21.4 Fall - MENAS - UG, G, FLAS

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1	MENAS 2021 Fall Undergraduate Course List
2	Approvals indicated on this list were relevant at the time of creation and may no longer be accurate. If you would like more information on a specific course, please reach out to your advisor.
3	The following list includes courses on topics related to the study of Middle Eastern and North African societies. Students electing the Academic Major or Minor in Middle Eastern and North African Studies should consult the MENAS advisor for approval of any course to be used toward the program. Independent study and directed reading courses may also be used toward a major or minor when appropriate. Please consult the LSA Course Guide (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/) and relevant departments for details. Courses in modern language departments are listed only when their topics are relevant to an understanding of the culture, history, and politics of Middle Eastern and North African societies. Students are invited to consult the LSA Course Guide for a complete list of language courses. The following list includes courses relating to the Modern Middle East and North Africa, many of which can be applied to MENAS master's degree. Courses marked as MENAS approved will count toward the maters degree program without further approval. MENAS related courses require approval from the MENAS advisor to be applied to a degree. Independent study and directed reading courses may also be used toward a MENAS degree when appropriate. Longer descriptions and additional information for each course can be found in the LSA Course Guide (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/) and relevant department for details. Courses at the 400 level must be approved by an advisor to be eligible for graduate credit.
4	UM Subject	Course/ Section	Title	Instructor	Credits	Level	MENAS Major	MENAS Minor	Anthro, Soc or Women Std	pre-1800 ME history	POLSCI 351, 352, 353	MENAS 493	Electives	MIRS Approved	MIRS Requires Further Approval	FLAS Pre-approved

5	RCCORE	100.002	First Year Seminar: Representing Islam	Crasnow, Sascha M	4	Undergrad
6	JUDAIC	150.001	First Year Seminar in Judaic Studies: Ancient Nature	Neis, Rachel Rafael	3	Undergrad
7	MIDEAST	200.001	Introduction to the Middle East: Issues in Race & Ethnicity	Babayan,Kathryn	4	Undergrad	prereq									x
8	MIDEAST	201.001	Madness, Medicine, and Magic in the Middle East	Crisostomo, Jay	4	Undergrad	x	x					x			x
9	HISTORY	242.001	Madness, Medicine, and Magic in the Middle East	Crisostomo, Jay	4	Undergrad	x	x					x			x
10	MIDEAST	207.001	The Land of Israel/Palestine through the Ages	Eliav, Yaron Z	4	Undergrad	x	x		x			x			x
11	RELIGION	277.001	The Land of Israel/Palestine through the Ages	Eliav, Yaron Z	4	Undergrad	x	x		x			x			x
12	MIDEAST	214.001	Collapse and Resilience: The Bronze Age in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean	DeGrado,Jessie	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x			x
13	JUDAIC	218.003	Humanities Topics in Judaism: Introduction to Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)	Mordoch,Gabriel	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
14	JUDAIC	517.001	Topics in Judaism: Introduction to Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)	Mordoch,Gabriel	3	Grad
15	MIDEAST	238.001	The Historical Jesus in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam	Boccaccini, Gabriele	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
16	JUDAIC	280.001	The Historical Jesus in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam	Boccaccini, Gabriele	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
17	RELIGION	280.001	The Historical Jesus in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam	Boccaccini, Gabriele	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
18	HISTORY	241.001	America and Middle Eastern Wars	Cole, Juan R	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
19	ISLAM	241.001	America and Middle Eastern Wars	Cole, Juan R	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
20	MIDEAST	246.001	History and Archaeology of Ancient Turkey to the Conquests of Alexander the Great	Beckman, Gary M	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x			x
21	HISTORY	273.001	History and Archaeology of Ancient Turkey to the Conquests of Alexander the Great	Beckman, Gary M	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x			x
22	JUDAIC	257.001	Ancient Law	Neis, Rachel Rafael (Rafe)	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
23	CLCIV	257.001	Ancient Law	Neis, Rachel Rafael (Rafe)	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
24	HISTORY	257.001	Ancient Law	Neis, Rachel Rafael (Rafe)	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
25	MIDEAST	276.001	What is Judaism?	Ginsburg,Elliot K	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
