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Minor

Middle Eastern Studies Minor

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 180 courses

About This Program

The Middle Eastern Studies minor is designed for students who wish to augment their major program in the College of Letters and Science with a group of related courses from various linguistic, literary, archaeological, and historical disciplines of the Near East, from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and biblical studies to the modern Arabic, Armenian, Iranian, Jewish, and Turkish world.

Degree Requirements

The Minor: Required Lower-Division Courses (9 to 10 units)

Select two courses from:

Code Course Title Credits
AN N EA 10W Jerusalem: Holy City 5
AN N EA 14 Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times 5
AN N EA 14W Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times 5
AN N EA 15 Women and Power in Ancient World 5
AN N EA 15W Women and Power in Ancient World 5
AN N EA M60 Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander 5
AN N EA M60W Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander 5
AN N EA M70 Demons, Fear, and Uncanny in Ancient World 5
HIST 9D Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of Middle East 5
IRANIAN 55 Gender and Sexuality in Arts and Literatures of Iran and Middle East 5
IRANIAN M60 Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander 5
IRANIAN M60W Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander 5
ISLM ST M20 Introduction to Islam 5
JEWISH M10 Introduction to Judaism 5
M E STD M50A First Civilizations 5
M E STD M50B Origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 5
M E STD M50CW Making and Studying Modern Middle East 5
NR EAST M20 Visible Language: Study of Writing 5
NR EAST 65 Global Time Travel 5

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):

Complete a total of five courses, including at least three from one of the following four areas:

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Areas: History

Code Course Title Credits
AN N EA M103A History of Ancient Egypt 4
AN N EA M103B History of Ancient Egypt 4
AN N EA M104A History of Ancient Mesopotamia and Syria 4
AN N EA C106A Earliest Empires: Mesopotamian History in 3rd Millennium 5
AN N EA M110A Iranian Civilization: History of Achaemenid Empire 4
AN N EA M110B Iranian Civilization: History of Arsacid (Parthian) Empire 4
AN N EA M110C Iranian Civilization: History of Early Sasanian Empire—From Ardashir I to Rise of Peroz (circa 224-459 CE) 4
ANTHRO 166P Sub-Saharan Africa 4
ARABIC M171 Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa) 4
ARMENIA 130 Armenian Civilization under Bagratid Dynasty, 884 to 1064 4
ARMENIA 131 Armenian Civilization in Cilician Period, 1080 to 1375 4
HIST 105A Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 500 to 1300 4
HIST 105B Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 1300 to 1700 4
HIST 105C Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 1700 to Present 4
HIST M108C Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa) 4
IRANIAN M110A Iranian Civilization: History of Achaemenid Empire 4
IRANIAN M110B Iranian Civilization: History of Arsacid (Parthian) Empire 4
IRANIAN M110C Iranian Civilization: History of Early Sasanian Empire—From Ardashir I to Rise of Peroz (circa 224-459 CE) 4
IRANIAN CM163 Archaeology of Iran 4
IRANIAN 164 Ancient Cities of Iran: Archaeological Survey of Historic Cities and Sites of Iran from 4000 BC to 1900 AD 4
IRANIAN M178 Introduction to History and Culture of Iranian Jews 4
JEWISH M178 Introduction to History and Culture of Iranian Jews 4
JEWISH M182A Ancient Jewish History 4
JEWISH M182B Medieval Jewish History 4
JEWISH M182C Modern Jewish History 4
JEWISH M184B History of Anti-Semitism 4
JEWISH M184C American Jewish Experience 4
JEWISH M184D History of Zionism and State of Israel 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Areas: Language

Code Course Title Credits
AN N EA 120A Elementary Ancient Egyptian 5
AN N EA 120B Elementary Ancient Egyptian 5
AN N EA 120C Elementary Ancient Egyptian 5
AN N EA C123A Coptic 5
AN N EA C123B Coptic 5
AN N EA 140A Elementary Sumerian 4
AN N EA 140B Elementary Sumerian 4
AN N EA 140C Elementary Sumerian 4
AN N EA M168A Elementary Hittite 4
ARABIC 102A Intermediate Standard Arabic 4
ARABIC 102B Intermediate Standard Arabic 4
ARABIC 102C Intermediate Standard Arabic 4
ARABIC 103A Advanced Arabic 4
ARABIC 103B Advanced Arabic 4
ARABIC 103C Advanced Arabic 4
ARABIC 112A Advanced Spoken Egyptian Arabic 4
ARABIC 112B Advanced Spoken Egyptian Arabic 4
ARABIC 112C Advanced Spoken Egyptian Arabic 4
ARMENIA 102A Intermediate Modern Western Armenian 5
ARMENIA 102B Intermediate Modern Western Armenian 5
ARMENIA 102C Intermediate Modern Western Armenian 5
ARMENIA 103A Advanced Modern Western Armenian 4
ARMENIA 103B Advanced Modern Western Armenian 4
ARMENIA 103C Advanced Modern Western Armenian 4
ARMENIA 105A Intermediate Modern Eastern Armenian 5
ARMENIA 105B Intermediate Modern Eastern Armenian 5
ARMENIA 105C Intermediate Modern Eastern Armenian 5
ARMENIA 106A Armenian Society and Culture 4
ARMENIA 106B Armenian Society and Culture 4
ARMENIA 106C Armenian Society and Culture 4
HEBREW 102A Intermediate Hebrew 5
HEBREW 102B Intermediate Hebrew 5
HEBREW 102C Intermediate Hebrew 5
HEBREW 103A Advanced Hebrew 4
HEBREW 103B Advanced Hebrew 4
HEBREW 103C Advanced Hebrew 4
HEBREW 110A Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: Phonology, Morphology, and Structure of Biblical Hebrew 4
HEBREW 110B Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: Readings of Biblical Prose Texts 4
HEBREW 110C Readings in Biblical Hebrew 4
IRANIAN 102A Intermediate Persian 5
IRANIAN 102B Intermediate Persian 5
IRANIAN 102C Intermediate Persian 5
IRANIAN 103A Advanced Persian 4
IRANIAN 103B Advanced Persian 4
IRANIAN 103C Advanced Persian 4
IRANIAN 161A Elementary Middle Iranian 4
IRANIAN 161B Elementary Middle Iranian 4
IRANIAN 161C Elementary Middle Iranian 4
SEMITIC 110 Neo-Aramaic 4
SEMITIC 115 Syriac 4
SEMITIC 130 Biblical Aramaic 4
SEMITIC M140A Elementary Akkadian 4
SEMITIC 140B Elementary Akkadian 4
SEMITIC 141 Advanced Akkadian 4
TURKIC 102A Intermediate Turkish 4
TURKIC 102B Intermediate Turkish 4
TURKIC 102C Intermediate Turkish 4
TURKIC 112A Advanced Uzbek 4
TURKIC 112B Advanced Uzbek 4
TURKIC 112C Advanced Uzbek 4
TURKIC 116A Advanced Azeri 4
TURKIC 116B Advanced Azeri 4
TURKIC 116C Advanced Azeri 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Areas: Literature

