UC Irvine Middle East Certificate Program

 

Students completing the requisite courses are eligible to receive a Certificate in Middle East Studies. Students must complete a minimum of six courses with a grade of C or better. Links to the list of acceptable coursework and the certificate application are below the Resources and News section.

 

School of Humanities

 

Department of History

 

History 18A: Jewish Cultures

 

History 70: Problems in History

 

History 70E: Problems in History: Middle East and Africa

History 70F: Muslim Jewish Relations

 

History 114: History of the Holocaust Jews in Germany

 

History 130: Jewish History

 

History 130A: Jewish History, Ancient to Early Modern Times

 

History 130B: Modern Jewish History

 

History 130C: Topics in Jewish History

 

History 131: Topics in Islamic History

 

History 132: Israel and Palestine

 

History 133A: The Emergence of the Modern Middle East

 

History 133B: North Africa Since 1500: Islam and Colonialism

 

History 180: Ancient Iran

 

History 183: Modern Armenian History

 

History 192W: Research Seminar: any topic on the

Middle East (i.e., Jerusalem: Middle East Religion,

Late Antique Iran, Middle East Women & Workers)

 

Languages:

 

Arabic 1ABC: Fundamentals

Hebrew 1ABC: Fundamentals

Persian 1ABC: Fundamentals

School of Social Sciences

 

Courses under the Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, Social Science and International Studies:

 

Afghanistan

 

Arab Society and Culture

 

Geography of the Middle East

 

Lebanese Politics

 

Middle East Conflict/Psychology of Conflict

Middle East Democracy

Middle East Narratives

Middle East Oil and Politics

Middle East Politics

Middle East Security

War & Peace in the Middle East

 

Israeli Comparative Politics

Israeli Democracy

Israeli Law in Comparative Perspective

Israel & the World

Israel: Politics & Society

Israeli Politics

Modern Israel

 

Iran: Past and Present

Iranian Politics

Modern Iran

Iraq Reconstruction

 

Islam and the West

Muslim Identities in North America Political Islam

Sudan and Darfur

 

Department of Sociology

 

Sociology 179: War on Terrorism