Recommended Area Studies Courses
Recommended Area Studies Courses for FLAS
All students enrolled at the University of Utah during the duration of the FLAS fellowship must take at least one area studies course per semester.
For FLAS purposes, an area studies course dedicates a minimum of 25% of its content on Middle Easter related topics. Many of the courses on this list count towards Middle East Studies, International Studies, or language majors and minors.
The University also offers a variety of FLAS-eligible graduate-level courses. They are available through many departments, including independent study and cross-listed courses.
The following list is not comprehensive. If you are interested in taking a course that is not on this list, please contact the FLAS coordinator (flas@utah.edu) for approval.
Course List
ANTH 2035 Religiosity in the Middle East & US
ANTH 3131 Peoples & Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 3328 Anthropological Archaeology Ancient Near East
ANTH 3329 Anthropological Archaeology Ancient Egypt
ECON 5400 Middle East Economic History
MID E 4780 Economics of Middle East & North Africa
GEOG 3650 Geography of the Middle East
HIST 1450 Middle East Civilization: Islam Origins & Empires, 600-1800
HIST 1460 Middle East Civilization: Modern Period
HIST 3392 Islamic Spain
HIST 3398 The History of the Middle East
POLS 3420 Islam & Politics
POLS 3440 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
POLS 5085 Islam & Democracy
