

PROGRAMS OF STUDY &
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Semitic Languages (SEM)
In this discipline, the first digit, 5, indicates that the course may be used
for either undergraduate or graduate credit. Cluster Advisor: Dr. H. Haahr.

5111, 5112 Elementary Arabic. 3 credits.
Introduction to the grammar and syntax of classical and modern literary Arabic.
(5113 Elementary Arabic-Concentrated. 3
credits).
A one-semester version of 5111, 5112.
5121, 5122, 5123 Intermediate Arabic. 3 credits.
Selections from classical texts, with continued study of elements of Arabic
grammar.
5301 or 5301H Introduction to Aramaic. 3 credits.
Introduction to the Aramaic language based on the reading of texts in a variety
of Aramaic dialects from biblical through Talmudic.
5311, 5312 Biblical Aramaic. 3 credits.
Linguistic analysis of the Aramaic texts in the Bible.
5331, 5332 Aramaic of the Babylonian Talmud. 3 credits.
The idiom of the Talmud Bavli.

Russian
Social Sciences
