2025 Fall

MELC 10 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Near Eastern Studies 10

Middle Eastern Worlds: Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Rita Lucarelli

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Morgan 101

Class #:24832

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 96

Enrolled: 4

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 100

Waitlist Max: 20

Open Reserved Seats:

30 reserved for Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

28 reserved for Students with 3-4 Terms in Attendance

10 reserved for MELC Languages & Literature and Middle Easter Worlds Majors

13 reserved for Students with 7 or more Terms in Attendance

15 reserved for Students with 5-6 Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Rita Lucarelli

This course introduces students to the Ancient Middle Eastern world through its languages, texts, art, and material culture. Emphasis is placed on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as well as their neighbors in Iran, Turkey, Arabia, and Africa. Students are introduced to techniques scholars use to study this evidence, including philology, archaeology, visual analysis, and digital humanities. Topics include urbanism, kingship, science, religion, and death. Students interact with original materials in campus and Bay Area museums. No prior coursework is required.