Program Description
Through this dual major program, students earn a M.A. in Criminal Justice: Forensic Linguistics and a M.A. in Arabic Language and Linguistics.
Curriculum
| Course | Credits |
| Arabic Courses | 24 |
| ARB 610 Arabic Linguistics | 3 |
| ARB 620 Arabic-English Translation | 3 |
| ARB 630 Arabic Literature and Social Cultural Aspects | 3 |
| ARB 640 Arabic Dialect Acquisition and Variation | 3 |
| ARB 650 Images of Islam | 3 |
| ARB 660 Advanced Arabic Composition | 3 |
| ARB 670 Methods of Teaching & Learning Arabic | 3 |
| ARB 810 Special Topics in Arabic | 3 |
| Forensic Linguistics Courses | 24 |
| CRM 600 Seminar in Forensic Linguistics | 3 |
| CRM 610 Forensic Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| CRM 620 Forensic Language Structure I | 3 |
| CRM 640 Forensic Language Structure II | 3 |
| CRM 650 Author Profiling and Threat Assessment | 3 |
| CRM 670 Authorial Attribution and Speaker Identification | 3 |
| CRM 690 Legal and Ethical Issues in Forensic Linguistics | 3 |
| CRM 700 Advanced Criminological Theories | 3 |
| Total | 48 |
Note: Students in CRM 690 will be required to undertake a project, which serves as a culminating experience that is applicable to Arabic language and culture and forensic linguistics.