Program Overview

Arabic is the fifth most widely spoken language in the world and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. The Arabic Program trains students to gain a strong foundation in Modern Standard Arabic, as well as offering a wide range of courses taught in English on modern and classical Arabic literatures, cinema, gender and other cultural topics.

The Tufts Arabic program offers a wide range of courses and programs for students interested in learning the Arabic language or increasing their knowledge of the Arab world and its cultures. In addition, the program sponsors or cosponsors a diverse range of cultural events and activities throughout the academic year. Arabic may be taken either to fulfill a foreign language requirement, or as a major on its own. Thus students enrolled in Arabic language and culture classes come from a variety of backgrounds. The Arabic program works in close collaboration with other majors at the university, in particular the Middle Eastern Studies major.