May 02, 2024

2015-2016 Academic Catalog

2015-2016 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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Applied Linguistics
	APLN 588/5398 - Comprehensives (no cr.) Description Consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination.
	APLN 599/5399 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) Description Consultation for individual students on matters related to their theses.
Arab and Islamic Civilizations
	ARIC 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3cr.) Description Selected topic in Arab and Islamic Civilizations for the core curriculum.
	ARIC 101/1101 - Children’s Literature and Cultural Representations (3 cr.) Description This course introduces students in simplified form and content to contemporary literary and cultural theories pertinent to reading and analyzing children’s literature. Topics for discussion will include historical constructions of childhood and the socio-historical contexts for the production of children’s literary canon(s). Through readings to familiar classics we will explore how representations in texts for children (both written and visual) have shaped the different ideologies of identity, race, gender, and nation.
	ARIC 100/1300 - Arabs and Muslims Encountering the Other (3 cr.) Description Surveys Arab-Islamic history from the perspective of the development of the socio-cultural self and its encounters with the Other. Pays special attention to inter-cultural and inter-confessional relations and to how these informed the development of Arab-Islamic identities from the birth of lslam to the colonial period. Major themes include travel and intercultural encounter, polemic, conversion, the treatment of religious minorities, and the colonial subject’s view of the West.
	ARIC 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 299/2099 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Humanities (3 cr.) Prerequisites RHET 1000 Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 201/2101 - Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the classical Arabic literary tradition through readings of major texts. Prerequisites: Thanawiya ‘Amma or placement examination. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 202/2102 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Description .An introduction to the literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through readings of major texts. Prerequisites: Thanawiya ‘Amma or placement examination. When Offered Offered in fall and spring Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 203/2103 - Classical Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the classical Arabic literary tradition through readings of major texts. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Taught in English, with assigned texts in English translation.
	ARIC 204/2104 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Description An introduction to the literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through readings of major texts. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Taught in English, with assigned texts in English translation.
	ARIC 205/2205 - The World of Islamic Architecture, from the Beginnings to the Present Day (3 cr.) Description An overview of Islamic architecture from Spain to Indonesia from the 7th century to the present. Major examples of religious and secular architecture, including mosques, madrasas, palaces and caravanserais. When Offered Offered in fall and spring.
	ARIC 206/2206 - The City of Cairo (3 cr.) Description The architectural and urban heritage of Fustat - Cairo from 641 CE to the present. Hours Classwork is supplemented by six to eight field trips on Friday or Saturday mornings. When Offered Offered in the fall and spring. Notes Classwork is supplemented by six to eight field trips on Saturday mornings.
	ARIC 270-271/2270-2271 - From Andalusia to Indonesia: Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture (3 cr. per semester) Prerequisites Prerequisite for ARIC 2271: ARIC 2270, or ARIC 2206 . Description Important works in architecture and decorative arts from the seventh century AD to the Ottoman period; artistic achievements of Muslim Spain, North Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. ARIC 2270 up to 1250 CE; ARIC 2271 1250 CE onwards. When Offered ARIC 2270 offered in fall. ARIC 2271 offered in spring.
	ARIC 246/2346 - Survey of Arab History (3 cr.) Description This course presents the history of the Arab-speaking Middle East from pre-Islamic times to the modern era, with emphasis on some of the principal political, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments and their relevance to the contemporary Middle East. The course introduces students to historiographical methodology and different interpretive approaches. It attempts to foster a critical attitude toward sources and provides a context in which students can apply skills and concepts acquired in other required-core. Cross-listed Same as HIST 2203 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring.
	ARIC 320/3020 - Introduction to Sufism (3 cr.) Description An introduction to mysticism in its Islamic context: a survey of the historical development of tasawwuf, the main trends in Sufi thought and practice, the role played by Sufis and Sufi brotherhoods in society and the Sufi contributions to Middle Eastern culture. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 309/3097 - Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Description Focuses on one theme in the classical and/or modern period such as love, satire and humor, regional literature, wisdom literature, Sufi literature, tradition and modernity, self and other, alienation and exile. See class schedule for specific theme or topic offered.. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit if content changes Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 305/3104 - Arabic Literature and Gender (3 cr.) Description Investigates the construction of gender, both masculine and feminine, through readings in a variety of Arabic discourses. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 306/3106 - Arabic Literature and Film (3 cr.) Description Looks at the intersection between literature and film as two modes of representation. Readings of Arabic literary texts, and in class screenings of films. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 307/3107 - The Writer and the State (3 cr.) Description Explores the nature of the relationship between writers and authority, in allegiance or in opposition. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic
