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Nov 23, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Africa/Middle East Studies Minor
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Students who minor in Africa/Middle East studies should refer to the Area Studies Minor Requirements . The minor requires 15 credit hours of coursework. The first six credit hours (two courses) must be chosen from the Core Courses or the Global Perspective. The next nine credit hours (three courses) must be chosen from the Africa/Middle East studies regional specialization curriculum. At least one course must be selected from the social sciences group and at least one course must be selected from the humanities and arts group. At least nine hours must be at the 3000 level or above.
A cocurricular requirement for the minor in Africa/Middle East studies is two years of college-level study of a language native to Africa or the Middle East. To maximize the educational experience, students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term or summer studying in Africa or the Middle East. Most of the courses taught in University study abroad programs in Africa and the Middle East may be applied to the African and Middle Eastern studies minor.
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Requirements for the Minor
Core Courses and Global Perspective (6 Credit Hours)
Two from the following:
Global Perspective
These courses do not have a regional focus:
- ANTH 3301 /SOCI 3301 - Health, Healing, and Ethics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sickness and Society
- ANTH 3310 - Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: Global Perspectives
- ANTH 3333 - The Immigrant Experience
- ANTH 3336 - Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues
- ANTH 3348 - Health as a Human Right
- ANTH 3366 /RELI 3366 - Magic, Myth, and Religion Across Cultures
- ANTH 3368 /SOCI 3368 - Global Urbanism: Implosions/Explosions
- ANTH 3384 - Paradise Lost? Long-Term Perspectives on Human Impacts on the Environment
- ANTH 3388 - Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology and Ethics of Human Conflict
- ANTH 4303 - Political Economy of Health
- ANTH 4304 - Migration, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
- ANTH 4307 - Global and Public Health
- ANTH 4309 - Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and Nation States
- ANTH 4384 - Global Issues and Development: An Overview (seniors only)
- ARHS 1302 - From the Baroque to the Digital Age: Art and People of the Modern World
- ARHS 3368 - Art and Context: 1940-1970
- ARHS 3369 - Contemporary Art: 1965-Present
- BA 3300 - Special Topics: International Business Administration (study abroad)
- CCPA 3321 - Communication in Global Contexts
- ECO 5360 - Economic Development: Macroeconomic Perspectives
- ECO 5362 - Economic Growth
- ENGL 3354 - Non–Western Culture and Literature
- FILM 4399 - Global Media Systems
- FINA 4329 - International Finance (available only to business majors with a minor or second major in international studies)
- HIST 3301 - Human Rights: America’s Dilemma
- HIST 3306 - Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy 1789-1941
- HIST 3307 - The U.S. and the Cold War, 1945-1989
- HIST 3399 - U.S. Foreign Policy From the Spanish American War to Vietnam
- INTL 3381 - Current Issues in International Politics
- MKTG 3300 - Topics in International Marketing (study abroad programs)
- MKTG 3348 - International Marketing (available only to business majors with a minor or second major in international studies)
- PLSC 3342 - Making Democracy Work
- PLSC 3365 - Communism and Post-Communism
- PLSC 3382 - International Organizations
- PLSC 3383 - The American Foreign Policy Process
- PLSC 3387 - Political Geography
- PLSC 4342 - Why Nations Revolt
- PLSC 4344 - Gender in World Politics
- PLSC 4349 - Public Ethics, Democracy, and Corruption Control in Emerging Markets
- PLSC 4354 - The Third World and North-South Relations
- PLSC 4380 - Special Studies in International Relations (also study abroad)
- PLSC 4381 - National Security Policy
- PLSC 4382 - The Politics of Military Force
- PLSC 4398 - Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
- RELI 1304 - Introduction to Western Religions
- SOCI 3340 - Global Society
- SOCI 4321 - The Politics of Immigration: A Global Perspective
Regional Specialization (9 Credit Hours)
Three from the following, with at least one from the social sciences group and at least one from the humanities and arts group:
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