Department Listing: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Courses in the Fall 2026 Semester

     Number Sec  Call#      Pts  Title                           Day Time          Room Building        Faculty
                 L App Activity  Subject

MDES UN1003 001  10654        4  Premodern Islamic Worlds        MW 11:40am-12:55                       Van Dalen, Elaine
                 L      LECTURE  Middle East                                                            
                            Note: Students in MDES UN1003 must register for MDES UN1004.
MDES UN1030 001  10655        4  Game of Thrones: Epics/Em       TR 10:10am-11:25                       Dabashi, Hamid
                 L      LECTURE  Middle East                                                            
                            Note: Students in MDES UN1030 must register for MDES UN1031.
MDES UN1101 001  10954        4  ELEMENTARY TAMIL I              MTWR 1:10pm-2:00                       Ramesh, Jay
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
SWHL UN1101 001  10942        4  ELEMENTARY SWAHILI I            MTWR 9:10am-10:0                       Nanji, Abdul
                 L     LANGUAGE  Swahili                                                                
WLOF UN1101 001  10999        4  ELEMENTARY WOLOF I              MTWR 12:10pm-1:0                       Sy, Mariame S
                 L     LANGUAGE  Wolof                                                                  
MDES UN1210 001  10880        5  FIRST YEAR ARABIC I             MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Abdo, Nasr
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1210 002  10881        5  FIRST YEAR ARABIC I             MTWR 11:40am-12:                       Bettaieb, Rym
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1210 003  10882        5  FIRST YEAR ARABIC I             MTWR 1:10pm-2:15                       Absi, Ouijdane
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1210 004  10883        5  FIRST YEAR ARABIC I             MTWR 2:40pm-3:45                       Ahmar, May
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1211 001  10884        5  FIRST YEAR ARABIC II            MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Absi, Ouijdane
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1301 001  10969        4  ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN I           MW 10:10am-12:00                       Karamanoukian, Charry
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
AHUM UN1399 003  10700        4  COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS       T 4:10pm-6:00pm                        Hallaq, Wael
                 L     COLLOQUI  Asian Humanities                                                       
MDES UN1401 001  10958        4  ELEMENTARY SANSKRIT I           MTWR 9:10am-10:0                       Ramesh, Jay
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1501 001  10981        5  1ST YR MOD HEBREW:ELEM I        MTWR 8:50am-9:55                       Gonen, Illan
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1501 002  10982        5  1ST YR MOD HEBREW:ELEM I        MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Gonen, Illan
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1601 001  10839        5  ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU I         MTWR 1:10pm-2:15                       Ahmad, Aftab
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1608 001  10847        5  HINDI FOR HERITAGE SPEAKE       MTWR 2:40pm-3:45                       Ranjan, Rakesh
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1614 001  10848        5  URDU FOR HERITAGE SPEAKER       MTWR 2:40pm-3:45                       Ahmad, Aftab
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1701 001  10921        4  ELEMENTARY PERSIAN I            MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Honarmand, Saeed
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN1901 001  10904        4  ELEMENTARY MODERN TURKISH       MW 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Fikret, Zuleyha M
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2042 001  10768        3  S. Asia Crossroads of Emp       MW 10:10am-11:25                       Huacuja Alonso, Isabel
                 L      LECTURE  Middle East                                                            
                            Note: Students in MDES UN2042 must register for MDES UN2043.
