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Arabic Language and Cultures

Advanced unit of study table (Table A)

This pathway is suitable for students who are post-HSC Continuers or Extension or have equivalent language competence. Students who are not post-HSC Continuers or Extension but have some knowledge of Arabic language need to contact the Department to plan a placement test and be allocated to the right level.

Major

A major in the advanced pathway for Arabic language and cultures requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 2000-level culture units
(ii) 18 credit points of 3000-level language units
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level culture units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in the advanced pathway for Arabic language and cultures requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 18 credit points of 3000-level language units
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level culture units
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level culture units

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

2000-level units of study

Culture
ARBC2210
Screening the Arab World
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Arabic Languages and Culture or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies
ARBC2211
North Africa: History Culture Society

6 P 12 credit point at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level from Arabic Language and Cultures
ARBC2671
Transnational Muslim Women and Veiling
6 P 12 Junior credit points from Arab Language and Cultures French Studies Asian Studies American Studies History Studies in Religion
ARBC2681
Gender and Politics in the Arab World
6 P 12 Junior credit points in any of Arabic and Islamic Studies European Studies English Government History Political Economy Sociology Media and Communication Gender Studies or Cultural Studies
HSTY2607
Palestine, Israel and the Middle East
6 N JCTC2008 or GOVT2772
P 12 credit points at 1000-level in History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Arabic Language and Culture or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or ARBC3615 

3000-level units of study

Language
ARBC3201
Arab Cities: Texts and Contexts
6 P ARBC3616
ARBC3202
Qur'anic Arabic

6 P ARBC3616
ARBC3615
Advanced Arabic 3A
6 P ARBC2614 or HSC continuers or HSC extension
N ARBC2105 or ARBC1311 or ARBC1312 or ARBC2313 or ARBC2314 or ARBC2315 or ARBC2316 or ARBC2633 or ARBC2634 or ARBC3635 or ARBC3636 or ARBC3637 or ARBC3638
ARBC3616
Advanced Arabic 3B
6 P ARBC3615
N ARBC2106 or ARBC1311 or ARBC1312 or ARBC2313 or ARBC2314 or ARBC2315 or ARBC2316 or ARBC2633 or ARBC2634 or ARBC3635 or ARBC3636 or ARBC3637 or ARBC3638
ARBC3636
Advanced Media Arabic 1
6 P ARBC3616
ARBC3639
Readings-Arabic Literatures and Cultures
6 P ARBC3616
Culture
ARBC3200
Arab and Middle East Politics
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level from any of: Arabic Language and Cultures or European, Middle Eastern or Classical Languages or Studies, English, International Relations, History, Political Economy, Politics, Sociology, Media and Communication or Gender and Cultural Studies
ARBC3691
Modern Egypt: History, Culture, Society
6 A Basic knowledge in the fields of modern Middle East history, colonial history and Islamic studies
P 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level in Arabic Language and Cultures

Interdisciplinary project units of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points