All undergraduate degree students are required to complete each course within the Core Curriculum Requirements. An additional 13 credit hours provided by the Core Curriculum Electives are also required of all degree students. The Core Curriculum Electives offer a variety of courses from which undergraduates may choose. In addition to the Core Curriculum Requirements, some categories of students must take additional Arabic literature and language courses to improve their knowledge of the Arab cultural environment. Instruction in the core curriculum ranges from small seminars to regular classes to large lectures.
Students also receive individual counseling.
A final assessment of their work is made in each course. Students who do not obtain a satisfactory standard in a course are asked to repeat it. Arabic Literature 3 credit hours 1. Sessions are devoted to writing expository prose with special attention to rhetorical methods, discussion, critical reading and thinking, and to instruction in the use of the library. Students will be responsible for producing a sequence of at least four research papers on related topics or on a common theme.