Program
various courses in Middle East studies 

Degrees Offered
BA
BS
MA
PhD
(degrees offered either in disciplinary departments or as interdisciplinary program)

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Beginning to Advanced)
Hebrew (Beginning to Advanced)
Swahili (Beginning to Advanced)

Courses
History
Ancient Near Eastern History
The Middle East from the Romans to the Mongols
The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire
History of India (includes Mughul empire)
African History to 1800 (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and others)
West African History since 1800 (includes Islam and Muslim dynasties)
Islam in the Maghreb

History of Art
Early Christian and Byzantine Art (to fall of Constantinople in 1453)
Art and Architecture of India (includes Mughal)
Art of West Africa (includes Islamic)

Integrative Studies
Cultural Traditions of the Middle East

James Madison College
Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Middle East
Jews and Anti-Semitism

Music
Music of South Asia (includes Pakistani)
Music of West Africa (includes Islamic)

Religious Studies
Islam
Judaism
Hebrew Bible
Religion and Society in the Ancient Near East
Archeology of the Near East
Muhammad and the Qur’an
Islam and Politics
Modern Jewish Thought
African Religion (includes Islam)
Comparative Studies in Religion (includes Islam and Judaism)

Romance Languages
Francophone Cultures and Civilizations (includes Maghreb)
Francophone Literatures of the Third World (includes Maghreb)

Faculty
Arabic
Malik Balla (Modern Standard Arabic)
Grover Hudson (comparative African linguistics)

Hebrew
John T. Greene (Modern, Biblical)

History
Alan W. Fisher (Middle East and Ottoman -- includes Eastern Europe and Central Asia)
Harold G. Marcus (Ethiopia, Somalia)
David W. Robinson (West Africa, Islam)

Political Science
Mohammed Ayoob, James Madison College (global regional conflict)
Michael Rubner (Arab-Israeli relations)
Kenneth A. Waltzer (Anti-Semitism and Jewish issues)

Religious Studies
Robert T. Anderson (Hebrew Bible and Samaritan studies)
Alford T. Welch (Ancient Near Eastern and Middle East history of religions, Arabic and Islamic studies)

Romance Languages
Kenneth D. Harrow (North African Francophone literature and film)

Special Features
Strong African Studies Center, with all the major languages
active overseas studies programs in the Middle East
interdisciplinary programs available for undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as degrees in specific disciplines