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UC IRVINE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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 24th, 2008 in Social Science Plaza A 5143

Detailed Course Information           Certificate Application


LIST OF ACCEPTABLE COURSEWORK
*If you want a course that is not on this list considered for the Middle East Certificate please email a copy of the course syllabus along with your request to Kristy Harris at kaharris@uci.edu. NOTE: NO courses covering areas outside of the Middle East region will be considered applicable to this certificate. Please do not request exception for courses that do not specifically address the Middle East region and issues directly related to the Middle East.

School of Humanities                                                    School of Social Sciences

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: Research Seminar: any topic on
the Middle East (i.e., Jerusalem: Middle East Religion, Late Antique Iran, Middle East Women & Workers)

Languages

Arabic 1ABC: Fundamentals

Hebrew 1ABC: Fundamentals

Persian 1ABC: Fundamentals		 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
Modern Israel

Iran: Past and Present
Iranian Politics
Iraq Reconstruction

Islam and the West
Political Islam

Sudan and Darfur

Department of Sociology

Sociology 179: War on Terrorism


FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Dr. Lina Kreidie
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza A
Irvine, CA 92697-5100		 Email M.E.S.S.I. at
ucimessi@gmail.com

 
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