Arabic (ARABIC)
ARABIC 1A Elementary Arabic 5 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Sequence begins (F).
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A is a prerequisite to 1B.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class.
ARABIC 1B Elementary Arabic 5 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Sequence begins (F).
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A is a prerequisite to 1B.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class.
Formerly Arabic 2AB.
ARABIC 11 Arabic for Reading Knowledge 4 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
The course is designed to guide students through Arabic grammar with a systematic treatment of the subject and the use of classical Arabic texts.
Instructor: Bazian
ARABIC 15 Spoken Arabic 6 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 12 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Practice in speaking an Arabic dialect.
ARABIC 15B Spoken Arabic 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 15A.
Practice in speaking an Arabic dialect.
Course may be repeated for credit if different dialect is offered. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 101B.
ARABIC 20A Intermediate Arabic 5 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B or equivalent; 20A is a prerequisite to 20B.
This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic.
ARABIC 20B Intermediate Arabic 5 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A.
This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic.
ARABIC 30 Intermediate Arabic 10 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: One year of college level Arabic.
This course is equivalent to a full year of intermediate level Arabic. It will deepen skills in speaking, comprehending, reading, and writing Modern Standard Arabic.
Students will receive no credit for 30 after taking 20A-20B.
ARABIC 50 Advanced Arabic 10 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two years of college level Arabic.
This course will include grammatical and stylistic anlaysis of Arabic texts from both the classical and the modern periods. Class will be conducted entirely in Arabic.
Students will receive no credit for 50 after taking 100A-100B.
ARABIC 100A Advanced Arabic 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A is prerequisite for 100B. 20B.
Intensive reading and analysis of texts of different genres. Guest lectures, films, documentaries, oral presentations, research papers. Formal and informal styles of writing and correspondence. Extensive vocabulary building.
ARABIC 100B Advanced Arabic 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A.
Intensive reading and analysis of texts of different genres. Guest lectures, films, documentaries, oral presentations, research papers. Formal and informal styles of writing and correspondence. Extensive vocabulary building.
ARABIC 104B Classical Arabic Prose 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20B or equivalent.
This course is designed for students who wish to concentrate on Arabic of the classical periods of Arab and Islamic civilization. Reading and analysis of literary texts of various genres, including essays, biography, and travel literature.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 105B Classical Arabic Poetry 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Arabic 20B or equivalent.
Readings and analysis of poetry from the pre-Islamic through the classical periods.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 107 Arabic Historical and Geographical Texts 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20B or equivalent.
Readings from the classical historians and geographers and from contemporary scholarship. Development of historiography.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 108 Islamic Religious and Philosophical Texts in Arabic 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20B or equivalent.
Readings in the basic texts of Islam (Qur'an, Huran, Hadith, Sira, commentary) and in theological, mystical, and philosophical texts.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 111A Survey of Arabic Literature (in Arabic) 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A.
This course is designed primarily for majors and prospective majors in Arabic studies. The Classical Periods: A literary-historical survey of Arabic literature from pre-Islamic times to the middle of the thirteenth century, with emphasis on the more important achievements of major Arab authors.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 111B Survey of Arabic Literature (in Arabic) 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A.
This course is designed primarily for majors and prospective majors in Arabic studies. The Post-Abbasid and Modern Periods: A literary-historical survey of Arabic literature from the middle of the thirteenth century to the present.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC H195 Senior Honors 2 - 4 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Limited to senior honors candidates.
Directed study centered upon preparation of an honors thesis.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
ARABIC 198 Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students 1 - 4 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks. 2 to 8 hours of Directed group study per week for 8 weeks.
Instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 200 Arabic Grammatical Tradition 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 105 or the equivalent.
Study of selected grammatical phenomena of Arabic based on readings from the classical Arabic grammarians, on the modern study of linguistics in the Arab world, and on the Western grammatical tradition.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 202 History of Arabic 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20B or its equivalent with consent of instructor.
The history of Arabic from its Semitic antecedents through the formation of the modern dialects.
Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 212 Topics in Modern Arabic Literature: Poetry 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 109.
Intensive study of modern poetry in relation to the cultural tradition.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 220 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20B or its equivalent and consent of instructor.
A close reading and careful literary analysis of significant authors and specific topics in Classical Arabic prose or poetry or both.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 245 Seminar: Modernist Arabic Poetics 3 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
This course examines the origins, status, and function of literary theory in the making of modern Arabic literature. Questions of cultural influence, literary genres, forms, modes, and techniques of representation are all central to the interests of this course.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ARABIC 298 Seminar 1 - 4 Units
Department: Arabic
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Special topics in Arabic. Topics vary and are announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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