Program
Middle Eastern Studies Program offers an undergraduate interdisciplinary major

Five Colleges, Inc., is the five college consortium of UMass and Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges. The consortium provides easy cross-registration and free bus service which enable UMass students to take courses augmenting the UMass Middle East studies curriculum in the disciplines of art history, economics, history, international relations, political science, religion, and sociology.

Degrees Offered
BA
major
minor
Five-College certificate

Middle East Languages
Arabic (all levels)
Modern Hebrew (all levels)
Elementary Turkish is available in a self-taught program offered through Five Colleges, Inc.

Courses
Arabic
All levels

Art History
History of Islamic Art and Architecture I, II
History of Islamic Carpets
special topics

Classics
Near Eastern Mythology
Egyptian and Indo-Iranian Mythology

Hebrew
Israeli Literature in Translation

History
Civilization of Islam I, II
Middle Eastern History I, II
The Crusades
Ottoman History
Modern Middle Eastern History
Seminar in Nationalism in the Middle East
Seminar in Imperialism in the Middle East
Islamic Revolutionary Movements
special topics

Political Science
Government and Politics of the Middle East

Sociology
Religion and Revolution in Iran
Critical Perspectives on Middle Eastern Societies

Women's Studies
Arab Women in Fiction
Women in the Middle East

Faculty
Arabic
Tayeb El-Hibri
Mohammed Jiyad

Art History
Walter Denny

Hebrew
Shmuel Bolozky

History
Audrey Alstadt
Mary C. Wilson

Political Science
Anwar Syed
David Mednicof

Women's Studies
Sima Fahid

Additional faculty through the Five College, Inc:
History:
Aaron Berman
Keith Lewinstein
Gordon Levin

Politics:
Donna Divine
Suhail Hashimi
Gregory White

Religion:
Jamal Elias
Marion Katz

Economics:
Karen Pfeifer

Sociology:
Ali Mirsepassi

Special Features
UMASS encourages participation in study abroad programs and has a special arrangement with the American University in Cairo.

Inquiries
Catalogue requests:
Admissions Office
University Admissions Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003
413-545-0222