DRAFT Advising Handbook 2026-2027 
    
    Jun 12, 2026  
DRAFT Advising Handbook 2026-2027

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 (only offered in the spring)

Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
Arabic 130 (in English and may be taken at any time in the student’s Allegheny career, is designed as an introduction to Arab Cultures)
Sophomore Arabic 215 (only offered in the fall) Arabic 225 (only offered in the spring)  
Junior     Either Arabic 350 or Arabic 370 (both in English, and may be taken at any time in the student’s Allegheny career, a course related to the MENA region encouraged but not required); study abroad in Jordan also encouraged
Senior