Major in Middle East Studies

About this programme

Completion of first-year requirements. It is recommended that students in first year take a first-year History course and a language course in one of Arabic, Persian or Hebrew. 2.0 courses : History 2606E, Religious Studies 2285F/G, Religious Studies 2286F/G . 0.5 course from: Religious Studies 2345F/G, Religious Studies 2346F/G, Religious Studies 2500F/G . 1.0 course from: Arabic 1030, Arabic 2250, Arabic 3260A/B, Arabic 3300 ; Hebrew 1030, Hebrew 1040A/B, Hebrew 1041A/B, Hebrew 2200, Hebrew 2240A/B, Hebrew 2241A/B *; Persian 1030, Persian 1035, Persian 2200 . 2.0 courses : 1.0 course each from any two of the following three areas: 1) Religion and Philosophy : Philosophy 2205W/X, Philosophy 2665F/G, Philosophy 2667F/G, Philosophy 2668F/G ; Religious Studies 2114A/B, Religious Studies 2204F/G, Religious Studies 2213F/G, Religious Studies 2262F/G, Religious Studies 2347F/G, Religious Studies 2501F/G, Religious Studies 2503F/G, the former Philosophy 4674F/G, the former Philosophy 4675F/G, the former Philosophy 4676F/G, the former Religious Studies 2219A/B. 2) History and Politics : History 2607F/G, History 3605E, History 3691E ; Political Science 3329F/G, Political Science 4409F/G, the former History 2809E, the former History 3608F/G, the former Political Science 4443E. 3) Literature and Culture : Anthropology 2219F/G; Arabic 2250 *, Arabic 3260A/B *, Arabic 3300 *; Hebrew 2200 *, Hebrew 2240A/B *, Hebrew 2241A/B *; Religious Studies 2502F/G, Religious Studies 2504F/G . 1.5 courses from any of the following not taken above , with no more than 1.0 course from any one discip