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At the end of this beginning intermediate course, students will have read a wide variety of classical and modern Persian texts both in prose and poetry. Therefore, you will be able to read, write, understand and speak about a variety of literary, historical, cultural and journalistic topics with relative ease.

In many textbooks, the history of the Middle East is the mirror opposite of European history. We are told that the Middle East was a rich and cosmopolitan region of the world in the Middle Ages, but that its failure to properly modernize led first to weakness and colonization and more recently to extremism and violence. While Europe soared ahead in the years between 1400 and 1800, the Middle East appeared to languish.

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By the end of the semester students will have reached beginning proficiency in Persian, which means they will be able to recognize and read the Persian alphabet; initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face rudimentary conversations and satisfy limited social demand; create sentences related to some survival needs, personal history, daily life, etc.; read simple material such as announcements of public events, simple prose containing biographical information or narration of events, and straightforward newspaper headlines; understand short conversations about all survival needs and limited so

Individualized study. Research under direction of a faculty member.

Individualized study. Research under direction of a faculty member.