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Arabic Language (BA)

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Asian and Near Eastern Languages Bachelors BA

Minimum Credit Hours

43

Maximum Credit Hours

51

Major Academic Plan

Title

Advanced High Level Fluency

Learning Outcome

Speak, read, and write Arabic at the Advanced High Level (demonstrating an ability to support opinions, hypothesize, and deal with abstract topics in depth).

Title

Integration

Learning Outcome

Students will develop expertise in an area of specialization and deliver a major oral presentation and a written paper (both in Arabic) on a topic in that area of specialization.

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 —Complete 4 Courses

course - 1st-Year Arabic 4.0

course - 1st-Year Arabic 4.0

course - 2nd-Year Arabic 4.0

course - Intermediate Arabic 4.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 Course

course - Intro to Humanities of Islam 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 5 Courses

Complete as part of a BYU Semester Abroad program:

course - 2nd-Year Conversation - You may take once 2.0

course - Adv Modern Standard Arabic 4.0

course - Newspaper Arabic 4.0

course - 3rd-Year Conversation - You may take once 1.0v

course - Spoken Arabic - Egyptian 4.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 2 of 6 Courses

Complete after consultation with a faculty advisor:

course - 4th-Yr Arabic Writing Tutorial - You may take 2 times 2.0

course - Advanced Spoken Arabic - You may take 2 times 2.0

course - Current Events in Arabic - You may take 2 times 2.0

course - Modern Arabic Literature - You may take 2 times 2.0

course - Classical Arabic Texts - You may take 2 times 2.0

course - Advanced Arabic Grammar - You may take 2 times 2.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 4 Courses

Take each course twice (once in Winter Semester and once in Spring/Summer terms):

course - Adv Formal Arabic Conversation - You may take 2 times 1.0v

course - Directed Studies in Arabic - You may take 2 times 1.0v

Take the ACTFL Speaking and Reading test during the last registration of Arab 495R and achieve a minimum score of ADVANCED-MID.