ARABIC
Arabic offers a blend of critical language skills and applicability in over 20 countries with roughly 300 million native speakers. You will develop the skills to live, work, and interact with a more diverse set of countries, allowing you room to shift focus as you progress in your career.
US government agencies have expressed a much greater need for Arabic speakers to address the complex political, military, and economic questions surrounding US engagement in the Middle East and North Africa.
Students interested in pursuing a more in depth study of Arabic languages and cultures can choose to minor in Arabic. Click on the link below for more information on the minor:
Most students at Howard University have a foreign language requirement to graduate. Depending on their major, students typically take between two to four semesters of a foreign language. Enrolling in Arabic language courses at Howard will count towards the foreign language requirement. The course sequence for the basic Arabic language courses is as follows:
Arabic I - (ARAB 001)
Arabic II - (ARAB 002)
Arabic III - (ARAB 003)
Arabic IV - (ARAB 004)