Arabic
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Offered through the Middle East Studies Program
Contact: Carlos Yordan, Director of Middle East Studies
Lecturer: Mona Zaki
Language-in-Context Requirement for Arabic
The following regularly offered courses fulfill the language-in-context requirement for students that started Fall 2009 and before which offer Arabic as their language. Courses from foreign language departments and programs offered to fulfill this requirement must be in addition to the eight credits needed to fulfill the language requirement. For other courses, see the list published each semester.
FREN 60/Francophone Literatures in Translation: North and West Africa, and the Caribbean (4)
HIST 65/History of the Islamic Middle East, 600-1800 (4)
HIST 66/History of the Modern Middle East (4)
HUM 16/Islam and the Middle East (4)
MEST 10/Middle East Literatures in Translation (4)
PSCI 110/Middle East Politics (4)
REL 36/Introduction to Islam (4)
REL 37/Introduction to the Qur’an (4)
REL 46/The Sufi Path: Studies in Islamic Mysticism (4)
REL 47/Religion and Politics: The Challenge of Islamic Revivalism (4)
REL 145/Seminar in Islamic Studies (4)
Students who wish to use a course designated ARBC to satisfy the language-in-context requirement must choose a course that is appropriate to their skills in Arabic.
Courses Offered
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- ARBC 101 - Formerly 1 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic (4)
- An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. Students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level.
Consult instructor concerning the required language lab. Meets: Three hours class, one hour language laboratory. Corequisite: A. Offered fall semester. - ARBC 101H - Formerly 1H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic (4)
- An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. Students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level. Consult instructor concerning the required language lab. Students who have been placed in Arabic 1H in the Fall and Arabic 2H in the Spring are exempt from taking the co-curricular conversation courses, based on oral interviews during the placement period.
Meets: Three hours class. Offered fall semester. - ARBC 102 - Formerly 2 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II (4)
- This two-credit course allows students enrolled in ARBC 101 - Formerly 1 - (Elementary Arabic) to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear, and syntactically correct spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). To enroll in this course, students must also enroll simultaneously in ARBC I.
Meets: one hour per week Corequisite: ARBC 104 - Formerly 4 - . - ARBC 102H - Formerly 2H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II (2)
- This two-credit course allows students to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear, and syntactically correct spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Students who have been placed in Arabic 1H in the Fall and Arabic 2H in the Spring are exempt from taking the co-curricular conversation courses, based on oral interviews during the placement period.
Meets: One hour per week. Offered spring semester. - ARBC 104 - Formerly 4 - Arabic Conversation II (2)
- This two-credit course allows student enrolled in Arabic I (Elementary Arabic) to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear, and syntactically correct spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
Meets: The course meets one hour per week. Corequisite: ARBC 102 - Formerly 2 - Offered spring semester. - ARBC 201 - Formerly 30 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I (4)
- An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films.
Meets: Three hours class, one hour language laboratory Prerequisite: , or equivalent as determined by placement exam Offering to be determined. - ARBC 202 - Formerly 50 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II (4)
- An advanced-level course in Arabic that will allow students to build active vocabulary and develop a higher level of proficiency in reading, writing, and oral expression. Students' command of Arabic grammar will be solidified through the mastery of basic grammatical terms and knowledge of syntax and morphology. The course will incorporate various readings, class discussion, and non-textual materials such as films and audio exercises that will provide a cultural component.
Prerequisite: ARBC 201 - Formerly 30 - or Permission of the Instructor. - ARBC 299 - Formerly 99 - Arabic across the Curriculum (2)
- Foreign Languages across the Curriculum is a tutorial program which seeks to enable students with at least intermediate-level proficiency in a foreign language to access authentic materials in that language that are relevant to a cognate course. Students will use their acquired skills to read and interpret texts in the foreign language and/or conduct research in the language. Knowledge gained will be applied to the work of the cognate course.
May be taken twice (for a maximum of 4 credits) with two different cognate courses. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ARBC 201 - Formerly 30 - or equivalent and signature of language instructor. Concurrent registration in a cognate course. - ARBC 101 - Advanced Arabic (4)
- A third-year Arabic course with continued study of the structure of the language and a focus on speaking and writing skills. This course includes and extensive review and refinement of Arabic grammar and will include advance reading materials from a variety of sources and multimedia assignments.
Prerequisite: ARBC 202 - Formerly 50 - on permission of instructor. Offered fall semester. - ARBC 302 - Formerly 102 - Advanced Arabic II (4)
- The second semester of the third year Arabic sequence with a focus on the finer points of grammar and syntax. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will continue to be developed. Authentic texts and audio-visual materials will be used in conjunction with standard textbook materials to develop student proficiency.
Prerequisite: or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester. - ARBC 300 - Formerly 150 - Independent Study in Arabic (2-4)
- A course for students who wish to continue the study of Arabic at an advanced level. Amount of credit established at time of registration.
Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.