Middle East Studies

Requirements

1. Six Courses, including:
   1. Either HIS 175 or HIS 176 (or the equivalent)
   2. REL 272 (or the equivalent)
   3. Any four other courses, drawn from the course list below or approved by the Director of the Middle East Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
2. A depth component.  This can be satisfied in one of the following three ways:
   1. By participating in an accredited summer, semester- or year-long study abroad program, either in the Middle East or at an academic institution offering a systematic course of study on Middle Eastern topics (e.g., the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, or Sciences Po- Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Undergraduate College of Menton)
   2. By taking a research-intensive independent study on a Middle Eastern topic during the junior or senior year
   3. By taking a 400-level seminar on a Middle Eastern topic

Notes

1. Normally, at least three of the courses must be at the 300-level or above, although the coordinator of the interdisciplinary minor may approve alternatives.
2. No more than two courses may also be applied to a departmental major.
3. The six courses applied to the interdisciplinary minor must normally come from at least three different departments or programs.
4. No more than three courses taken abroad may count towards the Middle East Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
5. A student completing the Arabic language sequence through ARB 202 may substitute that course for one of the six courses for the interdisciplinary minor.

Courses

• ARB 321 - Contemporary Arabic Literature
• ARB 322 - Media in the Arab World
• ARB 325 - Contemporary Syrian Television Drama
• ARB 331 - Arabic Media & Society
• ARB 335 - Contemporary Egyptian Society: Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present
• ARB 340 - Gender and Politics in Contemporary Syrian Literature
• ARB 341 - Gender Studies in the Arab World
• HIS 175 - The Middle East, 610-1453: The Formation of Islam
• HIS 176 - The Middle East, 1453-Present: Islam in the Modern World
• HIS 218 - Jihad and Crusade
• HIS 375 - Nationalism and Colonialism in the Modern Arab World
• POL 291 - Politics of the Middle East
• REL 272 - Classical Islam
• REL 276 - The Shi’ite Tradition
• REL 346 - Modern Jewish Thought
• REL 375 - Islamic Visions of the End
• REL 376 - Islamic Ethics
• REL 378 - Islam in the Modern Age: Tradition, Fundamentalism and Reform