Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA – Middle East Studies Concentration

Select two courses:

• ARAB 121 - Elementary Arabic I 4 Credit Hours
• ARAB 122 - Elementary Arabic II 4 Credit Hours
• ARAB 221 - Intermediate Arabic I 4 Credit Hours
• ARAB 222 - Intermediate Arabic II 4 Credit Hours *
• MEST 331 - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 332 - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *

• or

• HEBR 141 - Elementary Modern Hebrew I 3 Credit Hours
• HEBR 142 - Elementary Modern Hebrew II 3 Credit Hours
• HEBR 241 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew I 3 Credit Hours
• HEBR 242 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew II 3 Credit Hours *
• HEBR 341 - Advanced Modern Hebrew I 3 Credit Hours *
• HEBR 342 - Advanced Modern Hebrew II 3 Credit Hours

Complete:

• MEST 225 - Judaism, Christianity, Islam 3 Credit Hours *

Select two courses:

• MEST 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 370 - Modern Middle East 3 Credit Hours

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 3 Credit Hours *
• CLAS 345 - Greek and Roman Religion 3 Credit Hours *
• CLAS 436 - Cities and Sanctuaries of the Greek and Roman World 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 389 - Literature of the English Bible 3 Credit Hours *
• HIEU 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire 3 Credit Hours *
• HIEU 305 - History of the Later Roman Empire 3 Credit Hours *
• HIME 350 - Early Muslim-Christian Relations in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 382 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 383 - Ancient Jewish History 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 384 - Studies in Middle East History 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 400 - Archaeology and History of Mesopotamia 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 484 - Studies in Middle East History 3 Credit Hours
• HIME 486 - Studies in the Ancient Near East 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 320 - Middle Eastern Film 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 321 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 331 - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 332 - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 335 - Islam and the Body 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 351 - Languages of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours *
• MEST 370 - Modern Middle East 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 415 - Topics in Arabic Literature, Language, History, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 432 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 463 - Contemporary Middle East Politics 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 465 - Nuclear Politics of the Middle East: Conflict, Energy, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
• MEST 486 - Dig Jordan Field School 1-9 Credit Hours
• MEST 486R - Dig Jordan Field School 1-9 Credit Hours
• MEST 486S - Dig Jordan Field School 1-9 Credit Hours
• REST 311 - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 312 - Early Judaism 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 321 - New Testament and Christian Origins 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 322 - Martyrs and Monks: Christian History, 100-800 CE 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 332 - Introduction to Islam 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 336 - Literatures of Islam 3 Credit Hours
• REST 339 - Islam in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 381 - Judaism 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 385 - Contemporary Jewish Thinkers 3 Credit Hours
• REST 386 - Voices of the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 405 - Modern Jewish Studies 3 Credit Hours
• REST 413 - Seminar in Early Judaism 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 423 - Seminar in Early Christianity 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 436 - Seminar in Islamic Studies 3 Credit Hours

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  * Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .