Islamic Studies Minor

Required Courses (12 units)

• CPRL 250 - Introduction to Islam (3)
• CPRL 300 - Methods of Studying Religion (3)
• CPRL 371 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: The Beginning to 1258 (3)
• CPRL 372 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: 1259 to Modern Times (3)

Electives (9 units)

• AFAM 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3) or
• CPRL 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3)

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• CPRL 302 - Religion and Ecology (3)
• CPRL 320 - The End of the World (3)
• CPRL 321 - Psychology of Religion (3)
• CPRL 332 - Islamic Scriptural Studies (3)
• CPRL 333 - Religion and Sexuality (3)
• CPRL 335 - Judaism, Christianity and Islam Compared (3)
• CPRL 373 - Women in Islam (3)
• CPRL 374 - Issues in Contemporary Islam (3)
• CPRL 375 - Conceptions of the Afterlife (3)
• CPRL 380 - Religion and Violence (3)
• CPRL 381 - Religion and Politics in the United States (3)
• CPRL 400 - Religion, the Media, and Contemporary Culture (3)
• CPRL 401T - Studies in Religious Texts (3) *
• CPRL 485T - Major Religious Thinkers and Concepts (3) *
• CPRL 499 - Independent Study (1-3) *
• HIST 468A - Women and Gender in Middle East History (3)
• HIST 468B - Eastern Mediterranean 500-900 CE (3)

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• HIST 466A - Islamic Civilization: Arab Era (3) or
• CPRL 466A - Islamic Civilization: Arab Era (3)

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• HIST 466B - Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age (3) or
• CPRL 466B - Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age (3)

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• SOCI 458 - Sociology of Religious Behavior (3) or
• CPRL 458 - Sociology of Religious Behavior (3)

Total (21 units)