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Middle East and South Asian Studies (Minor)

Minors allow you to听customize听your degree by听combining disciplines听and connecting your studies more broadly.


Why choose this minor?

By taking a Minor in Middle East and South Asian Studies you will deepen your understanding of Persian, Arabic, and Sanskritic cultures and their historical, religious, and political relationship to each other.

What you will learn

Who are the peoples of the Middle East and South Asia? What forms of culture, literature, state, religion, and civilization have populated the landscape from Turkey to Bangladesh over the centuries, and why should these many regions be studied as a group? Answer these questions as you immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage of one of history鈥檚 most influential regions with a Minor in Middle East and South Asian Studies.

This minor program is comprised of required and elective courses.

You鈥檒l be required to take one of the following:

  • The Ottoman Empire

  • Classical and Medieval History of Islamic Civilization

  • History of Modern Middle East

  • 闯耻诲补颈蝉尘听

  • Islam

Options for electives include:

  • Intermediate Arabic I

  • Alexander the Great

  • Middle Eastern Music