NELC Course Offerings - Complete
There are six (6) tracks of study in the department:
- Arabic Language and Linguistics (A)
- Byzantine Studies (B)
- Islamic Studies (IS)
- Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations (MEC)
- Middle Eastern Literatures (MEL)
- Middle Eastern Religions (MER)
Each NELC course (undergraduate and graduate) and its associated track(s) is listed below. Courses followed by an asterisk (*) are crosslisted from another department. Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.
Undergraduate Course Offerings
Arabic Language and Linguistics (A)
A100-150 Elementary Arabic (A)
A200-250 Intermediate Arabic (A)
A300-350 Advanced Arabic (A)
N181-182 Qur'anic Arabic (A)
N223 Conversational Arabic (A)
N255 Multimedia Arabic (A)
N310 Arabic Composition (A)
N312 Arabic Grammar (A)
N329 Arabic Phonetics and Phonology (A)
N394 Individual Readings in Modern Arabic (A)
N398 Readings in Arabic Language and Linguistics (A)
N393 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (IS, MEL, A)
Topics include:
Islamic Foundational Texts
Byzantine Studies (B)
A421 Early Christian Art (B)*
A425 Byzantine Art (B)*
A626 Problems in Byzantine Art (B)*
E103 Topics in Arts and Humanities
Topics include:
Sacred Places: Architecture of Faith (MER, B)*
L409 Medieval Latin (B)*
Islamic Studies (IS)
E104 Voices from Africa: History in Novels, Films, & Memoirs
E336 History of East Africa (IS, MEC)*
E338 History of Muslim West Africa (IS, MEC)*
F430 Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
N205 Topics in Near Eastern Culture and Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
N220 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet (IS, MER, MEC)
N265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N350 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N365 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
N370 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
N385 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation (IS, MEL)
N393 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (IS, MEL, A)
Topics include:
Islamic Foundational Texts
R152 Introduction To Religions of the West (IS, MER)*
R257 Introduction to Islam (IS, MER)*
R300 Topics in Islam (IS, MER)*
Topics include:
Islam in Southeast Asia
Islamic Law
Islamic Theology
R356 Islamic Mysticism (IS, MER)*
R367 Shi'ite Islam (IS, MER)*
R456 Topics in the Study of Islam (IS, MER)*
Topics include:
Western Interpretation of Islam
Islam in America
U394 Islam in the Soviet Union and Successor States (IS, MEC)*
U493 Central Asia in the 16th-19th Centuries (IS, MEC)*
U498 Studies in Inner Asian Religious Traditions
Topics include:
Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia (IS, MER, MEC)*
Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations (MEC)
E336 History of East Africa (IS, MEC)*
E338 History of Muslim West Africa (IS, MEC)*
F307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Folklore (MEC)*
Middle Eastern Narrative Folk Poetry and Ballads (MEL, MEC)*
Tales Arab Women Tell (MEL, MEC)*
Middle Eastern Worldviews and Folk Religions (MEC, MER)*
Art and Architecture in Turkey (MEC)*
F420 Health and Morbidity in Traditional Cultures (MEC)*
F430 Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
H203 Islamic Civilization to 1300 CE (MEC)*
N220 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet (IS, MER, MEC)
N265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N350 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N365 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
N241 Contemporary Israeli Culture (MEC)
U311 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization (MEC, MER)*
U320 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
Topics include:
Introduction to the Ancient Near East (MEC, MER)
U394 Islam in the Soviet Union and Successor States (IS, MEC)*
U397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (MEC)
U398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia (MEC)*
U493 Central Asia in the 16th-19th Centuries (IS, MEC)*
U498 Studies in Inner Asian Religious Traditions
Topics include:
Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia (IS, MER, MEC)*
Middle Eastern Literatures (MEL)
C370 Arabic-Western Literary Relations (MEL)*
E103 Topics in Arts and Humanities
Topics include:
Who Wrote the Bible? (MEL, MER)*
F307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Narrative Folk Poetry and Ballads (MEL, MEC)*
Tales Arab Women Tell (MEL, MEC)*
L367 The Literature of the Bible (MEL, MER)*
N205 Topics in Near Eastern Culture and Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
The Arabic Ode in Comparative Contexts (MEL)
The Arabic Novel: Center and Periphery (MEL)
N240 Directed Readings in Persian Literature (MEL)
N370 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
