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MES237 classes

Middle Eastern Studies classes at UT Austin

UT lists 237 MES classes. 19 have grades since 2011, with a 3.57 average GPA and 50% A’s.

By Sulayman Bowles · Grade data updated

Lower-division classes 26

  1. MES 301CGateway to the Middle East3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.3354% A’s
  2. MES 301JThe Ancient Middle East3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.4651% A’s
  3. MES 301KIntroduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.6359% A’s
  4. MES 301LIntroduction to the Middle East: Adjustment and Change in Modern Times3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.5138% A’s
  5. MES 304MAncient Cities3 credit hoursCatalog only
  6. MES 310Topics in Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.4838% A’s
  7. MES 310.4Social Transformation of Love and Relationships3 credit hoursCatalog only
  8. MES 310.5Introduction to Music in World Cultures3 credit hoursCatalog only
  9. MES 310.6Jewish Civilization: Beginnings to 14923 credit hoursCatalog only
  10. MES 310.8Introduction to Jewish Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  11. MES 310CIntroduction to the Old Testament3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.1125% A’s
  12. MES 310DIntroduction to Islam3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.3935% A’s
  13. MES 310NIntroduction to Modern North Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
  14. MES 310PRevolution and Decolonization in North Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
  15. MES 310RIntroduction to Middle East Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
  16. MES 311The History of Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  17. MES 311CJudaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  18. MES 119STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  19. MES 219STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. MES 319STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  21. MES 419STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  22. MES 519STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  23. MES 619STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  24. MES 719STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. MES 819STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. MES 919STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only

