Arabic Minor
Ana Vinea, Arabic Program Advisor
Morgan Pitelka, Chair
Robin Visser, Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ash Barnes, Student Services Specialist
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.
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
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 of 12 hours of C or better in the minor (some minors require more)
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 | ||
| Introduction to Qur'anic Arabic | ||
| Advanced Arabic I | ||
| Advanced Arabic II | ||
| Readings in Arabic I | ||
| Readings in Arabic II | ||
| One course chosen from among the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Arab Cultures | ||
| Arabic Literature through the Ages | ||
| Medicine and Modernity in the Arab World | ||
| Introduction to the Languages of Morocco | ||
| Contemporary Moroccan Literature | ||
| Borders and Walls in the Arab World | ||
| Women and Leadership in the Arab World | ||
| Science and Society in the Middle East | ||
| Readings in Arabic I | ||
| Readings in Arabic II | ||
| Modern Arabic Literature in Translation | ||
| Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World | ||
| Readings in Islamicate Literatures | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Popular Culture in the Arab World | ||
| Literary Diasporas of the Middle East | ||
| Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East | ||
| Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | ||
| History of Muslim Societies to 1500 | ||
| HIstory of Muslim Societies since 1500 | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
| The Conflict over Israel/Palestine | ||
| Revolution in the Modern Middle East | ||
| Women in the Middle East | ||
| The Middle East and the West | ||
| The Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, and Coexistence | ||
| Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Partnerships in Film, Literature, and Music | ||
| The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa | ||
| Introduction to Islamic Civilization | ||
| Modern Muslim Societies | ||
| Sufism | ||
| Islam and Islamic Art in South Asia | ||
| The Qur'an as Literature | ||
| Middle East Women Writers | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature | ||
| Framing Identities: Franco-Arab Transvisual Transcultural Contexts | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Space, Identity, and Power in the Middle East | ||
| Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies | ||
| Women/Gender/Islam H | ||
| Modern Muslim Literatures | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Sociology of the Islamic World | ||
| Sociology of the Islamic World | ||
| 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.