N380 Topics in Persian Literature in Translation (MEL)
N385 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation (IS, MEL)
N388 Recent Hebrew Literature in English
N393 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (IS, MEL, A)
Topics include:
Islamic Foundational Texts
N395 S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience (MEL)
N492 Research in Classical Persian Texts (MEL)
N495 Directed Readings in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (MEL)
N497 Individual Readings in Hebrew
R311 Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (MEL, MER)*
R445 Topics in History of Judaism
Topics include:
From the Bible to the Rabbis (MEL)*
Talmud (MEL, MER)*
Dead Sea Scrolls (MEL, MER)*
Middle Eastern Religions (MER)
B325 Judaism and Christianity in Conflict (MER)*
C400 Studies in Comparative Literature
Topics include:
Job (MER)*
Biblical Narrative (MER)*
E103 Topics in Arts and Humanities
Topics include:
Sacred Places: Architecture of Faith (MER, B)*
Who Wrote the Bible? (MEL, MER)*
The Bible and its Interpreters (MER)*
Religion and Communal Identity (MER)*
E334 Jews in Moslem Society (MER)*
F307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Worldviews and Folk Religions (MEC, MER)*
F430 Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
L367 The Literature of the Bible (MEL, MER)*
N205 Topics in Near Eastern Culture and Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
N220 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet (IS, MER, MEC)
N265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N350 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N365 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
N370 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
R152 Introduction To Religions of the West (IS, MER)*
R210 Introduction to the Old Testament (MER)*
R257 Introduction to Islam (IS, MER)*
R300 Topics in Islam (IS, MER)*
Topics include:
Islam in Southeast Asia
Islamic Law
Islamic Theology
R310 Prophecy in Ancient Israel (MER)*
R311 Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (MEL, MER)*
R317 Judaism in the Making (MER)*
R342 Religious Thought in Medieval Judaism (MER)*
R356 Islamic Mysticism (IS, MER)*
R367 Shi'ite Islam (IS, MER)*
R410 Topics in Israelite Religion (MER)* (C400, above)
R425 Introduction to Judaism (MER)*
R445 Topics in History of Judaism
Topics include:
Midrash (MER)*
Talmud (MEL, MER)*
Dead Sea Scrolls (MEL, MER)*
R456 Topics in the Study of Islam (IS, MER)*
Topics include:
Western Interpretation of Islam
Islam in America
U311 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization (MEC, MER)*
U320 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
Topics include:
Introduction to the Ancient Near East (MEC, MER)
U498 Studies in Inner Asian Religious Traditions
Topics include:
Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia (IS, MER, MEC)*
N305 Topics in Near Eastern Studies
N399 Readings for Honors
N499 Honors Thesis
Graduate Course Offerings
Arabic Language and Linguistics (A)
A500-550 Elementary Arabic (A)
A600-650 Intermediate Arabic (A)
A660-670 Advanced Arabic (A)
N502-552 Qur'anic Arabic (A)
N510 Arabic Composition (A)
N512 Arabic Grammar (A)
N523 Conversational Arabic (A)
N524 Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (A)
N529 Arabic Phonetics and Phonology (A)
N555 Multimedia Arabic (A)
N598 Readings in Arabic Language and Linguistics (A)
N690 Research in Classical Arabic Texts: topic varies (IS, MEL, A)
Byzantine Studies (B)
A523 Early Christian Architecture (B)*
A621 Problems in Early Christian Art (B)*
A626 Problems in Byzantine Art (B)*
G540 Readings in Byzantine Greek (MEL, B)*
L540 Medieval Latin (B)*
M502 Byzantine Women (B)*
M540 Readings in Byzantine Greek (B)*
M651 Medieval Music (B)*
M661 Notation of Polyphonic Music (B)*
M691 Seminar in Medieval Music (B)*
M700 Seminar in Medieval Studies (B)*
Islamic Studies (IS)
E536 History of East Africa (IS, MEC)*
E538 History of Muslim West Africa (IS)*
F617 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folk Music
Topics include:
Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
H695 Colloquium in African History (IS)*
N565 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N570 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
N593 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (IS, MEL)
Topics include:
Islamic Foundational Texts
N650 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N680 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
N685 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation (IS, MEL)
N690 Research in Classical Arabic Texts: topic varies (IS, MEL, A)
N701 Topics in Arabic Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
N707 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature
Topics include:
Literature in the Age of Rhetoric (IS, MEL)
Al-Ma'arri and Ibn Shuhayd (IS)
Al-Mutanabbi and the Circle of Sayf al-Dawlah (IS, MEL)
Myth Ritual and Ceremony (IS, MEL)
The Qasida in the Islamic Age (IS, MEL)
R553 Topics in the Study of Islam (IS, MER)*
R644 History of Islam in Modern Southeast Asia (IS, MER)*
Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations (MEC)
E536 History of East Africa (IS, MEC)*
E600 Anthropological Approaches to Study of Islam: topic varies (MEC)*
F545 Folk Narrative
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Folk Narrative (MEL, MEC)*
Kinship and Family in Traditional Community and Lore (MEC)*
Arab and Middle Eastern Mythology (MEL, MEC)*
F617 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Folklore (MEC)*
Middle Eastern Narrative, Folk Poetry and Ballads (MEL, MEC)*
Tales Arab Women Tell (MEL, MEC)*
Middle Eastern Worldviews and Folk Religions (MEC, MER)*
Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
Arab and Middle Eastern Mythology (MEC)*
Art and Architecture in Turkey (MEC)*
F740 History of Ideas in Folklore/Ethnomusicology
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Folk Narrative (MEC)*
Kinship and Family in Traditional Community and Lore (MEC)*
Arab and Middle Eastern Mythology (MEC)*
Health and Morbidity in Traditional Cultures (MEC)*
N565 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N650 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N680 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
U511 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization (MEC, MER)*
U520 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
Topics include:
Introduction to the Ancient Near East (MEC, MER)
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (MEC)
U798 Seminar on Central Asian Nomadic Pastoral Societies
Topics include:
Nomadic Pastoralism in Middle Eastern History/Society (MEC)*
Middle Eastern Literatures (MEL)
C545 Bible and Western Literature (MEL)*
C573 Arabic-Western Literary Relations (MEL)*
F545 Folk Narrative
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Folk Narrative (MEL, MEC)*
Arab and Middle Eastern Mythology (MEL, MEC)*
F617 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Narrative, Folk Poetry and Ballads (MEL, MEC)*
Tales Arab Women Tell (MEL, MEC)*
G540 Readings in Byzantine Greek (MEL, B)*
N570 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
N587 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (MEL)
N588 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (MEL)
N590 Directed Readings in Arabic (MEL)
N591 Directed Readings in Hebrew (MEL)
N592 Directed Readings in Persian (MEL)
N593 Individual Readings in Classical Arabic Literature (IS, MEL)
Topics include:
Islamic Foundational Texts
N685 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation (IS, MEL)
N690 Research in Classical Arabic Texts: topic varies (IS, MEL, A)
N691 Research in Medieval Hebrew Texts (MEL)
N692 Research in Classical Persian Texts (MEL)
N695 Readings and Research in NELC
Topics include:
Texts and Authors (MEL)
N701 Topics in Arabic Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
The Arabic Ode in Comparative Contexts (MEL)
The Arabic Novel: Center and Periphery (MEL)
N707 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature
Topics include:
Literature in the Age of Rhetoric (IS, MEL)
Al-Mutanabbi and the Circle of Sayf al-Dawlah (IS, MEL)
Myth Ritual and Ceremony (IS, MEL)
The Qasida in the Islamic Age (IS, MEL)
The Kharajas and Hispano-Arabic Strophic Poetry (MEL)
Pre Islamic poetry (MEL)
Prose and Poetry of al-Andalus (MEL)
N708 Seminar in Judaic Literature (MEL)
N709 Seminar in Modern Arabic Literature (MEL)
R610 Studies in Biblical Literature and Religion (MEL)*
R663 History of Biblical Interpretation (MEL)*
Middle Eastern Religions (MER)
F617 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folk Music
Topics include:
Middle Eastern Worldviews and Folk Religions (MEC, MER)*
Islam among the Folk (IS, MER, MEC)*
G901 Advanced Research
N565 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (IS, MER, MEC)
N570 Qur'anic Studies (IS, MEL, MER)
N650 Khomeini: Roots of Revolution (IS, MEC, MER)
N680 Islamic Philosophy (IS, MER, MEC)
N701 Topics in Arabic Literature
Topics include:
In Praise of the Prophet Muhammad: Two Mantle Odes (IS, MEL, MER)
R553 Topics in the Study of Islam (IS, MER)*
R644 History of Islam in Modern Southeast Asia (IS, MER)*
U511 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization (MEC, MER)*
U520 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies*
Topics include:
Introduction to the Ancient Near East (MEC, MER)
N710 M.A. Thesis in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
N810 Ph.D Thesis
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