Both the Middle Eastern Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies programs here are great. WGS culls faculty from across campus whose interests are interdisciplinary, and it’s growing rapidly. MES is also incredible, and there are a lot of students who use Arabic to fulfill their “Middle Eastern language” requirement. There’s also Turkish, Farsi, and Hebrew, I believe. I just think this is a very well established program, with wonderful faculty and a lot of connections.

Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Sara

I’m a junior in high school in Louisiana, and I’m thinking of going to UT when i graduate and majoring in Middle Eastern Studies and minoring in Women’s Studies. Reading this has made me feel like i should definitely make this one of my top schools to pick from (right now, it is pretty much between Louisiana State University and UT anyway..)!

Could you possibly tell me a bit about your experience over at UT in the Middle Eastern Studies department? I’d love to hear about it, and I really need some kind of feedback from actual students from the colleges I’m thinking of going to.

Thanks in advance!

-Meredith