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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Middle East Studies Minor

Minor Requirements:

The minor consists of 18 hours.

Complete:

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

Select one course:

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 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 3 Credit Hours

Complete four additional courses housed in at least two different departments:

ARAB 200 - Everything You Wanted to Know about the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 215 - Human Rights in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 221 - Intermediate Arabic I 4 Credit Hours
ARAB 222 - Intermediate Arabic II 4 Credit Hours
ARAB 331 - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 332 - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 415 - Topics in Arabic Literature, Language, History, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350 3 Credit Hours
CLAS 302 - History of Greece I 3 Credit Hours
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 *
HEBR 200 - Israeli Culture Through Media 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 215 - Food Cultures of Israel 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 241 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew I 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 242 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew II 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 315 - Multicultural Mosaic: Exploring Voices in Israeli Society 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 320 - Linguistic Landscapes of Israel 3 Credit Hours
HEBR 321 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture 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 - The Crusades and Medieval Muslim-Christian Relations 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 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 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 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 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
POLS 463 - Politics and Power in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
POLS 465 - Nuclear Politics of the Middle East: Conflict, Energy, and the Environment 3 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 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
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .