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1020  Beginning Arabic II (4) Prerequisite: ARAB 1010.
   Emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Continues introduction to Arab culture. The major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in survival and social situations.

1100  Words and Worlds: Language, Gender & Culture (3) Cross listed as MID E 1110, LING 1500.
   Explores connections between language and the cultural construction of gender with particular regard to the U.S. and Arab societies.

1200  Popular Culture of the Arab World (3) Cross listed as MID E 1120.
   Introduction to popular culture in the twentieth century Arab world, including film, novel, poetry, and song.

1300  One Thousand and One Nights: From Orient to Occident (3) Cross listed as MID E 1130. Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   Introduction to the Arabian Nights. Selected tales from the epic compilation of stories. Class will use film, video, music, slides, and other media to illustrate the Night's influence on Western literature and arts.

1400  Jesus and Muhammad in History and in Belief (3) Cross listed as MID E 1140, UGS 1400. Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   An examination of the texts (Gospels, Sira) in which the figures of Jesus and Muhammad are presented as constructs of believing communities. Special attention is given to the nature of sacred history and to the role of Jesus and Muhammad within the Christian and Muslim sacred histories.

2010  Intermediate Arabic I (4) Prerequisite: ARAB 1020.
   Further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Arabic. Introduction to more complex grammatical structures. The main focus is the development of communication skills.

2020  Intermediate Arabic II (4) Prerequisite: ARAB 2010.
   Further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Arabic. Introduction to more complex grammatical structures. The main focus is the development of communication skills.

3010  Third-Year Arabic: First Semester (4) Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Builds upon the basic language skills acquired in the first two years of Arabic. Grammatical and stylistic text analysis. Increased cultural awareness. The main focus remains the development of communication skills.

3020  Third-Year Arabic: Second Semester (4) Prerequisite: ARAB 3010.
   Builds upon the basic language skills acquired in the first two years of Arabic. Grammatical and stylistic text analysis. Increased cultural awareness. The main focus remains the development of communication skills.

3200  Introduction to Arabic Literature in Translation (3) Cross listed as MID E 3120.
   Masterpieces of writers and poets that give us insight into the thought and art of Arab and Islamic civilization and contemporary societies of the Middle East and North Africa.

4010  Colloquial Arabic I (3) Cross listed as MID E 4101.
   Meets with MID E 6101 and ARAB 6010. Listening and conversation in an Arabic dialect (Egyptian or Levantine). Survival skills and everyday conversational topics based on authentic listening materials.

4020  Colloquial Arabic II (3) Cross listed as MID E 4102. Prerequisite: ARAB 4010 or MID E 4101 or instructors consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6020 and MID E 6102. Develops communicative skills in the Arabic dialect started in 4010 and improves cultural awareness of modern Arab society and way of life. Authentic reading and listening materials include plays, proverbs, poems.

4040  Advanced Arabic Language Skills (3) Cross listed as MID E 4104. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6040 and MID E 6104. Listening and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic based on authentic radio and TV materials. At least two years MSA or equivalent required.

4050  Advanced Arabic Language Skills (3) Cross listed as MID E 4105. Prerequisite: ARAB 4040 or MID E 4104.
   Meets with ARAB 6050 and MID E 6105. Listening, reading, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic based on a variety of authentic materials.

4080  Islamic Law (3) Cross listed as MID E 4108, POL S 5080.
   Meets with POL S 6080, ARAB 6080, MID E 6108. The Islamic legal tradition as formulated by the classical Muslim jurists together with the theoretical and methodological principles underlying it.

4090  Political Thought in Islam (3) Cross listed as MID E 4109, POL S 5090.
   Meets with ARAB 6090, MID E 6109, and POL S 6090. Islam as a way of life, concept of sovereignty and foundation of political organization in the Islamic state. Political theories advanced by major jurists and philosophers.

