The Basic Course in Arabic provides an introduction to modern literary Arabic. Most of the morphology and the most important syntactic patterns of the language are covered. The Intermediate Course is designed to enable students to read, discuss and translate Arabic newspapers and other materials related to the religions, politics and economics of the Middle East. The Advanced Course is a continuation of the second-year course.
Students acquire the ability to discuss, read and write about simple, everyday topics.
The intermediate courses offer consolidation and improvement upon the foundations which students have begun to build in their previous studies. Advanced Chinese and Japanese aim at further development of over all language proficiency through work on reading and listening comprehension exercises,translations, oral presentations and discussions of contemporary materials. At the end of two years students are expected to comprehend educated speech and converse freely on international political and economic topics. In Chinese, students master 1,500-1,800 characters. In Japanese, students master two syllabaries and Kyoiku kanji for both recognition and production, and all of the Toyo kanji .