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Program

Degree Options and Classes Offered in Arabic Studies

Minor Degree Options

Two new minor options 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 18 credit hours at the 2000 level or above to a maximum of 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. Please consult with the timetable for courses offered.

Contact  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 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

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Classes Offered: 2024-2025

Classes are taught by Dr Rodica Firanescu. Registration for the fall term will open inÌýMarch 2024.

Fall Term 2024

Class Time
ARBC 1021 : ÌýÌý
MW 1305-1425
ARBC 2021 : Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
TRÌý 1435-1555
ARBC 3030 : Advanced Arabic I TRÌý 1735-1855

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Winter Term 2025

Class Time
ARBC 1022 : ÌýIIÌý
TR 1005-1125
ARBC 2022 : ÌýII
TR 1435-1555
ARBC 2100 : MW 1735-1855
ARBC 3100 : Arabic Pre-Islamic Poetry MW 1435-1555



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