Minor in Modern Arabic Language and Culture

Program Requirements

6	credits chosen from: • MARA 200 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic I (6.00) • MARA 203 Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Speakers I (3.00) • MARA 207 Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Speakers II (3.00)
12	credits: • MARA 206 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic II (6.00) • MARA 240 Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I (6.00)
3	credits chosen from: • MARA 310 Introduction to the Literature of the Arab World (3.00) • MARA 320 Modern Arabic Fiction (3.00) • MARA 365 Culture and Civilization of the Arab World: The Golden Age (3.00) • MARA 367 Culture and Civilization of the Arab World: The Modern Age (3.00) • MARA 398 Special Topics in Arabic Language and Culture (3.00) • MARA 450 Arabic Women Writers (3.00)
3	credits chosen from MARA 250 or higher, or from the following courses: • FLIT 362 Littératures du Maghreb (3.00) • HIST 242 History of the Middle East (3.00) • HIST 374 Egypt and the World Since 1798 (3.00) • POLI 391 Middle East and Global Conflict (3.00) • POLI 395 Politics of the Middle East (3.00) • RELI 224 Introduction to Islam (3.00) • RELI 316 Classical Islam (3.00) • RELI 318 Shiite Islam (3.00) • RELI 319 Modern Islam (3.00)

Upon consultation with the Department, students with a background in Arabic may be placed at a more advanced level in the language component of this program.
Heritage speakers of Arabic and students with knowledge of the Arabic script must contact the Department for placement assessment.