Upper-division classes 143

  1. MES 32013-THE DEAD SEA SCROLLSgrades through Spring 2012 · not in UT’s catalog3.5363% A’s
  2. MES 321K4-ISLAM SPAIN/N AFRICA TO 1492grades through Spring 2012 · not in UT’s catalog3.4020% A’s
  3. MES 322KRE-FORMING THE ARAB EASTgrades through Spring 2012 · not in UT’s catalog3.3439% A’s
  4. MES 323CEngaging the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  5. MES 324K5-MODERN IRANgrades through Spring 2012 · not in UT’s catalog3.1223% A’s
  6. MES 326NEGOTIATING URBANIZATN: TURKEYgrades through Fall 2011 · not in UT’s catalog3.6040% A’s
  7. MES 127Middle Eastern Cultural Exchange1 credit hourCatalog only
  8. MES 328ISLAMIC LAWgrades through Fall 2011 · not in UT’s catalog3.7470% A’s
  9. MES 328DMaterial Cultures of Coexistence3 credit hoursCatalog only
  10. MES 129STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  11. MES 229STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  12. MES 329STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  13. MES 429STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  14. MES 529STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  15. MES 629STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  16. MES 729STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  17. MES 829STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  18. MES 929STopics in Middle Eastern Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  19. MES 331CHistory of the Ottoman Empire3 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. MES 331OTwentieth-Century Arab World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  21. MES 334CMusic Cultures of the Middle East, Past and Present3 credit hoursCatalog only
  22. MES 341Topics in the Middle East: Social Science3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.5949% A’s
  23. MES 341.3The Cities of the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  24. MES 341.5Arab-Israeli Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. MES 341.6Negotiating Urbanization: Case Studies in Turkey3 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. MES 341.7Gender Politics in the Islamic World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  27. MES 341.8Multicultural Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  28. MES 341.9Islam and Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  29. MES 341.10Cultural Geographies of Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  30. MES 341.11Rule of Law in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  31. MES 341.12Muslim Women in Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  32. MES 341.13Sex and Sexuality in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  33. MES 341.18Contemporary Jerusalem3 credit hoursCatalog only
  34. MES 341.19Ottoman State and Society3 credit hoursCatalog only
  35. MES 341.20The Politics and Art of Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising3 credit hoursCatalog only
  36. MES 341.22Veiling in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  37. MES 342Topics in the Middle East: Arts and Humanities3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.5450% A’s
  38. MES 342.1Introduction to Arabic Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  39. MES 342.2Loyalty and Rebellion in Arabic Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  40. MES 342.3Memory and Identity in Ancient Arabia3 credit hoursCatalog only
  41. MES 342.4The Arabian Nights3 credit hoursCatalog only
  42. MES 342.5Israel Through Its Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  43. MES 342.6Love and the State in Contemporary Israeli Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  44. MES 342.7Postmodernist Israeli Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  45. MES 342.8The Sacred and the Secular in Contemporary Jewish Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  46. MES 342.9Mizrahi Writing in Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  47. MES 342.10Persian Literature, Past and Present3 credit hoursCatalog only
  48. MES 342.11Iranian Women Writers3 credit hoursCatalog only
  49. MES 342.13Iranian Literature in Exile3 credit hoursCatalog only
  50. MES 342.14Iranian Film and Fiction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  51. MES 342.16The Qur'an3 credit hoursCatalog only
  52. MES 342.19Self-Revelation in Women's Writing3 credit hoursCatalog only
  53. MES 342.20Autobiography: A Modern Literary Species3 credit hoursCatalog only
  54. MES 342.22Biblical Archaeology3 credit hoursCatalog only
  55. MES 342.23The Dead Sea Scrolls3 credit hoursCatalog only
  56. MES 342.25Politics of Court Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  57. MES 342.26Arab Women Poets3 credit hoursCatalog only
  58. MES 342.27Islamic Law3 credit hoursCatalog only
  59. MES 342.28Gender in North and West Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
  60. MES 342.31Palestine and the Palestinians: A Journey Through Time3 credit hoursCatalog only
  61. MES 342.32Women Filmmakers in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  62. MES 342.33Love in the East and West3 credit hoursCatalog only
  63. MES 342.35Islamic Theology3 credit hoursCatalog only
  64. MES 342.36Rumi and the Persian Sufi Tradition3 credit hoursCatalog only
  65. MES 342.37Biblical Prophecy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  66. MES 342.38Comparative Jewish Literature: Israel, France, and the United States3 credit hoursCatalog only
  67. MES 342.40Gender and Art in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  68. MES 342.42Archaeology of Greek Prehistory3 credit hoursCatalog only
  69. MES 342.44Graffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  70. MES 342.45Lost Languages and Decipherment3 credit hoursCatalog only
  71. MES 342.51Daily Life in Ancient Egypt3 credit hoursCatalog only
