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MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC STUDIES

College of Arts and Letters

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) emphasizes coursework in the history, politics, society, culture, and religion of the Middle East and the wider Islamic world. The curriculum for the program includes upper and lower division courses offered by the departments of History, Humanities and Religious Studies, Government, Sociology, Women's Studies, and Foreign Languages. Students wishing to minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies are required to consult with the program coordinator.

Special Features

  • The minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies is administered through the Department of History in the College of Arts and Letters.
  • The program committee consists of faculty from several departments in the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies.
  • With the approval of the student's MEIS faculty advisor and the program coordinator students may take a maximum of three (3) units of independent study towards the electives requirement for the minor. The independent study project must consist of substantial readings and research in a project developed in consultation with the student's faculty advisor.

Requirements - Minor

Units required for the Minor: 18, six units maximum may be from lower division coursework. All required courses are also listed as potential electives. Courses taken to fulfill requirements cannot also be taken as electives. The elective courses under requirement C must be taken from two or more departments.

A. Islamic Studies Requirement (3 units)

(3) Select one of the following:

 

HIST 8

History of Islamic Civilizations

 

HRS 144

Introduction to Islam

B. Modern Middle East Requirement (6 units)

Select two of the following:

 

GOVT 148

Governments and Politics in the Middle East

 

HIST 143B

The Modern Middle East

 

SOC 162

Middle Eastern Societies and Culture

C. Electives (9 units)

Select three of the following (choices must come from two or more departments):

 

ARBC 1A

Elementary Arabic

 

ARBC 1B

Elementary Arabic (ARBC 1A or instructor permission)

 

ARBC 2A

Intermediate Arabic (ARBC 1B or instructor permission)

 

GOVT 137

Nationalism (GOVT 35, GOVT 130, or instructor permission)

 

GOVT 148

Governments and Politics in the Middle East

 

HIST 8

History of Islamic Civilizations

 

HIST 110

The Ancient Near East: A Cultural History

 

HIST 143A

Middle Eastern History to 1800

 

HIST 143B

The Modern Middle East

 

HRS 144

Introduction to Islam

HRS 145

Introduction to Islamic Cultures

 

HRS 152

Great Mystics of the World

HRS 178B

Religions of India II: Medieval and Modern

SOC 162

Middle Eastern Societies and Culture

 

SOC 163

Conflict, Oil, and Development in the Middle East

 

SOC 199

Individual Study Projects

 

WOMS 121

Women of the Middle East

 

Faculty

Bahman Fozouni, Government; Ayad Al-Qazzaz, Sociology

Contact Information

Aaron Cohen, Coordinator
3080 Tahoe Hall
(916) 278-6206
www.csus.edu/MEIS
cohenaj@saclink.csus.edu



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