Islamic Studies

FACULTY

Muqtedar Khan, Director

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR WITHOUT LANGUAGE                     

The Islamic Studies minor without language will require completion of six non-language courses comprising
18 credits.

Islamic Studies Minor without Language:

Core requirement................................................................................................. 6
POSC201                        Introduction to Global Islam 
A second course at the 200-300 level from HIST381, HIST377, ARTH236, or POSC377

Twelve additional credits.................................................................................... 12
(to include at least three 300-level courses). 

Courses are to be chosen from the following approved list:

ANTH212 

Peoples and Cultures of the Muslim World

ANTH313 

Immigrant Islam: The Muslim Diaspora to the West

ANTH314 

Islam and Gender

ARTH236 

Arts of the Islamic World

ENGL382

Multicultural Literature in English (when offered as the Crescent and the Cross: Contemporary Fiction from Arab Nations and American Writers on the Arab World)

HIST130     

Islamic Near East:  600-1500

HIST131

Islamic Near East:  1500-Present

HIST340

Ancient Near East and Greece

HIST377

Radicalism and Revolution: Islamic Movement/Modern Middle

HIST378

Nationalism in the Modern Middle East

HIST380

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

HIST381

Islam and the West: The History of Mutual Perceptions

HIST444

Seminar: Women in the Islamic Middle East

PHIL312

Late Medieval Philosophy

POSC377  

Arab-Israeli Politics

POSC410

Islam and Global Affairs

POSC430   

Intermestic Relations of Islam and America

Substitutions for the above courses may be made with permission of the program director.  Independent studies and special problems courses may also count toward the minor with the director's approval.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR WITH LANGUAGE

The Islamic Studies minor with language will require completion of six non-language courses comprising
18 credits and completion of the Arabic language sequence through the 107 level.

Core requirements................................................................................................. 6
POSC/HIST 201        Introduction to Global Islam 
A second course at the 200-300 level from HIST381, HIST377, ANTH 212, ARTH236, or POSC377

Twelve additional credits...................................................................................... 12                           
(to include at least three 300-level courses).

Courses are to be chosen from the following approved list:

ANTH212 

Peoples and Cultures of the Muslim World

ANTH313 

Immigrant Islam: The Muslim Diaspora to the West

ANTH314 

Islam and Gender

ARTH236 

Arts of the Islamic World

ENGL382

Multicultural Literature in English (when offered as the Crescent and the Cross: Contemporary Fiction from Arab Nations and American Writers on the Arab World)

HIST130     

Islamic Near East:  600-1500

HIST131

Islamic Near East:  1500-Present

HIST340

Ancient Near East and Greece

HIST377

Radicalism and Revolution: Islamic Movement/Modern Middle

HIST378

Nationalism in the Modern Middle East

HIST380

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

HIST381

Islam and the West: The History of Mutual Perceptions

HIST444

Seminar: Women in the Islamic Middle East

PHIL312

Late Medieval Philosophy

POSC377  

Arab-Israeli Politics

POSC410

Islam and Global Affairs

POSC430   

Intermestic Relations of Islam and America

Arabic language courses.................................................................................... 12
ARAB 105, ARAB 106, and ARAB 107 (student placement in first course determined according to language placement guidelines).

The designated advisor of the minor will have the authority to make course substitutions for required courses.

For more information please contact:

  Director: Professor Muqtedar Khan
Political Science and International Relations
308 Smith Hall
Phone: (302) 831-1939
E-mail:  mkhan@udel.edu

Dee Jump, Senior Secretary
Area Studies Program
4 Kent Way
Phone:  (302) 831-0481
E-mail:  deejump@udel.edu