ARAB 1010

The ARAB 1010 course is a great introductory course for Arabic. I had Bilal Humeidan and we first spent the first couple months covering the alphabets to gain a strong-foothold with them using the Alif-Baa textbook. Afterwards, we moved to the Al-Kitaab textbook where we covered more vocabulary and grammar. The class does not have a necessarily consistent structure and it can feel at times a bit all over the place especially with no Collab page but it is manageable. Humeidan also gives a reasonable amount of homework to ensure you are constantly practising the language. As far as the different components that make up you grade you are looking at attendance, homework, participation, 3 quizzes, and a final exam with a take-home portion. Hence, it is very manageable provided you are willing to put the effort.
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I took this course as a non-native speaker (I am American with American parents) and it was definitely difficult. You use two textbooks and you are constantly quizzed (verbally) on vocabulary. Also, there is a lot of grammar towards the end of the semester. You must attend class every single day or else you get very lost. The alphabet is covered for two whole months and then you move onto reading aloud and translation. As someone who has never been exposed to audible Arabic nor written Arabic before, I think Ustaadh Bilal H. is a great introductory professor for Arabic.

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