Requirements for the Minor (20 to 26 credits)

I. Language (8-10 credits)

Complete 8-10 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic

• course - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

• course - Fundamentals of Oral and Written French I

• course - Fundamentals of Oral and Written French II

Note: Students who already speak (intermediate-level or better) French or a Middle Eastern language (Arabic, Berber, Farsi, Hebrew or Turkish) may have the language requirement waived. Instead, they should take one additional 4 credit elective.

II. Core (4 credits)

Complete 4 credits, selected from the following:

• course - History of the Modern Middle East

• course - Middle East Development

• course - Middle East Politics

III. Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 credits, selected from the following. Additional courses must be spread across at least two of the following four areas. Note also that between the core and the electives, at least three different disciplines should be included.

A. Humanities

• course - Archaeology of the Middle East: from Meroe to Baghdad

• course - Islamic Art

• course - Special Topics in Art History: International (when topic is appropriate)

• course - The Art of Ancient Egypt: History and Modern Myth

• course - History of the Islamic Middle East, 600-1800

• course - History of the Modern Middle East

• course - The Humanities and Islam

• course - The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Judaism OR course- The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Judaism

• course - Introduction to Islam

B. Social Sciences

• course - Regional Archaeology (when topic is appropriate)

• course - Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology (when topic is appropriate)

• course - Middle East Development

• course - Gender and Globalization (approval required for Minor) OR course- Gender and Globalization (approval required for Minor)

• course - Political Economy of War and Peace (approval required for Minor) OR course - Political Economy of War and Peace (approval required for Minor)

• course - Middle East Politics

• course - Selected Studies in Political Science (when topic is appropriate)

• course - Muslims and the West

• course - Contemporary Issues in Sociology: Interdisciplinary International Topics (when topic is appropriate)

C. Language and Literature

• course - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I

• course - Protest in the North African Tradition: From Colonization to the Arab Spring

D. TREC

TREC programs that involve travel to the region also may count towards the Minor.

• course - Modern Jewish History

• course - The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Judaism

With the approval of the Director of the program in Middle Eastern and Muslim Communities, students may count towards their minor other appropriate intermediate- and upper-level courses, which may be offered from time to time.

Note

Students contemplating graduate or professional work related to the Middle East are strongly encouraged to study Arabic and to supplement their study of the language with intensive summer language programs recommended by the Director of the Middle East Studies Program.