Bogac Ergene, Ph.D., Program Director
Associate Professor, Department of History
Wheeler House
133 S. Prospect St.
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-4474
bogac.ergene@uvm.edu
The Middle East Studies Program at the University of Vermont is an interdisciplinary program that brings together faculty from across the College of Arts and Sciences who have a research and teaching interest in the Middle East or topics related to the region.
A minor academic concentration in Middle East studies is available to undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Many students in various departments and colleges also take courses on the Middle East, fulfilling various college and departmental requirements, without formally declaring Middle East studies as their minor.
The Middle East Studies Program sponsors lectures and cultural events on campus related to the region. Please call the Global and Regional Studies office at the University of Vermont (802-656-1096) for information on upcoming events.
MIDDLE EAST MINOR REQUIREMENTS
To obtain a minor in Middle East studies students must take eighteen hours (six courses) related to the Middle East.
All students pursuing the minor must take History 45 and History
46.
The remaining four courses can be chosen from the list of Middle East-related courses below. Students can also propose other courses with sufficient Middle East content to fulfill the requirements. The director of the program must approve any course not listed before it can be considered to fulfill the requirements for the minor.
Completion of the College of Arts and Sciences Students language distribution option in any language or transfer equivalent credits in a Middle Eastern language from another institution or program to receive the minor in Middle East Studies. Hebrew and Arabic are the only Middle Eastern languages offered at the University of Vermont. The Middle Eastern Studies Program strongly recommends that students develop a familiarity with at least one Middle Eastern language (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish), but does not require that for the minor. Of the European languages, French is the most useful for students who are interested in the study of the modern Middle East. However, students who wish to minor in Middle Eastern studies may fulfill the language requirement in any language. Courses taken to fulfill the language requirement, not in a Middle Eastern language, will not count toward the eighteen hours of credits required for the minor.
Previous Middle East Courses:*
*Note that not every course is offered every year, and that new courses related to the Middle East are added to the curriculum each year. Please contact the director for a list of courses being offered in upcoming semesters.
Anthropology 096 Middle East Ethnography
Anthropology 196 Gender in the Middle East
Art 146 Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Art 282 Art of the Byzantine World
Geography 196 Geography of the Middle East
Hebrew 1 and 2 Elementary Hebrew
Hebrew 51 and 52 Intermediate Hebrew
History 45 History of Islam and the Middle East to 1258
History 46 History of Islam and the Middle East since 1258
History 146 History of the Modern Middle East
History 196 Religion and Politics in the Islamic World
History 196 History of Zionism to 1948
History 296 The Balkans and the Middle East under Ottoman Rule
Political Science 157 International Politics of the Middle East
Political Science 168 Middle East Politics (domestic politics of
Middle Eastern countries)
Religion 114 Hebrew Scriptures
Religion 116 Judaism
Religion 130 Islam
Religion 230 Studies in Islam
LINKS
Center for Middle
Eastern Studies at U of Texas-Austin
ArabNet
Arab View
Judaism & Jewish
Resources
The Electronic Embassy
Quran Translation
K-12 RESOURCES
Teaching the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES
Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
(UAE)
Yemen
Last modified November 06 2009 12:40 PM
