ARAB6100 - Elementary Arabic I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Arabic I
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
401
Section ID
ARAB6100401
Course number integer
6100
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
graduate
Description
This is the beginners course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It will introduce you to the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. The course is proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale; in other words (using the terminology of the government's Foreign Service Institute), from 'incipient survival' to 'full' survival' in the native-speaking environment.
Course number only
6100
Cross listings
ARAB0100401
Use local description
No

ARAB4090 - History & Fiction in Arabic

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
History & Fiction in Arabic
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
301
Section ID
ARAB4090301
Course number integer
4090
Meeting times
TR 8:30 AM-9:59 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Paul M. Cobb
Description
This course is intended to provide a more advanced exposure to Arabic language skills beyond those offered by the standard Arabic curriculum, particularly in reading, writing, and grammar of MSA and some exposure historical forms of Arabic like Classical Arabic and Middle Arabic, not to mention important genres like the modern academic article, memoirs, chronicles, and biography. Students will refine their readings skills and will be able to read at a quicker rate by the end of the semester, and increase their active vocabulary accordingly. Students will also practice writing and explore some of the finer points of Arabic grammar. Along the way, students will learn a good bit about the history of the Arab world, and grapple with the fuzzy border between history and memory, fact and fiction.
Course number only
4090
Use local description
No

ARAB0500 - Advanced Intermediate Arabic I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Advanced Intermediate Arabic I
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
401
Section ID
ARAB0500401
Course number integer
500
Meeting times
MWR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This is a proficiency-based course which builds on the lessons from Intermediate Arabic. Emphasis continues to be on all four language skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, & Writing. The readings for the class are chosen from actual texts from both medieval and modern Arabic in a variety of fields and subjects. Students will be expected to give classroom presentations and to write short essays in Arabic. Evaluation will be both Achievement- and proficiency- based.
Course number only
0500
Cross listings
ARAB6500401
Use local description
No

ARAB0300 - Intermediate Arabic III

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
Intermediate Arabic III
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
402
Section ID
ARAB0300402
Course number integer
300
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This is the continuation of the Elementary course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that students range from Intermediate Low to Intermediate High according to the ACTFL scale.
Course number only
0300
Cross listings
ARAB6300402
Use local description
No

ARAB0300 - Intermediate Arabic III

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intermediate Arabic III
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
401
Section ID
ARAB0300401
Course number integer
300
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This is the continuation of the Elementary course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that students range from Intermediate Low to Intermediate High according to the ACTFL scale.
Course number only
0300
Cross listings
ARAB6300401
Use local description
No

ARAB0200 - Elementary Arabic II

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Arabic II
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
401
Section ID
ARAB0200401
Course number integer
200
Meeting times
MTWR 8:30 AM-9:29 AM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This course is a continuation of first semester Elementary Arabic, and builds on the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale.
Course number only
0200
Cross listings
ARAB6200401
Use local description
No

ARAB0100 - Elementary Arabic I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
Elementary Arabic I
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
402
Section ID
ARAB0100402
Course number integer
100
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This is the beginners course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It will introduce you to the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. The course is proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale; in other words (using the terminology of the government's Foreign Service Institute), from 'incipient survival' to 'full' survival' in the native-speaking environment.
Course number only
0100
Cross listings
ARAB6100402
Use local description
No

ARAB0100 - Elementary Arabic I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Arabic I
Term
2024C
Subject area
ARAB
Section number only
401
Section ID
ARAB0100401
Course number integer
100
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This is the beginners course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It will introduce you to the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. The course is proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale; in other words (using the terminology of the government's Foreign Service Institute), from 'incipient survival' to 'full' survival' in the native-speaking environment.
Course number only
0100
Cross listings
ARAB6100401
Use local description
No

NELC0615 - Modern Arabic Literature

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
0
Title (text only)
Modern Arabic Literature
Term
2024A
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
USW
Section ID
NELC0615USW
Course number integer
615
Level
undergraduate
Description
This course is a study of modern Arabic literary forms in the context of the major political and social changes which shaped Arab history in the first half of the twentieth century. The aim of the course is to introduce students to key samples of modern Arabic literature which trace major social and political developments in Arab society. Each time the class will be offered with a focus on one of the literary genres which emerged or flourished in the twentieth century: the free verse poem, the prose-poem, drama, the novel, and the short story. We will study each of these emergent genres against the socio-political backdrop which informed it. All readings will be in English translations. The class will also draw attention to the politics of translation as a reading and representational lens.
Course number only
0615
Cross listings
COML0615USW
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Arts & Letters Sector
Use local description
No

NELC5999 - Abrahamic Faiths & Cultures: Create Community Course

Status
A
Activity
IND
Section number integer
12
Title (text only)
Abrahamic Faiths & Cultures: Create Community Course
Term
2024A
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
012
Section ID
NELC5999012
Course number integer
5999
Level
graduate
Instructors
Talya Fishman
Description
Independent study in courses with Near Eastern content for MA students
Course number only
5999
Use local description
No