Arabic Language and Literature
Provide students with basic competencies in Arabic Language and Literature as an interdisciplinary approach.
- Promote students’ competence in the trends of literature, linguistics and criticism and its historic stages.
- Foster students’ mindful and critical sense of belonging to their living and dynamic language and their cultural heritage.
- Correctly use the language in different means of communication.
- Analyze texts, in particular the literary genre.
- Infer texts. Learn general rhetoric, literary and linguistic rules inductively; and construct their own texts in accordance with the language syntax and styles.
Minor in Arabic Language and Literature Requirements (21 credit hours)
1. Department Requirements (12 credit hours):
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Course # |
Course Title |
Prerequisite(s) |
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Introduction to Arabic Literature |
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Introduction to Arabic Linguistics |
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Arabic Grammar I |
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Arabic Grammar II |
2. Department Elective Courses (9 credit hours) of the following:
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CR. HOURS. |
Course # |
Course Title |
Prerequisite(s) |
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3 credit hoursof |
PreIslamic Literature |
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Abbasid Literature |
ARAB235 or Dept. Approval |
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3 credit hours of |
Arabic Modern Literature |
Seniors |
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Trends in Palestinian Literature |
Seniors |
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3 credit hours from Dept. Courses not including ARAB238 |
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