Featured MSA Courses for Winter Quarter 2024 

MSA 100: Comparative Perspectives

Dr. Sudipta Sen

Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:10-1:30 PM

Location: Wellman 3

GE Credits: AH SS WC WE

CRN 33472 (4 units)

Description:
Ethnographic and historical points of intersection and divergence in various aspects of the Middle East and South Asia in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial societies. Anthropological, historical, and theoretical debates surrounding the region.

 

MSA 181C: Introduction to Qur'anic Arabic

Dr. Mairaj Syed

Mondays & Wednesdays 11:00-12:20 PM

Location: Hoagland 108

GE Credits: AH SS

CRN 33475 (4 units)

Description:
Arab Studies topics.

 

PER 122: Advanced Persian Poetry

Dr. Navid Saberi-Najafi

Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:40-3:00 PM

Location: Bainer 1128

GE Credits: AH WC

CRN 44797 (4 units)

Description:
Continuation of PER 121. Further development of advanced skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking modern Persian through work with texts, video, and audio on cultural and social issues.

*Students can place in to PER 122 through a digital placement through the UC Davis Language Center (https://llc.ucdavis.edu). Please contact Mishaal Weatherford (mweatherford@ucdavis.edu) for more info. 

 

PUN 22: Intermediate Punjabi

Dr. Kuldeep Singh

MTWR 12:10-1:00 PM

Location: Bainer 1134

GE Credits: AH WC

CRN 44796 (4 units)

Description:
Integrated listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in formal and informal contexts in Intermediate Punjabi. Continuation of fluency acquisition in grammar, vocabulary, and meaningful verbal and written expression in Punjabi. Short final essay about topics in Punjabi literature and culture.