| Department | Course Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Instructor | ME Content | Crosslisted As | Date/Time | Course Description | Location |
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| African American Studies | 04B | 1 | Africa: History and Culture | 4 | Nwokeji, G. | 25% | | TuTh 12:30 - 2 | | 103 Moffitt |
| African American Studies | 112B | 1 | Political and Economic Development in the Third World | 4 | Hintzen, P. | 25% | | MW 12-2 | | 210 Wheeler |
| Anthropology | 139 | 1 | Controlling Processes | 4 | Nader, L. | 33% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | | F295 Haas |
| Anthropology | 240 | 1 | Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory | 4 | Hirschkind, C. | 25% | | TuTh 3-6 | | 15 2224 Piedmont |
| Anthropology | 250X | 1 | Classic Ethnographies | 4 | Nader, L. | 33% | | W 10-12 | | 15 2224 Piedmont |
| Architecture | 111 | 1 | Introduction to Housing: An International Survey | 3 | Rajagopalan, M & Moreno, M | 33% | CP 111 | TuTh 12:30-2 | Examines housing issues (social, cultural, and policy) ranging from micro-scale (house) to macro-scale (city) presented with a comparison of housing situations in developed and developing countries. | 112 Wurster |
| Architecture | 170B | 1 | An Historical Survey of Architecture & Urbanism | 4 | James-Chakraborty, K. | 25% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 155 Dwinelle |
| City and Regional Planning | 111 | 1 | Introduction to Housing: An International Survey | 3 | Rajagopalan, M. | 33% | Arch 111 | TuTh 12:30-2 | Housing problems, government housing policies, and housing as an urban planning practice. | 112 Wurster |
| Classics | 010B | 1 | Introduction to Roman Civilization | 4 | Murphy, T M | 25% | | MWF 10-11 | Study of the major developments, achievements, and contradictions in Greek culture from the Bronze Age to the 4th century BCE. Greek culture in relation to other ancient Mediterranean cultures. | 2060 VLSB |
| Comparative Literature | 120 | 1 | The Biblical Tradition in Western Literature: "Gender, Love, and Sexuality in the Bible and Modern Poetry" | 4 | Kronfeld, C. | 50% | | W 2-5 | Also Prof. Ronald Hendel | 174 Barrows |
| Comparative Literature | 260 | 1 | Problems in Literary Translation | 4 | Alter, R. | TBA | | Th 2-5 | | 211 Dwinelle |
| Environmental Design | 100 | 1 | The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies | 4 | Roy, A | 25% | | TTh 5-6:30 | Introduce key theories that constitute the interdisciplinary domain of urban studies. It is also a "great cities" course, grounding theoretical analysis in urban case-studies. It argues that the urban future of the new millennium is located in the global South and that some of the most interesting critical theories of our time are emerging from this context. | 10 Evans |
| Film Studies | 160 | 1 | Iranian Films | 4 | Askari, K. | 100% | | MW 12:30-2 | This advanced introduction to Iranian cinema begins a decade before the Islamic revolution and examines the early careers of current Iranian filmmakers as well as the influence of Hollywood and Indian cinema on the Iranian films of this period. In the post-revolutionary
period, we focus mainly on the films made for international circulation. We examine the major films and directors from this period with regard to cinema's relation to Iranian modernity, the emergence of feminist filmmaking, and the reception of these films at home and abroad. | 188 Dwinelle |
| French | 151A | 1 | Francophone Literature | 4 | Tlatli, S. | 33% | | MWF 12-1 | | 175 Dwinelle |
| French | 251 | 1 | Francophone Literature | 4 | Tlatli, S. | 33% | | MWF 12-1 | | 175 Dwinelle |
| Geography | C112 | 1 | History of Development and Underdevelopment *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. | 4 | Hart, G P | 33% | DS 100 | TuTh 2-3:30 | This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world. It will offer a framework for understanding how changing and contending theories both reflect and shape. PLEASE NOTE: **Papers must be written on a Middle Eastern topic.** | 105 North Gate |
| History | 100 | 14 | History of Palestine, the Palestinians and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | 4 | Doumani, B. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | This lecture course introduces students to new scholarship published since the 1980s on the history of Palestine, the Palestinians and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on painstaking archival research by scholars critical of nationalist narratives of the past, this new literature aims to humanize the conflict and to debunk pervasive myths about what happened and why. | 156 Dwinelle |
