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Program

Degree Options and Classes Offered in Arabic Studies

Minor Degree Options

Two options for minors in Arabic Studies and Middle East Studies are now available.

Minor in Arabic Studies

 

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:

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Intermediate Arabic I

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Intermediate Arabic II

And 12 credit hours selected from the following:

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Conversational Arabic: Introduction to Levantine Dialects

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Cultural Introduction to the Arab World

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Advanced Arabic I

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Advanced Arabic II

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: al-Ghazali or .03 Islamic Philosophy: al-Ghazali

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Arabic Philosophical Texts: Maimonides or .03 Jewish Philosophy: Maimonides

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Christian Beginnings: The Orthodox and Oriental Churches

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Meetings between Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam until the Renaissance

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Medieval Philosophy from Arabic and Jewish Thinkers to Aquinas

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Islam

· .03: Islam and the Others

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Christianity in the Lands of Islam

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;.03: Mystics of the Middle East

·&²Ô²ú²õ±è;:03: Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus

Note: Not all courses are offered each year. for courses offered in a given term.

Contact Dr. Alexander Treiger for more information.

Minor in Middle East and South Asian Studies

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 must select 6 classes (18 credit hours) from the list below. Students are required to take one of the following: , , , or . 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

  • :  Intermediate Arabic I
  • :  Intermediate Arabic II
  • :  A Cultural Introduction to the Arab World (, )
  • :  Ancient Mythology I
  • :  Ancient Mythology II
  • :  Alexander the Great ()
  • :  Ancient Israel (, )
  • :  The Orthodox and Oriental Churches
  • :  Intermediate Hebrew
  • :  The Ottoman Empire
  • :  Classical and Medieval History of Islamic Civilization ()
  • :  History of the Modern Middle East 
  • :  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Identity, Culture and State in Pre-Colonial South Asia ()
  • :  Hindu, Muslim, Sikh: Colonial Trauma and Nationalism in Modern South Asia ()
  • :  Indian Society: Change and Continuity
  • :  Middle Eastern Music
  • :  Judaism
  • :  Islam
  • :  Sanskrit II ()
  • :  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 ()
  • :  History of Perso-Islamic Culture in South Asia, 1000-1800
  • :  Arab Caliphs, Turkish Commanders, Persian Viziers, 750-1200 () 
  • :  Sultans and Shahs, 1500-1800 ()
  • :  Ancient and Medieval History of the Persianate World ()
  • :  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 ()
  • :  Christian Theology in Islamic Lands: John of Damascus ()
  • :  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 ()
  • Sanskrit Texts II Myth, Poetry, and Drama

Contact Dr. Krista Kesselring for more information.

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Classes Offered: 2025-2026

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