Middle East Studies Minor

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Minor Requirements

Select 15 semester hours from the following courses or other appropriate courses selected in consultation with the program coordinator:

AH 4020 - African Female Artists and Art Forms 3 Credit Hours
or
MES 4520 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient Near East 3 Credit Hours
AH 4900 - Special Studies Seminar 3 Credit Hours (when appropriate) recent topics have included: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Iconography and Symbolism in Ancient Funerary Art, Art of Persia and Mughal India, Islamic Art 1, Islamic Art 2, Ancient Egyptian Portraiture, and Orientalism
ARBC 3001 - Advanced Arabic I 3 Credit Hours
ARBC 3002 - Advanced Arabic II 3 Credit Hours
ARBC 4501 - Classical Arabic Literature and Culture - CTW 3 Credit Hours
ARBC 4502 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation - CTW 3 Credit Hours
GLOS 4640 - The Holocaust 4 Credit Hours
or
HIST 4640 - The Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
or
SOCI 3228 - The Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
JST 3000 - Introduction to Jewish Studies 3 Credit Hours
or
MES 3710 - Introduction to Jewish Studies 3 Credit Hours
HIST 3500 - The Ancient Mediterranean 4 Credit Hours
or
MES 3110 - The Ancient Mediterranean 4 Credit Hours
HIST 3780 - Middle East 600-1800 4 Credit Hours
or
MES 4110 - The Middle East, 600 to 1800 4 Credit Hours
HIST 3790 - The Middle East since 1800 4 Credit Hours
or
MES 4120 - The Middle East since 1800 4 Credit Hours
HIST 4525 - Worlds of Eastern Christianity (to 1300) 4 Hours
or
MES 4130 - Worlds of Eastern Christianity (to 1300) 4 Hours
MES 3400 - Introduction to Judaism 3 Hours
or
RELS 3400 - Introduction to Judaism 3 Credit Hours
MES 3500 - Introduction to Islam 3 Hours
or
RELS 3500 - Introduction to Islam 3 Credit Hours
MES 3520 - Sufism & Islamic Mysticism 3 Credit Hours
or
RELS 3520 - Sufism and Islamic Mysticism 3 Credit Hours
MES 4210 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4260 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
MES 4220 - Politics and Religion in Comparative Perspective 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4285 - Politics and Religion in Comparative Perspective 3 Credit Hours
MES 4230 - Model Arab League 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4952 - Model Arab League 3 Credit Hours
MES 4258 - Government and Politics of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4258 - Government and Politics of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
MES 4420 - Modern Judaism 3 Hours
or
RELS 4450 - Modern Judaism 3 Credit Hours
MES 4430 - Islamic Fundamentalism and the Modem World 3 Credit Hours
or
RELS 4480 - Modern Islam: Traditions and Transformation 3 Credit Hours
MES 4440 - Special Topics in Islam 3 Credit Hours
or
RELS 4570 - Special Topics in Islam 3 Credit Hours
MES 4450 - Life of Muhammad 3 Credit Hours
or
RELS 4580 - Life of Muhammad 3 Credit Hours
MES 4530 - Islamic Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
MES 4590 - Special Studies Seminar 1 to 6 Credit Hours
WGSS 4910 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours (when appropriate, i.e. Arab and Islamic Feminisms)