Chair of Strategic Technology Studies

The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is responsible for contributing to the preparation of the University's academic plans and ensuring their implementation once approved by the relevant authorities. He oversees the development and execution of academic programs, the application of quality assurance standards, and supervises his affiliated divisions, monitoring progress in the deanships and academic programs across branches and colleges. Additionally, he ensures the enforcement of academic rules and regulations, reviews them, and proposes improvements in coordination with the Vice Chancellor's assistants and deans. He fosters cooperation with various higher education institutions and professional societies both locally and internationally, forms committees related to academic affairs, prepares annual reports detailing achievements according to operational and executive plans, and undertakes any other duties assigned by the Vice Chancellor within his competencies.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs carries out his responsibilities through the Coordination and Follow-up Section, which prepares an annual working plan, monitors its implementation, and submits achievement reports. This section organizes topics and reports for the Deputy Vice Chancellor, implements his directives, schedules meetings and communications, receives visitors and their queries, and refers requests to the appropriate divisions. It maintains transactions, notes, and letters according to applicable procedures, handles printing and photocopying tasks, supervises incoming and outgoing mail, applies modern management methods in coordination and follow-up, proposes and implements professional development programs for its employees, and performs any other duties within its competencies.

English Language

Bachelor of Education in English

To prepare well-rounded qualified graduates to work as teachers in the educational field in Omani education by equipping them with educational and professional competencies and research skills that can enable them to deal with the new emerging trends in curricula and embark in their postgraduate studies in their disciplinary fields.

Teaching Language: English
Branch: UTAS-Rustaq

Graduates will be able to:

Use the English language proficiently in both spoken and written forms across a wide range of contexts and levels of formality.
Apply advanced knowledge and skills in English linguistics, literature, and translation to contribute effectively as English language specialists in educational settings.
Think critically, creatively, and collaboratively, demonstrating strong problem solving abilities.
Utilize digital tools and educational technologies competently to support learning and teaching.
Demonstrate a solid foundation in teaching and learning, particularly in the field of English as a foreign or additional language.
Understand the Omani school system, including its English curriculum, associated processes, and professional responsibilities.
Engage in reflective, research based practices relevant to English language teaching.
Employ research methodologies and skills to access, analyze, and generate new knowledge, approaches, in depth studies, and good practices in their area of specialization.
Pursue further/postgraduate studies —nationally, regionally, or internationally—with strong academic readiness and professional disposition.

As per as the UTAS admission requirements.

Reference: UTAS Bylaws and its Amendments

English Language Teacher

Semester 1

EDEF1102 - Educational Foundations

Comprehensive coverage of education’s concepts, patterns, types, and necessity; philosophical foundations; education–culture–society relationships; Oman’s educational system, goals, and challenges in the 21st century.
Type and Outline : College

EDEN1101 - Adv. English Language Awareness: Grammar

This is an advanced course in English grammar. It seeks to equip the students with the necessary insights, theory, and practice to reach a proficiency level equivalent to IELTS bands 5.5 – 6.0. Learners will be exposed to some of the rules and structures of the English language in a communicative context and analytical practices. The learners’ awareness of grammatical English will thus be nurtured and enriched. The learners will be introduced to the communicative value of various grammatical categories together with the underlying rules governing them. The learners will be expected to gradually understand and construct advanced sentence structures. The course includes syntactical and functional operations and transformations, such as sentence formation and derivation, subordination, coordination, compounding, deletion, insertion, and rearrangement.