McGill Middle East Studies McGill University offers a variety of research and teaching resources pertaining to the Middle East. These include the Institute for Islamic Studies, the Centre for Developing Areas Studies, and the Inter-University Consortium for Arab Studies .Both CDAS and ICAS maintain resource and documentation centers. The Institute for Islamic Studies library maintains a collection of more than 100,000 volumes on all aspects of Islam and the Middle East, in addition to the regular holdings of the university library.
Additional resources exist at Montreal's three other universities.
Political Science 160-341 Int. In addition, Middle East related courses taken at Concordia University, UdeM and UQAM may also be credited in the program. Advance approvial from the MES advisor is required. These courses may be taken as electives, or as part of the requirements for an interdisciplinary BA in Middle East Studies. At the MA and PhD level, McGill offers a wealth of teaching and research resources on the Middle East.