Admission to the Program

Formal admission to the minor requires a minimum grade point average of 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and approval of the program advisor. 

Requirements

• 21 credit hours with grades of C or better with at least 12 credit hours unique to the minor and at least 9 credit hours at the 300 level or above 

Course Requirements

• SIS-245 The World of Islam 3:2 (3) 
• SOCY-225Contemporary Arab World 3:2 (3) 
• Five courses from the following, with at least one selected from each group: 

History, Culture, and Society

ANTH-339 Culture Area Analysis (3) (topics) 

ECON-358 Economics of the World Regions: The Arab Economies (3) 

GOVT-532 Political Institutions and Processes in Selected Regions (3) (topics) 

HIST-248 Transformations of the Middle East (3) 

SOCY-531 Regional Studies in Social Change (3) (topics) 

International Studies

SIS-264 Contemporary Middle East (3) 

SIS-365 Arab-Israeli Relations (3) 

SIS-571 International Relations of the Middle East I (3)