	ARIC 308/3108 - Colloquial and Folk Literature (3 cr.) Description Arabic colloquial and folk literature through the study of various genres. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 314/3114 - The Arabic Novel (3 cr.) Description Study of different trends in the Arabic novel. In-depth reading of major modern Arab novelists. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 315/3115 - Arabic Drama (3 cr.) Description Study of Arabic drama through readings of major texts. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 316/3116 - The Arabic Short Story (3 cr.) Description Study of the short story as a genre in modern Arabic literature. In-depth reading of major short story writers. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 310/3197 - Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Description Focuses on one theme or topic in the classical and/or modern period such as political poetry, village and city, literature of place, Arab women writing. See class schedule for specific theme or topic offered. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit if content changes Notes Taught in English, with assigned texts in English translation.
	ARIC 368/3268 - The Art of the Book in the Islamic World (3 cr.) Description While focusing on Persian book painting from the Mongols to the Safavids, the course will also briefly consider Arab, Turkish and Mughal arts of the book. In addition to the history of painting it explores matters related to patronage, book production, calligraphy and illumination. When Offered Offered in alternate years
	ARIC 369/3269 - Ceramic Arts of the Islamic World (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2270 or 2271. Description This course surveys ceramics of the Islamic world from the 7th to the 18th centuries, tracing the technical and artistic innovations of the medium. Visits to local museums will enhance the student’s appreciation of the subject. When Offered Offered occasionally
	ARIC 370/3270 - The Age of Transition: Early Islamic Art and the Pre-Islamic Past (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2270 Description This course examines the formation of Islamic art and architecture during the critical period of transition from the seventh to tenth centuries and explores the role played by antecedent cultures in this formation. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 371-372/3271-3272 - Islamic Architecture in Egypt and Syria (3 cr. per semester) Prerequisites ARIC 2271. Description Development of architecture and decorative styles in Egypt and Syria from the Arab to the Ottoman conquests, including, in the second semester, the Mamluk period; field trips to Cairo monuments. When Offered 3271 offered in fall, 3272 offered in spring.
	ARIC 319/3319 - Islamic Spain and North Africa (711-1492 A.D.) (3 cr.) Description This course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Muslim Spain and North Africa. Its emphasis is on explaining how interactions among different ethnic groups (Arabs, Berbers, and Iberian natives) and different confessional communities (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) created social situations that made the Western Muslim lands unique in Islamic history. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3205 .
	ARIC 321/3321 - Zawiyas, Harems, Coffee shops, Everyday Life in the Pre-Modern Mideast (3 cr.) Description Examination of major trends in social and cultural trends, movements, and institutions in the medieval and early modern Middle East. Includes the interpretation of cultural identity, the transmission of knowledge and culture, the construction of social status, and the integration or marginalization of specific social groups in family, social and state structures. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 322/3322 - Land, Trade and Power: a History of Economic Relations in the Middle East, 600-1800 A.D. (3 cr.) Description Examination of the major economic structures in the Middle East prior to the modern period: the consideration of land as a major resource, structures for its management and the competition to control it. The organization of trade and commerce, including the role of merchant communities and their place in society. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 323/3323 - Marriage and the Family in the Medieval and Early Modern Middle East (3 cr.) Description Examination of the perspectives and approaches which define marriage, the family, the household and private life in the Middle East; the study of these questions in relation to larger issues such as Islamic law and changing social, political and economic structures, and how these are interlinked with family structure, sexual segregation, definitions of private and public. Sources include travellers’ accounts, legal works, architecture, deeds of pious foundations, and court records. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 324/3324 - Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim World (3 cr.) Description Examination of the history of non-Muslim communities in the Muslim world, with special focus on Egypt. Study of legal status, issues of identity and assimilation, contribution to the cultural life and social life of societies, participation in Mediterranean trade, and interaction and relations between non-Muslim communities and Muslims as well as the non-Muslim world. When Offered Offered in alternate years
	ARIC 325/3325 - Beggars, Madmen, Prostitutes: the Marginalized in Pre-Modern Mideast History. (3 cr.) Description The course will examine the place of marginals both in the sense of those people who are socially marginalized like beggars, people suffering from poverty, insane persons, or people who for any reason are not socially integrated. It may include those who do not have a place in history because they do not make use of the written word, such as peasants or rural communities. When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 336/3336 - Studies in Ibn Khaldun (3 cr.) Description Examination of Ibn Khaldun’s work, his place in Arab Muslim thought, and his value as a critic of Muslim culture and institutions. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 337/3337 - Shi’i Muslims in History (3 cr.) Description This course focuses on the historical roles of Shi’i Muslims from the seventh century to the present. The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the major Shi’i discourses as they evolved in specific historical contexts. While emphasis will be on the historical development of Twelver Shi’ism, other important groups such as the Ismai’liyya and the Zaydiyya will also receive due consideration.
