Graduate Program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies offers master’s and doctoral degrees in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.

Students at the master’s level may concentrate in:

• Arabic
• Modern Hebrew
• Persian
• Comparative Middle Eastern literatures
• Arabic or Semitic linguistics
• Islamic Studies
• Middle Eastern cultures

At the doctoral level, students select a field of study from among the following:

• Arabic Studies
• Hebrew Studies (Biblical or Modern)
• Persian Studies
• Middle Eastern Literatures
• Semitic Languages and Linguistics
• Islamic Studies

Graduate courses are offered in:

• Akkadian
• Arabic
• Aramaic
• Hebrew (Biblical or Modern)
• Persian
• Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian literatures
• Arabic and comparative Semitic linguistics
• Islamic and Jewish Studies
• Cultures of the Middle East

The study of these languages, literatures, and cultures may also be included in programs leading to master’s or doctoral degrees in other fields.

Please review information about our MA and PhD degrees.