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Coordinated by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

The Arabic Studies Interdisciplinary Minor is designed to give students a comprehensive knowledge of different aspects of Arabic language, culture, history, and artistic expressions, according to the students’ interests. The program requires a minimum of 21 credits. Credits from study abroad programs will be properly evaluated as part of the overall program.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  1. Gain a deeper understanding of the literatures and cultures of the many Arabic-speaking countries.
  2. Develop an awareness of the diversity of the Arab world.
  3. Develop intercultural skills.
  4. Develop critical thinking strategies.
  5. Question stereotypes about other cultures, as well as those about American culture.
  6. Utilize a variety of research tools (library, Internet, etc.).
     

Effective Fall 2021

Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

A grade of C or better is required in each course that will count toward the interdisciplinary minor.

Lower Division Language 18-18
LARA 100
First-Year Arabic I
LARA 101
First-Year Arabic II
LARA 200
Second-Year Arabic I (GT-AH4)
LARA 201
Second-Year Arabic II (GT-AH4)
Lower Division Electives 10-9
HIST 115
The Islamic World: Late Antiquity to 1500
PHIL 172
Religions of the East (GT-AH3)
LARA 250
Introduction to Arabic Cultures (GT-AH2)
Upper-division Electives
Select at least 12 credits from at least two subject codes:12
HIST 303
Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra
HIST 308
Ancient Christianity to 500 A.D.
HIST 421
Africa: Colonialism to Independence
HIST 422
Modern Africa
HIST 431
Ancient Israel
HIST 432
Sacred History in the Bible and the Qur'an
HIST 433
Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
HIST 435
Jihad in Islamic History
HIST 438
The Modern Middle East
HIST 469
The Crusades
LARA 300
Third Year Arabic
LARA 301
Oral Communication - Arabic
POLS 449
Middle East Politics
PHIL 335
Islam: Cosmology and Practice
PHIL 379
Mysticism East and West
PHIL 455
Islamic Philosophy
Program Total Credits:21
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LARA 200 and LARA 201 are required. Students placed out of or directly into LARA 201 need to replace 5-9 lower division credits from the list of lower-division electives. A maximum of 9 lower-division credits may be counted for the minor.