B. Arabic

1B, SECTION 1 - ELEMENTARY STANDARD ARABIC

Instructor:  TBA
MTWTF, 9-10, 279 Barrows Hall, 5 units, CC#62003
Textbooks: TBA

This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. 1A is prerequisite to1B.

1B, SECTION 2 – ELEMENTARY STANDARD ARABIC

Instructor:  TBA
MTWTF, 10-11, 224 Wheeler Hall, 5 units, CC#62006
Textbooks: TBA

 This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. 1A is prerequisite to1B.

1B, SECTION 3 – ELEMENTARY STANDARD ARABIC

Instructor:  TBA
MTWTF, 11-12, 223 Wheeler Hall, 5 units, CC#62009
Textbooks: TBA

 This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. 1A is prerequisite to1B.

15B, SECTION 2 – SPOKEN ARABIC

Instructor:  Abbas Kadhim
TT, 12:30-2, 144 Barrows Hall, 3 units, CC#62012
Textbooks: TBA

Three hours of class per week. Practice of speaking an Arabic dialect. May be repeated if different dialect is offered.

20B, SECTION 1 – INTERMEDIATE ARABIC

Instructor:  TBA
MTWTF, 9-10, 222 Wheeler Hall, 5 units, CC#62015
Textbooks: TBA

 This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic. Prerequisite Arabic 1B or equivalent. 20A is a prerequisite to 20B.

20B, SECTION 2– INTERMEDIATE ARABIC

Instructor:  Lecturer Sonia S’hiri
TT, 9:30-11, 54 Barrows Hall, 5 units, CC#62018
M, 10-11, 144 Barrows
Textbooks: TBA

This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic. Prerequisite Arabic 1B or equivalent. 20A is a prerequisite to 20B.

100B – ADVANCED ARABIC

Instructor:  Professor Muhammad Siddiq
TT, 11-12:30, 129 Barrows, 3 units, CC#620121
Textbooks: TBA

This course surveys in some depth the range of modern Arabic literary styles. A representative selection of texts in the various modes, genres, and discourses of modern Arabic literature furnish the subject matter of close reading and analysis in the e course. Like the assigned texts, class discussions, exams, and papers will be conducted in Arabic. Students are also encouraged to keep a weekly journal in Arabic to build up vocabulary, develop writing skills, and mark progress. Continuous attention to Arabic syntax, grammar, stylistics, and prosody serve to round and to enhance the students' competence in all spheres of modern literary Arabic.

107– Arabic Historical and Geographical Texts

Instructor:  Lecturer John Hayes
MW, 3-4:30, 268 Barrows Hall, 3 units, CC#62024
Textbooks: TBA

Three hours of class per week.  Prerequisite:  Arabic 20B.  Readings from the classical historians and geographers and from contemporary scholarship. Development of historiography. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.

298, Section 1 - SEMINAR

Instructor:  Professor Muhammad Siddiq
Th, 3-6, 252 Barrows Hall, 1-4 units, CC#62039
Textbooks: TBA

Prerequisite:  Consent of instructor.  Special topics in Arabic.  May be repeated for credit.

298, Section 2 - SEMINAR

Instructor:  Professor Ibrahim Muhawi
W, 3-6, 190 Barrows Hall, 1-4 units, CC#62042
Textbooks: TBA

Prerequisite:  Consent of instructor.  Special topics in Arabic.  May be repeated for credit.

298, Section 3 - SEMINAR

Instructor:  Professor James Monroe
Th, 3-6, 202 Wheeler Hall, 1-4 units, CC#62045
Textbooks: TBA

Prerequisite:  Consent of instructor.  Special topics in Arabic.  May be repeated for credit.

301 - TEACHING ARABIC IN COLLEGE

Instructor:  Lecturer Sonia S'hiri
Contact department for dates, time and location of this course
3 units, cc# 62048
Textbooks: TBA

Prerequisite:  Consent of instructor.  Special topics in Arabic.  May be repeated for credit.