	ARIC 343/3343 - Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates (3 cr.) Description The rise of Islam and Arab expansion, the classical period of Islamic civilization during its first centuries to the period of Abbasid political disintegration. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3210 . When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 344/3344 - Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols (3 cr.) Description The later Abbasid caliphate, the rise of Shi’ism and the Fatimids, Sunni consolidation under the Seljuks and Ayyubids, external threats to dar al-Islam; the rise of the Mamluks. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3211 . When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 345/3345 - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols (3 cr.) Description The decline of the Mamluks; the Timurids in Persia; the age of gunpowder: the Safavid, Ottoman, and Moghul empires and their decline. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3212 . When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 353/3353 - Muslim Political Thought (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2346 or consent of instructor. Description The development of political theory in Muslim civilization. Analysis of leading schools and individuals. When Offered Offered in Fall and Spring. Notes Source readings in Arabic or in translation.
	ARIC 355/3355 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1699-1914 (3 cr.) Description The Ottoman Empire and Iran: continuities and transformations. Imperial administration and relations with Europe. Challenges to the premodern order: regional and global economies; social and cultural trends. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3213 . When Offered Offered once a year.
	ARIC 356/3356 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1906-present (3 cr.) Description Beginning with the Young Turk and Iran’s Constitutional revolutions, this course follows the fate of Middle Eastern societies and states during the twentieth century, with a special focus on colonialism and nationalism; independence movements and decolonization; the Arab-Israeli conflict; society, politics, and culture. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3214 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring.
	ARIC 357/3397 - Selected topic in Middle East History (3 cr.) Description Focuses on theme or topic in the history of the Middle East. May be repeated for credit when topic changes. Cross-listed Same as HIST 3288 . When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 354/3405 - Islamic Philosophy (3cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2346 or ARIC 3343 or consent of instructor. Description A survey of the rational and spiritual dimension of the Arab-Islamic civilization as shown in the thought and ideas of major theologians, philosophers, and mystics. Cross-listed Same as PHIL 3015 . When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 335/3435 - Introduction to the Study of Islam (3 cr.) Description A survey of Islam and its history from the formative period to its manifestations in modern times, with a discussion of sectarian movements such as Kharijism, Shi’ism and Sunnism, various schools of thought in law, theology, philosophy and mysticism, as well as modern interpretations of Islam, especially with regard to political, social and gender issues. When Offered Offered in spring.
	ARIC 400/5100 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Description In exceptional circumstances, some senior majors may, with department approval, arrange to study beyond the regular course offerings. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Notes Open only to senior majors with a minimum of B average.
	ARIC 463/5101 - Selected Topics in the History of Islamic Thought and Institutions (3cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Cross-listed Same as HIST 4221 . When Offered Offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 401/5110 - Senior Seminar in Arabic Texts (3 cr.) Description A selected theme or topic in classical or modern Arabic texts such as regional literatures of the Arab World, cross-cultural encounters in the Mediterranean, Arabic cultural criticism, avant-garde movements in Arabic literature. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit if content changes Notes Taught in Arabic
	ARIC 402/5111 - Senior Seminar in Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Description A selected theme or topic in Arabic literature, classical or modern, such as francophone and anglophone Arab writers, Andalusian literature, writers and the nation.. When Offered Offered in fall or spring. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit if content changes Notes Taught in English, with assigned texts in English translation.
	ARIC 403/5112 - Arabic Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Description Arabic critical theory from the classical to the modern period. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Notes Taught in Arabic.
	ARIC 404/5113 - Sira and Hadith (3 cr.) Description The growth of the biographical literature on the Prophet and its relation to the literature of Hadith. When Offered Offered in fall. Notes Taught in Arabic unless otherwise stated
	ARIC 417/5114 - Special Studies in Arabic Texts (3 cr.) Description Special readings in Arabic texts for those majors in Arabic Studies who are attending a course taught in English and who must read the assigned texts in Arabic to fulfil the requirements of their specialization. Repeatable May be repeated once for credit if content changes.
