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Global Islamic Studies Major

The Global Islamic Studies major consists of at least ten courses (40 credits) drawn from a wide variety of departments and interdisciplinary programs, as well as foreign languages related to the student’s focus of study.

Three courses are required of all majors: GIS 102 INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES, REL 214 ISLAMIC TRADITIONS, and one 400-level seminar or Individual Study.

Two language courses at the intermediate or advanced level in the same language related to the focus of the major are required. Given the status of Arabic in the religious life of many Muslims, majors are strongly encouraged to take Arabic language courses even if they have chosen another language related to their focus.

All remaining courses for the major must be chosen from the lists below and must relate to the student’s focus of study. No more than two 100-level courses may count toward the major. Furthermore, in addition to the 400-level GIS senior seminar or Individual Study, at least one course must be at the 300-level or above.

All courses included on List A may count towards the major. No more than two courses from List B may count towards major. Courses not appearing on either List A or List B can only count toward the major after consultation with a GIS core faculty member and approval from the GIS director.

Students seeking honors in the major must have a minimum 3.7 GPA, submit an honors project proposal during their junior year, and complete GIS 497 and 498 Honors Study courses in addition to the 10 required courses. 

Students are encouraged to attend public lectures and other events sponsored by the program. Students will maintain a portfolio of their coursework and also maintain extensive notes on the program events they have attended. In their senior year, students will make use of this portfolio for the 400-level senior seminar or Individual Study as well as majors’ discussions and events.

Required Courses

Ten courses (40 credits) are required (12 for honors.)

*Note: No more than two 100-level courses may count toward the major, and in addition to the 400-level GIS senior seminar or Individual Study and the two required language courses, and at least one course must be a course at the 300-level or above.

GIS 102/REL 102/HIS 102INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES

4
 
REL 214/GIS 214INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM

4
 
one 400-level GIS senior seminar
or
GIS 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4
GIS 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

Language Requirement

Two language courses at the intermediate or advanced level in the same language related to the focus of the major.

List A:

Any and all courses on List A may count toward the GIS major without restriction.

*Note: No more than two 100-level courses may count toward the major, and at least one course apart from the 400-level GIS senior seminar or Independent Study and the two required language courses must be a course at the 300 level or above.

AFR 307/GOV 307THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES

4
AHI 207ISLAMIC ART

4
AHI 413ISLAMIC ART: WORD AND IMAGE

4
ARA 120ARABIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE

4
ARA 234/GWS 234ARAB WOMEN WRITERS

4
ARA 310CONTEMPORARY ARAB JOURNALISM

4
ARA 330MODERN ARABIC LIT (IN ENG)

4
ARA 330FMODERN ARABIC LIT (IN ARA)

1
CRE 255/HIS 255S ASIA IN POSTCOLONIAL WORLD

4
ECO 203ECONOMIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

4
ENG 181LIT ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA

4
ENG 303BRELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

4
ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4
FLM 258/GER 258TRANSNAT'L WRITERS/FILMMAKERS

4
FRH 412COLONIALSM CONTEMP FRH CINEMA

4
FRH 455TERROR, TERRORIST, TERRORISM

4
FYS 106KINTERNATIONAL POL THRU FILM

4
FYS 106SINVENTING WORLD RELIGIONS

4
FYS 116CFROM HOLY LAND TO DISNEYLAND

4
GER 258/FLM 258TRANSNAT'L WRITERS/FILMMAKERS

4
GER 258FTRANSNAT'L WRITERS (IN GER)

1
GER 262/GWS 262/GIS 262REFUGEES IN EUROPE: GERMANY

4
GER 262FREFUGEES IN EU:GERMANY(IN GER)

1
GER 433AFTER THE WALL: GER FILM/LIT

4
GER 435TRANSNT'L CUL:TURKS IN GERMANY

4
GIS 107/ENG 107/SLA 107CC:NOMADS, SHAMANS, & MYSTICS

4
GIS 119/HIS 119THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

4
GIS 204/ENG 204/SLA 204CC:NOMADS, SHAMANS, & MYSTICS

4
GIS 262/GER 262/GWS 262REFUGEES IN EUROPE: GERMANY

4
GIS 231/REL 231RELIGIOUS ETHICS

4
GIS 235/HIS 235EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
GIS 238/GOV 238MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

