudi Laws. Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the Arab conference on Internet content: challenges and aspirations. 6. AlRebhi, M. (2011). Reading in the numeric environment: Good or bad thing?. Paper presented in the Omani children culture conference. Sultan Qaboos University. Oman. 7. Kallow, Sabah Mohammed (2010). The reality of medical digital libraries in the Arab world available on the Internet; compared with the National Library of Medicine (NLM): Webometrics Study. Accepted in the Proceedings of the 21 Conference, will organize by: the Arab Union for libraries and information, Beirut, for the period (6-8\October\2010). 8. Abdul Kareem , salwa el-saied , (2010) Impact of E- learning on improving the quality of the digital aspect of Library and Information Science Programme in Sultan Qaboos University; Evaluation Study- in 2 nd international conference of E-Learning , Distance Learning –Riyadh - kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2010. 9. Abdul Kareem, salwa el- saied (2011) Role of the information specialistin the educational resource centers in improving Reading Skills of students with Learning Disability (dyslexia ) in Primary stage. in: symposium of Omani child – Muscat- SQU 2011. 10. Al-Aufi Ali. (2010). The challenges of electronic publishing in the Arab World and the expectations of the Arabic digital libraries. Paper presented at the 21st conference of the Arab Federation of Libraries and Information entitled "The Arabic Digital Library (Arabic I am): Necessities, Opportunities, and Challenges", Beirut, October 6-8, 2010.3 11. Al-Aufi Ali. (2011). Digital scholarly communication and linguistic divide in the Arab world: an exploratory study of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) conference for academic disciplines, La Baume, 1770 Chemin de la Blaque, 13090 Aix-en-Provence, France, June 7-10, 2011. 12. -Suqri, M. N., Al-Hinai, K. A., & Al-Hashmi, K. M. (2011). Towards Arab Digital Libraries: Challenges, Requirements, and Future Trends. International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM 2011): Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries. Kolkata, 11-13 January, 2011, Science City Mini Auditorium, Kolkata, India.

– Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. Salwa El-saied . Judging of project: Authority Control of Omani Authors in Libraries: study and plan for Union List. -2010

– Technical Reports e. Abdelmajid Bouazza & Mohammed El-Helaly. Legislation for Learning Resource Centers in Oman (2010) [report submitted to the Ministry of Education). f. Salwa el-saied . Technical Report about the collection and services in the library of faculty of Arts at SQU -May 2011

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Geography department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 8 Workshops Given 12 Journal Editorial Board Membership 4 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 1 Lectures 8 Articles Published in the Press 8 Media Interviews 2 Seminars - Contest Judging - Consultancies 1 Alumni - International Organizations & Local Organizations 5 Educational Organizations - Others - Total 49

– Workshops attended 1. Abdelmajid Bouazza. skills Development of graduate students (2010) 2. Abdelmajid Bouazza. skills Development of graduate students (2011) 3. Salwa el-saied . Attended workshop in using Moodle in Exams. 2010 4. Salwa el-saied . Attended workshop in Moodle application .2010 5. Salwa el-saied. Attended workshop in Effective Academic supervisor. 2011 6. Salwa el-saied . Application of Multimedia in Moodle 2011. 7. Nahed Salim. Guide to graduate supervision workshop (Held at Sultan Qaboos University in the period from 19-20/3/2011) 8. Ali Al-Aufi. Completed a workshop entitled “Supervising Post Graduate Students’ held at Sultan Qaboos University on March, 12-13, 2011.

– Workshops given 1. Naeema Jabur. 2011: Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference: “Bridging the gap between healthcare professional and information and knowledge needs. Muscat. 2. Naeema Jabur. 2011: Chair the scientific committee of the17th annual conference of the SLA\AGC Muscat from 8-10/3/2011 about “The Changing Role of the Information Professional in the Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities.” 3. Naeema Jabur. 2011: Chairperson of Organizing Committee for the Symposium of "Information is the Pillar of the Current Era" Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, 7/3/2011 Joint symposium between the Dept of Library and Information Science and the SLA/AGC. 4. Naeema Jabur. 2011: Organizing a meeting within the 17th annual conference of the SLA\AGC Muscat from 8-10/3/2011 about the Knowledge management and Information Professionals. 5. Naeema Jabur. 2010-2011: (Twice a year) Participate in preparing and training within the “Writing and Publishing Papers” workshops. Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research/Deanship of Postgraduate Studies/Sultan Qaboos University 6. Naeema Jabur. 2011: Organize an online training program with the use of WebEx service about the “Endnote applications” with collaboration between Sultan Qaboos University and Thomson Reuters. 7. Sabah Kallow. Sources of information: research methods; Bibliometrics evaluation; and organization in the search. Lecture at the workshop of publishing scientific research organized by the Deanship of Graduate Studies at Sultan Qaboos University for a number of university professors., on 6 \ 4 \ 2011 8. Salwa el-saied . Proposed programme of workshops of applications of MARK package in Libraries 2011. 9. Nahed Salim. Supervision on the classification of library collections of books in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University in the fall of 2010 10. Ali Al-Aufi. Conducted a workshop for librarians and teachers at Jamilah bint Thabit School for Girls, Alkhodh entitled “eBooks, eReaders, and Innovations in schools” on Wednesday, April, 6, 2011. 11. Hamyar Al-Muhroqi. conducting a workshop "OPAC: the super high way to information to information resources" 12. Abdullah Al-Sarmi. "Use of Online Public Access Cataloge in SQU Main Library". 15 March 2011.

– Journal editorial board membership 1. Abdelmajid Bouazza. Revue Maghrébine de Documentation ET d'Information, a refereed journal, since 2004 2. Abdelmajid Bouazza. Revue Arabe d’Archives, de Documentation & d’Information, a refereed journal, since 2004 3. Naeema Jabr. 2011: Member of Editorial Board of MASAUM Computer Science Journal. 4. Naeema Jabr. 2006-present: Board member of the professional Newsletter of the SLA/AGC

– Exhibitions 14. Mohammed Al-Rabhi. Representative of the Tunisian community in the International SQU family day (January 2011)- Traditional clothing and food exhibition

– Lectures 1. Mohammed Al-Rabhi. Representative of the Tunisian community in the International SQU family day (January 2011)- Traditional clothing and food exhibition 2. Mohammed Al-Rabhi. Presentation of a series of advising to students during the drop/addd week: (How to organize, the time, Handling and organizing book notes, Note taking and Abstract making) 3. Sabah Kallow. Ethics of the Information Society in the Internet age, Arab Open University, 2011 4. Sabah Kallow. Manuscript heritage care (look at the experiences of Arab), Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture, Cultural week, 16-2- \10\2010. 5. Salwa El-saied. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Sultan Qaboos University A lecture on Scientific Documentation of the Internet Resources 2010. 6. Salwa El-saied, “Developing youth Reading Skills” a lecture in the Cultural activities of Omama school MOSCAT 2011 . 7. Salwa El-saied ”Developing Reading Skills and there role in improving learning Standard of students of with Learning Disability in Primary stage ;Experimental study “Research in symposium entitled “The Education : creativity and ambition ;Ministry of Education; Muscat- 2010. 8. Al-Saleem, N.(2011). The role of Internet in active the positive behavior at the educational process. Ministry of Social Development

– Articles published in the press 1. Abdelmajid Bouazza. Information Overload. Al Masar (2010)[part 1] 2. Abdelmajid Bouazza. Information Overload. Al Masar (2010))[part 2] 3. Abdelmajid Bouazza. A drop of water is more valuable than a treasure. Al Bahith (2010) 4. Naeema Jabr. 3/2011: “Effects of Virtual Games on ethics”. The Researcher. Sultan Qaboos University. No. 64, p.9. 5. Naeema Jabr. 7/3/2011: “Social networking.” Anwar Appendix of Al-Watan Newspaper. No. 295. 6. Sabah Kallow. Al Massar bulletin issued by the Public Relations and Media-SQU number (197) August,30, 2010 an article entitled (Internet and its role in enhancing the cooperation between university libraries in the countries of Arab Gulf) p.13 . 7. Hamyar Al-Muhroqi. Specialization of science & knowledge. Oman 12 December 2010. 8. Hamyar Al-Muhroqi. Knowledge Gate. Almasar 20 April 2011.

– Media interviews 1. Naeema Jabr. 17/3/2011: Al-Shabab Channel Radio. Al-Tirhal Program. Interview concerned the 17th annual conference of the SLA\AGC Muscat from 8-10/3/2011. 2. Naeema Jabr. 8/4/2011: Oman TV. Lecture on ethics infrastructure and the digital era. Presented at the Symposium on High Ethics. Sultan Qaboos Center for Islamic Culture.

– International organizations 3. Mohammed Al-Saqri. Member of the Scientific Committee for the Seventeenth Scientific Conference held by Special Library Association (SLA) in Oman, 2011 4. Mohammed Mugahed. Member of Egyptian Association for Information, Libraries & Archives. 5. Mohammed Mugahed. Member of Arabic Federation for Libraries & Information. 6. Mohammed Mugahed. Member of Special Libraries Association. 7. Mohammed Mugahed. Member of Omani Libraries Association.

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Information Studies students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor Workshop in searching online catalogue of the Main 10-Oct-10 Cataloging Lab Khalsa Al-Hinai library Workshop for faculty in updating windows software 31-Oct-10 Lecture 8 Khalsa Al-Hinai Participating in National Ceremony activities 14-Nov-10 College of Arts Khalsa Al-Hinai Question and Answer competition 14-Nov-10 Cataloging Lab Khalsa Al-Hinai Workshop in Information searching strategy 14+16-Nov-10 Cataloging Lab Khalsa Al-Hinai Participating in the exhibition of introducing to 18-Nov-10 Exception Hall Khalsa Al-Hinai college departments Workshop in searching and retrieving information Information Studies 05-Dec-10 Khalsa Al-Hinai from online databases of the main Library Lab Question and Answer competition 27-Feb-11 Lecture 9 Khalsa Al-Hinai Workshop in citing and referencing information Information Studies 13-Mar-11 Khalsa Al-Hinai resources Lab Workshop in searching and retrieving data from 20-Mar-11 Cataloging Lab Khalsa Al-Hinai online catalogue Cooperating with Omani studies center in organising 27-Mar-11 Conferences Hall Khalsa Al-Hinai a conference Discussion issues related to information sciences 17-Apr-11 Lecture 6 Khalsa Al-Hinai such as using of electronic information by students Show Entertainment titeled: ‘Abu Jaewd in Qaser 25-Apr-11 Conferences Hall Khalsa Al-Hinai Aljood’ Induction course about information studies 08-May-11 College of Arts Khalsa Al-Hinai department

Department of Archaelogy

Summary: The department of archaeology was established by the directives of his majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said in 1993. The establishment of a department of archaeology marked the pioneering regional role of the SQU in this area of knowledge, in addition to King Saud University. Qualified academic and technical staffs have been recruited. Students joined the department with great interest. Through field surveys, excavations and investigations, the department has unearthed considerable data and archaeological material. This material has become the core for a department museum, which became an attraction for the college visitors. The department conducted several studies in various parts of the country including Salalah, Samiyl, Quruiat. It is also engaged in studying Omani traditional societies. The department has established cooperative links with governmental institutions, especially with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. In several cooperative endeavors, archaeology students were trained and worked for their graduation projects. Furthermore, the department has established cooperative links with European universities. The department’s vision is to develop itself and become competent to serve the archaeological heritage of the Sultanate of Oman. It is also a crucial goal to become one of the accredited departments in the Gulf region. The mission of the Department is to build and maintain competence. This can be achieved by qualifying graduates of excellent education and training in the field. It is also to have graduates with deep awareness and dedication to serve the national heritage of the country. The competence building aims at qualifying an Omani cadre with skills and talents to carry out archaeological surveys, assessment, and excavations. This cadre is also conscientious and aware of the importance of the national heritage of the country. It is also capable of working in a team and to work independently. It is a qualified cadre that understands and appreciates the human cultural diversity in Oman and in other parts of the world. Finally, it is a cadre qualified for employment in archaeology and management of cultural resources Table Summary

Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 3 3 Support Staff 2 2 On-study leave 1 1 Total 6 6 Undergraduate Program Enrolment - - Courses Offered 6 7 Graduate Program Enrolment - - Courses Offered - - Theses completed - - Research Grants 2 Contracts 0 Consulting 0 Publications Refereed Journals 10 Others 11

1. Departmental Profile Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Archaeology, landscape Survey and excavation of prehistory and Nasser Said Al-Jahwari (HoD) Asst. Professor archaeology and prehistory landscape archaeology. Archaeology of man, Archaeology of man, animal and Ali Tigani ElMahi Professor animal and environment. environment. Management of heritage and Archaeology and archaeology, tourism and archaeological Mohammed Ali Al-Belushi Asst. Professor management of heritage sites. Museums studies and legislations. Prehistoric periods and caves in Oman,. Nasser Hamed Al-Hanaei Surveyor The archaeology of Oman The archaeology of Oman Yaqoob Abduallah Al-Bahri Museum Curator The archaeology of Oman The archaeology of Oman Yaqoob Mohammed Al-Rahbi Photographer The archaeology of Oman The archaeology of Oman

2. Committees Name of the Committee Members Postgraduate committee Nasser Al-Jahwari, Mohammed Al-Belushi, Ali Tigani Department board Nasser Al-Jahwari, Mohammed Al-Belushi, Ali Tigani Department Consultancy Committee Nasser Al-Jahwari, Mohammed Al-Belushi, Ali Tigani Department Appointment Committee Nasser Al-Jahwari, Mohammed Al-Belushi, Ali Tigani Syllabus committee Nasser Said Al-Jahwari, Ali Tigani ElMahi Time table committee Nasser Said Al-Jahwari, Ali Tigani ElMahi Exams committee Nasser Al-Jahwari, Ali Tigani, Yaqoub Al Rahbi Scientific research Committee Nasser Al-Jahwari, Ali Tigani Annual report Nasser Al-Jahwari, Ali ElMahi, Yaqoub Al Bahri

3. Undergraduate Studies a) Courses offered - Fall 2010 1. Arch.1140, Introduction to Archaeology 2. Arch.1120, Principles of Archaeology 3. Arch.3110 Beginning of writing 4. Arch. 4550 Special Topic in the Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula 5. Arch.4100 Archaeological texts in English 6. Arch. 3221 Heritage and Archaeology management 7. Arch.4100, Archaeological Texts

- Spring 2011 1. Arch.1140, Introduction to Archaeology 2. Arch.1120, Principles of Archaeology 3. Arch. 1130Prehistoric Archaeology 4. Arch.4100, Archaeological Texts 5. Arch1180, Archaeology and Environment in Oman 6. Arch.4500 Ancient towns and settlements in Oman 7. Arch. 3221 Heritage and Archaeology management

b) Graduation Projects - Spring 2011 Supervisor ح Project Title Student Name

History of settlement in Al Filag, W. Saham Walid Sultan Almezaini Nasser Said Al-Jahwari History of settlement in Al Filag, W. Saham Nema Mohamed Al aqbari Nasser Said Al-Jahwari History and patterns of settlements in Shariefa Al Shanfari Nasser Said Al-Jahwari southern Oman.

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) a. Dissertation Examination Dissertation Title Examiner Name MA/PhD ح

Monitoring the hazards of floods by using Nasser Said Al-Jahwari MA RS. Waylaiat alSeeb. Geomorphological effects on wadi courses Nasser Said Al-Jahwari MA and roads in Bousher.

5. Research i. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Period Investigator Investigator Traditional Camel Management in Ali Tigani Internal grant 7500 2 Years Dhofar, Oman. (IG\ART\ARCH\09\01) ElMahi (SQU) Archaeological survey in Wadi Al Nasser Said Internal grant Jeffer, Jalan region, Eastern Oman. 13220 Al-Jahwari (SQU) حG/ART/ARCH/10/0)

ii. Publications The below table summarized the research activities in Archeology department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 10 Research Projects 2 Authored 1 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 0 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 0 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 2 Book Reviews 0 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 3 Technical Reports 5 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 23

– Refereed Journal Papers 1. الجهور محن صوحسعيد.ح)2010(. قبور الركامات الحجرية في شبه الجزيرة العمانية: إشكالية التأريخ لقبور فترة حفيت، نهاية األلف الرابع وبداية األلف اللالث قبل الميالد. مجلة الدراسات العمانية، 16: .112-93 2. الجهور محن صوحسعيد.ح)2011(. العصر البرونزي في الجزء الغربي من إقليم جعالن، سلطنة عمان. مجلة أدماتو، 24: 22-7 3. الماحي، علي التجاني )2010( تاريخ الخنزير وانتشاره في وادي النيل، مجلة الدراسات اإلنسانية، العدد الرابع يوليو، ص 17 - 40 4. الماحي، علي التجاني )2010( الرموز الثقافية في الرسومات الصخرية في عمان وإفريقيا:المقارنة والتشخيص، مجلة الدراسات العمانية، ص 43 58-. 5. الماحي، علي التجاني )2010( رسوم صيد اإلبل في "قرية" الفاو بالملكة العربية السعودية: قراءة ثانية.، مجلة أدوماتو العدد 22 يوليو ، ص: 56-43. 6. Al-Belushi, M. A. (2011). The Archaeological Records of Oman: The Challenge of Infromation Management. The Journal of College of Arts & Social Sciences, 2. 5-19. 7. Al-Jahwari, N. S. & Kennet, D. (2010).Umm an-Nar settlement in the Wadi Andam area (Sultanate of Oman). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 40. 161-172 8. Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2011). Quantified Analysis of Long-term Settlement Trends in Northern Oman Peninsula. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol. 41. 1-12 9. Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2011). A Late Iron Age Settlement in Mahleya, Oman. Journal of Oman studies, vol. 17. 73-100 10. ElMahi, A.T. )2011(Pastoralists Adjustment to Hematophagous Flies in Dhofar: An Analogy of an Ancient Adaptation. Adumatu, No. 21 Jan. pp.15- 32.

– Books a) Authored 1. ElMahi, A.T. (2011) Traditional Camel Management in Dhofar, Oman. An ethnoarchaeological Study. Sultan Qaboos University

– Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1. Al-Jahwari, N. S., Kennet, D. & Velde, C. (2011). The Wadi Suq enclave in the Northern Emirates. A paper presented in the Archaeology in the Conference 2011, Al Ain, UAE (March 2011). 2. Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2011). The Early Bronze Age Funerary Archaeological Landscape of the Western Part of Ja'alan Region: results of two seasons of investigation. A paper presented in the Seminar for Arabian Studies, July 2011, London, UK.

– Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. Al-Jahwari, N. S. Building H at Mleiha: new evidence on the late pre- Islamic period Dphase in the Oman Peninsula (2nd century to mid- 3rd century AD) by Michel Mouton. A paper reviewed for Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, London, UK. 2. Al-Jahwari, N. S. Tourism Human Resources Model. A project reviewed for the Research Council, Oman. 3. Al-Jahwari, N. S. Carbon Nanotubes-Nanoferrites Composites. A project reviewed for the Research Council, Oman.

– Technical Reports 1. Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2010). Archaeological Activities in Oman. Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies, 15: 25-27, London 2. Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2011) Archaeological Activities in Oman. Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies, July 2011, No.16, pp: 18-20, London 3. Al-Jahwari, N.S. (2010). Survey and Documentation Works in the Western Part of Ja'alan, Oman. Department of Antiquity, Ministry of Heritage & Culture: Muscat, Oman 4. Al-Jahwari, N.S. (2011). Survey and Documentation Works in the Western Part of Ja'alan, Oman, Report of the second season, 2011. Department of Antiquity, Ministry of Heritage & Culture: Muscat, Oman. 5. Al-Belushi, M. A. (2010). The Archaeological Heritage in the Sultanate of Oman: Now and Then. Technical report submitted to 'The Technical Committee for the Study of Archaeological Affairs in Oman', Diwan of Royal Court, Muscat.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Archeology department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 0 Workshops Given 0 Journal Editorial Board Membership 0 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 0 Lectures 0 Articles Published in the Press 0 Media Interviews 1 Seminars 1 Contest Judging 0 Consultancies 0 Alumni 0 International Organizations & Local Organizations 0 Educational Organizations 0 Others 0 Total 2

Department of Mass Communication

Summary The Mass Communication Department started its programs in the academic year 1987/1988. The first batch of students graduated in 1991, and since then onwards, the department has provided the local and regional markets with qualified graduates who end up working in several press and media institutions inside and outside the Sultanate. At the beginning of the academic year 2004/2005, the department started implementing its new study plan based on the development of academic programs to keep pace with the rapid changes in communication and relevant technologies. Students are required to major after the end of the second year choosing one of the three fields involved (the press and electronic publishing, radio and television, or public relations and advertising). Besides, the plan took into account the development of language skills through intensive teaching of Arabic and English, whereby students are required to have passed level 4 of English prior to joining the Department of Mass Communication. The new plan adopted the development of training programs as well as the cooperation with media institutions in the Sultanate and abroad. The university has provided the mass communication department with many technical and educational logistics within and beyond the university. In 1993, the department was provided with radio studios (voice and visual). In addition, the university stablished a specialized press lab equipped with modern computers (Apple Mac & PCs), coupled with necessary varied programs and educational aids. Furthermore, the department has upgraded its infrastructure by transferring its studios into digital ones and modernizing the press equipment. At the practical training level, a weekly newsletter appearing in Al-Watan newspaper has been the outcome of collaboration between the Department’s students and the Department of Information and Public Relations in the University public relations information unit. The newsletter, Rehab Elgamah in the university auspices, has been covering university activities since 1993. In January 2001, it developed into the weekly supplement, Anwaar. In addition, students have participated in media coverage of events and activities at the university, and the coverage of Muscat Festival and Khareef Salalah Tourism Festival each year. The students have also closely collaborated with Oman Mobile, where they got involved in planning and running an integrated public relations campaign in Muscat. The students have launched in coordination with the Department’s academic staff and the Department of Public Relations and Information the Annual Media creativity forum. The three-day event is an opportunity for students to exhibit creative collections through presenting scientific output and models applied in the fields of journalism and electronic publishing, radio and television, public relations and advertising. The Forum hosts media experts and students from mass communication departments in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries so as to share views and know-how. The Mass Communication Department aspires to be one of the foremost departments of mass communication in the Sultanate and in the region, by offering academic programs based on quality education, scientific research, international standards, and (aspects of the) traditional national culture. The Department seeks to create opportunities for higher education in the field of mass communication and related branches, i.e. Journalism, Broadcasting Media, and Public Relations and Advertising that provide society with highly qualified specialists. The Department aims to enable SQU to play its role in developing the cognitive and professional skills of Omani nationals in the field of mass communication, to provide professional knowledge-based skills that enable Omanis to become involved in society research service in the different areas of mass communication, and to encourage research in various areas of mass communication. Summary Table Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 13 12 Support Staff 5 5 On-study leave - 1 Total 18 18 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 190 196 Courses Offered 37 32 Graduate Program Enrolment 22 25 Courses Offered - - Theses completed 1 1 Research Grants 2 Contracts - Consulting 14 Publications Refereed Journals 7 Others 9

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative) Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi Assistant Professor Broadcasting Broadcasting Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Professor Mass Communication Mass Communication Sarayrah Broadcasting & Political Mass Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas Associate Professor Broadcasting Communication Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi Associate Professor Journalism Journalism Dr. Mohamed Awadh Al Mashekhi Assistant Professor Mass Communication Mass Communication Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Mashiakhi Assistant Professor Broadcasting Broadcasting Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm Assistant Professor Journalism Journalism Journalism & Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Assistant Professor Journalism & Electronic Publishing Electronic Publishing Dr. Abdul Moneim Mansoor Al Journalism & Assistant Professor Journalism & Electronic Publishing Hassni Electronic Publishing Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Assistant Professor Advertising Advertising Graphic Design Ms. Omama Mostafa Al Lawati Lecturer Public Relations Public Relations Journalism & Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi Lecturer Journalism & Electronic Publishing Electronic Publishing Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri Lecturer Broadcasting Broadcasting Graphics Mr. Akram Mahmoud Fakhfakh Lecturer Broadcasting Broadcasting & Cinema Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Al Marjabi Technician Broadcasting TV Production Mr. Mohamed Ali Al Hadari Technician Broadcasting Radio Production Ms. Samia Yasir Al Haddabi Technician Journalism Journalism Applications Mr. Yaqoob Salim Al Sobhi Technician Broadcasting TV Production Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari Supervisor Training Mass Communication Training

2. Committees a) Committees at College Level Name of the Committee Members College Social Committee Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri College Students Guidance Committee Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi College Examination Committee Ms. Samia Yasir Al Haddabi College Security and Safety Committee Mr. Mohamed Ali Al Hadari College Scientific Research Committee Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm College Continued Development Committee Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi College Annual Report Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour College Executive Committee Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas College Cultural & Media Committee Ms. Omama Mostafa Al Lawati College Timetabling Committee Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Mashiakhi College Student Groups Committee Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri College Postgraduate Committee Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm College Sports Committee Mr. Akram Mahmoud Fakhfakh College Educational Supplies Committee Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi College Exhibitions Committee Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Al Marjabi College Library Committee Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari College Curriculum And Tuition Plans Committee Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr College of Arts & Social Sciences 2nd International Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Conference Organizing Committee College Website Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour College Mass Communication Group Supervisor Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri Department Representative in The College Council Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi

a) Committees at College Level Name of the Committee Members Department Council Secretary Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi - Head Department Textbooks Selection Committee Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm Ms. Omama Mostafa Al Lawati Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour - Head Department Courses Files Preparation Committee Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head Department Students Communication Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour - Head Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi Department Training Committee Mr. Akram Mahmoud Fakhfakh Ms. Omama Mostafa Al Lawati Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi - Head Department Appeals Committee Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Mashiakhi Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head Department Recruiting Committee Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head Department Postgraduate Studies Committee Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi Workshop Organizing Committee, Under The Title Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head "The Humanitarian Law And Journalists Protection", Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi In Collaboration With The Red Cross International Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Committee Workshop Organizing Committee, Under The Title Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head “Writing About The Capital Markets”, In Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi Cooperation With Muscat Securities Market Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Mashiakhi - Head Department Students Specialization Committee Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr

Ms. Omama Mostafa Al Lawati Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas - Head Department Quality Assurance & Accreditation Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi Committee Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Mashiakhi Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr - Head Department Graduation Projects Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Mr. Akram Mahmoud Fakhfakh Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi - Head Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi Mass Communication Creativity Forum Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Azri Department Training Supervisor Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari Department Master's Program Coordinator Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Sarayrah Department Minor Specialty Coordinator Dr. Taha Abdel Aati Negm Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi - Head The Gulf Universities Sports Championship Media Dr. Abdul Moneim Mansoor Al Hassni Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour

Mr. Salim Hamad Al Rashidi Dr. Abdul Moneim Mansoor Al Hassni - Head The University Silver Jubilee Planning Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour The Omani Children's Culture Symposium Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Sarayrah - Head Organizing Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Sarayrah Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas University Coordination and Media Development Dr. Abdul Moneim Mansoor Al Hassni Committee Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari University Quality Assurance & Accreditation Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Sarayrah Committee University Scientific Research Council Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas University Scientific Publications Council Prof. Dr. Mohamed Najeb Al Sarayrah Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas The Omani Association for Consumer Protection Vice-president Dr. Anwar Mohamed Al Rawas Dhofar University Company Chairman The Main Committee of the Media Proficiency - Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi Ministry of Information Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Private Broadcast Facilities Committee Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi The 1st Gulf Academic Forum for Social Work Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Satour Organizing Committee Dr. Obaid Said Al Shaqsi Cultural Club Vice-president