  72. MES 342.52Abraham and Abrahamic Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
  73. MES 342.53Angels, Demons, and Magic in Early Christianity3 credit hoursCatalog only
  74. MES 342.54Hermits, Monks, and Saints in Early Christianity3 credit hoursCatalog only
  75. MES 342.55Ancient Egypt3 credit hoursCatalog only
  76. MES 342.56Israel and Palestine: A Cultural Perspective3 credit hoursCatalog only
  77. MES 342.57Divine Persuasion in Biblical Times and Place3 credit hoursCatalog only
  78. MES 342.58Islamic Ethics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  79. MES 342.59Classic Lyric Poems3 credit hoursCatalog only
  80. MES 342.60The Persian Epic and Popular Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
  81. MES 342.61Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry3 credit hoursCatalog only
  82. MES 342.62Iranian and Iranian-American Identity3 credit hoursCatalog only
  83. MES 342.63Twentieth-Century Persian Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  84. MES 342.64Youth and Violence in the Middle East and Eurasia3 credit hoursCatalog only
  85. MES 342.65Debating Genesis3 credit hoursCatalog only
  86. MES 342.66Law and Justice in the Bible3 credit hoursCatalog only
  87. MES 342.67The Book of Job3 credit hoursCatalog only
  88. MES 342.68The Five Books of Moses3 credit hoursCatalog only
  89. MES 342.69Cultural Translation3 credit hoursCatalog only
  90. MES 342.70Soundtrack of Revolutions3 credit hoursCatalog only
  91. MES 342.71Humor and Hardship in Arabic Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  92. MES 342.72Major Islamic Texts3 credit hoursCatalog only
  93. MES 342.73Contemporary Middle Eastern Cinema3 credit hoursCatalog only
  94. MES 342.74Global Cult Cinema3 credit hoursCatalog only
  95. MES 342.75Envisioning Muslims: The Middle Ages and Today3 credit hoursCatalog only
  96. MES 342.76Childrearing in Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  97. MES 342.77The Shock of Modernity in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  98. MES 342.78Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  99. MES 342.79Culture in Turkey: Myths and Realities3 credit hoursCatalog only
  100. MES 342.80Cultures of Revolution in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  101. MES 342.81Gender and Translation in the Arab World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  102. MES 342.82Arab Francophonie3 credit hoursCatalog only
  103. MES 342.83Media and the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  104. MES 342.85Myths and Legends of the Ancient Near East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  105. MES 342.86Minorities in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  106. MES 342.88Multiculturalism in Jordan3 credit hoursCatalog only
  107. MES 342.89Introduction to the Music of the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  108. MES 342CArt and Architecture of Late Antiquity3 credit hoursCatalog only
  109. MES 342MAncient Mediterranean Religion and Astrology3 credit hoursCatalog only
  110. MES 342SSufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality3 credit hoursCatalog only
  111. MES 343Topics in the Middle East: History3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.5849% A’s
  112. MES 343.1Modern Egypt: A History3 credit hoursCatalog only
  113. MES 343.2Re-forming the Arab East, 1914-Present3 credit hoursCatalog only
  114. MES 343.3History of Iran to 18003 credit hoursCatalog only
  115. MES 343.4Islamic Spain and North Africa to 14923 credit hoursCatalog only
  116. MES 343.6Modern Iran3 credit hoursCatalog only
  117. MES 343.7History of the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj3 credit hoursCatalog only
  118. MES 343.8Prophet of Islam: His Life and Times3 credit hoursCatalog only
  119. MES 343.10Origins of Monotheism3 credit hoursCatalog only
  120. MES 343.11Medieval Middle East History in One Hundred Objects3 credit hoursCatalog only
  121. MES 343.12Modern Middle East History in One Hundred Objects3 credit hoursCatalog only
  122. MES 343.13Arabs and Vikings: Art and Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
  123. MES 343.15Africa and Rome3 credit hoursCatalog only
  124. MES 343.16Jews: Nation or People3 credit hoursCatalog only
  125. MES 343.17Restitution and Restorative Justice after the Holocaust3 credit hoursCatalog only
  126. MES 343.20Islam in the Early Modern World: Religion and Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
  127. MES 343.21Transnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  128. MES 343.22French Empire: The West and Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
  129. MES 343.23Muslim Travelers and Traders3 credit hoursCatalog only
  130. MES 343.24Arab Citizens of Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  131. MES 343.25The Arab-Israeli Conflict3 credit hoursCatalog only
  132. MES 343.26The Levant: From Colonialism to Coexistence3 credit hoursCatalog only
  133. MES 343.27Middle East Outlaws and Lawmen3 credit hoursCatalog only
  134. MES 343.28Food History of Asia and the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  135. MES 343.29History of Sephardi Jews3 credit hoursCatalog only
  136. MES 343.30Archaeology of Jesus's World3 credit hoursCatalog only
  137. MES 343.31Religions in the Ottoman Empire3 credit hoursCatalog only
  138. MES 351Mediterranean Crossroads Seminar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  139. MES 352Mediterranean Crossroads Study Abroad Seminar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  140. MES 353Mediterranean Crossroads Conference Course3 credit hoursCatalog only
  141. MES 360Conference Course3 credit hoursCatalog only
  142. MES 370Practicum: Internships in Applied Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  143. MES 679HHonors Tutorial Course6 credit hoursCatalog only