4
GIS 249/HIS 249EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY

4
GIS 252/AMS 252/REL 252ISLAM & THE UNITED STATES

4
GIS 263/HIS 263/REL 263ISLAM IN ASIA

4
GIS 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4
GIS 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4
GIS 312/HIS 312/REL 312BORDER CONFLICTS IN SOUTH ASIA

4
GIS 313/ENG 313POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TODAY

4
GIS 323/FRH 323FRENCH IDENTITY TODAY

4
GIS 325/GOV 325INT'L POLITICS OF THE MID EAST

4
GIS 327/AFR 327/HIS 327/REL 327REL/POWR/SOCIETY IN MOD AFRIC

4
GIS 337/HIS 337JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN EUROPE

4
GIS 349/REL 349ISLAM IN GLOBAL POLITICS

4
GIS 355/HIS 355MIDDLE EAST & MEDITERRANEAN

4
GIS 366/ENG 366WAR AND PEACE:MOD MIDDLE EAST

4
GIS 400/GOV 493ZTHE IRAQ WAR

4
GIS 401/AMS 400/GWS 400/SOC 400THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION

4
GIS 418/HIS 418RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
GIS 423/FRH 423FRENCH IDENTITY TODAY

4
GIS 426/REL 426FUNDAMENTALISMS

4
GOV 205INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY

4
GOV 228TERRORISM

4
GOV 240REVOLUTNS & REGIME TRANSITIONS

4
GOV 307/AFR 307THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES

4
GOV 325/GIS 325INT'L POLITICS OF THE MID EAST

4
GOV 360ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

4
GWS 234/ARA 234ARAB WOMEN WRITERS

4
GWS 311/REL 311MUSLIM WOMEN'S VOICES

4
HIS 106/SLA 106THE MONGOLS AND THEIR LEGACIES

4
HIS 113CONTESTING INDIA'S PAST

4
HIS 226MAKING MODERN SOUTH ASIA

4
HIS 234/CRE 234MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s

4
HIS 263/GIS 263/REL 263ISLAM IN ASIA

4
HIS 274/GIS 274/REL 274SECULARISM IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS

4
HIS 444IMPERIAL LIVES:MERCH,MISS,MIGR

4
HIS 462/AFR 462TERRORISM IN CONTEMP AFRICA

4
ITL 303/GIS 303ISLAM IN THE AGE OF DANTE

4
ITL 303FISLAM IN THE AGE OF DANTE(ITL)

1
PHI 227ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN NARRATIVES

4
REL 222ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD

4
REL 235/GIS 234WOMEN AND RELIGION IN INDIA

4
REL 274/GIS 274/HIS 274SECULARISM IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS

4
REL 311/GWS 311MUSLIM WOMEN'S VOICES

4

List B:

No more than two courses from List B may count toward the GIS major.

*Note: No more than two 100-level courses may count toward the major, and in addition to the 400-level GIS senior seminar or Individual Study and the two required languages, at least one course must be at the 300 level or above.

AFR 103/HIS 103/AMS 102AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
AFR 201INTRO TO AFRICANA STUDIES

4
AFR 228/GWS 228/HIS 228GENDE/SEX/ID IN AFRICAN HIS

4
AFR 229/AMS 229/CRE 229/FLM 229/GWS 229VAMPIRES

4
AFR 245/HIS 245MOD AFRICAN HIST:1870-PRESENT

4
AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321/HMD 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
AFR 332/FRH 332ART/DEMOCRATIZATION OF AFRICA

4
AFR 346/GWS 346/HIS 346AFRICAN WOMEN IN COMP PERSP

4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
AMS 102/HIS 103/AFR 103AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
AMS 201D/CRE 201A/HIS 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
AMS 201K/CRE 201/REL 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
AMS 201S/CRE 201A/HIS 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
AMS 206/CRE 206/HIS 209THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY

