Graduate

M.A. Requirements
Like the existing M.A. programs, the proposed new program requires nine upper-division courses, of which six must be graduate courses. NE 200 (Bibliography and Method) is also required.

Existing courses that may be taken in fulfillment of the proposed new M.A. program include:

  • Upper Division Courses:
    • Anthropology M171P / History M108C. Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa)
    • Arabic 102ABC. Intermediate Standard Arabic
    • Arabic 103ABC. Advanced Arabic
    • Arabic M110 / Comparative Literature M110.  Thousand and One Nights
    • Arabic 111ABC. Elementary Spoken Egyptian Arabic
    • Arabic 112ABC. Elementary Spoken Egyptian Arabic
    • Arabic 116ABC. Elementary Iraqi Arabic
    • Arabic 120. Islamic Texts
    • Arabic 141. Modern Arabic Literature
    • Arabic 142. Media Arabic
    • Arabic 181. Translating Arabic
    • Arabic 150. Classical Arabic Literature in English
    • Arabic 151. Modern Arabic Literature in English
    • Art History 104A. Western Islamic Art
    • Art History 104B. Eastern Islamic Art
    • Art History 104C. Problems in Islamic Art
    • Comparative Literature 100. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Histories, Theories, Practices, and Perspectives
    • History 105A-105B-105C. Survey of Middle East from 500 to the Present
    • History 106A. Premodern Islam
    • History 106B. Religion and Society in Modern Middle East
    • History 111A-111B-111C. Topics in Middle Eastern History
    • Islamics 110. Introduction to Islam
    • Islamics 130. Shi‘a in Islamic History
    • Political Science 132A-M132B. International Relations of Middle East
    • Political Science 157. Government and Politics of Middle East
    • Political Science 165. Islam and Politics
  • Graduate Courses:
    • Anthropology 271. Contemporary Problems in Africa
    • Arabic 240. Arab Historians and Geographers
    • Arabic 250. Classical Arabic Literature
    • Arabic 251. Modern Arabic Literature
    • Art History 213. Advanced Studies in Islamic Art
    • Art History C214. Problems in Islamic Art
    • History 200J. Advanced Historiography
    • Near Eastern Languages 200. Bibliography and Method in Near Eastern Studies
    • Near Eastern Languages 201. Study of Religion: Theory and Method
    • Political Science 245. Middle Eastern Politics
    • Women’s Studies 285. Special Topics in Women’s Studies: Women in Conflict Zones: War, Genocide, Occupation, and Revolutions
  • Proposed Courses (The following courses have been proposed, and if approved, would also count toward the M.A. degree in Arabic):
    • Arabic: Oral Literature From the Arab World
    • Arabic: The Literature of Islamic Spain
    • Comparative Literature: Modern Arab Literatures and Cultures
    • Comparative Literature: The Literatures and Cultures of the Maghreb