Major Program Contacts Department Chair Information Samah Selim Undergraduate Director Information Benjamin Koerber Undergraduate Program Why AMESALL? Prospective Students Major Minors Course Schedule Course Descriptions Advising Languages FAQ Undergraduate Quicklinks Academic Calendar Course Schedule Planner SAS Academic Advising SAS Core Curriculum University Schedule of Classes Web Registration System Major Program The Major in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures is open to students admitted to and enrolled in any of the campuses and schools at Rutgers-New Brunswick. The Major requires two years of language study (or the equivalent proficiency) as a prerequisite, and the successful completion of at least 33 credit hours. It has two options, a Global Humanities option and a Regional option. The Global Humanities Option (013G) The Global Humanities major option requires 36 credit hours for completion, of which 9 must be at the 300 level or above. Here is a sample program of study to complete the Global Humanities major option. All majors must take the following three courses: 013:201: Crossroads: Introduction to the Classical Literatures of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia and 013:205: Cultural Forces in International Politics and 013:401: Capstone Seminar in Literature, Culture and Society In addition majors must take at least two courses from each of the following two categories: Transregional Sociolinguistics Courses 013:115: History of the Alphabet 013:203: Language and Society 013:204 Introduction to Discourse Analysis 013:225 Global Arabic 013:285: Language and Globalization 013:305: Languages in Peril 013:409: Introduction to Semitic Languages Transregional Culture courses 013:202  Cinemas of Africa and Asia 013:206 Banned Books 013:210 World Literature and Social Change 013:304: Introduction to Translation Studies 013:307: Intro to Postcolonial Literature and Theory (with CL) 013:324: Ottoman Africa 013:365: Bollywood 013:412: Literature and Religion 013:445: Storytelling in the Muslim World Majors must also take at least 3 courses, in any combination of their choice, from the following: African Literature/Cinema courses Middle Eastern literature/Cinema courses South Asian literature/cinema courses Majors will take at least 6 credits hours, in any combination of their choice, from the following: AMESALL’s literature/sociolinguistics/cinema/culture courses AMESALL’s language courses at the Intermediate level or above STUDY ABROAD program courses Courses from other units with significant AMESALL regional content (History, Anthropology, Geography, WGS, Art History, etc) Learning Goals (013G) As an AMESALL major with the global humanities option, you will demonstrate: appreciation of major global issues as articulated in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia and from the perspective of these three regions; understanding of a variety of epistemologies rooted in the cultures of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia; proficiency in critical, theoretical, and research-oriented skills in global and comparative cultural studies. The Regional Option (013J) This option is designed to allow students to explore in depth one of the literatures offered by AMESALL, within a regional context.  Here are sample programs of study for learning African languages and literatures Middle Eastern languages and literatures , and South Asian languages and literatures . All majors must take the following two (2) courses in order to complete this major option: 01:013:201 Classical Literatures of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia and 01:013:401 Senior Seminar in Literature and Society Students enrolling in this option must complete at least six (6) credits of language courses at the advanced (300) level or higher. They must also take one of the following three (3) courses, as appropriate to their region of study: 01:013:211 Literatures of Africa or 01:013:221 Literatures of the Middle East or 01:013:231 Literatures of South Asia Finally, they must complete 18 credits of additional literature, sociolinguistics or linguistics courses on the region of their concentration, nine (9) of which must be upper level courses at the 300-level or above. These courses must either be taught in AMESALL, cross-listed with AMESALL, or approved by the Department Chair. Learning Goals (013) As an AMESALL major with the regional major option, you will: Demonstrate listening, speaking, writing and reading proficiency in one (1) of the languages taught through AMESALL at a level of Advanced-Low or higher according to the guidelines of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); Demonstrate familiarity with a cross-section of the classical literatures of all three regions; Demonstrate a broad understanding of the literatures of one of the three regions.