One of CMENA’s missions is to create and support opportunities for students to learn about,

travel within, and research North Africa and the Middle East. 

Undergraduate Opportunities

Minor in Middle Eastern and North African Studies. UCSC has a new undergraduate minor in Middle Eastern and North African Studies!

To complete the minor, students need to complete at least three quarters of a Middle Eastern language, one of the required introductory courses, and five upper division courses whose primary focus is the history, politics, languages,
and/or cultures of the Middle East and/or North Africa. Students must take minor-affiliated courses in at least three different departments. Complete details and minor requirements are here.

Spring 2024 Course Offerings

HIS 50 When Pharaohs Reigned: The History of Ancient Egypt (Professor Elaine Sullivan)

HIS 194W Social Movements in the Modern Middle East (Professor Muriam Haleh Davis)

LIT 81D The Prophet and the Quran (Professor Camilo Gómez-Rivas)

ARBC 3 Arabic: First Year (Professor Abdelkader Berrahmoun)

ARBC 6 Arabic: Second Year (Professor Abdelkader Berrahmoun)

HEBR 3 Hebrew: First Year (Professor Galia Stein-Rosen)

PERS 3 Persian: First Year (Professor Mehran Esfandiari)

Graduate Opportunities

Language Study. Current graduate students at UC Santa Cruz may apply for small grants to assist with funding for language study to support their research. Contact jderr@ucsc.edu for details.