4
AMS 206F/CRE 206F/HIS 209FTHEORIZING RACE/ETHN (IN SPAN)

1
AMS 319/HIS 319COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD

4
AMS 334/HIS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

4
AMS 465/HIS 465GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945

4
ANT 103/GWS 103GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND INTESEC

4
ANT 104QUESTIONING CUL:INTRO TO ANTH

4
ANT 114CC: POWER AND INEQUALITY

4
ANT 229/MUS 229ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS

4
ANT 235/GWS 235CHUTNEY-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
ANT 256/FRH 256“MIGRATION CRISIS” IN EUROPE

4
ANT 258ETHNOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

4
ANT 315/REL 314ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

4
ANT 328/FRH 334INDIGENEITY IN A GLOBAL WORLD

4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
ANT 370/FRH 370THE ANTHROPOL OF SPACE & PLACE

4
ANT 407/FLM 407/GWS 407MASALA-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
ANT 431/SPA 431GLOBALIZATION/TRANSBORDERISM

4
ARA 230INTRO TO ARABIC LIT (IN ENG)

4
ARA 330FMODERN ARABIC LIT (IN ARA)

1
CA 201PUBLIC POLICY/SOCIAL ETHICS

4
CLA 231/HIS 231EARLY MIDDLE AGES

4
CLA 380/GOV 493LGRAND STRATEGY,ANCIENT & MODRN

4
CRE 201/AMS 201K/REL 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
CRE 201AINTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
CRE 206/AMS 206/HIS 209THEOR, RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY

4
CRE 212/GWS 212FEMINIST RESEARCH METHODS

4
CRE 223/SOC 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
CRE 224/GWS 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

4
CRE 321/AFR 321/GWS 321/HMD 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
CRE 356/AHI 356/ANT 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
CRE 393ADV RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES

4
CRE 420/FRH 420/GWS 420THE WOMAN'S BODY AFR LIT/CIN

4
EAS 250POETIC ENLIGHTNMNT EAST-WEST

4
ECO 231COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC DEVLPMT

4
ECO 234ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

4
ECO 235GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4
ECO 247URBAN & REGIONAL ECONOMICS

4
ECO 258WHY NATIONS FAIL

4
ECO 305/HIS 306GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY

4
ECO 326ECO HIS/HIS ECO THGHT II

4
ECO 402ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION

4
ECO 409WOMEN AND WORK

4
ECO 440GLOBLSM,GLOBAPHOBIA,PARADOXES

4
ENG 104JUST WHAT IS ENGLISH?

4
ENG 132AFRICA:FICTION AND HISTORY

4
ENG 137FICTIONS OF EMPIRE

4
ENG 235WRITING AFRICA NOW

4
ENG 236THE NOVEL AND APARTHEID

4
ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4
ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4
ENG 329RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C

4
ENG 330B/GWS 330BLOVE & SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES

4
ENG 330CMEDIEVL TRAVELS,REAL&FANTASTIC

4
ENG 342CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY

4
ENG 349/AFR 349/AMS 349/CRE 349ARCHIVES OF REVOLUTION

4
ENG 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4
ENG 359LAW & JUSTICE POSTCOLONL NARR

4
ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4
ES 339/GOV 339OCEANS LAW AND POLICY

4
FLM 235/ANT 235/GWS 235CHUTNEY-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
FLM 407/ANT 407/GWS 407MASALA-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
FLM 422REVENGE CINEMA