| History | 103A.2 | 2 | After Empire: The Greek World in the 4th Century BC | 4 | Mackil, E. | 10% | | W 10-12 | Our study of the period will be both geographically and thematically organized: major topics will include the attempted recrudescence of empire, the development of political confederations, Greek-Persian relations, stasis, the stirrings of panhellenism, attitudes toward tyranny, wealth and poverty, warfare and mercenarism, euergetism and the rise of inter-state arbitration. | TBA |
| History | 103A.3 | 3 | Dream Interpretation Before Freud | 4 | Mavroudi, M. | 10% | | F 10-12 | This seminar will explore the tradition of dream interpretation in various ancient and medieval civilizations and will focus on manuals of dream interpretation and the application of their principles as reflected in historiographical works that these civilizations produced. The backdrop of our examination will be the absorption of the Graeco-Roman tradition of dream interpretation by the civilizations that succeeded the Roman empire in the same geographical space. | 2303 Dwinelle |
| History | 103F | 4 | Jerusalem: History and Representation | 4 | Nassar, I | 100% | | W 4-6 | In this seminar, we will study Jerusalem, both as an idea and as a social space, in the period spanning from its conquest by the Egyptian forces in 1831 until its total occupation by Israel since 1967. The course is conceived around the premise that a relation between representation, historical imagination and the politics of colonialism exists. The students will examine how visitors, pilgrims, diplomats and other outsiders depicted the city in their writings, photographs, illustrations and maps. | 2231 Dwinelle |
| History | 109A | 1 | The Rise of Islamic Civilization, 600-1200 | 4 | Peirce, L. | 100% | | MWF 2-3 | This course surveys the historyof the Middle East and the eastern Meditterranean from the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The course also aims to situate the evolution of Islamic civilization in a global context of influences, contacts, and conflicts. | 118 Barrows |
| History | 109C | 1 | The Middle East from 1750 to the Present | 4 | Nassar, I. | 100% | | MWF 12-1 | The breaking of pre-modern empires and the formation of national states in the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran; Islam and nationalism. | 60 Evans |
| History | 177A | 1 | Armenia from Ethnogenesis to the Dark Ages | 4 | Astourian, S. | 50% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | This survey course will cover close to three millenia of Armenia history, from the process of ethnogensis to the almost complete destruction of Armenian "feudal" system by the end of the 15th century. Much as this course is based on the broad framework of Armenian political history and institutions (kingship, nakharar system, the church, etc.), it also emphasizes economic development, social change, and cultural transformations. | 235 Dwinelle |
| History | 280B | 2 | The Early Modern Ottoman and Spanish Empires: Comparative Tasks and Themes | 4 | Peirce, L & Dandelet, T. | 50% | | W 10-12 | This course will explore comparative themes in the history of the early modern Mediterranean world’s most influential and powerful empires. Imperial mentalities, internal and external colonization, slavery, knowledge and communication, palace culture, bureaucrats and bureaucracies, and religious cultures are some of the central themes that will organize reading and discussion. | 2303 Dwinelle |
| History | 281 | 1 | Paleography and Other Auxiliary Science | 4 | Mavroudi, M. | 50% | | Th 3-6 | This course is designed as a general introduction to the use of primary documents pertinent to Mediterranean history and culture during the ancient and medieval periods. It will address issues of paleography, codicology, textual tradition, and the critical edition of sources. The main focus will be on Greek and Arabic documents, but the issues covered will be of interest to anyone interested in the manuscript culture of the medieval Mediterranean even beyond these two languages. | 2223 Dwinelle & 2121 Allston Way |
| History of Art | 141C | 1 | Hellenistic Art and Architecture (330 - 30 BC) | 4 | Stewart, A. | 33% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 102 Moffitt |
| IASTP - Development Studies | 100 | 1 | History of Development and Underdevelopment | 4 | Hart, GP | 33% | Geog 112 | TuTh 2-3:30 | This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world. It will offer a framework for understanding how changing and contending theories both reflect and shape. PLEASE NOTE: **Papers must be written on a Middle Eastern topic.** | 105 North Gate |
