<p>i'm a high school junior looking at reed, and i was just wondering whether or not they have an arabic program, since i had trouble finding out anything about it on the website. is studying arabic at reed or a nearby school an option, or can you only study it if you're going abroad? thanks! :)</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like there’s an Arabic program, sorry (or, rather, it doesn’t have its own department). But, as you said, there are programs abroad that let you study it. More info: [Reed</a> College | Catalog |](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/catalog/programs/off_campus.html]Reed”>International Programs and Off-Campus Study - Catalog - Reed College)</p>
<p>When my daughter decided she was interested in Middle East studies, she really shifted the focus of her college search from LACs to small and medium-size research universities. Availability of Arabic was a major factor in that switch.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, all her schools of interest were on the East Coast, so I’m afraid I don’t know anything of value about Reed, or medium-size research universities in the West.</p>
<p>(Current Reed Freshman)</p>
<p>The short answer is that Reed does not have Arabic courses. However, at the beginning of the year, I did see posters advertising optional Arabic classes (they weren’t actual courses you could register for- more like an extracurricular activity taught by a professor). I don’t know if those lessons are still happening though, or much about them at all. You can subscribe to their mailing list here: <a href=“https://www.lists.reed.edu/mailman/listinfo/reed-arabic[/url]”>https://www.lists.reed.edu/mailman/listinfo/reed-arabic</a>. Perhaps they’ll tell you something.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you could take Arabic at other nearby schools. You should probably e-mail the college about it.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of the languages Reed does have courses for:
Chinese
French
German
Greek
Latin
Spanish</p>
<p>Can you take Ancient Greek, or only modern?</p>
<p>Ancient at Reed, modern in Greece:</p>
<p>[Greek</a> 110 - First-year Greek](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/catalog/programs/dept_majors/clas.html]Greek”>Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies - Catalog - Reed College)</p>
<p>[Greece:</a> College Year in Athens, year or semester](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/catalog/programs/off_campus.html]Greece:”>International Programs and Off-Campus Study - Catalog - Reed College)</p>
<p>incomplete list, catgirl: you forgot Russian.</p>
<p>Whoops, sorry about that. And one of my friends even <em>takes</em> Russian there.</p>