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Minor Requirements

To complete the minor, students must take three quarters of language instruction in Arabic, Hebrew, or Persian, or complete the highest-level course of their chosen language (ARBC 6, HEBR 4, PERS 4). They also will take one specified lower-division introductory course, and five upper-division courses whose primary focus is the history, politics, artistic production, and/or cultures of the Middle East and/or North Africa.

The minor consists of completing the language requirement and six additional courses from at least two different departments. Students can take up to two MENAS minor requirements pass/no pass. The remainder of the classes must be taken for a letter grade.

ONE Year of Foreign Language Instruction

At least three quarters of language instruction from a single language or complete the highest level of your chosen language (ARBC 6, HEBR 4, PERS 4).

ONE Lower-Division Introductory Course

At least one specified lower-division introductory survey course from the following list:

  • HIS 41 The Making of the Modern Middle East
  • HIS 50 When Pharaohs Reigned: The History of Ancient Egypt
  • HIS 51 Pyramids of Earth: Religion and Symbol in the Ancient World
  • HIS 58 From Pirates to Refugees: The History of the Modern Mediterranean
  • HIS 74A Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History, 1500-2000
  • LIT 81D The Prophet and the Qur’an

FIVE Upper-Division Electives

Students will complete a minimum of 25 credits–or five upper-division courses drawn from the Departments of History, Politics, Anthropology, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Feminist Studies, Literature, Languages, and Applied Linguistics, the History of Art and Visual Culture, and Film and Digital Media whose primary focus is the history, politics, artistic production, and/or cultures of the Middle East and/or North Africa.

Students can select from a list of pre-approved courses from at least two different departments as part of the non-language course requirements for the minor.

For the full list of elective offerings, please visit the MENAS Catalog page.

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