 | | Course ID: | ARAB 1001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I | Course
Description: | Fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, reading, composition, and conversation of standard (including classical) Arabic. | | Athena Title: | ELEM STAND ARB I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 1002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I, including review and introduction of new content. | | Athena Title: | ELEM STND ARB II | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 1001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 2003. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Standard Arabic I | Course
Description: | Intermediate grammar, reading, conversation, and composition in standard (including classical) Arabic. Particular attention will be given to readings in Islamic literature. | | Athena Title: | INTERMDTE ARB I | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 2004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Standard Arabic II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Intermediate Standard Arabic I, including review and introduction of new content. | | Athena Title: | INTERMDTE ARB II | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 2003 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 3005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Standard Arabic I | Course
Description: | Advanced grammar, reading, conversation, and composition in standard (including classical) Arabic. Particular attention will be given to readings in Islamic literature. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Standard Arabic I | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 3006. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Standard Arabic II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Advanced Standard Arabic I. | | Athena Title: | ADVANCED ARB II | | Prerequisite: | ARAB(LING) 3005 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4000/6000. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Moroccan Dialectical Arabic | Course
Description: | Provides a basic capacity for "survival" Moroccan Arabic through the study of essential vocabulary and communication skills. Emphasizes the use of day to day language necessary for student researchers of Moroccan culture by utilizing classroom training, "homestays" with Moroccan families, and interactions with Moroccans. | | Athena Title: | MOROCCAN ARABIC | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a maymester summer abroad program and will thus entail
extensive travel throughout Morocco and homestays with Moroccan
families, where the student will learn to use the skills acquired
in class in real-life situations. The educational experience of
this course will be of an on-going "linguistic immersion" type.
The course will meet six days a week for two hours over four
weeks of the Maymester with an additional twelve hours of contact
through language instruction and practice with Moroccans. | | Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4100/6100. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 9 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Reading and Research in Arabic and Islamic Literature | Course
Description: | Arabic and Islamic texts with emphasis upon extensive reading and individual and/or group research projects. Qualified students may study Persian and/or Turkish texts. | | Athena Title: | READ AND RSCH ARB | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4107/6107. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Islamic Arabic I | Course
Description: | Reading of various Qur'anic surahs (chapters), emphasizing Arabic pronunciation, translation, understanding meaning, learning vocabulary, recognition of grammatical features, and syntax. Supplementary related Arabic readings in the "circumstances of revelation," Qur'anic commentary, hadith, and various online resources for Qur'anic studies. | | Athena Title: | Islamic Arabic I | | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | ARAB 1002 or permission of department | | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | ARAB 1002 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4108/6108. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Islamic Arabic II | Course
Description: | Reading of various Qur'anic surahs (chapters) not covered in Islamic Arabic I, emphasizing Arabic pronunciation, translation, understanding meaning, learning vocabulary, recognition of grammatical features, and syntax. Supplementary related Arabic readings in the "circumstances of revelation" and Qur'anic commentary. Also, readings in hadith, narrative literature, poetry, history, Sufi literature, fiqh, and various online resources for Arabic literature. | | Athena Title: | Islamic Arabic II | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 or ARAB 4107/6107 or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 or ARAB 4107/6107 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4201/6201. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Conversation and Composition in Standard Arabic I | Course
Description: | Advanced language study, combining instruction in grammar,
reading comprehension, and composition with practice in spoken
modern standard Arabic. | | Athena Title: | ADV CON COMP ARAB I | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 | | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | ARAB(LING) 3005 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4202/6202. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Conversation and Composition in Standard Arabic II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Advanced Conversation and Composition in
Standard Arabic I, including instruction in grammar, reading
comprehension, and composition. Emphasis on practice in spoken
modern standard Arabic at the level of an educated speaker,
stressing both the ability to narrate events and express ideas
orally and in writing. | | Athena Title: | ADV CNV CMP ARAB II | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 and ARAB 4201/6201 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARAB 3006 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4300/6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Media Arabic | Course
Description: | Advanced course designed to enable students to be proficient in
the language used in Arabic newspapers, news broadcasts (video
and audio), and the internet. Consists of intensive reading,
listening to, comprehending, and speaking with the vocabulary
and expressions characteristic of Arabic media on a variety of
contemporary topics. | | Athena Title: | MEDIA ARAB | | Prerequisite: | ARAB 2004 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARAB 3006 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(ARAB) 4308/6308. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Islamic Calligraphic Art and the Vision of Islam | Course
Description: | In an era when dehumanization is widespread, the beauty of Islamic calligraphy is a refreshing body of content that can be approached from a rehumanizing scholarly perspective. This course surveys various Arabic calligraphic scripts and genres and analyzes the viewpoints expressed in Islamic calligraphic compositions. | | Athena Title: | Islamic Calligraphic Art | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARAB 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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