ARABIC 140Readings in Modern Standard Arabic
Arabic · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
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.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 103A, or consent of instructor.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.55 · from text- 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 8Elementary Standard Arabic: Intensive
- ARABIC 102BIntermediate Standard Arabic
- ARABIC 102CIntermediate Standard Arabic
1 direct requisite. Showing 8 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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.