Graduate and professional classes 68

  1. MES 380International Business Fellows Seminar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  2. MES 381Topics in Seminar in Middle Eastern Civilizations and Cultures3 credit hoursCatalog only
  3. MES 381.11Regional Geography of the Middle East and North Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
  4. MES 381.22Politics of the Middle East and North Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
  5. MES 381.26Turkic Cultures and Languages in Central Asia3 credit hoursCatalog only
  6. MES 381.29Environment and Development in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  7. MES 381.30Language and Politics in Language Planning3 credit hoursCatalog only
  8. MES 381.33Translation: Theory, History, and Practice3 credit hoursCatalog only
  9. MES 381.37Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
  10. MES 381.38Music Cultures of the Middle East: Past and Present3 credit hoursCatalog only
  11. MES 381.39Translating Arabic Texts3 credit hoursCatalog only
  12. MES 381.41Gender, Clothing, and Identity in Muslim Society3 credit hoursCatalog only
  13. MES 383Internships in Applied Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  14. MES 384Topics in the Middle East: Social Science3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.7362% A’s
  15. MES 384.3Law and Religion in the Modern Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  16. MES 384.6Cities and Citizenship3 credit hoursCatalog only
  17. MES 384.7Culture, History, and Power3 credit hoursCatalog only
  18. MES 384.8Gender and Development3 credit hoursCatalog only
  19. MES 384.10The Military in Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. MES 384.11Nationalism and Gender3 credit hoursCatalog only
  21. MES 384.12Comparative Middle Eastern Law3 credit hoursCatalog only
  22. MES 385Topics in the Middle East: History3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.8772% A’s
  23. MES 385.1Middle East Police and Criminals3 credit hoursCatalog only
  24. MES 385.2Nationalisms in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. MES 385.3Islamic Historiography3 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. MES 385.4Islamic Revolution of Iran3 credit hoursCatalog only
  27. MES 385.5Modern Iranian History and Historiography3 credit hoursCatalog only
  28. MES 385.6Shi'ite Religious and Political Ideologues3 credit hoursCatalog only
  29. MES 385.7Women in Islamic Societies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  30. MES 385.9Method and Theory in Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  31. MES 385.10Modern Arab Renaissance: An Inquiry3 credit hoursCatalog only
  32. MES 385.11State and Society in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  33. MES 385.12European Imperialism: British Empire3 credit hoursCatalog only
  34. MES 385.13The Ideas of the East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  35. MES 385.14Global Iran3 credit hoursCatalog only
  36. MES 386Topics in the Middle East: Arts and Humanities3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.8064% A’s
  37. MES 386.1The Arabic Humanities3 credit hoursCatalog only
  38. MES 386.2Iranian Film and Fiction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  39. MES 386.3Reading Arabic Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  40. MES 386.5Theory and Practice in Literary Translation3 credit hoursCatalog only
  41. MES 386.6Modern Arabic Poetry3 credit hoursCatalog only
  42. MES 386.7Arab Women Poets3 credit hoursCatalog only
  43. MES 386.9Classical Arabic Ahkbar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  44. MES 386.11Islamic Ornament3 credit hoursCatalog only
  45. MES 386.12Islamic Studies: Disciplinary Introduction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  46. MES 386.14Mizrahi Writing in Israel3 credit hoursCatalog only
  47. MES 386.15Post-Zionist Perspectives in Israeli Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  48. MES 386.16Readings in Contemporary Persian Political Writings3 credit hoursCatalog only
  49. MES 386.18Seminar in Music, Gender, and Sexuality3 credit hoursCatalog only
  50. MES 386.19Women in Scripture3 credit hoursCatalog only
  51. MES 386.21Middle Eastern Modernities3 credit hoursCatalog only
  52. MES 386.22Reading the Maghreb3 credit hoursCatalog only
  53. MES 386.23Late Ottoman State and Society3 credit hoursCatalog only
  54. MES 386.24Islamic Feminism3 credit hoursCatalog only
  55. MES 386.25Gender, Clothing, and Identity in Muslim Societies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  56. MES 386.26The New Middle East: A Critical Approach3 credit hoursCatalog only
  57. MES 386.27Gender, Islam and Representation in the Modern Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
  58. MES 386.28The Qur'an and Its Interpretations3 credit hoursCatalog only
  59. MES 386.30Space and Place in Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
  60. MES 389Conference Course3 credit hoursCatalog only
  61. MES 390MApplied Methods and Practice in Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  62. MES 194Professional Development in Middle Eastern Studies1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  63. MES 294Professional Development in Middle Eastern Studies1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  64. MES 394Professional Development in Middle Eastern Studies1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  65. MES 097Proseminar0 credit hoursCatalog only
  66. MES 398RMaster's Report3 credit hoursCatalog only
  67. MES 398TSupervised Teaching in Middle Eastern Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  68. MES 698Thesis6 credit hoursCatalog only

How we got this

Class names, credit hours and descriptions come from UT’s Middle Eastern Studies catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard. We combine every letter grade since Summer 2011, so bigger classes count for more. A’s counts A grades; A− has its own bar on each class page. How the averages are calculated.

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