TRANSFER GUIDE Middle East Studies

BYU-Provo
Required Core
ANES 201: Intro to Ancient Near Eastern Studies
GEOG 271: Middle East
HIST 238: Ancient Near East to 330 BC
HIST 239: Ancient Near East 330 BC-640 AD
HIST 240: Middle East History to 1800
HIST 241: Middle East History from 1800
HIST 242R: Arab & Islamic Civilization
HIST 243R: Jewish Civilization
HIST 244: Jewish History AD 70-Present
IHUM 242: Intro to Humanities of the Islamic World
MESA 201: Intro to Middle East Studies
MESA 250: Intro to Religion of Islam

Electives
ANES 310: History & Culture of Ancient Israel
ANES 331: Readings in Anc. Near Eastern Texts to 330 BC
ANES 332: Readings in Anc. Near Eastern Texts fr. 330 BC
ANES 363: Hebrew Bible Studies
ANES 392: Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies
ANES 430R: Adv. Topics in Ancient Near Eastern St.
ANTHR 340: Peoples of the Middle East
ANTHR 375: Archaeology of Egypt
ANTHR 378: Near Eastern Archaeology
ANTHR 379: Archaeology of Islam
ANTHR 580: Near East Seminar
ARAB 361: Intro to Modern Arabic Lit. in Translation
ARAB 362: Intro to Medieval Arabic Lit. in Translation
ARAB 377: Arabic Language Teaching Methods
ARAB 411R: Adv. Arabic Conv. and Rhetorical Skills
ARAB 421R: Fourth-Year Arabic Writing Tutorial
ARAB 422R: Adv. Spoken Arabic
ARAB 424R: Modern Arabic Literature
ARAB 425R: Classical Arabic Texts
ARAB 426R: Advanced Arabic Grammar
CL CV 363: Judaism & Christianity in Cl. Near East
HEB 312: Hebrew Media
HEB 313: Readings in the Old Testament
HEB 331: Readings in the Hebrew Scriptures I
HEB 436R: Israeli & Jewish Civilization
HEB 421: Readings in Hebrew New Testament
HE 432R: Ancient Hebrew Texts
HEB 441: Postbiblical Hebrew: Misnah
HIST 334: History of Ancient Iraq
MESA 350: Islam in Contemporary Society
MESA 451: The Figure of Muhammad in Islamic Trad.
MESA 476R: Topics in Middle East Studies
MESA 495: Senior Seminar in Middle East Studies
POLI 357: Middle East: Political Systems
POLI 381: International Relations of the Middle East
POLI 452: Islam & Politics
POLI 474: Arabic-Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
POLI 476: Terrorism

Note: There may be additional courses offered through BYU that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.

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BYU-Idaho
Required Core
FDINT 211: Global Hotspot: Pakistan at the Crossroads of Conflict
FDINT 213: Introduction to the Middle East

Electives
ART 301: Art of the Ancient Near East & Egypt
ART 407: Sacred Art
INTST 348: Middle East Culture
HIST 316: The Crusades
HIST 325: Middle East: Muhammad to 1800
HIST 326: Modern Middle East
HIST 327: The Islamic World
HUM 342: Humanities of the Islamic World

Note: There may be additional courses offered through BYUI that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.
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Dixie State
Required Core
None currently listed

Electives
HIST/POLS 4440: Introduction to Islam

Note: There may be additional courses offered through Dixie State that may count toward the Middle East Studies
major (including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle
East Studies academic advisor.
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LDSBC
There are no courses currently listed as transferring from LDSBC that count toward the Middle East Studies major.
If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East Studies academic advisor.
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Salt Lake Community College
Required Core
HIST 1450: Middle Eastern Civilization I Replaces MIDE 1545
HIST 1460: Middle Eastern Civilization II Replaces MIDE 1546

Electives
ARAB 1900: Special Studies in Arabic
ARAB 2900: Special Studies in Arabic
RELS 2030: Intro to Islam
RELS 2300: World Religions

Note: There may be additional courses offered through SLCC that may count toward the Middle East Studies
major. If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East Studies academic advisor.
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Snow College
There are no courses currently listed as transferring from Snow College that count toward the Middle East Studies
major. If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East Studies academic advisor.
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Southern Utah University

Electives
POLS 3440: Intro to the Middle East
POLS 4510: Politics and Religion

Note: There may be additional courses offered through SUU that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.

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Utah Valley University

Required Core
POLS 1440: Intro to Middle East Politics

Electives
HIST 4100: Jewish History
POLS 3100: Survey of International Terrorism
POLS 3500: International Relations of Middle East

Note: There may be additional courses offered through UVU that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.
Utah State University
Required Core
HIST 1060: Intro to Islamic Civilizations

Electives
POLS 3230: Middle Eastern Governance and Politics
POLS 4220: Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation
POLS 4230: Issues in Middle East Politics
ARBC/RELS/HIST 3030: Intro to Islam
ARBC 4040: Languages & Cultures of the Arab World
ARTH 4510: Islamic Visual Cultures
HIST 3110: Ancient Near East
HIST 3410: The Modern Middle East
HIST/RELS 4560: Women in Islam
HIST 4565: Early Islamic History
HIST 4566: Modern Islamic Thought
HSIT 4825: Historical Roots of the War on Terror
POLS 3700: Terrorism & Counterterrorism
ARBC 3800: Study abroad in Jordan

Note: There may be additional courses offered through USU that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.

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Weber State University

Electives
ARTH 3100: Art and Architecture of the Islamic World
HIST 4590: Middle East History
PHIL 3500: Philosophy of Western Religion

Note: There may be additional courses offered through WSU that may count toward the Middle East Studies
major (including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle
East Studies academic advisor.

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Westminster University
Electives
HIST 330: Middle Eastern History

Note: There may be courses offered through Westminster that may count toward the Middle East Studies major
(including language coursework). If you have questions about if a course can count, speak with a Middle East
Studies academic advisor.