Global Middle East Studies Minor

Requirements

A minimum of 15 units.

Core

Electives

Must take a minimum of nine additional units, selected with an advisor, from the following courses without repeating courses from the core:

• ANTH 443 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (3 Units)
• ARAB 101A - Fundamentals of Arabic (4 units)
• ARAB 101B - Fundamentals of Arabic (4 units)
• ARAB 201A - Intermediate Arabic (4 units)
• ARAB 201B - Intermediate Arabic (4 units)
• AH 116 - Foundation Art History: Arts of Islamic Regions (3 units)

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• AH 465 - Ancient Art of the Near East (3 units)

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• AH 565 - Ancient Art of the Near East (3 units)

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• C/LA 492 - Liberal Arts Internship (3 units)

• Internships must be approved by one of the program directors

• CWL 104 - Literature and Culture of the Middle East (3 units)
• CWL 402 - Selected Topics - Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (3 units)

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• CWL 502 - Selected Topics - Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (3 units)

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• GEOG 309 - The Middle East and North Africa (3 units)
• HDEV 305 - Life Course and Generation in the Arab World (3 units)
• HIST 320 - Middle East and Central Asia. (3 units)
• HIST 393 - Jews of the Modern Middle East (3 units)
• HIST 394 - Middle Eastern Women (3 units)
• HIST 417 - Diversity and Encounters in the Middle East (3 units)

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• HIST 418 - Central Asia and Afghanistan, Twentieth Century (3 units)

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• HIST 518 - Central Asia and Afghanistan, Twentieth Century (3 units)

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• HIST 432 - Change and Continuity in the Modern Middle East (3 units)
• I/ST 405 - Un-Imaging the Middle East (3 units)

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• SOC 405 - Un-Imaging the Middle East (3 units)

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• POSC 367 - Governments and Politics of the Middle East (3 units)
• R/ST 331 - A Journey through Islam (3 units)

Only 8 units of the minor may be taken from lower-division courses.

Note:

*Other languages of the Middle East may be substituted with the approval of the Director of the program.