Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA – Middle East Studies Concentration

Select two courses:

• ARAB 121 - Elementary Arabic I
• ARAB 122 - Elementary Arabic II
• ARAB 221 - Intermediate Arabic I *
• ARAB 222 - Intermediate Arabic II *
• MEST 331 - Advanced Arabic I
• MEST 332 - Advanced Arabic II

Complete:

• MEST 225 - Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Select two courses:

• MEST 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050
• MEST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500
• MEST 370 - Modern Middle East

Select two courses from one of the following lists (in addition to the Prerequisites):

Select five additional courses housed in at least two different departments:

• CLAS 306 - History of Greece II
• CLAS 345 - Greek and Roman Religion
• CLAS 436 - Cities and Sanctuaries of the Greek and Roman World
• ENGL 389 - Literature of the English Bible
• HIEU 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire
• HIEU 305 - History of the Later Roman Empire
• HIEU 395 - The Crusades and Medieval Christian-Muslim Relations
• HIME 350 - Early Muslim-Christian Relations in the Middle East
• HIME 382 - Archaeology of the Biblical World
• HIME 383 - Early Jewish History
• HIME 384 - Studies in Middle East History
• HIME 400 - History and Archaeology of Mesopotamia
• HIME 484 - Studies in Middle East History
• HIME 486 - Studies in the Ancient Near East
• MEST 320 - Middle Eastern Film
• MEST 331 - Advanced Arabic I
• MEST 332 - Advanced Arabic II
• MEST 335 - Islam and the Body
• MEST 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050
• MEST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500
• MEST 370 - Modern Middle East
• MEST 415 - Topics in Arabic Literature, Language, History, and Culture
• MEST 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350
• MEST 431 - Media Arabic
• MEST 432 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
• MEST 463 - Contemporary Middle East Politics
• MEST 486 - Dig Jordan Field School
• MEST 486R - Dig Jordan Field School
• MEST 486S - Dig Jordan Field School
• REST 311 - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
• REST 312 - Early Judaism
• REST 321 - New Testament and Christian Origins
• REST 322 - Martyrs and Monks: Christian History, 100-800 CE
• REST 332 - Introduction to Islam
• REST 336 - The Qur’an and the Literatures of Islam
• REST 339 - Islam in the Modern World
• REST 381 - Judaism
• REST 385 - Contemporary Jewish Thinkers
• REST 386 - Voices of the Holocaust
• REST 405 - Modern Jewish Studies
• REST 413 - Seminar in Early Judaism
• REST 423 - Seminar in Early Christianity
• REST 436 - Seminar in Islamic Studies

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  * Meets University General Education Requirement .