Welcome to the website for Middle Eastern Studies {MESTU} at Penn State University
Middle Eastern Studies at Penn State provides a minor for students pursuing degrees in any major who are interested in courses having to do with the Middle East from ancient to modern times. Courses are taught by faculty with expertise in disciplines such as History, Political Science, Religion, Language, Literature, Art History, Communication Arts and Sciences, Gender Studies, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and more. The minor offers a way to investigate a region of the world from multiple perspectives engaging a variety of methods of study.