Middle East Studies
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CAESAR Programs Advising
Institute of Arts and Humanities
Ridge Walk Academic Complex, Arts and Humanities Building, Room 655
caesar@ucsd.edu
http://caesar.ucsd.edu/middle-east/index.html
All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
The Minor
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 (minimum twenty-eight units).
- At least five courses (twenty units) must be upper division.
- There is no language requirement. Students may choose to take a three-quarter (minimum twelve units) sequence of a Middle Eastern language (in which case only four of the seven courses need to be upper division).
- All seven courses must be taken for a letter grade.
- The courses that 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.
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog 2024–25, please contact the department for more information.
ANAR 113. Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on Natural Resources in Israel
ANAR 114. Environmental Hazards in Israel
ANAR 115. Coastal Geomorphology and Environmental Change—Perspectives from Israel and the South-Eastern Mediterranean
ANAR 116. Sea Level Change—The Israel Case in World Perspective
ANAR 138. Mesopotamia: The Emergence of Civilization
ANAR 141. Prehistory of the Holy Land
ANAR 142. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel
ANAR 143. Biblical Archaeology—Fact or Fiction
ANAR 144. Pharaohs, Mummies, and Pyramids: Introduction to Egyptology
ANAR 145S. Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs
ANAR 165. Marine and Coastal Archaeology and the Biblical Seas
ANAR 185. Middle East Desert Cultural Ecology
ANAR 190. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School
ANSC 133. Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANSC 187. Anthropology of Mental Health in Israel and the Diaspora
CGS 167A/ETHN 167A. Decolonial Muslim Feminism
COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
ECON 165. Middle East Economics
ECON 165T. Advanced Topics in Middle East Economics
ECON 168. Economics of Modern Israel
ETHN 166/LTEN 179. Arab/Muslim American Identity and Culture
ETHN 167. Muslim Identity in America
ETHN 167A/CGS 167A. Decolonial Muslim Feminisms
GSS 25. Middle East: History, Culture, and Politics
HIEU 117. Greece and the Balkans
HIEU 159. Three Centuries of Zionism, 1648–1948
HIEU 159S. Three Centuries of Zionism, 1648–1948
HIGL 101. Jews, Christians, and Muslims
HIGL 104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HINE 100. The Hebrew Bible History
HINE 108. The Middle East before Islam
HINE 109. History of the Ottoman Empire
HINE 112A/AL. Great Stories from the Hebrew Bible
HINE 112B/BL. Great Poems from the Hebrew Bible
HINE 113. Ancient Near East Mythology
HINE 114. History of the Islamic Middle East
HINE 116. The Middle East in the Age of European Empires
HINE 118. The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HINE 119. United States Mid-East Policy Post-WWII
HINE 120. The Middle East in the New Century
HINE 126. Iranian Revolution in Historical Perspective
HINE 127. History of Modern Turkey
HINE 128. History of the Middle East: The Early Medieval Period, 500–1000
HINE 129. History of the Middle East: The Late Medieval Period, 1000–1500
HINE 135GS. Introduction to Contemporary Israeli Society and Culture
HINE 136GS. Zionism and Post Zionism
HINE 137. History of Two Peoples in Palestine/Israel
HINE 144. Topics in Middle Eastern History
HINE 145. Islam and Science: The History of Science in the Middle East (600–1950)
HINE 160. Special Topics in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
HINE 162. Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible
HINE 165. The Colonial Mandates in the Middle East
HINE 166. Nationalism in the Middle East
HINE 170. Special Topics in Jewish History
HINE 186. Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HINE 199. Independent Study in Near Eastern History
HISC 132. Israel—Start-up Nation
HITO 105. Jewish Modernity from 1648 to 1948
JWSP 1. Beginning Hebrew
JWSP 2. Intermediate Hebrew
JWSP 3. Intermediate Hebrew Continued
JWSP 101. Introduction to Hebrew Texts
JWSP 102. Intermediate Hebrew Texts
JWSP 103. Advanced Hebrew Texts
JWSP 104. Practicum in Advanced Hebrew
JWSP 110. Introduction to Judaism
JWSP 111. Topics in Judaic Studies
JWSP 130. Introduction to the Old Testament: The Historical Books
JWSP 131. Introduction to the Old Testament: The Poetic Books
JWSP 196A. Jewish Studies Honors Course
JWSP 196B. Jewish Studies Honors Course
LIAB 1A/1AX. Arabic Conversation/Analysis of Arabic
LIAB 1B/1BX. Arabic Conversation/Analysis of Arabic
LIAB 1C/1CX. Arabic Conversation/Analysis of Arabic
LIAB 1D/1DX. Arabic Conversation/Analysis of Arabic
LIAB 1E. Intermediate Arabic Conversation and Analysis
LIAB 1F. Intermediate Arabic Conversation and Analysis
LIAB 1G. Advanced Arabic
LIHL 116F. Arabic for Arabic Speakers
LIHL 116W. Arabic for Arabic Speakers
LIHL 116P. Arabic for Arabic Speakers
LIHL 136. Advanced Arabic for Arabic Speakers
LIHL 117F. Persian for Persian Speakers
LIHL 117W. Persian for Persian Speakers
LIHL 117P. Persian for Persian Speakers
LIHL 137F. Advanced Persian for Persian Speakers
LIHL 137W. Advanced Persian for Persian Speakers
LIHL 137P. Advanced Persian for Persian Speakers
LTEN 179/ETHN 166. Topics: Arab/Muslim American Identity and Culture
LTEN 182. Diaspora, Race, and Iranian American Literature
LTWL 101. Death and Life in Ancient Egypt
LTWL 102. Life and Death in Ancient Mesopotamia
LTWL 134. Cinema and Islam
LTWL 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 159. Digital Middle East: Culture, Politics, and Religion
LTWL 160. Women in Literature: Arabic Women in Literature and Society
POLI 121. Government and Politics of the Middle East
POLI 121B. Politics in Israel
POLI 124. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
POLI 138D. Special Topics/Comparative Polities: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel