Classical/Medieval Islamic History Minor

Requirements (15 credits):

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

• ARIC 320 - Introduction to Sufism (3 cr.)
• ARIC 321 - Social and Cultural History of the Middle East, 600-1800 A.D. (3 cr.)
• ARIC 322 - Land, Trade and Power: a History of Economic Relations in the Middle East, 600-1800 A.D. (3 cr.)
• ARIC 323 - Marriage and the Family in the Medieval and Early Modern Middle East (3 cr.)
• ARIC 324 - Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim World (3 cr.)
• ARIC 336 - Studies in Ibn Khaldun (3 cr.)
• ARIC 343 - Birth of Muslim Community and Rise of the Arab Caliphates (3 cr.)
• ARIC 344 - Caliphs and Sultans in the Age of Crusades and Mongols (3 cr.)
• ARIC 345 - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughols (3 cr.)
• ARIC 353 - Muslim Political Thought (3 cr.)
• ARIC 440 - Arabic Historical Literature (3 cr.)
• ARIC 451 - Islamic Institutions (3 cr.)
• ARIC 460 - Selected Topics in Middle Eastern History, 600-1800 AD (3 cr.)