{"id":887,"date":"2022-10-04T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/history\/?page_id=887"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:25:17","slug":"middle-eastern-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/history\/middle-eastern-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"intro\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-intro auto-section\" data-section-link-title=\"Intro\" aria-label=\"Intro\">\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 pb-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<span class=\"lead\">The Middle Eastern Studies Program at UCF is designed to foster teaching, research and scholarship of the Middle East and Muslim world in particular. The program has a strong focus on the religious, political, historical and social forces shaping the region. The program offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/#\/programs\/rkN8JZ_sd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an interdisciplinary minor<\/a> that provides students an overview of Middle Eastern civilization and a detailed study of its most important features.<\/span>\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-secondary mt-4 mb-2 mb-lg-3 mr-3\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/#\/programs\/rkN8JZ_sd\"\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#c69707!important;border-color:#c69707!important;\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tUCF Catalog: Middle Eastern Studies Minor\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-outline-primary mt-4 mb-3 text-secondary\"\n\t\t\thref=\"#coursestable\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tCourse Listings\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary-lightest mb-0 py-5\"\n\t\t\tid=\"scholarships\"\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"display-4 mb-4 font-slab-serif font-weight-normal\">Scholarship<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"h2\">Mary Fleigh Mackoul Scholarship<\/h3>\n<p>In 2006, as a result of a generous gift to the university, the Mary Fleigh Mackoul Endowed Fund began. The purpose of this scholarship is to &#8220;advance and promote the academic and curricular development of topics related to middle eastern studies with a focus on issues important to understanding the culture, politics, and religion of Arab nations and Arabic language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-2\">\n<li>Applicant must be enrolled as a UCF full-time undergraduate or graduate student<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA<\/li>\n<li>Enrolled in courses related to understanding the culture, politics and religion of Arab nations and Arabic language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary mt-2 mb-3\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/history\/mackoul-scholarship\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tApply Now\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary-lighter mb-0 pt-5 pb-4\"\n\t\t\tid=\"resources\"\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container py-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 heading-underline pb-3 mb-3\"><span class=\"letter-spacing-1\">Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled lead\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.ucf.edu\/mideast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Eastern Studies Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/philosophy\/islamic-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Studies program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/philosophy\/program\/religion-and-cultural-studies\/\">Religion and Cultural Studies \u2013 B.A.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politics\/kps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurdish Political Studies program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/msaknights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim Student Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-3\"\n\t\t\tid=\"director\"\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 heading-underline pb-3 mb-4\"><span class=\"letter-spacing-1\">Contact<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/history\/faculty-staff\/?id=314\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mr-3 img-circle rounded float-left lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/apps.cah.ucf.edu\/resize.php?filename=314.jpg&amp;sz=2\" alt=\"Hakan \u00d6zo\u011flu\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mr-3 img-circle rounded float-left\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.cah.ucf.edu\/resize.php?filename=314.jpg&amp;sz=2\" alt=\"Hakan \u00d6zo\u011flu\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"h4\" href=\"https:\/\/history.cah.ucf.edu\/faculty-staff\/?id=314\">Hakan \u00d6zo\u011flu, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Director, Middle Eastern Studies<\/em><br \/>\nhakan@ucf.edu<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-5\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"courses\" class=\"display-4 mb-4 font-slab-serif font-weight-normal\">Courses<\/h2>\n<p>        <div class=\"app-container\">\n            <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"appSettings\" value=\"{&quot;dept&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;spring 2024&quot;,&quot;end&quot;:&quot;spring 2025&quot;,&quot;perPage&quot;:10,&quot;multiDept&quot;:false}\">\n            <div id=\"courses-page-app\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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