ARABIC 8Elementary Standard Arabic: Intensive
Arabic · 12 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Arabic to qualify for more advanced courses. Intensive course equivalent to courses 1A, 1B, and 1C. Introduction to fundamentals of standard Arabic, including pronunciation, grammar, and Arabic script, with emphasis on all four basic language skills—speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Offered in summer only.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
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ARABIC 8
- ARABIC 102AIntermediate Standard Arabic
- ARABIC 102BIntermediate Standard Arabic
- ARABIC 103AAdvanced Arabic
- ARABIC 140Readings in Modern Standard Arabic
- ARABIC 142Arabic Media
- ARABIC 103BAdvanced Arabic
- ARABIC 103CAdvanced Arabic
- ARABIC 130Classical Arabic Texts
- ARABIC 275Encountering Arabic Manuscripts: Introduction to Arabic Paleography and Critical Edition of Manuscripts
- ARABIC 111AElementary Spoken Egyptian Arabic
- ARABIC 111BElementary Spoken Egyptian Arabic
- ARABIC 111CElementary Spoken Egyptian Arabic
4 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 19 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.