Muslim Studies Minor
Minor Description
More than one-fifth of the world’s population currently self-identifies as Muslim. A 2015 Pew Research Center report projects this will rise to nearly 30% by 2050. For many individuals and groups, “Muslim” is more than a marker of religion, it represents a set of contested communities; ethnicities; histories; regions and neighborhoods; politics; and artistic, literary, and musical traditions that may or may not have a recognizable connection to Islam. Despite this diversity, many hold notions of Muslim identity that act as a shared horizon of belonging or association.
Admission to the Minor
There are no admission requirements for the minor.
Minor Requirements
Students must complete six appropriately designated courses. Each course offered will carry two designations—topic and region—in order to ensure that students engage an appropriately diverse distribution of courses.
All courses will be listed according to one (or more) of the following topical categories:
- Contemporary society and practice: Courses primarily concerned with the study of contemporary Muslim communities (cont)
- Literary, artistic, and musical studies (la&m)
- Historical inquiry (hist)
All courses will be listed according to one (or more) of the following regional categories:
- Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- South, East, and Southeast Asia (SESA)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
- North America and Europe (NAE)
The six courses designated as appropriate for the minor must include:
- One gateway course (i.e., a course entirely about Muslims that serves as a way to offer an introduction to Muslim studies).
- At least one course in each of the topical categories.
- At least one course in three of the regional categories.
- No more than three courses can come from one of the above categories.
These requirements endeavor to diversify the student’s exposure to disciplinary and divisional offerings in Muslim studies while allowing hir to focus on specific topics of particular interest.
Courses are considered appropriate for the minor if they include at least 25% material on Muslims. Internships in appropriate organizations will be considered for credit so long as they are accompanied by a 10-page assessment of learning outcomes to be assessed by the director.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway | ||
| Advanced Arabic I | ||
| Negotiating French Identity: Migration and Identity in Contemporary France | ||
| Comparative Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Social History of Islam in Africa | ||
| Islam and Muslim Cultures: Introduction with Case Studies | ||
| Cinematic Encounters: Muslims and/in/of the West | ||
| Islamic Movements and Modernities | ||
| Orientalism: Spain and Africa | ||
| Contemporary Society and Practice (cont) | ||
| Women's Political and Sexual Revolutions--Middle East and South Asia | ||
| Negotiating French Identity: Migration and Identity in Contemporary France | ||
| Comparative Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Middle East Intellectuals and Modernity | ||
| Islam and Muslim Cultures: Introduction with Case Studies | ||
| Cinematic Encounters: Muslims and/in/of the West | ||
| Islamic Movements and Modernities | ||
| Literary, Artistic, and Musical Studies (la&m) | ||
| Intermediate Arabic I | ||
| Intermediate Arabic II | ||
| Advanced Arabic I | ||
| Mughal India: Introduction to the Practice of Art History (FYS) | ||
| Empire and Erotica: Twenty-three Masterworks of Indian Painting | ||
| Arabic in Translation: Arabic-English & vice versa (CLAC.50) | ||
| Introduction to Tamazight: The Native Language of North Africa and Beyond (CLAC.50) | ||
| Music and Theater of Indonesia | ||
| Music of Central Asia | ||
| India: Identity, Globalization, and Empire | ||
| Writing the War on Terror: Crafting Literary Responses to Fiction, Film, and Television after 9/11 | ||
| HIUR101 | Introduction to Hindi-Urdu Language and Culture I | 1 |
| HIUR102 | Introduction to Hindi-Urdu Language and Culture II | 1 |
| HIUR201 | Intermediate Hindi-Urdu Language and Culture I | 1 |
| HIUR202 | Intermediate Hindi-Urdu Language and Culture II | 1 |
| CGST212 | Language and Politics: Making and Unmaking of Nations | 1 |
| Historical Inquiry (hist) | ||
| Islam and Empire Through Fiction (FYS) | ||
| The Raj: India and Britain (Introduction to History) | ||
| The Making of the Modern Middle East | ||
| Delhi: The Past in the Present | ||
| Middle East Intellectuals and Modernity | ||
| Coexistence and Violence in Europe: Jews, Muslims, Roma and their Neighbors | ||
| Social History of Islam in Africa | ||
| From Jerusalem to Ground Zero: Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Sioux, and Hindu Notions of Sacredness | ||
| Religion, Science, and Empire: Crucible of a Globalized World | ||
| Orientalism: Spain and Africa | ||
COL347 | ||
COL308 | ||
| CGST212 Language and Politics: Making and Unmaking of Nations | ||
| Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | ||
| Intermediate Arabic I | ||
| Intermediate Arabic II | ||
| Advanced Arabic I | ||
| Arabic in Translation: Arabic-English & vice versa (CLAC.50) | ||
| Women's Political and Sexual Revolutions--Middle East and South Asia | ||
| Negotiating French Identity: Migration and Identity in Contemporary France | ||
| Islam and Empire Through Fiction (FYS) | ||
| The Making of the Modern Middle East | ||
| Middle East Intellectuals and Modernity | ||
| Comparative Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Introduction to Tamazight: The Native Language of North Africa and Beyond (CLAC.50) | ||
| Islam and Muslim Cultures: Introduction with Case Studies | ||
| Cinematic Encounters: Muslims and/in/of the West | ||
| Islamic Movements and Modernities | ||
| From Jerusalem to Ground Zero: Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Sioux, and Hindu Notions of Sacredness | ||
| Religion, Science, and Empire: Crucible of a Globalized World | ||
| Orientalism: Spain and Africa | ||
COL347 | ||
COL308 | ||
| Writing the War on Terror: Crafting Literary Responses to Fiction, Film, and Television after 9/11 | ||
| South, East, and Southeast Asia (SESA) | ||
| Mughal India: Introduction to the Practice of Art History (FYS) | ||
| Empire and Erotica: Twenty-three Masterworks of Indian Painting | ||
| Women's Political and Sexual Revolutions--Middle East and South Asia | ||
| The Raj: India and Britain (Introduction to History) | ||
| Delhi: The Past in the Present | ||
| Music of Central Asia | ||
| Islam and Muslim Cultures: Introduction with Case Studies | ||
| Cinematic Encounters: Muslims and/in/of the West | ||
| Islamic Movements and Modernities | ||
| Religion, Science, and Empire: Crucible of a Globalized World | ||
| Music and Theater of Indonesia | ||
| India: Identity, Globalization, and Empire | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) | ||
| Social History of Islam in Africa | ||
| North America and Europe (NAE) | ||
| Coexistence and Violence in Europe: Jews, Muslims, Roma and their Neighbors | ||
| Islam and Muslim Cultures: Introduction with Case Studies | ||
| Cinematic Encounters: Muslims and/in/of the West | ||
| Islamic Movements and Modernities | ||
| Orientalism: Spain and Africa | ||
COL308 | ||
| Writing the War on Terror: Crafting Literary Responses to Fiction, Film, and Television after 9/11 | ||
Additional Information
Contact
Interested students should contact Emy Matesan at imatesan@wesleyan.edu.