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Minor

Minor in Middle East Studies

Pennsylvania State University Liberal Arts 51 courses

About This Program

This interdisciplinary program is designed for students having special interest in the Middle East broadly defined. In addition to the requirements for the minor, students may select other courses dealing with the Middle East, including courses studied abroad, subject to the approval of the Middle East Studies director. A certificate is awarded to students who complete the requirements of the minor.

Degree Requirements

Additional Courses

Code Course Title Credits
CMLIT 7 Introduction to Middle Eastern Literatures 3
HIST 165 Islamic States, Societies and Cultures c. 600-1500 3
HIST 181 Introduction to the Middle East 3
HIST 190 The Middle East Today 3
PLSC 267N Government and Politics of the Middle East 3
RLST 107 Introduction to Islam 3
ANTH 60N Society and Cultures in Modern Israel 3
ARAB 1 Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I 4
ARAB 2 Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II 4
ARAB 3 Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic 4
ARAB 110 Arab Language, Cultures, and Current Topics 3
ARAB 164 Introduction to the Qur'an 3
ARAB 165 Islamic States, Societies and Cultures c. 600-1500 3
ARAB 401 Advanced Language & Cultures I 3
ARAB 402 Advanced Language & Cultures II 3
ARTH 125 Islamic Architecture and Art 3
ASIA 186 The Silk Roads 3
ASIA 401 Technology & Society in Modern Asia 3
CAMS 10 Mesopotamian Civilization 3
CAMS 10U MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION 3
CAMS 20 Egyptian Civilization 3
CAMS 44 Myth in Egypt and the Near East 3
CAMS 90 Jerusalem: Past, Present, and Future 3
CAMS 102 Ancient Israel 3
CAMS 104 Ancient Egypt 3
CAMS 115 Literature of the Ancient Near East 3
CAMS 405 Law & Economy in the Ancient Near East 3
CAMS 470 Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East 3
CMLIT 449 Literary Cultures of Islam 3
HEBR 1 Basic Modern Hebrew I 4
HEBR 2 Basic Modern Hebrew II 4
HEBR 3 Intermediate Modern Hebrew 4
HEBR 401 Advanced Hebrew--Conversation Emphasis 3-6
HEBR 402 Advanced Hebrew--Reading Emphasis 3-6
HIST 105 The Byzantine Empire 3
HIST 106 Early Modern Empires of Islam: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals 3
HIST 108 Crusades: Holy War in the Middle Ages 3
HIST 140 The History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (1917-Present) 3
HIST 169 The Indian Ocean World 3
HIST 193 Modern Iran 3
HIST 238N Society and Culture in Palestine/Israel 3
HIST 245 Middle Eastern Cities 3
HIST 252 Revolutions in the Middle East 3
HIST 260 The Middle East in Film 3
HIST 305Y Middle East Studies Research Workshop 3
HIST 416 Zionism 3
HIST 443 Jewish Histories of the Middle East 3
HIST 471Y Classical Islamic Civilization, 600-1258 3
HIST 472 The Ottoman Empire 3
HIST 473 The Contemporary Middle East 3
PLSC 467 International Relations of the Middle East 3

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