Program Requirement

Catalog Year: 2025 - 2026 General Studies Gold

Degree: Certificate, Certificate

College/School: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Plan Code: LAARBCERT

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minimum credit hours

Upper division minimum
credit hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
The Arabic studies certificate requires students to complete 18 credit hours of upper-division coursework. A grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better is required for each course.

Arabic Core (choose three)
ARB 311 Advanced Arabic Skills I ARB 321 Arabic Conversation I ARB 331 Arabic/Islamic Culture and Literature (GCSI) ARB 335 Arabic Culture and Islam (GCSI) ARB 341 Quran Text and Women (GCSI) ARB 352 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation 9 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	9
Elective Courses (choose three)
Some courses can be used either as a core course or as an elective, but no course can be counted more than once toward certificate requirements.
ARB 321 Arabic Conversation I ARB 335 Arabic Culture and Islam (GCSI) ARB 336 Introduction to the Qur'an (GCSI) ARB 337 Hadith and Prophetic Tradition ARB 340 Arabic Translation ARB 341 Quran Text and Women (GCSI) ARB 351 Classical Arabic Literature ARB 352 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation ARB 360 Islamic Philosophical Literature ARB 421 Arabic Conversation II ARB 422 Advanced Arabic Media ARB 427 Arabic Prose: Reading the Arabian Nights ARB 428 Gender and Sexuality Discourse in the Middle East GCU 328 Geography of Middle East and North Africa (GCSI) HST 307 Studies in African History HST 372 Modern Middle East (GCSI) REL 365 Islamic Civilization (HUAD) REL 366 Islam in the Modern World (GCSI) 9 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	9

Notes

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.

Arabic Studies, Certificate