3. Undergraduate Studies a. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 196 Students – Spring 2011: 190 Students – Summer 2011: 74 Student

b. Courses offered Fall 2010 Course Code Courses Staff Mass1011 Electronic Publishing Mr. Sultan Al Azri Mass1020 Art Of Media Writing Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass1112 Introduction To Mass Communication Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Mass2010 Theories Of Communication Dr. Taha Negm Mass2025 Mass Media In Oman Mr. Sultan Al Azri Mass2101 Journalism Interview Dr. Taha Negm Mass2112 News In Mass Media Dr. Taha Negm Mass3010 Research Methods Of Mass Dr. Taha Negm Mass3020 Communication Translation Dr. Taha Negm Mass3111 Photojournalism Dr. Abdul Moneim AlHassni Mass3112 Investigative Reporting Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Mass3213 Broadcasting News And News Program Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass3222 Broadcasting Recitation Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Mass3312 Advertising Dr. Mohamed Satour Mass3213 Public Relations Management Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass4010 Management Of Media Establishments Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Mass4020 Mass Media Ethics And Laws Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Mass4021 International Communication Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Mass4111 Specialized Journalism Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Mass4116 Electronic Journalism Mr. Sultan Al Azri Mass4131 Journalism Technology Dr. Mohamed Satour Mass4212 Radio & TV Directing Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Mass4312 Advertising And Consuming Behavior Dr. Mohamed Satour Mass4313 Communication Translation Ms. Omama Al Lawati

Spring 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Mass1011 Electronic Publishing Mr. Sultan Al Azri Mass1020 Art Of Media Writing Dr. Taha Negm Mass1112 Introduction To Mass Communication Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Mass2030 Mass Media In The Gulf States Dr. Mohamed Al Mashekhi Mass2112 News In Mass Media Dr. Taha Negm Mass2210 Radio& TV Technology Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Mass2310 Public Opinion Dr. Anwar Al Rawas Mass2321 Organizational Communication Ms. Omama Al Lawati Mass3013 Media And Society Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass3041 Media Topic In English Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Mass3113 Editing Features And Editorials Dr. Hosni Nasr Mass3231 Writing For Radio And Television Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Mass3242 Documentary Programs Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass3314 Advertising Design & Production Dr. Mohamed Satour Special Topic In Journalism & Electronic Mass3361 Dr. Abdul Moneim Al Hassni Publishing Special Topic In Public Relation & Mass3371 Ms. Omama Al Lawati Advertising Mass4021 International Communication Dr. Hosni Nasr Mass4040 Communication & Crisis Management Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass4050 Graduation Project Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Mass4111 Specialized Journalism Prof. Dr.Mohamed Al Sarayrah Mass4114 Arabic Press Dr. Abdul Moneim Al Hassni Mass4040 Communication & Crisis Management Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi Mass4131 Journalism Technology Mr. Sultan Al Azri Planning And Production Of Radio & TV Mass4222 Dr. Ahmed Al Mashiakhi Programs Mass4231 Graphic Design Mr. Sultan Al Azri Mass4321 Pr & Stereotypes Ms. Omama Al Lawati

Summer 2011 Course Code Courses Staff Mass3013 Media And Society Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Sarayrah Dr. Mohamed Satour, Dr. Hosni Nas, Dr. Field Training In Media Mass3050 Ahmed Al Mashiakhi, Mr. Sultan Al Azri, Dr. Institutions Obaid Al Shaqsi & Ms. Abeer Ali Al Mamari

c. Graduation Projects Spring 2011 Project Title Student Name Supervisor ح Maha Ali Al-Mamari Dr. Mohamed Satour Cross Point Competition (Public Relation & Advertising) Basma Mohamed Al-Bosaedi Ms. Omama Al Lawati Khalfan Ghafel Al-Amri Dr. Mohamed Satour Short Films Competition (Public Relation & Advertising) Safia Omar Katan Ms. Omama Al Lawati Amira Khamis Al-Blushi Shaima Ali Al-Qarni Dr. Mohamed Satour Short Films Workshops (Public Relation & Advertising) Amira Homoud Al-Harasi Ms. Omama Al Lawati Hisham Hamad Al-Maamari Student Talent Competition (Public Relation & Dr. Mohamed Satour Afrah Nasser Al-Musalami Advertising) Ms. Omama Al Lawati Muzna Soliman Al-Hadi Abdel Aziz Said Al-Maqbali Dr. Mohamed Satour Youth Vision (Public Relation & Advertising) Haitham Said Al-Abri Ms. Omama Al Lawati Musab Saleh Al-Harthi Intzar Nasser Al-Jabri My Angel – Magazine (Journalism & Electronic Naima Juma Al-Syabi Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Publishing) Saud Salim Al-Aamri Aisha Mohamed Al Khalifyn Nour - Magazine (Journalism & Electronic Publishing) Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Amar Ali Al-Naseri Amal Naser Al-Kindi Tawasel Electronic Magazine (Journalism & Electronic Shamsa Hamid Al-Ryami Mr. Salim Al Rashidi Publishing) Rokaya Ali Al-Abri Color – Short Film (Broadcasting) Shabib Abdullah Al-Habsi Mr. Akram Fakhfakh The Foundling – Short Film (Broadcasting) Aisha Mohamed Al-Blushi Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Iman Mahfouz Al-Hasani Treachery Moment – Short Film (Broadcasting) Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Fatma Mohamed Al-Malki Style – Short Film (Broadcasting) Sultan Salem Al-Husaini Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Amina Mohamed Al-Kathiri Eve Radio (Broadcasting) Mr. Akram Fakhfakh Mariam Mohamed Al-Ghilani Stumbling Block – Short Film (Broadcasting) Inshad Rashed Al-Wehabi Mr. Akram Fakhfakh 3:30 PM – Short Film (Broadcasting) Abdullah Salem Al-Muqimi Mr. Akram Fakhfakh

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) d. Student Enrolment – Fall 2010: 22 Students – Spring 2011: 25 Students – Summer 2011: 74 Student

e. Courses offered Fall 2010 Course Title Instructor MASS6110 Communication Curriculum Dr. Hosni Nasr Dr. Anwar Al RawasDr. Abdullah Al MASS6120 A Discussion Panel In the Oman Media Kindi MASS6130 Theories of Communication Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Sarayrah MASS6160 Specialized Journalism Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi MASS6190 Advanced Writing for Public Relation Dr. Taha Negm MASS6200 Broadcast Production Dr. Anwar Al Rawas MASS6250 Media Terminology in English Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi MASS7100 Research Project Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Sarayrah

Spring 2011 Course Title Instructor MASS6130 Theories of Communication Dr. Taha Negm MASS6210 Advanced News Editing Dr. Hosni Nasr MASS6220 Specialized Media Readings in English Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi MASS6230 Electronic Journalism Dr. Hosni Nasr MASS6280 Media Specialized Reading Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi MASS6310 Advanced Radio Writing Dr. Anwar Al Rawas MASS6320 Seminar in Radio and Television Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi MASS6460 Public Relations Strategies Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Sarayrah Special Topic in Journalism & Electronic MASS6470 Dr. Taha Negm Publishing MASS7100 Research Project Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Sarayrah

C. MA/PhD Students' Dissertations Supervision Project Title Student Name Supervisor Name MA/PhD (principal/second) Woman's Magazines In The Sultanate Of Asma Salem Prof. Mohamed Al Sarayrah Principal MA Oman: A Study Of Characteristics And Al-Gheilani Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Second Challenges Dr. Hosni Nasr Second The Artistic Content In Oman And Al Prof. Mohamed Al Sarayrah Principal Azza Al-Qassabi MA Shabiba Newspapers Dr. Hosni Nasr Second The Press Governing Laws In Oman And Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Principal Badr Al-Siyabi MA Journalist's Views About It Dr. Hosni Mohamed Nasr Second Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al The Advertising General Properties In Principal Abir Al-Maamari Sarayrah MA The Omani Newspapers Second Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Public Relation Communication Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Principal Strategies Through The Government Sarayrah Muna Al-Zadjali Second MA Units Websites Under The Civil Service Dr. Hosni Nasr Second Law In Sultanate Of Oman Dr. Anwar Al Rawas Public Relations In The Omani Civil Prof. Mohamed Al Sarayrah Principal Turki Al-Hinai MA Service Institutions Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi Second

