Middle East Culture Course

Any ideas on a good in depth course on Middle East Culture? [Undergraduate,Online] Somebody on this forum pointed me toward APU/AMU. I'd like to know if there are any other options?

Any help is appreciated, the sooner the better thanks, TAL

 

Since you are talking about undergraduate credit you might be able to test out of this. If your school allows it, you could satisfy this requirement through the DSST Introduction to the Modern Middle East exam. I'm taking this one myself.

If you have to take a class, this thread has some ideas that can help you:

http://www.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?p=320596

 

Can this help?

http://extension.berkeley.edu/cat/course378.html

 

And then from Berkeley to Oxford?

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=O09P334ARV

 

Here are a couple of possible choices.

Metropolitan State College of Denver
HIS 3760 Section
Modern Middle East
This course explores the volatile history of the Middle East region with special emphasis on the post-World War II period. Eight essay lessons, research paper.

http://www.coloradoindependentstudy.org/searchdetail.asp?v_institution=0519&vcourse_abbr=HIS&vcourse_number=3760&vcourse_section=&vcourse_type=Print%20Correspondence

Metropolitan State College of Denver
HIS 3770 Section
World of Islam
This course is designed to introduce students to the evolution and spread of Islam and its various forms in the world. The main purpose should be to understand the impact Islam has had and continues to have on the world, and also how the non-Muslim world influences the development of Islam. 8 essay lessons and an assessment paper.

http://www.coloradoindependentstudy.org/searchdetail.asp?v_institution=0519&vcourse_abbr=HIS&vcourse_number=3770&vcourse_section=&vcourse_type=Print%20Correspondence

 

Since this is a thread that was originated by the person to whom you are replying we can safely assume they are aware of it's contents.

 

Oops! My bad. A logical conclusion, unless the poster's real name is Sybil of course... ;-)

 

The University of Wyoming www.uwyo.edu has online courses on the History of Islam and Ottoman History.

 

MIT (OpenCourseWare) http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-601Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm

University of Notre Dame (OpenCourseWare) http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north

Both offer undergraduate level courses; I believe they’re free, but may not offer academic credit (?).

About OpenCourseWare http://ocw.nd.edu/about

 

There are many different types of cultures. It depends on what kind of culture/s you are interested in.

 

The college where I work is offering a class this summer on Middle Eastern History - Online Schedule of Classes

It's HIS 251... although if you're not in Virginia you'd have to pay out of state Virginia.

-Matt