Islamic Studies Minor (18 units)
(RLST was formerly CPRL)
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Click this link for the Islamic Studies Minor Advisement Worksheet
- Click this link for information regarding the $1000 scholarship for the Minor in Islamic Studies
Students minoring in Islamic studies are required to take 18 units, distributed as follows:
Required Courses (12 units/4 courses)
RLST 250 - Introduction to Islam (3)
RLST 300 - Methods of Studying Religion (3)
RLST 371 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: The Beginning to 1258 (3)
RLST 372 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: 1259 to Modern Times (3)
Elective Courses (6 units/3 courses)
RLST 321 - Psychology of Religion (3)
RLST 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3) or
AFAM 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3)
RLST 332 - Islamic Scriptural Studies (3)
RLST 333 - Religion and Sexuality (3)
RLST 373 - Women in Islam (3)
RLST 374 - Issues in Contemporary Islam (3)
RLST 375 - Conceptions of the Afterlife (3)
RLST 380 - Religion and Violence (3)
RLST 381 - Religion and Politics in the United States (3)
RLST 400 - Religion, the Media and Contemporary Culture (3)
SOCI 458 - Sociology of Religious Behavior (3)
RLST 466A - Islamic Civilization: Arab Era (3) or
HIST 466A - Islamic Civilization: Arab Era (3)
RLST 466B - Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age (3) or
HIST 466B - Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age (3)
HIST 468A - Women and Gender in Middle East History (3)
HIST 468B - Making the Medieval Middle East (3)
RLST 485T - Major Religious Thinkers and Concepts (3) *
RLST 499 - Independent Study (1-3) *
*When the content pertains to the Islamic tradition
