<p>Yes, there are precedents of students taking advanced language classes outside of the Bi-Co. But I’ll be honest with you: transportation to Swarthmore and Penn is rather inconvenient and usually causes scheduling conflicts. If Arabic is your daughter’s #1 priority, it is possible to schedule all of her Bi-Co classes around the off-campus class. However, if there are other classes that she’s locked in to take at Haverford, it may not be possible to work around the scheduling conflicts. </p>
<p>Here’s a concrete example. Third-year Arabic at Penn meets four days a week next fall, MW 11-12 and TR 10:30-12. This single Penn class would prevent your daughter from taking any classes at Haverford before 1:30pm. (1pm might be possible, but she would want a bit of a time cushion for SEPTA running late and/or talking to the professor or students after class.) To make this schedule work, I would take a second class at Penn in the morning before Arabic, and two Haverford classes in the afternoon after 1:30pm (e.g. once-a-week classes meeting 1:30-4:00, or twice-a-week classes from 2:30-4:00). There’s also a few night classes, but I personally can’t focus on a lecture at 8pm at night. </p>
<p>This schedule is entirely feasible, but her course options would be severely limited and she would lose 8 hours a week for the commute back and forth to Penn.</p>