Arabic (BA)

Description

The study of Arabic provides students with the practical instruction in a second language required to function in a nonnative environment, as well as the cultural awareness and intellectual strategies necessary to successfully navigate a foreign landscape.

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120

Degree Requirements

The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to

1. change or withdraw courses;
2. change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
3. change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.

General Education

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Modern Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, & Swahili.

Classics: Ancient Greek and Latin.

Communication Sciences & Disorders: American Sign Language

Philosophy and Religion: Hebrew

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Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

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Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 3000- or 4000-level art history course.

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except for MATH 2451 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and MATH 2452 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II.

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Courses may be chosen from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, LIBA 2050 Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 2051 Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences, LIBA 1500 Integrated Science I, LIBA 1510 Integrated Science II, LIBA 3150 Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 3151 Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences and physics. Two semesters of coursework in one subject and one semester in a subject from another department are required. Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours. At least two of the courses taken must include laboratories. For some classes, the required laboratory will be an additional 1-hour course. For example, a student might take two 3-hour lecture courses in chemistry along with the two associated 1-hour laboratory courses, and one 3-hour course in biology without laboratory. As a second example, a student might take two 4-hour lecture/laboratory courses in geology and one 3-hour course in astronomy. As a third example, a student might take two chemistry courses, one with lab and one without, and a geology course with lab. Note that a student taking the required 6 hours of one subject (astronomy or physics) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy must take the remaining 3 hours from another department. ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy does not include laboratory work; ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System and ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies include laboratory work and satisfy the requirements for lab-based science credits. A student may not receive credit for taking ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy with either ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System or ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies.

Major Requirements

• 30 hrs 3000+ level courses
  • Successfully complete 30 credit hours in Arabic (Arab) at the 3000 level or higher. A maximum of 15 of the 30 upper-division credits for the major may be taken through an approved study abroad program. Grades lower than a C in modern language courses will not be counted toward the major or minor in modern languages.
• Arabic residency hrs
  • Students must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence. Grades lower than a C in modern language courses will not be counted toward the major or minor in modern languages.

Overall Major GPA

A 2.00 grade point average (GPA) must be earned in all work submitted in fulfillment of degree requirements.

Resident Major GPA

A resident and overall GPA of 2.00 or higher is required in work applied toward the major. For purposes of GPA, residence work is considered separately from transfer work.

Other Academic Requirements

No grade lower than C will be counted in classes that students use toward the major or minor in modern languages