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.)