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Regional Focus: Middle East

A major field with a regional focus on the Middle East consists of 12 credits (four 3-credit classes), as described below:

Choose at least one:

PSC 6377 Comparative Government and Politics of the Middle East

PSC 6478 International Relations of the Middle East


Supporting Courses

ANTH 6707 Issues in Middle East Anthropology (topics vary by semester)

GEOG 6293 Landscapes of the Middle East

HIST 6001 Special Topics

  • History of the Modern Middle East

IAFF 6363 Political Economy of the Middle East

IAFF 6364 Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East

IAFF 6378 Special Topics in Middle East Studies


A full listing of Middle East courses is posted in advance of each semester on the IMES website.

Special/Selected Topics courses change often; check the schedule of classes for each semester's offerings. Other "Topics" courses not listed here may, with permission of the program director, be used to fulfill program requirements.