Middle East Studies Student Initiative
 

 

 
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 Certificate of Middle East Studies:

Students completing the requisite courses are eligible to receive a Certificate in Middle East Studies.  The following is a breakup of the required courses:

Note: Minimum of 6 courses in total are required! 

Deadline: April 25th, 2008 in SSPA 5137

Download:  Certificate Application

Download: Detailed Course Information 

 

 

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES

 

 

 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY:

  • History 18A: Jewish Cultures

  • History 70: Problems in History

  • History 70E: Problems in History: Middle East and Africa

  • History 70F: Muslim Jewish Relations

  • History 130: Jewish History

  • History 130A: Jewish History, Ancient to Early Modern Times

  • History 130B: Modern Jewish History

  • History 130C: Topics in Jewish History

  • History 131: Topics in Islamic History

  • History 132: Israel and Palestine

  • History 133A: The Emergence of the Modern Middle East

  • History 133B: North Africa Since 1500: Islam and Colonialism

  • History 180: Ancient Iran

  • History 192W: Jerusalem: Middle East Religion

 LANGUAGE:

  • Arabic 1ABC: Fundamentals

  • Hebrew 1ABC: Fundamentals

  • Persian 1ABC: Fundamentals

SCHOOL OF

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Cross Listed Courses under the Departments of Political Science, Social Science and International Studies:

  • Afghanistan

  • Arab Society and Culture (also under Anthropology)

  • Geography of the Middle East

  • Lebanese Politics

  • Middle East Conflict/Psychology of Conflict

  • Middle East Democracy

  • Middle East Oil and Politics

  • Middle East Politics

  • Middle East Security

  • War & Peace in the Middle East

  • Israel & the World

  • Israel: Politics & Society

  • Israeli Politics

  • Iran: Past and Present

  • Iranian Politics

  • Iraq Reconstruction

  • Islam and the West

  • Political Islam

 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY:

  • Sociology 179: War on Terrorism

 

* Additional courses in Middle East Studies may be added 2008

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