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Minor in Middle Eastern Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

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Program
Award
Minor
CIP
05.0108
Total credits (published)
72
Credits (computed from items)
72
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166683
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166683_129039f6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Area I: Language 1

2 items
  1. Two intermediate (Levels III and IV) subjects in one of the following Middle Eastern languages are required: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish.
    Not resolved to a course
    24
  2. Select four subjects from at least two of the following areas: 2
    Not resolved to a course
    48

Area II: Humanities and the Arts

0 items

    Select from among the following:

    2 items
    1. 4.614
      Introduction to Islamic Architecture
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WGS.220[J]
      Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
      Not resolved to a course

    Area III: Social Sciences

    0 items

      Select from among the following:

      5 items
      1. 3.981
        Communities of the Living and the Dead: the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
        Not resolved to a course
      2. 3.993
        Archaeology of the Middle East
        Not resolved to a course
      3. 17.565
        Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity
        Not resolved to a course
        or: 17.567 Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity
      4. 21H.260
        Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society
        Not resolved to a course
      5. 21H.381[J]
        Women and War
        Not resolved to a course

      Area IV: Historical Studies

      0 items

        Select from among the following:

        5 items
        1. 21H.160
          Islam, the Middle East, and the West
          Not resolved to a course
        2. 21H.161
          The Modern Middle East
          Not resolved to a course
        3. 21H.261
          Modern Iran: A Century of Revolution
          Not resolved to a course
        4. 21H.262
          Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
          Not resolved to a course
        5. 21H.365
          Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East
          Not resolved to a course
        Source. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, catalog 2026 — https://catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/undergraduate-programs/minors/middle-eastern-studies/. Captured page pages/0153.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.