Arabic Minor

The Arabic minor is interdisciplinary, providing the foundation in all four language skills. Students become able to have successful conversations and simple debates with natives (mostly in Modern Standard Arabic) on a variety of topics, in addition to growing their aural comprehension skill and writing skills. Moreover, students will be introduced to the history, civilization and culture, with some of its complexity, of the Arab World, including some famous writers, historical figures, poets and singers, and thus, challenge and clarify some of the misconceptions they may have developed. At the completion of the minor, students should have reached an advanced level of oral proficiency.

I. ARABIC MINOR PREREQUISITES
Course	Title	Credits
ARAB	11101	Elementary Arabic I	5
	11102	Elementary Arabic II	5
	21201	Intermediate Arabic I	5
	21202	Intermediate Arabic II	5
II. ARABIC MINOR REQUIREMENTS (22 credits)
Course	Title	Credits
ARAB	31301	Advanced Intermediate Arabic I	4
	31302	Advanced Intermediate Arabic II	4
	41201	Advanced Arabic I	4
	41202	Advanced Arabic II	4
Electives: choose any two of the following	6
ARAB	30095	Special Topics (3)
	41301	Arabic Culture (3)
	41302	Business Arabic (3)
HIST	31126	History of the Middle East (3)
TOTAL	22

 

Students are strongly encouraged to participate in short-term, semester-long or year long study
programs in an Arabic-speaking country. All efforts will be made to grant appropriate credit
for approved courses taken at a university in an Arabic-speaking country.

Minimum cumulative 2.00 GPA required for graduation.