MASTER OF ARTS IN THE FIELD OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

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1 MASTER OF ARTS IN THE FIELD OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES The master of arts in the field of Middle East studies degree program combines a rigorous academic foundation with a strong professional orientation. Bridging the theory and practice of international affairs, the program prepares students for careers in government, the private sector, and international and nongovernmental organizations. The curriculum includes a range of courses covering the history, politics, economics, international relations, and cultures of the societies and nations of the Middle East. In consultation with the program director, each student develops a program of study that, through a set of core courses, combines a broad overview of the region along with a more specialized field based on the student's specific academic and career interests. In addition, completion of the program requires demonstrated oral and reading proficiency in a language of the Middle East region. Visit the program website ( additional program information. REQUIREMENTS The following requirements must be fulfilled: 40 credits, including a 3-credit cornerstone course, 9 credits in core field courses, 3 credits in skills courses, a 4-credit capstone sequence, 12 credits in one professional specialization, and 9 credits in elective courses. In addition, students must fulfill a foreign language proficiency requirement (see below). See note regarding special topics and skills courses, the capstone sequence, and LAW courses.* Code Title Credits Required Cornerstone (3 credits) IAFF 6361 Core field courses (9 credits) Middle East Studies Cornerstone One course in each of the following disciplines for a total of three courses: ANTH/GEOG, HIST, and PSC. ANTH 6707 Issues in Middle East Anthropology PSC 6377 PSC 6478 Professional skills courses (3 credits) Comparative Politics of the Middle East International Relations of the Middle East Three 1-credit professional skills courses in any combination from the following: IAFF 6502 IAFF 6503 Capstone sequence (4 credits) Professional Skills I Professional Skills II Students are required to complete a two-semester capstone sequence that involves collaboration on a project of mutual interest and research related to the Middle East with a sponsoring institution outside the University. The capstone sequence includes a 1-credit pre-capstone course that must be taken in the fall of the student s second or third year and a 3-credit capstone course that must be taken in the spring of the student s second or third year. Both courses in the capstone sequence must be taken consecutively. IAFF 6377 IAFF 6379 Middle East Studies Program Capstone Workshop Middle East Studies Capstone Code Title Credits Professional specialization options (12 credits) 12 credits in one of the professional specializations listed below. At least one 3-credit course must cover content on the Middle East. Conflict and Conflict Resolution Required course: IAFF 6171 Supporting courses: Introduction to Conflict Resolution (Readings in Israel Palestine) (War and Memory in the Middle East) GEOG 6262 Geographical Perspectives on the Middle East (Reinventing the United Nations) (History of the Modern Middle East) (International Law and the Use of Force) (Middle East in the World) (Managing the World's Water) 1 Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies

2 IAFF 6173 Security and Development Supporting courses: ANTH 6506 Topics in Medical Anthropology (The Social Life of Food) (Stabilization and Peacebuilding) ANTH 6506 Topics in Medical Anthropology (Food, Culture, and Globalization) (Conflict Early Warning and Prevention) (International Peacekeeping) (International Organized Crime) (Insurgency and Counterinsurgency) ANTH 6505 GEOG 6223 PUBH 6435 PUBH 6436 PUBH 6501 Medical Anthropology Seminar: Population and Health Global Health Program Development and Implementation Global Health Program Management and Leadership Program Evaluation MGT 6215 PSC 6388 (Political Violence and Terrorism) (Countering Violent Extremism) (Religion and Politics in Post-Revolution Iran) (Militaries and Politics in the Middle East) (Lebanon and Syria) (Refugees and Displaced Peoples in the Middle East) Conflict Management and Negotiations Topics in Comparative Politics (Political Violence) PUBH 6572 International Affairs and Development Required One of the following courses: ANTH 6331 PPPA 6006 SOC 6230 SOC 6232 Supporting courses Marketing Research for Public Health Research Methods in Development Anthropology Policy Analysis Group A: Cultural Anthropology ANTH 6301 ANTH 6302 Sociological Research Methods Qualitative Methodology: Doing Field Research The Anthropology of Development Issues in Development (Topics vary) PSC 6388 Topics in Comparative Politics (Theories of Political Development) ANTH 6391 Anthropology and Contemporary Problems (Related topics) PSC 6388 Topics in Comparative Politics (Nationalism and Nation Building) ANTH 6505 ANTH 6591 Medical Anthropology Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology PSC 6476 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Group B: Environment PSC 8388 Selected Topics in Comparative Politics (Authoritarianism and Democratization) GEOG 6223 Seminar: Population and Health Global Health GEOG 6293 Special Topics (Water Resources and Management) Required course: PHIL 6281 Environmental Philosophy and Policy PUBH 6442 Comparative Global Health Systems PPPA 6066 U.S. Environmental Policy Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies 2

