ARAB 150

Fall 2011 Part of Term B

Part of Term B
Oct 17-Dec 7

Lang&Culture of Arab World

Credit: 3 hours.

Interdisciplinary overview of the major aspects of the contemporary Arab culture. Based on scholarly research, textual resources, media, and literature from both the Arab World and elsewhere, examines the Arab people's historical background; language varieties; literary traditions; and representative social institutions.

Same as SAME 150.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Non-West

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ARAB 150 class schedule data for fall 2011
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	54547	Lecture-Discussion	A1	4:00PM -5:50PM	MW	Gregory Hall	Benmamoun, E Lazare, S Murphy, E	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/17/11-12/07/11 Degree Notes: Non-Western Cultures course. Section Info: In this 8 week course, we will discuss the current events that are taking place in the Arab world. We will explore the background to these events, the factors that are driving them, and the short term and long term implications for the Arab countries and the regional and world powers, particularly the USA and Europe. The course will be team taught by UIUC faculty with expertise in Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, Media, Religion, Political Science, and Sociology and who have intimate knowledge of the countries involved. The course will focus on specific case studies such as Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. There will be 2 hour online discussion each week.