5. Research a. Research Grants Principal Funded Research Title Co-Principal Investigator Budget Period Investigator by The Impact of The New Media on Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi and other Dr. Anwar OR Strategic Socialization: An Interdisciplinary faculties in the Sociology & 3 Years Al Rawas 59800 Research Study On Oman Social Work Dept

b. Publications The below table summarized the research activities in Mass Communication department during the academic year 2010 – 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 7 Research Projects 1 Authored 3 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 0 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 1 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 2 Book Reviews 0 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 3 Technical Reports 0 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 17

a. Refereed Journal Papers 1. Al-Rawas, Anwar, Practices of Omani Mass Media towards Freedom and Social Responsibility: A Critical Study. Accepted for Publication in Issue (66), Faculty of Arts Journal, Alexandria University, 2011, Egypt. (In Arabic) 2. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Expatriates Motivations Of Using Different Types Of Media In The Sultanate Of Oman And Saturation Achieved, College of Arts and Social Sciences Annals Magazine, Scientific Research Council, Kuwait, Approved for Publishing in September 2010. 3. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. The Youth Using and Saturation Achievements of Mobil Phones in The Sultanate Of Oman, The Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, Public Opinion Research Center, Approved for Publishing in April 2011. 4. Negm, Taha, & Al-Rawas, Anwar, The Relationship between the Exposure of Omani Youth to New Media and Level of Political Knowledge: An Empirical Study on Internet Users. In Policy and Law Dafatr, University Journal in Law and Political Science, Kasdi Merbah University- Algeria, Fourth Issue, 2011. (Co-authored- In Arabic) 5. Nasr, Hosni. The Relationship between media and states in African- Asian countries. The Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. Vol.1, No.2, 2011. 6. Satour, Mohamed Mokhtar, Interactive Advertising in the Era of Digital Media, Accepted and Published in Issue (23/2), April 2011, Arts & Sciences Journal, Helwan University, 2011, Egypt. (In Arabic) 7. Satour, Mohamed Mokhtar,Activating the Podcast Role as a New Animated Advertising Media, Accepted on August 3, 2011 for Publication in Issue (24/2), April 2012, Arts & Sciences Journal, Helwan University, 2011, Egypt. (In Arabic) b. Authored Books 1. Nasr, Hosni. Global Communication: theories, Stakeholders, and Trends. Translated into Arabic (senior translator, with Abdullah Al-Kanadi). 2nd edition, Al-Ain, UAE: University Book House, 2003. 2. Nasr, Hosni. Issues and Opinions on Arab Media, UAE: University Book House. 2011. 3. Nasr, Hosni. Mass Media Laws and Ethics, UAE. University Book House: Alain. 2010. c. Chapters in Books 4. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Titled “The Gulf Cultural Project”, Part VIII "The of Cultural and Identity Project", The Development Plan of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States Countries, 13-15 May 2008, P: 511-548, Published in 2010. d. Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Newspaper Readership in Oman in the Age of Globalization. A paper presented at the 4th Global Communication Association Conference, Krakow – Poland 26-29 October 2010. 2. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Participation In The Omani Women Symposium, College Of Applied Sciences – Al Rustaq, (Omani Women Work Reality And Future In The Field Of Mass Communication), 17 October 2010. e. Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and books 1. Nasr, Hosni. Arbitrating a Scientific Research for the Egyptian Public Opinion Research Journal. 2. Satour, Mohamed. External referee for the Graphic Design Department Undergraduate Program, Scientific College of Design, Al Matar Heights, Muscat. 3. Nasr, Hosni. Arbitrating a Scientific Research for the College of Arts and Social Sciences Journal, Sultan Qaboos University.

6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Mass Communication department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 0 Workshops Given 6 Journal Editorial Board Membership 1 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 1 Lectures 7 Articles Published in the Press 4 Media Interviews 1 Seminars 0 Contest Judging 6 Consultancies 14 Alumni 0 International Organizations & Local Organizations 0 Educational Organizations 0 Others 0 Total 40 a. Workshops Given 1. Nasr, Hosni. Writing Skills for Public Relations Workshop, General Management Institute, Ministry of Civil Service, Oman, 26-30 September 2010. 2. Nasr, Hosni. Advanced Writing Skills Workshop, Addressed To The Military Magazines Editors, Moral Guidance Department, the Omani Army Chairmanship, October 2010. 3. Workshop Organizing Under The Title “Writing About The Capital Markets”, In Cooperation With Muscat Securities Market, College Of Arts & Social Sciences – Theater Hall 2, 27-28 February 2011. 4. Workshop Organizing Under The Title "The Humanitarian Law And Journalists Protection", In Collaboration With The Red Cross International Committee, College Of Arts & Social Sciences – Theater Hall 2, 15-16 March 2011. 5. Anwar Rawas: training course in communication skills and deal with it, April, May 2011, the Ministry of Social Development 6. Al Sarayrah, Mohamed - Al Rawas, Anwar – Nasr, Hosni. Communication Skills And Dealing With The Media Workshop, Addressed To The Omani Women Candidates For The Shura Council, Ministry Of Social Development, 4-18 May 2011. b. Journal Editorial Board Membership 1. Al Sarayrah, Mohamed. Arts and Social Sciences Journal Editor. c. Exhibitions 1. Mass Communication Creativity Forum Exhibition 2011. d. Lectures 1. Al Rawas, Anwar. Lecture Titled “Rumor”, October 2010, The Royal Office. 2. Satour, Mohamed. Teaching Health Campaigns Course, Oman Public Health Institute, Spring 2011. 3. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Lecture Titled “Managing Crises”, Ministry of Health, 9 May 2011. 4. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Lecture Titled “Managing Crises”, Command and Staff College, 16 May 2011. 5. Al Rawas, Anwar. Presenting Specialized Lectures to Security and Diplomatic Establishments (2 Lectures). 6. Al Azri. Sultan. Lecture Titled “The Technology Impact On Youth And Adolescents”, Shatee Al Qurm School, Spring 2011. e. Articles Published In The Press 1. Nasr, Hosni. Weekly Press Articles – Al Shabiba Newspaper. 2. Nasr, Hosni. Press Articles – Oman Newspaper. 3. Al Mashekhi, Mohamed. Press Articles – Anwar and Al Watan Newspapers. 4. Satour, Mohamed. Press Interview, Al Najah News Paper, April 2011. f. Media Interviews 1. Al Azri. Sultan. Oman TV Interview, The Technology Impact On Youth And Adolescents, Shatee Al Qurm School, Spring 2011. g. Contest Judging 1. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Jury Member of The Mastery of Media Competition, 7th session, Ministry of Information, Oman, 2010-2011. 2. Nasr, Hosni. Jury Member of The Mastery of Media Competition, 7th session, Ministry of Information, Oman, 2010-2011. 3. Al-Shaqsi, Obaid S. Arbitration The Contribute To The Emergency Media Plan Preparation, Civil Defense National Committee. 4. Dr. Hosni Nasr, Reviewed Scientific research for Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research. 5. Dr. Mohammed Satour, External reviewer for the undergraduate program of the Department of Graphic Design, Scientific College of Design, Airport Heights, Muscat. 6. Dr. Hosni Nasr, Reviewed Scientific research for Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. h. Consultancies 1. Al Sarayrah, Mohamed. Preparing the International Relations and Strategic Studies Department Program, 2011. 2. Al Azri. Sultan. Participating In the Gulf University Theater Festival, Designing the Thousand Miles Play Journey Decoration, Bahrain University, 21-25 November 2010. 3. Al Azri. Sultan. Participating In the University Delegation To The University Theater Festival In The City Of Fez, Morocco, October 2010. 4. Al Azri. Sultan. Designing the Shakespeare Gone Mad Play Journey Decoration, For the Charities Benefit, 17-18 April 2011. 5. Al Rashidi, Salem. Media Consultancy for Developing the Sultanate Marketing Identity, 2011. 6. Al Rashidi, Salem. Media Consultancy for Developing Al Amal intellectual disabilities Association, 2011. 7. Satour, Mohamed. Designing Adam Sport Club Logo, 2010. 8. Satour, Mohamed. Designing College of Arts and Social Sciences Annual Reports 2007-2010. 9. Satour, Mohamed. Designing Project Profile of the Silver Jubilee Celebration for Sultan Qaboos University, January 2011. 10. Satour, Mohamed. Designing the College of Arts and Social Sciences Foundation Day Printing Materials, 2007-2011. 11. Satour, Mohamed. Designing the 1st Gulf Academic Forum for Social Work Printing Materials, College of Arts and Social Sciences, 15-16 March 2011. 12. Satour, Mohamed. Designing the Writing about the Capital Markets Workshop Printing Materials, In Cooperation with Muscat Securities Market, College Of Arts & Social Sciences, 27-28 February 2011. 13. Satour, Mohamed. Designing the Project Profile of the International Relations and Strategic Studies Department, 2011. 14. Satour, Mohamed. Designing and Managing College Of Arts & Social Sciences Website.

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Mass Communication students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor Television Production Training College Of Arts 14 October 2010 Mass Communication Creativity Group Workshop & Social Sciences – TV Studio Mass Communication Creativity College Of Arts & Social 17 October 2010 Mass Communication Creativity Group Group Evening Sciences – Theater Hall College Of Arts & Social Short Film Workshop 18 October 2010 Mass Communication Creativity Group Sciences – TV Studio College Of Arts & Social Digital Video Imaging Workshop 25 October 2010 Mass Communication Creativity Group Sciences – TV Studio Public Relation & Information Participating In His Majesty Chairs 2-3 November University Conference Hall Department & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Creativity Group College Of Arts & Social Sciences Celebrating The National Day 20 November College Of Arts & Social Group & Mass Communication 40th Anniversary 2010 Sciences Creativity Group 23 November College Of Arts & Social Digital Video Editing Workshop Mass Communication Creativity Group 2010 Sciences – TV Studio 6-12 December Public Relation & Information Preparing Graduation Supplements Mass Communication Creativity Group 2010 Department Al Mamar Magazine launch Evening 18 January 2011 University Conference Hall Mass Communication Creativity Group Career Day – Imti Girl’s Primary 12 February The Dakhliyah Governorate Mass Communication Creativity Group School 2011 Izki State Imti City Early Intervention Association for The 1st Parents Medical And 13-15 March University Cultural Center Disabilitiy Children & Mass Educational Conference 2011 Communication Creativity Group Public Relation & Information Traffic Week Event 2011 14 March 2011 University Conference Hall Department & Mass Communication Creativity Group Sociology & Social Work Department Participating In The 1st Gulf 15-16 March University Conference Hall & Mass Communication Creativity Academic Forum For Social Work 2011 Group College Of Arts & Social Sciences 19-21 March Etiquette Forum Students Service Center Group & Mass Communication 2011 Creativity Group Student Affairs Deanship Media Group 26-29 March Mass Communication Forum 2011 Students Service Center & Mass Communication Creativity 2011 Group Determination Event College Of Arts & Social Social Service Group & Mass (Preparing a film about disabled 23-27 April 2011 Sciences Communication Creativity Group people in the Sultanate of Oman) Mass Communication Department & Anchor Project Competition 24 April 2011 University Conference Hall Mass Communication Creativity Group

