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Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Minor in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements MELCMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Language or Culture Focus. One (1) of the following options:
    • Language Focus.
      1. Language Requirement. Two (2) courses in one (1) language (requirement cannot be satisfied through testing):
        • Arabic Language
          • MELC-A 200 Intermediate Arabic I
          • MELC-A 204 Intermediate Arabic Writing
          • MELC-A 218 Arabic Music
          • MELC-A 222 Arabic Pronunciation
          • MELC-A 226 Arabic Cuisine
          • MELC-A 228 Arabic Calligraphy
          • MELC-A 250 Intermediate Arabic II
          • MELC-A 300 Advanced Arabic I
          • MELC-A 310 Gulf Arabic I
          • MELC-A 315 Gulf Arabic II
          • MELC-A 320 Levantine Arabic I
          • MELC-A 325 Levantine Arabic II
          • MELC-A 330 Moroccan Arabic I
          • MELC-A 332 Arabic for Business
          • MELC-A 335 Moroccan Arabic II
          • MELC-A 336 Arabic for Public Speaking
          • MELC-A 338 Arabic Debate
          • MELC-A 340 Egyptian Arabic I
          • MELC-A 342 Advanced Arabic Reading
          • MELC-A 344 Advanced Arabic Writing
          • MELC-A 345 Egyptian Arabic II
          • MELC-A 350 Advanced Arabic II
          • MELC-A 400 Advanced Arabic III
          • MELC-A 450 Advanced Arabic IV
          • MELC-A 455 Advanced Media Arabic
          • MELC-A 465 Arab Women
          • MELC-A 475 Minorities in the Middle East
          • MELC-A 484 Contemporary Arab Cinema
          • MELC-A 485 Arab Culture Through Music
          • MELC-A 495 Daily Life in the Arab World
        • Persian Language
          • CEUS-T 351 Advanced Persian I
          • CEUS-T 352 Advanced Persian II
        • Turkish Language
          • CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
          • CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
          • CEUS-T 381 Advanced Turkish I
          • CEUS-T 382 Advanced Turkish II
          • CEUS-T 485 Media Turkish I
          • CEUS-T 486 Media Turkish II
          • CEUS-T 487 Classical Turkish: Ottoman
          • CEUS-T 489 Advanced Readings and Communication in Turkish
      2. Related Content. At least three (3) additional credit hours in courses that cover content related to the language chosen to fulfill the language requirement.
    • Culture Focus.
      • Islamic Studies and Near Eastern Civilization. 15 credit hours:
        • MELC-A 202 Intermediate Arabic Reading
        • MELC-A 200 Intermediate Arabic I
        • MELC-A 204 Intermediate Arabic Writing
        • MELC-A 218 Arabic Music
        • MELC-A 222 Arabic Pronunciation
        • MELC-A 226 Arabic Cuisine
        • MELC-A 228 Arabic Calligraphy
        • MELC-A 250 Intermediate Arabic II
        • MELC-A 300 Advanced Arabic I
        • MELC-A 310 Gulf Arabic I
        • MELC-A 315 Gulf Arabic II
        • MELC-A 320 Levantine Arabic I
        • MELC-A 325 Levantine Arabic II
        • MELC-A 330 Moroccan Arabic I
        • MELC-A 332 Arabic for Business
        • MELC-A 335 Moroccan Arabic II
        • MELC-A 336 Arabic for Public Speaking
        • MELC-A 338 Arabic Debate
        • MELC-A 340 Egyptian Arabic I
        • MELC-A 342 Advanced Arabic Reading
        • MELC-A 344 Advanced Arabic Writing
        • MELC-A 345 Egyptian Arabic II
        • MELC-A 350 Advanced Arabic II
        • MELC-A 400 Advanced Arabic III
        • MELC-A 450 Advanced Arabic IV
        • MELC-A 455 Advanced Media Arabic
        • MELC-A 465 Arab Women
        • MELC-A 475 Minorities in the Middle East
        • MELC-A 484 Contemporary Arab Cinema
        • MELC-A 485 Arab Culture Through Music
        • MELC-A 495 Daily Life in the Arab World
        • MELC-E 200 Intermediate Middle Egyptian
        • MELC-E 201 Egypt of the Pharaohs: History and Civilization of Ancient Egypt
        • MELC-E 250 Late Egyptian: Grammar and Texts
        • MELC-E 300 Demotic Egyptian I: Grammar and Script
        • MELC-E 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt
        • MELC-E 306 Topics in Egyptology
        • MELC-E 350 Demotic Egyptian II: Persian and Ptolemaic Texts
        • MELC-M 203 Topics in Middle Eastern History
        • MELC-M 204 Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society
        • MELC-M 205 Topics in Middle Eastern Literature
        • MELC-M 206 Modern Arab Culture
        • MELC-M 207 Topics in Islamic Studies
        • MELC-M 213 World of Late Antiquity
        • MELC-M 214 Multiple Voices of Israeli Society
        • MELC-M 215 Middle East Before Islam
        • MELC-M 216 Israeli Inequality in Context
