An examination of contemporary Middle Eastern societies experiencing social and economic transition. This course helps students understand the political, economic and religious transformations that have occurred in he last century, including discussion of economic development and the political and social implications for Middle Eastern peoples. An examination of the enormous varieties of peoples and cultures found in the Middle East. This course examines the basic structure of historical and contemporary societies and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, with a special emphasis on Egypt. Social organization, law, family, tribe, gender, rural-urban migration, education and social change are among the areas of inquiry in this course.
Special attention is given to Christian ethnic groups throughout the Middle East.
The Oxford Honors Program has a wide selection of courses available from which to choose. An integrated study of the culture, language, and history of Russia. While the primary focus of the course is on conversational Russian, other goals include equipping students to be comfortable with basic reading and writing in Russian. Students learn and practice the use of the language in real-life situations in both spoken and written forms. The use of intensive teaching methods provides good results in a relatively short period of time.