THE MINOR IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
Course Requirements for the Minor: 21 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
1 course required:
| MEST | 469 | Seminar in Selected Topics | 3.0 | SP |
1 course selected from:
| HIST | 260 | Intro to the Middle East | 3.0 | FS |
| HIST | 362 | Middle East: Society/Culture | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| MEST | 260 | Intro to the Middle East | 3.0 | FS |
| MEST | 362 | Middle East: Society/Culture | 3.0 | SP *NW |
15 units selected from:
the following groups of courses.
At least 9 of these units must be selected from Group A. A minimum of one and a maximum of two courses may be selected from Group B, and only one course may be selected from Group C. No more than two courses each from Group A and Group B may be selected from the same department.
Group A
9-12 units selected from:
| HIST | 261 | Islamic Religion | 3.0 | FA *NW |
| HIST | 408 | Byzantine Civilization | 3.0 | Inq |
| HIST | 460 | Ancient Near East | 3.0 | Inq |
| HIST | 463 | Islamic Civilization | 3.0 | FA |
| HIST | 464 | The Modern Middle East | 3.0 | SP |
| HIST | 466 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3.0 | SP |
| MEST | 261 | Islamic Religion | 3.0 | FA *NW |
| MEST | 463 | Islamic Civilization | 3.0 | FA |
| MEST | 464 | The Modern Middle East | 3.0 | SP |
| MEST | 466 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3.0 | SP |
| POLS | 415A | Comparative Govt: Middle East | 3.0 | FS |
| RELS | 202 | Islamic Religion | 3.0 | FA *NW |
Group B
3-6 units selected from:
| ANTH | 420 | Origins of Early Civilization | 3.0 | Inq |
| ANTH | 437 | Anthro/Development Issues | 3.0 | S2 |
| ECON | 375 | Developing Countries | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: ECON 103.
| HIST | 403 | Legacy of Alexander | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 302 | Politics of Third Wrld Nations | 3.0 | FS *NW |
| RELS | 100 | Judaism, Christianity, Islam | 3.0 | FS * |
| SOCI | 445 | Social Change and Technology | 3.0 | FS |
Group C
0-3 units selected from:
| ARAB | 101 | First-Semester Arabic | 3.0 | FS |
| ARAB | 102 | Second-Semester Arabic | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: ARAB 101.
| HBRW | 101 | First-Semester Hebrew | 3.0 | FS * |
| HBRW | 102 | Second-Semester Hebrew | 3.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: HBRW 101.