BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES GENERAL REQUIREMENTS General Requirements Elliott School bachelor's degrees engage students with global issues through multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. Students begin their studies in the first year with foundational courses in political science, economics, history, and anthropology or geography. They supplement these courses with others in the traditional liberal arts categories of writing, natural or physical science, mathematics or statistics, and the humanities/creative arts, plus two writing in the disciplines courses. Foreign language study also is emphasized early in each program to enable students to satisfy the thirdyear language proficiency requirement of the bachelor's degree in a timely manner. Introduction to the major Prerequisite core (19 credits) Required The following courses must be taken in the first year. With the exception of ECON 1011 (fall) and ECON 1012 (spring), courses may be taken in fall or spring. IAFF 1001 is not required for internal or external transfer students. Supporting courses in the liberal arts Writing (10 credits) Writing requirements are established by the University Writing Program. Students must complete UW 1020 in their first year before enrolling in a Writing in the Discipline (WID) course for WID credit. The two required WID courses should be taken in the student's major, minor, or a related field, and must be completed in separate semesters to receive WID credit. WID courses are designated in this Bulletin with a "W" appended to the course number, e.g., HIST 2340W. Required UW 1020 Two WID courses (6 credits) University Writing Mathematics or statistics (3 credits) MATH courses numbered 1051 and above require a placement test. Credit for only one of the following MATH courses may be applied toward a degree: MATH 1221, MATH 1231, or MATH 1252. Credit for only one of the following STAT courses may be applied toward a degree: STAT 1051, STAT 1053, STAT 1111, or STAT 1127. STAT courses may not be double-counted between the Mathematics requirement and the Research Methods requirement (see Major Requirements. ) One of the following: IAFF 1001 First-Year Experience MATH 1007 Mathematics and Politics IAFF 1005 Introduction to International Affairs MATH 1009 Mathematical Ideas I ECON 1011 Principles of Economics I MATH 1010 Mathematical Ideas II ECON 1012 HIST 1011 PSC 1001 Principles of Economics II World History, 1500-Present Introduction to Comparative Politics One of the following (not required in the first year): ANTH 1002 GEOG 1001 Sociocultural Anthropology Introduction to Human Geography With advisor approval, a student may select another introductory social science course if s/he can demonstrate why it is relevant to the student's academic pursuits. Examples of courses that might be accepted include ANTH 1004, GEOG 1003. MATH 1051 MATH 1221 MATH 1231 MATH 1232 MATH 1252 MATH 2233 STAT 1051 STAT 1053 STAT 1111 Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences Calculus with Precalculus II Single-Variable Calculus I Single-Variable Calculus II Calculus for the Social and Management Sciences Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics Introduction to Statistics in Social Science Business and Economic Statistics I 1 Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies
STAT 1127 Statistics for the Biological Sciences STAT 2112 Business and Economic Statistics II STAT 2118 Regression Analysis Science (3 to 4 credits), lab required One of the following: ANTH 1001 Biological Anthropology ANTH 3412 Hominin Evolution ASTR 1001 Stars, Planets, and Life in the Universe ASTR 1002 Origins of the Cosmos HONR 1034 PHYS 1003 PHYS 1007 PHYS 1011 PHYS 1012 PHYS 1021 PHYS 1022 PHYS 1025 Honors Seminar: Scientific Reasoning and Discovery Physics for Future Presidents Music and Physics General Physics I General Physics II University Physics I University Physics II University Physics I with Biological Applications BISC 1005 BISC 1006 BISC 1007 BISC 1008 BISC 1115 & BISC 1125 BISC 1116 & BISC 1126 The Biology of Nutrition and Health The Ecology and Evolution of Organisms Food, Nutrition, and Service Understanding Organisms through Service Learning Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules and Introduction to Cells and Molecules Laboratory Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms and Introduction to Organisms Laboratory PHYS 1026 University Physics II with Biological Applications Humanities/creative Arts (9 credits)* This requirement can be satisfied by completing 9 credits in humanities courses, or 6 credits in humanities courses and 3 credits in creative arts courses. Humanities two or three of the following: Any Art History (AH) course except AH 4199. CAH 1090 Art History I: Art Now, Contemporary Perspectives in the Visual Arts Any non-language Classical Studies (CLAS) course. Any Film Studies (FILM) course. CHEM 1003 Contemporary Science for Nonscience Majors Special Topics (Dissent: A Study in Memoirs) CHEM 1004 CHEM 1111 CHEM 1112 Contemporary Science for Nonscience Majors General Chemistry I General Chemistry II MUS 1103 MUS 1104 MUS 1105 Music in the Western World Topics in Music Introduction to Musical Thought and Practice CHEM 2151 Organic Chemistry I MUS 1107 Music of the World CHEM 2152 Organic Chemistry II MUS 1108 History of Jazz GEOG 1002 Introduction to Physical Geography MUS 2101 Harmony GEOL 1001 Physical Geology MUS 2105 Introduction to Ethnomusicology GEOL 1002 GEOL 1005 HONR 1033 Historical Geology Environmental Geology Honors Seminar: Scientific Reasoning and Discovery MUS 2106 MUS 2122 MUS 2123 Music History III: Twentieth-Century Art Traditions Music in the U.S. Musical Cultures of Black Americans Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies 2
MUS 2174 MUS 2661 Introduction to Jazz Harmony Electronic and Computer Music I MUS 2662 Electronic and Computer Music II * MUS 3126 Music History I: Antiquity through Early Baroque MUS 1106 MUS 2102 MUS 2134 MUS 2173 Introduction to Musical Performance and Experience Comprehensive Musicianship II Composition Comprehensive Musicianship for Jazz MUS 3127 Music History II: The Tonal Era MUS 4184 Advanced Composition MUS 3139 Form and Analysis Performance Study Courses (TRDA), including: MUS 3174 MUS 3175 Topics in Music Theory and Composition Topics in Music History and Literature Any Philosophy (PHIL) course except PHIL 2045 and PHIL 3121. Any Religion (REL) course. TRDA 1015 TRDA 1020 Understanding the Dance Women and the Creative Process TRDA 1035 TRDA 1151 TRDA 1152 TRDA 1153 TRDA 1170 & TRDA 1171 Theatre Production Beginning/Intermediate Ballet Beginning Modern/Postmodern Dance Beginning/Intermediate Modern/ Postmodern Dance Intermediate Modern/Postmodern Dance I and Intermediate Modern/Postmodern Dance II TRDA 1025 Understanding the Theatre TRDA 1214 Beginning Acting TRDA 2185 Trends in Performance TRDA 1330 Basics of Production Design TRDA 2191 Dance History TRDA 2160 Intermediate Ballet TRDA 2240 TRDA 3245 TRDA 3246 Play Analysis History of the Theatre I History of the Theatre II TRDA 2172 TRDA 2173 Intermediate/Advanced Modern/ Postmodern Dance I Intermediate/Advanced Modern/ Postmodern Dance II Literature and film classes in the Departments of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; English; and Romance, German, Slavic Languages and Literatures also fulfill this requirement. Creative Arts a maximum of 3 credits from the following: ENGL 1210 Introduction to Creative Writing TRDA 2179 TRDA 2180 TRDA 2192 TRDA 2193 & TRDA 2194 Contact Improvisation Movement Improvisation/Performance Repertory/Performance Dance Styles I and Dance Styles II ENGL 2460 Fiction Writing TRDA 2215 Intermediate Acting ENGL 2560 Intermediate Fiction Writing TRDA 2250 Dramatic Writing ENGL 3390 Topics in Creative Writing TRDA 2339 Theatre Practicum Any Fine Arts (FA) course. Non-ensemble performance study (MUS) courses, including: MUS 1101 Elements of Music Theory MUS 1102 Comprehensive Musicianship I TRDA 3174 TRDA 3175 TRDA 3182 & TRDA 3183 TRDA 3186 Advanced Modern/Postmodern Dance I Advanced Modern/Postmodern Dance II Dance Composition I and Dance Composition II Embodied Kinesis for Dance 3 Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies
TRDA 3222 TRDA 3240 TRDA 3250 Topics in Advanced Acting Introduction to Dramaturgy Intermediate Dramatic Writing Arabic One of the following two options: Option one TRDA 3331 Introduction to Lighting ARAB 1001 Beginning Arabic I TRDA 3332 Theatrical Makeup Design ARAB 1002 Beginning Arabic II TRDA 3333 Stage Management ARAB 2001 Intermediate Arabic I TRDA 3335 Introduction to Scene Design ARAB 2002 Intermediate Arabic II TRDA 3336 Introduction to Costuming ARAB 3001 Advanced Arabic TRDA 4184 Choreography and Performance and one of the following courses: TRDA 4275 Directing for the Theatre ARAB 3301 Modern Arabic Literature TRDA 4338 Scene Painting ARAB 3302 Media Arabic *Some MUS and TRDA courses may be repeated for credit. Consult course descriptions in this Bulletin for additional information. All courses must be taken for a letter grade to fulfill this requirement. Courses taken Pass/No Pass are not accepted. **Note that MUS 2661 is a prerequisite to MUS 2662. ARAB 3311 or Option two ARAB 1201 Business Arabic Intensive Elementary Arabic I MAJOR REQUIREMENTS The following requirements must be fulfilled: The general requirements stated under Elliott School of International Affairs, Undergraduate Degree Requirements (http://bulletin.gwu.edu/international-affairs/#regulationstext). A minimum grade of C- must be earned in all major requirement courses, to include the last course used to prove third-year proficiency in a modern regional language. If a student wishes to take any course not listed here, prior approval of the Program Director is required. ARAB 