4160  Selected Authors and Genres in Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 4116. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6160 and MID E 6116. Selected authors, movements, and genres from modern and medieval times. Recent topics include: Humor and Satire in Arabic and Islamic Literature, Hispano-Arabic Literature, the Natural World in Islamic Thought, Typology of Arabic Poetry, Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love in the Islamic World and Medieval Europe, Modern Arabic Short Story, Modern Arabic Novel.

4170  The Figure of Mohammed in Islamic Tradition (3) Cross listed as MID E 4117.
   Meets with ARAB 6170 and MID E 6117. The life of the Prophet Mohammed as represented in sira and hadith and in literature of Muslim jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, and mysticism.

4180  Selected Authors and Genres in the Islamic Intellectual and Religious Tradition (3) Cross listed as MID E 4118.
   Meets with ARAB 6180 and MID 6118. Study of one writer or group of writers or works that have made important contributions to Islamic thought.

4205  Language and Gender (3) Cross listed as LING 5205, MID E 4120, GNDR 5290. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with LING 6205/ARAB 6205/MID E 6120. Cross-linguistic, cross-cultural approach focusing on systematic differences in speech patterns of females and males; language and power; sexism in language.

4206  Women and Language in Arab Society (3) Cross listed as MID E 4121.
   Meets with ARAB 6206 and MID E 6121. The role Arabic plays in the lives of women and men in Arab society: differences in the ways they are represented in the language; differences in the way they use it.

4207  Women's Voices: Egypt and Iran (3) Cross listed as MID E 4007, PERS 4207.
   Meets with ARAB 6207, PERS 6207 and MID E 6007. Readings and discussions of writings by and about the women in Egypt and Iran.

4270  Linguistic Structure of Arabic (3) Cross listed as LING 5270, MID E 4125. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 6270, MID E 6125, and LING 6270. Introduction to linguistic analysis of Arabic grammatical system; word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

4271  Topics in Arabic Linguistics (3) Cross listed as LING 5271, MID E 4126. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 6271, MID E 6126, and LING 6271. Topics include syntax, phonology, and morphology of Arabic.

4272  Linguistic Variation in Arabic (3) Cross listed as MID E 4127. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 6272, LING 6271 and MID E 6127. The effect of regional and socio-cultural variables on the use of Arabic. Topics may include diglossia (sociostylistic variation) and gender differences in language use. Taught every third year.

4273  Egyptian Film & Culture (3) Cross listed as ARAB 6273.
   This course examines how film reflects values and ideas in Egyptian culture and how they relate to social and political changes of 20th century Egypt. Taught in English.

4300  Introduction to the Qur'an and Qur'anic Studies (3) Cross listed as MID E 4130. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6300 and MID E 6130. History, content, language, and structure of the Arabic Qur'an; the traditional art of recitation, the approaches and contributions of traditional Muslim scholarship as well as the work of Western scholars devoted to the Qur'an. Taught every third year.

4430  Arabic Paleography (3) Cross listed as MID E 4143. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6430 and MID E 6143. The history of Arabic writing, the historic script styles, the arts of calligraphy, the Arabic book tradition. Training in use of original Arabic manuscripts of the 7th-18th centuries, emphasizing work related to the individual student's interests.

4500  Islamic Theology and Philosophy (3) Cross listed as MID E 4150.
   Meets with ARAB 6500 and MID E 6150. Examination of Muslim attempts to provide rational foundation for principal tenets of Islam and of disputes between Muslims and non-Muslims over religious issues.

4520  Islamic Mysticism (3) Cross listed as MID E 4152.
   Meets with ARAB 6520 and MID E 6152. From the isolated lover of God to loyalty to shaykhs and mystical orders. Historical developments in mystical teaching, devotion and practice; the role of Muslim Neo-Platonic philosophers and theosophists such as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Ibn Arabi, and Suhrawardi; criticisms of these systems by orthodox Muslim thinkers.

4580  Major Trends in Modern Islam (3) Cross listed as MID E 4158.
   Meets with ARAB 6580 and MID E 6158. Principal trends in modern Muslim thought and Muslim reactions to challenges of the modern age.

