Programs & courses

Degree Programs

• BA in Arabic Language and Literature
• BA in History
• BA in Philosophy
• BA in Translation

Minors

• Minor in Arabic Language and Literature
• Minor in History
• Minor in Philosophy
• Minor in Religious Studies

Courses

Arabic Studies

• ARA101 Arabic Essay: Reading and Writing (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA102 Essay Reading and Writing (3-0,3cr.)
• ARA303 Arabic Grammar and Syntax (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA304  Arabic Linguistics (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA305 Arabic Philology and lexicography (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA310 Classical Arabic Rhetoric and literary criticism (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA311 Arabic Prosody (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA312 Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism (3-0, 3 cr.)
• ARA313 Creative Writing (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA320 Pre-Islamic and Umayyad Poetry (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA342 Arabic Drama
• ARA323 Abbasid Poetry (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA324 Andalusian literature (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA325 Classical Prose (3-0, 3cr.) 
• ARA326 Arab Civilization and Culture (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA327 Sufi Literature (3-0, 3cr.) 
• ARA328 Arabic Folk literature (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA329 Travel Literature (3-0, 3cr.) 
• ARA341 Modern Arabic Novel & Short Story (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA342 Arabic Drama (3-0, 3cr.)
• ARA343 Modern Arabic Poetry (3-0,3cr.)
• ARA344 Trends in Modern Literature (3-0, 3cr.) 
• ARA488 Topics in Arabic Language and Literature ( 3 credits) 
• ARA499 Senior Study ( 3 credits) 

Special Arabic

• SAR105 Colloquial Arabic I 
• SAR106 Colloquial Arabic II
• SAR111 Standard Arabic I
• SAR112 Standard Arabic II
• SAR221 Developmental Arabic

Cultural Studies

• CST201 Cultural Studies I
• CST202 Cultural Studies II
• CST203 Cultural Studies III

Ethics

• ETh301 Moral Reasoning

Foreign Languages

• CHN 201 Beginning Chinese 
• GER201 Beginning German
• GER 202 German II
• HEB 201 Beginning Modern Hebrew
• ITA 201 Beginning Italian
• ITA 202 Beginning Italian II
• LAT 201 Beginning Latin
• POR201 Beginning Portuguese
• RUS 201 Beginning Russian
• SPA201 Beginning Spanish
• SPA 202 Spanish II

History

• HST 101 20th-Century History of Lebanon and the Region 
• HST201 Survey of Arab History
• HST210 Phoenician Culture
• HST311 European History since 1914
• HST312 Europe & the Middle East in the 19th & 20th Centuries
• HST313 Revolution in Modern History
• HST321 History of Lebanon
• HST325 The Rise & Development of Islam

Philosophy

• PHL101 Introduction to Philosophy
• PHL301 Ethics
• PHL311 Philosophy of Religion
• PHL321 Philosophy of Art
• PHL322 Existentialism in Literature

Peace and Justice Education

• PJE201 Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict

Religion

• REL312 Interpretation of Religious Literature
• REL411 Myth & Ritual
• REL412 History of Religious Thought in the Middle East
• REL413 Representatives of Christian Thought in the Modern Period
• REL414 Representatives of Islamic Thought in the Modern Period