Intensive Arabic I

Catalog description

Students use and further develop advanced contemporary vocabulary and grammar of the standard literary Arabic. Those skills are used to study contemporary Islamic and classical material in Arabic. Materials will be from the various Arabic speaking cultures in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, with an emphasis in economics, politics and culture. Sources will include popular periodicals, broadcast recordings, and classical works such as the Qur'an and the Hadith. Prerequisite: ARA 3001