Arabic

Elementary Modern Arabic I

CAS LY 111 (4 credits)

The essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

2012FALLCASLY111 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM PSY B43 Mustafa
T 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM PSY B39 Mustafa
2012FALLCASLY111 B1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM SOC B61 Staff
T 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM CAS 312 Staff
2012FALLCASLY111 C1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 12:00:00 PM 01:00:00 PM PSY 212 Staff
T 12:00:00 PM 01:00:00 PM CAS 235 Staff
2012FALLCASLY111 D1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 02:00:00 PM 03:00:00 PM MUG 205 Staff
T 02:00:00 PM 03:00:00 PM MUG 205 Staff

Elementary Modern Arabic II

CAS LY 112 (4 credits)

The essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

2012FALLCASLY112 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 03:00:00 PM 04:00:00 PM CAS 114B Staff
T 03:00:00 PM 04:00:00 PM CAS 218 Staff

Intensive First-year Arabic for Heritage Learners

CAS LY 139 (4 credits)

Intensive first-year Arabic for students already knowing the Arabic alphabet and possessing some colloquial Arabic conversation skills. Reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. One semester covers all material taught in CAS LY 111 and LY 112. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS LY 111 or LY 112.

2012FALLCASLY139 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM CAS 427 Khoury
T 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM PSY B39 Khoury

Second-Year Modern Arabic I

CAS LY 211 (4 credits)

Completes the process of presenting the basic structures of modern formal Arabic, concentrating on weak verb forms, more complicated sentence formation, and more sophisticated expression in speech and writing. Vocabulary expansion and better root-pattern identification skills are also stressed.

2012FALLCASLY211 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM CAS 430 Khoury
T 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM STH B20 Khoury
2012FALLCASLY211 B1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM PSY B33 Mustafa
T 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM PSY B33 Mustafa
2012FALLCASLY211 C1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 12:00:00 PM 01:00:00 PM PSY B42 Mustafa
T 12:00:00 PM 01:00:00 PM PSY B39 Mustafa

Second-Year Modern Arabic II

CAS LY 212 (4 credits)

Completes the process of presenting the basic structures of modern formal Arabic, concentrating on weak verb forms, more complicated sentence formation, and more sophisticated expression in speech and writing. Vocabulary expansion and better root-pattern identification skills are also stressed.

2012FALLCASLY212 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM STH B22 Staff
T 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM STH B22 Staff

Third-Year Modern Arabic I

CAS LY 303 (4 credits)

Advanced reading, composition, grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect.

2012FALLCASLY303 A1, Sep 5th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 09:00:00 AM 10:00:00 AM CAS 538 Bekkai

Advanced Arabic 1

CAS LY 403 (4 credits)

Advanced-level reading and discussion in Modern Standard Arabic of media reports, scholarly articles, modern literary texts, and excerpts from classical writings. Student compositions and presentations in Arabic on topics related to readings.

2012FALLCASLY403 A1, Sep 5th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 11:00:00 AM 12:00:00 PM SOC B63 Bekkai

1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination

CAS LY 441 (4 credits)

What is The Thousand and One Nights? How has this ever-expanding collection appealed to its diverse audiences? Focus on Nights structure and themes, notable translations and offshoots in western literature and art, and later appropriations by Arab and Muslim writers.

2012FALLCASLY441 A1, Sep 4th to Dec 11th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
TR 02:00:00 PM 03:30:00 PM CAS 538 Litvin

Arabic Translation and Interpreting

CAS LY 572 (4 credits)

Training in strategies of written translation between Arabic and English, and introduction to the challenges of oral interpreting. Exercises drawn from various contemporary materials including print and broadcast media as well as literary texts.

2012FALLCASLY572 A1, Sep 5th to Dec 12th 2012
Days Start End Type Bldg Room Instructor
MWF 10:00:00 AM 11:00:00 AM CAS 425 Bekkai