MINOR IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

Curriculum
The Minor in Middle East Studies is an interdisciplinary program aimed at a comparative study of the Middle East (including North Africa).

The program consists of seven courses, of which at least five must be upper division courses. Three courses have to deal with the Middle East since the emergence of Islam, as listed here under Core Courses. The remaining courses may be chosen from either the Core Courses or the Supporting Courses; and they may be courses dealing with the ancient, medieval, or modern Middle East or a three-quarter sequence of a Middle Eastern language (in which case only four of the seven courses must be upper-division). Ordinarily, all seven courses must be taken for a letter grade.

The courses which make up the minor must be approved by the student's college and by the Middle East Studies Program. Approved courses taken at other universities or through participation in the Education Abroad Program can be included as part of the minor by petition.

Core Courses 2007-2008
ANPR 199 Independent Study (Middle East Anthropology) (F-W-S)
ANRG 122 Peoples and Culture of the Middle East (W)
ECON 165 Economics of the Middle East
HINE 108 The Middle East Before Islam (W)
HINE 114 History of Islamic Middle East (F)
HINE 115 Islamic Civilization
HINE 116 The Middle East in the Age of European Empires (W)
HINE 118 The Middle East in the 20th Century (S)
HINE 119 Contemporary Middle East Conflicts
HINE 166 Nationalism in the Middle East
HINE 186 Special Topics in Middle East History (F)
HINE 199 Independent Study (Middle East History)
HITO 105 Jews and Judaism in the Modern World
LTWL 141 Islam and Modernity
LTWL 160 Women in Literature: Arabic Women in Literature and Society
LTWS 25 The Literature of the Middle East
POLI 121 Middle East Politics (F)
POLI 138D Special Topic/Comparative Politics: Jeruselum: Religion, Politics, History (W)
SOCD 122 Jerusalem: Sacred and Profane
SOCD 158 Islam in the Modern World
SOCD 188F Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society (F)
SOCE 199 Independent Study (Middle East Sociology) (F-W-S)

Supporting Course 2007-2008
ANLD 3 World Prehistory (W)
ANRG 115 Foundation of Social Complexity in the Near East (W)
ANRG 116 Archeology of Society in Syro-Palestine (W)
ANRG 182 Ethnography of Island South-East Asia (W)
JUDA 1-2-3 Hebrew (F-W-S)
JUDA 101 Hebrew Texts (F)
JUDA 102 Hebrew Texts (W)
JUDA 103 Hebrew Texts (S)
HINE 100 The Ancient Near East and Israel
HINE 102 The Jews in their Homeland in Antiquity (F)
HINE 104 Special Topics in the Bible and Ancient Near East
HINE 106 The Bible and the Near East: The Writings
HINE 160 Special Topics in Jewish History
HINE 170 Special Topics in Jewish History (S)
HITO 100 Ancient Religions
LIAB 1A Arabic (F-W)
LIAB 1B Arabic (W)
LIAB 1C Arabic (S)
LIAB 1D Arabic (F)
LIHL 116 Arabic for Arabic Speakers (F-W)
LTNE 102 Bible: The Prophetic Books
LTNE 106 Topics in Bible Narrative

FACULTY

Guillermo Algaze, Professor, Anthropology
Eli Berman, Professor, Economics
Suzanne Brenner, Associate Professor, Anthropology
David Noel Freedman, Professor, History
Richard Friedman, Professor, Literature
David Goodblatt, Professor, History
Hasan Kayali, Associate Professor, History
Sanford E. Lakoff, Professor, Political Science
Thomas Levy, Professor, Anthropology
Timothy McDaniel, Professor, Sociology
Esra Özyürek, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
William H. Propp, Professor, History
Babak Rahimi, Assistant Professor, Literature
Gershon Shafir, Professor, Sociology
Melford E. Spiro, Professor, Anthropology
Winifred Woodhull, Associate Professor, Literature
Oumelbanine Zhiri, Professor, Literature
Michael Provence, Assistant Professor, History; Director of Middle East Studies Program

CONTACT

Office: HSS 5070
Phone: 858-822-4462
Email: kbondad@ucsd.edu

UCSD
CAESAR Program - Middle East Studies
9500 Gillman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0104

Updated 02/9/07