Summer Arabic Language Institute - American Islamic College

Arabic Language Institute

Summer Intensive 2026

Arabic Language Institute is pleased to offer the following course in summer 2026:

Intensive Elementary Arabic (equivalent to one full academic year of Arabic study)
Intensive Intermediate Arabic (equivalent to one full academic year of Arabic study)
Qur’anic Arabic: Non-intensive, non-credit course
Qur’anic recitation (tajwīd): Non-intensive, non-credit course

Details are below

Please contact Dr. Talaat Pasha at tpasha@aicusa.edu for questions regarding the Arabic Language Institute and our summer 2026 Arabic language classes.

Elementary level Modern Standard Arabic

(ARA 101 & 102)

Prerequisite: None, this is a course for beginners
Credit hours: Eight (8) = 120 contact hours
Dates: May 25 – July 30 (10 weeks, 3 hrs./day, four days per week)
Days: Monday – Thursday
Timing: 6:00pm – 9:00pm CT (Tentative)
If this schedule does not work for you and you would be interested in registering if an alternative schedule were offered, please contact Dr. Talaat Pasha at tpasha@aicusa.edu.
Venue: Online (via Zoom) & Populi LMS
Textbook: Ahlan Wa Sahlan, Workbook Letters and Sounds by Mahdi Alosh and Allen Clark.
Tuition (excluding textbook costs): $350/credit hour ($2800 for the full 8 credit course) for students seeking academic credit; $250/credit hour ($2000 for the full 8-credit course) for auditors/students not interested in the academic credit.

Intermediate level Modern Standard Arabic

(ARA 201 & 202)

Prerequisite: At least two semesters of Elementary Arabic (ARA 101 & 102 or equivalent)
Credit hours: Eight (8) = 120 contact hours
Dates: May 25 – July 30 (10 weeks, 3 hrs./day, four days per week)
Days: Monday – Thursday
Timing: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT (Tentative)
If this schedule does not work for you and you would be interested in registering if an alternative schedule were offered, please contact Dr. Talaat Pasha at tpasha@aicusa.edu.
Venue: Online (via Zoom) & Populi LMC
Textbook: Ahlan Wa Sahlan, Workbook Letters and Sounds by Mahdi Alosh and Allen Clark.
Tuition (excluding textbook costs): $350/credit hour ($2800 for the full 8 credit course) for students seeking academic credit; $250/credit hour ($2000 for the full 8-credit course) for auditors/students not interested in the academic credit.

FLAS Fellowship compliant Intermediate level Modern Standard Arabic

(ARA 201 & 202)

This course is designed to meet FLAS requirements of 140 contact hours for the Intermediate level. It will be taught in conjunction with our regular 120-hour intensive Intermediate course, supplemented with a total of 20 hours of language drills and co-curricular activities.

Quranic Arabic

Prerequisite: At least one semester of Elementary Arabic (ARA 101 or equivalent)
Credit hours: Three (3) = 45 contact hours
Dates: May 25 – July 30 (4.5 hours/week; 10 weeks)
Days: Saturday and Sunday evenings
Timing: 5:30 pm – 7:45 pm CT (Tentative)
Venue: Online
Textbooks: A New Arabic Grammar of the Arabic language, by Haywood and Nahmad & Arabic Through Quran, by Allen Jones.
Tuition (excluding textbook costs): $750 for the course

Introduction to Quranic recitation (tajwīd) class

Prerequisite: At least one semester of Elementary Arabic (ARA 101 or equivalent)
Audit Only (Non-Credit)
Dates: May 25 – July 30 (4.5 hours/week; 10 weeks)
Days: Tuesday and Thursday evenings
Timing: 6:30 pm – 8:45 pm CT (Tentative)
Venue: Online
Textbook: Muṣḥaf al-Madīnah (students need to be reading from the same edition of the Quran for pedagogical reasons, given the orthographic variations among different versions; this one is the best for such purposes).
Tuition (excluding textbook costs): $750 for the course