Central and Southwest Asian Studies Minor

The Central and Southwest Asian Studies Minor is available to all students. It consists of eighteen credits. Students selecting the minor are required to successfully complete HSTR 146 (HIST106)/ANTH 106H/AS 106H and six credits in foundational Central and Southwest Asian Studies courses (200-level courses). Students must then complete nine credits of additional course work at the 300- or 400- level. No language courses are required; however, students pursuing the minor are strongly encouraged to meet the University-wide general education foreign language competency requirement by completing at least the second semester of one of the following languages (100 level or higher): Chinese, Persian, Arabic, Turkish or Russian. Participation in a study-abroad program is strongly recommended.

Minor - Central & Southwest Asian Stds

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2015-2016

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: The Central and Southwest Asian Studies minor is available to all students. No language courses are required. Participation in a study-abroad program is strongly recommended.

Lower Division Core Courses

Rule: Complete the following subcategories of courses

9 Total Credits Required

Introductory Course

Rule: Must complete the following course

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Show Description ANTY 141H - The Silk Road
Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to the study of the human communities, cultures, and economies in Central and Southwest Asia along the ancient four thousand mile-long Silk Road.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Foundational Courses

Rule: Must complete 2 of the following courses

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Show Description CSWA 262H - Islamic Civil: Classical Age
Offered autumn.  Same as ANTY 243.  A concise history of the Islamic world from the 6th century to the fall of the Abbasid Empire in the 13th century, focusing primarily on the teachings of Islam and the causes for the rapid expansion of the Islamic empire.
 3 Credits
Show Description CSWA 264 - Islamic Civ: Modrn Era
Offered spring. History of the Islamic world and particularly the Persian, Arabic, and Turkish speaking lands between 1453 and 1952.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 241H - Central Asian Cult & Civ
(WRLD) Offered autumn. Same as ANTY 241H. Introduction to Central Asia's history, culture and ways of thinking. Focus on the political and social organization of Central Asia and cultural changes as expressed in art and interactions with China, India and the Middle East.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Core Courses

Rule: Must complete 3 courses

Note: If an independent study course is selected it must be taken for 3 credits.

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Show Description ANTY 347 - Central Asia and Its Neighbors
Offered autumn odd number years. Analysis of the human communities and cultures of Central and Southwest Asia, with particular emphasis on the importance of relationships with neighboring countries and civilizations since ancient times.
 3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 442 - Cities/Landscapes Central Asia
Offered spring odd numbered years. Analysis of the main centers of civilization and culture, rich sites and monuments of Central Asia and Southwest Asia since ancient times.
 3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 492 - Independent Study
(R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description CSWA 441 - Seminar: Central Asia
Offered spring. Advanced analysis of the historical and contemporary issues involving the human communities, cultures, and economies in Central and Southwest Asia.
 3 Credits
Show Description CSWA 457 - Artistic Trad Cent & SW Asia
Offered autumn and spring. Same as HSTR 459. Analysis of the study of human artistic creativity and scientific innovations of various cultures in Central and Southwest Asia since ancient times.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 368 - Iran Betw Two Revol
(WRLD) Offered autumn. The several intellectual traditions and philosophies some ephemeral and visionary, most eclectic and confused, and virtually all conflicting that are usually believed to underlie the varying concept of Iranian and Arab nationalism in the 20th century.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 386 - Nationalism in Mod Middle East
(WRLD) Offered spring. The socioeconomic, political, and cultural causes which resulted in the transformation of the Iranian society from a traditional Islamic entity to a modern secular state and the factors which led to the downfall of the secular state and the establishment of an Islamic republic.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 492 - Independent Study
(R 12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr.
 1 To 12 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C 9 Total Credits Required