26	JUDAIC	205.001	What is Judaism?	Ginsburg,Elliot K	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
27	MIDEAST	280.001	Screening Jewish Cultures	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
28	AMCULT	204.005	Themes in American Culture: Screening Jewish Cultures	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
29	FTVM	250.001	Screening Jewish Cultures	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
30	JUDAIC	250.001	Screening Jewish Cultures	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x
31	MIDEAST	285.001	Visual Culture Islam	Gologlu,Sabiha	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
32	HISTART	285.001	Visual Culture Islam	Gologlu,Sabiha	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
33	ISLAM	285.001	Visual Culture Islam	Gologlu,Sabiha	4	Undergrad	x	x					x
34	MIDEAST	295.002	First Year Seminar in Middle East Studies: Connecting Life Stories, Connecting Lives: The Middle East and Beyond	Bardenstein, Carol B	3	Undergrad	x	x					x			x
35	MIDEAST	295.003	First Year Seminar in Middle East Studies: Sex and Gender in the Ancient Middle East	DeGrado,Jessie	3	Undergrad	x	x					x			x
36	STDABRD	301.001	CGIS: Arabic Language and Culture in Amman, Jordan - Internship Track	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
37	WGS	304.001	Gender and Immigration: Identity, Race, and Place	Fadlalla, Amal Hassan	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
38	AAS	304.001	Gender and Immigration: Identity, Race, and Place	Fadlalla, Amal Hassan	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
39	STDABRD	304.001	CGIS: Intensive Arabic Language and Culture in Amman, Jordan	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
40	STDABRD	305.001	CGIS: Language and Culture in Rabat, Morocco	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
41	MENAS	308.001	Conflict and Comics: Reframing the Middle East	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
42	INTLSTD	308.001	Conflict and Comics: Reframing the Middle East	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
43	MIDEAST	308.001	Conflict and Comics: Reframing the Middle East	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
44	HISTORY	309.001	After Alexander: The Hellenistic Age in the Mediterranean and the Near East	Moyer,Ian S	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x		x
45	MIDEAST	309.001	Sin, Sex, and Desire: Romance in the Middle East	Cross,Cameron	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x	x
46	ARABAM	311.003	Arab American Studies and the Humanities: Contemporary Film of Islamic World	Crasnow, Sascha M	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
47	ISLAM	392.001	Arab American Studies and the Humanities: Contemporary Film of Islamic World	Crasnow, Sascha M	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
48	RCHUMS	334.004	Arab American Studies and the Humanities: Contemporary Film of Islamic World	Crasnow, Sascha M	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
49	MIDEAST	319.001	History of the Ottoman Empire: The "Classical Age," (ca. 1300-1600)	Cipa, Hakki Erdem	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x		x	x
50	ISLAM	319.001	History of the Ottoman Empire: The "Classical Age," (ca. 1300-1600)	Cipa, Hakki Erdem	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x		x	x
51	HISTORY	306.001	History of the Ottoman Empire: The "Classical Age," (ca. 1300-1600)	Cipa, Hakki Erdem	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x		x	x
52	FTVM	321.001	Iranian Cinema: Re/Presenting a Nation	Cross,Cameron	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
53	MIDEAST	331.001	Iranian Cinema: Re/Presenting a Nation	Cross,Cameron	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
54	ISLAM	323.001	The Prophet Muhammad in Islam	Hagen,Gottfried J	3	Undergrad
55	MIDEAST	323.001	The Prophet Muhammad in Islam	Hagen,Gottfried J	3	Undergrad
56	MIDEAST	325.001	Introduction to Arab Literature in Translation	Le Gassick, Trevor	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
57	MIDEAST	326.001	The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Middle Eastern Literature and Film	Bardenstein, Carol B	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
58	HISTART	346.001	The Moving Image in the Middle Ages	Chatterjee, Paroma	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
59	RELIGION	346.001	The Moving Image in the Middle Ages	Chatterjee, Paroma	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
60	CLARCH	350.002	Topics in Classical Archaeology: Egypt & the Indo-Roman Trade	Soto Marin,Irene	3	Undergrad	x	x		x			x
61	POLSCI	352.001	How to be an Autocrat	Hassan, Mai	4	Undergrad	x	x			x
62	POLSCI	353.001	The Arab-Israeli Conflict	Tessler, Mark A	4	Undergrad	x	x			x				x	x
63	MIDEAST	356.001	Israeli Culture and Society: Borders and Border Crossing	Pinsker, Shachar	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
