{"id":398,"date":"2022-12-08T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:08:18","slug":"the-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/the-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Major in Middle East Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          B.A. in Middle East Studies\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Our Major\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This major is an interdisciplinary degree with an emphasis on the pressing problems of globalization and the environment of the peoples, cultures, and societies of the Middle East. Its courses offer students interested in exploring the richness and complexity of the Middle East, broadly defined as extending from Morocco through Iran, a framework for developing both expertise and wide-ranging critical perspectives on the region\u2019s past, present, and future. The variety of courses allows students to build on their firm grounding in at least one of the region\u2019s languages and pursue their research interests in their capstone projects.<\/p>\n<p>Nine total courses are required for the major. No more than two courses may be counted toward this major and another major. Students participating in USC Overseas Studies programs should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies to discuss course selection for the major. Students must meet with a Faculty Mentor from the department upon declaring a major in Middle East Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Learning Objectives\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>-Offer foundational knowledge of the geography, cultures, and history of the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p>-Provide rigorous training in a range of social science and humanities approaches from history, economics, political science, geography, and international relations to literary and cultural criticism.<\/p>\n<p>-Develop critical thinking skills that enable the student to place recent and current regional events in context.<\/p>\n<p>-Enhance students\u2019 ability to question non-scholarly accounts of the region\u2019s past and present.<\/p>\n<p>-Deliver firm grounding in at least one of the region\u2019s languages: 4th semester proficiency in Arabic, Hebrew, or Persian.<\/p>\n<p>-Train students to conduct informed research on the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Academic Advising\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"col-sub-section\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">To speak to a college advisor about your interests, contact Daquan Bass (<a class=\"ms-outlook-linkify\" href=\"mailto:dbass@usc.edu\">dbass@usc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Adding an Arabic Minor\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>For students interested in majoring in Middle East Studies<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>and<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>minoring in Arabic, please note that in addition to ARAB 252 and MDES 201,\u00a0 you must select seven upper-division courses for the MDES major from outside the ARAB prefix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"background-images\">\n          <div class=\"swiper swiper-background-images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n           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Language (1 Course)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All MDES majors must demonstrate fourth semester competency in a Middle Eastern language. This can be achieved through placement, transfer credits from other institutions (subject to approval by the MDES Curriculum Committee), from study abroad, or through successfully completing the level IV Arabic (ARAB 252), Hebrew (HEBR 315) or Persian (IRAN 250) courses at USC. Students who place out of the requirement to take ARAB 252, HEBR 315, or IRAN 250 must take an additional elective course.<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 252 Arabic IV*<\/p>\n<p>HEBR 315 Modern Hebrew Language (Hebrew IV)*<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 250 Persian IV*<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Required Course &#8211; Lower Division (1 Course)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All students must take the following course.<\/p>\n<p>MDES 201 The Middle East: Global and Environmental Perspectives\u00a0<em>(GE-G)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Required Courses &#8211; Upper Division<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(2 Courses)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAll students must take the following two courses.<\/p>\n<p>MDES 301 The Global Middle East\u00a0<em>(GE-C)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. Concentration I (2 Courses)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must take at least two courses from this list, one of which must be an MDES course.<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 334 Media Arabic<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 349 Ancient Empires<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean in an Age of Expansion<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt<\/p>\n<p>COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the Self<\/p>\n<p>COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics\/Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose<\/p>\n<p>HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 325 Business Persian<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II<\/p>\n<p>MDES 312 Medieval Iran: Society and Culture<\/p>\n<p>MDES 313 Modern Iran<\/p>\n<p>MDES 316 The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and India\u00a0<em>(GE-H)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 320 Arabic Literature: Classical to Contemporary <em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 324 Persian Literature<\/p>\n<p>MDES 325 Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran\u00a0<em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern Turkey<\/p>\n<p>MDES 343 Modern Arab Culture and Literature\u00a0<em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>V. Concentration II (2 Courses)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must take at least two courses from this list, one of which must be an MDES course.<\/p>\n<p>ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East<\/p>\n<p>IR 363 Middle East Political Economy<\/p>\n<p>IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues<\/p>\n<p>MDES 314 Politics, Ideologies, Cultures of the Global South <em>(GE-H)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 342 Arab Intellectuals in Question\u00a0<em>(GE-C)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 345 Power and Authority in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 355 The Arab-Israeli Conflict <em>(GE-C)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 403\u00a0Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology, Development and the Struggle for Power<\/p>\n<p>MDES 441 Cities of the Middle East\u00a0<em>(GE-G)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>POSC 351 Middle East Politics<\/p>\n<p><strong>VI. Elective Courses (1 Course)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must also take one upper-division course, chosen from the list below. Students who place out of the requirement to take ARAB 252, HEBR 315 or IRAN 250 must take two elective courses.