Develops advanced skills in translating Islamic texts by analyzing language, rhetoric, terminology, and cultural nuances across Hadith, Qurʾanic exegesis, and jurisprudential writings.

Explores how language encodes meaning through semantics and pragmatics, analyzing literal meaning, context, reference, and communication across linguistic and cognitive systems.

Advances Modern Standard Arabic proficiency through complex texts on Islamic thought, developing students’ analytical, writing, and linguistic skills in contemporary academic Arabic.

Introduces core translation methods, emphasizing accurate Arabic-English translation through text analysis, collaboration, and strategies for preserving meaning, tone, and style.

Explores Qurʾanic origins, revelation, exegetical methods, and modern interpretive issues through classical and contemporary scholarship in tafsīr studies.

Explores major linguistic theories and methods through Arabic morphology, phonetics, syntax, and semantics, blending classical scholarship with modern linguistic approaches.

Develops students’ Modern Standard Arabic academic skills through advanced reading, writing, and communication tailored for scholarly analysis and academic success.