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MELC Graduate Courses: 

Arabic Language and Linguistics

• MELC-A500: Elementary Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A550: Elementary Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A610: Gulf Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A615: Gulf Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A620: Levantine Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A625: Levantine Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A630: Moroccan Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A635: Moroccan Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A640: Egyptian Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A645: Egyptian Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A660: Advanced Arabic I (3 cr.)
• MELC-A670: Advanced Arabic II (3 cr.)
• MELC-A680: Advanced Arabic III (3 cr.)
• MELC-A690: Advanced Arabic IV (3 cr.)
• MELC-M512: Arabic Grammar (3 cr.)
• MELC-M524: Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (3 cr.)
• MELC-M529: Arabic Phonetics and Phonology (3 cr.)
• MELC-M590: Directed Readings in Arabic (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M594: Individual Readings in Modern Arabic (3 cr.)
• MELC-M598: Readings in Arabic Language and Linguistics (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M677: The Pragmatics of Arabic (3 cr.)
• MELC-M688: Acquisition of Arabic as a Second Language (3 cr.)
• MELC-M696: Teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages (3 cr.)
• MELC-M698: Introduction to Arabic Pedagogy (3 cr.)

Egyptology

• MELC-E500: Elementary Hieroglyphic Egyptian I (3 cr.)
• MELC-E505: Seminar in Ancient Egyptian History I (3 cr.)
• MELC-E507: Seminar in Ancient Egyptian History II (3 cr.)
• MELC-E510: Religions of Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)
• MELC-E550: Elementary Hieroglyphic Egyptian II (3 cr.)
• MELC-E577: Field Experience (3 cr.)
• MELC-E590: Directed Readings in Egyptology (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-E600: Intermediate Middle Egyptian (3 cr.)
• MELC-E650: Late Egyptian (3 cr.)
• MELC-E660: Demotic Egyptian I (3 cr.)
• MELC-E670: Demotic Egyptian II (3 cr.)
• MELC-E695: Graduate Topics in Egyptology (1-3 cr.)

Islamic Studies and Medieval Middle East:

• MELC-M570: Koranic Studies (3 cr.)
• MELC-M670: Qur'an Commentaries (3 cr.)
• MELC-M672: Hadith Sciences (3 cr.)
• MELC-M680: Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.)
• MELC-M690: Research in Classical Arabic Texts (3 cr.)
• MELC-M692: Research in Classical Persian Texts (3 cr.)
• MELC-M695: Graduate Topics in MELC (1-4 cr.)
• NELC-N681: War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition (3 cr.)
• NELC-N682: Islam and Modernity (3 cr.)
• NELC-N707: Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature (3-4 cr.) 

Hebrew Language and Literature

• MELC-M587: Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.)
• MELC-M588: Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.)
• MELC-M591: Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M687: Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.)
• MELC-M695: Graduate Topics in MELC (Recent topics include: The Fiction of S.Y. Agnon; The Poetry of H.N. Bialik, S. Tchernichovsky and Y. Ratosh) (1-4 cr.) 

Modern Middle Eastern Studies

• MELC-M594: Individualized Readings in Modern Arabic (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M611: Isis and Terrorism (3 cr.)
• MELC-M650: Modern Iran (3 cr.)
• MELC-M695: Graduate Topics in MELC (Recent topics include: Muslim Immigration and Minorities in the West; Politics of Muslim Countries) (1-4 cr.)
• MELC-M709: Seminar in Modern Arabic Literature (3-4 cr.)
• NELC-N595: War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition (3 cr.)
• NELC-N681: Islam and Modernity (3 cr.) 

Research and Directed Reading

• MELC-E590: Directed Readings in Egyptology (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M590: Directed Readings in Arabic (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M591: Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M594: Individualized Readings in Modern Arabic (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M598: Readings in Arabic Language and Linguistics (1-6 cr.)
• MELC-M690: Research in Classical Arabic Texts (3 cr.)
• MELC-M692: Research in Classical Persian Texts (3 cr.)
• MELC-M710: MA Thesis (arr. cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.
• MELC-M810: PhD Thesis (arr. cr.) **These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.