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Islamic World Studies - Minor

This interdisciplinary minor is offered through School of Arts and Sciences. It requires six courses as follows.

Islam in Modernity Courses - Take At Least One

ARAB 205Media Arabic

3
ARAB 213/ANTH 213/ARAB 213Development and Humanitarian Interventions in the Middle East, Africa, and Beyond

3
ARAB 228/ARAB 228/POL 331Islam and Politics in the Modern World

3
HIST 308ANapoleon to Bin Laden: The Modern Middle East

3
HIST 308BModern Islam: Crisis, Defeat, and a Search for Order

3
HIST 311BGunpowder Empires of Islam: the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals

3
MDIA 327Media and the Middle East

3
POL 329Israel and World Politics

3
POL 400AU.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

3
POL 414/POL 619The Arab-Israeli Conflict

3
SOC 210Science, Religion, and Society

3
SOC 343Religion and Mental Health in Global Perspective

3
TRS 383/SOC 363Race and Religion

3
TRS 395Christian Muslim Relations

3
TRS 398Introduction to Islam

3

Pre-modern Islamic World Courses - Take At Least One

ART 335Global Medieval Art: Artistic Capitals and Exchange

3
HIST 142The Mongol Empire: Fire and Silk across Eurasia

3
HIST 309The Rise of Islam

3
HIST 309CMuslims, Christians and Jews in the Mediterranean World

3
HIST 311BGunpowder Empires of Islam: the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals

3
HIST 330BThe Crusades: Holy War and Jihad

3
HIST 410Seminar: Persecution and Tolerance in the Medieval Mediterranean

3
PHIL 334/PHIL 334/PHIL 634Philosophy in the Islamic World

3
PHIL 335/PHIL 335/PHIL 635Islamic Political Philosophy

3
SEM 241Introduction to Arabic

4
SEM 242Introduction to Arabic

4
SEM 247Arabic Literature in Translation

3
TRS 290World Religions

3
TRS 395Christian Muslim Relations

3
TRS 398Introduction to Islam

3

Language Courses - Take Two Optionally (None Required)

ARAB 103Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I

4
ARAB 104Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II

4
ARAB 203Advanced Composition and Conversation I

3
ARAB 204Advanced Composition and Conversation II

3