Certificate in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to:
- impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or
- produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or
- provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field.
Certain certificate programs contain 6000-level courses as requirements and/or electives. These 6000-level courses may not be taken by undergraduate students. Candidates must receive two-thirds of their certificate-applicable credit from the university. The transferring of credit or the substitution of courses may occur only after application to the appropriate campus authority.
Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to:
- impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or
- produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or
- provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field.
Certain certificate programs contain 6000-level courses as requirements and/or electives. These 6000-level courses may not be taken by undergraduate students. Candidates must receive two-thirds of their certificate-applicable credit from the university. The transferring of credit or the substitution of courses may occur only after application to the appropriate campus authority.
Certificate Requirements (30 units)
| Core Courses (12) | ||
| Twelve units chosen from: | 12 | |
| Anthropology of the Middle East | ||
| Exploring the World of Islam | ||
| Classical Islamic Civilization | ||
| Emerging Topics in Human Geography (When topic is Middle East/Islam) | ||
| Government and Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Language Requirement (3) | ||
| A minimum of three units from one of the following courses chosen in consultation with the Coordinator for the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies certificate: | 3 | |
| Beginning Arabic 1 | ||
| Beginning Arabic 2 | ||
| Arabic Communication | ||
| Arabic Literature and societies | ||
| Arabic Media | ||
| Arabic for Professional Communication | ||
| Arab Culture, Media and Identity | ||
| Explorations of Arabic Literary Texts | ||
| Spoken Arabic | ||
| Introduction to Arabic Linguistics | ||
| Electives (15) | ||
| Fifteen units chosen from: | 15 | |
| Prehistory of the Middle East and Europe | ||
| Arab Culture, Media and Identity | ||
| Explorations of Arabic Literary Texts | ||
| Explorations in Arabic Media | ||
| Female Voices in Arab American Literature | ||
| Voices and Visions from the Arab World | ||
| Advanced Topics in Media Studies | ||
| Studies in Literary Diversity | ||
| Muslim Women in Media and Society | ||
| Topics in Oral History | ||
| Modern Middle East | ||
| Mughal India and the Early Modern World | ||
| Modern India at the Crossroads of Empire | ||
| History of Christianity I | ||
| Arab-Israeli Conflict | ||
| Modern Iran | ||
| Topics in Modern Middle Eastern History | ||
| Nationalism and Conflict in the Middle East | ||
| U.S. Media and the Middle East | ||
| Iran-U.S. Relations | ||
| Politics of Oil | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Politics | ||
An Independent Study course chosen in anthropology, English, history, humanities or political science on an Islamic/ Middle Eastern topic. | ||
| Topics in Strategy: (When the topic is Islamic/Middle East) | ||
Other courses related to the Middle East and Islamic World, to be approved in advance by the Islamic and Middle East Studies coordinator, can be used to fulfill the electives area. | ||
| NOTE: 6000 level courses are not available for undergraduate students. | ||
| Total Units | 30 | |