{"id":6494,"date":"2020-12-08T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/?page_id=6494"},"modified":"2024-07-02T10:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:48:38","slug":"muslim-studies-minors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/muslim-studies-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Studies Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing world events have sparked an acute interest in the study of Muslim societies. CURA desires to foster a better understanding of those societies and to preserve their diverse heritage through an interdisciplinary approach that exposes students to Muslim societies\u2019 historical, religious, anthropological, political, linguistic, and cultural characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the College of Arts &amp; Sciences humanities and social science faculty offer a broad range of courses focusing on the Muslim societies and civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. In addition, they offer two undergraduate minors under Pardee School auspices: Muslim Cultures (HU) and Muslim Societies (SS). Available to students in any of BU\u2019s four-year undergraduate schools and colleges, both minors can prepare post-baccalaureate students for careers in anthropology, archaeology, history, art and literature, health, and diplomacy.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #2c3e50; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px;\">Minor in Muslim Cultures<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">One course in religion (CAS RN 214, 338\/638, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346 E, or 347)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">One course in the humanities (CAS AH 220, 313, 314, LY 284, 350, 441, 470, LT 218, LZ 281, XL 223, WS 305 B1)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">One language course numbered 212 or higher in Arabic (LY), Persian (LZ), or Turkish (LT)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Three elective courses: two from an approved list of humanities (HU) electives and one from an approved list of social science (SS) electives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #2c3e50; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px;\">Minor in Muslim Societies<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">One course in religion<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">One social science course<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Four elective courses: three from an approved list of social sciences (SS) electives and one from an approved list of humanities (HU) electives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing world events have sparked an acute interest in the study of Muslim societies. CURA desires to foster a better understanding of those societies and to preserve their diverse heritage through an interdisciplinary approach that exposes students to Muslim societies\u2019 historical, religious, anthropological, political, linguistic, and cultural characteristics. Members of the College of Arts &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6494"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8380,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6494\/revisions\/8380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}