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Middle East and Islamic Studies Minor

Catalog pages 355

Subject abbreviation: MEIS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Fariba Zarinebaf, Ph.D.,Chair Department Office, 2230 Watkins Hall (951)827-5509; cherif@ucr.edu

Committee in Charge Muhammad Ali, Ph.D. (Religious Studies) Ebru Erdem, Ph.D. (Political Science) Sherine Hafez, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies) Erith Jaffe-Berg, Ph.D. (Theatre) Ruhi Khan, Ph.D. (Media and Cultural Studies) Benjamin Liu, Ph.D. (Hispanic Studies) Susan Ossman, Ph.D. (Anthropology) Jeff Sacks, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages) Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio Administered through the Interdisciplinary Studies Office, the minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies offers a broad course of inter- disciplinary and theoretically informed study. Students draw upon the range of materials cov- ered in departments including Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Hispanic Studies, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Religious Studies, Theatre, Political Science, and Women’s Studies, as they gain critical knowledge of the texts, practices, institutions, and histories of the Middle East and Islamic traditions in diverse, multilingual, and global contexts. The study of at least one language, which pertains to students’ areas of interest, is strongly encouraged but not required.

  • 1. Select two from the required courses (8

units)

GBST 169/ANTH 169, HIST 121, POSC 156, RLST 111, RLST 113, WMST 168

  • 2. Select four from the elective courses (16

units)

  • a) Arabic Literatures and Cultures

ARLC 120, ARLC 151/CPLT 151/MEIS 151, ARLC 152/CPLT 152, ARLC 154/CPLT 154/PHIL 128, ARLC 156/CPLT 156/MEIS 156/RLST 156

  • b) Anthropology

ANTH 136, ANTH 1401

  • c) Asian Studies

AST 167/CPLT 167

  • d) Comparative Literature

CPLT 153

  • e) History

HIST 124, HIST 125, HIST 126

  • f) Middle East and Islamic Studies

MEIS 199

  • g) Political Science

POSC 107, POSC 120, POSC 133, POSC 152

  • h) Religious Studies

RLST 116, RLST 124K, RLST 149, RLST 150, RLST 151, RLST 155/PHIL 155

  • j) Women's Studies

WMST 151, WMST 162/RLST 162

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.

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