3 Group C: Humanitarian Assistance EMSE 6305 Crisis and Emergency Management Education (Gender in International Education and Development) EMSE 6320 International Disaster Management EDUC 6650 Education and National Development GEOG 6232 Migration and Development Group F: International Health Group D: International Development Management ANTH 6505 Medical Anthropology IBUS 6402 Managing in Developing Countries PUBH 6014 Practicum PPPA 6057 PPPA 6058 PPPA 6059 Group E: International Education EDUC 6100 International Development Administration International Development NGO Management International Development Management Processes and Tools Experimental Courses (International Education) PUBH 6400 PUBH 6435 PUBH 6436 Group G: Political Economy ECON 6250 ECON 6269 Global Health Frameworks Global Health Program Development and Implementation Global Health Program Management and Leadership Survey of Economic Development Economy of China I EDUC 6100 Experimental Courses (International Student Advising) ECON 6285 Economic Development of Latin America EDUC 6100 EDUC 6601 Experimental Courses (Business Development: International Exchange) International and Comparative Education ECON 8351 ECON 8352 IBUS 6400 Development Economics I Development Economics II Oil: Industry, Economy, and Society EDUC 6602 EDUC 6620 Regional Studies in International Education Strategies and Analysis in International Education PSC 6336 Political Economy of Developing Areas PSC 6439 International Political Economy Group H: Women and Development Education (Scholars and Practitioners in International Higher Education) ANTH 6501 GEOG 6223 Gender and Sexuality Seminar: Population and Health Education (UNESCO: 21st Century Agenda Topics) LAW 6570 SOC 6273 International Human Rights of Women The Sex Industry Education (Evaluation in International Education) Education (Education in Islamic Asia) Education (Comparative Perspectives on Language and International Education) WGSS 6230 WGSS 6270 International Business 12 credits from the following: IBUS 6400 IBUS 6301 Global Feminisms Seminar: Selected Topics (Global Islamic Feminisms) Oil: Industry, Economy, and Society International Business Finance 3 Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies

4 IBUS 6401 International Business Strategy (Special topics course) (Reinventing the United Nations) IBUS 6402 MGT 6282 Managing in Developing Countries New Venture Initiation (Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy and National Security) MGT 6297 International Economic Affairs 12 credits from the following: ECON 6250 ECON 6255 ECON 6269 ECON 6271 ECON 6285 ECON 6293 ECON 6295 ECON 6295 IAFF 6318 IBUS 6301 IBUS 6302 PSC 6439 International Management Experience Survey of Economic Development Economics of Technological Change Economy of China I Economy of Japan Economic Development of Latin America Topics in International Finance Special Topics (Economic Analysis of International Trade Law) * Special Topics (Economics of Middle East and North Africa) * Special Topics in Asian Studies (Chinese Business Law) Hemispheric Studies (Political Economy of Latin America) ** Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Social and Economic Development of Latin America) ** International Business Finance Seminar: International Banking International Political Economy *These courses may be taken for this field without prior approval. Other ECON 6295 offerings with international content may be applied towards the field with the approval of the Program Director. **Approval from the program director required. (International Law) Development Studies (Human Trafficking ) Development Studies (Care of Children in Complex Emergencies ) Development Studies (Global Food Security ) LAW 6520 International Law 1 Development Studies (Monitoring and Evaluation for Foreign Assistance Programs ) Science and Technology Policy (Space Law) Science and Technology Policy (Geospatial Law and Policy) LAW 6534 Law of the European Union 1 LAW 6836 PSC 6439 International Security Studies 12 credits from the following: Human Rights and Military Responses to Terrorism 1 International Political Economy Courses are grouped into issues subcategories to help guide students in choosing appropriate coursework; students do not necessarily need to select one subcategory; however, what is important is that there is a logic and believable narrative to their course choices. Students should consult their major field faculty advisor to help with this determination. Group A: Transnational Security Issues International Law and Organizations ANTH 6507 Nationalism and Ethnicity (International Law and the Use of Force ) Science and Technology Policy (Cyber Security) IAFF 6163 Transnational Security Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies 4

