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Department Overview: The English Language Department was established in 2014 with the aim of preparing competent researchers and teachers in the English language who possess the essential skills for teaching in the Ministry of Education schools. Additionally, the department focuses on providing pedagogical training and scientific research through research projects, familiarizing students with linguistic theories, and developing students’ abilities in various skills such as speaking, linguistic communication, expression, correct pronunciation, reading, and writing. The department has approximately 190 male and female students enrolled in both the morning and evening study programs across all stages.

Scientific Department Vision: The English Language Department at the Faculty of Arts aspires to be a leader in teaching and research in the English language and its literature locally and regionally. It aims to provide comprehensive education in the English language and its literature.

Scientific Department Mission: The mission of the English Language Department is to enhance the intellectual, cultural, and educational level of students by developing their linguistic, intellectual, and research skills to meet the requirements of the job market. The department aims to produce distinguished graduates who can serve the community, contribute to the region’s advancement, and prepare researchers capable of keeping up with scientific progress through scientific research and community service. Furthermore, the department encourages dialogue, understanding, and communication between cultures internally and externally, and keeps pace with the changes of the era.

Scientific Department Objectives:

Developing students’ linguistic and communication skills through the use of the latest technological means.

Providing students with comprehensive knowledge of the English language, its literature, linguistics, and translation.

Conducting theoretical, experimental, and comparative research in the field of English language, its literature, and translation.

Enhancing critical and creative thinking skills among students.

Studying the applications of modern technology in the English language, linguistics, and translation.

Building partnerships with the public and private sectors through conducting studies and providing consultations in the field of specialization.

Encouraging critical understanding of the thought and cultures of the English-speaking world and fostering dialogue with English-speaking nations.

The aim is to keep up with the scientific progress in the field of addressing the natural and human problems facing humanity globally and locally.

Preparing qualified teaching staff to teach geography from a contemporary perspective and linking it to the ecological reality of the province and Iraq as a whole.

Achieving rigorous scientific research, organizing seminars, conferences, and workshops to educate about these technologies through which spatial databases are built to contribute to planning, human development, utilization of natural resources, and finding optimal solutions to address the environmental reality.

Establishing the role of scientific technologies in our universities and local government institutions by preparing researchers and trained professors capable of addressing these problems using modern technologies and quantitative and applied approaches to work in our government departments, promoting them to transition and adopt the applied approach without relying solely on the descriptive approach.

Conducting scientific studies that assist in political, planning, and developmental decision-making and achieve social justice.

Geography Department Vision:

Raising the applied scientific level in applied scientific research through studying phenomena from the part to the whole, relying on senses or using intuition and verifying the validity of these predictions using modern technology, devices, laboratory equipment in the field and laboratory to achieve the best scientific results for global competition in accomplishing research projects for researchers and postgraduate students interested in addressing these issues.

Openness to competent and specialized personnel to ensure excellent professional performance and collaboration with other state institutions in a manner that qualifies them to fulfill their role in the most comprehensive way.

Organizing monthly seminars that address economic, planning, and developmental affairs in the province, particularly, and Iraq in general.

The geography department serves as a consultancy office for preparing numerous applied studies when intending to establish various local projects. It serves as a nucleus for a scientific center in the field of development planning at both the urban and regional levels and activating studies related to the natural and urban environment.

Geography Department Objectives:

Conducting applied studies that can be used to plan and evaluate social service sectors and infrastructure services to serve the population and assess their needs according to correct plans and their future prospects, as well as identifying their spatial distribution pattern, by utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for their accuracy, ease of implementation, and their connection to population distribution and urban expansion.

Achieving rigorous applied scientific research, studies, research projects, and studies related to planning and developing natural, human, economic, and environmental resources, and preparing digital spatial databases.

Preparing objective maps of population and planning problems based on satellite imagery and the ability to locate each service using Global Positioning System (GPS) devices.

Improving the scientific level and conducting training courses to train and prepare scientific cadres capable of managing planning and development projects, as well as raising the scientific level of the geography department and transforming it from the theoretical aspect to the applied aspect, allowing the utilization of the experiences of its graduates when appointed to government departments concerned with this specialization.

Graduating specialists in urban planning, environmental planning, sustainable development, climate, studying landforms, population, area and maps, transportation and tourism, geographic information systems, and remote sensing, and contributing in general to planning and implementing development programs and planning in Iraq.

Building updatable geographic databases using environmental and urban geographic information systems that are automatically linked to visible features on the map and analyzing statistical data to provide detailed information to decision-makers in the planning field.

Attempting to identify the satisfaction level of the population regarding the nature of the performance and efficiency of these services through their opinions and their importance in the process of planning service centers in the city, whether through available data and information or through field surveys in areas such as housing, industry, agriculture, environment, water, pollution, transportation, etc.

Publishing a series of specialized scientific research and studies, including those related to water resources in the province and others specialized in the environment and development indicators in Iraq

The Department of History was established in 1999, and one of its priorities is to invest in the intellectual heritage by utilizing the historical legacy and cultural heritage of Iraq. Its aim is to highlight the positive aspects of civilizations in Mesopotamia throughout history, connect the past with the present, and project into the future by studying past experiences, learning from their benefits, and avoiding their pitfalls. Understanding the past in the context of the present is essential because the study of history is a dynamic and interconnected process that starts from the present to comprehend the past. Furthermore, it is important to understand the history of other peoples in different eras to discover the civilizational connections between them and our own historical heritage.

Vision

The vision of the Department of History is to achieve leadership and excellence in the fields of education and learning, particularly in the contributions of the department and its disciplines. It also aims to support academic institutions in enhancing the quality of educational services and scientific competitiveness to contribute to human development in society.

Mission

The mission of the department is to provide distinguished educational and research services to prepare competent specialists. It aspires to achieve the goals of higher education in disseminating scientific knowledge and education, and keeping pace with scientific and technological advancements by preparing highly specialized scientific competencies in the field of history and its various precise branches.

Objectives

Prepare qualified personnel for research in the field of history and social sciences.

Provide students with specialized knowledge and understanding of ancient, Islamic, modern, and contemporary history.

Develop the leadership and professional skills of graduates as scientific researchers in history.

Equip students with the necessary general skills for effective communication, collaboration, and cooperation with the local community in both physical and digital realms, and graduate scientific competencies that meet its needs.

Avoid ideology in teaching history and present it with a scientific spirit based on modern theories and contemporary studies.

Approach other humanities and social sciences and benefit from their theories in teaching history, especially sociology, philosophy, and geography, rather than confining to outdated curricula that treated history as an untouchable sacred text.

Familiarize with the cultural and historical heritage of Dhi Qar Governorate and emphasize its civilizational legacy.