Five College Mentored Language Program Course descriptions and applications online at: http://www.umass.edu/fclang

Application Deadlines: Applications received by the April 16th deadline Arabic - Fall 2010 Course Listing have already been processed. (Revised schedule as of May 2010. Late applications received by Aug. 20th will be processed before the Course sections without enrollments may be subject to cancellation prior to the start of the semester.) start of the semester. Applications will continue to be reviewed through the first week of the semester if space is available.

ESSENTIALS Course Credit: Credit for half courses and full courses varies by campus, see online course descriptions for details. Course Format: Most courses have both a small group conversation session and an individual tutorial each week; individual tutorial times will be assigned within the given time blocks based on student schedules and available time slots. Campus Location: Five College students may sign up for course sections or tutorial times meeting on any of the five campuses. Location Abbreviations: AC=Amherst College, HC=Hampshire, MHC=Mt. Holyoke, SC=Smith, UM=UMass How to Register: Instructions and application are online at http://www.umass.edu/fclang Questions: E-mail [email protected], call 413-545-3453; or stop by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, 102 Bartlett Hall, UMass.

Classroom Arabic for Fall 2010 Elementary Arabic Amherst College: MTWThF 9:00-9:50 am Instructor: Yasmine Hasnaoui (registration through Amherst College) - all sections Hampshire College: MTWThF 4:00 – 4:50 pm Instructor: Heba Arafah (registration through Mount Holyoke College, see below)

Mount Holyoke College section 1: MTWThF 10:00 – 10:50 am Instructor: Heba Arafah (registration through Mount Holyoke College) Mount Holyoke College section 2 - meeting at Hampshire College: MTWThF 4:00 – 4:50 pm Instructor: Heba Arafah (registration through Mount Holyoke College)

Smith College: MTWThF 9:00 – 9:50 am Instructor: Abdelkader Berrahmoun (registration through Smith College)

UMass: see listing online at https://spire.umass.edu

Intermediate Arabic Amherst College: MTWThF 11:00 – 11:50 am Instructor: Yasmine Hasnaoui (registration through Amherst College) - all sections Mount Holyoke College: MWF 10:00 – 10:50 am Instructor: Mohamed Jiyad (registration through Mount Holyoke College)

Smith College: MWF 2:40-3:30 pm Instructor: Yasmine Hasnaoui (registration through Smith College)

UMass: see listing online at https://spire.umass.edu

Advanced Arabic Smith College: MWF 2:40-3:30 pm Instructor: Abdelkader Berrahmoun (registration through Smith College) Mentored Modern Standard Arabic for Fall 2010 Course number Course name Course credit Conversation sessions Individual tutorial time slots FORLANGC type Students who registered by the April 16th deadline received tutorial assignments in May. Students enrolling after that date will be assigned to whatever time slots remain available based on submitted schedules.

190F Mentored Arabic II Hampshire section Half course HC: F 3:50-4:50 pm One 30-minute tutorial weekly. AC: W late afternoon HC: Th late afternoon / early evening HC: F early afternoon 190G Mentored Arabic III Hampshire section Half course HC: F 2:45-3:45 pm One 30-minute tutorial weekly. AC: W late afternoon HC: Th late afternoon / early evening HC: F early afternoon

197QQ Mentored Arabic IV Amherst section Half course AC: W 5:45-6:45 pm One 30-minute tutorial weekly. AC: W late afternoon HC: Th late afternoon / early evening HC: F early afternoon

197VV Formal Spoken Arabic A UMass section Half course UM: T 6:35-8:05 pm no tutorials (course for students who studied elementary Arabic without a significant speaking component) 197WW Formal Spoken Arabic B Hampshire section Half course HC: Th 6:40-8:10 pm no tutorials Prerequisite: Formal Spoken Arabic A or the equivalent

Upper-Level Mentored Arabic Courses: Limited course availability for Fall 2010. Students who submitted applications by the April 16th deadline will have priority. Other applications will be considered if space becomes available.

Mentored Colloquial Arabic for Fall 2010 Prerequisite: One year of Elementary Arabic with a speaking component or Mentored Arabic IV. Students whose elementary courses did not include a significant speaking component need to take Formal Spoken Arabic A before enrolling in a colloquial Arabic course. The colloquial courses assume students are ready for intermediate-level work. 197XX Levantine Arabic I Half course HC: F 2:15-3:45 pm no tutorials

197YY Levantine Arabic II Half course HC: T 6:40-8:10 pm no tutorials

197BG Levantine Arabic III Half course to be assigned when application is no tutorials approved 197BI Levantine Arabic IV Half course to be assigned when application is no tutorials approved