FALL 2020

• AHS 126: Sultans and Saints: The Visual and Material Culture of Islam in South Asia
• HIST 30: Introduction to Middle East History

WINTER 2021             

• Arabic 1:  Elementary Arabic
• AHS 013: Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World
• RLST 150: Islam in Southeast Asia
• RLST 151: Reading the Qur’an

SPRING 2021

• AHS 263: Seminar in Islamic Art and Culture
• Spanish 193: Senior Seminar for Spanish majors (topic: Spanish Islam, including aljamiado cultural production) though primarily intended for Spanish majors and requiring prior knowledge of Spanish, open to interested MEIS students
• GSST 162: Modern Issues in Modern Muslim’s Thought
• RLST 249: Public Religious Discourses in Modern Islam

FALL 2019 

• HIST 122: Survey of Modern Middle East History
• CWPA 252G: The Art of the Essay
• CRWT 146: Outcasts and Outsiders in Fiction
• ARBC 001 & 003: Elementary Arabic 1
• ARBC 004: Intermediate Arabic 4

WINTER 2020

• HIST 197: Urban Transformation in the Middle East
• RLST 201: Thinking of Religion: Classical Theories of Religion
• AHS 126: Sultans and Saints: The Visual and Material Culture of Islam in South Asia
• CRWT 134: Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop
• ARBC001: Arabic 2
• ARBC005: Arabic 5

SPRING 2020 

• HIST 278: Early Modern Empires in the Middle East
• HASS 102 (The McSweeney-Mc Cauley Seminar): Gender and Revolution in the Arab World 
• RLST 149: Southeast Asian Religions
• AHS 013: Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World
• ARBC 002: Arabic 3
• ARBC006: Arabic 6

FALL 2018

• HIST 197/MEIS 199  Research Seminar on the Ottoman Empire (Fariba Zarinebaf) 
• HIST 121  Middle East from 1200-1800 (Fariba Zarinebaf)
• ARBC001 Arabic 1 
• ARBC004 Arabic 4
• RLST002 Introduction to Comparative Scripture (related to MEIS and if taken as upper-division course, Muhamad Ali)

WINTER 2019

• RLST151  Reading the Qur’an  (Muhamad Ali)  
• HIST 277 Graduate Seminar The Ottoman Empire and Europe (Fariba Zarinebaf)
• GSST/RLST162 Women’s Issues in Contemporary Muslim Thought (Sherine Hafez)
• ARBC001: Arabic 2
• ARBC005: Arabic 5  

SPRING 2019 

• HIST 128 Iran  through Literature and Cinema (Fariba Zarinebaf)
• Modern Arabic Poetry in a Multilingual Frame (Jeff Sacks) 
• RLST113 Topics in Modern Islam (Muhamad Ali) 
• Aljamiado-Morisco Writings (Spanish in Arabic Script) (Benjamin Liu)  
• AHS013 Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World (Fatima Quraishi) 
• AHS263 Seminar in Islamic Art and Culture (Fatima Quraishi)
• ARBC002:  Arabic 3
• ARBC006: Arabic 6

* = please check prerequisites on general catalog and/or at https://registrationssb.ucr.edu
(available courses will be updated on a quarterly basis)
(listed courses are subject to change or cancellation without notification)

SURVEY COURSES

FALL 2017

• *GSST 162 – Women’s Issues in Modern Muslim Thought 

WINTER 2018

To be announced

SPRING 2018

To be announced

SPECIALIZED COURSES

FALL 2017

WINTER 2018

To be announced

SPRING 2018

To be announced

ELECTIVE AREAS

FALL 2017

• *HIST 197 (Section 004 only) – The Ottoman Empire, 1300 – 1800
• *MCS 154 – Media, Gender, and Violence
• *MCS 156E – South Asian Media and Cultures
• *POSC 108 – Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity in the United States
• *POSC 146 – Mass Media and Public Opinion
• *RLST 100 – The Problem of Religion
• *RLST 101 – Religions of India

WINTER 2018

To be announced

SPRING 2018

To be announced

FALL 2016

• MEIS156: Jews and Arabs (Jeff Sacks)
• ARBC001: Elementary Arabic (lecturer, A Ramadan)
• ARBC004: Intermediate Arabic (lecturer, A Ramadan)
• POSC152: Politics of the Middle East (E Bordenkircher)

WINTER 2017

• GSST/RL 162:  Women’s Issues in the Modern Muslim Thought (Sherine Hafez)

SPRING 2017

• HIST 121: Middle Eastern History, 1200-1800 (Fariba Zarinebaf) 
• HIST 124:  Women in Middle Eastern-Islamic History   (Fariba Zarinebaf )
• HIST 125: Islam and Revolution in Iran  (Fariba Zarinebaf)  
• GSST/ANT 168 Gender and Power in Muslim Societies  (Sherine Hafez)
• RLST 113: Topics in Modern Islam (Muhamad Ali)

MEIS 199: Senior Research

PLEASE NOTE: Check also Arabic Courses for 2016-2017. Please consult with director or advisor on courses that can be petitioned for MEIS credit. Please also check Summer Sessions 2017.

