Academic Year:
MINOR IN ISLAMIC STUDIES
The following requirements apply to all students entering the University in Fall 2012 or after. Students entering prior to this date may choose to use either the catalog description for the minor from the year they entered the program or the 2012 catalog.
Islamic Studies is an interdisciplinary program for students wishing to focus their interests on Islam and the Islamic world as an enhancement and complement to their undergraduate majors. Students have two possible options: 1) a minor in Islamic Studies without language or 2) a minor in Islamic Studies with language (Arabic).
All Islamic Studies minors must complete a total of 18 credits from: Group I, Group II, and Group III, plus one elective course at the 300 level or above from Groups II or III as described below.
In the case of the Islamic Studies Minor with Language option, students must complete the Arabic language sequence through Arabic 107. Students with prior experience in Arabic may be asked to demonstrate their competence in order to be exempt from language classes. Students may also substitute other Islamic languages for the Arabic requirement.
18 required credit hours for the minor:
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GROUP I: Core Requirement: Foundation Course in Islamic Studies |
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Students must take one of these three courses. It is strongly advised that students begin the minor with one of these courses. |
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POSC 201 |
Introduction to Global Islam |
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HIST 201 |
Introduction to Global Islam |
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ANTH 212 |
Peoples and Cultures of the Muslim World |
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GROUP II: Arts and Literature |
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Students must take 6 credits from the following courses in art and literature; three credits must be taken at the 300 level or above. |
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ARTH 236 |
Arts of the Islamic World |
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ARTH 204 / BAMS 203 |
Art, Power, and Architecture in Africa |
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ARTH 238 |
Islamic Arch of Africa:Cairo to Timbuktu |
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ARTH 334 |
Cairo: Architecture and Revolution |
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ARTH 349 |
Art and Architecture in Context (Study Abroad only) |
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FLLT 332 |
Topics: Arabic Literature in Translation |
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GROUP III: Social Sciences and History |
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Students must take 6 credits from the following courses in social sciences and history; three credits must be taken at the 300 level or above. |
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ANTH 212 |
Peoples and Cultures of the Muslim World (if not selected as a core course) |
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ANTH 314 |
Immigrant Islam: The Muslim Diaspora in the West |
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ANTH 316 |
Islam and Gender |
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HIST 130 |
Islamic Near East 600-1500 |
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HIST 131 |
Islamic Near East: 1500-Present |
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HIST 201 |
Introduction to Global Islam (if not selected as a core course) |
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HIST 365 |
Topics in Asian History: Introduction to Modern India |
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HIST 377 |
Radicalism and Revolution: Islamic Movement/Modern Middle East |
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HIST 378 |
Nationalism in the Modern Middle East |
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HIST 380 |
History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict |
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HIST 381 |
Islam and the West: The History of Mutual Perceptions |
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HIST 444 |
Seminar: Women in the Islamic Middle East |
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PHIL 312 |
Late Medieval Philosophy |
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POSC 201 |
Introduction to Global Islam (if not selected as a core course) |
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POSC 377 |
Arab-Israeli Politics |
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POSC 442 |
Topics in European Politics: Migration and Security in Europe |
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POSC 410 |
Islam and Global Affairs |
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POSC 430 |
Intermestic Relations of Islam and America |
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ELECTIVE: |
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Additional course at the 300 level or above from Group II or III. |
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Certain other courses may count for Group II and Group III credits only when they have Islamic content and only when they are approved by the Islamic Studies Advisory Board.
Prior to each semester’s registration, any approved courses offered from the list below and any additional or experimental courses (267, 367) with Islamic content to be offered in the subsequent semester will appear on the Islamic Studies Program’s website: http://www.cas.udel.edu/cgas/islamic-studies/.
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These courses may include: |
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Group II |
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ARTH 420 |
Seminar in African Art |
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FLLT 320 |
Varying Authors and Genres |
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ENGL 376 |
World Literature |
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ENGL 382 |
Multicultural Literature in English |
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Group III |
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ANTH 325 |
Peoples of Europe |
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ANTH 330 |
Development and Underdevelopment |
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ANTH 363 |
Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective |
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ANTH 372 |
Culture and Colonialism |
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POSC 330 |
Political Terrorism |
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Islamic Studies Minor with Language
Islamic Studies Minor with Language will complete the same requirements described above, and additionally complete the Arabic language sequence through the 107 level. Students with prior experience in Arabic may be asked to demonstrate their competence in order to be exempt from language classes. Students may also substitute other Islamic languages for the Arabic requirement.
Substitutions
Requests for course substitutions for all Islamic Studies minors may be made with the permission of the Islamic Studies Program Director in consultation with the Islamic Studies Advisory Committee.
The Islamic Studies Program Director will keep an accurate record in each student’s UDSIS Advisor Notes of any courses which have been accepted as substitutions for required courses and electives.
Also appearing in each student’s UDSIS Advisor Notes will be a record of any Group II and Group III course that students took which was was determined by the Islamic Studies Advisory Board to have Islamic content.
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students and others who use the Catalog should note that the policies, rules, regulations,
requirements for graduation, course offerings, and other materials reproduced in the Catalog change
from time-to-time and that these changes may alter the information contained in this Catalog.
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