4700  History of the Sciences in the Islamic World (3) Cross listed as MID E 4170.
   Meets with ARAB 6700 and MID E 6170. History of the development of thought and practice of natural scientists in Islamic lands before the eighteenth century and their contributions to humanity. Includes inter alia, botany, zoology, materia medica, pharmacology, medicine, veterinary science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, optics, astronomy, astrology, alchemy, and related fields.

4710  Survey of Classical Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 4171. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 6710 and MID E 6171. First course in a two-semester sequence. The art of the pre-Islamic Arabian poets of the sixth century, the sacred scripture of the Qur'an, and examples of very early oratory. The ideals and traditions of poetry and prose writing and as they developed and prevailed up to the nineteenth century. Study of masterpieces of authors from the Islamic lands of the Near East, Egypt, North Africa, and Islamic Spain.

4720  Survey of Modern Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 4172. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent. Recommended Prerequisite: ARAB 4710 or MID E 4171.
   Meets with ARAB 6720 and MID E 6172. Second course in a two-semester sequence. Growth and change in the prose and poetry of the Arabic-speaking world from the time of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the present day. This literature reflects the changing sense of personal and national identity and such shared experiences as foreign rule, concerns for the role of women in society, the long Arab-Israeli conflict, and a search by many writers for new forms of literary expression, including drama.

4880  Special Topics (1 to 3)
   Course number used on as-needed basis. One use is for mini-seminars by visiting scholars.

4910  Directed Reading (1 to 3)
   Readings selected by student and designated professor to broaden student's background in area where no course is taught.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or Co-requisite: ARAB 3010 or 3020 and instructor's consent.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

6010  Colloquial Arabic I (3) Cross listed as MID E 6101.
   Meets with ARAB 4010 and MID E 4101. Additional work required of graduate students. Listening and conversation in an Arabic dialect (Egyptian or Levantine). Survival skills and everyday conversational topics based on authentic listening materials.

6020  Colloquial Arabic II (3) Cross listed as MID E 6102. Prerequisite: ARAB 6010 or MID E 6101. Instructors consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4020 and MID E 4102. Additional work required of graduate students. Develops communicative skills in the Arabic dialect started in ARAB 6010 and improves cultural awareness of modern Arab society and way of life. Authentic reading and listening materials include plays, proverbs, poems.

6040  Advanced Arabic Language Skills (3) Cross listed as MID E 6104. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020.
   Meets with ARAB 4040 and MID E 4104. Additional work required of graduate students. Listening and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic based on authentic radio and TV materials.

6050  Advanced Arabic Language Skills (3) Cross listed as MID E 6105. Prerequisite: ARAB 6040 or MID E 6104. Instructors consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4050 and MID E 4105. Additional work required of graduate students. Listening, reading, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic based on a variety of authentic materials.

6080  Islamic Law (3) Cross listed as MID E 6108, POL S 6080.
   Meet with ARAB 4080 MID E 4108, and POL S 5080. Graduate students should register for ARAB 6080, MID E 6108, or POL S 6080 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. The Islamic legal tradition as formulated by the classical Muslim jurists together with the theoretical and methodological principles underlying it.

6090  Political Thought in Islam (3) Cross listed as MID E 6109, POL S 6090.
   Meet with ARAB 4090, MID E 4109, and POL S 5090. Graduate students should register for ARAB 6090, MID E 6109, or POL S 6090 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Islam as a way of life, concept of sovereignty and foundation of political organization in the Islamic state. Political theories advanced by major jurists and philosophers.

6160  Selected Authors and Genres in Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 6116. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4160 and MID E 4116. Additional work required of graduate students. Selected authors, movements, and genres from modern and medieval times. Recent topics include: Humor and Satire in Arabic and Islamic Literature, Hispano-Arabic Literature, The Natural World in Islamic Thought, Typology of Arabic Poetry, Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love in the Islamic World and Medieval Europe, Modern Arabic Short Story, Modern Arabic Novel.

