Courses - Fall 2025
ARAB101
Elementary Arabic I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Introduction to modern standard Arabic in both its spoken and written form. Equal emphasis on all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
ARAB102
Elementary Arabic II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARAB101; or must have appropriate World Language Placement (WLP) score.
Continuation of ARAB101. Introduction to both spoken and written Arabic. Equal emphasis on all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
ARAB190
Introduction to Arab Cultures & Societies
Provides an introduction to key topics related to the study of the Arabic-speaking world, including features of Arab identity in the Middle East & North Africa as well as in the diaspora. Addresses religious, racial, and ethnic diversity, the history of language and culture, political economy, and migration. Students will learn about the diverse cultures and societies that have formed the changing conceptions of the Arab world through history and across different geographies. A fundamental premise is that the "Arab world" is not a monolithic, unchanging, bounded region "over there," but has long been deeply intertwined with other societies, including our own. Taught in English.
ARAB201
Intermediate Arabic I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARAB102; or must have appropriate World Language Placement (WLP) score.
The study of Arabic in both its spoken and written forms at the intermediate level. Course will continue to develop all four skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
ARAB208E
Colloquial Arabic and Popular Culture; Egypt
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prereq - ARAB102; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test score. Offers an immersive introduction to spoken Arabic thr ough popular culture, including film, music, television, and social media. Students will develop practical communication skills in a regional colloquial variety of Arabic while engaging with everyday language use. In additionto language acquisition, the course explores cultural traditions, daily life, holidays and celebrations, as well as broader cultural and social issues reflected in popular media. Emphasis is placed on authentic materials and culturally embedded speech practices, including idiomatic expressions, proverbs, register shifts, gestures and nonverbal communication, and socially appropriate language and behaviors. Regional focus varies by semester.
ARAB225
Roots and Patterns: Verb Meaning in Arabic
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARAB102; or must have appropriate World Language Placement (WLP) score.
Credit only granted for: ARAB499K or ARAB225.
Formerly: ARAB499K.
Additional information: No prior linguistic training is required, but an interest in language and linguistics is assumed.
Examines the templatic morphology of the Arabic verb system, and asks what the workings of such a system tell us about the way that humans construct and encode meaning. Moves beyond the traditional labels that are used to name the different categories of Arabic verb, to explore the conceptual structures that are coded linguistically by the various verb patterns.
ARAB301
Arab Culture and Society: Skills and Topics I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARAB202; or must have appropriate World Language Placement (WLP) score.
Discussion of factors that drive migration from and across Arab societies, including structures of economic and social marginalization and experiences within Arab diaspora communities. Continued study of Arabic in both its spoken and written forms and study of daily life in Arabic-speaking societies. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are emphasized through engagement with increasingly advanced authentic materials.
ARAB322
Arabic for Daily Life II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARAB202; or equivalent, or must have appropriate World Language Placement (WLP) score.
Develops students' speaking and listening abilities in both formal Arabic and a dialect, aiming to bring them to the advanced low level in speaking. Focus on activating vocabulary and grammar structures, speaking at the paragraph level, self-correction, and using both formal and informal registers of Arabic.
ARAB386
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Pre-professional experience in research, analysis and writing in a work setting. Project proposal approved by faculty and internship sponsor. Junior standing.
ARAB398A
Special Topics in Arabic Studies; The Language of the Quran and Hadith I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for ARAB398A or ARAB399E. Develops understanding of the language of Quran and Hadith through reading skills, discussion of content, and recitation practice. Assumes basic reading ability in Arabic, perhaps gained through exposure to the Quran.
ARAB399
Independent Study In Arabic
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ARAB499D
Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Gender and Difference in the Arab World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Introduces students to the study of gender in the modern Arab world, exploring how gender intersects with other manifestations of power and difference, including race, social class, and disability. Major issues and theoretical frameworks are explored through both scholarly and creative texts.
Cross-listed with WGSS498E. Credit will be only granted for WGSS498E and ARAB499D.
Cross-listed with WGSS498E. Credit will be only granted for WGSS498E and ARAB499D.
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