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The Judaic and Near Eastern Studies department offers the two required introductory courses for the major (Middle Eastern Studies majors must complete History 130 and 131). Students are encouraged to take these introductory courses at the University, but they can be fulfilled with equivalent courses offered through the Five College Consortium, upon the academic advisor’s permission. Similarly, upper-level requirements can be fulfilled by taking a wide range of courses in the Department, the Five Colleges and, with advance permission, approved study abroad programs.

Courses at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges listed here, as well as others with majority Middle Eastern content, can count towards upper-level course requirements. When one of the required introductory courses is not offered in a given year at the University, an equivalent course offered elsewhere in the Five College Consortium may be substituted with advisor approval.

Please visit our website for the most recent version the Middle Eastern Studies course list, including Five College classes approved to count towards the major.

(HISTORY) 130 Middle Eastern History I  (HS, G) 4 cr
(HISTORY) 131 Middle Eastern History II  (HS, G) 4 cr
(ANTHRO) 350 Archaeology of Israel and Palestine 3 cr
(ANTHRO) 397FF ST: Archaeology of Egypt & Nubia 3 cr
(ARTH) 347 Islamic Art & Architecture I 3 cr
(ARTH) 348 Islamic Art & Architecture II 3 cr
(COMP-LIT) 261H Modern Arabic Literature (AL, G) 4 cr
(COMP-LIT) 350 French Film (AT) 4 cr
(HISTORY) 343H Modern Middle East 4 cr
(HISTORY) 394TI Mongol & Turkish Empires 4 cr
(HISTORY) 397AH Regional History: The Mediterranean since 1500 4 cr
(JUDAIC) 344 Film & Society in Israel (AT, G) 4 cr
(JUDAIC) 367 Israel in the 20th Century: Society & Literature 3 cr
(JUDAIC) 374 Culture & Immigration in Israel (HS, G) 4 c
(MIDEAST/PUBPOL) 190A Water, Oil, and Blood: The Middle East in Global Policy (SB, G) 4 cr
(MIDEAST) 377 Popular Culture in Israel & Palestine 4 cr
(MIDEAST) 390A The Arab World Today: Culture and Change 3cr
(MIDEAST/POLSCI) 391PT Medieval Political Thought 3 cr
(MIDEAST/POLSCI) 392MA Modern Arab Political Thought 3 cr

ARABIC COURSES

(ARAB) 101 Elementary Four-Skilled Arabic I 6 cr
(ARAB) 102 Elementary Four-Skilled Arabic II 6 cr
(ARAB) 126 Elementary Arabic I 4 cr
(ARAB) 146 Elementary Arabic II 4 cr
(ARAB) 201 Intermediate Four-Skilled Arabic I 6 cr
(ARAB) 202 Intermediate Four-Skilled Arabic II 6 cr
(ARAB) 226 Intermediate Arabic I 4 cr
(ARAB) 246 Intermediate Arabic II 4 cr
(ARAB) 326 Advanced Arabic I
(ARAB) 346 Advanced Arabic II

Note: Internships may take the place of upper-level courses at the rate of 1-3 cr for the minor and 1-6 cr for the major.