6170  The Figure of Mohammed in Islamic Tradition (3) Cross listed as MID E 6117.
   Meets with ARAB 4170 and MID E 4117. Additional work required of graduate students. The life of the Prophet Mohammed as represented in sira and hadith and in literature of Muslim jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, and mysticism.

6180  Selected Authors and Genres in the Islamic Intellectual and Religious Tradition (3) Cross listed as MID E 6118.
   Meets with ARAB 4180 and MID E 4118. Additional work required of graduate students. Study of one writer or group of writers or works that have made important contributions to Islamic thought.

6205  Language and Gender (3) Cross listed as LING 6205, MID E 6120. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with LING 5205, ARAB 4205, and MID E 4120. Additional work required of graduate students. Cross-linguistic, cross-cultural approach focusing on systematic differences in speech patterns of females and males; language and power; sexism in language.

6206  Women and Language in Arab Society (3) Cross listed as MID E 6121.
   Meets with ARAB 4206 and MID E 4121. Additional work required of graduate students. The role Arabic plays in the lives of women and men in Arab society: differences in the ways they are represented in the language; differences in the way they use it.

6207  Women's Voices: Egypt and Iran (3) Cross listed as MID E 6007, PERS 6207.
   Meets with ARAB/PERS 4207 and MID E 4007. Additional work required of graduate students. Readings and discussions of writings by and about the women in Egypt and Iran.

6270  Linguistic Structure of Arabic (3) Cross listed as LING 6270, MID E 6125. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 4270, MID E 4125. Additional work required of graduate students. Introduction to the linguistic analysis of the Arabic grammatical system: word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

6271  Topics in Arabic Linguistics (3) Cross listed as LING 6271, MID E 6126. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 4271, MID E 4126, and LING 5271; additional work required of graduate students. Topics include syntax, phonology, and morphology of Arabic.

6272  Linguistic Variation in Arabic (3) Cross listed as MID E 6127. Prerequisite: ARAB 1020 or LING 1200.
   Meets with ARAB 4272, LING 4271 and MID E 4127. Additional work required of graduate students. The effect of regional and socio-cultural variables on the use of Arabic. Topics may include diglossia (sociostylistic variation) and gender differences in language use.

6273  Egyptian Film & Culture (3) Cross listed as ARAB 4273.
   This course examines how film reflects values and ideas in Egyptian culture and how they relate to social and political changes of 20th century Egypt. Taught in English.

6300  Introduction to the Qur'an and Qur'anic Studies (3) Cross listed as MID E 6130. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4300 and MID E 4130. Additional work required of graduate students. History, content, language, and structure of the Arabic Qur'an; the traditional art of recitation, the approaches and contributions of traditional Muslim scholarship as well as the work of Western scholars devoted to the Qur'an.

6430  Arabic Paleography (3) Cross listed as MID E 6143. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4430 and MID E 4143. Additional work required of graduate students. The history of Arabic writing, the historic script styles, the arts of calligraphy, the Arabic book tradition. Training in use of original Arabic manuscripts of the 7th-18th centuries, emphasizing work related to the individual student's interests.

6500  Islamic Theology and Philosophy (3) Cross listed as MID E 6150.
   Meets with ARAB 4500 and MID E 4150. Additional work required of graduate students. Examination of Muslim attempts to provide rational foundation for principal tenets of Islam and of disputes between Muslims and non-Muslims over religious issues.

6520  Islamic Mysticism (3) Cross listed as MID E 6152.
   Meets with ARAB 4520 and MID E 4152. Additional work required of graduate students. From the isolated lover of God to loyalty to shaykhs and mystical orders. Historical developments in mystical teaching, devotion and practice; the role of Muslim Neo-Platonic philosophers and theosophists such as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Ibn Arabi and Suhrawardi; criticisms of these systems by orthodox Muslim thinkers.

6580  Major Trends in Modern Islam (3) Cross listed as MID E 6158.
   Meets with ARAB 4580 and MID E 4158. Additional work required of graduate students. Principal trends in modern Muslim thought and Muslim reactions to challenges of the modern age.