Code Course Title Credits
AN N EA M150A Heroes, Gods, and Monsters: Literature and Epic in Mesopotamia 4
AN N EA 150B Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Literatures in English: Egypt 4
ARABIC M110 One Thousand and One Nights/Alf Layla Wa-Layla 4
ARABIC C141 Modern Arabic Literature 4
ARABIC M148 Contemporary Arab Film and Song 4
HEBREW 120 Biblical Texts 4
HEBREW 125 Hebrew Bible with Medieval Commentaries 4
HEBREW 130 Rabbinic Texts 4
HEBREW 135 Medieval Hebrew Texts 4
HEBREW C140 Modern Hebrew Poetry and Prose 4
HEBREW 170 Dead Sea Scrolls 4
JEWISH M113 Contemporary Israeli Short Stories/Novellas and Films in English 5
JEWISH 143 Introduction to Jewish Folklore 4
JEWISH M150A Hebrew Literature in English: Literary Traditions of Ancient Israel—Bible and Apocrypha 4
JEWISH 150B Hebrew Literature in English: Rabbinic Judaism 4
JEWISH M151A Modern Jewish Literature in English: Diaspora Literature 4
JEWISH M162 Israel Seen through Its Literature 4
JEWISH 170 Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Judaism 4
JEWISH 175 Modern Israeli Literature Made into Films 5
JEWISH M187 Holocaust in Literature 4
IRANIAN 120 Comparative Study of Six Major Persian Poets 4
IRANIAN 130 Intellectual History of Jews of Persia 4
IRANIAN 131 Introduction to Judeo-Persian: Literature and Culture 4
IRANIAN 132 Intermediate Judeo-Persian Literature and Culture 4
IRANIAN 140 Persian Belles Lettres (Adabiyyat) 4
IRANIAN 141 Persian Analytical Prose 4
IRANIAN 150A Survey of Persian Literature in English 4
IRANIAN 150B Survey of Persian Literature in English 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Required Elective Courses

Up to two additional upper-division courses may be selected from the following range or list:

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Required Elective Courses: Department Electives

Department Electives

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units):: Required Elective Courses: Recommended Electives

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO M166Q Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa) 4
ANTHRO 167 Culture Area of Middle East 4
ART HIS C116A Middle Byzantine Art and Architecture 4
ART HIS 119A Western Islamic Art 4
ART HIS 119B Eastern Islamic Art 4
ART HIS C120 Selected Topics in Islamic Art 4
ECON 111 Theories of Development 4
ECON 112 Policies for Economic Development 4
ETHNMUS 161L Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Persia 2
ETHNMUS 161N Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Near East 2
FRNCH 121 Studies in Francophone Cultures and Literatures 4
FRNCH 160 Francophone Cultures in English 4
HIST 105A Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 500 to 1300 4
HIST 105B Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 1300 to 1700 4
HIST 105C Survey of Middle East, 500 to Present: 1700 to Present 4
HIST M106 Premodern Islam 4
HIST 107A Armenian History: Armenia in Ancient and Medieval Times, 2nd Millennium BC to AD 11th Century 4
HIST 107B Armenian History: Armenia from Cilician Kingdom through Periods of Foreign Domination and National Stirrings, 11th to 19th Centuries 4
HIST 107C Armenian History: Armenia in Modern and Contemporary Times, 19th and 20th Centuries 4
HIST 107D Introduction to Armenian Oral History 4
HIST 109B History of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1881 to Present 4
HIST M110B Iranian Civilization: History of Arsacid (Parthian) Empire 4
HIST 111B Topics in Middle Eastern History: Early Modern 4
HIST 111C Topics in Middle Eastern History: Modern 4
HIST 116A Byzantine History 4
HIST 116B Byzantine History 4
HIST 164B Topics in African History: Africa and Slave Trade 4
HIST 167A History of Northeast Africa 4
HIST M184D History of Zionism and State of Israel 4
HIST M185F History of Early Christians 4
HIST M185I Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research 4
PHILOS 104 Topics in Islamic Philosophy 4
POL SCI 132A International Relations of Middle East 4
POL SCI M132B International Relations of Middle East 4
POL SCI 157 Government and Politics in the Middle East 4
POL SCI 165 Islam and Politics 4
RELIGN 120 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Comparative Approach 4

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