The Courses

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Arabic Language & Literature Courses

101, 102 Elementary Four-Skilled Arabic I & II
126, 146 Elementary Arabic I & II
201, 202 Intermediate Four-Skilled Arabic I & II
226, 246 Intermediate Arabic I & II
301, 302 Advanced Four-Skilled Arabic I & II
360 Arabic and Hebrew in Their Social Settings

Middle Eastern Studies Courses

HISTORY 130, 131 Middle East History I & II
MIDEAST 189 Culture & Immigration in Israel (HS, DG) 
MIDEAST 190A Water, Oil and Blood: The Middle East in Global Policy (SB, DG)
MIDEAST 190B Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Middle East
MIDEAST 212 Persain Epic: The Book of Kings (Shanameh)
MIDEAST 251 Classical Arabic Literature in Translation: The Desert, the Gazelle, and the Moon
MIDEAST 220 The Middle East and the World: 1400-1800 (HS, DG) 
MIDEAST 290C Environmental History of the Middle East (HS, DG)
MIDEAST 326 Sustainability in Comparative Religious Perspective (HS)
MIDEAST 328 Mediterranean Mosaic
MIDEAST 344 Film and Society in Israel (AT, DG) 
MIDEAST 360 Arabic & Hebrew in their Social Settings
MIDEAST 361 Sufism: Islamic Mystical Tradition
MIDEAST 362 Religion and Politics in the Early Modern Middle East (HS, DG) 
MIDEAST 377 Popular Culture in Israel & Palestine (AT, DG)
MIDEAST 389 Junior Year Writing: Topics in MIddle Eastern Studies
MIDEAST 390B Borderlands of Islam
MIDEAST 391A Islamic Society and Culture in the Middle Ages
MIDEAST 391PT Medieval Political Thought
MIDEAST 392MA Modern Arab Political Thought
MIDEAST 392P Islamic Political Thought: From Revelation to Revolution
MIDEAST 393R Islamic Political Thought
MIDEAST 397G The Emergence of Arabic Philosophy

ANTHRO 350 Ancient Cultures of the Middle East
ANTHRO 397FF Archaeology of Egypt & Nubia
ANTHRO 498F Archaeology, Survey and Conservation

ART-HIST 347, 348 Islamic Art & Architecture I & II

COMPLIT 261H Modern Arabic Literature (AL)

HISTORY 343H Modern Middle East
HISTORY 394AI Age of the Crusades (IE)
HISTORY 394TI Mongol & Turkish Empires (IE)
HISTORY 397AH Regional History: Mediterranean Since 1500
HISTORY 450 Junior Year Writing: Islamic Movements in History; Travel Writing: Explorations into the History of the Middle East