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Arabic Course Descriptions
Lower Division Courses
1A-1B-1C. Elementary Standard Arabic.
(5-5-5)
Lecture, six hours. Course 1A is enforced requisite to 1B, which is
enforced requisite to 1C. Introduction to formal Arabic (modern standard
Arabic), including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. P/NP or
letter grading.
Upper Division Courses
102A-102B-102C. Intermediate Standard
Arabic. (5-5-5)
Lecture, six hours. Requisite: course IC. Course 102A is requisite to
102B, which is requisite to 102C. Intermediate formal Arabic, including
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. P/NP or letter grading.
103A-103B-103C. Advanced Arabic. (4-4-4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 102A, 102B, 102C. Advanced formal
Arabic, including grammar, composition, and readings from classical and
modern texts. Letter grading.
110. Parallel Readings in Arabic
Sources. (1)
Discussion, one hour. Preparation: one year of Arabic or equivalent.
Reading of short passages from original Arabic texts related to content
course in another department; preparation of readings and final
translation assignment. P/NP or letter grading.
111A-111B-111C. Elementary Spoken
Egyptian Arabic. (4-4-4)
Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Arabic not required; not suitable for
heritage speakers. Introduction to Egyptian colloquial Arabic. P/NP or
letter grading.
112A-112B-112C. Advanced Spoken Egyptian
Arabic. (4-4-4)
Lecture, three hours. Study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic for heritage
speakers or students who have completed courses 1A, 1B, 1C. P/NP or letter
grading.
120. Islamic Texts. (4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course lO3C. Readings from Qur'an, Tafsir,
Hadith, Fiqh. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.
130. Classical Arabic Texts. (4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course I 03C. Readings from medieval
literary texts, with grammatical and syntactical analysis. May be repeated
for credit. Letter grading.
132. Philosophical and Kalam Texts. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 120. Readings in medieval and
Kalam texts. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
141. Modern Arabic Literature. (4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 103C. Conducted in Arabic. Readings
in selected texts representing important trends in Arabic literature of
the 19th and 20th centuries. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.
142. Arabic Media. (4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 103A. Development of facility with
language of Arabic press and broadcasting. Activities include monitoring
current materials via Internet; transcribing, translating, and
summarizing; writing original reports in Arabic; and oral presentations
and discussions. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
150. Classical Arabic Literature in
English. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Readings in English; knowledge of Arabic not
required. Culture of Arabic-speaking peoples through their literature.
Texts range from pre-Islamic to early modem, along with works in history
and anthropology, to place these writings in social context P/NP or letter
grading.
151. Modern Arabic Literature in
English. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Readings of selected texts covering basic literary
trends from middle of the 19th century to the present. Letter grading.
180. Linguistics Analysis of Arabic. (4)
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 102C. Linguistic description of
Arabic in both its modern standard and dialect forms. Introduction to
linguistic analysis of Arabic phonology, morphology, and syntax and to
linguists' approaches to specific problems posed by Arabic grammar and
dialectology. Letter grading.
199. Special Studies in Arabic. (2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. P/NP or letter grading.
Graduate Courses
220. Seminar: Islamic Texts. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Doctrines and hermeneutics of various schools of
thought in Islam, with selected readings from major works. May be repeated
for a maximum of 24 units. S/U or letter grading.
240. Seminar: Arab Historians and
Geographers. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Selected readings from works of major historians,
geographers, and travelers. May be repeated for a maximum of 24 units. S/U
or letter grading.
250. Seminar: Classical Arabic
Literature. (4)
Seminar, two hours. Selected topics from classical Arabic prose and
poetry. May be repeated for a maximum of 24 units. S/U or letter grading.
251. Seminar: Modern Arabic Literature.
(4)
Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 141. Studies of specific problems
and trends in Arabic prose and/or poetry in the 20th century. May be
repeated for credit. Letter grading.
596. Directed Individual Study. (2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter
grading.
597. Examination Preparation. (2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.
599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research and
Preparation. (2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.
Related Courses
History
106A-106B-106C. Survey of the Middle East from 500 to the Present
108A-108B. History of the Arabs
109A-109B. History of North Africa from the Moslem Conquest
109C. History of Islamic Iberia
204A-204B. Seminars: Near and Middle Eastern History
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