64	JUDAIC	373.001	Israeli Culture and Society: Borders and Border Crossing	Pinsker, Shachar	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
65	AAS	358.002	Topics in Black World Studies: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x
66	HISTORY	328.003	Humanities Topics in History: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x
67	MIDEAST	391.002	Humanities Topics in Middle East Studies: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x
68	INTLSTD	384.001	International and/or Comparative Topics in the Humanities: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x
69	JUDAIC	318.003	Humanities Topics in Judaism: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad	x	x	x				x		x
70	JUDAIC	360.001	A Global History of the Jews of Spain	Mays,Devi Elizabeth	3	Undergrad	x						x
71	MIDEAST	386.001	A Global History of the Jews of Spain	Mays,Devi Elizabeth	3	Undergrad	x						x
72	COMPLIT	374.001	Literature and the Body: Sin, Sex and Desire: Romance in the Middle East	Cross,Cameron	3-4	Undergrad									x	x
73	COMPLIT	382.001	Literature and the Other Arts: Conflict and Comics: Reframing the Middle East	Barzilai,Maya	3	Undergrad									x	x
74	ARABAM	384.001	Islamophobia: Not a Phobia: Racializing Islam & Anti-Muslim Bias	Khalil,Nancy	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
75	AMCULT	384.001	Islamophobia: Not a Phobia: Racializing Islam & Anti-Muslim Bias	Khalil,Nancy	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
76	ARMENIAN	389.001	From Natives to Foreigners: Armenians in Turkey and the Diaspora	Al-Rustom,Hakem Amer	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
77	HISTORY	389.001	From Natives to Foreigners: Armenians in Turkey and the Diaspora	Al-Rustom,Hakem Amer	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
78	MIDEAST	389.001	From Natives to Foreigners: Armenians in Turkey and the Diaspora	Al-Rustom,Hakem Amer	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
79	MIDEAST	391.001	Humanities Topics in Middle East Studies: Jews in Roman Bathhouses	Eliav,Yaron Z	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
80	CLARCH	350.003	Topics in Classical Archaeology: Jews in Roman Bathhouses	Eliav,Yaron Z	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
81	HISTART	393.002	Undergraduate Seminar: Arts of the Silk Roads	Miller, Bryan	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
82	HISTART	393.005	Undergraduate Seminar: Art and Resistance: Global Responses to Oppression	Crasnow, Sascha M	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
83	RCHUMS	334.005	Undergraduate Seminar: Art and Resistance: Global Responses to Oppression	Crasnow, Sascha M	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
84	HISTORY	399.001	Topics in History: Islam and the West	Fancy,Hussein Anwar	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x
85	AMCULT	405.001	Topics in American Culture: Islam in Graphic Novels	Khan,Aliyah R	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
86	ARABAM	405.001	Topics in Arab American Studies: Islam in Graphic Novels	Khan,Aliyah R	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
87	ENGLISH	398.001	Junior Seminar in English Studies: Islam in Graphic Novels	Khan,Aliyah R	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
88	ISLAM	390.001	Topics in Islamic Studies: Islam in Graphic Novels	Khan,Aliyah R	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
89	HEBREW	410.001	Topics in Modern Hebrew Language: Israel Inside Out	Raz,Adi	3	All	x	x					x	x		x
90	ISLAM	411.001	Islamic Movements in Comparative Perspective	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x					x	x
91	MIDEAST	411.001	Islamic Movements in Comparative Perspective	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x					x	x
92	REEES	411.001	Islamic Movements in Comparative Perspective	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x					x	x
93	ISLAM	424.001	Islamic Intellectual History	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x		x			x	x
94	MIDEAST	424.001	Islamic Intellectual History	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x		x			x	x
95	RELIGION	461.001	Islamic Intellectual History	Knysh,Alexander D	3	All	x	x		x			x	x
96	POLSCI	436.001	Research Seminar on Middle East Politics and Society	Tessler, Mark A	3	Undergrad	x	x					x		x	x
97	HISTORY	441.001	Topics in History: HistoryLabs 1: Immigrant Justice Lab	Hoffnung-Garskof, Jesse E	3	Undergrad
98	ANTHRCUL	450.001	Anthropologies of Insurgency: Bandits, Rebels and Freedom Fighters	McGovern, Michael	3	All	x	x	x				x		x
99	AAS	458.006	Issues in Black World Studies: Cartographies of Race: Historical Approaches to Examining Race/Racism	Roby,Bryan Karle	3	All	x	x	x				x	x
100	MIDEAST	492.003	Mini-course in Middle Eastern Studies: China and the Middle East: Commodities, Ecology, Infrastructure	Li,Xiaoyue	2	Undergrad									x