Language Courses
https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2025/spring/SAME/490
Arabic
- ARAB 150: Language & Culture of Arab World
- ARAB 202: Elementary Standard Arabic II
- ARAB 404: Intermediate Standard Arabic II
- ARAB 406: Advanced Standard Arabic II
- ARAB 408: Topics Stand Arabic LangLit II
Greek
- GRK 102: Elementary Greek II
- GRK 199: Undergraduate Open Seminar
- GRK 202: Classical & Koine Greek II
- GRK 401: Survey of Greek Literature
- GRK 492: Senior Thesis
- GRK 493: Independent Reading
- GRK 580: Greek Seminar
- GRK 599: Thesis Research
Modern Greek
- GRKM 202: Elementary Modern Greek I
- GRKM 260: Decolonizing the Body: Eros and the Erotic in the Poetry of C.P. Cavafy
- GRKM 404: Intermediate Modern Greek II
Hebrew
- HEBR 199: Undergraduate Open Seminar
- HEBR 202: Elementary Modern Hebrew II
- HEBR 404: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
Hindi
- HNDI 115: Language and Culture in India
- HNDI 202: Elementary Hindi-Urdu II
- HNDI 404: Intermediate Hindi II
- HNDI 406: Advanced Hindi II
- HNDI 412: Business Hindi
Persian
Turkish
Non-Language Courses
Courses counted as having substantial content relevant to South Asian studies - (SA)
Courses counted as having substantial content relevant to Middle East studies - (ME)
- AAS 100: Introduction to Asian-American Studies (SA)
- ANTH 272: Language and Culture in Turkey (same as GLBL 272, SAME 272, and TURK 270) (ME)
- ARAB 150: Language and Culture of the Arab World (same as SAME 150) (ME)
- CLCV 102: Medical Terms--Greek and Latin Roots (ME)
- CLCV 111: Mythology of Greece and Rome (ME)
- CLCV 115: Mythology of Greece and Rome (ME)
- CWL 481: Topics in Arabic Literature & Culture (ME)
- EPOL 526: Education and Power in Middle East (ME)
- LA 222 - Islamic Gardens & Architecture (same as ARCH 222 and ARTH 219) (ME & SA)
- REL 120: A History of Judaism (ME)
- REL 214: Introduction to Islam (same as SAME 213) (ME/SA)
- REL 260: Mystics and Saints in Islam (ME/SA)
- REL 344: Jewish Intellectual History: Encounters with Islam and Christianity (ME)
- REL 520/SAME 520: Hindu Pilgrimage, Power & Place (SA)
- SAME 272: Language and Culture in Turkey (ME) (same as ANTH 272, GLBL 272, and TURK 270)
- SAME 490: SALIDlab - South Asian Languages, Images, and Data Lab (SA)
- SOC 563: Global Social Movements (ME)
Global/International Courses:
The following course titles are broad enough to include a possible focus on South Asia or Middle East content. If you would like to have one of these courses count as a Middle East or South Asia area studies course, please first obtain the syllabus from the instructor. Then email Dr. Angela Williams at aswillms@illinois.edu to request the course be considered to count for your area studies requirement.
- HIST 100: Global History
- HIST 200: Introduction to Historical Interpretation
- HIST 502: Problems in Comparative History
- HIST 597: Reading Course
- LAW 657: International Human Rights Law
- LAW 687: Jurisprudence
- MUS 133: Introduction to World Music
- PHIL 110: World Religions (same as RLST 110)
- PS 280: Intro to International Relations