Department of Theatre Arts

Summary Since its establishment in 1991 the Department of Theatre Arts has sought to provide a solid foundation in the theoretical and practical aspect of theatre in three main specializations (acting and directing- drama and criticism- Scene and set design) for Omani students. Currently, the Department does not have any academic programs but teaches elective courses to a large number of SQU students from different academic disciplines. Moreover, the Department actively participates in disseminating theatrical awareness through lectures, symposiums, workshops, staging plays, providing consultation for governmental and private institutions. The Department strives to set the standard of excellence in the Sultanate and the region, through study, practice, and academic research. It is dedicated to introduce students to the art, craft, and discipline of theatre. In addition, it is committed to actively contributing to the cultural environment of the university, the community, and the Sultanate as a whole through education offerings, production opportunities, workshops, and lectures. The Department seeks to disseminate theatrical culture among students who are majoring in other fields. They can explore and influence the larger community through the performing arts. The Department contributes to the artistic and cultural environment of SQU and theatrical field in the Sultanate of Oman. It aims at establishing partnerships and outreach opportunities with local, regional, and international theatre communities. Summary Table Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 3 3 Support Staff 2 2 On-study leave 0 0 Total 5 5 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 431 207 Courses Offered 5 6 Graduate Program Enrolment - - Courses Offered - - Theses completed - - Research Grants 3 Contracts - Consulting - Publications Refereed Journals - Others -

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative)

Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests – Gender and Feminist Theory in Acting Theatre Dr. Fatma Al-Shukaili Assistant Prof (HoD) Theatre, History – Mythology Studies Theory, and Literature – Theatre Anthropology – The Relationship of Folklore and Acting –Directing and Theatre Dr. Mohamed Al-Habsi Assistant Prof Theatre History – Theatre in Education – Children’s Theatre – Children’s Theatre Dr. Kamla Al-Hinai Assistant Prof Children’s Theatre – Women and Theatre – Acting and Directing Dr. Said Al-Siyabi Assistant Researcher Traditional Heritage – Traditional Heritage – Folklore Mrs. Safa Al-Belushi Assistant Researcher Set Design – Set Design and Costume Design

2. Committees (Departmental/College/University) Name of the Committee Members Collage Council Fatma al-Shukaili and Mohamed al Habsi Quality Assurance & Accreditation Fatma al-Shukaili Timetabling Said al Siyabi Testing Safa al Belushi Curriculum Development Fatma al-Shukaili Recruiting Fatma al-Shukaili Social and Cultural Said al Siyabi Training and Community Service Said al Siyabi Educational Equipment and Tools Said al Siyabi

3. Undergraduate Studies a. Student Enrolment - Fall 2010: 431 students - Spring 2011: 207 students

b. Courses Offered - Fall 2010: 5 courses - Spring 2011: 6 courses

7. Community Service The following table describes in brief the department’s community services in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 0 Workshops Given 3 Journal Editorial Board Membership 0 Exhibitions (attended/participated in) 3 Lectures 3 Articles Published in the Press 1 Media Interviews 3 Seminars 0 Contest Judging 3 Consultancies 0

Alumni 0

International Organizations & Local Organizations 0

Educational Organizations 0

Others 3

Total 19 a. Workshops given 1. Theatrical Costume Design- Workshop at the Collage of Education for Teachers 2. Elements of Drama- Students Ministry of Higher Education 3. Acting, directing, and elements of theatre design - SQU

b. Exhibitions 1. Costume exhibition at the International Fashion Week in Rome (Altomoda), Italy 2010 2. Costume exhibition at a Charity Show, Bahrain 2010 3. Costume exhibition at Omani Women’s Day, Omani Women Association, Muscat 2010

c. Lectures 1. “Traditional Clothing in the Omani Theatre”. Omani Women’s Day celebrations. Omani Women’s Association. 2010 2. “Representation and Reconstruction of Femininity in the Omani Theatre”. Women and Theatre in Oman Symposium. Omani Women’s Association 23-25 Oct 2010. 3. A series of Lectures on the subject if Children’s Theatre and Theatre in Education in Oman at a number of different public schools in Muscat.

d. Media interviews 1. Television Interview. Oman National Television. The first channel.2010 (Safa al Belushi) 2. Radio Interview with Rasha al Belushi in a program titled “This Evening”. Oman National Radio. 2010 3. A number of Television Interviews. Oman National Television. 2010. (Dr. Mohmed al Habsi) e. Contest judging 1. Adjudicator. Traditional Theatre Festival. Muscat. 2011. (Dr. Fatma al Shukaili) 2. Head of the organizing committee. Traditional Theatre Festival. 2011. (Dr. Mohamed al Habsi) 3. Adjudicator. Dramatic Test Contest. Ministry of Defense. 2011. (Dr. Mohamed al Habsi), 2011 f. Consultancies 1. Referring a number of television series texts. Oman National Television. (Dr. Fatma al Shukaili) g. Others 1. Dr. al Habsi, Mohamed. Member of the Committee responsible for the opening of the Cultural Centre, SQU 2011 2. Dr. al Habsi, Mohamed. Member of the Omani Fourth Theatre Festival Committee, 2011 3. Dr. al Shukaili, Fatma. Adjudichation of Television Series (text).

Department of Tourism

Summary The Sultanate of Oman’s renaissance was accompanied by an incremental interest in enhancing the tourism industry. Thus, the SQU has been promoting the on-going interest in tourism, which culminated in the establishment of the Tourism Department in 2001. The program produces qualified Omani human resources to work in the various fields of tourism; it is also considered to be a nucleus for academic and professional training in the Sultanate. Hence, the university contributes to the development of Omani manpower in the Sultanate. Students register in the four-year tourism program (eight semesters). The department’s study plan includes 120 credit hours, 88 credit hours majoring in the department’s specialization. The 88 credit hours are divided into two parts. Part one includes 18 courses (52 credit hours) which represent the department’s major requirements. All students registering in the department should take these courses regardless of their specialization. Students usually study those courses during their early four semesters in the department. After finishing their four semesters, students will then proceed toward taking the second part of the department courses, which include 12 courses (36 credit hours) in one of the following specializations: 1. Tourism Management 2. Hospitality Management 3. Tourism Guidance The Department includes 19 academic faculty, staff, language lecturers, and technicians. They hold Doctorate, Masters and Bachelors from Oman, USA, UK, Germany, France, and Egypt. Special attention has been given to the practical training and internships both locally and internationally. So far, the department has established internships with a number of organizations on local, regional and international levels. The department is currently working on establishing close ties with both local and international hospitality and tourism industry. There are 186 students enrolled in the three specializations in the department. The employment market includes the Ministry of Tourism, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hotels, Motels, Travel Agencies, Tourism Companies, Tourism Development Companies, Car Rental, Military Clubs, Oman Air, UAE, and festivals, amongst others. The Tourism Department at the College of Arts and Social Sciences aims to be one of the well-known and leading Tourism and hospitality management programs in the Gulf region by the year 2015.

Summary Table Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 13 13 Support Staff 2 2 On-study leave 1 1 Total 16 16 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 186 186 Courses Offered 30 30 Graduate Program Enrolment - - Courses Offered - - Theses completed - - Research Grants 1 Contracts - Consulting - Publications Refereed Journals 5 Others 7

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative) Full Name Rank Specialty Dr. Masooma Khamis Al Belushi Assistant Professor and Head Hospitality Management Dr. Mohamed Abdel Ghani El-Sayed Assistant Professor Hospitality Management Dr. Galal Mohamed Hamza Afifi Assistant Professor Tourism Management Dr. Ya'qoob Salim Al Busaidi Assistant Professor Tourism Management Dr. Tamer Mohamed Atef Assistant Professor Hospitality Management Dr. Noha Osman Azmy, Assistant Professor Tourism Guidance Mr. Hamed Ibrahim Saied Al Azri Lecturer Tourism Management Mr. Hussam Salim Adaar Baomar Researcher Tourism Management Mr. Fallah Abdallah Hamad Al Sukati Lecturer Tourism Management Mrs. Majda Hamoud Mohamed Al Salti Lecturer Hospitality Management Ms. Houda Juma Ghulam Al Balushi Lecturer Hospitality Management Dr. Wafae Mehdi Karzazi Lecturer French language Mrs. Agnes Bourgeois Lecturer French language Ms. Alexandra Mireille Laurent Lecturer French language Mrs. Andrea Wenke Lecturer German Language Ms. Sigrid Stöckli Lecturer German Language Ms. Helena Matschiner Lecturer German Language Mrs. Huda Salim Said Al Mahrooqi Training Coordinator

