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DEGREE PROGRAM COURSE LISTINGS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

List of possible courses to be taken for credit in the Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures degree programs. See Course Offering Directory for current course offerings.

Anthropology
Art History
Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Economics
History
Politics
Religious Studies
Studies in Women and Gender

Anthropology

ANTH 225 - (3) (Y)
Nationalism, Racism, Culture, Multiculturalism

ANTH 232 - (3) (Y)
Symbol and Ritual

ANTH 234 - (3) (IR)
Anthropology of Birth and Death

ANTH 247 - (3) (Y)
Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and Communities

ANTH 325 - (3) (Y)
Anthropological Perspectives on the Third World

ANTH 332 - (3) (Y)
Shamanism, Healing, and Ritual

ANTH 347 - (3) (Y)
Language and Culture in the Middle East

ANTH 583 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

ANTH 555 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of the Middle East

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Art History

ARTH 211 - (3) (IR)
Art of the Ancient Near East and Prehistoric Europe

ARTH 221 - (3) (IR)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art

ARTH 263 - (3) (IR)
Arts of the Islamic World

ARTH 522 - (3) (IR)
Byzantine Art

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Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

AMEL 101 - (3) (Y)
Literatures of Asia and the Middle East

AMEL 247 - (3) (Y)
Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities

AMEL 347 - (3) (Y)
Language and Culture in the Middle East

AMEL 493, 494 - (1-3) (SI)
Independent Study

AMTR 301 - (3) (SI)
Men and Women of Asia and the Middle East

AMTR 311/511 - (3) (IR)
Women and Middle-Eastern Literatures

ARAB 101, 102 - (4) (Y)
Elementary Arabic

ARAB 201, 202 - (4) (Y)
Intermediate Arabic

ARAB 225 - (3) (Y)
Conversational Arabic

ARAB 226 - (3) (IR)
Conversational Arabic

ARAB 227 - (3) (Y)
Culture and Society of the Contemporary Arab Middle East (in English)

ARAB 301/501, 302/502 - (3) (Y)
Readings in Literary Arabic

ARAB 323/523 - (3) (Y)
Arabic Conversation and Composition (in Arabic)

ARAB 324/524 - (3) (Y)
Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition (in Arabic)

ARAB 333/533 - (3) (Y)
Arabic of the Quran and Hadith I

ARAB 334/534 - (3) (Y)
Arabic of the Quran and Hadith II

ARAB 493, 494 - (1-3) (Y)
Independent Study in Arabic

ARAB 528 - (3) (SI)
The History of the Arabic Language (in English)

ARAB 583 - (3) (Y)
Topics in Arabic Prose

ARAB 584 - (3) (Y)
Topics in Arabic Prose

ARAB 585 - (3) (Y)
Media Arabic

ARAB 586 - (3) (Y)
Nineteenth Century Arabic Prose

ARTR 329/529 - (3) (Y)
Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

ARTR 339 - (3) (Y)
Love, Alienation, and Poltics in Contemporary Arabic Novel

HEBR 101, 102 - (4) (Y)
Introduction to Modern Hebrew

HEBR 201, 202 - (4) (S)
Intermediate Modern Hebrew

HEBR 301, 302 - (3) (Y)
Advanced Modern Hebrew

PERS 101, 102 - (4) (Y)
Elementary Persian

PERS 201, 202 - (4) (Y)
Intermediate Persian

PERS 301/501 - (3) (IR)
Readings in Modern Persian Poetry

PERS 323 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Classical Persian Literature

PERS 324 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Modern Persian Literature

PERS 302/502 - (3) (IR)
Readings in Modern Persian Prose Fiction

PERS 493, 494 - (1-3) (Y)
Independent Study in Persian

PETR 321/521 - (3) (IR)
Persian Literature in Translation

PETR 322/522 - (3) (IR)
Twentieth-Century Persian Literature in Translation

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Economics

ECON 451 - (3) (Y)
Economic Development

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History

HIEU 316 - (3) (IR)
Byzantine Civilization

HIEU 317 - (3) (IR)
Eastern Christianity

HIME 100 - (3) (IR)
Introductory Seminar in Middle East History

HIME 201 - (4) (Y)
History of the Middle East and North Africa, ca. 570-ca. 1500

HIME 202 - (4) (Y)
History of the Middle East and North Africa, ca. 1500-Present

HIME 319 - (3) (IR)
Christianity and Islam

HIME 401 - (4) (Y)
Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History

HIME 402 - (4) (Y)
Colloquium in Middle East History

HIME 403 - (4) (Y)
Topics in Middle Eastern History

HIME 404 - (1-3) (Y)
Independent Study in Middle Eastern History

HIME 502 - (3) (IR)
Revolution, Islam, and Gender in the Middle East

HIME 503 - (3) (Y)
Multiculturalism in the Ottoman Empire

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Politics

PLCP 341 (3) (Y)
Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

PLCP 541 - (3) (Y)
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East

PLIR 365 - (3) (Y)
International Relations in the Middle East

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Religious Studies

RELA 390 - (3) (O)
Islam in Africa

RELG 104 - (3) (S)
Introduction to Eastern Religious Traditions

RELG 517 - (3) (Y)
Seminar in History of Religions

RELI 207 - (3) (Y)
Classical Islam

RELI 208 - (3) (Y)
Islam in the Modern Age

RELI 311 - (3) (E)
Muhammad and the Qur'an

RELI 312 - (3) (O)
Sufism

RELI 367 - (3) (E)
Religion and Politics in Islam

RELI 390 - (3) (O)
Islam in Africa

RELI 540 - (3) (Y)
Seminar in Islamic Theology

RELI 541 - (3) (IR)
Islamic Theology: The Shi'ite Creed

RELI 542 - (3) (IR)
War and Peace in Islam: A Comparative Ethics Approach

RELJ 203 - (3) (Y)
The Judaic Tradition

RELJ 309 - (3) (E)
Israelite Prophecy

RELJ 322 - (3) (Y)
Judaism and Zionism

RELJ 330 - (3) (Y)
The Jewish Mystical Tradition

RELJ 331 - (3) (Y)
Jewish Law

RELJ 335 - (3) (Y)
Jewish Social Ethics

RELJ 336 - (3) (Y)
Judaism and Christianity

RELJ 337 - (3) (Y)
Modern Movements in Judaism

RELJ 523 - (3) (O)
Modern Jewish Thought: From Phenomenology to Scripture

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Studies in Women and Gender

SWAG 312 - (3) (Y)
Women and Islam

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