Middle East

Please note that the following courses are in addition to the core curriculum and language requirements.

Required courses (3) in the social sciences:

	ECON 353	Economic Development	Rahman
	PG 344	Comparative Political Topics: Democratization	Franklin
*	SOAN 360	Cultural and Social Change (alternate years)	Mahdi

Additional courses (3) in the social sciences:

Appropriate courses focusing on the specific area chosen from the departments of History, Politics and Government, Sociology/Anthropology, and from off-campus study programs. Asterisks indicate especially appropriate courses.

	GEOG 300.3	Cultural Geography of the Middle East	Ebel
	GEOG 345	Economic Geography	Ebel
	HIST 320	Middle East (offered occasionally)	Staff
	SOAN 294	Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East	Mahdi
*	PG 362	International Organizations	Kay
*	SOAN 348	Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective	Howard
*	SOAN 354	Population Problems	Howard
*	SOAN 367	Human Ecology	Peoples
*	SOAN 300.4	Iranian Society through Iranian Films	Mahdi
*	WGS 300.2	Gender, Globalization, Militarization	Bhaskaran

Cognate courses (2) in the humanities:

	ART 400.1	Islamic Art	Newman de Vegvar
	REL 341	Islam and the Way of the Prophet	Michael
*	MUS 348	Music in World Cultures	Roden
*	REL 336	Jewish Religious Life and Literature	Phillips

*NOTE: Needs specific arrangements. See "Individual Course Approval" form in International Studies booklet, available in Elliot Hall.

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