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Courses<\/h2>\n

A<\/em>ll courses are 4-credit hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

*Other courses may count toward the minor with the approval of the CURA director.<\/p>\n

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Humanities<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

History of Art & Architecture<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • CAS AH 220 Islamic Art and Architecture<\/li>\n
  • CAS AH 313 Imperial Reflections: Early Modern Islamic Art and Architecture<\/li>\n
  • CAS AH 314 After Genghis Khan: Art and Architecture in Central Asia and Iran<\/li>\n
  • CAS AH 317 From Morocco to Timbuktu: Art and Architecture at the Saharan Crossroads<\/li>\n
  • CAS AH 540 Europe and the Islamic World: Medieval and Early-Modern Cultural Exchange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Religion<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • CAS RN 105 Introduction to the World\u2019s Religions<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 214 Islam<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 220 Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 249 Islamaphobia and Anti-semitism<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 316 Modern Islamn<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 322 History of Judaism<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 338 Mysticism and Philosophy: Medieval Jewish Perspectives<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 340 The Quran<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 341 Sufism<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 345 Shariah Law<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 348 Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 355 Religion and Violence<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with CAS AN 375)<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 379 Religion and Politics<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 382 History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 390 Archeology in the Holy Land<\/li>\n
    • CAS RN 435 Women, Gender, and Islam<\/li>\n
    • <\/span>CAS RN 561 Religion and Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Women\u2019s, Gender & Sexuality Studies<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • CAS WS 380 Gender and Identity in Contemporary Middle Eastern Film<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        World\u00a0Languages &\u00a0Literatures<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • CAS LH 283 Israeil Culture Through Film<\/li>\n
        • CAS LT 304 Turkey in the Middle East<\/li>\n
        • CAS LT 388 World Cities: Istanbul<\/li>\n
        • CAS LT 491\/LT 492 Directed Study: Turkish<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 350 Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 411 Arabic Society Through Hip Hop and Cartoons<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 420 Media Arabic<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 441 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 470, 471 Topics in Arab Culture and Arabic Literature (meets with CAS XL 470, 471)<\/li>\n
        • CAS LY 491 Directed Study in Arabic and Islamic Studies<\/li>\n
        • CAS LZ 211, 212 Second-Year Modern Persian<\/li>\n
        • CAS LZ 380 Persian Epic and Romance<\/li>\n
        • CAS LZ 381 Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry<\/li>\n
        • CAS LZ 470 Topics in Persian Literature and Culture<\/li>\n
        • CAS LZ 492 Directed Study in Persian<\/li>\n
        • CAS XL 223 Introduction to Comparative Literature: Middle Eastern Literature<\/li>\n
        • CAS XL 315 Tradition and Modernity in Iranian Film and Literature<\/li>\n
        • CAS XL342 Travel Writing and the Muslim World<\/li>\n
        • CAS XL343 Alexander the Great in the East<\/li>\n
        • CAS XL 382 Gender and Identity in Contemporary Middle Eastern Film<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          <\/h3>\n

          Social Sciences<\/em><\/h3>\n

          <\/h3>\n

          Anthropology<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • CAS AN 307 Turkey and Middle East in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 320 Women in the Muslim World<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 327 Islam in Africa<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 355 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 384 Anthropology of Religion<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 524 Language and Culture Contacts in Africa<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 532 Literacy and Islam in Africa<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 548 Topics in Muslim Societies and Islamic Civilizations<\/li>\n
          • CAS AN 563 Public Religion and Politics Across Cultures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Archaeology<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • CAS AR 221 Archaeology of the Islamic World<\/li>\n
            • CAS AR 342 Archaeology in the Holy Land<\/li>\n
            • CAS AR 532 Studies in Near and Middle Eastern Archeology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              History<\/h3>\n
                \n
              • CAS HI 213 Sacred and Secular Power in Christianity and Islam<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 229 The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 234 Introduction to India and South Asia<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 320 Understanding Revolution: France and Algeria<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 349 History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 354 History, Religion, and Politics in the MENA<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 381 History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 382 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 383 Modern History and Geopolitics of the Caucasus<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 385 History of Premodern Iran<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 387 Introduction to the Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 389 Americans and the Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 390 Mecca to Dubai: Cities in the Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 391 Media Revolutions in the Modern Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 392 Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 393 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 484 Revolutionary Change in North Africa and the Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 485 Selected Problems in the Modern Middle East<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 595 Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents<\/li>\n
              • CAS HI 596 Muslim Societies: An Interdisciplinary History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  <\/ul>\n

                  International Relations<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  • CAS IR 307 Intro to Middle East Politics<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 312 Comparative Development in the Middle East<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 325 Great Powers of the Eastern Mediterranean (meets with CAS HI 229)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 328 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century (meets with CAS HI 382)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 372 International Relations of South Asia (meets with CAS PO 355)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 382 Understanding the Middle East (meets with CAS GE 382)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 383 Understanding Modern North Africa (meets with CAS PO 376)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 397 History of Modern Iran 1900\u2013Present (meets with CAS HI 381)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 503 The US in the Middle East (meets with CAS PO 503)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 504 Seminar: The Persian Gulf\/Arabian Peninsula (meets with CAS PO 577)<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 511 The Middle East Today<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 533 Contentious Politics and the Arab Spring in the Middle East<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations<\/li>\n
                  • CAS IR 563 Religion and Politics Across Cultures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    • CAS PO 334 Political Violence<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 354 Southeast Asia in World Politics<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 355 International Relations of South Asia<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 368 Introduction to Middle East Politics<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 376 Understanding Modern North Africa<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 378 Religion and Politics<\/li>\n
                    • CAS PO 589 Religion and International Relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                        <\/ul>\n

                        Sociology<\/h3>\n
                          \n
                        • CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                            <\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                            Courses All courses are 4-credit hours. *Other courses may count toward the minor with the approval of the CURA director. Humanities History of Art & Architecture CAS AH 220 Islamic Art and Architecture CAS AH 313 Imperial Reflections: Early Modern Islamic Art and Architecture CAS AH 314 After Genghis Khan: Art and Architecture in Central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":71,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6498"}],"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=6498"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7695,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6498\/revisions\/7695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}