One year of Intermediate (or higher) courses in one language plus one year of another listed language. At least one of the two languages must be Arabic or Modern Hebrew.

Prerequisites

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
or
HEBR 141 - Elementary Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 142 - Elementary Modern Hebrew II
HEBR 241 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 242 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
HEBR 341 - Advanced Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 342 - Advanced Modern Hebrew II

Concentration Requirements

The concentration consists of 30 hours.

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):

List A: Arabic

ARAB 221 - Intermediate Arabic I
ARAB 222 - Intermediate Arabic II
MEST 331 - Advanced Arabic I
MEST 332 - Advanced Arabic II
MEST 431 - Media Arabic
MEST 432 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

List B: French

FREN 211 - Intermediate French I *
FREN 212 - Intermediate French II *
FREN 217 - Honors: Intermediate French I *
FREN 218 - Honors: Intermediate French II *
FREN 333 - Intermediate Composition and Grammar
FREN 334 - Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics
FREN 353 - Introduction to Literary Analysis in French

List C: Hebrew (modern)

HEBR 241 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew I * (if Arabic was taken as prerequisite)
HEBR 242 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew II * (if Arabic was taken as prerequisite)
HEBR 341 - Advanced Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 342 - Advanced Modern Hebrew II

List D: Hebrew (biblical)

REST 221 - Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I *
REST 222 - Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II *

List E: Persian

ASST 261 - Intermediate Persian I *
ASST 262 - Intermediate Persian II *

List F: Spanish

SPAN 211 - Intermediate Spanish I *
SPAN 212 - Intermediate Spanish II *
SPAN 217 - Honors: Intermediate Spanish I *
SPAN 218 - Honors: Intermediate Spanish II *
SPAN 312 - Language in Context II
SPAN 330 - Textual Analysis

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 321 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture
MEST 331 - Advanced Arabic I
MEST 332 - Advanced Arabic II
MEST 335 - Islam and the Body
MEST 351 - Languages of the Middle East and North Africa
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
* Meets University General Education Requirement .

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