Arabic Minor
Political and economic developments in the Middle East, as well as the internationalization of many businesses and professions, have made understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Arabic an increasingly valuable skill. As the fifth most widely spoken language in the world, as one of the official languages of the United Nations, and as the religious language of a quarter of the world’s population, Arabic is also a language with a rich literary and cultural heritage that deserves to be studied in its own right.
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
The undergraduate minor in Arabic consists of four courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| Three language courses beyond ARAB 203 | 9-10 | |
| Intermediate Arabic II | ||
| Arabic Grammar and Composition | ||
| Advanced Arabic I | ||
| Advanced Arabic II | ||
| Readings in Arabic I | ||
| Readings in Arabic II | ||
| One course chosen from among the following: | 3 | |
 First-Year Seminar: Space, Identity, and Power in the Middle East | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Sociology of the Islamic World | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Popular Culture in the Arab World | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Imagining Palestine | ||
| History of Muslim Societies to 1500 | ||
| History of Muslim Societies since 1500 | ||
| Introduction to Arab Cultures | ||
| Arabic Literature through the Ages | ||
| Introduction to Islamic Civilization | ||
| Modern Muslim Societies | ||
| Women/Gender/Islam H | ||
| Arab Comics | ||
| Medicine in the Arab World | ||
| Arab World Photography | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
| The Conflict over Israel/Palestine | ||
| Islamic Law, Ethics, and Practice | ||
| Middle East Women Writers | ||
| Modern Arabic Literature in Translation | ||
| Borders and Walls in the Arab World | ||
| Women and Leadership in the Arab World | ||
| Everyday Lives in the Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives | ||
| Literary Diasporas of the Middle East | ||
| Readings in Arabic I | ||
| Readings in Arabic II | ||
| Sociology of the Islamic World | ||
| Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Partnerships in Film, Literature, and Music | ||
| Science and Society in the Middle East | ||
| The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa | ||
| Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East | ||
| Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | ||
| Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies | ||
| Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World | ||
ASIA 357/PWAD 362/JWST 357 | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature | ||
| Modern Muslim Literatures | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Islam | ||
| Islam and Feminism/Islamic Feminism | ||
| Revolution in the Modern Middle East | ||
| Women in the Middle East | ||
| The Middle East and the West | ||
| Sufism | ||
| Islam and Islamic Art in South Asia | ||
| The Qur'an as Literature | ||
| Framing Identities: Franco-Arab Transvisual Transcultural Contexts | ||
| Readings in Islamicate Literatures | ||
| Total Hours | 12-13 | |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
ARAB 308 does not count toward the minor.
Placement credit (PL) may not be used to meet minor requirements.
See program page here for special opportunities.
Department Programs
Majors
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Interdisciplinary Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Arab Cultures Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Chinese Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Japanese Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Korean Studies Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–South Asian Studies Concentration
Minors
- Arabic Minor
- Asian Studies Minor
- Chinese Minor
- Modern Hebrew Minor
- Hindi-Urdu Minor
- Japanese Minor
- Korean Minor
- Middle Eastern Languages Minor
- Persian Minor
Graduate Programs
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
New West 113, CB# 3267
(919) 962-4294