2. Committees Committee Members Dr Masooma Al Balushi College Board Dr. Galal Afifi Executive Committee Dr. Masooma Al Balushi Academic Advising Committee Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi Research Committee Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi Curricula & Undergraduate Studies Dr. Mohamed Abdul-Ghani Committee Continuous Development Committee Dr. Masooma Khamis Al BelushiDr. Tamer Atef Annual Report Committee Dr. Tamer Atef Examination Committee Dr. Galal Afifi Students Liaison Committee Mr. FalahAl Sukati Graduate Studies Committee Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi Course Substitution and Equivalency Dr. Mohamed Abdul-Ghani Committee Library Committee Mrs. Andrea Wenke Academic Needs Committee Mrs. Agnes Bourgeois Cultural and Media Committee Mr. FalahAl Sukati Sport Committee Dr. Galal Afifi College Social Activities Mr. Hussam Ba Omar Training and Community Services Mrs. Huda Al Mahrooqi Committee Website Development Committee Website Development Committee Dr. Noha Azmi Dr. Noha Azmi

3. Undergraduate Studies

a. Student Enrolment The average students registered in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 were 186 students

b. Courses – Fall 2010 Course Code Courses Staff TOUR1050 Tourism in Oman Masooma Khamis Al Belushi, TOUR1001 Introduction to Tourism Dr Masooma Khamis Al Belushi TOUR1020 Human Resources MGMT Dr.Mohamed Abdul-Ghani Service Quality MGMT for TOUR4450 Dr. Mohamed Abdul-Ghani Tourism & Hospitality TOUR4130 Tourism and Transportation Dr. Noha Azmi TOUR4120 Tourism Guidance (2) Dr. Noha Azmi TOUR3100 Methods of Tourism Guidance Dr. NohaAzmi Tourism Planning and TOUR4410 Dr. Galal Afifi Development TOUR4300 Tourism Marketing( E ) Feasibility Study of Hospitality TOUR4210 Dr. Galal Afifi and Tourist Projects Tourism Companies and Travel TOUR3300 Dr. Galal Afifi Agencies Operations TOUR4310 Tourism Accounting Dr. Tamer Atef TOUR3200 Hotel & Rest. MGMT Dr. Tamer Atef TOUR3210 Food Production Dr. Tamer Atef TOUR4200 Hotel Accounting Dr. Tamer TOUR3330 Economics of Tourism FalahAl Sukati TOUR3010 Tourist Information System (E) FalahAl Sukati TOUR2010 T. & H. Legislations Mr. Said Shahry Contemporary Tourism Aspects in TOUR4110 Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi Oman and GCC TOUR3540 Cultural Tourism Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi TOUR3150 Interpretation Industry in Tourism Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi Dr.Wafaa Karzazi, Mrs. Agnes Bourgeois & FREN3521 French for Tourism (1) Alexandra MireilleLaurent FREN3522 French for Tourism (2) Dr. Wafaa Karzazi, Agnes Bourgeois FREN4521 French for Tourism (3) Dr. Wafaa Karzazi & Alexandra Mireille Laurent FREN4522 French for Tourism (4) Agnes Bourgeois GERM3521 German for Tourism (1) Sigrid Stöckli,, Damaris Riedel & Andrea Wenke GERM3522 German for Tourism (2) Sigrid Stöckli GERM4521 German for Tourism (3) Sigrid Stöckli GERM4522 German for Tourism (4) Andrea Wenke

– Spring 2011 Course Code Courses Staff TOUR1080 Introduction to Hospitality Dr Masooma Al Belushi. Tourism Authorities and TOUR1030 Masooma Al Belushi Organizations TOUR4510 Special Topic in Tourism Mohamed Abdul-Ghani TOUR3240 Hotel Marketing Mohamed Abdul-Ghani TOUR3230 Front Office Operations Mohamed Abdul-Ghani TOUR1001 Introduction to Tourism Mohamed Abdul-Ghani TOUR1050 Tourism in Oman Noha Azmi TOUR4580 Forts and Castles in Oman Dr. Noha Azmi TOUR3130 Tourism Guidance (1) Dr. Noha Azmi TOUR1060 Introduction to Tourism Guidance Noha Azmi Organisation of Tourism and TOUR4520 Majda Alsalti Travel Agencies TOUR2160 Tourism and Ecology Mrs. Majda Alsalti TOUR2050 Tourism Resources in Oman Mrs. Majda Alsalti Research Planning in Tourism and TOUR2040 Galal Afifi Hospitality (E) TOUR4330 Graduation Project Galal Afifi Conventions and Meeting TOUR3430 Galal Afifi Management Airlines Operations and Tourist TOUR3310 Galal Afifi Transportation TOUR4220 Graduation Project (E) Tamer Atef TOUR4020 Graduation Project (E) Tamer Atef Statistic for Hospitality and TOUR4020 Tamer Atef Toursim TOUR3220 Service in Hospitality Tamer Atef Introduction to Financial TOUR1070 Tamer Ate Accounting TOUR4320 Tourism Publicity and Advertising FalahAl Sukati TOUR1040 Tourism and Ecology (E) FalahAl Sukati TOUR4110 Tourism in Oman Yaqoub Albusaidi Archaeology of Oman Through the TOUR3540 Yaqoub Albusaidi Periods Wafaa Karzazi, Mrs. Agnes Bourgeois & Ms. FREN3521 French for Tourism (1) Alexandra MireilleLaurent FREN3522 French for Tourism (2) Wafaa Karzazi & Alexandra Mireille Laurent FREN4521 French for Tourism (3) Agnes Bourgeois FREN4522 French for Tourism (4) Alexandra Mireille Laurent GERM3521 German for Tourism (1) Sigrid Stöckli, Damaris Riedel & Andrea Wenke GERM3522 German for Tourism (2) Sigrid Stöckli GERM4521 German for Tourism (3) Andrea Wenke GERM4522 German for Tourism (4) Sigrid Stöckli

c. Graduation Projects Project Title Student Name Supervisor Majid Al Bartamani (Group Developing Al Naseem Park Dr. Galal Afifi Coordinator) Falajs Tourism Development Plan Nadia Al Kindi (Group Coordinator) Dr. Galal Afifi Special-Need Tourists in Oman Eissa Al Balusbi (Group Coordinator) Dr. Galal Afifi Muscat Tourism Theme Ahlam Shaklabi (Group Coordinator) Dr. Galal Afifi Oman Convention Hotel Khalil Al Shukaili (Group Coordinator) Dr. Tamer Atef The Hanging Restaurant Salim Al Salmi (Group Coordinator) Dr. Tamer Atef Sablet Nizwa Traditional Salim Al Riyami (Group Coordinator) Dr. Tamer Atef Restaurant

4. Postgraduate Studies (Higher Diploma/MA/PhD) – No postgraduate programs in the department

5. Research The below table summarized the research activities in Tourism department during the academic year 2010 - 2011 Types of Publication Number Journal Papers 5 Research Projects 1 Authored 0 Revised Edition 0 Books Edited 0 Translation (book) 0 Chapters in Books 1 Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 2 Book Reviews 0 Refereeing Research Papers/Projects and Books 4 Technical Reports 0 Encyclopedia Refereed Articles 0 Total 13

c. Research Grants Principal Co-Principal Research Title Budget Funded by Duration Investigator Investigator Social and Economic Trends of Tourism January Development in Al Jabal El Akhdar. A joint Dr. Galal 64 000,00 Ministry of Dr. Yaqoub Albusaidi 2010-Marsh funded research between Sultan Qaboos Afifi OMR Tourism 2011 University and Omani Ministry of Tourism.

a. Publications – Refereed Journal Papers 1. Azmi, Noha and Atef, Tamer ( 2011), The Egyptian Government's Role in Re- establishing the Hotel Industry in Cairo (1953-1957) (Content Analysis based on the US Department of State Documents), the International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, Volume 12, Number 2. 2. Karzazi, Wafae (8/2011). L’oralité dans La Mère du printemps de Driss Chraïbi in La Textualisation des langues dans les écritures francophones. Cahiers du GRELCEF 2. 297-310. 3. Afifi, Galal (2011). A survey of the doctoral theses accepted by universities in the UK and Ireland for studies related to tourism (2000-2009). Journal of Tourism Management, initially accepted in August 2011, in editing final revision. 4. Yehia, Nehad and Atef, Tamer (2011). Assessing the impact of online social networks on Egyptian hospitality and tourism industries. The Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality, 8(2). 5. Atef, Tamer (2011). Assessing the ability of the Egyptian hospitality industry to serve special needs customers. Managing Leisure, 16(3).

– Chapters in Books 1. Atef, Tamer, Megahed, Farida and Hewedi, Mahmoud (2010). Managers training and development in the Egyptian hospitality industry. In: Kefalaki, M. and Tixier, D. (ed.), Challenges and Prospects in Tourism Research, 387-403. Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.

– Conference Papers (Published in Proceedings) 1. Afifi, G. (2010).The Socio-economic & Cultural Context of Tourism Development in Al Jabal Al Akhdar. The 4th international Conference on Responsible Tourism In Destinations, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 10-12 October 2010. 2. Al-Busaidi, Yaqoob, 2011, The Intangible Heritage and Heritage Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman, in Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management 19-20 June, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey , pp.617-622.