FALL 2015

• Hist 121, Middle East, 1700-1800 (Zarinebaf)
• Hist 126, Istanbul in History and Fiction (Zarinebaf)

WINTER 2016

• Hist 278, Comparative empires: The Ottomans and Safavids (Zarinebaf) Grad course
• RLST252: Southeast Asian Islam (Ali) Grad course

SPRING 2016

• Hist 125, Islam and Revolution in Iran (Zarinebaf)
• RLST 002 Introduction to Comparative Scripture (Ali)
• RLST 111: Islam (Ali)
• GSST 169: Gender and Sexuality in "The Arab Spring" (Hafez)

Arabic Courses, 2015-16

• Fall
  ARBC 1; ARBC 4 ( Ramadan)
• Winter
  ARBC 2; ARBC 5 ( Ramadan)
• Spring
  ARBC 3, ARBC 6 ( Ramadan)

Courses that can be petitioned for credit:

• Hist 160, India and the British Empire (Eacott)
• RLST 148, Religions of the Silk Road (King)
• ARBC 105. Media Arabic (Ramadan)

SUMMER SESSION ONE 2014

• ARLC 155 Introduction to Arabic Literature, Jeff Sacks

FALL 2014

• HIST 121:  Survey of Middle East , 1200-1800; Fariba Zarinebaf
• HIST 197 (cross-listed as MEIS 199):
• Urban Transformation in the Middle East, 1700- present; Fariba Zarinebaf
• RLST 151: Reading the Qur’an; Muhamad Ali
• RLST 150: Islam in Southeast Asia; Muhamad Ali
•  THEA 191J (Theatre 191J): Staging the Middle East; Erith Jaffe-Berg

WINTER 2015

• ARBC/CPLT 154: Introduction to Arabic Philosophy; Jeff Sacks
• HIST 124:  Gender in Middle- Eastern Islamic history; Fariba Zarinebaf

SPRING 2015

• ARBC/CPLT 158: Islam and Psychoanalysis; Jeff Sacks
• HIST 125: Islam and revolution in Iran; Fariba Zarinebaf

ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES

SUMMER SESSIONS ONE AND TWO

• ARBC 004 A. Ramadan

FALL 2014

• ARBC 001 Section 001 A. Ramadan
• ARBC 001 Section 002 N Pena (TA)
• ARBC 004 Section 001 A. Ramadan

WINTER 2015

• ARBC 002 Section 001 A. Ramadan
• ARBC 002 Section 002 N. Pena (TA)
• ARBC 005 Section 001 A. Ramadan
• ARBC XXX Section 001 A. Ramadan (Media Arabic) (Upper Division)

SPRING 2015

• ARBC 003 Section 001 A. Ramadan
• ARBC 003 Section 002 A. Ramadan
• ARBC 006 Section 001 A. Ramadan

Fall 2013

• Arabic 1 (Ayman)
• CHASS Connect, Muslim diversity in Southeast Asia (Ali)
• RLST 111. Islam (Ali)
• WST 168. gender and Power (Hafez)
• GBST 159. "From the maghreb to the Middle East." (Ossman)
• CRWT185e: Special Topics in Nonfiction "Memoirs from the Middle East" (Lalami)

Winter 2014

• Arabic 2 ( Ayman)
• Hist 121, Middle East, 1250-1800 (Staff)
• RLST 200 C Religions in Contact (Ali)
• RLST 149 South Asian religions (Ali)

Spring 2014

• Arabic 3 (Ayman)
• Hist 126 Istanbul in History and Fiction (Zarinebaf)
• WMST 151 women state and Islam (Hafez)

Fall 2012

• ARBC 001 (Ramadan)
• ARBC 004 (Ramadan)
• RLST 004  Religions in Asia (Ali)
• Hist 121 Survey of Middle East, 1200-1800 (Zarinebaf)
• Thea 191J. Staging the Middle East (Jaffe-Berg)
• RLST 249 (Grad Seminar) Public Religious Discourses in Modern Islam (Ali)

Winter 2013

• ARBC 002 (Ramadan)
• ARBC 004 (Ramadan)
• ARBC 110 (this has a prerequisite of ARBC 006) (Sacks)
• ARLC/CPLT/MEIS 155/RLST 157 (formerly ARLC 001) Introduction to Arabic Literature (Sacks)
• Hist 124 Gender in Middle Eastern- Islamic History ( Zarinebaf)

Spring 2013

• ARBC 003 (Ramadan)
• ARBC 005 (Ramadan)
• ARLC/CPLT/MEIS/RLST 156 Jew and Arabs (Sacks)
• RLST 112  Islam in America (Ali)
• RLST 151 Reading the Qur'an (Ali)
• WMST/RLS 162 Women's issues in modern Muslim thought (Hafez)
• POSC 156 political systems across Muslim societies (Erdem)?
• Hist 125 Islam & Revolution in Iran (Zarinebaf)
• HIST 278 (graduate seminar) Early Modern Empires in the Middle East, The Ottomans and Safavids (Zarinebaf)

FALL 2011

• Arabic/ ARBC 001
• Arabic/ ARBC 003
• HIST 121 Survey of Middle Eastern History, 1200-1800 (staff)

WINTER 2012

• Arabic/ ARBC 002
• Arabic/ ARBC 004
• CHASS Connect on Islam/WMST 168, GENDER & POWER IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES (Hafez)

SPRING 2012

• Arabic/ ARBC 003
• cplt/arlc/meis 1, palestine/algeria (Sacks)
• WMST 151 WOMEN, ISLAM AND THE STATE (Hafez)
• MCS 172 Politics of Representations - Images from the Islamic Worlds (Khan)

WINTER 2011

• HST 30: Harem in Middle Eastern History and Western Culture
• HST 126: Istanbul in History and Fiction
• RLST 116: Religion and Violence

SPRING 2011

• HST 125: Islam and Revolution in Iran
• RLST 113: Topics in Modern Islam
• POSC 156: Political Systems Across Muslim Societies (Erdem)
• CWPA 256: Contemporary Literature from the Modern Middle East (Aslan)

SUMMER 2011

• summer session one: Arabic/ARBC 001 and 003
• summer session two: Arabic/ARBC 002 and 004