Islamic World Studies

Welcome to Islamic World Studies

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

IWS's focus is the Muslim world from the rise of Islam in late antiquity until today, and Muslim societies from the Middle East to South and Southeast Asia and, increasingly, in Europe and the Americas.

New IWS Certificate Program

A Certificate in Islamic World Studies has been approved by the Academic Senate and will be available beginning Fall 2012.

Like the European Studies Certificate before it, the IWS Certificate is designed for students undertaking a significant commitment to language learning in connection with area studies that extend majors in the humanities and social sciences with coordinated courses on a region of the world, in this case the Islamic world, from other departments plus a significant level of training in Arabic.

IWS Minor

The Islamic World Studies minor is offered for students who want to assemble the University's courses on different parts or aspects of the Muslim world into a minor that complements majors in the social sciences or humanities with an area studies focus, but without committing to advanced language training.

Current Courses.

FALL 2013

Classes in or requiring Arabic: 

SEM 545 Arabic Literature I (in Arabic)
TTh 8:10am-9:25 am Dr. Talia
Permission of Instructor Required

*TRS 398 Introduction to Islam

TBA

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*These courses also satisfy a Religion requirement for Arts & Sciences students