Arabic Courses

ARBC 10a - Beginning Arabic

Not Offered Spring 2024

Yields six semester-hour credits towards rate of work and graduation. Six class hours per week. A first course in literary Arabic, covering essentials of grammar, reading, pronunciation, translation, and composition. A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 10a is required to take ARBC 20b. Usually offered every year.

ARBC 20b - Beginning Arabic II

Hanan Khashaba - M, W, Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM & T, F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 10a or the equivalent. Yields six semester-hour credits towards rate of work and graduation. Six class hours per week. Continuation of ARBC 10a. A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 20b is required to take a 30-level ARBC course. Usually offered every year.

ARBC 40b - Intermediate Arabic II

Hanan Khashaba - M, T, W, Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 30a or the equivalent. Four class hours per week. Continuation of ARBC 30a. A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 40b is required to take ARBC 103a. Usually offered every year. [FL / HUM]

ARBC 30a - Intermediate Arabic I

Not Offered Spring 2024

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 20B or the equivalent. Yields six semester-hour credits towards rate of work and graduation. Six class hours per week. Continuation of ARBC 10a and 20b. Study of more advanced grammatical and syntactical forms, reading, speaking, composition and translation. A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 30a is required to take any higher-level course. Usually offered every year.

ARBC 103a - Lower Advanced Arabic

Not Offered Spring 2024

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 40b or the equivalent. Four class-hours per week. Designed to help the student attain advanced proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding. The syllabus includes selections from modern texts representing a variety of styles and genres, advanced composition, and sustained development of oral-aural proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 103a is required to take ARBC 103b. Usually offered every year.

ARBC 103b - Middle Advanced Arabic: Contemporary Arab Media

Professor Carl El-Tobgui - M, W, Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in ARBC 103a or the equivalent. Four class hours per week.
Continuation of ARBC 103a. Intensive honing primarily of oral-aural skills and vocabulary building with concentration on the spoken media of the contemporary Arab world. Review and reinforcement of major grammatical topics as needed. Usually offered every year. [FL / HUM]