Approved Courses for the Humanities Distribution
The following is a pre-approved list of courses that can be taken to fulfill the humanities requirement for the Modern Middle Eastern Studies major. Other courses may be counted; please email the Center with any questions about a course that does not appear on this list. Keep in mind that not all courses are offered every year, and that new courses might not yet appear on this list.
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See also: Social Sciences Distribution | Research Seminars | Foundational Courses
| ARTH 217 | Introduction to the Visual Culture of the Islamic World | Foundational Course |
| ARTH 417 | Later Islamic Art and Architecture | |
| COMM 402 | Arab Uprisings: Local and Global Representations | Also counts as a seminar |
| HEBR 259 | Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature | |
| HEBR 359 | Modern Hebrew Literature | |
| HIST 081 | History of the Middle East Since 1800 (NELC 031) | Foundational Course; Also counts as Social Science |
| HIST 084 | (Topics in the Middle East in the 20th Century) | Also counts as Social Science |
| HIST 106 | Images of Islam & the Middle East (Freshman Seminar in World History after 1800) |
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| HIST 206 | Sex and Power in the Middle East // Middle East and the U.S. (Majors’ Seminar in World History after 1800) |
Also counts as a seminar |
| HIST 371 | Africa and the Middle East (NELC 334) | Foundational Course; Also counts as Social Science or a seminar |
| NELC 036 | The Middle East Through Many Lenses (Freshman Seminar; CINE 036) | |
| NELC 037 | The People of Modern Egypt (Freshman Seminar) | |
| NELC 038 | Journeys in Arabic Narrative | |
| NELC 102 | Introduction to the Middle East | Foundational Course |
| NELC 104 | Jerusalem through the Ages | |
| NELC 115 | Iranian Youth Culture | |
| NELC 118 | Iranian Cinema: Gender, Politics, & Religion | |
| NELC 119 | Middle Eastern Cinema: Law and Society | |
| NELC 132 | Origins of Islamic Political Thought | Also counts as Social Science |
| NELC 134 | Getting Crusaded | |
| NELC 139 | Modern Egypt | |
| NELC 159 | (Topics in Israeli Literature and Film in Translation) | |
| NELC 201 | Modern Mideast Literatures in Translation | |
| NELC 212 | Fiction of Modern Iran | |
| NELC 233 | The Arabic Literary Heritage | |
| NELC 234 | The Mongol Experience | |
| NELC 235 | Food in the Islamic Middle East | Also counts as a seminar |
| NELC 239 | Migration and the Middle East | Also counts as Social Science or a seminar |
| NELC 331 | Iraq, Egypt & Algeria | Also counts as Social Science or a seminar |
| NELC 332 | North Africa: History, Culture, Society | Also counts as Social Science or a seminar |
| NELC 335 | Muslims, Christians, Jews | Also counts as a seminar |
| NELC 336 | Nationalism and Communal Identity in the Middle East | Also counts as Social Science or a seminar |
| NELC 338 | Age of Sultans 1100-1500 | Also counts as a seminar |
| NELC 434 | Arabic Literature & Theory | |
| NELC 437 | Islamic Intellectual Tradition | Also counts as a seminar |
| NELC 633 | (Topics in Arabic Literature in the Belles-Lettres) | |
| RELS 100 | Islamic Civilization | |
| RELS 140 | Intro to the Qur'an | |
| RELS 143 | Intro to Islam | Foundational Course |
| RELS 146 | Islam in the Modern World | Foundational Course |
| RELS 245 | Muhammad Through the Ages | |
| RELS 246 | Islamic Mysticism | |
| RELS 247 | Islamic Ethics | |
| RELS 2xx | Women and Islamic Constructions of Gender | |
| RELS 445 | Sufism | Also counts as a seminar |
| RELS 545 | Sufi Texts / Hadith / The Qur’an (Topics in Islamic Religion) | Also counts as a seminar |