        • MELC-M 233 The Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
        • MELC-M 239 US Foreign Policy and the Muslim World
        • MELC-M 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
        • MELC-M 265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
        • MELC-M 268 Military History of the Middle East
        • MELC-M 302 The Greek and Roman Near East
        • MELC-M 303 Issues in Middle Eastern History
        • MELC-M 304 Issues in Middle Eastern Culture and Society
        • MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
        • MELC-M 306 Topics in Middle Eastern Studies
        • MELC-M 307 Issues in Islamic Studies
        • MELC-M 308 The Arabic Novel
        • MELC-M 312 Arabic Grammar
        • MELC-M 314 ISIS & Terrorism
        • MELC-M 315 Ancient Greek and Near Eastern Religions
        • MELC-M 320 Islam in the Eyes of the West
        • MELC-M 324 Introduction to Arabic Linguistics
        • MELC-M 329 Arabic Phonetics and Phonology
        • MELC-M 334 What is Middle Eastern? Perspectives Gained through Comparison with Israel
        • MELC-M 339 Middle Eastern Politics
        • MELC-M 347 Rise of Eastern Rome
        • MELC-M 348 Byzantium
        • MELC-M 350 Modern Iran
        • MELC-M 361 Islamic Feminisms
        • MELC-M 365 Islamic Philosophy
        • MELC-M 370 Koranic Studies
        • MELC-M 391 War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition
        • MELC-M 392 Islam and Modernity
        • MELC-M 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
        • MELC-M 400 Modern Arabic Literature and Culture
        • MELC-M 477 Arabic Pragmatics
        • MELC-M 488 Arabic Second Language Acquisition
        • MELC-M 498 Introduction to Arabic Pedagogy
        • ARTH-A 327 Survey of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Art
        • CEUS-T 251 Intermediate Persian I
        • CEUS-T 252 Intermediate Persian II
        • CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
        • CEUS-T 351 Advanced Persian I
        • CEUS-T 352 Advanced Persian II
        • CEUS-T 381 Advanced Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 382 Advanced Turkish II
        • CMLT-C 370 Comparative Studies in Western and Middle Eastern Literatures
        • FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
        • JSTU-B 150 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II
        • JSTU-B 200 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
        • JSTU-B 250 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
        • JSTU-C 240 Contemporary Israeli Culture
        • JSTU-H 200 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
        • JSTU-H 250 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
        • JSTU-H 296 Foreign Study in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
        • JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II
        • JSTU-H 365 Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition
        • JSTU-H 375 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
        • JSTU-H 396 Foreign Study in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
        • JSTU-L 270 Coming to America: History and Memory of Immigration in Jewish Literature
        • JSTU-L 377 Victims and Avengers: Readings in the Holocaust Literature of Israel (in English Translation)
        • JSTU-L 380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English
        • JSTU-L 385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English
        • JSTU-L 390 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature
        • JSTU-L 395 S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience
        • JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew
        • POLS-Y 102 International Political Controversies
        • POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science
  2. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

  • Any course at the 100–499 level with the MELC subject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent
  • Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
  • Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
Exclusions

The following courses cannot be applied toward minor requirements:

  • MELC-A 100 Elementary Arabic I
  • MELC-A 150 Elementary Arabic II
  • MELC-E 100 Elementary Hieroglyphic Egyptian I
  • MELC-E 150 Elementary Hieroglyphic Egyptian II
  • CEUS-T 151 Introductory Persian I
  • CEUS-T 152 Introductory Persian II
  • CEUS-T 181 Introductory Turkish I
  • CEUS-T 182 Introductory Turkish II
  • JSTU-H 100 Elementary Modern Hebrew I
  • JSTU-H 150 Elementary Modern Hebrew II
  • JSTU-H 190

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.