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Middle Eastern Studies

Students select courses from the following group to complete the concentration requirements. See course descriptions.
• RELS 304 Introduction to Judaism
• RELS 305 Hebrew Prophets
• INTL/RELS 312 Religions of the World
• INTL/RELS 317 Islam
• INTL/GEOG 334 Regional Geography of ___________ (when appropriate)
• INTL 341/RELS 340 Global Ethics and the World's Religions
• INTL/EUCU 345/URSP 350 Great Cities of the World (when appropriate)
• INTL/ANTH 350 Peoples and Cultures of the World (when appropriate)
• INTL/POLI 351 Governments and Politics of the Middle East
• RELS/WMNS 371 Islam and Women
• INTL/FLET 391 Topics in Foreign Languages (when appropriate)
• INTL/POLI 452 Seminar in the Politics of Developing Areas
• INTL/ANTH 455 Anthropology of Development and Globalization (when appropriate)
• INTL 490 Seminar in International Issues (when appropriate)
• INTL 491 Topics in International Studies (when appropriate)
• INTL 492 Independent Study

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

• ARTH 401 Art and Architecture of the Ancient Near East
• ARTH 402 Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

• HIST 301, 302/RELS 315, 316 The Ancient Near East
• HIST/RELS 327 History of Christianity
• HIST 328 Modern Middle East
• HIST 383 Ancient Egypt

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