	ARIC 464/5121 - Islamic Art and Architecture in India and Pakistan (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 5122-5123 or consent of instructor. Description Religious and secular architecture and decoration of Islam in the Indian subcontinent; discussion of the formative impulses from pre-Islamic traditions of India and Pakistan and Islamic influences from Persia, Afghanistan and Central Asia. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 465-466/5122-5123 - Islamic Architecture in Turkey, Persia and Central Asia (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2270. Description First semester: Ghaznavids, Seljuks, and Mongols. Second semester: Timurids, Safavids, and Ottomans When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 467/5124 - Islamic Architecture in Spain and North Africa (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 2270. Description Religious and secular architecture and decoration of Islamic Spain and North Africa; discussion of formative impulses from Byzantium and Umayyad Syria. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 477-478/5125-5126 - Islamic Decorative Arts (3 cr. per semester) Prerequisites ARIC 2271. Description Wood carving, ivory, metals, textiles, glass, and carpets of the Islamic world; ornamental elements in common; materials, objects and design. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 440/5131 - Arabic Historical Literature (3 cr.) Description Study of the inception and development of the idea of history in Arabic literature. Examines issues in the transmission of information, historical memory, and the role of historical writing in mediating social, political and religious views. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 445/5132 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.) Description This course allows instructors to offer a topic in Coptic Studies. The topic will be chosen from year to year in coordination with the departments concerned and the dean of the School of HUSS, and according to the individual interests and areas of expertise of the instructors. Topics chosen may include various aspects of Coptic art and history, monasticism, folklore, or other subjects.. Cross-listed Same as ANTH 4499 , EGPT 5160 , HIST 4905 , SOC 4499 . When Offered Offered in fall. Repeatable The course may be taken more than once if the topic changes Notes Students in these majors may petition preferably before registration to have the course included in their major requirements.
	ARIC 451/5133 - Islamic Institutions (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3343 or ARIC 2346 or consent of instructor. Description Examination of the principal social, legal, and political institutions in medieval Islam, especially those subsumed under shari’a. When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 454/5134 - Modern Movements in Islam (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 3213 or HIST 3214 or equivalent background Description Trends of thought and activism that developed throughout the Muslim world from the eighteenth century onward and identified themselves as Islamic. This course looks at intellectual roots, affiliations, and differences. It investigates modernity, reform, statehood, and social change as addressed by state and non-state actors, in theory and in practice. Cross-listed Same as HIST 4219 . When Offered Offered once a year.
	ARIC 460/5135 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1800 AD (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: appropriate course(s) from ARIC 3343-3345 series or consent of instructor Cross-listed Same as HIST 4220 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes
	ARIC 462/5136 - Selected Topics in the History of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3355 or ARIC 3356 , whichever is appropriate or consent of instructor. Cross-listed Same as HIST 4288 . When Offered Offered occasionally Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes
	ARIC 435/5141 - Studies in the Qur’an (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Description The greatest work in Arabic and its influence on Arabic literature and Islamic institutions, with emphasis on methods of interpretation and their development. When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 439/5142 - Islamic Law (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Description A survey of the origins of Jurisprudence in Islam and its development up to the founding of the four schools. The course covers the main sources of fiqh, Qur’an and Sunna, together with ijma’ and qiyas, and the study of the growth of the Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi’i and Hanbali schools. When Offered Offered in fall and spring.
	ARIC 580/5200 - Independent Study and Readings (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of unit. Description Guided readings in selected topics in Islamic Art and Architecture, Middle Eastern History, Arabic Literature and Language or Islamic Studies given on an individual basis. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 514/5201 - Bibliography and Manuscript Study (3 cr.) Description Techniques of working with Arabic manuscripts and scripts, editing, bibliographical study. When Offered Offered occasionally.
	ARIC 521-522/5202-5203 - Special Studies in Islamic Thought and Institutions (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Special readings and papers by graduate students who are attending a course of undergraduate lectures. When Offered 5202 offered in fall, 5203 offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 504/5210 - Seminar on a Selected Work or Author in Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.) When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 507/5211 - Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature: Nineteenth Century (3 cr.) Description Aspects of Arabic literature in the nineteenth century. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 508/5212 - Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature: Twentieth Century (3 cr.) Description Aspects of Arabic literature in the Twentieth century. When Offered Offered in alternate years.
