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 6 classes (18 credit hours) at the 2000 level or above to a maximum of 9 classes (27 credit hours) from the following list:

Required:

· ARBC 2021.03: Intermediate Arabic I

· ARBC 2022.03: Intermediate Arabic II

And 12 credit hours selected from the following:

· ARBC 2030.03: Conversational Arabic: Introduction to Levantine Dialects

· ARBC 2100.03: Cultural Introduction to the Arab World

· ARBC 3030.03: Advanced Arabic I

· ARBC 3031.03: Advanced Arabic II

· ARBC 3040.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: al-Ghazali or RELS 4010.03 Islamic Philosophy: al-Ghazali

· ARBC 3050.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: Maimonides or RELS 4011.03 Jewish Philosophy: Maimonides

· ARBC 3100.03: Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry

· CLAS 2281.03: Christian Beginnings: The Orthodox and Oriental Churches

· CLAS 3017.03: Meetings between Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam until the Renaissance

· CLAS 3382.03: Medieval Philosophy from Arabic and Jewish Thinkers to Aquinas

· RELS 2003.03: Islam

· RELS 3003.03: Islam and the Others

· RELS 3009.03: Christianity in the Lands of Islam

· RELS 3012.03: Mystics of the Middle East

· RELS 4018:03: Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus

Note: Not all courses are offered each year. Please consult the timetable for courses offered in a given term.

Contact Dr. Alexander Treiger for more information.

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

Students minoring in Middle East and South Asian Studies must select 6 classes (18 credit hours) from the list below. Students are required to take one of the following: HIST 2502, HIST 2503, HIST 2504, RELS 2001 or RELS 2003. At least one course (3 credits) must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.  Please note that not all classes are offered each year.

Second Year

• ARBC 2021:  Intermediate Arabic I
• ARBC 2022:  Intermediate Arabic II
• ARBC 2100:  A Cultural Introduction to the Arab World (HIST 2500, RELS 2053)
• CLAS 2103:  Ancient Mythology I
• CLAS 2104:  Ancient Mythology II
• CLAS 2216:  Alexander the Great (HIST 2089)
• CLAS 2220:  Ancient Israel (HIST 2520, RELS 2220)
• CLAS 2281:  The Orthodox and Oriental Churches
• CLAS 2900 X/Y:  Intermediate Hebrew
• HIST 2502:  The Ottoman Empire
• HIST 2503:  Classical and Medieval History of Islamic Civilization (RELS 2503)
• HIST 2504:  History of the Modern Middle East 
• HIST 2509:  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Identity, Culture and State in Pre-Colonial South Asia (RELS 2509)
• HIST 2510:  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Colonial Trauma and Nationalism in Modern South Asia (RELS 2510)
• INTD 2045:  Indian Society: Change and Continuity
• MUSC 2023:  Middle Eastern Music
• RELS 2001:  Judaism
• RELS 2003:  Islam
• CLAS 2600:  Sanskrit II (RELS 2600)
• RELS 2011:  Hinduism

Third Year

• ARBC 3030:  Advanced Arabic
• ARBC 3031:  Advanced Arabic II (Readings)
• ARBC 3040:  Arabic Philosophical Texts (al-Ghazali)
• ARBC 3050: Arabic Philosophical Texts (Maimonides)
• ARBC 3100:  Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry
• CLAS 3016:  Meetings between Hellenism and the East to Philo the Jew (HIST 3016, RELS 3018)
• CLAS 3017:  Meetings between Hellenism, Judaism,
• Christianity and Islam (HIST 3017, RELS 3019)
• CLAS 3021:  Ancient Art and Architecture
• CLAS 3382:  Medieval Philosophy from Arabic and Jewish Thinkers to Aquinas
• CLAS 3501:  Herodotus
• CLAS 3502:  Thucydides and the Greek World at War (HIST 3502)
• HIST 3508:  History of Perso-Islamic Culture in South Asia, 1000-1800
• HIST 3509:  Arab Caliphs, Turkish Commanders, Persian Viziers, 750-1200 (CLAS 3601) 
• HIST 3510:  Sultans and Shahs, 1500-1800 (RELS 3510)
• HIST 3511:  Ancient and Medieval History of the Persianate World (CLAS 3602)
• HIST 3512:  Modern History of Iran
• HIST 3520:  Empire, War and Resistance in Sri Lanka
• RELS 3009:  Christianity in the Lands of Islam
• RELS 3012:  Mystics of the Middle East
• RELS 3101: The Self and the World in Indian Story
• RELS 3111:  Vishnu and Krishna in the Dark Lord Popular Hindu Religion
• RELS 3112:  Buddhism in India and Tibet
• RELS 3113:  The Mahabharata
• RELS 3600:  Sanskrit Texts I Narrative and Epic Selections

Fourth Year 

• CLAS 4011:  Jewish Philosophy: Maimonides (RELS 4011)
• CLAS 4018:  Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus (RELS 4018)
• CLAS 4019:  Philo Judaeus
• CLAS 4525 X/Y:  The World of Herodotus
• HIST 4355:  Becoming the State 
• HIST 4510:  Topics in Middle Eastern and Islamic History
• HIST 4545:  Scripture and Statecraft: History of Islamic Political Thought
• HIST 4550:  Orientalism and Occidentalism
• RELS 4010:  Islamic Philosophy: al-Ghazali (CLAS 4010)
• RELS 4600: Sanskrit Texts II Myth, Poetry, and Drama