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Welcome to Islamic World Studies

Islamic World Studies is a multidisciplinary minor in CUA's School of Arts & Sciences that consolidates the University's offerings on the Near East and Islamic world into a sub-concentration to supplement undergraduate majors in the humanities and social sciences. The program draws on the individual expertise of scholars in Semitics, Modern Languages, History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies, as well as special resources of the J.K. Mullen Library and in the Consortium of Washington Area Universities.

Extending from Morocco, across the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, into China and Africa, the Muslim world is diverse and historically transnational. CUA's minor in Islamic World Studies emphasizes the common heritage of Islam and Christianity in late antiquity, in the high Middle Ages, and in contemporary issues of religious identity and practice in the modern and post-modern world.

Current Courses.

Fall 2010

Core Course:

ANTH 310, Islam in the Modern World, W 3:10-5:40 PM
 
 
Class requiring Arabic: 
 
SEM 241/541, Introduction to Classical and Koranic Arabic, MWF 10:10-11:00 Am plus drills, permission of the instructor Dr. Talia.
 
 
Classes not requiring Arabic:
 
ART 341, Islamic Art and Architecture, W 1:10-3:40 PM;
HIST 308, History of Byzantium, TuTh 12:35-1:50 PM;
SEM 247/547, Arabic Literature in Translation, MWF 12:10-1:00 PM, open to juniors and seniors;
TRS 398, Introduction to Islam, TuTh 2:10-3:25 PM.