DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026 
    
    Jul 10, 2025  
DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026

Arabic


Arabic
World Languages and Cultures  General Information
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Languages, Literature, and Culture
Programs: Minor
Department: World Languages and Cultures

Arabic Minor

The Minor requires completing a total of 24 semester hours of coursework, including 16 semester hours of coursework in the Arabic language, one 100-level culture course taught in English, and one course at the 300 level. See also the Middle East and North Africa Studies Minor in the “Interdivisional Minor Program” section.

Here is an example schedule for a student who minors in Arabic beginning in Arabic 110

  1st Semester 2nd Semester Either Semester
First-Year

SWS 105
Arabic 110

 
Arabic 120

Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
Arabic 130 (may be taken at at any time in the
student’s Allegheny career; is designed as in introduction
Sophomore Arabic 215 Arabic 225  
Junior     A 300-level culture course (in English, and maya be taken at any time in the student’s Alleghenycareer, a course related to the MENA region encouraged but not required); study abroad in Jordan or Morocco also encouraged
Senior