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Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

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Arabic Language and Literature

  • NELC-A 500 Elementary Arabic I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-A 501 Accelerated Arabic I (4 cr.)
  • NELC-A 550 Elementary Arabic II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-A 551 Accelerated Arabic II (4 cr.)
  • NELC-A 555 Summer Intensive Arabic I (6 cr.)
  • NELC-A 560 First Year Arabic (3 cr.)
  • NELC-A 600 Intermediate Arabic I (3 cr.) P: A500-A550.
  • NELC-A 610 Arabic Dialects I (3 cr.) P: A150/A550 or N182.
  • NELC-A 620 Arabic Dialects II (3 cr.) P: NELC A610.
  • NELC-A 650 Intermediate Arabic II (3 cr.) P: A500-A550.
  • NELC-A 660 Advanced Arabic I (3 cr.) P: A500-A550.
  • NELC-A 665 Arab Women (4 cr.) interim approval
  • NELC-A 670 Advanced Arabic II (3 cr.) P: A500-A550.
  • NELC-A 675 Minorities in the Middle East (4 cr.) interim approval
  • NELC-A 680 Advanced Arabic III (3 cr.) P: Open to students with B or higher from A670.
  • NELC-A 690 Advanced Arabic IV (3 cr.)
  • NELC-A 698 Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language I (1 cr.)
  • NELC-A 699 Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language II (1 cr.)
  • NELC-N 502 Qur’anic Arabic I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 510 Arabic Composition I (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor.
  • NELC-N 512 Arabic Grammar (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 523 Conversational Arabic I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 524 Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 529 Arabic Phonetics and Phonology (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 542 Modern Arabic Fiction (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 550 Research in Classical Arabic Texts (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 552 Qur’anic Arabic II (3 cr.) C: Not currently being offered.
  • NELC-N 555 Multimedia Arabic (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 590 Directed Readings in Arabic (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 593 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 594 Individual Readings in Modern Arabic (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 598 Readings in Arabic Language and Linguistics (1-6 cr.) C: Not currently being offered.
  • NELC-N 607 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Not currently being offered; currently taught as NELC-N 707.
  • NELC-N 609 Seminar in Modern Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Not currently being offered; currently taught as NELC-N 709.
  • NELC-N 670 Qur’an Commentaries (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 690 Research in Classical Arabic Texts (3 cr.) Topics vary
  • NELC-N 701 Topics in Arabic Literature (2-3 cr.) May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
  • NELC-N 707 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature (3-4 cr.) P: Ability to read classical Arabic Texts.
  • NELC-N 709 Seminar in Modern Arabic Literature (3-4 cr.) P: Ability to read classical Arabic.

Egyptology

  • NELC-E 500 Elementary Middle Egyptian I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 502 Elementary Middle Egyptian II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 505 Ancient Egyptian History and Civilization (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 510 Religions of Ancient Egyptian (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 550 Elementary Hieroglyphic Egyptian II (3 cr.)

  • NELC-E 577 Field Experience (3 cr.)  
  • NELC-E 590 Directed Readings in Egyptology (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-E 600 Intermediate Middle Egyptian (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 650 Late Egyptian - Grammar and Texts (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 660 Demotic Egyptian I – Grammar and Script (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 670 Demotic Egyptian II - Persian and Ptolemaic Texts (3 cr.)
  • NELC-E 695 Graduate Topics in Egyptology (1-3 cr.)

Hebrew Language and Literature

  • NELC-B 501 Elementary Biblical Hebrew I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-B 502 Elementary Biblical Hebrew II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-B 503 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-B 504 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 501 Elementary Hebrew I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 502 Elementary Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H501 or equivalent proficiency.
  • NELC-H 503 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 504 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 505 Advanced Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 506 Advanced Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 575 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (3 cr.)
  • NELC-H 590 Intensive Elementary Hebrew (4 cr.)
  • NELC-N 501 Seminar in Judaic Literature I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 586 Medieval Hebrew Literature (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 587 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) C: Not currently being offered. [JSTU-L 380]
  • NELC-N 588 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) [JSTU-L 385]
  • NELC-N 591 Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 675 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 687 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) P: grade of C or better in any Hebrew course above H506 or equivalent.
  • NELC-N 691 Research in Medieval Hebrew Texts (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 708 Seminar in Judaic Literature (4 cr.)

Islamic Studies/Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations/Middle Eastern Literatures/Middle Eastern Religions

  • NELC-N 500 Turkish Literature in Translation (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 503 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 511 Foreign Study in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (3 cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.
  • NELC-N 540 Directed Readings in Persian Language (1-4 cr.)
  • NELC-N 545 Introduction to the Ancient Near East (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 565 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 570 Koranic Studies (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 592 Directed Readings in Persian (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 595 War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 596 Islam and Modernity (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 597 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3 cr.) Credit given for only one of ANTH E600, CEUS R552, or NELC N597.
  • NELC-N 599 Directed Readings in Turkish (1-6 cr.)
  • NELC-N 600 Topics in Turkish Literature (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 625 Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 640 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 650 Modern Iran (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 650 Rise of Eastern Rome (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 672 Hadith Sciences (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 675 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 680 Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 681 War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 682 Islam and Modernity (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 685 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 692 Research in Classical Persian Texts (3 cr.) [CEUS-T 659]
  • NELC-N 695 Graduate Topics in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (1-4 cr.) Variable topics; may be repeated under different topics for credit.
  • NELC-N 696 Teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 710 M.A. Thesis (arr. cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.
  • NELC-N 713 Advanced Readings in Bible and Near Eastern Studies (4 cr.)
  • NELC-N 720 M.A. Thesis (arr. cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.
  • NELC-N 790 War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 800 Seminar in Turkish Literature: Ottoman Verse and Prose (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 810 Ph.D. Thesis (arr. cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.

 

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