Minoring in Arabic
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 | |
ARAB 204 | Intermediate Arabic II | |
ARAB 300 | Arabic Grammar and Composition | |
ARAB 305 | Advanced Arabic I | |
ARAB 306 | Advanced Arabic II | |
ARAB 407 | Readings in Arabic I | |
ARAB 408 | Readings in Arabic II | |
| One course chosen from among the following: | 3 | |
GEOG 59 |  First-Year Seminar: Space, Identity, and Power in the Middle East | |
SOCI 60 | First-Year Seminar: Sociology of the Islamic World | |
ASIA 73 | First-Year Seminar: Popular Culture in the Arab World | |
ASIA 74 | First-Year Seminar: Imagining Palestine | |
ASIA/HIST 138 | History of Muslim Societies to 1500 | |
ASIA/HIST 139 | History of Muslim Societies since 1500 | |
ARAB 150 | Introduction to Arab Cultures | |
ARAB 151 | Arabic Literature through the Ages | |
ASIA/RELI 180 | Introduction to Islamic Civilization | |
ASIA/RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | |
RELI 185 | Women/Gender/Islam H | |
ARAB 211 | Arab Comics | |
ARAB/ANTH 214 | Medicine in the Arab World | |
ARAB 255 | Arab World Photography | |
ASIA/HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | |
ASIA/HIST 277 | The Conflict over Israel/Palestine | |
RELI/ASIA 279 | Islamic Law, Ethics, and Practice | |
ASIA/WGST 329 | Middle East Women Writers | |
ARAB 434 | Modern Arabic Literature in Translation | |
ARAB 337 | Borders and Walls in the Arab World | |
ARAB 350 | Women and Leadership in the Arab World | |
ARAB/ANTH 354 | Everyday Lives in the Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives | |
ASIA/CMPL 359 | Literary Diasporas of the Middle East | |
ARAB 407 | Readings in Arabic I | |
ARAB 408 | Readings in Arabic II | |
SOCI 419 | Sociology of the Islamic World | |
ASIA/JWST/PWAD 425 | Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Partnerships in Film, Literature, and Music | |
ARAB/ANTH 432 | Science and Society in the Middle East | |
ASIA/PWAD 435 | The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa | |
ASIA/CMPL 442 | Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East | |
ASIA/GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | |
GEOG 448 | Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies | |
ARAB 453 | Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World | |
ASIA 357/PWAD 362/JWST 357 | ||
ASIA/WGST 471 | Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature | |
RELI 480 | Modern Muslim Literatures | |
RELI/ASIA 485 | Gender and Sexuality in Islam | |
RELI/ASIA 486 | Islam and Feminism/Islamic Feminism | |
ASIA/HIST 536 | Revolution in the Modern Middle East | |
ASIA/HIST 537 | Women in the Middle East | |
ASIA/HIST 538 | The Middle East and the West | |
ASIA/RELI 581 | Sufism | |
ASIA/RELI 582 | Islam and Islamic Art in South Asia | |
ASIA/RELI 584 | The Qur'an as Literature | |
FREN 617 | Framing Identities: Franco-Arab Transvisual Transcultural Contexts | |
ARAB/ASIA/RELI 681 | 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.