SWHL UN2101 001  10943        4  INTERMEDIATE SWAHILI I          MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Nanji, Abdul
                 L     LANGUAGE  Swahili                                                                
WLOF UN2101 001  11000        4  INTERMEDIATE WOLOF I            MW 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Sy, Mariame S
                 L     LANGUAGE  Wolof                                                                  
MDES UN2201 001  10885        5  SECOND YEAR ARABIC I            MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Bettaieb, Rym
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2201 002  10886        5  SECOND YEAR ARABIC I            MTWR 8:50am-9:55                       Abdo, Nasr
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2201 003  10887        5  SECOND YEAR ARABIC I            MTWR 4:10pm-5:15                       Ahmar, May
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2202 001  10888        5  SECOND YEAR ARABIC II           MTWR 11:40am-12:                       Abdo, Nasr
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2208 001  10889        5  ARABIC FOR HERITAGE SPEAK       MTWR 4:10pm-5:15                       Faraj, Reem
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2301 001  10970        4  INTERMEDIATE ARMENIAN I         TR 10:10am-12:00                       Karamanoukian, Charry
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2401 001  10963        4  INTERMEDIATE SANSKRIT I         TR 10:10am-12:00                       Ramesh, Jay
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2501 001  10983        5  2ND YR MOD HEBREW:INTER I       MTWR 10:10am-11:                       Flusser, Yael
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2516 001  10988        4  INT HEBREW:INTENSVE GRAMM       MWR 11:40am-12:5                       Gonen, Illan
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2517 001  10995        4  HEBREW FOR HERITAGE SPEAK       MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Flusser, Yael
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2601 001  10840        5  INTERMEDIATE HINDI-URDU I       MTWR 1:10pm-2:15                       Ranjan, Rakesh
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES UN2701 001  10922        4  INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I          MW 10:10am-12:00                       Honarmand, Saeed
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
HIST BC2803 001  00520        3  GENDER AND EMPIRE               MW 2:40pm-3:55pm                       Rao, Anupama
                 L                                                                                      
MDES UN2901 001  10905        4  INTERMEDIATE MODERN TURKI       MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Fikret, Zuleyha M
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
SWHL UN3301 001  10945        4  ADVANCED SWAHILI I              MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Nanji, Abdul
                 L     LANGUAGE  Swahili                                                                
WLOF UN3301 001  11001        4  ADVANCED WOLOF I                TR 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Sy, Mariame S
                 L     LANGUAGE  Wolof                                                                  
MDES UN3335 001  10766        3  Intro to Armenian Studies       T 10:10am-12:00p                       Vacca, Alison
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
CLME UN3928 001  10767        3  ARABIC PRISON WRITING           T 2:10pm-4:00pm                        Al-Musawi, Muhsin
                 L      SEMINAR  Comparative Literature: Middle                                         
MDES UN3960 001  11006        1  HONORS THESIS SEMINAR PAR                                              
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4122 001  10773        4  THE NOVEL IN AFRICA             W 2:10pm-4:00pm                        Wenzel, Jennifer
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4210 001  10890        5  THIRD YEAR ARABIC I             MTWR 11:40am-12:                       Absi, Ouijdane
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4212 001  10892        4  FOURTH YEAR MODERN ARABIC       MW 10:10am-12:00                       Nouhi, Youssef
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4218 001  10891        4  SPOKEN ARABIC I                 TR 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Faraj, Reem
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4221 001  10893        3  Readings in Qur   an and        MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Nouhi, Youssef
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
CLME GU4231 001  10782        4  COLD WAR ARAB CULTURE           W 2:10pm-4:00pm                        Al-Musawi, Muhsin
                 L      SEMINAR  Comparative Literature: Middle                                         
MDES GU4310 001  10972        3  ADVANCED ARMENIAN I             F 11:10am-1:00pm                       Karamanoukian, Charry
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4501 001  10998        4  READINGS IN HEBREW TEXTS        MW 12:10pm-2:00p                       Harel, Naama
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4510 001  10997        4  3RD YR MODERN HEBREW I          MW 10:10am-12:00                       Harel, Naama
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4601 001  10786        4  POLITICS IN INDIA               T 2:10pm-4:00pm                        Kaviraj, Sudipta
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4624 001  10849        5  ADVANCED HINDI I                TR 10:10am-12:00                       Ranjan, Rakesh
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4627 001  11003        4  Significant Others              W 4:10pm-6:00pm                        Kia, Mana
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4640 001  10850        4  ADVANCED URDU                   TR 6:10pm-8:00pm                       Ahmad, Aftab
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4710 001  10923        3  ADVANCED PERSIAN I              MW 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Honarmand, Saeed
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4810 001  10780        4  ADVANCED SANSKRIT I             MW 2:10pm-4:00pm                       Peterson, Jonathan
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4825 001  10781        4  Indo-Islamic Culture in L       R 10:10am-12:00p                       Masud, Timsal
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4910 001  10906        3  ADVANCED TURKISH I              TR 2:40pm-3:55pm                       Fikret, Zuleyha M
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4926 001  10909        3  READINGS IN OTTOMAN TEXTS       TR 2:40pm-3:55pm                       Oztoprak, Dilek
                 L     LANGUAGE  Middle East                                                            
MDES GU4953 001  10831        4  The Ottoman Empire: Histo       M 4:10pm-6:00pm                        Mouradian, Khatchig
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GR5000 001  11002        4  THEORY AND METHODS I            M 4:10pm-6:00pm                        Hallaq, Wael
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GR6008 001  11004        2  MESAAS RESEARCH COLLOQUIU                                              Vacca, Alison
                 L     COLLOQUI  Middle East                                                            
MDES GR6410 001  10832        4  Settlers and Natives            R 12:10pm-2:00pm                       Mamdani, Mahmood
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GR6610 001  10788        4  Theories of Secularity          W 4:10pm-6:00pm                        Kaviraj, Sudipta
                 L      SEMINAR  Middle East                                                            
MDES GR8008 001  11005        0  DISSERTATION COLLOQUIUM                                                Mitchell, Timothy
                 L     COLLOQUI  Middle East                                                            
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