	ARIC 510-511/5213-5214 - Special Studies in Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Reading and papers on selected topics; attendance at a course of undergraduate lectures may be required. When Offered 5213 offered in fall, 5214 offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 512-513/5215-5216 - Special Studies in Modern Arabic Literature (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Reading and papers on selected topics; attendance at a course of undergraduate lectures may be required. When Offered 5215 offered in fall, 5216 offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 501/5217 - Translation: Theory and Practice (3 cr.) Description This course focuses on the developments in the field of Translation Studies since the 1970s when translation became increasingly conceptualized as cultural transfer rather than a linguistic operation. It introduces students to the interdisciplinary approaches in the field including the impact of deconstruction, gender studies and post-colonial theory. Students will explore the cultural and political agendas of translation through selected theoretical texts. The course will also introduce students to various translation practices (adaptation, e-writing, etc)and will look at a translator’s role in society, and translation as an agent social change. Students will read a selection of texts in literary theory that will inform their practice in translation. Students will situate their own work in translation not only in relation to contemporary cultural forms and practices, but also in relation to the traditions that inform current translating practices. Selected texts and translation exercises will be in English and in Arabic. Cross-listed Same as TRST 5217 .
	ARIC 502/5218 - Translation and The Arab “Renaissance” (3 cr.) Description Students will read pioneering works of the nineteenth and the twentieth century in the Arab region that dealt with issues of translation and its centrality to modern nation-building. What exactly is the role of the translator? What is the function of translation in society? The course situates at the act of translation within colonial/postcolonial contexts in which questions of power surround the relationship between the original text and its translation. It also explores questions of visibility and invisibility of the translator, translation vs, adaptation, original text and target cultural context. Taught in English. Readings and translation exercises in English and Arabic. Cross-listed Same as TRST 5218 .
	ARIC 572/5220 - Fieldwork in Islamic Architecture (3 cr.) Description Archaeological, museological or conservation methodology; examination of monuments and sites. When Offered offered occasionally Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 573/5221 - Seminar on the Architecture of a Selected Period (3 cr.) When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 575-576/5222-5223 - Special Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Reading and papers on selected topics by graduate students who also attend a course of undergraduate lectures. When Offered 5222 offered in fall, 5223 offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 530/5230 - Seminar on a Selected Topic in Medieval Arab/Islamic History, 600-1800 A.D. (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: consent of instructor. When Offered Offered occasionally Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes. Notes Selected topics in Medieval Arab/Islamic history, 600-1800 A.D.
	ARIC 542/5231 - Seminar on the Nineteenth-Century Middle East (3 cr.) Description Readings, discussion, and research. Cross-listed Same as HIST 5222 . When Offered Offered in fall.
	ARIC 543/5232 - Seminar on the Twentieth-Century Middle East (3 cr.) Description Readings, discussion, and research. Cross-listed Same as HIST 5223 . When Offered Offered in spring.
	ARIC 560 - 561/5233-5234 - Special Studies in Middle Eastern History (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of instructor. Description Special readings for graduate students who are also attending a course of undergraduate lectures. When Offered 5233 offered in fall, 5234 offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 524/5240 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Qur’anic Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3435 or consent of instructor. Description Selected topics in Qur’anic Studies: e.g. history of the text or specific theme in the Qur’an (gender issued, relations with others, ethical or legal issues). The course offers an examination of the principal different Muslim and Western approaches and opinions relevant to the chosen topic, illustrated with reference to an appropriate selection of primary sources in translation and in Arabic. When Offered Offered annually.
	ARIC 525/5241 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Sira or Hadith (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3435 or consent of instructor. Description Selected topics in Sira and Hadith related to basic issues of the field; e.g. the sources, the methodology of oral transmission and its influence on the assessment of authenticity, critical examination of Muslim and Western approaches to Hadith and the relationship between interpretation of the texts of Hadith and society. The course offers an examination of the principal different Muslim and Western approaches and opinions relevant to the chosen topic, illustrated with relevant selections of primary sources in translation and in Arabic. When Offered Offered annually.
	ARIC 526/5242 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Islamic Law and Legal Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3435 or consent of instructor. Description Selected topics in Islamic Law; e.g. Its history, methodologies, specific Islamic Legal or political theories (including international relation, minorities, human rights), administration of the criminal justice, court systems, reforms in the modern times, principles of jurisprudence (Usul al Fiqh) the concept of social interest, legal maxims. The course offers, whenever appropriate, comparisons, between the different Muslim and Western approaches to the selected Topic, illustrated with reference to the main sources in translation and in Arabic. When Offered Offered annually. Notes May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 527/5243 - Selected Topics in Islamic Theology, Sufism or Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites ARIC 3435 or consent of instructor. Description Selected topics focusing on one of the main areas of Islamic thought (theology, Sufism, or philosophy). The course offers themes such as the history and sources of Islamic philosophy, theory of knowledge, ethics, metaphysics, the work of a leading Muslim philosopher or theologian, the relationship between mysticism and shi’ism, modern developments in Islamic thought and reforms, or new interpretations of theological questions. It also examines principle different Muslim and Western approaches and opinions relevant to the chosen topic, illustrated with reference to selections of primary sources in translation and in Arabic. When Offered Offered annually. Notes Taught in Arabic unless otherwise stated. May be repeated for Credit when content changes.
	ARIC 528/5244 - Selected Topics in Islamic Studies (3 cr.) Prerequisites Pre-requisite: Consent of instructor. Description Selected Topics in Islamic Studies. When Offered Offered in spring. Repeatable May be repeated for credit when content changes.
	ARIC 529/5245 - World Religions and the Study of Religion (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: Enrollment in Islamic Studies MA Program. Description This course will introduce students to the great world religions other than Islam, and will introduce them to current theories and methods in the academic field of Religious Studies. Cross-listed Same as CREL 5609 .
	ARIC 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.) When Offered Offered in fall and spring.
Arabic Language Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 101-102 -103/1101-1102-1103 - Elementary Arabic (3 cr. each per semester) Description Develops the fundamentals of modern standard Arabic through reading, writing, and oral connection within a framework of the essentials of syntax, morphology, and a working vocabulary. Three-semester sequence. Each course meets five hours per week. Registration requires the permission of ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall, winter, spring and summer. Notes Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 109-110/1301-1302 - Introduction to Colloquial Arabic (3 cr. each per semester) Description Study of the basic inflectional and syntactical patterns of Egyptian colloquial Arabic through every day-life communicative activities. Two- semester sequence. Each course meets five hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall, winter, spring and summer. Notes These two courses are only for international students non-native speakers of Arabic.
	ALNG 111/1501 - Accelerated Elementary Modern Standard Arabic (6 cr. per semester) Description ALNG 1501 covers material of ALNG 1101 and ALNG 1102. This course meets ten hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 112/1502 - Accelerated High Elementary and Lower Iintermediate Modern Standard Arabic (6 cr.each per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 1501 Description ALNG 1502 covers the material of ALNG 1103 and ALNG 2101. The course meets ten hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 199/1991 - Selected Topics (3 cr. per semester) Description Study of selected topics for elementary students. The course meets five hours per week. Registration requires the permission of ALNG Director. When Offered Offered fall, spring, summer and winter. Notes May be repeated for credit if content changes. Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 201-202-203/2101-2102-2103 - Intermediate Arabic (3 cr. each per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 1103 or placement examination. Description Three-semester sequence. Each course meets five hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. Increases the command of grammatical and syntactical structure of modern standard Arabic through reading materials; develops reading and writing skills and comprehension. Critical examination of social and cultural dimensions of reading materials. When Offered Offered in fall, spring, summer and winter. Notes Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 204-205/2104-2105 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic (3 cr. each per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 2103 or placement examination. Description Increase the command of grammatical and syntactical structure of modern standard Arabic through reading materials; develop reading and writing skills and comprehension. Critical examination of social and cultural dimensions of reading materials. Two-semester sequence. Each course meets five hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall, winter, spring and summer. Notes These two courses are only for international students.
	ALNG 206/2131 - Arabic of the News Media (3 cr. per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 2101. Description Introduction to the vocabulary and style of the Arabic press. Readings from the daily newspapers and magazines and other sources. The course meets three hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes Noncredit for Thanawiyya Amma holders. Sections with odd numbers are for international students and sections with even numbers are for Egyptian degree seeking students.
	ALNG 210/2301 - Intermediate Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (3 cr. per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 1302 Description Concentrates on developing the students’ listening and speaking skills in daily life situations through activities and presentations as well as introducing cultural connotations. The course meets five hours per week. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. When Offered Offered in fall, winter, spring and summer. Notes This course is only for international students non-native speakers of Arabic.
	ALNG 211-212/2501-2502 - Accelerated Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic (6 cr. each per semester) Prerequisites ALNG 2101 or placement examination. Description Increase the command of grammatical and syntactical structures of modern standard Arabic through reading materials; develop reading and writing skills and comprehension. Critical examination of social and cultural dimensions of reading materials. ALNG 2501 covers material of ALNG 2102-2103 , while ALNG 2502 covers the materials of ALNG 2104-2105 . Two-semester sequence. Registration requires permission of the ALNG Director. Each course meets ten hours per week. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes These two courses are only for international students.

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APLN 588/5398 - Comprehensives (no cr.)

APLN 599/5399 - Research Guidance and Thesis (no cr.)

ARIC 199/1099 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum (3cr.)

ARIC 101/1101 - Children’s Literature and Cultural Representations (3 cr.)

ARIC 100/1300 - Arabs and Muslims Encountering the Other (3 cr.)

ARIC 299/2096 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in International/World Studies (3 cr.)

ARIC 299/2097 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Arab World Studies (3 cr.)

ARIC 299/2099 - Selected Topics for the Core Curriculum in Humanities (3 cr.)

ARIC 201/2101 - Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 202/2102 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 203/2103 - Classical Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.)

ARIC 204/2104 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.)

ARIC 205/2205 - The World of Islamic Architecture, from the Beginnings to the Present Day (3 cr.)

ARIC 206/2206 - The City of Cairo (3 cr.)

ARIC 270-271/2270-2271 - From Andalusia to Indonesia: Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture (3 cr. per semester)

ARIC 246/2346 - Survey of Arab History (3 cr.)

ARIC 320/3020 - Introduction to Sufism (3 cr.)

ARIC 309/3097 - Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 305/3104 - Arabic Literature and Gender (3 cr.)

ARIC 306/3106 - Arabic Literature and Film (3 cr.)

ARIC 307/3107 - The Writer and the State (3 cr.)

ARIC 308/3108 - Colloquial and Folk Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 314/3114 - The Arabic Novel (3 cr.)

ARIC 315/3115 - Arabic Drama (3 cr.)

ARIC 316/3116 - The Arabic Short Story (3 cr.)

ARIC 310/3197 - Selected Themes and Topics in Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.)

ARIC 368/3268 - The Art of the Book in the Islamic World (3 cr.)

ARIC 369/3269 - Ceramic Arts of the Islamic World (3 cr.)

ARIC 370/3270 - The Age of Transition: Early Islamic Art and the Pre-Islamic Past (3 cr.)

ARIC 371-372/3271-3272 - Islamic Architecture in Egypt and Syria (3 cr. per semester)

ARIC 319/3319 - Islamic Spain and North Africa (711-1492 A.D.) (3 cr.)

ARIC 321/3321 - Zawiyas, Harems, Coffee shops, Everyday Life in the Pre-Modern Mideast (3 cr.)

ARIC 322/3322 - Land, Trade and Power: a History of Economic Relations in the Middle East, 600-1800 A.D. (3 cr.)

ARIC 323/3323 - Marriage and the Family in the Medieval and Early Modern Middle East (3 cr.)

ARIC 324/3324 - Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim World (3 cr.)

ARIC 325/3325 - Beggars, Madmen, Prostitutes: the Marginalized in Pre-Modern Mideast History. (3 cr.)

ARIC 336/3336 - Studies in Ibn Khaldun (3 cr.)

ARIC 337/3337 - Shi’i Muslims in History (3 cr.)

ARIC 343/3343 - Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates (3 cr.)

ARIC 344/3344 - Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols (3 cr.)

ARIC 345/3345 - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols (3 cr.)

ARIC 353/3353 - Muslim Political Thought (3 cr.)

ARIC 355/3355 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1699-1914 (3 cr.)

ARIC 356/3356 - State and Society in the Middle East, 1906-present (3 cr.)

ARIC 357/3397 - Selected topic in Middle East History (3 cr.)

ARIC 354/3405 - Islamic Philosophy (3cr.)

ARIC 335/3435 - Introduction to the Study of Islam (3 cr.)

ARIC 400/5100 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

ARIC 463/5101 - Selected Topics in the History of Islamic Thought and Institutions (3cr.)

ARIC 401/5110 - Senior Seminar in Arabic Texts (3 cr.)

ARIC 402/5111 - Senior Seminar in Arabic Literature in Translation (3 cr.)

ARIC 403/5112 - Arabic Literary Criticism (3 cr.)

ARIC 404/5113 - Sira and Hadith (3 cr.)

ARIC 417/5114 - Special Studies in Arabic Texts (3 cr.)

ARIC 464/5121 - Islamic Art and Architecture in India and Pakistan (3 cr.)

ARIC 465-466/5122-5123 - Islamic Architecture in Turkey, Persia and Central Asia (3 cr.)

ARIC 467/5124 - Islamic Architecture in Spain and North Africa (3 cr.)

ARIC 477-478/5125-5126 - Islamic Decorative Arts (3 cr. per semester)

ARIC 440/5131 - Arabic Historical Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 445/5132 - Selected Topics in Coptic Studies (3 cr.)

ARIC 451/5133 - Islamic Institutions (3 cr.)

ARIC 454/5134 - Modern Movements in Islam (3 cr.)

ARIC 460/5135 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1800 AD (3 cr.)

ARIC 462/5136 - Selected Topics in the History of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.)

ARIC 435/5141 - Studies in the Qur’an (3 cr.)

ARIC 439/5142 - Islamic Law (3 cr.)

ARIC 580/5200 - Independent Study and Readings (3 cr.)

ARIC 514/5201 - Bibliography and Manuscript Study (3 cr.)

ARIC 521-522/5202-5203 - Special Studies in Islamic Thought and Institutions (3 cr.)

ARIC 504/5210 - Seminar on a Selected Work or Author in Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 507/5211 - Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature: Nineteenth Century (3 cr.)

ARIC 508/5212 - Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature: Twentieth Century (3 cr.)

ARIC 510-511/5213-5214 - Special Studies in Classical Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 512-513/5215-5216 - Special Studies in Modern Arabic Literature (3 cr.)

ARIC 501/5217 - Translation: Theory and Practice (3 cr.)

ARIC 502/5218 - Translation and The Arab “Renaissance” (3 cr.)

ARIC 572/5220 - Fieldwork in Islamic Architecture (3 cr.)

ARIC 573/5221 - Seminar on the Architecture of a Selected Period (3 cr.)

ARIC 575-576/5222-5223 - Special Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture (3 cr.)