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Islamic Studies Minor

Effective Winter 2016

Advising

Undergraduate advisors at the International Institute are available to meet with undeclared students who would like to learn more about the program, and also with current majors and minors who would like to discuss course selection, degree requirements, major/minor releases, and other matters of concern. Appointments can be made through our online appointment calendar here. Information on all of our undergraduate programs and Walk-In Advising hours can also be found on our website. The International Institute’s Undergraduate Advising Office is currently located at 1080 South University Avenue, Suite 2660.

Prerequisites

None.

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 16

At least 16 credits, selected in consultation with and approved by the ISP undergraduate academic advisor, from the following.

  1. MIDEAST 216: Introduction to Islam
  2. Four additional courses on Islam or on Muslim societies
    —At least two courses which must be 300-level or above

    —At least two 3-credit courses covering two of the following regions:

    Central Asia
    East and Southeast Asia
    Europe and the Americas
    South Asia
    Middle East and North Africa
    Sub-Saharan Africa

    General Islamic Studies: without specific regional focus

    • HISTORY 243 / MENAS 243: Islamic World History
    • HISTORY 428 / MIDEAST 413: The Rise of Islam
    • HISTORY 429 / MIDEAST 432 / RELIGION 496 / WGS 471 (WOMENSTD 471): Gender & Sexuality in Pre-Modern Islam
    • HISTORY 487 / MIDEAST 422 / RELIGION 467: Shi’ism: The History of Messianism and the Pursuit of Justice in Islamdom
    • HISTART 285 / MIDEAST 285: Islamic Visual Culture
    • MENAS 243 / HISTORY 243: Islamic World History
    • MUSICOL 343: Music and Islam
    • MIDEAST 216 / RELIGION 204: Introduction to Islam
    • MIDEAST 285 / HISTART 285: Islamic Visual Culture
    • MIDEAST 321: Jihad in History
    • MIDEAST 322 / RELIGION 363: The Qur’an and Its Interpretations
    • MIDEAST 323: The Prophet Muhammad in Islam
    • MIDEAST 413 / HISTORY 428: The Rise of Islam
    • MIDEAST 421 / RELIGION 465: Islamic Mysticism
    • MIDEAST 422 RELIGION 467: Shi’ism: The History of Messianism and the Pursuit of Justice in Islamdom
    • MIDEAST 423: Islamic Law
    • MIDEAST 424: Islamic Intellectual History
    • MIDEAST 432 / HISTORY 429 / RELIGION 496 / WGS 471 (WOMENSTD 471): Gender & Sexuality in Pre-Modern Islam
    • MIDEAST 520: Readings in Classical Islamic Texts
    • REEES / SOC 490 / WOMENSTD 492: Women & Islam
    • RELIGION 204 / MIDEAST 216: Introduction to Islam
    • RELIGION 363 / MIDEAST 322: The Qur’an and Its Interpretations
    • RELIGION 465 / MIDEAST 421: Islamic Mysticism
    • RELIGION 467 / MIDEAST 422 / HISTORY 487: Shi’ism: The History of Messianism and the Pursuit of Justice in Islamdom
    • RELIGION 496 / MIDEAST 432 / HISTORY 429 / WGS 471 (WOMENSTD 471): Gender & Sexuality in Pre-Modern Islam
    • SOC 490 / REEES 490 / WOMENSTD 492: Women & Islam
    • WGS 471 (WOMENSTD 471) / MIDEAST 432 / HISTORY 429 / RELIGION 496: Gender & Sexuality in Pre-Modern Islam
    • WOMENSTD 492 / SOC / REEES 490: Women & Islam

    Middle East & North Africa

    • AMCULT 368 / ARABAM 363 / MIDEAST 378 / WOMENSTD 368: Women and War in the Middle East
    • ARABAM 363 / MIDEAST 378 / AMCULT 368 / WOMENSTD 368: Women and War in the Middle East
    • ANTHRCUL 409: Peoples and Cultures of the Near East & North Africa
    • GTBOOKS 296 / MIDEAST 219: Great Books of the Middle East
    • HISTORY 290 / MIDEAST 287 / JUDAIC 290: Jews and Muslims
    • HISTORY 306 / MIDEAST 319: History of the Ottoman Empire: The “Classical Age”, (ca. 1300-1600)
    • HISTORY 335: The Ottoman Enterprise
    • HISTORY 442 / MIDEAST 417: The First Millennium of the Islamic Near East
    • HISTORY 443 / MIDEAST 487: Modern Middle Eastern History
    • JUDAIC 290 / MIDEAST 287 / HISTORY 290: Jews and Muslims
    • MIDEAST 287 / HISTORY / JUDAIC 290: Jews and Muslims
    • MIDEAST 219 / GTBOOKS 296: Great Books of the Middle East
    • MIDEAST 315: Introduction to Arab Culture: Race, Ethnicity and Gender Issues
    • MIDEAST 317: Turkey: Language, Culture, Society between East and West
    • MIDEAST 319 / HISTORY 306: History of the Ottoman Empire: The “Classical Age”, (ca. 1300-1600)
    • MIDEAST 320 / HISTORY 307: History of the Ottoman Empire: The “Post-Classical Age”, (ca. 1600-1922)
    • MIDEAST 325: Introduction to Arabic Literature in Translation
    • MIDEAST 378 / AMCULT / WOMENSTD 368 / ARABAM 363: Women and War in the Middle East
    • MIDEAST 416: Ottoman Turkish Culture
    • MIDEAST 417 / HISTORY 442: The First Millennium of the Islamic Near East
    • MIDEAST 487 / HISTORY 443: Modern Middle Eastern History
    • WOMENSTD 368 / MIDEAST 378 / ARABAM 363 / AMCULT 368: Women and War in the Middle East

    Sub-Saharan Africa

    Topics courses as approved by the ISP advisor

    South Asia

    • HISTORY 325 / MIDEAST 375 / ASIAN 324 / RELIGION 325 / MEMS 325: The History of Islam in South Asia

    East and Southeast Asia

    • ASIAN 464 / HISTORY 470 / RELIGION 464: From Mystic Saints to Holy Warriors: Islam in Southeast Asia

    Central Asia

    • HISTORY / MIDEAST / ASIAN / MENAS / REEES 340: From Genghis Khan to the Taliban: Modern Central Asia
    • RUSSIAN 358: Central Asia through Russian Eyes: Cultural Appropriation of an Exotic Land

    Europe & the Americas

    • AMCULT / ARABAM 215 / MIDEAST 275: Introduction to Arab-American Studies
    • AMCULT / ARABAM / WGS 235 (WOMENSTD 235): From Harems to Terrorists: Representing the Middle East in Hollywood Cinema
    • ARABAM / AMCULT 236: Muslims in America
    • HISTORY 324: Muslims and Contemporary Europe

Constraints

Language courses may not be counted toward the minor.

Residency

At least twelve of the sixteen required credits for the minor must be elected at the University of Michigan or at an overseas program associated with U-M.