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Emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Introduces aspects of Arab culture. The major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in survival and social situations. Change

Emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Introduces aspects of Arab culture. The major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in survival and social situations. Change

Emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Introduces aspects of Arab culture. The major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in survival and social situations. Change

Further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Arabic. Introduction to more complex grammatical structures. The main focus is the development of communication skills.

Further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Arabic. Introduction to more complex grammatical structures. The main focus is the development of communication skills.

Builds upon the basic language skills acquired in the first two years of Arabic. Grammatical and stylistic text analysis. Increased cultural awareness. The main focus remains the development of communication skills.

Meets with ARAB 6270, MID E 6125, and LING 6270. Introduction to linguistic analysis of Arabic grammatical system; word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

Meets with ARAB 4270, MID E 4125. Additional work required of graduate students. Introduction to the linguistic analysis of the Arabic grammatical system: word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

Introduction to Hebrew writing system. Development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with emphasis on active oral communication. Classroom use of interactive materials in Israeli Hebrew introduces students to aspects of Israeli culture.

Further development of vocabulary, speaking, writing, and grammatical skills. Supplemental reading materials--including Israeli newspapers, short stories, poems, popular songs, and chidren's literature--will provide insight into Israeli culture and will serve as a basis for in-class discussion.

Explicit review of morphology and syntax of Israeli Hebrew. Reading and analysis, written and oral, of texts from different periods and styles of the language will increase competence in literary material. Some expository writing.

Meets with HEBR 4610 and MID E 4262. Additional work required of graduate students. An introduction to post-biblical Hebrew, morphology, syntax, lexicon. Readings from legal-, ethical- and homiletic- exegetical (mishna, midrash) texts. May be repeated for credit when readings vary. Offered every third year. Open to undergraduates with consent of instructor.

Students are introduced to the river valleys of Mesopotamia and Egypt, where agrarian-urban civilization began in c. 3500 BCE and to the factors responsible for the transition of the Middle East from hunting and gathering to irrigation farming. They will learn how the material, artistic, scholarly, and religious elements making up Middle Eastern civilization influenced each other and, as a whole, contributed to the formation of Western European civilization. Technology, science, architecture, and art of the Middle East, the poetry and prose and literature of some of its peoples, and the symbolism of prophetic revelation are examined, as are religious law and theological explanation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The goal of this course is to help students reach an understanding of the depth of human civilization in its various forms and the lasting contributions these forms have made to our life today.

(3) Cross listed as HIST 3390. History of the rise of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. The development of society, religion and culture will be covered from Prehistory down through the rise of the Persian Empire.

(3) Cross listed as HIST 3400. Meets with MID E 5540. Covers World War I to the present. Includes discussions of colonialism, nationalism, liberation movements, oil dependency, economic development, and religious revival. The goal is for students to understand the background of the tensions between the Middle East and the West.

Meets with ANTHR 6131 and MID E 6713. The turmoil of Middle Eastern life has its roots in ideas and lifestyles developed over thousands of years. This course examines the land and people, analyzing the role of ethnicity, religion, politics, economics, and values in every day behavior.

Meets with ANTH 3329/6329. This course is an introduction to archaeology, religion, history, art, architecture and other aspects of Pharaonic Egypt. It covers a period directly preceding the unification of Egypt (ca. 3200 B.C.) until the Hellenistic period, beginning with the "liberation" of Egypt by Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C.

The dry zone of the world, the heartland of Islam, the gatekeeper of overland trade, the storehouse of global oil reserves, the inventor of civilization, the incubator of monotheism--such themes as these form the basis of this course on the physical and human geography of the Middle East. At the same time, special attention is given to the significance of physical and cultural variations within the region.

Meets with ARAB 6270, MID E 6125, and LING 6270. Introduction to linguistic analysis of Arabic grammatical system; word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

Meets with PERS 6160 and MID E 6316. Authors, movements, and genres from modern and classical literature. Topics include the Iranian worldview, the relationship between Iranian history and Persian literature, sufism in Persian poetry, the Persian romance, the development of modern Persian literature, the short story after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

4510 Introduction to Islam (3) Cross listed as HIST 4400. Fulfills International Requirement. Islam is the faith of over a billion followers. Most Muslims live in Indonesia, India, and Pakistan; the majority of Middle Easterners and many Africans are Muslims. The strong political engagement of the United States in the contemporary Middle East has made familiarity with Islam an urgent contemporary issue. This course will introduce students to Islam in its many forms, and help them to gain a better understanding of this world religion in its contemporary transnational and international dimensions.

(3) Meets with MID E 3540 and HIST 3400. Covers World War I to the present. Includes discussions of colonialism, nationalism, liberation movements, oil dependency, economic development, and religious revival. The goal is for students to understand the background of the tensions between the Middle East and the West.

Meets with POL S 6964 and MID E 6696. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics on cross-national political comparisons in the Middle East.

Meets with ARAB 4270, MID E 4125. Additional work required of graduate students. Introduction to the linguistic analysis of the Arabic grammatical system: word formation, sound system, and syntactic structure.

Provide students with a basic knowledge of Persian. Students will learn written and colloquial Persian simultaneously. Adapted stories and natural texts will familiarize students with various aspects of Iranian culture.

Further development of vocabulary, speaking, writing, and grammatical skills. Supplemental reading materials will provide insight into Iranian culture and will serve as a basis for in-class discussion.

All language skills will be developed to an advanced level. Students will read and analyze prose and poetry segments from both the modern and classical traditions of Persian literature. The class sessions will be in Persian, with occasional use of English for explanation of difficult points of grammar or analysis.

Meets with PERS 6160 and MID E 6316. Authors, movements, and genres from modern and classical literature. Topics include the Iranian worldview, the relationship between Iranian history and Persian literature, sufism in Persian poetry, the Persian romance, the development of modern Persian literature, the short story after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Meets with PERS 4160 and MID E 4316. Additional work required of graduate students. Authors, movements, and genres from selected periods. Authors, movements, and genres from modern and classical literature. Topics include the Iranian world view, the relationship between Iranian history and Persian literature, sufism in Persian poetry, the Persian romance, the development of modern Persian literature, the short story after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Introduction to Turkish writing system. Development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with emphasis on active oral communication. Authentic interactive materials in the classroom introduce students to aspects of Turkish culture.

Further development of vocabulary, speaking, writing and grammatical skills. Supplemental reading materials will provide insight into Turkish culture and will serve as a basis for in-class discussion.

All language skills will be developed to an advanced level. Reading and analysis of texts, along with practice in oral communication, will increase competence in use of grammatical patterns.