| IASTP-International Studies | 045 | 1 | Survey of World History | 4 | Pearson, H | 25% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | Begins with the ancient world and medieval worlds, but emphasizes world developments and explores the ways in which empires were formed and operated since 1400 CE. | 2060 VLSB |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 020 | 1 | Middle East Perspectives | 2 | Abukhalil, A. | 100% | | Th 4-6 | Seminar designed to introduce beginning undergraduates to topics of importance to students interested in the Middle East. | 122 Wheeler |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 109 | 1 | Directed Group Study: Model Arab League | 3 | AlSayyad, N. | 100% | | W 5-7 | This class consists of preparation for and participation in the 2006 West Coast Model Arab League. | 106 Wheeler |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 150 | 1 | Advanced Study in MES: "Political Reform and Western Democracy-Promotion in the Arab World" | 4 | Glasser, B. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 100 Wheeler |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | H195A | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 3 | TBA | 100% | | | | |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | H195B | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 4 | TBA | 100% | | | | |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 119 | 1 | Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Issues | 4 | Zahedi, D. | 33% | | MW 4-5:30 | Goal of this seminar is to build an alternative model to the conventional models for achieving greater social justice in our economic systems. | 118 Barrows |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 125AC | 1 | War, Culture and Society | 4 | Sanders, J. | 33% | | MWF 2-3 | | 145 Dwinelle |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 127B | 1 | Human Rights | 4 | Gurowitz, A. | 33% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | Examines in-depth issues such as humanitarian intervention, international criminal justice, international law, human rights, economic rights, immigration and US foreign policy. | 3106 Etcheverry |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 135 | 1 | Special Topics in Regional Conflict: "Sub-Sahara Africa" | 3 | The Staff | 33% | | W 3-6 | | 30 Wheeler |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 151 | 1 | International Conflict: Analysis & Resolution | 4 | Ng, E. | 25% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | Examines the global context of conflict today and the increasing role of the international community in conflict resolution, peace building, peacemaking and peacekeeping. | 56 Barrows |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 154 | 1 | Multi-Cultural Conflict Resolution | 4 | Ng, E. | 25% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | Examines how various cultural backgrounds and sociopolitical factors in the U.S. affect conflict at the individual, group and organizational level. | 110 Wheeler |
| Journalism | 298 | 9 | Arab Voices: Contemporary Arab Thought and the Roots of Middle Eastern Conflict. | 4 | Shukrallah, H. | 100% | | MW 1-2:30 | The class, taught by a leading editor and columnist in the Arab world, will examine Iraq, the conflict in Palestine, relations with the west, Arab identity, and the questions of political reform and democratization, through the writings of leading Arab intellectuals and their counterparts in the West. Students will compare coverage of these issues in the Arab and Western press. | B-1 North Gate |
| Linguistics | 131 | 1 | Indo-European Comparative Linguistics | 4 | Holland, G. | 25% | | MWF 3-4 | | 182 Dwinelle |
| Near Eastern Studies | 015 | 1 | Introduction to Near East Art & Archaelogy | 4 | Feldman, M. | 100% | | MWF 1-2 | The ancient Near East (present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey) is considered the 'cradle of civilization.' This course surveys the major archaeological sites and monuments from the earliest settlements in the Neolithic (10,000-6000 BCE) down to the conquest of the Near East by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE. | 103 Moffit |
