Electives
The following courses have been approved as electives for the MENA undergraduate minor. For questions or specifics, please contact the MENA director.
Social Science Electives
| ANTH 342 | Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East |
| CRES 410/510 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
| GEOG 209 | Geography of the Middle East and North Africa |
| HC 421 | The Israeli-Palestinian Relationship |
| HC 431 | The Problem of Genocide and Mass Atrocity |
| HIST 120 | Intro to Islamic Civilization |
| HIST 373 | Shi’ism and Revolution |
| HIST 450/550 | Iraq War 2003-2013 |
| HIST 412 | Topic: Alexander and Classical Greece |
| HIST 414 | Topic: Roman Middle East |
| GLBL 323 | Islam & Global Forces |
| GLBL 407/507 | Militant Islam |
| GLBL 407/507 | The Arab Uprising |
| GLBL 407/507 | Political Economy of War and Conflict |
| GLBL 423/523 | Development and the Muslim World |
| JDST 340 | Israel and Palestine |
| PS 199 | Crisis in the Middle East |
| PS 399 | Politics of North Africa |
| PS 399 | Politics of the Middle East |
| PS 399 | Nuclear Politics of the Middle East |
Humanities Electives
| ARB 301 | Third Year Arabic |
| ARB 302 | Third Year Arabic |
| ARB 303 | Third Year Arabic |
| ARB 253 | Introduction to Arabic Culture |
| ARB 353 | Arab Cinema |
| ARB 431/531 | Islamic Political Thought |
| ARB 410/510 | Shiism |
| ARB 410/510 | 1001 Arabian Nights |
| ARCH 410/510 | Character of the Middle Eastern City |
| ARCH 484/584 or IARC 484/584 | Intermediate Design Studio |
| ARCH 601 or IARC 601 (Offered 2012-2015) | Independent Studies (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| COLT 231 | Literature and Human Rights (Michael Allen) |
| COLT 370 | Comics, Colonialism and Images of Empire (Michael Allen) |
| COLT 461 | Studies in Contemporary Theory: Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory (Michael Allen) |
| COLT 462 | Cultural Intersections: Orientalism (Michael Allen) |
| COLT 470 | Studies in Identity: Multiculturalism & Empire (Michael Allen) |
| HBRW 311 | Biblical Hebrew |
| HBRW 312 | Biblical Hebrew |
| HBRW 313 | Biblical Hebrew |
| LING 331 | African Languages |
| LING 407/507 | African Languages (Prerequisites in place) |
| REL 102 | World Religions: Near Eastern Traditions |
| REL 211 | Early Judaism |
| REL 222 | Introduction to the Bible I |
| REL 223 | Introduction to the Bible II |
| REL 233 | Introduction to Islam |
| REL 317 | Jesus and the Gospels |
| REL 321 | History of Christianity I: Ancient Christianities |
| REL 324 | History of Eastern Christianity I |
| REL 325 | History of Eastern Christianity II |
| REL 410/510 | Islamic Political Thought |
| REL 410/510 | Islamic Law and Society |
| REL 418 | Biblical Book (Revelation) |
| REL 424 | Martyrdom in the Three Abrahamic Traditions |
| REL 426 | Sex and Gender in Early Christianity |
| SPAN 407/507 | Spanish Islamic Literature |
| TA 472/572 | Arab American Theatre |
| TA 472/572 | Middle Eastern Theatre |