Required: The first-year course in Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish. Students must also obtain reading proficiency in French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish as demonstrated by completing six quarter courses or the equivalent in the language of their choice. Students may substitute for the European language requirement Program in Computing 1 and one course from Economics 40, Political Science 6, Psychology 41, Sociology 18, or Statistics 50, plus one course from Geography 171, Political Science 102, Psychology 142, or Sociology 112. Also required are History 9D and four courses from History 1A, 1B, 1C, Anthropology 8, 9, Art History 104A, Economics 1, 2, Geography 3, Political Science 20, 50, Sociology 1.
Required: Sixteen courses as follows: (1) completion of the advanced level or equivalent in the same language taken in lower division; (2) History 106A-106B-106C and three additional courses in the history of the Near East, two of which are related to the major language; (3) four courses (two of which must be in the same discipline) from Ancient Near East M104A, M104B, Anthropology 110, Art History M102A, M102B, 104B, C104C, 105E, Economics 110, 111, 112, 190, Ethnomusicology 20B, 130, Geography 187, 188, Political Science 132A, 132B, 157, Sociology 187. This program may be modified in exceptional cases with consent of the adviser.
For further information, contact Irene A. Bierman at the program address.