Middle Eastern Studies

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<p>I’m a freshman at Georgetown in the SFS. If you are interested in Middle Eastern studies we have so many different options.

  1. You can be an Arabic major in the FLL (school of foreign language and linguistics)
    These are all in the SFS so your proficiency language would be Arabic, which if you do for all four years the school says they can make you business proficient:
  2. You can be an International Politics Major with a certificate (which is like half minor/ half emphasis) in Arab studies or Christian Muslim Understanding
  3. You can be Culture and Politics major focusing in the Middle East
  4. You can be a Regional Comparative Studies Major (like me) and choose the Middle East and another region (I’m doing the Middle East and Africa with a certificate in international development) </p>

<p>As far a study abroad, there are programs in Egypt, Morocco, and Qatar, (where Georgetown has a second campus). There is also a program in Turkey where Georgetown has villas, though it is not Arabic speaking. This summer I going to be doing an intensive year of Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt. </p>

<p>The other major selling point was having John Esposito as a full time professor on campus. He truly is a leader in his field.</p>