Programs
Departments:
Anthropology
History
Religious Studies

Degrees Offered
BA
MA

Middle Eastern Languages
Arabic (two years)
Hebrew (two years)

Courses
Anthropology
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Civilization of the Ancient Near East
Ancient Semitic Languages and Their Inscriptions
Archeology of the Ancient Near East
Archeology of Ancient Egypt
Biblical Archeology
Egyptian Hieroglyphics

History
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
History of the Byzantine Empire
History of the Mediterranean World, 1099-1571
The Medieval Near East, 500-1600
The Modern Near East, 1600-present
Seminar in Middle Eastern History
Readings in Ancient History
Readings in Medieval History
Readings in Third World History

Religious Studies
World Religions, Western
Judaism
Topics in Judaism
Islam
Sufism
Islam in the Modern World

Continuing Education
Beginning Arabic I and Ii
Intermediate Arabic I and II
Beginning Hebrew I and II
Intermediate Hebrew I and II

Faculty
Anthropology
Boulos Ayad (Ancient Languages and Near Eastern Archeology)

Continuing Education
Uri Neil (Hebrew)
Nadia Turk (Arabic)

Geography
James L. Wescot (cultural geography of the Islamic world)

History
Stephen Epstein (History of the Mediterranean)
Robert Hohlfelder (Ancient and Byzantine History)
James Jankowski (Modern Middle Eastern history)

Religious Studies
Ira Chernus (Judaic studies)

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Contact the individual department

Inquiries
Department of Anthropology
Boulos Ayad
Campus Box 233
303-492-6064

Department of Religious Studies
Frederick M. Denny
Campus Box 292
303-492-6358
frederick.denny@colorado.edu

Department of History
James Jankowski
Campus Box 234
303-492-2353
james.jankowski@colorado.edu