6700  History of the Sciences in the Islamic World (3) Cross listed as MID E 6170.
   Meets with ARAB 4700 and MID E 4170. Additional work required of graduate students. History of the development of thought and practice of natural scientists in Islamic lands before the eighteenth century and their contributions to humanity. Includes, inter alia, botany, zoology, materia medica, pharmacology, medicine, veterinary science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, optics, astronomy, astrology, alchemy, and related fields.

6710  Survey of Classical Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 6171. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent.
   Meets with ARAB 4710 and MID E 4171. Additional work required of graduate students. First course in a two-semester sequence. The art of the pre-Islamic Arabian poets of the sixth century, the sacred scripture of the Qur'an, and examples of very early oratory. The ideals and traditions of poetry and prose writing as they developed and prevailed up to the nineteenth century. Study of masterpieces of authors from the Islamic lands of the Near East, Egypt, North Africa, and Islamic Spain.

6720  Survey of Modern Arabic Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 6172. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or instructor's consent. Recommended Prerequisite: ARAB 6710 or MID E 6171.
   Meets with ARAB 4720 and MID E 4172. Additional work required of graduate students. Second course in a two-semester sequence. Growth and change in the prose and poetry of the Arabic-speaking world from the time of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the present day. This literature reflects the changing sense of personal and national identity and such shared experiences as foreign rule, concerns for the role of women in society, the long Arab-Israeli conflict, and a search by many writers for new forms of literary expression, including drama.

6880  Special Topics (1 to 3)
   Course number used on as-needed basis. One use is for mini-seminars by visiting scholars.

6910  Directed Reading (1 to 3)
   Readings selected by student and designated professor to broaden student's background in area where no course is taught.

6920  Graduate Language Study (1 to 4)

6970  Thesis Research: M.A. (1 to 9)

6980  Faculty Consultation: M.A. (3)

7250  Seminar in Arabic Linguistics: First Semester (3) Cross listed as MID E 7125.
   Advanced work in topics in Arabic linguistics: dialectology, diglossia, morphology, phonology, and syntax.

7251  Seminar in Arabic Linguistics: Second Semester (3) Cross listed as MID E 7126.
   Advanced work in topics in Arabic linguistics: dialectology, diglossia, morphology, phonology, and syntax.

7252  Teaching Arabic (3) Cross listed as MID E 7127.
   This course will address both theoretical and practical issues related to the teaching of foreign languages at the college level with special reference to Arabic. In addition to discussing these issues, students will carry out a variety of assignments including development and evaluation of teaching and testing materials and observation of classes. Taught in English.

7800  Arabic Historical Texts (3) Cross listed as MID E 7180. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or instructor's consent.
   Literary analysis of passages from historians who used Arabic language with particular skill and effect. Stylistic mannerism, vocabulary practice, and historiographic approach.

7810  Graduate Seminar (3) Cross listed as MID E 7181.
   In-depth study of an author or authors, a topic, or a subject designed to give students experience in reading and analysis of primary Arabic sources, scholarly methodology, use of appropriate sources and tools, and formal expression of the results of such work in oral reports and writing. Previous topics include: Theory of Profane Love, 8th-17th C.; Arabic Drama; Hispano-Arabic Literature; Humor and Satire; Theory and Practice; Modern Literary Theory and the Study of Arabic Literature; Islam and the Natural World; Sources for the Study of Mysticism; The Muwatta' of Malik (8th C. handbook on law).

7820  Arabic Grammatical Tradition (3) Cross listed as MID E 7182. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020.
   The topic of the seminar will be the Arab linguist who explicitly dealt with phonetic/phonological and syntactic issues. Treatises and sections of treatises that dealt with the above topics will be discussed. The course will emphasize the study of the Medieval Arab grammarians. The discussion will focus on the primary sources themselves.

7970  Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 12)

7980  Faculty Consultation: Ph.D. (3)

7990  Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)