1202 Intensive Elementary Arabic II ARAB 2201 Intensive Intermediate Arabic I ARAB 3201 Intensive Intermediate Arabic II and one of the following courses: ARAB 3301 Modern Arabic Literature ARAB 3302 Media Arabic ARAB 3311 Business Arabic Hebrew Major requirements Foundation (3 credits) HEBR 1001 HEBR 1002 HEBR 2001 Beginning Hebrew I Beginning Hebrew II Intermediate Hebrew I IAFF 2040 Basic Topics in International Affairs (Middle East: An International Affairs Survey) HEBR 2002 HEBR 3001 Intermediate Hebrew II Hebrew Conversation and Writing Foreign language (credits vary) and one of the following courses: Students must demonstrate third-year proficiency in a modern foreign languages (Arabic, Hebrew or Persian) by examination or coursework. Additional information regarding the Elliott School foreign language examinations is available from the academic advisor. HEBR 3301 HEBR 3302 Persian Modern Hebrew Fiction The Israeli Media Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies 4
PERS 1001 Beginning Persian I PSC 2482 African International Politics PERS 1002 PERS 2001 PERS 2002 Beginning Persian II Intermediate Persian I Intermediate Persian II PSC 3192W PSC 3192W Proseminar: Political Science (Comparative Politics of Africa) * Proseminar: Political Science (Development Challenges in Africa) * PERS 3001 PERS 3002 Regional Foundations Advanced Persian Media Persian One course from the following in any region except the Middle East. Africa PSC 3192W Asia ANTH 3703 ANTH 3704 ANTH 3705 ANTH 3791 Proseminar: Political Science (Government and Politics of Africa) * Cultures of the Pacific Cultures of Southeast Asia Anthropology of East Asia Topics in Regional Anthropology ANTH 3708 Anthropology of Africa ECON 2198 Special Topics in Economics - Regional (East Asian Economies) ECON 2198 Special Topics in Economics - Regional (Economics of Africa) GEOG 3165 Geography of South Asia GEOG 3164 The Geography of Africa HIST 3640 History of Southeast Asia HIST 3501 HIST 3530 Topics: Africa (African History Since 1880) Women in Africa HIST 3650 Modern South Asia, 1750-Present Special Topics in Asian Studies (Development Issues in Southeast Asia) HIST 3540 West Africa to Independence Special Topics in Asian Studies (History and Politics of South Asia) IAFF 2093 Africa: Problems and Prospects (North Africa and the World) Special Topics in Asian Studies (Indo- Pacific Security Challenges) Special Topics (North Africa and the World) Special Topics in Asian Studies (Memory and Reconciliation: Asia) Special Topics (Rising Africa and the World) Special Topics in Asian Studies (Politics and Conflict of South Asia) IAFF 3189 IAFF 3189 Special Topics in African Studies (International Relations in Africa) Special Topics in African Studies (Religion in Africa) IAFF 3190 PSC 2369 Special Topics in International Affairs (Human Rights and Democracy in Southeast Asia) Comparative Politics of South Asia IAFF 3189 Special Topics in African Studies (Transnational Justice in Africa) PSC 2373 Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia IAFF 3190 IAFF 3190 Special Topics in International Affairs (China and Africa) * Special Topics in International Affairs (Women and Leadership in Africa) PSC 2475 PSC 3192W International Relations of East Asia Proseminar: Political Science (Human Rights and Democracy in Southeast Asia) PSC 2381 Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa Europe and Eurasia HIST 1121 The War of Ideas in European and International History, 1750-Present 5 Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies
HIST 2125 Twentieth-Century Europe PSC 2383 Comparative Politics of Latin America HIST 3126 European Integration: A History PSC 2484 International Relations of Latin America HIST 3178 The Making of the Modern Balkans Middle East IAFF 2092 IAFF 2094 IAFF 3185 IAFF 3185 IAFF 3185 Russia and Eastern Europe: An Introduction Europe: International and Domestic Interactions Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Nationalism in Russia and Eurasia) Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (The European Union) Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (The European Union and Russia) ANTH 3707 GEOG 3154 HIST 3801 HIST 3811 IAFF 2040 Anthropology of the Middle East Geography of the Middle East and North Africa Topics in Middle Eastern History (Gender and the Middle East) The Emergence of the Modern Middle East Basic Topics in International Affairs (Middle East: An International Affairs Survey) Special Topics (Arab Politics) IAFF 4191W PSC 2330 PSC 2331 PSC 2332 PSC 2994 Research Seminar (Europe) Comparative Politics of Western Europe Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe European Integration Special Topics in International Relations (International Politics of Central and Eastern Europe) IAFF 3188 IAFF 3188 Special Topics (Challenges and Change in the Middle East) Special Topics (Politics and Culture in the