4
FRH 256/ANT 256“MIGRATION CRISIS” IN EUROPE

4
FRH 325FRANCOPHNE AFR THR CONVERSATN

4
FRH 328CONTEMP ISSUES IN FRANCOPHONIE

4
FRH 334/ANT 328INDIGENEITY IN A GLOBAL WORLD

4
FRH 330HISTORICZNG FRANCE:POL,CUL,LIT

4
FRH 370/ANT 370ANTHROPOL OF SPACE AND PLACE

4
FRH 420/CRE 420/GWS 420THE WOMAN'S BODY AFR LIT/CIN

4
GC 201THEMATIC INQUIRY

4
GOV 222CC:TORTURE&HOLLYWOOD POST 9/11

4
GOV 308NATNLISM/ETHNIC CONF IN EUROPE

4
GOV 310THE MAKING OF DEMOCRACIES

4
GOV 323HUMAN RIGHTS AND MEDIA

4
GOV 324HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL

4
GOV 331NEW VISIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY

4
GOV 337COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

4
GOV 343TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS

4
GOV 493L/CLA 380GRAND STRATEGY,ANCIENT & MODRN

4
GWS 103/ANT 103GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND INTESEC

4
GWS 180CC: MAKING SEX

4
GWS 200AWOMEN, WAR, PEACE

4
GWS 208WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE AMERICAS

4
GWS 216GENDER & GLOBALIZATION

4
GWS 224/CRE 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

4
GWS 235/ANT 235CHUTNEY-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
GWS 279/HIS 279GENDER/SEXLTY IN COLONIAL WRLD

4
GWS 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/HMD 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
GWS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/HIS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
GWS 346/AFR 346/HIS 346AFRICAN WOMEN IN COMP PERSP

4
GWS 380CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THOUGHT

4
GWS 407/ANT 407/FLM 407MASALA-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
GWS 416/HMD 416GLOBALIZATION/CULT & IDENTITY

4
GWS 420/CRE 420/FRH 420THE WOMAN'S BODY AFR LIT/CIN

4
HIS 103/AFR 103/AMS 102AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
HIS 117CC: GLOBALIZATION OR EMPIRE?

4
HIS 201/AMS 201D/AMS 201S/CRE 201AINTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY

4
HIS 232/JS 232LATER MIDDLE AGES

4
HIS 245/AFR 245MOD AFRICAN HIST:1870-PRESENT

4
HIS 247/SLA 247SOVIET UNION & ITS LEGACIES

4
HIS 247F/SLA 247FSOVIET UNION/LEGACIES (IN RUS)

1
HIS 250ISS HIST MOD AFR 1884-PRES

4
HIS 264/SLA 264THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,1700-1920'S

4
HIS 279/GWS 279GENDER/SEXLTY IN COLONIAL WRLD

4
HIS 306/ECO 305GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY

4
HIS 319/AMS 319COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD

4
HIS 334/AMS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

4
HIS 346/AFR 346/GWS 346AFRICAN WOMEN IN COMP PERSP

4
HIS 361TERRORISM IN CONTEMP AFRICA

4
HIS 415EAST AFRICA SINCE 1945

4
HIS 429YOUTH & SOC MOVEMNT IN AFRICA

4
HIS 465/AMS 465GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945

4
HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
HMD 416/GWS 416GLOBALIZATION/CULT & IDENTITY

4
JS 449/REL 493N/SLA 449WORLDVIEWS OF JEWS EUR/M EAST

4
MUS 229/ANT 229ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS

4
MUS 493BMUSICAL NATIONALISM & EXOTICSM

4
PAX 201THEMATIC INQUIRY

4
PHI 277BURNING RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY

4
PHI 440PBURNING RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY

4
REL 158HOLY BOOKS:WSTRN SCRIPT TRAD

4
REL 165REL CONFLICT, PEACE & FRNDSHP

4
REL 198CC:RELIGIOUS PRACTICES/ECOLOGY

4
REL 201/AMS 201K/CRE 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
REL 236MYSTICISM

4
REL 314/ANT 315ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

4
REL 493EPILGRIMAGE

4
PK 201THEMATIC INQUIRY

4
REL 493MRELIGIOUS CONFLICT

4
SPA 431/ANT 431GLOBALIZATION/TRANSBORDERISM

4
SPA 493BHISPANIC ORIENTALISM

4
SPA 494BHISPANIC ORIENTALISM

4