<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 334 Media Arabic<\/p>\n<p>ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 349 Ancient Empires<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean in an Age of Expansion<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt<\/p>\n<p>COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the Self<\/p>\n<p>COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics\/Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose<\/p>\n<p>ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>FREN 448 France and Islam<\/p>\n<p>HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History<\/p>\n<p>IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East<\/p>\n<p>IR 363 Middle East Political Economy<\/p>\n<p>IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 325 Business Persian<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II<\/p>\n<p>JS 314 Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims\u00a0<em>(GE-B and GE-H)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 312 Medieval Iran: Society and Culture<\/p>\n<p>MDES 313 Modern Iran<\/p>\n<p>MDES 314 Politics, Ideologies, Cultures of the Global South <em>(GE-H)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 316 The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and India\u00a0<em>(GE-H)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 320 Arabic Literature: Classical to Contemporary <em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 324 Persian Literature<\/p>\n<p>MDES 325 Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran\u00a0<em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern Turkey<\/p>\n<p>MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 342 Arab Intellectuals in Question\u00a0<em>(GE-C)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 343 Modern Arab Culture and Literature\u00a0<em>(GE-B)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 345 Power and Authority in the Middle East\u00a0<em>(GE-H)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 355 The Arab-Israeli Conflict <em>(GE-C)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 403 Technology, Development and Power in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 441 Cities of the Middle East\u00a0<em>(GE-G)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>POSC 351 Middle East Politics<\/p>\n<p>REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concentration I and II courses may not be double counted as elective courses. MDES 490 and 492 may only be taken by departmental approval.<\/p>\n<p>*Counts as an upper division course for the major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-LSnS9pbVue\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-LSnS9pbVue\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Iranian Studies Concentration<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-LSnS9pbVue\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-LSnS9pbVue\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><em><strong>I.<\/strong>\u00a0Students wishing to pursue an Iranian Studies concentration must demonstrate fourth-semester proficiency in the Persian language. This can be achieved through placement, transfer credits (subject to approval), from study abroad, or through successfully completing the level IV Persian (IRAN 250) course at USC. Students who place out of the requirement to take IRAN 250 must take an additional elective course.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>IRAN 250 Persian IV<\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Orientation courses:<\/strong>\u00a0all students must take the following courses<\/p>\n<p>MDES 201 The Middle East: Global and Environmental Perspectives<\/p>\n<p>[AFTER] AND<\/p>\n<p>MDES 213 Iran: From Antiquity to Modernity (GE-C)<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>MDES 312 Medieval Iran: Society and Culture<\/p>\n<p><strong>III.\u00a0Required Upper Division:\u00a0<\/strong>all students must take the following course<\/p>\n<p>MDES 313 Modern Iran<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. Topical Courses<\/strong>: students must take at least three courses from this list. IR 363, MDES 375, and POSC 351 require departmental approval.<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I<\/p>\n<p>IR 363 Middle East Political Economy<\/p>\n<p>MDES 301 The Global Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 314 Politics, Ideologies, Cultures of the Global South<\/p>\n<p>MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 345 Power and Authority in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 403 Technology, Development and Power in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 441 Cities of the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>POSC 351 Middle East Politics<\/p>\n<p><strong>V. Elective:<\/strong>\u00a0Students must take one course from the list below. Students who place out of language requirements must take two elective courses.<\/p>\n<p>CLAS 349 Ancient Empires<\/p>\n<p>ECON 341 Economic Development of the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>HIST 480 Seminar in the Middle East History<\/p>\n<p>IR 363 Middle East Political Economy<\/p>\n<p>IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 325 Business Persian<\/p>\n<p>IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II<\/p>\n<p>MDES 312 Medieval Iran: Society and Culture<\/p>\n<p>MDES 314 Politics, Ideologies, Cultures of the Global South<\/p>\n<p>MDES 316 The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and India<\/p>\n<p>MDES 324 Persian Literature<\/p>\n<p>MDES 325 Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran<\/p>\n<p>MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 345 Power and Authority in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 403 Technology, Development and Power in the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>MDES 441 Cities of the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>POSC 351 Middle East Politics<\/p>\n<p><strong>VI. Capstone Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must take the following course. After taking at least one upper-level course, students are required to produce a substantial piece of original and informed research employing sources in the Persian language.<\/p>\n<p>MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quote \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quote\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          From our student\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Coco Zhang is a double major in Middle East Studies and Computer Science. 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