Middle East) Special Topics in Middle East Studies (Militaries and Politics in the Middle East) Special Topics in Middle East Studies (Political Islam) Latin America ANTH 3702 Anthropology of Latin America IAFF 3188 Special Topics in Middle East Studies (Security Issues in the Greater Middle East) ECON 2185 Economic History and Problems of Latin America IAFF 3188 Special Topics in Middle East Studies (U.S. Policy in the Gulf) GEOG 3161 Geography of Latin America IAFF 4191 Research Seminar (Political Islam) HIST 3701 HIST 3711 Topics in Latin American History (Latin America and the World Since 1820) History of Latin America II PSC 2377 PSC 2478 Comparative Politics of the Middle East International Relations of the Middle East IAFF 2090 IAFF 3187 IAFF 3187 Latin America: Problems and Promise Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Central American and Caribbean Perspectives) Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Economic and Social Development of Latin America) Research methods One course (3 credits) pertaining to qualitative or quantitative social science research methods from the following: ANTH 3531 Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology IAFF 3187 Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Political Economy of Latin America) ECON 2123 GEOG 2104 Introduction to Econometrics Introduction to Cartography and GIS Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies 6
GEOG 2105 Techniques of Spatial Analysis or HEBR 3301W Modern Hebrew Fiction IAFF 2040 PSC 2101 PSC 2102 PSYC 2101 PUBH 3131 PUBH 3199 SOC 2101 SOC 2111 STAT 1051 Basic Topics in International Affairs (International Affairs Research Methods) Scope and Methods of Political Science Visualizing and Modeling Politics Research Methods in Psychology Epidemiology: Measuring Health and Disease Topics in Public Health (Qualitative Research Methods) Social Research Methods Field Research Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics * HEBR 4001 REL 3432 Advanced Hebrew Literature I Multi-disciplinary Core (21 credits) Persian Sufi Literature East and West The following lists are not exhaustive and new courses may be added at any time. Contact the Director of the Middle East Studies program for approval to count a course not listed toward one of these requirements. History (6 credits) Two courses from the following: HIST 2803 The Ancient Near East and Egypt to 322 B.C. HIST 2804 History of Ancient Israel HIST 3810 History of the Middle East to 1800 STAT 1053 Introduction to Statistics in Social Science * HIST 3811 The Emergence of the Modern Middle East STAT 1111 Business and Economic Statistics I * HIST 3830 History of Iraq STAT 2112 Business and Economic Statistics II Economics (3 credits) *Credit for only one of the following courses may be applied toward a degree: STAT 1051, STAT 1053, STAT 1111, or STAT 1127. STAT courses may not be double-counted between the Math requirement and the research methods requirement. One course from the following: ECON 2136 ECON 2151 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Economic Development Middle Eastern Literature (3 credits) One course from the following: ECON 2180 ECON 2181 ECON 2182 Survey of International Economics International Trade Theory and Policy International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy AH 3113 ARAB 3501 Islamic Art and Architecture Arabic and Arab Identity Political Science (6 credits) Two courses from the following: ARAB 3502 Arab Film and Culture in English PSC 2377 Comparative Politics of the Middle East ARAB 4001 Genres in Modern Arabic Literature PSC 2379 Politics and Foreign Policy of Israel ARAB 4002 Arabic Narratives Through the Ages PSC 2476 The Arab-Israeli Conflict HEBR 3101 HEBR 3102 Modern Hebrew Literary Classics Israeli Society and Culture: Literary Perspectives PSC 2478 Religion (6 credits) International Relations of the Middle East HEBR 3301 Modern Hebrew Fiction (If not being used toward third-year language proficiency requirement) Two courses from the following: REL 2401 Islam 7 Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies
REL 3405 REL 3414 REL 3425 REL 3431 REL 3432 REL 3475 REL 3481 REL 3990 Shi'ite Islam Islamic Philosophy and Theology Islamic Political Thought Sufism (Islamic Mysticism) Persian Sufi Literature East and West Islamic Religion and Art Women in Islam Selected Topics in Religion (Law and Diplomacy in the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean.) Related Coursework (6 credits) Two courses related to the Middle East from any discipline, including International Affairs (IAFF), selected with the approval of the Middle East Studies program director. Study abroad Students are encouraged to study in the Middle East through one of GW's formal partnerships with a regional university or an approved self-designed study abroad program. Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Middle East Studies 8