Courses
Program Requirements
1. Core MEIS Requirement (3 units)
MEIS 100 Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. (3)*
2. Language Requirement (3-4 units)
Choose at least one of the following:
ARAB 102 Elementary Arabic II (4)*
ARMN 102 Elementary Armenian II (3)*
ARMN 201 Intermediate Armenian I (3)
HEBR 102 Elementary Hebrew II (4)*
PERS 102 Elementary Persian II (4)*
PERS 201 Intermediate Persian I (3)
3. History Requirement (3 units)
Choose at least one of the following:
HIST 185 Middle East from 600CE to the Present (3)*
HIST 424 Medieval Middle East (3)
HIST 425 Early Modern Middle East (3)
HIST 426 A History of Modern Middle East, 1798-1979 (3)
HIST 427/JS 427 Israel’s History and Peoples (3)
4. Society and Politics Requirement (3 units)
Choose at least one of the following:
GWS 420 Women and Gender in Islamic Societies (3)
POLS 420D International Relations of the Middle East (3)
POLS 438 Governments and Politics of the Middle East (3)
SOC 332 People, Society, and Culture in the Middle East (3)
5. Religion Requirement (3 units)
Choose at least one of the following:
RS 346 Sufism (3)
RS 363 Islam in the Modern World (3)
RS 365 Islam (3)*
RS 384 Approaching the Qur’an (3)
6. Culture Requirement (3 units)
Choose at least one of the following:
ANTH 338 Anthropology of Africa (3)
ANTH 356 Anthropology of the Mediterranean (3)
ARMN 310 Armenian Culture (3)*
ART 416 History of Ancient Near Eastern Art (3)
GWS 315 Gender, Sexuality and Islam in the U.S. (3)
*Courses that are also GE.