UNISA Arabic Course Module 2025-2026
Major combinations:
NQF Level: 5: ARB1501, ICS1501
NQF Level: 6: ARB2602, ARB2603, ICS2602
NQF Level: 7: ARB3704, ARB3705, ARB3706, ARB3707 and ICS3707
| Elementary Arabic – ARB1501 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To enable students to acquire basic Arabic grammar, the language skills of understanding Arabic sentences and of following simple dialogues and internalising them. |
| Pre-Intermediate Arabic – ARB2602 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
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Co-requisite: ARB1501 or ARB101K |
| Purpose: To enable students to acquire the basic language skills of reading, writing, understanding and speaking, with particular focus on the verb structures of Arabic strong verbs. |
| Intermediate Arabic – ARB2603 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
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| Pre-requisite: ARB1501 & ARB1602 or ARB101K & ARB102L |
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| Purpose: To allow students to acquire more advanced skills of reading, writing and speaking, as well as knowing and understanding weak verbs, in relation to the Arabic language. |
| Advanced Arabic – ARB3704 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
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| Pre-requisite: ARB1501, ARB2602 or mother tongue speaker |
Co-requisite: ARB2603 |
| Purpose: Students will learn more about stylistic techniques of the Arabic language, as well as sentence construction and analysis. |
| Basic Arabic Literary Texts – ARB3705 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in Other languages,English |
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| Pre-requisite: ARB2603 |
Co-requisite: ARB3704 |
| Purpose: To advance the student’s mastery of Arabic by an introduction and analysis of selected classical and modern Arabic texts. |
| Specialist Arabic Literary Text – ARB3706 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
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| Pre-requisite: ARB2603, ARB2704 & ARB2705 |
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| Purpose: To advance the student’s mastery of Arabic by an introduction and analysis of selected classical and modern Arabic texts. |
| Advanced Arabic Literary Texts – ARB3707 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
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| Pre-requisite: ARB2603, ARB2704 & ARB2705 |
Co-requisite: ARB3706 |
| Purpose: To enable students to articulate the theory and history of modern Arabic prose literature through analysis and emergence of new themes. |
| Arabic Grammar and Philology – ARB4801 |
| Honours |
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NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in Other languages,English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module equips students with a firm understanding of Arabic grammar, philology, stylistics and semantics; insights into the linguistic development of Standard Arabic, as well as the emergence and features of diaglossia; and the capacity to determine the position of Arabic on a map of regional and global languages. |
| Qur’Anic Translation and Commentary – ARB4802 |
| Honours |
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NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module equips students with a firm understanding of the Qur’anic text; insights into the understanding of Qur’anic commentaries; the ability to read Arabic commentaries which developed over the past fourteen centuries; and to further comprehend the texts. |
| Further Specialist Arabic Literary Texts – ARB4803 |
| Honours |
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NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English,Other languages |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module equips students with a strong understanding of select Arabic classical, modern and contemporary professional texts; insights into the linguistic development of select Arabic texts, from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries in prose, poetry and rhythmic prose; and selected contemporary texts that allow students to master discourse in fields like classical Islam, diplomacy, politics, law, trade, industry, technology, sport, fashion and economics. |
