Program

This minor is available to students registered in a 120 credit hour Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Community Design, Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Informatics, Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) program.

Students must take 18 credit hours at the 2000 level or above to a maximum of 27 credit hours from the following list:

Required:

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Intermediate Arabic I

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Intermediate Arabic II

And 12 credit hours selected from the following:

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Conversational Arabic: Introduction to Levantine Dialects

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Cultural Introduction to the Arab World

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Advanced Arabic I

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Advanced Arabic II

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: al-Ghazali or .03 Islamic Philosophy: al-Ghazali

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: Maimonides or .03 Jewish Philosophy: Maimonides

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Christian Beginnings: The Orthodox and Oriental Churches

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Meetings between Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam until the Renaissance

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Medieval Philosophy from Arabic and Jewish Thinkers to Aquinas

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Islam

路 .03: Islam and the Others

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Christianity in the Lands of Islam

路&苍产蝉辫;.03: Mystics of the Middle East

路&苍产蝉辫;:03: Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus

Note: Not all courses are offered each year. Please consult with the timetable for courses offered.

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Please note that the Minor in Middle East and South Asian Studies is administered through the .

Students minoring in Middle East and South Asian Studies select three full credits from the list below.  Students are required to take one of the following:  , , , or .  At least one half credit must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.  Please note that not all classes are offered each year.

Second Year

• :  Intermediate Arabic I
• :  Intermediate Arabic II
• :  A Cultural Introduction to the Arab World (HIST 2500, RELS 2053)
• :  Ancient Mythology I
• :  Ancient Mythology II
• :  Alexander the Great (HIST 2089)
• :  Ancient Israel (HIST 2520, RELS 2220)
• :  The Orthodox and Oriental Churches
• :  Intermediate Hebrew
• :  The Ottoman Empire
• :  Classical and Medieval History of Islamic Civilization (RELS 2503)
• :  History of the Modern Middle East 
• :  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Identity, Culture and State in Pre-Colonial South Asia (RELS 2509)
• :  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Colonial Trauma and Nationalism in Modern South Asia (RELS 2510)
• :  Indian Society: Change and Continuity
• :  Middle Eastern Music
• :  Judaism
• :  Islam
• :  Sanskrit II (RELS 2600)
• :  Hinduism

Third Year

• :  Advanced Arabic
• :  Advanced Arabic II (Readings)
• :  Arabic Philosophical Texts (al-Ghazali)
• : Arabic Philosophical Texts (Maimonides)
• :  Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry
• :  Meetings between Hellenism and the East to Philo the Jew (HIST 3016, RELS 3018)
• :  Meetings between Hellenism, Judaism,
• Christianity and Islam (, )
• :  Ancient Art and Architecture
• :  Medieval Philosophy from Arabic and Jewish Thinkers to Aquinas
• :  Herodotus
• :  Thucydides and the Greek World at War (HIST 3502)
• HIST 3508:  History of Perso-Islamic Culture in South Asia, 1000-1800
• :  Arab Caliphs, Turkish Commanders, Persian Viziers, 750-1200 (CLAS 3601) 
• :  Sultans and Shahs, 1500-1800 (RELS 3510)
• :  Ancient and Medieval History of the Persianate World (CLAS 3602)
• :  Modern History of Iran
• :  Empire, War and Resistance in Sri Lanka
• :  Christianity in the Lands of Islam
• :  Mystics of the Middle East
• : The Self and the World in Indian Story
• :  Vishnu and Krishna in the Dark Lord Popular Hindu Religion
• :  Buddhism in India and Tibet
• :  The Mahabharata
• :  Sanskrit Texts I Narrative and Epic Selections

Fourth Year 

• :  Jewish Philosophy: Maimonides (RELS 4011)
• :  Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus (RELS 4018)
• :  Philo Judaeus
• :  The World of Herodotus
•   Becoming the State 
• :  Topics in Middle Eastern and Islamic History
• :  Scripture and Statecraft: History of Islamic Political Thought
• :  Orientalism and Occidentalism
• :  Islamic Philosophy: al-Ghazali (CLAS 4010)
• Sanskrit Texts II Myth, Poetry, and Drama