In fall 2010 you will see a lot of changes to the language sequences in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. Here’s a run-down of what you can expect:

INTENSIVE COURSES: All first-year sequences are moving to an intensive format (a la Arabic). Students will reach Intermediate proficiency at the end of one year and therefore meet the COLA language requirement in just two semesters. The course numbers for this sequence will be: ARA/HEB/PRS/TUR 601C and 611C

BRIDGE COURSES: For fall 2010 only, HEB and PRS 611C will be offered as a bridge course to get students in 507 ready to take the upper-division courses in the language. Enrollments in Turkish are small enough to avoid this extra scheduling. The Arabic sequence is already intensive and so the changes are in course number only.

COMPLETE SEQUENCES:

– Arabic: 601C, 611C, 621K, 621L, 531K, 531L (Intensive ARA I thru VI)

– Hebrew: 601C, 611C (Intensive HEB I and II), 325 (Adv Conv & Comp), 321 (Adv Grammar)

– Persian: 601C, 611C (Intensive PRS I and II), 322K, 322L (Intermediate PRS I and II)

– Turkish: 601C, 611C (Intensive TUR I and II), 320K, 322L (Intermediate TUR I and II)

If you have any questions, please contact Kim Dahl kimberly.dahl@austin.utexas.edu.