Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Department: Anthropology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course provides an introduction to and critical examination of the extensive ethnographic literature written by sociocultural anthropologists on the peoples and cultures of the Middle East (including North Africa). Major themes of this literature are reviewed and analyzed, and current trends are studied by reading recent works.