Academic Resources
Arabic Forums
Online Arabic forums are a great way to improve one's Arabic, especially one's knowledge of a dialect. Forum users debate politics, economics, religion, family, music, television, and much, much more, and they often write the way they talk. Reading these forums can be a challenging yet rewarding experience.听
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al-Jazeera Television Programs
Al-Jazeera has many television programs that can be watched on its听.听Better still, al-Jazeera usually provides the transcripts for entire shows, allowing students to read along when the audio becomes too difficult. Here are just a few of the shows available. Under individual episodes, look for the tab entitled听Nuss al-Halqa听(賳氐 丕賱丨賱賯丞).听
Arabic Newspapers
Arabic Textbooks
Islamic World
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IR and Foreign Policy
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All of these resources are available online to members of the Boston College community through the Boston College Library.
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All of these resources are readily available online or to members of the Boston College community through the Boston College Library.
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Graduate Programs in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
As part of the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program鈥檚 efforts to help students find the right path after their undergraduate studies at Boston College, below you will find a diverse list of graduate programs in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, both here in the United States and abroad.
While Boston College undergraduates are highly encouraged to apply to the interdisciplinary Master of Arts program in Middle Eastern Studies at Boston College, there are many similar programs throughout the world.
The list below primarily consists of programs devoted to Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, but it also includes many programs located in various other departments. When considering graduate school, students should also consider applying to degree programs in religion, political science, international relations, public policy, sociology, or history, many of which offer concentrations in Islamic or Middle Eastern studies.
This is hardly an exhaustive list. You will notice, for example, that many of the schools offer several types of related MA degrees. This list is simply meant to help you get started.听听
Degree: MA, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East Studies
Degree: Comparative Politics and Regional Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/MPhil, Middle East and Central Asian Studies
Degree: MA, Islamic Studies and Leadership, Islamic Education
Degree: PhD, Graduate Program in Religion
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA, International Affairs
Degree: MA, Islamic Studies
Degree: PhD, Near Eastern Studies
Degree: PhD, Graduate Program in Religion
Degree: PhD, Islamic Civilizations Studies
Degree: PhD, Religion
Degree: MA, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East and Islamic Studies
Degree: MA, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East Studies
Degree: MA, Arab Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Arabic and Islamic Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Islamic Studies
Degree: PhD, Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
Degree: MA/PhD, Middle East Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Degree: MA, Public Policy
Degree: PhD, Study of Religion
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Language and Cultures
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East Studies
Degree: PhD, Near Eastern Studies
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA, Arabic Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Public Affairs
Degree: PhD, Religion
Degree: MA/PhD, Religion
Degree: MA, Religious Studies
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Graduate Program in Religion
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religion
Degree: MA, Law and Diplomacy
Degree: MA/PhD, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Studies
Degree: PhD, Study of Religion
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Islamic Studies
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Degree: MA, International Relations
Degree: MA, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Religious Studies
Degree: MPhil/PhD, Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA, Arabic Studies
Degree: PhD, Middle East Studies
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: PhD, Theology and Peace Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Classics and Religious Studies
Degree: MSc, Modern Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: PhD, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Degree: MA/PhD, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Degree: MA/PhD, Study of Religion
Degree: MA, Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Middle East Studies
Degree: PhD, Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies
Degree: MA/PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Degree: PhD, Religious Studies
Degree: MA, Islamic Texts