The program in Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENA) offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle East and North Africa. This is an area studies approach to non-western cultures and peoples. Drawing on courses in Art History, English, Government, History, Religion, and other disciplines, the program encourages students to learn about the history, culture, politics and languages of the Middle East and North Africa.
The program in Middle Eastern and North African Studies is not a major. With the exception of MENA 354 Middle Eastern & North African Studies: Culture, History, Politics, courses applied toward requirements for this program may also be counted toward requirements that will satisfy other programs, majors, or minors.
Coordinator
Youness Mountaki, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Arabic)
Program Requirements
Students are required to take MENA 354 Middle Eastern & North African Studies: Culture, History, Politics and four additional courses. Within the electives, a maximum of 6 credit hours (or two courses) may be taken in any one discipline.
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| Middle Eastern & North African Studies: Culture, History, Politics | |
| |
| Beginning Active Arabic | |
| Beginning Active Arabic | |
| Intermediate Active Arabic | |
| Intermediate Active Arabic | |
| Advanced Arabic | |
| Advanced Arabic | |
| Islamic Art | |
| Economics of Immigration | |
| Race, Gender, and Empire | |
| Global Digital Cultures | |
| The Ancient Middle East | |
| Modern Middle East | |
| Iran: Its History, Culture & Politics | |
| Ancient Egyptian History, Prehistory-1550 BC | |
| Ancient Egyptian History, c.1550-30 BCE | |
| Middle East Politics | |
| African Politics | |
| Revolutions & Regime Change | |
| Peace & Conflict | |
| Middle Eastern Film | |
| Special Topics in Middle Eastern & North African Studies | |
| Middle Eastern & North African Studies Senior Capstone | |
| The Hebrew Bible | |
| Archeology of Religion | |
| Introduction to Islam | |
| Ethnography of Religion in the Middle East & North Africa | |
| Gods of the Biblical World: Polytheism, Magic, and Israelite Religion | |
| Death & Sacrifice in the Ancient World | |
| Angels & Demons: Intermediary Celestial Beings in Historical Perspective | |
| The Bible & Human Migration | |
| Sex & Bodies in the Hebrew Bible | |
| Israel's Poetry and Wisdom Literature | |
| Archeology and the Bible | |
| Christian & Islamic Theology in Comparative Perspective | |
| Political Islam | |
| Premodern Islam | |
| Contemporary Islam | |
| Ritualized Space in the Middle East | |
| Islam in the Media | |
| Total Hours | 15-19 |
