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Arabic language instruction is offered through Tri-College cooperation. Arabic 001 and 002 are taught at Haverford College (ARAB H001 and H002 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic). Intermediate Arabic courses are taught at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ (ARAB B003 and B004 Second-Year Modern Standard Arabic), and Advanced Arabic courses are available at Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium. The teaching of Arabic is one important component of the three colleges' efforts to increase the presence of the Middle East in their curricula. ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ offers courses on the Middle East and North Africa in the departments of Anthropology, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, General Studies, History, History of Art, International Studies, and Political Science. Additionally, students can have a Minor in Middle Eastern Studies (MECANA). 

College Foreign Language Requirement

Before the start of the senior year, each student must complete, with a grade of 2.0 or higher, two units of foreign language. Students may fulfill the requirement by completing two sequential semester-long courses in one language, beginning at the level determined by their language placement. A student who is prepared for advanced work may complete the requirement instead with two advanced free-standing semester-long courses in the foreign language(s) in which she is proficient.

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