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The following is a list of the undergraduate courses currently offered through the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures. Please follow the links to find out more about each course. 

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01:013:111 The Bible in Aramaic AHp, HST
01:013:120 Literary Egypt (3) (fall) HST
01:013:130 Comics in the Middle East (3) (fall) HST
01:013:140 Elementary Arabic I (4) (hybrid online) (fall & spring)
01:013:141 Elementary Arabic II (4) (hybrid online) (fall & spring)
01:013:143 Arabic Lab (1) (fall & spring)
01:013:160 Elementary Hindi I (4) (hybrid online) (fall & spring)
01:013:161 Elementary Hindi II (4) (hybrid online) (spring)
01:013:162 Elementary Urdu I (4) (fall)
01:013:163 Elementary Urdu II (4) (spring)
01:013:176 Elementary Persian I (4) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:177 Elementary Persian II (4) (hybrid online) (spring)
01:013:186 Elementary Swahili I (4) (fall)
01:013:187 Elementary Swahili II (4) (spring)
01:013:190 Elementary Turkish I (4) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:191 Elementary Turkish II (4) (hybrid online) (spring)
01:013:192 Elementary Twi I (4) (fall)
01:013:193 Elementary Twi II (4) (spring)
01:013:201 Crossroads: Classical Lit. of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia (3) (fall & spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:203 Language and Society in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia (3) (fall) AHo or AHq
01:013:204 Introduction to Discourse Analysis (3) (fall) CCD, SCL
01:013:205 Cultural Forces in International Politics (3) (spring) CCD
01:013:206 Banned Books (3) (fall) AHo, CCD
01:013:210 World Literature and Social Change (online) (fall & spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:211 Introduction to the Literatures of Africa (3) (spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:215 African Short Stories (3) (fall) AHp
01:013:217 African Immigrant Literature (3) (spring) CCD, HST
01:013:221 Introduction to the Literatures of the Middle East (3) (fall & spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:225 Global Arabic (3) AHq, CCD
01:013:229 War and Literature in the Arab World (3) (spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:231 Introduction to the Literatures of South Asia (3) (spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:232 Women Writers of South Asia (3) (fall) AHo or AHp
01:013:240 Intermediate Arabic I (4) (fall)
01:013:241 Intermediate Arabic II (4) (spring) AHq
01:013:242 Classical Arabic (3) (spring)
01:013:260 Intermediate Hindi I (4) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:261 Intermediate Hindi II (4) (hybrid online) (spring) AHq
01:013:276 Intermediate Persian I (4) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:277 Intermediate Persian II (4) (hybrid online) (spring) AHq
01:013:285 Language and Globalization (3) (spring) CCO, CCD
01:013:286 Intermediate Swahili I (4) (fall)
01:013:287 Intermediate Swahili II (4) (spring) AHq
01:013:290 Intermediate Turkish I (4) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:291 Intermediate Turkish II (4) (hybrid online) (spring) AHq
01:013:292 Intermediate Twi I (4) (fall)
01:013:293 Intermediate Twi II (4) (spring) AHq
01:013:301 Topics in African, Middle Eastern, and So. Asian Languages and Literatures (3) (fall & spring)
01:013:304 Introduction to Translation Studies (3) (spring) CCD
01:013:305 Languages in Peril (3) (fully online) (spring) CCO
01:013:307 Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures and Theories (3) (spring) CCO, CCD, AHo or AHp
01:013:311 Women Writers of Africa (3) (spring) CCD, AHp
01:013:312 African Folklore and Mythology (3) (fall) AHo or AHp
01:013:314 Islam and African Literature (3) (spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:320 Ottoman Middle East (3) (fall)
01:013:321 Independent Study (3) (fall & spring)
01:013:322 Middle Eastern Folklore and Mythology (3) (spring) AHo or AHp
01:013:324 Ottoman Africa (3) (spring)
01:013:325 Women Writers of the Arab World (3) (spring) CCD, AHp
01:013:331 Modern Literatures in South Asia (3) (fall) AHo or AHp
01:013:337 Film and Literature in South Asia (3) (spring)
01:013:340 Advanced Arabic I (3) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:341 Advanced Arabic II (3) (spring)
01:013:342 Modern Arabic Literature (3) (fall)
01:013:346 Literature and Memory in the Arab World (3) (fall) AHo or AHp
01:013:360 Advanced Hindi I (3) (hybrid online) (fall)
01:013:361 Advanced Hindi II (3) (hybrid online) (spring)
01:013:365 Bollywood (3) (fall)
01:013:376 Advanced Persian I
01:013:390 Advanced Turkish I (3)
01:013:392 Advanced Twi I (3) (fall)
01:013:393 Advanced Twi II (3) (spring)
01:013:401 Senior Seminar in Literature and Society (3) (spring) WCD
01:013:421 Hieroglyphic Egyptian (3) (fall)
01:013:430 Gender Nation and Literature in South Asia (3) (fall) WCD
01:013:433 Modern Urdu Literature and Culture (3) (spring)
01:013:442 Readings in Modern Arabic Literature (3) (fall)
01:013:445 Storytelling in the Muslim World (3) (spring) WCD
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