| Near Eastern Studies | 024 | 1 | "Exploring the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt in the Hearst Museum" | 1 | Redmount, C. | 100% | | M 11-12 | | 115 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 024 | 2 | "Islam and Imaginative Literature: The Making of a Problematic Relation" | 1 | Siddiq, M. | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| Near Eastern Studies | 024 | 3 | "Persian Speaking Areas of the World: Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan from Ancient Times to the Present" | 1 | Ahmadi, W. | 100% | | Tu 1-2 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 106B | 1 | Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt | 4 | Keller, C. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 112 | 1 | Survey of Ancient Egyptian History | 4 | Redmount, C. | 100% | | MW 4-5:30 | | 78 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 126 | 1 | Art and Archaeology of the Silk Road | 3 | Mehendale, S. | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | Outlines the art and archaeology of the Silk Roads from 5th century BCE to 10th century CE. Specific sites along the Silk Roads will be explored in depth. Special attention paid to eclecticism in Silk Road cultures brought about by movement of people. | B56 Hildebrand |
| Near Eastern Studies | 140 | 1 | "Muslim and Non-Muslim Perspectives on the Appearance and Early Development of Islam" | 4 | Hayes, JL | 100% | | MWF 1-2 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 147 | 1 | The Rise of Islamic Civilization, 600-1200 | 4 | Peirce, L. | 100% | | MWF 2-3 | See History 109A | 118 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 160 | 1 | Religions of Ancient Iran | 3 | Schwartz, M. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | Principally devoted to Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism but with some attention to Indo-Iranian origins, and relevance of Iranian religion for the history of Hellenistic Gnosticism, Judaism, and Islam. | 155 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 190C | 1 | Jewish Studies: "Gender, Love, and Sexuality in the Bible and Modern Poetry" | 4 | Hendel, R. | 100% | Comp Lit 120 | W 2-5 | Also Prof. Chana Kronfeld | 174 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 190E | 1 | Arabic: "Arabic Language in Society" | 4 | S'hiri, S. | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | | B51 Hildebrand |
| Near Eastern Studies | 198 | 1 | Medicine in Islam | 1-4 | Algar, Hamid | 100% | | M 6-7 | | 235 Dwinelle |
| Near Eastern Studies | 297 | 1 | Topics in Ancient Ceramics of Egypt and the Levant | 2,4 | Morgenstein, M | 100% | | M 1-4 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | C133 | 1 | Judaism in Late Antiquity | 4 | Dolgopolski, S. | 100% | UGIS C153 & Relig Stud. C153 | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 54 Barrows |
| NES - Egyptian | 202B | 1 | Egyptian Texts | 3 | Lippert, S | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES -Iranian | 110A | 1 | Middle Persian | 4 | Schwartz, M. | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES -Iranian | 201B | 1 | Iranian Philology | 4 | Schwartz, M. | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Arabic | 015A | 1 | Spoken Arabic - "Egyptian Dialect" | 3 | The Staff | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 186 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | | 2 Evans |
| NES-Arabic | 020B | 1 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | Hatem, B | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 020B | 2 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | S'hiri, S. | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 100B | 1 | Advanced Arabic | 3 | Siddiq, M. | 100% | | Tu Th 9:30-11 | | 115 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 108 | 1 | Islamic Religious and Philosophical Texts in Arabic | 3 | Hayes, J. | 100% | | MW 4-5:30 | | 190 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 245 | 1 | Seminar: Modernist Arabic Poetics | 3 | Siddiq, M. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 298 | 1 | Seminar: "Modern Moroccan Fiction" | 3 | Larkin, M. | 100% | | W 2-5 | | 274 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 298 | 1 | Seminar: "Arabic Sufi Texts" | 3 | Algar, H. | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | | 192 Barrows |
| NES-Cuneiform | 100B | 1 | Elementary Akkadian | 5 | Pearce, L. | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 12 Barrows |
| NES-Egyptian | 100B | 1 | Elementary Egyptian | 5 | Keller, C. | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | | 12 Barrows |
