Middle East Studies Minor

Enhance your career with a minor in Middle East Studies

Courses in Arabic are designed for students whose interests and career plans have an international or multi-ethnic focus. You will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing fluency in Arabic at the beginning and intermediate levels. With this minor, you will also learn about the history and current political realities of the Muslim world.

Check out the different Middle East Studies courses waiting for you at Worcester State

HI-261 Middle East History I

The rise and expansion of Islam; the Caliphate; Muslim religion and civilization and their impact on the West, decline of medieval Islam.

3 credits

HI-314 20th Century Middle East History

The Young Turk Revolution, division of Ottoman Empire in World War I; rise of new states; the Arab-Israeli conflict.

3 credits

AB-101 Beginning Arabic I

Introduction to the Arabic language and cultures of the Arabic-speaking world.

3 credits

AB-102 Beginning Arabic II

A continuation of Beginning Arabic I, designed for students to acquire additional vocabulary, grammar, and reading ability.

3 credits

AB-210 Intermediate Arabic I

Instruction in advanced rules of Arabic grammar and verb system and in advanced writing and reading.

3 credits

AB-211 Intermediate Arabic II

Reading and discussion of texts dealing with literature, arts, geography, history, and culture of the Arabic-speaking world.

3 credits

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