Arabic, Minor

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 15

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9

Program Code: N032

  • The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
  • No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Arabic program in the Modern Languages Department.

Required Courses

Students must successfully complete at least 15 hours of coursework in Arabic, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.

ARAB 2013Colloquial Arabic3
ARAB 2113Intermediate Arabic3
ARAB 2223Intermediate Arabic Continued3
Select two of the following:6
Advanced Writing
Readings in Arab/Islamic Heritage
Language, Culture, and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa
Arabic Literature and Culture
Islamic Culture in the United States
Total Credit Hours15
  • Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.