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Middlebury School in Morocco (Directory Program)

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  • Locations: Rabat, Morocco
  • Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Homepage: Click to visit
  • Program Sponsor: Middlebury Schools Abroad 
Fact Sheet:
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Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: Arabic Click here for a definition of this term Areas of Study: Arabic, Arabic Language & Literature, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Religion/Theology
Program Type: study abroad Minimum GPA: 2.7
Language GPA: 3
Program Description:
School in Morocco

For thousands of years, Morocco has benefited from the cross-cultural exchange of Berber, Arab, African, and European peoples, customs, gastronomy, and learning.

Today, Morocco is home to 34 million, and is one of the most stable and moderate constitutional monarchies in the Arab World.

Located 150 miles south of Morocco's northern tip, where the Bou Regreg river meets the Atlantic Ocean, Rabat is the nation’s capital, and home to just over 1 million "Maghariba" (Moroccans). By Moroccan standards, Rabat is a fairly young city, having been established in 1146. Our partner university, Mohammed V University, was founded in 1957 as the first modern university in Morocco.

This program has two tracks; and advanced-track designed for students with upper-intermediate to advanced proficiency in Arabic (having completed at least two years of college-level Arabic), and an intermediate-track for students who have completed just one year of Arabic studies prior to studying abroad. (More information about the intermediate track is available here.)

Students in both tracks will study Modern Standard Arabic and Moroccan colloquial Darija. Advanced track students will pursue two additional courses in Arabic, one content course, and a one-one tutorial in a topic of their choosing. Students in the intermediate track will take two electives about Morocco or the region taught primarily in English.

Both groups of students adhere to the Middlebury Language Pledge while they are abroad (though this is slightly modified for intermediate-track students). The Pledge shows a commitment to linguistic immersion and is the key to students' successful language development and cultural integration.