20 courses with the subject PERS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PERS 0100Elementary Persian I
This course is designed to help you start learning Persian (also known as Farsi or Dari) and to give you the necessary tools to continue your study of Persian. This course introduces the Persian alphabet alongside grammar and vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. The four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading and writing) as well as pronunciation and culture are integrated into the curriculum. There is no prerequisite.
Introduction to Sorani Kurdish is an introductory-level course designed to help you start learning Sorani Kurdish and to give you the necessary tools to continue your study of Kurdish language. This course introduces the Kurdish alphabet (Arabic script) alongside grammar and vocabulary. Toward the end of the semester, the course will also involve some Kurdish classical and modern poetry. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. The four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as pronunciation and culture are integrated into the curriculum. There is no prerequisite. 1 Course Unit 2026-27 Catalog | Generated 08/03/26
This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian I. Emphasis is placed on using the Persian (also known as Farsi or Dari) language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing-as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation-are integrated into the course. Students must either have successfully completed Elementary Persian I, or take the departmental exam.
This course is conducted in Persian (also known as Farsi or Dari) and designed to help you continue expanding upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian II. In this course, we will begin to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed Elementary Persian II or take the departmental placement exam.
Persian for Heritage Speakers is conducted in Persian (also known as Farsi or Dari) and designed to help you strengthen your skills by learning not only to read and write, but also to engage in more complex forms of discourse in Persian. In this course, we will begin to address a variety of topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Prerequisite: Students must be proficient in spoken Persian (whether Farsi or Dari), and lack reading and writing skills.
In this course, we will continue to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultura terms. Emphasis is place on actively using Persian (also known as Farsi or Dari) for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must have successfully completed either Intermediate Persian I or Persian for Heritage Speakers I, or take the departmental placement exam.
A course designed to develop greater skills in reading and writing standard modern Persian for those with a competency in spoken Persian. The course will focus on the lexical and syntactic differences between written and spoken Persian, and the problems of Persian spelling.
This course is for undergraduate and graduate students who have successfully completed Intermediate Persian II or taken the placement exam. It teaches students the monāzereh (debate) skills in Persian academic settings by focusing on short press commentaries and literary excerpts. Students will improve their translation skills by working on primary modern Persian poetry and short stories as well as original press excerpts of the most well-known newspapers and magazines of modern Iran. The course is designed to improve students' skills in comprehending, reading, and translating formal, written Persian. Not Offered Every Year Mutually Exclusive: PERS 6200 1 Course Unit
This advanced Persian content course is a highly interactive, media- based seminar for students who have successfully completed Advanced Persian I (PERS 2000). Throughout this course students will dive deep into the history of Persian media, music, and cinema by reading secondary sources in Persian about their inception and evolution as well as close reading and analysis of the movies and media productions in Persian. The course is designed to improve students’ ability to understand and practice everyday conversations and spoken Persian used in Persian social media platforms, movies, broadcasting service. Not Offered Every Year Mutually Exclusive: PERS 6250 1 Course Unit
This course is designed to help you start learning Persian and to give you the necessary tools to continue your study of Persian. This course introduces the Persian alphabet alongside grammar and vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. The four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading and writing) as well as pronunciation and culture are integrated into the curriculum. There is no prerequisite. l Fall Mutually Exclusive: PERS 0100 1 Course Unit
Persian for Heritage Speakers is conducted in Persian and designed to help you strengthen your skills by learning not only to read and write, but also to engage in more complex forms of discourse in Persian. In this course, we will begin to address a variety of topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Prerequisite: Students must be proficient in spoken Persian (whether Farsi or Dari), and lack reading and writing skills. Placement test or instructor permission required.
This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian I. Emphasis is placed on using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing-as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation- are integrated into the course. Students must either have successfully completed PERS-011, or take the departmental exam.
This course is conducted in Persian and designed to help you continue expanding upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian II (PERS-012). In this course, we will begin to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed Elementary Persian II at the graduate level, or take the departmental placement exam.
In this course, we will continue to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultura terms. Emphasis is place on actively using Persian for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed PERS 613 or PERS 617, or take the departmental placement exam.
PERS 6000-6999 Secondary Research Language 4 Courses chosen in consultation with advisor Islamics 4 Any course with Attribute HDNI (https://catalog.upenn.edu/ attributes/hdni/) Arabic or Persian Literature 2 Any course with Attribute HDAL (https://catalog.upenn.edu/ attributes/hdal/) Arabic/Persian Lit and/or Islamics 3 Any course at the 6000 level or above with Attribute HDNI (https://catalog.upenn.edu/attributes/hdni/) Or any course at the 6000 level or above with Attribute HDAL (https://catalog.upenn.edu/attributes/hdal/) Electives at the 5000 level or above 3 Dissertation 3
This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Kurdish I (Introduction to Kurdish). Emphasis is placed on using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation—are integrated into the course. Students should have fulfilled the prerequisite (PERS-5550-680 202230) with a grade of C better, or taken the placement exam, in order to take this course.
A continuation of Intermediate Persian II, students will advance their skills in reading and listening, as well as in writing and speaking. Graduate students may have additional assignments.
A continuation of Advanced Persian I, students will advance their skills in reading and listening, as well as in writing and speaking to near fluency. Graduate students may have additional assignments. Not Offered Every Year Mutually Exclusive: PERS 2100 1 Course Unit
This course is conducted in Persian and designed to help you strengthen l your skills by learning not only to read and write, but also to engage in more complex forms of discourse in Persian. In this course, we will begin to address a variety of topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must be proficient in spoken Persian (whether Farsi or Dari), and lack reading and writing skills..
PERS 6700Persian Culture, Literature and Film for Advanced Learners I
This course is designed for those graduate students who have successfully passed the intermediate Persian course. Undergraduate students who take this course must either have successfully completed Intermediate Persian II, or take the placement exam. The main objective of this course is to further enhance the students’ knowledge about the millennium-old Persian literary tradition and culture as well as its world- renowned cinema through reading primary sources or watching Iranian films in original Persian. Students who take this course are expected to use Persian language at all times during their time in class. Using English inside the classroom is restricted in order to improve the students’ proficiency in Persian language. Mutually Exclusive: PERS 4000 1 Course Unit
