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1) Subject: 1999 University of Chicago Intensive Summer Arabic Program

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Date: 28 Jan 1999
From: "Kenneth J. Garden" <summer-arabic at uchicago.edu>
Subject: 1999 University of Chicago Intensive Summer Arabic Program

The 1999 University of Chicago
Intensive Summer Arabic Program
June 21-August 20

The University of Chicago is pleased to announce its 1999 Intensive Summer
Arabic Program from June 21-August 20.  For application materials or to ask
further questions about the program, please write to :
Ken Garden
Intensive Summer Arabic Program
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
5828 University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

summer-arabic at uchicago.edu

The Program
Instruction in Modern Standard Arabic will be offered at five levels:
Elementary, Intermediate, High Intermediate, Advanced and, this year for
first time, a new fifth year course, Reading the Classical Texts.  For the
first three levels, the primary textbooks will be the EMSA books published
by the University of Michigan.  Some instructors will supplement these with
the al-Kitaab books by Brustad, al-Batal and al-Tonsi.  Additionally, the
Intermediate and High Intermediate classes will supplement the textbooks
with reading materials.  The Advanced level will concentrate on reading
selections and advanced grammar.  Reading the Classical Texts will focus on
reading the Qur'an, Hadith, Tafsir, fiqh and other texts from the classical
period.  The exact selection of readings for these latter two courses will
be determined in part by student interest.  Elective courses may be offered
in addition to the above mentioned courses depending on student interest.
In addition to classroom instruction, there will be weekly lectures in
Arabic (the Arabic circle) and English on topics related to the Middle East
by leading experts in the field.  Additionally there will be
extra-curricular activities that will give students additional opportunity
to use their Arabic.  These include drama, poetry, story-telling, debate,
and newspaper groups.

Credit, Tuition, and Fees
Each of the five levels consists of one year's (three quarters') study of
Arabic and earns a full year's credit under either the Quarter or Semester
system.  Tuition for the full (three quarter) sequence will be $4704
(subject to slight increase).  Students attending Committee on
Institutional Cooperation (CIC) member universities pay tuition rates of
their home institutions.  Students will be assessed University Health
Service and Student Activities fees and, if they lack a personal insurance
plan, a Student Health Insurance Fee.

Note that there are several NON-CREDIT options available for a
significantly reduced tuition.  Information about these options can be sent
to those who inquire.

Scholarships
Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation, a number of
scholarships for full or partial tuition and/or living accommodations will
be available to qualified applicants on a merit basis.  To be considered
for financial aid, request a scholarship application and return it with
supporting materials by April 15, 1999 to the program address given above.
Notification of awards will be made in early May.
Intensive Summer Arabic courses are also open to students via the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Traveling Scholar Program, and Foreign
Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) fellowship awards.  The CIC application
deadline is April 15. Please note that CIC students mush register through
their home institutions.  For more information about CIC and FLEP, contact
the CIC office at your institution.  Foreign Language Area Studies
(FLAS/Title VI)awards also may be applied.

To apply for a scholarship you will need:
1)Undergraduate or Graduate transcript
2)Two letters of recommendation, including one from your advisor and one
from current or previous Arabic instructor or, if you have not yet studied
Arabic, instructor of another language or, if you have not studied another
language, any other professor.
3)A statement of no more than one page describing the relevance of Arabic
to your academic professional or personal goals.
4)A tentative budget, including expenses likely to be incurred and other
sources of support available to you or for which you have applied.
5)A $35 application fee.  This fee need not be paid if you have ever
applied to the University of Chicago in the past.

Accommodations
Participants are encouraged to reside in University Housing selected for
the program.  The program can also forward advertisements for sublets
posted on the University of Chicago's web site and accessible only within
the University domain to students who request them.

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