History Middle Eastern Studies, Certificate

Certificate in History – Middle Eastern Studies (340002C)

Program Contact
Dr. Janet Klein
Certificate Director
330-972-2562
klein@uakron.edu

The following information has official approval of The Department of History and The Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences, but is intended only as a guide. Completion of this certificate is contingent upon many factors, including but not limited to: class availability, total number of required credits, work schedule, finances, family, course drops/withdrawals, successfully passing courses, prerequisites, among others.

The following courses constitute a “Certificate in History – Middle Eastern Studies” and must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall for the certificate to be noted on the student’s record. Students will need to complete the equivalent of a fourth semester level language class (modern South or East Asian language for a Middle Eastern language) for the Middle Eastern Studies Certificate. Only one ancient world course will count towards the certificate.

Summary

Electives

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Select one of the following topics; A History of Iraq and States, or Statelessness in the Middle East: Kurds and Palestinians

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Select one of the following topics; Ottoman State and Society 1300-1922, or Women and Gender in the Middle East

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The program strongly encourages study abroad, and will offer additional credits, to be applied toward the certificate, for certain courses that require overseas study in a country of the student's focus (Asia, Middle East) or for other individual experiences abroad.