Careers in which proficiency in Arabic is a good secondary tool include banking and finance, business, sales, export purchasing, foreign market analysis, journalism, foreign correspondence, science and research, library science, hotel management, publishing, radio broadcasting, and teaching English in the Arab world to employees in corporations abroad. All who study Arabic find that the experience sharpens their understanding of language in general and enables them to use their own language more effectively and thus to exercise a greater amount of control over their own lives, no matter what their eventual fields of interest or occupations. Arabic language graduates find their marketable skills considerably enriched by their humanities education. All freshmen applicants are considered within a competitive admission process for Summer, Autumn, or Winter Quarter for the Columbus campus. The GEC is a body of courses designed to ensure that each student becomes acquainted with the basic areas of academic study.
Some majors also require completion of a foreign language requirement.
A major consists of a minimum of 50 hours of Arabic courses and five hours of course work in an allied discipline selected in consultation with the student's major adviser. Students majoring in Arabic are required to design their programs from courses in language, culture, literature, and linguistics. Core courses include Arabic 101 through 104. These courses do not apply toward the major. Additional electives and General Education Requirements totaling 196 hours are required by the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences for graduation.