Courses for the Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization concentration are chosen with the assistance of a MESIC advisor. Example courses include:

• Atheism Past and Present
• Comparative Muslim Cultures
• Hebrew Bible
• Images of Women in the Middle East
• Introduction to Islam
• Islam and the West
• Islamic Civilizations
• Islamic Readings in Arabic
• Modern Islam
• Pagans/Christians/Jews
• Politics of the Middle East
• Religion and War in World Politics
• The Politics of Fear
• The Qur’an (Koran)
• U.S. National Security Policy