Arabic Studies offers a variety of courses in the language, literature, culture and politics of the Arab world.

Here is a sampling of some of the courses offered in Arabic Studies:

  • Politics and Ideology in Literature About the Middle East
  • The Culture and Thought of the Modern Middle East
  • Modern Arabic Literature
  • The Arab Spring

View the College catalog for a full list of courses in Arabic Studies.

"I have come to realize that Arabic really fascinates me unlike any other course I have taken. For some reason Arabic Studies has this strong positive impact on its students. I have never heard my friends talk so positively about a subject like they do about Arabic studies." -Reshma Shah '14

Arabic studies student at the Roman theater ruins in Jerash, Jordan Connecticut College student Kaitlyn Garbe '15 in the Roman Theater in Jerash, Jordan