The Middle East Studies Certificate is a credential for students who have studied the history and culture of the Middle East from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Requiring a minimum of 12 upper-division credits after the completion of pre-requisites, the MEST Certificate can complement your major or stand alone as a post baccalaureate credential.
Contact MEST Coordinator:
Camron Michael Amin, camamin@umich.edu, 313-436-9171
Information on the MEST Certificate
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Pre-requisites and Requirements
Required pre-requisites: Hist 101 or 102 or 103 and Comp 106
Course options and certificate notes and guidelines
Earning the certificate requires a minimum of 12 upper-division credit hours selected from among Menu A (history) and Menu B (non-history) courses. No more than 9 credit hours can be from Menu A. No more than 6 credit hours can be from Menu B.
All work will be at the 300+ level and only 3 hours may be shared with another major, minor, or certificate. There will be GPA criteria for admission and posting of the certificate.
If you are interested please see Prof. Amin in 1270 SSB, camamin@umich.edu, fall 2016. -
Program Goals
Students who complete the MEST should be able to demonstrate:
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The ability to formulate viable research projects in Middle East Studies.
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The ability to contextualize that research within the scholarly literature of Middle East Studies generally and relevant subfields (e.g. History, Anthropology).
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Faculty and Staff
Assistant Professor, English
gzeinedd@umich.edu
Associate Professor, Philosophy
iaijaz@umich.edu
Professor, History
camamin@umich.edu
Associate Professor, History
bawardi@umich.edu
Lecture IV, Arabic
rdika@umich.edu
Associate Professor, History
sfhowell@umich.edu
Associate Professor, Arabic
fkawth@umich.edu
Associate Professor, History
arasan@umich.edu
Professor, Political Science
rstock@umich.edu
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
wellmanr@umich.edu
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Course Offerings
Summer 2018
Menu A Courses
HIST/WGST 338: Women and Islam in Middle Eastern History (CRN: 31363)
Online Summer I 2018 (May-June) Instructor: Camron Michael Amin DDC: Upper-Level Writing; Intersections; Social and Behavioral Analysis Menu B Courses
MCL 390a: The Qur'an: An Introduction (CRN: 31433)
6:00-8:45 PM Summer I 2018 (May-June) Instructor: Rifaat Dika DDC: None Fall 2018
Menu A Courses
HIST 4515: Culture and History in Modern Iran (Hybrid (001): CRN:13044)
12:30 - 1:45 PM W Fall 2018
Instructor: Camron Michael Amin DDC: Capstone; Intersections HIST 4515: Culture and History in Modern Iran (Online (002): CRN: 13045)
Online Fall 2018 Instructor: Camron Michael Amin DDC: Capstone; Intersections HIST 3520: Lebanon in the Modern Middle East (CRN: 12781)
2:00-3:15 PM MW Fall 2018
Instructor: Ara Sanjian DDC: Critical and Creative Thinking, Social and Behavioral Analysis Menu B Courses
PHIL 306: Islamic Philosophy (CRN: 12887)
2:00-3:155 PM MW Fall 2018 Instructor: Imran Aijaz DDC:None
ARBC 301: Higher Intermediate Arabic (CRN: 10690)
3:30-4:45 PM TR Fall 2018 Instructor: TBA DDC: None
ARBC 351: Contemporary Arabic Literature (CRN: 12869)
3:30-4:45 PM MW Fall 2018 Instructor: Rifaat Dika DDC: Critical and Creative Thinking AAST 3150: Introduction to Arab American Studies (CRN: 11667)
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM TR Fall 2018 Instructor: Sally Howell DDC: Intersections AAST 473: Arab American Women Writers (CRN: 13061)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM MW Fall 2018 Instructor: Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine DDC: Humanities and the Arts, Intersections ANTH 373: Anthropological Perspectives on the Middle East (CRN: 12243)
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM MW Fall 2018 Instructor: Rose Wellman DDC: None