| NES-Egyptian | 101B | 1 | Intermediate Egyptian | 3 | Keller, C. | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Egyptian | 201B | 1 | Later Stages of Egyptian | 3 | Larkin, D. | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Hebrew | 01B | 1 | Elementary Hebrew | 5 | Boyarin, C. | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 020B | 1 | Intermediate Hebrew | 5 | Adler, R. | 100% | | TuTh11-12:30, MW 11-12 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 100B | 1 | Advanced Hebrew | 3 | Adler, R | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 102B | 1 | Postbiblical Hebrew Texts | 3 | Boyarin, C | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 115 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 104B | 1 | Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture | 3 | Levy, L | 100% | | M 2-5 | An introductory study of selected topics in Hebrew literature from the European Enlightenment to contemporary Israeli poetry and fiction. | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 201B | 1 | Advanced Biblical Hebrew Text | 3 | Adler, R | 100% | | M 3-6 | The exegesis of a biblical book in the light of its ancient Near Eastern background. | 180 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 204B | 1 | "Joint Literary History of Hebrew and Yiddish" | 3 | Kronfeld, C. | 25% | | M 2-5 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 206 | 1 | Ancient and Modern Hebrew Literary Texts | 3 | Alter, R. | 100% | | Th 2-5 | | 190 Barrows |
| NES-Persian | 011B | 1 | Reading & Composition for Persian-Speaking Students | 3 | Angali, K. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 224 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 01B | 1 | Elementary Modern Persian | 5 | Pirnazar, J. | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | | 222 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 100B | 1 | Intermediate Modern Persian | 5 | Pirnazar, J. | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 222 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 101B | 1 | Selected Readings in Persian Literature | 3 | Pirnazar, J. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 279 Dwinelle |
| NES-Persian | 102B | 1 | Readings in Classical Persian Prose | 3 | Ahmadi, W. | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 80 Barrows |
| NES-Persian | 203B | 1 | Persian Historical Texts | 3 | Algar, H. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 206 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 298 | 1 | "Current Directions in Persian Studies: Culture, Society, Politics" | 1-4 | Ahmadi, W. | 100% | | W 3-6 | | 206 Wheeler |
| NES-Semitics | 209B | 1 | Northwest Semitics Epigraphy | 4 | Hayes, JL | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 192 Barrows |
| NES-Turkish | 01B | 1 | Elementary Modern Turkish | 5 | Algar, A. | 100% | | MTWTF 10-11 | | 111 Kroeber |
| NES-Turkish | 100B | 1 | Intermediate Modern Turkish | 5 | Algar, A. | 100% | | MTWTF 10-11 | | 129 Barrows |
| NES-Turkish | 101B | 1 | Reading Modern Turkish | 3 | Algar, A. | 100% | | MWF 1-2 | | 252 Barrows |
| Political Science | 124A | 1 | War and Politcs in History | 4 | Hassner, RE | 33% | | TuTh 5-6:30 | Introduce students to theories of war from within International Relations theory and examines several pressing issues relating to modern warfare: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, genocide, civil war,and humanitarian intervention. | 2060 VLSB |
| Political Science | 140H | 1 | Human Rights and the Politics of Identity | 4 | Zook, D. | 25% | | MW 4-5:30 | | 2050 VLSB |
| Religious Studies | 190 | 1 | Introduction to Islam | 4 | Bazian, H. | 100% | | MWF 12-1 | | 123 Wheeler |
| Religious Studies | 90B | 1 | Mysticism and the Body | 4 | D'Isanto | 33% | | MWF 10-11 | The class will examine mystic literature from the fourth to the seventeenth century. It will explore several strategies of naming developed by mystic authors (writing, voice, silence), which exploit the rhetorical dimension of language (negation, excess of meaning, and so on). In particular, it will look at the ways in which mystic forms of enunciations transform the very existence of the subjects, pushing them toward an experience of the limit of language, of the real. The class will also explore the forms of extreme self-abuse, torture, mutilation, and flagellation to which many mystics submit themselves in order to test their limits and to correspond to the absolute demand of the Other. | 101 Baker |
| Religious Studies | C133 | 1 | Judaism in Late Antiquity | 4 | Dolgopolski, S. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | See NES C133 | 54 Barrows |
| Religious Studies | C135 | 1 | Jewish Civilization: Modern Period | 4 | The Staff | 33% | Hist C175B and UGIS C155 | TuTh 12:30-2 | See History C175B | 219 Dwinelle |
| South & Southeast Asian Studies | 120 | 4 | Topics in South Asian Studies | 4 | Faruqui, M. | 50% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | | 107 Mulford |
| South & Southeast Asian Studies | 250 | 4 | Seminar in South Asian Studies: Islam | 4 | Faruqui, M. | 50% | | Tu 3-6 | | 202 Wheeler |
| Undergrad Interdisciplinary Studies | C155 | 0 | The Jews of the Modern World | 4 | The Staff | 33% | Hist C175B and Relig Stud C135 | TuTh 12:30 - 2 | See Hist C175B | 218 Dwinelle Hall |