– Reviewing Articles, Technical Reports, and Projects 1. Al-Busaidi, Yaqoob Reviewing a proposal on: Human Resources and Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman, Scientific Research Council, May 2011. 2. Al-Busaidi, Yaqoob 2010, A Glimpse at the Development of Archaeological Heritage Management in Oman, in Tawasol, Vol.12. pp: 44-61. 3. Afifi, G. Reviewer starting from January 2011 in “Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality”. 4. Afifi, G. Reviewer starting from August 2011 in “Journal of Geography and Regional Planning”. 6. Community Service The following table describes in brief the community services in Tourism department in the academic year 2010 - 2011 Department Number Workshops Attended 3 Workshops Given 3 Journal Editorial Board Membership - Exhibitions (attended/participated in) - Lectures 2 Articles Published in the Press 1 Media Interviews 2 Seminars 1 Contest Judging - Consultancies - Alumni - International Organizations & Local Organizations 4 Educational Organizations 1 Other Activities 4 Total 21 a. Workshops attended – Teaching skills development (Teaching and Learning Center), January 2011.(Huda Al Balushi) – Scientific papers writing and publishing, April 2011, Deanship of Post graduate Studies.( MagdaAl Salti - Huda Al Balushi) – Attendance of a workshop about "Tourism Research and Publishing" that was held on April 25, 2011 in the German University in Muscat. It was delivered by Prof. Dr. Chris Rayan. (Department Members) b. Workshops given – German courses for tour guides working for Omani tour operators (5 weeks, twice a week, two hours per class) in August and September 2011. (Ms. Sigrid Stoeckli) – Participation at Family Day, SQU, March 2011. (Ms. Sigrid Stoeckli) – Supervisor of the Language Activities Club LAC. (Ms. Sigrid Stoeckli) c. Lectures – Awareness Lectureon Precautionary measures adopted during andafteradverse weather conditions. Al Seeb Schools, April 2011. (MagdaAl Salti - Huda Al Balushi) – Cooperated with the Training Institute, by conducting a lecture entitled "Principals of Hospitality", on 27/10/2010.(Dr. Tamer Atef). d. Articles published in the press – Preparation of an Article on: Secrets, AlMasar, May 2011. (Dr Noha Azmy) e. Media interviews – Appearance on National Omani TV, (Hona Oman Programme), as the First Omani Female holding a Ph.D in Tourism, in the occasion of 40th Omani National Day, on 10 November, 2010. (Dr Masooma Al Balushi) – Radio program on traditional markets in Arab Countries (Khan Al Khalili), Omani Radio, March 2011. (Dr Noha Azmy) f. Seminars – Attending the 4th International Conference on Responsible Tourism, held in Intercontinental Muscat, Oman From 10-12 October, 2010. (Department Members) g. International organizations – Membership of the Egyptian Tourism and Hotels Society. (Dr Tamer Atef & Dr Noha Azmy) – Membership of the Journal of the Arab Universities Association for Tourism and Hospitality.(Dr. Tamer Atef) – Membership of the Arab Historians Union. (Dr Noha Azmy) – Membership of the Egyptian Association for Historical Studies. (Dr Noha Azmy) h. Educational organizations – Third Students’Conference on: Enhancement of citizenship values, February 2011, Nizwa University. (Dr Masooma Al Balushi – Dr Yaqoub Al Busaidi) i. Others – Member of Tourism & Property Investment, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman, 9th Jan, 2010 to date. (Dr Masooma Al Balushi – Dr Galal Hamza) – Member of Board of Trustees of Oman Tourism College, Sultanate of Oman, May, 2011 to date. (Dr Masooma Al Balushi) – Third Geological Tourism Conference organization Committee (Dr Galal Hamza – Dr Yaqoub Al Busaidi) – Membership of Tourism Guidance committee – Omani Ministry of Tourism, 2009 till now. (Dr Yaqoub Al Busaidi)

7. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Tourism students in the academic year 2010 – 2011 Activity Date Venue Supervisor Third-Fourth- French and German language College of Arts and Social Fifth week each Tourism Group Courses sciences semester 8-16 December Beach Games Exhibition Beach Games Tourism Group 2010 Participation in “Morning Coffee” January 2011 Al Qurum - Muscat Tourism Group TV program – Omani TV Sailing Exhibition – Muscat Festival February 2011 Wave - Muscat Tourism Group

Department of Music and Musicology

Summary: The Department of Music and Musicology aspires to reach a local and regional position of distinction and excellence in teaching music. It also seeks to interact and contribute it the richness and diversity of world music. The Department's mission is to provide a rigorous university-level academic program in the field of music and musicology, covering its various branches (music, musicology, performance: playing on instruments, singing and ethnomusicology). The program aims to provide the students with both theoretical as well as practical background that is academically sufficient and practically adequate. Besides, the program aims to equip the students with the necessary advanced technical and professional skills in the various areas of sophisticated musical performance. The program aims also to meet the needs of the Sultanate of Oman for qualified teachers who are technically and academically capable of teaching music in public schools. It provides the training for students to play Arabic and Western instruments and create a research "nucleus" to help in developing interest in local traditional music and laying the foundation for its collection, preservation, and then its reproduction in various artistic forms based on established scientific concepts. It also provides academic training to the students to become music teachers in the Sultanate's public schools and fosters one of the most important aspects of one's culture as a true and realistic measure of the progress of the Omani society. Teaching music in tertiary institutions is a pressing need. It is a constitutive factor of students' cultural identity and personality at a critical stage of their development. The openness of university system and programs on artistic specializations is therefore an act of guidance and awareness raising which triggers an influential generation of musicians that reconciles science with arts and personal skills. Thus, we are committed to a musical education opened on other cultures with a view to consolidate musical bilingualism. In this respect, the Department attaches a great importance to Arab music without negating western music which is systematically explored to guarantee the acquisition of more than one musical language at the same time. Table Summary Content Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Faculty 14 18 Support Staff 2 3 On-study leave 0 0 Total 16 21 Undergraduate Program Enrolment 78 105 Courses Offered 33 45 Graduate Program Enrolment - - Courses Offered - - Theses completed - - Research Grants - Contracts - Consulting - Publications Refereed Journals - Others -

1. Departmental Profile (Faculty, Technical, Administrative) Full Name Rank Specialty Research Interests Dr. Mohamed Mejri HOD Dr. Majid Bin Hamdoon Al Ethnomusicology / Assistant Professor Traditional music Harthy Musicology Arina Egorova Instructor (music trainer) Piano Violine (Coordinator of Irina Gvozdeva Instructor (music trainer) the violin section) Eva Kordikova Instructor (music trainer) Flute Semah Sabrieva Instructor (music trainer) Solfeggio Piano (coordinator of Timea Sari Instructor (music trainer) the piano section) Daria Skrybina Instructor (music trainer) Violine Maria Bedine Sulykos Instructor (music trainer) Violine / Viola Aniya Tarzimanova Instructor (music trainer) Violine Juvelle Lanquino Coordinator (administrative) Carolina Estrada Instructor (music trainer) Piano Polina Semenikhina Instructor (music trainer) Cello Jan Syrovatka Instructor (music trainer) Violine Maya Yussuf Instructor (music trainer) Kanun

2. Committees (Departmental) Name of the Committee Members Faculty Recruitment Committee Dr. Majid Al Harthy Students Recruitment and Audition Committee Dr. Majid Al Harthy

3. Community Service. The following table describes in brief the community services in Music and Musicology department in the academic year 2010 - 2011

Department Number Workshops Attended - Workshops Given - Journal Editorial Board Membership - Exhibitions (attended/participated in) - Lectures 1 Articles Published in the Press - Media Interviews - Seminars - Contest Judging - Consultancies - Alumni - International Organizations & Local Organizations 1 Educational Organizations - Other Activities 9 Total 11

a. Lectures 1. Dr. Majid Al Harthy: Lecture for the Historical Society of Oman, 2010

b. International organizations 1. Dr. Majid Al Harthy: Membership in Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)

c. Concerts and other events participation: 1. Arina Egorova: Concerts at SQU Staff Club,November 2010, December 2010, February 2011, May 2011 2. Arina Egorova, Daria Skrybina: Concert for the new SQU staff, 28 September 2010 3. Arina Egorova, Daria Skrybina: Concert at the International Night, SQU Stadium, 17 March 2011 4. Arina Egorova, Daria Skrybina: Concert at the World Water Day, SQU Conference Hall, 22 March 2011 5. Arina Egorova: Concert at the Retreat Day, Intercontinental Muscat, 12 May 2011 6. Daria Skrybina: Concerts at SQU Staff Club, February 2011, 7. Daria Skrybina: Concerts at SQU Family Days, 2010 and 2011 8. Daria Skrybina: Concerts at SQU LC events, May 2011, 9. Arina Egorova, Daria Skrybina, Semah Sabrieva, Maria Bedine Sulykos, & Timea Sari: Participation at the “Students Concert”, Scientific and Cultural Day of the College of Arts and Social Sciences, SQU Conference Hall, 8 May 2011

4. Student Activities Below table illustrates all students activities were done by Geography students in the academic year 2010 – 2011

Activity Date Venue Supervisor “Student’s Concert” by the Scientific and Cultural SQU Conference 8 May 2011 Timea Sari Day of the College of Arts and Social Sciences Hall