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Minor Concentration Middle East Languages (18 credits)

Offered by: Arts - Dean's Office     Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Program Requirements

This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration Middle East Studies.

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

18 credits of Middle Eastern language - Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish (lists below), selected as follows:

Either
18 credits (3 levels) in one language, or
12 credits (2 levels) in one language and 6 credits (1 level) in another language.

Middle East Languages - Arabic

Middle East Languages - Hebrew

  • JWST 200 Hebrew Language (Intensive) (12 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : Intensive language course, covering the first two levels in one year rather than the usual two.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking JWST 220 or JWST 320

    • Normally offered in the summer.

  • JWST 220D1 Introductory Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Lea Fima, Nitza Parry (Fall)

  • JWST 220D2 Introductory Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : See JWST 220D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Lea Fima, Nitza Parry (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: JWST 220D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both JWST 220D1 and JWST 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • JWST 320D1 Intermediate Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Lea Fima, Bracha Gams-Shauli (Fall)

  • JWST 320D2 Intermediate Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : See JWST 320D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Lea Fima, Bracha Gams-Shauli (Winter)

  • JWST 340D1 Advanced Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Bracha Gams-Shauli (Fall)

  • JWST 340D2 Advanced Hebrew (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : See JWST 340D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Bracha Gams-Shauli (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: JWST 340D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both JWST 340D1 and JWST 340D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • JWST 367 Studies in Hebrew Language and Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : To expand knowledge of grammar, and vocabulary and idioms in order to enhance reading comprehension and facility in writing and speaking. Of value to those interested in all aspects of Hebrew literature, classical and modern.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Fall

  • JWST 368 Studies in Hebrew Language and Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : To expand knowledge of grammar, and vocabulary and idioms in order to enhance reading comprehension and facility in writing and speaking. Of value to those interested in all aspects of Hebrew literature, classical and modern.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Winter

  • JWST 369 Studies in Hebrew Language and Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : To expand knowledge of grammar, and vocabulary and idioms in order to enhance reading comprehension and facility in writing and speaking. Of value to those interested in all aspects of Hebrew literature, classical and modern.

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Lea Fima (Fall)

    • Fall

  • JWST 370 Studies in Hebrew Language and Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : To expand knowledge of grammar, and vocabulary and idioms in order to enhance reading comprehension and facility in writing and speaking. Of value to those interested in all aspects of Hebrew literature, classical and modern.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Lea Fima (Winter)

    • Winter

  • JWST 411 Topics: Modern Hebrew Literature 1881-1948 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : Reading of Hebrew prose and poetry written mostly in Eastern Europe, prior to and after the Russian revolution, and in Palestine during the mandate (1917 - 1948). Discussion of writers such as Mendele Mocher Sforim, Bialik, Agnon, Shlonsky and Shamir will focus on the striking emergence of modern Hebrew as a vehicle for secular art.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Knowledge of advanced Hebrew essential

  • JWST 412 Topics: Modern Hebrew Literature 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : Readings from Israeli prose and poetry illustrating some of the main concerns of the literature: the struggle for survival, the holocaust, the tension between the collective and the individual, the decline of orthodox Judaism and of Zionist ideology, the conflicts between the religious and the secular, Oriental and occidental, Jew and Arab.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Knowledge of advanced Hebrew essential

  • JWST 438 Survey of Hebrew Literature 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Advanced Hebrew or equivalent

  • JWST 439 Survey of Hebrew Literature 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Advanced Hebrew or equivalent

Middle East Languages - Persian

Students who need to take a third level in Persian should consult the program adviser for course options.

Middle East Languages - Turkish

Students who need to take a third level in Turkish should consult the program adviser for course options.

Faculty of Arts—2010-2011 (last updated Jan. 19, 2011) (disclaimer)