Core Courses (6 Hours)

Electives (12 Hours)

Select four courses from the listing of courses below. Course choices must include at least one of the listed courses in Religious Studies unless taken to fulfill other degree requirements.

• ANTH 310 - Cultures of Islam
• ANTH 311 - Middle Eastern Cultures
• ANTH 315 - South Asian Cultures
• ANTH 316 - Southeast Asian Cultures
• ANTH 515 - Tradition and Transformations in Islamic Cultures
• ARAB 201 - Intermediate Arabic
• ARAB 202 - Intermediate Arabic
• ARAB 280 - Introduction to Modern Arab Culture
• ARAB 301 - Advanced Arabic Language I
• ARAB 302 - Advanced Arabic Language II
• ARAB 310 - Conversational Arabic
• ARAB 320 - Introduction to Modern Arab Literature in Translation
• ARAB 398 - Selected Topics
• FREN 453 - Francophone Literatures and Cultures
• GEOG 226 - Geography of the Middle East
• HIST 104 - Introduction to the Civilization of the Islamic Middle East
• HIST 327 - The Crusades
• HIST 347 - The Middle East in Modern Times
• HIST 348 - North Africa from Colonialism to Revolution: 1830-1962
• HIST 349 - The Contemporary Middle East and North Africa
• HIST 386 - Islamic Institutions and Traditions
• HIST 562 - The Middle East and the United States: 1800 to the Present
• POLI 103 - Controversies in the Politics of Global Regions
• POLI 449 - International Relations of the Middle East
• POLI 483 - Middle East Politics
• RELG 250 - Introduction to Islam
• RELG 358 - The Qur’an and Hadith
• RELG 359 - Islamic Theology and Philosophical Thought
• RELG 367 - Sufism
• RELG 369 - Islamic Law

• Note: ARAB 121 and ARAB 122 are recommended as choices for the foreign language requirement. Students may apply credits from special topics courses offered by any Arts and Sciences department toward the Islamic World Studies minor. To count toward the minor, the majority of material covered in a special topics course must relate to Islam, Muslim populations, and/or Islamic World contexts. Approval of special topics courses is at the discretion of the Program Director.