Arabic Language and Culture Minor
Minor Credit Hours: 18
Both recent and anticipated geopolitical realities make clear the need for more graduates to be familiar with the Middle East, its cultures, and at least one of its languages. This minor provides students with a foundation for pursuing the growing field of Middle Eastern and Arabic Studies and a global awareness applicable to work in the arts, business, education, government, law, and medicine. Heritage speakers must consult the Director of the Foreign Language Program when selecting language courses for this minor. Arabic Language and Culture minors are encouraged to pursue a second minor in Ethnic and Cultural Studies.
Degree Requirements
I. Required Language Courses (9)
| 21-107 | First-Year Arabic 1 | 3 |
| - | OR | |
| 21-191 | First-Year Language in Location 1 | 3 |
| 21-108 | First-Year Arabic 2 | 3 |
| - | OR | |
| 21-192 | First-Year Language in Location 2 | 3 |
| 21-208 | Second-Year Arabic 1 | 3 |
| - | OR | |
| 21-291 | Second-Year Language in Location 1 | 3 |
| - | OR | |
| 06-314 | Linguistics | 3 |
II. Elective Culture Courses (9)
Choose three courses from at least two different departments. Topics courses and seminars must be related to Middle East / Arabic studies.
| 06-220 | Topics in Literature | 3 |
| 06-334 | Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| 09-353 | The Middle East in History | 3 |
| 09-390 | Topics in History | 3 |
| 10-350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| 18-321 | Comparative Government | 3 |
| 18-331 | International Relations | 3 |
| 18-337 | International Topics | 3 |
| 18-368 | Non-Western Political Thought | 3 |
| 19-298 | Christianity and World Religions | 3 |
| 20-492 | Special Topics in Sociology | 3 |
| 21-120 | International Experience Seminar | 1 |
| 21-209 | Second-Year Arabic 2 | 3 |
| 21-292 | Second-Year Language in Location 2 | 3 |
| 26-285 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
III. At least two courses in the minor must be at the 300- or 400-level.
IV. Arabic Language and Culture minors are encouraged to minor in Ethnic and Cultural Studies.
Consult the Program Director of the Ethnic and Cultural Studies minor. Two upper-division courses and three additional credit hours in an Ethnic and Cultural Studies minor may not be applied to another minor or any major offered at Lewis University.