5 IAFF 6165 IAFF 6169 Fundamentals of Intelligence Homeland Security (Civil War, Insurgency, and Terrorism) Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation) (Environmental Security) (International Organized Crime) Group C: U.S. National Security Policy and Process HIST 6330 Modern U.S. Foreign Policy (Non-State Actors) (Nuclear Weapons) IAFF 6342 LAW 6552 Group B: Intelligence (Political Risk Analysis) (Psychology of Strategic Terrorism) (Space and National Security) (Weapons Proliferation and Non- Proliferation) Drug Trafficking in the Americas Law of War Development Studies IAFF 6165 IAFF 6521 LAW 6870 PSC 6346 PSC 6348 Fundamentals of Intelligence (Energy and National Security) (National Security Priorities) (Political Risk Analysis) (Strategic Planning for the 21st Century) (Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy) U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program National Security Law The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy Politics of U.S. National Security Policy IAFF 6163 IAFF 6165 Transnational Security Fundamentals of Intelligence (Defense Trade in the 21st Century) (Energy and National Security) (Environmental Security) Group D: Political Psychology (Political Risk Analysis) (Psychology of Strategic Terrorism) Group E: Conflict and Conflict Resolution (Global Terrorism) (International Law and the Use of Force) (Intelligence in the Middle East) (Reinventing the United Nations) (International Organized Crime) IAFF 6171 IAFF 6173 Introduction to Conflict Resolution Security and Development 5 Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies

6 (Civil War, Insurgency, and Terrorism) (Early Warning and Conflict Prevention) Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation) Group G: Strategic Concepts and Military History (Insurgency and Counterinsurgency) HIST 6040 Topics in Modern Military and Naval History (International Peacekeeping) (Politics of Peace Agreements) HIST 6042 HIST 6051 HIST 6330 Seminar: World War II Re-thinking Cold War History Modern U.S. Foreign Policy (Post Conflict Reconstruction and Stabilization) (Security Challenges in Africa) PSC 6476 PSC 8489 (Insurgency and Counterinsurgency) (Strategic Planning for the 21st Century) The Arab-Israeli Conflict Politics Group F: Homeland Security IAFF 6163 (Political and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia) Science and Technology Policy (Cyber Security) Science and Technology Policy (Security, Privacy, and Technology) Transnational Security Group H: Science, Technology, and National Security Policy IAFF 6141 IAFF 6145 IAFF 6151 (Nuclear Weapons) International Science and Technology Policy Cornerstone U.S. Space Policy Environmental Policy Science and Technology Policy (Cyber Security) IAFF 6165 IAFF 6169 Fundamentals of Intelligence Homeland Security Science and Technology Policy (Space and National Security) (Intelligence and Homeland Security) (International Organized Crime) (National Security Priorities) (Political Risk Analysis) Group I: Security and Development (Science, Technology, and National Security) (Energy and Security) (New Proliferation Dynamics) (Science, Technology, and National Security) Development Studies (Care of Children in Complex Emergencies) Development Studies (Food, Globalization, and Security) Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies 6

7 IAFF 6171 IAFF 6173 IAFF 6198 IAFF 6318 PSC 6336 PSC 8489 Development Studies (Human Trafficking) Development Studies (Violence, Gender, and Humanitarian Assistance) Introduction to Conflict Resolution Security and Development Group J: Weapons of Mass Destruction (Civil War, Insurgency and Terrorism) (Early Warning and Conflict Prevention) (Insurgency and Counterinsurgency) (Post Conflict Reconstruction) (War and Conflict in Africa) Trade and Investment Policy (Corruption, Development, and Governance) Special Topics in Asian Studies (Political and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia) Political Economy of Developing Areas Politics (Ethnic Conflict) (Nuclear Weapons) EDUC 6381 EMSE 6220 EMSE 6305 IBUS 6402 MGT 6215 PPPA 6032 PPPA 6058 PPPA 6059 PUBH 6435 PUBH 6436 SMPP 6210 Program Evaluation: Theory and Practice Environmental Management Crisis and Emergency Management Managing in Developing Countries Conflict Management and Negotiations Managing Fund Raising and Philanthropy International Development NGO Management International Development Management Processes and Tools Global Health Program Development and Implementation Global Health Program Management and Leadership Strategic Environmental Management Technology Policy and International Affairs Required course: IAFF 6141 Supporting courses: ECON 6255 IAFF 6142 IAFF 6145 International Science and Technology Policy Cornerstone Economics of Technological Change (prerequisite ECON 6217) Technology Creation/Diffusion U.S. Space Policy (Space and National Security) IAFF 6153 Science, Technology, and National Security Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation) Science and Technology Policy (Science, Technology and Policy Analysis) Group K: Regional Security Four courses which focus on the security issues within a region; general policy courses are not applicable. Please consult with the program director/advisor to develop a regional security field. Management 12 credits from the following: Science and Technology Policy (Cybersecurity) Science and Technology Policy (Renewable Energy in a Decarbonizing World) Science and Technology Policy (Issues in Space Policy) 7 Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies

8 IAFF 6501 U.S. Foreign Policy At least one of the following: Science and Technology Policy (Energy Policy) (Military Technology Assessment) (Strategic Planning for the 21st Century) (Cyber Threats, Policy, and Strategy) (Nuclear Security) Quantitative Analysis for International Affairs Practitioners IAFF 6163 IAFF 6165 Transnational Security Fundamentals of Intelligence (Environmental Security ) (Methods of Defense Analysis ) (Stabilization and Peacebuilding ) (Political Risk Analysis) (Energy Security) HIST 6330 PSC 6346 PSC 6348 Modern U.S. Foreign Policy The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy Politics of U.S. National Security Policy (International Peacekeeping) (Illicit Finance and Security) Supporting courses: ECON 6295 HIST 6032 HIST 6310 HIST 6320 or HIST 6321 Special Topics (Economics of U.S. Trade Policy) Reading and Research Seminar: Strategy and Policy Readings in Nineteenth-Century American History Readings/Research Seminar: Recent U.S. History Readings/Research Seminar: Recent U.S. History IAFF 6302 IAFF 6308 (Countering Violent Extremism) (Terrorism Today (Online)) (Military Power and Effectiveness) (Nuclear Security) Taiwan: Internal Development and Foreign Policy International Relations of South Asia IAFF 6145 IAFF 6153 (Reinventing the United Nations) (Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy and National Security) (Leadership in International Affairs) (Afghanistan, Iraq, and ISIS: Does Intervention Work?) U.S. Space Policy Science, Technology, and National Security IAFF 6338 IAFF 6338 IAFF 6338 IAFF 6338 Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century ) Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Security in Russia and Eurasia) Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Ukraine and Georgia between Russia and the West) Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (EU Foreign Relations) Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (OAS and Democracy in the Americas) Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies 8

9 Hemispheric Studies (History and Praxis of U.S.-Mexico Relations) Hemispheric Studies (Security in the Americas ) Hemispheric Studies (Brazil in the Global Arena) IAFF 6364 Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East (Political Economy of the Middle East) (Lebanon and Syria) (Turkish Politics and Society) Hemispheric Studies (Argentina in the Global Arena) Special Topics in Middle East Studies (Religion and Politics in Post- Revolutionary Iran) LAW 6870 PSC 6439 PSC 6372 PSC 6478 Hemispheric Studies (Immigration and Weak States: The Case of Central America) (U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East) (U.S. Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf) (U.S. Security Policy in the Middle East ) National Security Law International Political Economy Foreign Policy of China International Relations of the Middle East (Politics of North Africa) (U.S. Security Policy in the Middle East) (U.S. Policy in the Gulf) (Arabic for International Affairs) (Oil: Industry, Economy, Society) (Contemporary Political Thought in the Middle East) (Everyday Politics of Water in the Middle East) PSC 8489 Politics (Military Effectiveness) (Militaries and Politics in the Middle East) Code Title Credits Middle East electives (9 credits) Three elective courses (9 credits) related to the Middle East, selected in consultation with the Program Director. Students may include up to 6 credits of content-based language study (i.e. not basic language acquisition) toward this requirement. GEOG 6262 Geographical Perspectives on the Middle East (Central Asia: Crossroads of Empire) (Profit and Prophecy in Islamic History) ANTH 6707 Issues in Middle East Anthropology (Anthropology of State Governance in the Middle East) (Readings in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict) ANTH 6707 Issues in Middle East Anthropology (Middle Eastern Anthropology: Urban Infrastructure) (Citizenship and Difference in the Middle East) ECON 6295 Special Topics REL 6401 Islamic Historiographies REL 6402 Qur'an and Hadith 9 Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies

10 REL 6441 REL 6460 Islamic Law Topics in the Study of Islam * Specific subject matter covered in special/selected topics courses varies by semester. Consult the Schedule of Classes for each semester's offerings. Topics courses not listed here may be used to fulfill program requirements if approved by the Program Director. Additional information regarding skills courses ( elliott.gwu.edu/professional-skills-courses) and the capstone ( is available on the Elliott School website. Law School courses Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the Law School ( in their major field. Enrolling in a LAW course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Office of Academic Advising and Student Services ( office before enrolling in LAW courses. Foreign language proficiency requirement Students in the Middle East studies program are required to demonstrate the currently-required level of proficiency in one of the following languages by passing a reading and speaking proficiency examination administered by the Elliott School: Modern Standard Arabic (taught at GW); Persian; Hebrew (taught at GW); Kurdish; or Turkish. The Elliott School administers foreign language proficiency examinations ( once in the fall and once in the spring semesters. Students may take the examination at any point during their academic program. Students have three opportunities to pass the examination. Consult the Program Director for more information Master of Arts in the Field of Middle East Studies 10