The Department of World Languages and Cultures at James Madison University offers a major and a minor in Arabic. The Arabic minor is a program that began in the academic year 2009-2010. The program has been successful and has resulted in the formation of an Arabic major which has been offered from the academic year 2012-2013. Students completing either of these programs will have a better knowledge of Arabic language and a broad perspective on literature and culture of the Arabic-speaking world.

Why Take Arabic Courses?

• To satisfy the 2-year foreign language requirement.
• To satisfy 3 years of a foreign language requirement.
•  To obtain a minor in Arabic.
• To major in Arabic.
• Arabic courses may be counted towards the following programs:
  1. the International Business major;
  2. the Middle East track in the International Affairs major;
  3. the minor in Middle Eastern Communities and Migrations;
  4. the minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies; and
  5. the minor in World Literature 

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