This program aims at developing the students’ knowledge of English language and literature, their language skills and ability of critical thinking. The Department offers rich and varied courses that cover all literary genres such as novel, drama, poetry, and criticism. Surveys of both English and American literature, linguistics, translation, and many other courses are also offered. The courses have been carefully selected from the curriculum of the Purdue University -Northwest-USA with which Bayan College is affiliated—in order to meet the needs of the Omani labor market in the fields of: teaching, media, translation, and many other varied jobs in the Sultanate’s ministries, banks, companies, and tourism sector.