ARABIC 140

Readings in Modern Standard Arabic

Arabic · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Development of reading, speaking, and writing abilities in modern standard Arabic, as well as cultural knowledge, through film screenings, discussions, written compositions, verbal presentations, and reading authentic literary texts from across Arabic-speaking world. Prepares students for more advanced literary Arabic courses.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 103A, or consent of instructor.

BruinTree reads · Prerequisite

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one of

ARABIC 103A
consent of instructor

· mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 103A, or consent of instructor" — grouping is a best reading

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

ARABIC 140

ARABIC 103AAdvanced Arabic
- ARABIC 102AIntermediate Standard Arabic
  - ARABIC 1CElementary Standard Arabic1 more beneath
  - ARABIC 8Elementary Standard Arabic: Intensive
- ARABIC 102BIntermediate Standard Arabic

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.