世界语言和文化部通过扩大阿拉伯语计划来支持对中东和北非地区日益增长的兴趣。课程范围从初级到高级。阿拉伯语学院的使命是帮助学生提高阅读，写作，听力和说阿拉伯语的能力。老师和学生之间的阿拉伯语交流是我们课程的常规功能。由于语言反映了文化，所以除了熟练掌握四种语言技能外，我们还致力于帮助学生获得更高的文化水平。这是通过在各种级别上进行的活动来实现的，这些活动向学生介绍了文化上真实的环境并利用了各种多媒体资源。虽然我们课程的重点是现代标准阿拉伯语（MSA），但我们也提供黎凡特口语阿拉伯语课程。高级主题课程向学生介
The Department of World Languages and Cultures supports the growing interest in the Middle East and North Africa with an expanded program for the Arabic language. Courses range from the Elementary to the upper-advanced levels. The mission of the Arabic Faculty is to help students attain proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking the Arabic language. Arabic communication between instructor and students is a regular feature of our classes. Since language reflects culture, in addition to proficiency in the four language skills, we aim at helping the students acquiring a higher degree of cultural proficiency. This is done at all levels through activities that introduce the students to culturally authentic contexts and make use of various multimedia resources. While the focus in our courses is on Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), we also offer Levantine colloquial Arabic courses. The upper-advanced level topics courses introduce the students to key themes, texts, institutions, and figures of the modern Arab world and pre-modern Arabic-Islamic civilization.