Middle Eastern Languages
- Beginning to Advanced Levels
- Grounded in Cultural Contexts
- Provides an Immersive Learning Experience
With the ever-increasing importance of the Middle East in business and international affairs, Arabic and Persian are valuable languages to master. These courses allow you to establish, enhance, or perfect your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Expand your understanding of dialect, grammar, intonations, and word usage while improving idiomatic and grammatical conversational abilities.
This Fall, study from anywhere in the world in the safety and comfort of your home through online or remote instruction.
Persian (Farsi) III
Continue to master Persian pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary in a cultural context.
Arabic: Modern Standard I
Begin learning Arabic in this introductory course, which is designed so that linguistic and cultural aspects are taught in tandem.
Arabic: Modern Standard II
This course focuses on all four core Arabic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), taught within a cultural context.
Modern Standard Arabic: Language and Culture
If you have completed at least Level II, or the equivalent, of Arabic language study, then this course will help you build upon that knowledge.
Persian (Farsi) I
In this introductory class, study the Persian alphabet and sound system and learn how to read and write individual words.
Persian (Farsi) II
Continue studying Persian in this class that covers most of the grammar and verb tense structures needed for everyday conversation.
Advanced Reading and Writing in Persian
Improve your reading comprehension, advance your writing ability, and enhance your speaking and listening skills in Persian.
Persian VI
Heighten your fluency and accuracy in Persian by expanding your vocabulary and practicing grammatical structures.