Regional Specialization

Middle East

UPPER-DIVISION REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION COURSES MAY NOT OVERLAP WITH YOUR MAJOR.
Students entering as freshman must take 3 courses, of which 2 are UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Students entering as transfers must take 2 UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Language courses may not count for both language requirement and regional specialization.
Students must take ALL courses from the SAME region.
Only ONE course can be taken P/NP.
Qualifying AP credits for Regional Specialization counts as the one allowable lower-division requirement. It does not count as the one allowable P/NP course.
See General Catalog for complete course descriptions and pre-requisites: http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog
Students may overlap their Regional Specialization requirement with the Upper-Division Writing requirement. Please see Approved Courses for Upper-Division Writing to determine which classes are eligible for overlap.

(^) Must take at least TWO UPPER DIVISION courses to satisfy the Regional Specialization requirement
(#) Courses taught in native language, not English.
(*) May be used for Regional Specialization OR Fine Art requirement, NOT BOTH

Anthropology

Course Number	Course Title
ANAR 113	Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on Natural Resources in Israel
ANAR 114	Environmental Hazards in Israel
ANAR 115	Coastal Geomorphology & Environmental Change-Israel/South-Eastern Mediterranean
ANAR 116	Sea Level Change—The Israel Case in World Perspective
ANAR 138	Mesopotamian Archaeology
ANAR 141	Prehistory of the Holy Land
ANAR 142	The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel
ANAR 143	Biblical Archaeology—Fact or Fiction
ANAR 144	Pharaohs, Mummies, & Pyramids: Intro to Egyptology
ANAR 145S	Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs
ANAR 165	Marine and Coastal Archaeology and the Biblical Seas
ANAR 185	Middle East Desert Cultural Ecology
ANAR 190	Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School (12)
ANSC 133	Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANSC 187	Anthropology of Mental Health in Israel and the Diaspora

Communication

Course Number	Course Title
COMM 158	Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Economics

Course Number	Course Title
ECON 165	Middle East Economics
ECON 168	Economics of Modern Israel

Global South Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^GSS 25	Literatures of the Global South - Middle East

History

Course Number	Course Title
HIEU 159	Three Centuries of Zionism, 1648–1948
HIEU 159S	Three Centuries of Zionism 1648–1948
HIGL 104	The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HINE 100	The Hebrew Bible and History
HINE 101	The Religion of Ancient Israel
HINE 108	The Middle East before Islam
HINE 109	History of the Middle East (1200-1800): The Ottoman Empire
HINE 110	Jesus, The Gospels, and History
HINE 112A	Great Stories from the Hebrew Bible
HINE 112B	Great Poems from the Hebrew Bible
HINE 113	Ancient Near East Mythology
HINE 114	History of the Islamic Middle East
HINE 116	The Middle East in the Age of European Empires (1798-1914)
HINE 118	The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HINE 119	U.S./Mid-East Policy: Post– World War II
HINE 120	Middle East in the New Century
HINE 126	Iranian Revolution in Historical Perspective
HINE 127	History of Modern Turkey
HINE 135GS	Introduction to Contemporary Israeli Society and Culture
HINE 136GS	Zionism and Post Zionism
HINE 144	Topics in Middle Eastern History
HINE 145	Islam and Science: The History of Science in the Middle East (600-1950)
HINE 160	Special Topics in the Bible and Ancient Near East
HINE 162	Anthropology & the Hebrew Bible
HINE 165	The Colonial Mandates in the Middle East
HINE 166	Nationalism in the Middle East
HINE 170	Special Topics in Jewish History
HINE 186	Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HINE 199	Independent Study in Near Eastern History
HITO 105	Jewish Modernity from 1648-1948

Jewish Studies

Course Number	Course Title
JWSP 102	Intermediate Hebrew Texts
JWSP 103	Advanced Hebrew Texts
JWSP 104	Practicum in Advanced Hebrew
JWSP 110	Introduction to Judaism
JWSP 111	Topics in Judaic Studies
JWSP 130	Introduction to the Old Testament: The Historical Books
JWSP 131	Introduction to the Old Testament: The Poetic Books

Linguistics

Course Number	Course Title
#LIHL 113	Armenian for Armenian Speakers
#LIHL 116F-W-P	Arabic for Arabic Speakers
#LIHL 117F-W-P	Persian for Persian Speakers
#LIHL 136	Advanced Arabic for Arabic Speakers
#LIHL 137F-W-P	Advanced Persian for Persian Speakers

Literature

Course Number	Course Title
LTWL 143	Arab Literatures and Cultures
LTWL 157	Iranian Film
LTWL 159	Digital Middle East: Culture, Politics, and Religion

Political Science

Course Number	Course Title
POLI 121	Government & Politics of the Middle East
POLI 121B	Politics in Israel
POLI 124	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sociology

Course Number	Course Title
SOCI 158	Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 188F	Modern Jewish Societies & Israeli Society
SOCI 188I	The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
SOCI 188O	Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

Last Updated: 08/09/22