Middle Eastern/Asian Studies

A minor in Middle Eastern and Asian Studies is offered.

Middle Eastern and Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary minor field of concentration intended to provide a basic knowledge of the people and cultures of the Middle East and Asia. The program furnishes a substantial background for subsequent specialized study in the field of Middle Eastern and Asian politics, history, language, and culture.

Students must take six courses selected from the following list, with at least two courses from each geographic category (Asia; Middle East). At least four courses must be above the 100 level. Students might substitute language study, either through directed study with faculty, when available, or by courses taken elsewhere. Appropriate languages include: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, or Urdu.

Asia

• EN 397 Global Cultures and Contexts
• HS 236 History of India
• HS 246 Gender and Japanese History
• HS 270 Modern Chinese History
• HS 275 Japan in the World
• HS 279 Modern Japan
• HS 283 Survey of East Asian History: To 1800
• HS 284 East Asian History from 1800
• HS 329 The Vietnam Era and Its Legacy
• HS 373 Modern Empires and Colonialism
• RS 208 Hinduism and Buddhism
• RS 210 Religions of China and Japan
• RS 307 Buddhist Ethics
• RS 323 Gods and War

Middle East

• HS 237 Arab History and Culture
• HS 238 Middle East Today
• HS 239 History of the Byzantine Empire
• RS 206 Islamic Traditions
• RS 209 Jewish Culture and Religion
• RS 260 World of the Old Testament
• RS 275 Hard Rockin Jews: Judaism & Pop Culture in Israel
• RS 301 Islam and the Bible: Jewish and Muslim Morality & Ethics
• RS 312 Archaeology and the Bible
• RS 313 Jerusalem: The Holy City
• RS 317 Gods, Kings, and Justice in the Ancient World
• RS 319 The Archaeology and Religion of Ancient Egypt
• RS 336 Women in the Islamic Tradition
• RS 338 Sex and God: Jewish and Muslim Erotic Love Poetry
• RS 345 Biblical Hebrew
• RS 490 Directed Study Biblical Hebrew

General

• BA 336 International Business
• BA 448 Global Marketing
• CO 315 Intercultural Communication
• EC 219 History of World Economic Development
• EN 395 Post-Colonial Literature and Culture
• FA 329 Trad. and Contemp. Arts of the Non-Western World
• HS 254 World History to 1600
• HS 353 World at War
• PS 134 Comparing Nations
• PS 243 International Politics
• PS 249 Contemp. Global Conflict
• PS 353 International State Building
• PS 377 International Political Economy
• SO 219 Introduction to Cultural Geography
• SO 228 Cultural Anthropolgy

Students may petition the Program Director for creidt approved for relevant courses not included on this list.