Minor Course Requirements
Requirements for the Minor (6 courses)
5 courses consisting of:
- ARAB-1011 Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic I
- ARAB-1012 Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic II
- ARAB-1111 Intensive Second Level Modern Standard Arabic I
- ARAB-1112 Intensive Second Level Modern Standard Arabic II
- ARAB-2202 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (must be taken no later than Sophomore year); or upperclass students who have not taken ARAB-2202 can satisfy this requirement by taking an advanced course, ARAB-3303 Topics in Arabic Islamic Civilization
Plus 1 course selected from the following:
- ARAB-2216 Intensive Third Level Modern Standard Arabic I
- ARAB-2217 Intensive Third Level Modern Standard Arabic II or ARAB-2219 Non-Intensive Third Level Modern Standard Arabic II
- Other ARAB content courses (electives) approved by advisor at the appropriate level. ARAB-2218/2220 Arabic Media, ARAB-3328 Business Arabic, and ARAB-3344 Advanced Arabic Media do not count towards elective courses.
ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW:
Arabic minors who are enrolled in Arabic language courses may opt to take an oral proficiency test (OPI), lasting approximately 30 minutes. Arabic Minors must sign-up if they wish to take OPI in the respective semester.
Undergraduate Minor in Islamic Studies
The Islamic Studies minor seeks to provide students with knowledge and academic understanding of Islamic civilization, intellectual history, and cultures in the pre-modern and modern periods. The minor offers students a wide range of courses in Islamic Studies, including the Qurʾān, law, hadith, theology, philosophy, ethics, Sufism, Shi’ism, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies.
Students are required to take six courses (18 credits) to fulfill the minor in Islamic Studies. All students have to take at least one of two core courses: ARAB 2202: Introduction to Arabo-Islamic Civilizations or ARAB 3303: Topics in Arabic and Islamic Civilization. These two courses provide students with the foundational knowledge needed for the study of Islam. In addition, students will take five electives in Islamic Studies approved by the DUS for each student. One
elective may be from outside the department. There is no language requirement for the minor, and courses at the language-acquisition level do not count toward the minor.
Requirements
- ARAB 2202: Intro to Arabo-Islamic Civilizations (taken no later than sophomore year); or
ARAB 3303: Topics in Arabic and Islamic Civilization (taken during junior or senior year) - 5 Islamic Studies electives, approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies