Classical/Medieval Islamic History Minor

Requirements (15 credits):

5 courses from the following, depending on the student’s area of interest:

• ARIC 320/3020 - Introduction to Sufism (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 336/3336 - Studies in Ibn Khaldun (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 440/5131 - Arabic Historical Literature (3 cr.)
• ARIC 451/5133 - Islamic Institutions (3 cr.)
• ARIC 460/5135 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1800 AD (3 cr.)