Islamic Studies Minor (18 units)

(RLST was formerly CPRL)

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• Click this link for information regarding the $1000 scholarship for the Minor in Islamic Studies
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In completing the requirements for a minor, a minimum of 12 units, of which at least six must be upper-division, must be distinct and different from the units used to complete the requirements of the major or other minor.

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

Total (18 units)