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Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures

ARAB 116 Intensive Introductory Arabic
Summer 2023

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part …

Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA
ARAB 126 Intensive Introductory Arabic
Summer 2023

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part …

Rating
Difficulty
3.85
GPA
ARAB 216 Intensive Intermediate Arabic
Summer 2026

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language …

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Difficulty
GPA
ARAB 226 Intensive Intermediate Arabic
Summer 2026

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language …

Rating
Difficulty
GPA
ARAB 256 Introduction to Levantine Arabic-I
Summer 2026

This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western …

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Difficulty
GPA
ARAB 266 Introduction to Levantine Arabic-II
Summer 2026

This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western …

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Difficulty
GPA
MESA 1000 From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia
Fall 2024

Survey of Central Asian civilizations from the first to the twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on nomadism, invasions, conquests, and major religious-cultural developments.

3.3
Rating
2.0
Difficulty
3.43
GPA
ARAB 1010 Elementary Arabic
Fall 2026

Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format …

4.0
Rating
3.1
Difficulty
3.55
GPA
HEBR 1010 Introduction to Modern Hebrew I
Fall 2026

An introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and writing system of modern Israeli Hebrew. By the end of this sequence students have mastered the core grammatical principles of Hebrew, along …

3.1
Rating
1.8
Difficulty
3.91
GPA
HIND 1010 Elementary Hindi-Urdu
Fall 2026

Introductory training in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Hindi and Urdu.

4.1
Rating
2.8
Difficulty
3.59
GPA
PERS 1010 Elementary Persian
Fall 2026

Introductory language sequence focusing on reading, writing, comprehending, and speaking modern Persian through audio-lingual methods. Persian grammar is introduced through sentence patterns in the form of dialogues and monologues.

4.3
Rating
2.5
Difficulty
3.74
GPA
SANS 1010 Elementary Sanskrit I
Fall 2026

Studies Sanskrit sounds, the Devanagari script, and basic grammar.

4.0
Rating
3.8
Difficulty
3.53
GPA
ARAB 1016 Intensive Introductory Arabic
Fall 2024

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part …

Rating
Difficulty
3.63
GPA
ARAB 1020 Elementary Arabic
Spring 2026

Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format …

4.6
Rating
3.2
Difficulty
3.55
GPA
HEBR 1020 Introduction to Modern Hebrew II
Spring 2026

Prerequisite: HEBR 1010.

4.7
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.88
GPA
HIND 1020 Elementary Hindi-Urdu
Spring 2026

Prerequisite: HIND 1010.

4.2
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.42
GPA
PERS 1020 Elementary Persian
Spring 2026

Introductory language sequence focusing on reading, writing, comprehending, and speaking modern Persian through audio-lingual methods. Persian grammar is introduced through sentence patterns in the form of dialogues and monologues. Prerequisite: …

4.3
Rating
2.5
Difficulty
3.71
GPA
SANS 1020 Elementary Sanskrit II
Spring 2026

A continuation of SANS 1010. Prerequisite: SANS 1010. Note: The following six courses are all intermediate level Sanskrit courses. They are offered two-by-two in a three-year rotation.

Rating
Difficulty
3.40
GPA
ARAB 1026 Intensive Introductory Arabic
Summer 2023

This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part …

Rating
Difficulty
3.66
GPA
ARAB 1060 Accelerated Elementary Arabic
Fall 2026

This course is intended for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Arabic, but with little or no reading and writing ability in Standard Arabic (MSA). The course focuses …

Rating
Difficulty
3.54
GPA